AWAITING
British Infantry behind barbed wire
SAYS WAR MAY
BE SHORTENED
Premier Asquith Assures Par
liament of Success.
All But 100,000 Men of 1,186,000
Authorized Are Under Arms
Aid of Antwerp Defended.
London In a speech delivered in the
house of commons Thursday after the
opening of parliament, Premier As
quith declared that he doubted whether
the war would last as long as some
people oiginally predicted, but that it
would last long was certain.
"However, the longer it lasts," con
tinued the premier, "the more the
great resources and strength which the
empire possesses will be available to
fill the gaps, to replace the losses and
maintain our position.
"The empire is on trial and the ex
periences of the lust three months
have inspired us with the confident
hope that the longer the trial lasts the
more clearly will we emerge from It as
the championB of a just cause."
Mr. Asquith expressed warm appre
ciation of the support which the gov
ernment had received from all parties.
England is engaged in an unprece
dented contest, he Baid, and regarding
the justice of her share in this there
i8 no difference of opinion in any part
of the empire. The counrty has gone
through much, has learned much, has
Been her troops hold a position of diffi
culty and danger, the premier con
tinued, and he added:
"Today we see them in a position in
which, in conjunction with our allies,
France and Belgium, they have frus
trated absolutely and defeated the first
designs of the German emperor."
Regarding the sending of British
marines to Antwerp just before the
fall of that city, the premier intimated
that Winston Spencer Churchill, first
lord of the admiralty, subsequently
would make a more detailed state
ment, but he said at once that the
responsibility for the expedition was
shared by the government as a whole.
Woe, Japan! Says German,
Amsterdam The Berlin Lokal An
zeiger, commenting on the German
defeat at Tsing Tau, says:
"Germans will never forget the he
roic fighting at Kiau Chau and those
who defended tho colony. Never shall
we forget the brutal violence of the
yellow robbers nor England, who in
stigated them. We know that we
cannot settle our account with Japan
at present. For years she will enjoy
her booty.
"Our mills will grind Blowly, but
even if years should pass before the
right moment comes at last, then a
Bhout of joy will resound through Ger
many. Woe to you, Nippon!"
Way to Holland Blocked.
Sas Van Gent, Holland German en
gineers Thursday dynamited bridges
cross the Leopold canal at Dalger
hoeke, Stroobridge, St. Laurent, St.
Jean and Watervliet, all places in the
northwestern part of East Flanders,
near the Dutch frontier. The Germans
also threw a number of large trees
across the roads leading to the Holland
frontier.
In this way the flight of peasants,
which recommenced on November 8,
is made impossible and West Flanders
is entirely cut off from the world.
War Made on "World of Hate."
Berlin Johannes Kaempf, president
of the relchhstag, has received the fol
lowing dispatch from Emperor Wil
liam : "The heroio defense of Tsing
Tau, that model settlement of German
culture built with the labor of many
years, brings new laurels to the spirit
of faithfulness unto death which the
German people have so often shown
since their army and their fleet have
been In defensive warfare against a
world of hatred, envy and covetous
nesa, a war which, if God wills, will
not be in vain."
A CHARGE OF GERMAN
calmly awaiting a charge by a detachment of the kaiser's cavalry.
German Cruiser Emden
Destroyed by Australian
London Destruction of the German
cruiser Emden, which has long preyed
on the commerce of the allies in East
ern waters, and the bottling up on the
coast of East Africa of the German
cruiser Koenigsberg was reported offi
cially Wednesday.
The Emden was run ashore after a
futile but spirited resistance, on an
island 500 miles southwest of Java,
in the Indian ocean. The Australian
cruiser Sydney won the battle.
The report of the admiralty said :
"The Koenigsberg is now impris
oned and unable to do further harm.
The fast vessels which have been
searching for her are thus released for
other service.
"Another large combined operation
by fast cruisers against the German
cruiser Emden has been for some time
in progress. In the search, which cov
ered an immense area, the British
cruisers have been aided by French
Russian and Japanese vessels, working
in harmony. The Australian warship
Melbourne and Sydney also were in
cluded in these movements.
"Wednesday morning news was re
ceived that the Emden, which had
been completely lost to sight after her
action with the Russian cruiser Jemt
chug, had arrived at Keeling, or Cocos,
Island and landed an armed party to
destroy the wireless station. Here she
was caught and forced to fight by the
Australian cruiser Sydney.
"A sharp action took place, in which
the Sydney suffered the loss of three
men killed and 16 wounded. The
Emden was driven ashore and burned.
Her losses in personnel are reported as
very heavy."
Russian Army Pushing
Toward Eastern Prussia
London Dispatches from Petrograd
say the general headquarters has an
nounced that the Russian forces are
approaching the region around Lake
Mazourie in East Prussia and that hat
tes raging in the vicinity of Golldap,
Mlawa and Soldau and around Cracow
and Przemysl are progressing favora
bly for the Russians.
The only claim of success in the
eastern war zone made in Berlin dis
patches is the rout of a Russian bat
talion in Russian Poland by a detach
ment of German cavalry.
The Russian dispatches declare that
the invasion of Germany is now an act
uality, the German report of driving
back the invaders notwithstanding.
