Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-11
Cossacks Aid Ukraine and
 Threaten Moscow Arm istice Releases Germans.
JERUSALEM IN HANDS
 OF BRITISH ARMY
All Sacred Places Saved by AlIeiby'x Carefully Laid Plans Removes Danger of Drive on SmcZ
 and Egypt.
Associated Press Summary)

Jerusalem is in the hands of the
 British after having been for virtually 1900 years in control of the Moslems. The holy city of the Christian religion l captulated to General Allenbys for ces, consisting of British, French and Italian troops, after it had been en- tirely surrounded and with its fall were brushed away the dreams of the Germans and Turks of driving south ward through Palestine, capturing the Suez canal and invading Egypt. Since the retakng of the town of Jaffa on the Mediterranean sea and the gradual closing in on Jersusalem by the allied troops. the fall of the ancient city daily has been anticipat- ed It was not the lack of strength that prevented it, but rather the de- sire of General Alenby to carry out his plan to envelope the city and force a exploitation, as frontal attack would have endangered numerous sacred places inside the city and it's environs.
 Cossacks Start Revolt.
 | The revolt against the Bolsheviki regime in southeastern Russia is gain ling momentum. Already the move mcnt is pressing fanlike from the chos- en base northwestward while prepara- tions are hastening to extend it south7 ward into the Caucasus. Meanwhile the Bolshevki government continues to issue mainfestos calling on it's, fol lowers to resist the attempt that is being made to overthrow it. From his base on the river Don General Kaledi- nes, het man of the Don Cossacks, in moving toward the border of the Uk- rainc, which already has declared it's independence of and hostility to the Roshevki government, and at the same time is forming menace to Moscow where the Bolsheviki is in control. Although it has not defin- itely aligned itself with the revolution ary government, the republic of Si- beria has issued an order which prom ises materially to aid the Kaledines forces. This order prohibits the ship ment of food supplies into European Russia, the ground being taken that , they may reach the Germans.
 | Armistice Releases Germans. 1 From the Baltic sea to the mouth of the Danube the armistice between /! the Russians and Rumanians and the Austro Germans is still in operation. The agreement for the cessation of hostilities between the Rumanians and the Teutonic forces closed the region from the Dniaster river to the mouth of the Danube, according to the Ber- lin war office. That the Austro- Ger mans are relieving men from duty on the eastern front and throwing them into the lines in France and Italy daily becomes more apparent by reason of the almost continual augmentation of l their forces in these regions The be- l lief prevails that with the fighting ended on the Russian front for the mo- ment, the enemy is preparing for great offensive on the Western front. The Italians have definitely stopped the attemtped drive of the Austro- Germans towards the Italian plain, and the Germans have failed thus to follow up their success of last week against General Byng's army in the Cambrai sector in France. Both in Italy and where they have faced the | British, the Teutons have paid dear ly for any gains they have made. and apparently now they are endeavoring to find place to amke drive. Pos sibly their search is leading to the region held by the French along the line running eastward from the region of Soissons, thru Champagne, past Verdun and running up into Alsace, for all along this front they are show ing great activity with their artillery. l A German submarine has shelled a Spanish steamer, killing eight mem- bers of the crew and injuring others. The Spanish government will protest to German