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TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN', FRIDAY, . JULY . 21. 1916.
holy w ura
BY SHOW OF FORCE
Mesopotamia Campaign Is De
fended by Marquis of Crewe
in Heated Debate.
INDIAN FRONTIER ATTACKED
Lord Wemyss' Motion for Investiga
tion Met by Statement of Orave
Danger of Outbreak in Per-
sian. Gulf and AH Islam.
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
LONDON, July 20. Replying to se
vere denunciations of the Mesopotamia
campaign by Lord Wemyss. tn intro
ducing his motion in the House ot
Lords demanding an investigation, the
Marquis of Crewe, Lord President of
the Council, said that in the critical
moments of August. J914, it was im
perative for Great Britain to reassert
her paramount position in the Persian
Gulf and prevent the declaration of a
holv war.
"Our presence there," he continued,
"I believe saved the empire from the
approach of a urcat disaster. We had
to consider the great Moslem popula
tion of Africa also, and if we had not
shown our strength'. Islam as a whole
might have been deflected against ue."
He referred to the difficulties con
fronting the Indian government and
sitid that from December, 1914, to Sep
tember following there had been no
less than seven separate attacks, some
of a formidable character, on India's
northwest frontier; and contended that
before passing final Judgment on the
Indian officials it would be necessary
to consider the particular system of
military organization there.
lord Crewe then made a statement
similar to that of Premier Asquith in
the House of Commons.
Lord Cromer, who followed, admitted
that the Marquis of Crewe's statement
changed the aspect of the debate. He
did not desire to etir the embers of
rather heated controversy of a few
years ago. He thought Kitchener had
made a mistake in the military changes
he had introduced in India and. while
it would be a great exaggeration to
say that the misfortune of the Mesopo
tamia campaign was the outcome of
these changes, he could, not help think
ing that they largely contributed to
that misfortune, ,
In response to many questions as to
whether matters now were satisfac
tory, Karl Curzon, Lord Privy Seal
read an official dispatch testifying
that everything possible was being
done in connection with the Mesopo
tamia campaign.
German.
BERLIN. July 20. via London, Re
peated French attacks south of
the Somme were repulsed by the
Germans, the War Office announced to
day. The French and British artillery
fire developed to a pitch of greatest
intensity on both sides of the Somme.
"Between the sea and the Ancre
there have been repeated vigorous fir
ing and patrol enterprises.
"Considerable British forces attacked
our positions north and northwest of
Fromelles. They wore repulsed. Wher
ever they succeeded in penetrating our
trenches they were ejected by counter
attacks.
"On both sides of the Somme re
newed fighting of a severe character
is progressing. North of the river,
after a strong attack, the British again
penetrated Longueval and the Iielville
farm. The enemy had withdrawn be
fore our counter attack. He is still
holding a portion of the village and
the farm.
"Early this morning., on the whole
frcnt from the Foureaux wood to the
Somme. Anglo-French attacks began.
The first strong assault was broken.
i?outh of the rier in the afternoon,
the French twice attacked unsuccess
fully in the district of Belloy and this
morning in the sector of Estrees and
Soyecoui-t. Three attacks were san
guinarily repulsed. Also in a salient
trench near Soyecourt, the enemy was
repulsed in bayonet fighting.
"The enemy artillery is developing
the greatest strength on both banks
of the Somme.
"On portions of the Champagne
front there has been spasmodic, vig
orous artillery activity. In the Ar
gonne mining operations took place.
"in the Meuse sector (Verdun frontL
there were no important events. -
strong Italian forces attacked three
times our positions south and east of
Borcola Pass. They were repulsed
with hand grenades, machine guns and
avalanches of stones.
"There was heavy artillery fighting.
At Fella Raibler. we captured a ma
chine gun. Tarvis was shelled by the
enemy."
"In a trench northwest of Pontebba
(Carnic) loud sounds of combat were
heard. Austro-Hungarian troops were
not engaged at the place mentioned."
Turkish.
RUSSIANS PREPARE
FOR VITAL BLOW
Concentration for Drive
Lemberg.and Kovel Is
On. in Galicia.
on
last night she lost a beautiful chance
to escape whatever hostile craft may be
plotting to intercept her as she
emerges from the cape. The heavy
storm that has raged for 24 hours
drove out to sea the allied cruisers
which have hugged the three-mile limit
ever since the Deutschland came in.
Danger of being driven on reefs or
caught on shoals compelled them to
race away from territorial waters.
Virginia pilots were amazed that the
Deutschland did not race down the
Chesapeake, submerge inside the capes
and bore her way out to sea rar under
the surface, where wind and wave
would not have disturbed her while it
held those who would prey upon her
in leash.
