The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-08-04

coast of Africa. the remaining defend
ritory and been interned. The army Of
East Africa still resists the converg.
ing columns OF Belgians, French and
British hut, shut Off from re-enforce.
ments. its doom would seem 10 b,
sealed.
on April 25 Sir Roger Easement,
Irish knight tried 10 land from "A Ger.
man warshlp on the coast OF Ire
land, but was captured. The next day
revolt in Dublin and other Irish cities
broke out and the center OF the Irish
capital was burned The revolt was
easily Quelled. the British announcing
resistance had ceased on May l.
More successful was the revolt Of
the Arabs. led by the grand shereff,
| against their Turkish overlords. Nee
ca, Medina and others towns have been
captured and are held still, probably
with British assistance.
| polnss In the Air.
Recent months have seen cessa-
tion of Zeppelin raids on undefended
British and French towns. The cause
OF this is somewhat of n mystery, as
| the Germans have claimed important
military results from their attacks.
On September rs there were two
raids on London. thirty persons being
| killed and proportionate number
wounded. Fifty-fve were killed by
Zeppelins In IA raid on London October
13.
On January 20 the German dirigibles
bombarded Paris. killing % and on
February l Liverpool and other Eng
| lish centers were visited and 80 slain.
On April . Zeppelin killed % In
England and was destroyed on the
British coast as II returned. On March
IL were killed.
On April q II was announced that
the fifth Zeppelin raid In six days on
the British coast had been made. The
Germans declared that war munition
factories and supply depots had been
destroyed.
Since then England apparently has
been immune from the Zeppelins. This
may be due 10 the large number or
dirigibles lost, or 10 the outcry against
the inhumanity of the practices of the
Germans which was raised I'm neutral
countries.
One other important moral defeat
was sustained by the Germans when
they hurried Edith Cavell, n British
nurse. To execution, as announced by
Brand Whitlock. American minister Of
Belgium, on October 30.
| The greatest naval engagement OF
history In number OF men engaged
and number slain was fought June q
near the Skaggerrak, I'm the North sea
The result was inconclusive, each side
claiming great victory and the re-
ports varying widely In estimates OF
losses on the two sides.
If the Germans, ns they assert, seri'
ously crippled the British grand fleet,
we will probably soon see them come
out of Kiel again, TO finish their task.
At present, however, the British block
ade is broken only by the merchant
submarine Deutschland, which reached
Baltimore July 8.
Kaiser Yields to America.
The year has also been the culml.
nation OF the submarine dispute be-
tween the United States and Germany,
which terminated I'm the kaiser's capit-
ulating and promising To warn mer-
chantmen before attacking.
A U-boat sank the liner Arabic Au-
gust 20, two Americans being among
the slain. Two more Of our nationals
died when the Hesperian was torpe-
doed September g. On November 10
several Americans died In the torpe-
doing Of the Italian liner Ancona. IL
Is thought two Americans were lost I'm
| the sinking Of the Persia In the Medi-
terranean January 2. The crisis was
precipitated March 20, when the Brit
ish channel ferry steamer Sussex was
torpedoed without warning. Two hun
dred and thirty-hve persons were
killed and several Americans were In.
| jured.
This fragrant violation OF the rules
Of war caused President Wilson 10
press Germany for sweeping assur'
ances, which were given In ~ note May
6 on condition that the United States
force Great Britain TO conduct hei
blockade legally. Mr.. Wilson an
swered he would accept the promise,
but without the proviso.
The many times heralded Turco-Ger.
man invasion Of Egypt has not yet ma.
teriallzed and probably never will. ON
the other hand, the Russian grand
duke has added TO his laurels by cap
turing the important inland city OF
Erzerum February II. Bitlls March 4
ard the seaport Of Trebizond April
10.
The Turks In counter-attacks
pressed back the Russians In Persia.
but recently the czar's men have adj
vnnced rapidly I'm the northern part OF
Asia Minor and the resistance Of the
Turks seems TO have been broken.
Exploits OF the Moewe.
Only one German commerce raider
not submarine distinguished Itself
In the year. The fast Moewe sank
| many allied ships of the coast Of
n Ia.