Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-11
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British Relief Expedition
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;Menaced Army.
MILITARY BILL ON
SECOND READING
Next Vets Expected TO Be Greater Than
On First Rsadins-Nationalists De-
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British Prsss eslisvss Germany
Has Whip Hand Over United statss
il submarins Controversy.

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Has Whip Hand Over United States
in submarins Controversy.
London, Jan. 1.-THE British force
In Mesopotamia under General Aylmer,
proceeding the Tigris to the relief
Of Kut -Ey nara, in still halted at
sheik saih, some twenty miles from
Kut- -Amara, according to the latest
advices received by the government but
I the halt il due to o<weather conditions
and the necessity Of removing the
I wounded by river. IS
This announcement was made in the
house Of commons this afternoon by
J. Austin Chamberlain. secretary for
India. sH
British cavalry forces have located
the Turks six miles east OF Kut-el-
Amara, Mr.. Chamberlain added. This
I is the position from which the Turks
were originally driven by General
Townsend.
out OF a maze OF conflicting state
sh-Indian army in Mesopotamia was
fighting desperately to escape from su-
perior Turkish forces The loss of TO-
600 men and much equipment left to
protect Kut-el-Amara, is threatened.
Two contradictory official reports,
7 both OF which may be true and both
OF which tell Of desperate fighting.
were given 70 the public yesterday. One
was an announcement by J. Austen
Chamberlain, secretary for India. tell
! ing Of British victory in Mesopo-
tamia and the capture pf 700 Turkish
Fsrtrsss ,eurroundsd.
The other statement came from
y .onot tantin0pso and told OF the sad
4 xiit Of - xorce sf 10000 British-1n-
V 1ian TROOPS w1ica had been left to pro-
tsct Knt- Amara while the main
British force retreated south,
The Constantinople dispatch makes
the claim that Kut- ell -Amara has been
surrounded by the Turks, and adds:
ST Is hoped the fort will soon either
be taken or will fall for want Of food
stuffs and that the: British defenders
who number more than 10000, win be
captured.
.'The British thought, by leaving
these forces In Kut el-Amara. to
guarantee the defense OF the town and
alsosto assure the orderly retreat Of the
remainder; Of the army"
Tells Of British Victory.
In telling the commons the news OF
the British success on the Tigris ME-
Chamberlain said:
General Alymer left Miam A1ligarbi
on Jan. s with troops marching to the
relief OF Kut-el-Amara.
ION the right bank fof the Tigris)
General Campbell's column carried
the enemy's position, taking two guns
and 700 prisoners and then intrenched.,
Meanwhile the main attack on the
left bank was retarded by an enemy
outfianking movement.
ION the, 9th he reported the enemy in
retreat and that he was pursuing, but
that heavy rains hindered the pursuit.
From later telegrams it appears
that the enemy reached Khora."
Military eill on Second Reading.
Tho debate on the second reading of
the military service bill began in the
house Of commons this afternoon The
opinion was generally expressed that
the vote on the second reading would
prove greater than on the first reading.
Some said the minority would dwindle
down.
Il II believed small number OF the
j, radical party will follow the leadership
81 Sir John Simon In resisting the COM
4 pulsicn measure to the end Some Of
these members have been requested to
resign by their constituents.
John e. Redmund, parliamentary
leader OF the Irish party. announced
this afternoon that the nationalists
service bill.
says Germany Has Whip Hand.
1T seems to us that on present lines
the central powers have the whip hand
Of the United States" says the Man
i chester Guardian, In an editorial re-
Garding Germany,s new promises in;
the submarine controversy.
"America'gs diplomatic victory tnA
paper continues; rs limited to prom
ises, a. President Wilson's two pvin-
ciples adopted at the beginning Of the
controversy, namely, protection Of
I aAnnericana and assertions OF the laws
of humanity, have been violated III the
past six weeks with some Of the worst
submarine outrages.
Germany Investigates u. s. Consul.
III y Beriin, via London, Jan. Il A Wolff
Bureau dispatch from Stuttgart an
n0unceS that an ofBicial investigation
has been begun OF the case OF Edward
Higgins, American consul at Stuttgart
Mr.. Higgins was accused by the
atnats ZeitunE, of New York, Of unneu-
tSal and anti German declarations The
Staats Zeitun9. s article was reprinted
last Neek by the Cologne Gazette:
An English correspondent at AM.
sterdam reported on Saturday that
Z 0m13an neMspapsfs were demanding
tie recall OF NJ. Higgins on the ground
that h0 had given expression 70 anti
- .s-:s:1 eentffnenfa.1
nerArd ~ inveetioats.
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