RISH SITUATION GRAVE
JOHN ItEDMOKD SAYS DELAY
rVBMSHINCJ TEXT IS BAD.
Assent alned In Fare of Serloua Obnta
cles. He Say Onl to Hire Work
1 ndone by Air. Aaqulth.
British.
LONDON. July 21. 12:08 A. M. The
official statement issued about mid
night from British headquarters in
France reads:
North of the Bezantine-Longueval
line we advanced about 1000 yards In
the face of stubborn opposition. Heavy
ignting still continues in the northern
outskirts of Longueval village and in
Delville wood. v
"On the remainder of the battle front
there is no change.
'At 2:50 o'ciock in the afternoon in
Delville wood and Longueval we
regained a little more ground. The
struggle in these areas continues.
North of our Longueval-Bazentln
position we this morning pushed for
ward our line, captured some prisoners
anl a gun.
"East of the Leipsic redoubt we made
substantial advance last night.
iMsewhere in the main battle area
there has been only artillery fire since
the last report and no alterations in
the" positions.'
CONSTANTINOPLE, via London. July
20. Turkish victories in Persia and the
Caucasus were announced today by the
War Office. The statement follow-s:
"East of Sineh. Persia Russian forces
which attacked our detachments were
driven off. They left behind great
numbers of dead.
"In the Caucasus, on our right wing,
our advanced posts made successful
surprise attacks."
Germans on Eastern Front.
BERLIN, July 20,. via London. Hard
fighting has bfcen resumed In Volhynia.
southwest of Lutsk. German troops
under General von Linsingen are on
the aggressive her-j at some points and
have succeeded in scoring advances.
The Russians fire bombarding the
Teutonic lines along the Lower Lipa
with increasing intensity.
The statement on operations along
the eastern front follows:
"Army group of Field Marshal von
Hindenburg The enemy yesterday re
sumed attacks during the afternoon
on both sides of the road from Ekau
to Kekkau (southeast of Riga), but
was unsuccessful.
"Army group of Prince Leopold, of
Bavaria Russian attacks in the dis
trict of Skrobowa (Baronivichi region)
following vigorous hand-e;renading,
were repulsed completely.
"Army group of General von Linsin
gen In the bend of the Stokhod. north
of Sokui. Austro-Hungarian trooos
made a brief assault, ejected the Rus
sians from advanced lines and returned
tn their pos'.'.lons. according to their
plcn.
"Southwest of Lutsk, German troops
pushed further forward their position
along the general line of Greenkcw-iecz-Jeliarow.
The enemy' Increased
his fire on the Lower Lipa and In the
district of Werben."
FOES' FOOD SUPPLY' GOAL
Cavalry Sweeping Toward Vnliar
vestetl Crops in Hungary and
Rumdrs of Separate Peace
"With Austria Heard.
T.ONDOX. July 20. John Redmond
the Nationalist leader, m-acie public to
flny a memorandum which he sent to
J'remier Asquith and Lavid I-loy
Ocorjre. tho Secretary for War. on Tues
day, in which he declared that th de
lay in Tn-aking public the text of the
Irish hill and the irritation caused by
Lord I-ansdowne's recent speech had
created a serious situation in Ireland,
llf adds:
"In my opinion any . further delay
whatever in producing1 and proceeding
with the bill will make a settlement
on the lines laid down in the terms
Mibmitted by Mr. I-loyd Georffe quite
impossible. When these terms were
originally submitted to us we were
strongly urged to us all possible
despatch in consulting our supporters
in Ireland. Tt was pressed, upon us
that the matter was one of extreme
urgency, that from all points of view
it was vitally important that the set
tlement slfould be pushed through
oulrkly and we were told that not only
Irish but great imperial interests were
at stake.
'lt is now more- than throe weeks
ince we did our part and obtained the
assent of ur friends in Ireland in the
face of great difficulty, as the pro
posed terms were far from popular.
Since then little or no progress has
been made, and for some mysterious
reason the matter, which five weeks
ago was o urgent, now hangs f ire.
A meeting-- of -the Irish party has
been summoned for Saturday, when the
situation will be taken under consid
eration.
Russian.
PETliOGRAD. via London, July 20.
Attempts by Teutonic forces to ad
vance against the Russians in the re
gion of the River Stokhod in Volhy
nia have been repulsed, the War Office
annourtced today.
The statement says:
"On July 18, 17 enemy aeroplanes
raided the station at Zamiren. north
east of Baranovichi. Twenty-seven
borribs were thrown upon the hospital
and Lazaretta. Three persons on the
medical staff were killed and five in
jured. Ten patients were killed and 23
wounded.
