The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-03-22
War News in Brief.

.sek as though the war might
es'5 j, 81, sod. On the western front the
.staG s at to drive the Germans, and the
/. ,s5tinosO ,6rmed the earlier report
h P'p'lI nod fallen and that other towns
spsgrS ~ hv the British and French
ssp ''''p mad fallen and the British
B'Sop BgI onrsuing the retreating Turks,
sF'i' '" sns were bearing down upon
4 be S''' S- erection. "The capture of
f5' S'', r,qr.h has tremendous relig-
E5h "' ,,cuifcsnce to the Mohamme-
III O'i, , and is in many respects the
i"D .spture made by the allies since
'f''.S ssa Dr., James L. Barton. for
y ''ss ot the American Board of Com
"s'+' ior Foreign Missions in a state
per march 18th. Because of an inti-
s'sa 1.,dge acquired during many years
! I''s' and educational work in Turkey.
fe'1'' regarded as something of an
a''~ Torssb affairs. His statement,
sf4 ,s5 n rasponse to requests for
~ ,ioq iron all parts of the coun-
"' p,. have ost their sacred shrines.
D. ''' .,.. s, he Arabs and now the
. '.s. ' rsHgbsss Tor 500 years and the
" 49, ,... --..s- ahphs are in the hands
~ al. Vae turks have never dream
% ,...lo.-.p Of the empire could com
- .s snt Iaey have regarded Bag
rs hos iues as the last Turkish
D' and tl which they of the west
ss o6en nstsntinople and their
.ssi,.s oassed from their hands.
event I'd the week, and of the
tr. r.lo4utlon in Russia, and the
VI .e s,s. f il has been as success
w .....ail.aay have more far reach
,.,.a.a Busoge and the future of peace
..-.a.- ta4n any event since the
ggy,s,fga. ways excepting the uni
....... .f yuieh 1t is part" For
,,..s r..., been reports of internal
.;,o. g hl-sla, Of corruption i" nigh
.,-rmaa infuences in court cir
f.. esss. win comparatively little
.. e1s.4 vas revolutionized. The
-. .,,ssIst. aIs younger brother was
..,.,- Il. tAr ministry, charged with
..-,..a 50..upe potency, was swept out Of
'..4 .--,. uauuaa. cabinet was annouDc-
...-..-1 1-u VINO are close to the Rus
,.ops line Impress, a German. who
.zl-.-- altn the Gar, is in hiding
ii, Lane neel l,slrusted by the Russian
, Te. u,4 government has assumed
rdgf nsndate to push the war
-5s C-o.rs powers, and win the
4, tsz a-a battle cry. The rev button
sU,Bs lie Russian people on the side
gr4s. lrnu-rscies of the world in their
,g.irst -r1-s,amsm, absolutism and hu-
avery sna aasDarism. Henry M. Hynd-
esJ5, 4 the Socialist party in England,
nnsnuug oa ne Russian revolution.
sd thai Prussia, too, will demand liberal
saa deere are indications that the
1g aules, p Germany may develop on
lines ard ,hleaten the dynasty of the
Pc has sey4rel relations with Germany,
he German ships interned in her ports
9adscs.eu German property. Further
aaIs Hrs given IN an article on the Sd
American steamship Algonquin has
uDs without warning by German sub
t All yB board were saved by taking
boats, The owner of the Algonquin de-
tbs aa vert act and went to Washing
,e.eiu ai tue news to see the Presi-
twenty Iny American vessels have
g5k by a- Germans since the war be-
aHnslt lt- iais at El Paso, Texas, have
&c uL Ly-maula from confidential sources
aas5s- Nfy Mexico, that the Germans
lg 20 ,let 80 -..s4ed to raise a German
s1!-l 1J5 ftrl Mexico to fight with the
sl Jralps tbe event that the United
declared war On Germany and Mexico
il Involved German reservists from
mTs- 9'a,-s and German residents of
@eTe make lp this regiment, it was
AGENT of ,1- ksiser are shipping large
q 4one} from New York to the City of
q and Germans are rapidly displacing
i0Eegners 10 Inc advisory councils of
esen' government of Mexico.
anl5ass4aJE Gerard, fresh from Berlin,
ss 70 ae state Department March l4th
'1en re eft there was every evidence
sf'A4hN uiiy Intended carrying out her
81 submarine campaign, regardless of
respect Of va with the United States,
oaI talk gi geace had been abandoned.
''o conditions we're serious, but not crit
'aer he left
a'lea continue TO drive the Germans on
,S.efl front bu. Berlin claims that it is a
,s"si 20 Ibelr part in accordance with a
'ssI'eu Plan, On the other fronts the
+. ''7D 'v be gaining and the news from
. evnVhue- favorable. Her 6,OOO, 900
y sle leiC With the government behind