The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
General Advance Is. Made TO
Depth Of a Mile Against Front
-Four Miles In Length Putting
Moslems To Hurried Flight
ALLENBY DESTROYS HIS
.g ENEMIES BY PIECEMEAL
Ottoman Forces Are Reported To
Be Discouraged and In No
Position To Offer Effective 0p-
position To British ;.,..Ns..'

ONDON, January 0--tAs-
- ISOLATED Press) - Another
strong blow was struck on Friday
by General Allenby against the
Turks in Palestine and another
British victory has been recorded,
so nearly decisive as to materially
weaken the defense which the
Turks are now making to save
Damascus and Aleppo. .r... r.
, The British, who have been
steadily clearing away the Turks
from the various mountain out.
posts north of the Holy City,
made general advance on Fri
day in the neighborhood OF Ain
Yebrud, twelve miles north of
Jerusalem, capturing the Turkish
positions for depth Of a mile
along a four mile front. The
Turkish resistance was complete
ly overcome and the defenders of
the trenches fed precipitately be-
fore the British charge, abandon
ing great quantities Of supplies.
The Tommies and their Indian
allies inflicted heavy casualties
and took numerous prisoners, as
many as they could handle. The
number of Turks who surrender
ed embarrassed the British in
their advance.
DESTROYS PIECEMEAL
According to unofficial state
mentS, Sir Edmund Allenby is
not attempting to pierce the
Turkish lines of defense but is
gathering up or destroying the
Turkish army piecemeal, striking
blows that will bring results in
supplies and prisoners without
scattering the Turks. Through
this destruction Of the Turkish
fighting force it is hoped to clear;
the way for later rapid advance
upon Damascus and later Aleppo,
the railroad junction point where
it is expected that he will make
junction with the British from
. Bagdad, under General, Sir Will
liam Marshall.
Once the German-led Turks in Sa.
maria are safely held as prisoners or
have been wiped out, the way to Da.
mascus is open, with the British in con-
troll of the Medina Damascus railroad.
This line forms a junction with that
now used by General Marshall in his
advance north from Bagdad at Aleppo
aud from thence is complete to the
shores of the Bosphorus.
Correspondence from Geneva to the
Daily Mail states that the uninterrupt.
ed successes of the British in the Eu.
pirates Valley and in Palestine have
disheartened the Turks and almost
opened the way for a Turkish confes.
sion of defeat. The Daily Mail CORES.
pendent wires:
Ready For Peace
I'm spite of censorship and the Sc
cret police, reports continue to reach
us about conditions and the state Of
feeling in Constantinople, Medhat
Bey said to me this afternoon. 'Tur-
key has reached the end of its tether
The capture of Jerusalem has probably
proved the finishing blow, although,
goaded on by the Germans, the Young
Turk government may continue to
tyrannize over the people little
longer.
--latest reports from Constantine
pie emphasize the tremendous impress.
sion made by the capture Of Jerusalem,
not only upon the masses of the peo-
pie, but even upon influential members
of the committee Of union and prog
ress. The unwillingness or inability of
Germany to help Turkey has Oeca-
stoned feeling of revulsion among
German circles, which may have
far. reaching consequences.
Conditions Of Poor Terrible
The stOp-the-war or separate
peace movement in Copstantinople
derives its principal impetus from
the economic miseries of the pspple
rather than from any feeling OF dis.
may at the dwindling Of Turkish pow
er and prestige, The terrible condi-
tiOns Of the poorer classes cannot east
ly be exaggerated. Bankruptcy threat
ems the country,
- Assurance of financial help from
Great Britain and France would for.
ward Greatly the separate peace move
ment -
Founded Peace League
Medhat Bey is a grandson of Med.
hat Pasha, who prevailed upon Abdul
HRmid to grant n constitution in TuT-
key. He is founder Of the League u
Peace and Liberty, the principal OBJ
iects of which are to persuade the
Turkish government to make a sepa
rate peace and to unite and reconcile
the various natiOnalities which make
up the Ottoman Empire and to mod
ernie Turkey.