The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-11-08
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King Boris OF Bulgaria has abdicat-
ed He assembled the throne on Octo-
Der of this year.
Since the great offensive began on
the western front on July is last the
allied armies have captured 362,355
prisoners, including 1890 officers, as
well as 6,2l7 cannon, 1882 machine
guns and 1907 mine throwers.
Count, Tsza, former premier OF Hun
gary. who was recently shot at his
home. was literally killed in the arms
of his wife and in the presence OF
Count Almassy. His last words were:
81 am dying; it had to be-"
Austria-Hungary is out of the war.
Deserted by her last ally, Germany
fights alone a battle which means ul-
innate defeat or abject surrender. At
ter days of pleading an armistice has
been granted Austria-Hungary, whose
badly-defeated armies in the Italian
theater are staggering homeward I'M
der the violence of the blows Of the
entente troops.
Trent, in Austrian Tyrol, which the
Italians claim as their own, has been
captured by them.
Triest, Austria's principal seaport
on the Adriatic, now flies the Italian
flag.
Belgrade, capital of Serbia, has been
reoccupied by the Serbians.
Entire regiments surrendered to the
Italians in the mountains and large
numbers of the enemy were made
prisoners on the plains.
The Austro-H Hungarian navy has
been handed over to the south SlaV
national council sitting in Agram.
An allied attack on Germany from
the east is foreshadowed by George
Nicol Barnet, member OF the Brit
ish war cabinet, who recently address
ed the American Army Officers Club
in London.
It is stated that the British have
been assembling ships at the mouth of
the Dardanelles for some time, and
| It is understood that some of the yes
sells have already started through the
straits.
| Ten thousand Finnish reyolutiona-
ries have been granted amnesty. All
lpersOns sentenced to four years i'm
prisonmant or less will be released.
Turkey, which has now been grant
ed an armistice, entered the war in
November 1914, when she severed di-
plomatic relations with Great Britain,
France and Russia Military opera
lions began against Turkey on No
vember 5, and Great Britain annexed
the island of Cyprus.
For several weeks after the United
States declared war on Germany Tur-
| KEY took no action, but on April u,
1917, she severed diplomatic relations.
However, there never has been dec
laration Of war either by the United
States or Turkey.
Turkeys war activities under the
leadership OF Germanophile Turks like
Enver Pasha has been marked BY the
severity with which the Turks have
trealod the sUbi2ct nationalities in
their power
An ar.UistiCe between the allies and
Tur..ny was signed al Mudros on the
Island of Lemnos in the Aegean sea.
General Townshend. the British
commander captured at Kut-el-Amara,
was liberated several days ago by the
Turks in order to inform the Brit
ish admiral in command in the Aegean
that the Turkish government asked
that negotiations be opened mmedi-
ately for an armistice.
The terms of the Turkish armistice
include the free passage of the Darda-
nelles to the allied fleet
The city Of Fiume has been aban-
doned by the Austrian authorities to
the Croatlan troops and the town has
been bedecked with Italian colors.
Only small fraction of refugees
from Belgian Flanders have gone to
Holland. II had been expected that
not less than twenty-five thousand
would retire into Holland.
AS a condition of the armistice dur
ing which peace negotiations shall be
begun. you in your note to Germany
demanded the evacuation of occupied
territories. We are ready, Mr.. Presi-
dent. to conclude an armistice on this
condition and request you to inform
Us when you intend to withdraw your
troops from the Thurman, Archangel
and Siberia? Thus telegraphs the
Russian foreign minister to President
( Wilson.
Military insurerctions are reported
both in Vienna and Budapest, the for
mer the capital of Austria, and the lat
ter the capital Of Hungary.