The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-10
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ABOUT THE WAR


Lloyd's reported Tuesday that thir-
teen ships have been sunk.
American twine will be used almost
exclusively to bind next years British
harvest.
Constantinople reports that in re-
cent attacks on the Turks near Kut-
ElAmara, the British lost 2,000 aside
from men made prisoners.
Army of 100000 men will be raised
by conscription in the event of war
with Germany, according to plans
worked out by general staff at Wash
ington.
In Galicia, south of Kiselin and
southwest of Brody, the Germans es-
sayed attacks against the Russians,
but, according to Petrograd, all of
them failed.
Germany will not back down on sea
war, declares minister, and Foreign
Secretary Zimmerman expresses hope
that there will be no war between
United States and Germany.
American line steamships Philadel-
phia and Finland arrive safely at Liv-
erpool and only two American passen-
ger ships, Kroonland and New York,
are now at sea. Liner st. Louis again
delays sailing.
The following ships have been
sunk, it was announced in London:
The British steamers Marley Picker
ing and Floridian, the British sailing
vessel Belfort and the Norwegian
bark Tamara.
In the Austro-Italian theater bonn
bardments alone are taking place. On
the Macedonian front, in the Cerna
river bend, and on the Struma river
lowlands, there has been considerable
fighting, but with the results un-
known.
The Housatonic was summarized. All
All the officers and crew were saved
by British armed steamer. The Hou-
satonic was sunk near the Scilly isl
ands. The Housatonic sailed from
Galveston Jan. and from Newport
News Jan. 16 for London.
The occupation of about thousand
yards of German trenches by the Brit
ish in the region of Grandcourt, south
west of Bapaume in France, repre-
sents the greatest gain by any of the
belligerents on any front announced
in the latest official communications
Prepare for war but hope for
peace" is attitude of Washington ad-
ministration. While navy is made
ready for instant hostilities and gen.
eral staff works plans for mobilizing
volunteers, President Wilson main
tains that act which would cause con-
flict must come from Germany.
Germany yielded to Wilson's de-
mands for Immediate release" of
seventy-two American seamen taken
from British merchantmen and held
as prisoners of war. Washington also
learns that Germans were within
rights in sinking Housatonic, which
carried contraband, and exercised un-
usual precautions to prevent loss of
Americans aboard vessel.
WESTERN
kilograms report the presence Of
two Japanese cruisers off Cape Flat
terry.
Oregon's anti-alien land law bill was
withdrawn from the Legislature by it's
introducers.
Nineteen natives of Germany, Aus
tria-Hungary and Bohemia, some of
them subjects of the Kaiser, applied
for naturalization at Omaha.
Field artillery doomed salute of
thirteen guns and whistles in all parts
of the city blew for five minutes when
Maj. Gen. John ]. Pershing arrived in
El Paso, Tex, from Columbus, N. M.
Two score persons were injured, at
least one fatally, when Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific train No. Z, west
bound, Chicago to Denver, was
wrecked two miles east of Walnut, Ia |
The Wyoming Senate unanimously
adopted a resolution commencing the |
Presidents action in severing rela-
tions with Germany and pledging the |
support of the state to the administra-
tion in any eventuality.
WASHINGTON
Construction of three coast guard |
cutters, to be stationed at Beaufort, |
n. c., Detroit and Honolulu is author |
lied in bill passed by the Senate. |
An appropriation of $1,350,OOO is made
for each of the vessels.
Official notice of the release by Ger
many of the sixty-four Americans held
prisoner in Germany for having taken
pay on board British armed merchant
men captured by the German sea raid
er was received at the State Depart
ment in a delayed dispatch from Am
bassador Gerard.
The Senate, by vote Of 62 to 10,
nassed the Immigration hill nuar tho