New Britain herald., 1917-03-12
BAGDAD'S CAPTURE
 A NOTABLE VICTORY
British May Be Able to Continue
 Up the Tieris
RUSSIAN DRIVE IS HELPED
0nrlEiah Column Resisting Czarss Col nmn Had Been Supplied From City
 Of Oeliphs-Envcr Pasha Makes
 naght of Allies Advance.

of Oeliphs-Envcr Paslla Makes
 Iight of Allies Advance.
 While great political importance is attached to the capture of Bagdad by notable event are of even greater im- the possibility of a comparatively
 speedy linking up of British and Rus
 Bion movements against the Turks in the Far East.
 The conditions which General Maude found on entering the City of the Caliphs and the immediate status of his supply arrangements must in great measure affect any plans for . further advance. Given the, assur- hnce of adequate supplies and replen- ishments. it seems probable that he s will not rest content with holding Basdad. city not well situated for defensive operations. but will at- :tempt further move up the Ngris. This river Is navigable for small steamers north as far as Mosul, nearly z50 miles away.
 The measures of Turkish resistance along this line will be affected in no aemall measure by the rate of progress of the Russian columns moving to- wards Mesopotamia from Persia. These columns operating from Ham, adam and Sakltix, are still far short of the points where they stood last spring when the British were halted at Kut-el Amara by General Town ,shAnd's surrender. Bagdad. however, is reported to be the point from which the Turkish defense in PerAia was supplied, and its capture may weaken the Ottoman resistance and facilitate the Ruseian advance. An effort to link up tho Russian and Brit -fsA forces at . point considerably north. therefore. does not seem un- likely.
 SEnver Pasha, the Turkish minister e war. Is quoted n deocribing the
 Turkish retreat in 1feappotamia as .
 eratestc rStreat. and ..declares the itMilitary reasons aru Nkewise. .iuducinr H drawing h of thu Turkisfi front ira Persta towards Ker1natAhah. g On the Franco--Bean1an front vir- 'tualiy each day now brings news of some active operation of imporfance. No eust4iped offensivs on . larxe scale by either side. however. has yet been inaugurlted- Today's report of iptensive lighting comes from Paris, recording further French successes in the Champagne. sA China has made another move towards immediate posaible entry into the var Picking despatches today re- port the house of representatives vot- EnE approval of the government.s pol- ecy. including rupture with Ger many. .,
 Crest Capture of Arullery. london. March 1x. 4:5s D. m.--Af- sesr Announcing the fall of Bagdad in ehe house of commons today, Andrew sBonar Law. chancellor of the ex. 'chequer. said there was every reason to believe that two-thirds of the Turks artillery had fallen into the 1l1ands of the British or had been thrown into the Tgris
 Envcr Pasaa Not Downcast London. March 12.-Enver Pasha. Wno mas Just returned from Asia Minor to Constantinople hos informed the Turkish parliament that the mil sltary situation is better than at any |fime since Turkeys entrance into the war. according to a Reuters desnatch From Constantinople by way Of Am Pterdam. Enver Pasha Is quoted as 'laying:
 we and our allies wait with cain, seonfidence any offensive which the Enemy may launch in the coming 9pring. The chamber will pardon me 4f preserve silence regarding the ac- 4ion which VIC. on our part, propose 10 take.
 '~rhe safety of the Turkish coast Ind the Dardanelles is better assured Than ever before. On the Sinai front Inc situation is unchanged. On the Mesopotamian front we retired north ward for military reasons For sim liar reasons we have drawn in toward Kermanshah on~ the Persian front. The, situation on the Caucasus front h unchanged. To sum up, the whole outlook. justifies confidence in the fu- ture. Thanks to the Almighty, we shall obtain the final victory.t'' < Capture Important Politically. ,a Paris. March 12.-The morning pa- spefs comment at length upon the fall Ebf Basdad and dwell upon the politi-