"In the region of the Stokhod the
enemy tried to advance near the vi I
lages of Outnli and Arsonovichl, but
without results.
"An advance of the enemy in the re
gion of Zviniatichi-Elizarov, southeast
of Oorokhov. was repulsed."
The statement dealing with opera
tions in the Caucasus says:
"On July 18, we occupied the town
of Kugi, an important junction of
roads from Erzerum, Lhaputi and
Khzindjtna."
A supplemental communication is
ued by the War Office tonight says:
"At some places on the Dvina front
lere have been very heavy artillery
uels. Artillery engagements also have
occurred at several points in Volhynia.
nemv artillerv has energetically bom
barded our positions in the region 'of
Twentiatoh, east of Gorohova, and our
nes further southeast along the Lipa
nd the Styr rivers.
"In the Caucasus the, offensive of our
ght wing is making good progress.
Some of our detachments have success
fully fought their way forward a dis
tance of 15 versts (about 9 miles).
aking s.ome prisoners."
Italian.
ROME, July 20. Despite the handi
cap of inclement weather, the Italians
are continuing their pressure against
tne Austrian in the Trentino and have
scored advances in some sectors. The
official statement today says:
"Persistently bad weather has inter
fered with the activity of our troope
and artillery, especially in the moun
tains. Infantry actions continue, bow-
ever, and we made some progress near
Barcola Pass.
Mesopotamia.
LONDON. July 20. The following of
ficial report from the British expedi
tionary forces in- Mesopotamia wae
given out today.
"Since the last commun i'liie of the
13th nothing Interesting has been re
ported. The heat has been excessive.
1 or some days the temperature in the
shade has ben over IHO desrrees. "
STIFF SENTENCE GIVEN
I.I.IAM RAINEY, BOOTLEGGER
GETS 9350 AND 30 DAYS.
la
Punishment Delayed by His Flight
ot Lightened 'When He la
Caught and Convicted.
William Rainey, arrested Monday by
IVputy Sheriff Bob Phillips on a charge
of bootlegging, was found guilty by
jury in ll'istrict Judge Bell's court late
yesterday and given k fine of $-50 and
3J days in jail. Following the an
nouncement of the sentence, Nels Jacob
son. attorney for Rainey, served notice
of appeal.
Rainey and his younger brother, Uli
Rainey. were charged with conducting
a bootlegging establishment at thei
rooms in the Morrison rooming-house,
on Morrison street, early in the tprin
following: an investigation made b
leputy District Attorney Ryan and
deputy Sheriffs.
ITlfs Rainey was arrested at that tim
by Deputy Sheriff Christofferson bu
William Rainey managed to make hi
escape. The younger brother was found
suiltv in District Judge Jones' court
and was fined $2i. Owing to his youth
however, the payment was suspended
William Rainey returned to rort
land when he heard that his sweetheart
had fallen down thejSteps and broken
her arm. He was immediately picked
up bv the Sheriff s office.
Approximately two gallons of whisk
was taken In the raid on the Kainey
room.
Thursday's War Moves
BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER.
LONDON, July 20. (Special.) While
Russian cavalrymen are sweeping into
Carpathian passes and preparing the
way for the infantry to move on to the
Plains of Hungary to the north, the
great battle for the possession of Ko
vel and Lemberg has reached its sec
ond stage.
With the Lutzk salient wiped out and
the Teutonic armies forced to retire
behind the Stokhod and Lipa rivers.
General Brussiloff is concentrating all
his attention toward the successful
launching of a blow at the vitals of
the enemy, in this region.
The thrust against the Galician capi
tal and the great railroad center of
Volhynia is being made for military
reasons solelv. The offensive on the
Transylvanfah frontier is being carried
on as much for its political conse
quences as for its strategic importance.
The .capture by the Czar's armies of
either Lemberg or Kovel would be a
crushing blow to the plans of Austrian
and German high eommands. The suc
cessful invasion of Hungary would not
only rob the armies and civilian popu
lations of the central powers of their
sustenance through the destruction oi
harvests vet to be reaped from me
rich lands across the mountain wall, 1
but it would add in no small degree to
the political complications confront
ing the dual monarchy.
In the last week rumors have rilled
the air to the effect that Hungary
alone, and Austria and Hungary to
gether, were In the market for "sepa
rate peace bids of almost any Kina.
Worn out by the drain on tneir sud-
jects and their resources, facing bank
ruptcy out of which It would take years
of wearing to climb, and daily grow-
ng less confident of the outcome of the
war In the least ravoraoie to mem
selves, the dual monarchy Is believed
to be ready to throw up the sponge ana
try to retrieve something out of tMc
wreckage.
