The Elbert County tribune., 1916-02-11

fensives on the western and Russian
fronts have been undertaken by the
allies, with the evident intention of
putting an end to Germany's switch
ing of forces from one theater of war
to another. The initial moves in this
new campaign Tuesday were partially
successful, though Berlin asserts that
ground gained by the French in the
west and the Russians in the Galicia
region was recaptured.
London, Feb. 9.-Earl Kitchener is
about to quit the office of secretary
of state for war and take personal
command of the British army, which
is to make the drive against the Ger
man lines in France next month, ac-
cording to rumors circulating freely
in London. The Daily Sketch makes
the direct statement that Kitchener
will leave the war office and adds
that changes of great Importance are
contemplated.
The Sketch says Sir William Rob.
ertson, now chief of staff, probably
will take over active direction of ths
war without interference except from
the cabinet as whole, and that
civilian of real ability for organiza
tion will become secretary for war.
In event that Earl Kitchener leaves
the war office. the Sketch adds, he
will undertake work of an important
character elsewhere.
hi L~AI a
Illegal which Germany was unwill.
ing to incorporate in the tentative
draft of the Lusitania agreement, the
Berlin foreign office has substituted
phrase which in the opinion of GER
tain high authorities, in position to
be familiar with the status of the ne
gotiations, covers all the principles in
volved in the question of submarine
warfare. The language substituted
for the Objectionable word Illegal in
tentative communication now being
considered by President Wilson AYERS
that the killing of Americans in the
Lusitania disaster was without intent.
because the destruction of the Cunard
liner was an act of reprisal, and the
German government agrees that re-
prisals should not be applied to neu.
trails.
From various diplomatic and Off.
cial quarters Saturday night came the
information that the outlook is prom.
Using for an early settlement.
New York.-Five hundred police
men were assigned Saturday night to
protect the subway system from the
Brooklyn terminal to the Bronx ter.
minal and the Hudson and Manhattan
tubes on the strength of a report that
threat had been made to dynamite
the underground roads
London.-The 1ong-looked-for often.
sive of the Teutonic allies against Sa,
loniki may now be on or near at hand
An agency dispatch from Saloniki re.
ports that an artillery duel has been
in progress for two days near Doiran.
| Nine hundred Germans and 14,0O0
of their colonial troops from the Ger.
man colony of Kamerun, have crossed
the border into Spanish Guinea, ac.
cording to an official announcement
armed and interned.
An official Bulgarian report, as for
warded from Athens to the Temps
/ says that 40 men were killed and
more than 500 wounded during the re
cent attack by French aeropIanes on
Bulgarian camps. The attack is said
to have been made by seventeen aero
planes. More than 200 bombs were
dropped on the Bulgarian camps al
Petrich, in the Strumitsa valley. The
bombardment was over in twenty
minutes
Berlin reports cases of sporadic ac
tivity by infantry, one instance being
La Bassee canal
In the Nosges the German guns
have been bombarding French posi-
tions.
Along the lines where the Austrians
and Italians are engaged the deadlock
shows no signs of beins broken.
Swiss Government Seizes Sugar.
Berne, Switzerland.-The Swiss gov
ernment has decided to establish
sugar monopoly.
Deny Vilia-Jap Plot to Invade u. S.
Ell Paso, Tex.-Rumors circulated
here since the downfall of the Villa
government in northern Mexico to the
effect that Gen. Francisco Villa had
bargained with the Japanese govern
ment for an invasion of the United
States by Japan through Mexico, and
that documentary evidences of the
bargain have been found in the arch
ives of the Villa officials left IN
Juarez were discredited here by An
dreas G. Garcia Mexican consul in