With the Russian hordes overrun
ning their lands and threatening the
downfall or their tnrones. n is iirmiy
believc-d that both Austria and Hun
gary would rebel against the dictates
of the Emperor and sue for separate
peace on the best terms obtainable.
For these reasons Increased anxiety
Is being shown In Berlin of the possi
ble success of the Russian attempt
the southernmost sector.
U. S. DENIES PROTECTION
Conditional Passports Issued Mining
Men Coing to Mexico.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 20. Twelve
minine men who applied by telegraph
today to Secretary of State Lansing for
passports to Mexico received the fol
lowing reply:
"Passports will be issued if you do
not hold the United States responsible
for your safety."
The men came out of Mexico June
on orders from Lansing and will accept
passports on the stipulated condition.
Thev expect to leave here Thursday.
Their ultimate destination is the dis
trict of San Dinias, in the state of
Durango. and they said today that they
did not think they were running any
risk in returning.
W"oe
BELGIANS EXPECT LIBERTY
Preparations 'Made lor Kvcnts Fol
lowing German Withdrawal.
HAVRE. July 20. To be prepared to
meet tho situation which would arise
in the event of evacuation of Belgian
territory occupied by the Germans an
to reassemble the Belgian Parltamen
a commission has been appointed un
der the presidency of H. Carton De
Wiart. Belgian Minister of Justice.
"consider and prepare measures which
then may be urgently required."
The chiefs of the various depart
ments are members of this commission.
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in
LE a strong but unsuccessfu
erman counter offensive is stil
being fought out on the British front,
the Teutonic armies find themselves
again the object of the simultaneous
attack on both eastern and western
fronts. The recent successful advance
having brought - the British into line
with the French at Hardecourt. the
French offensive, which has been for
some time in preparation, has been re
newed energetically on both sides of
the Somme on a front of about five
miles thus far successfully.
Official dispatches from the British and
French headquarters last nlghf show
a further advance by both armies. The
British pushed forward their line about
1000 yards north of the Bazen tin -longueval
sector and are still fighting
fiercely with the Germans in the out
skirts of Longeuval and in the Delville
wood.
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NORFOLK. Va July 20. (Special.)
Seafaring men here. say that when the
Deutschland did not leave RMltimore
have been repeated vigorous firing and
patrob enterprises, says Berlin. The
third phase of the allied offensive ap
parently has opened.
The French for a time hold the ini
tiative at Verdun and the German at
tacks have halted for the thmc. To
morrow marks tho end of the third
week of the biggest operations on the
west front since the first months of
the war. The results are considered
satisfactory here beyond the early expectations.
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French.
PARIS, July 20. An official state
ment issued tonight says:
To the north of the Somme we are
consolidating the position conquered
by us this morning.
South of the Somne we extended
ur front or attacK in tne course ot
the afternoon and captured the entire
first German position from Estrees as
far as the height of v ermandovlllers.
In the course of the fighting today
we .catpured on the two sides of the
river about 2900 prisoners, of whom 30
were officers. Three cannon, about
0 machine guns and Important material
ikewise remained in our hands.
'On the right bank of the Meuse we
continued to progress by the use of
the grenade west of the Thiaumont.
Work. The total number of prisoners
aken by us this morning in the sector
of Fleury was 300, including eight of
ficers.
Coon the left bank of the Meuse
bombardment continued In the regions
of Avocourt and Chattancourt, together
with hand grenade fighting on the
slopes northeast of Hill 304."
The French, having renewed their
offensive, captured a' considerable
stretch of German trenches in the
neighborhood of Estrees and in en
gagements on both sides of the river
have taken nearly 3000 additional pris-.oners.
At the same time, according to Rome
reports, the violent Russian offensive
has been resumed in Carpathians, at
Kovel, at Vladimir-Voynskl and in the
Riga sector. Unofficial dispatches from
Petrograd say that the second stage of
the battle for the possession of Kovel
is continuing with extreme violence.
General Brussiloff has brought up
crushing forces from Stokhod to the
Lipa to attack the Austro-Germans and
anxiety as to their ability to withstand
a continuance of the pressure is begin
ning to be reflected in the Berlin com
ments on the situation.
.
Austrian.
BERLIN", July 20. (By wireless to
Sawille.) Hurling stones down the
mountain sides, the Austrians repulsed
three strong Italian attacks near Bor
cola Pass, the official statement issued
yesterday at Vienna reports. tne an
nouncement follows:
"After heavy artillery preparation.
Military critics in London discuss the
new situation which has arisen, point
ing out that Germany is now compelled
to act on the defensive, and they specu
late as to how soon Germany may find
herself obliged to make retirement in
an attempt to shorten her extensive,
but supposedly thinly-held lines, espe
cially on the Eastern front.
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