The Russians report capturing, dur
ing the recent campaign in Poland, the
German Generals Von Makenge, com
mander of the 17th Army Corps, and
Liebert, commander at Lodz during
the German occupation of that city.
Canada to "Win or Die."
New York "There is no doubt in
the minds of Canadians of the result of
the war; but should the British Em
pire fall it would not affect any of us
in Canada, for in that event we should
all be dead and should know nothing
about it," said Arthur L. Sifton, prime
minister of Alberta, who was the guest
of honor at a dinner of the Canadian
club here. There is no doubt that we
must give every possible aid to carry
the war to a successful end. It may be
a matter of years; but when the war
iB over Canada will be the gainer." v
German Officer Loss Big.
Paris A Havas Agency dispatch
from Petrograd says: . "It is estimat
ed here that during the recent fighting
in East Prussia the Germans lost 70
per cent of their officers. From Octo
ber 23 to November 5 the total Rus
sian captures amounted to 323 officers,
21,760 soldiers, four mortars, 62 can
non 62 quickfirera and a large amount
of munitions of war, including a quan
tity of provisions."
Vobe Is Given Russia.
Petrograd Grand Duke Nicholas has
received from Earl Kitchener, the
British secretary of State for war, a
telegram conveying the congratulations
of himself and Field Marshal French
and the British army on the brilliant
termination of the second stage of the
Russian operations. Earl Kitchener
adds: "We are convinced that the
joint efforts of the allies will result in
the final crushing defeat of the
enemy."
CAVALRY
ALLIES ASK JAPS
FOR AID IN WEST
Nipponese to Have Free Hand
in China as Reward.
Army of 200,000 Is Wanted, But
Transportation Problem Is
Serious Obstacle.
Pekin Enticing offers have been
made to Japan by agents of the allies
in China to induce the Mikado to throw
200,000 of his seasoned troops into the
European war scene.
Following the fall of Tsing Tau,
which releases Japanese troops and
warships and removes any German
menace to Japan's prestige in the
Orient, the allies are exerting every
effort to bring Japan into the western
conflict. A guarantee of a freer hand
in the affairs of China is said here to
be the price offered for the Japanese
troops. The younger statesmen are
said to have received the proffer with
enthusiasm, but the more conservative
are dubious.
The effect of such a move on the
status of Tsing Tau is problematical.
Japan has insisted that her only inten
tion is to restore the territory to
China, but this, it is learned, will be
done only under a rigid agreement that
China shall cede no more territory to
any European power. Failing in this
understanding from China, Japan will
proclaim her title to Tsing Tau in per
petuity Japan's announcement following the
fall of Tsing Tau made no admission
of British influence in the future of
the province.
To carry 200,000 troops to the Rus
sian battlefront by way of the trans
Siberian railroad, Japan would have to
perform the herculean task of trans
porting them nearly 800 miles across
the Sea of Japan to Vladivostock and
more than 6600 miles over" a single
track railroad. This movement would
have to be made in the dead of the
Siberian winter and would require at
least until the late spring to accom
plish. British white and Indian troops,
which aided in the siege of Tsing Tau,
are to be put in action in Egypt and
about the Suez canal against the
Turks.
To reach France the Japanese would
have to use the Panama canal, as she
has a right, for transporting soldiers
or warships under the treaty. Jap
anese naval operations in the Pacific
have been veiled with mystery and her
explanation that the only purpose in
seizing German stations in Polynesia
was to protect her own shipping has
not been accepted in all quarters as
conclusive.
Japan and Great Britain together
control a chain of coaling stations
through the Gilbert, Samoan and So
ciety Island groups in a direct line
from Japan to the Panama canal. It
would take about two months from
Japan to France and would be a feasi
ble move, but a far greater number of
transports would be required, the first
Canadian contingent of about 30,000
men having been employed 32 ships in
transporting.
Servian Position Lost
Vienna The following official state
ment was Issued here :
"In the southwestern war theater
the battle on the whole front Monday
continued with undiminished force. In
spite of the obstinate resistance of the
enemy, entrenchment after entrench
ment near Kroupani was taken until 6
o'clock in the morning one of the
strongest points, Kostajnik, which the
Servians believed unconquerable, was
stormed by our troops. "The number
of prisoners and captured guns is not
known."
Noble Hungarians Slain.
Paris According to the latest list
of killed published in Vienna, the Hun
garian aristocracy had a considerable
loss in the battles around Lille,
France, to which district they had
been sent to aid the Germans. The
lists show that 867 Hussars belonging
to noble families were killed.
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Briet
Ecuador is admonished by the allies
to maintain a strict neutrality.
A wildcat which has slain 37 goats
in Linn county, Oregon, has been
killed.
Belgians abroad have subscribed a
fund of $3,000,000 to aid their stricken
brothers.
It is rumored among shipping firms
in London that the German cruiser
Karlsruhe has been cornered.
It is said 70,000 alien enemies are in
the British empire and are causing
much trouble tothat government.
Japan's ire is stirred by a demand of
China to evacuate Tsing Tau, just
taken by the Japanese from the Ger
mans. The official newspaper of Berlin pub
lishes a decree forbidding the export
of leather, horse skins and calf skins,
shoddy and tinplate.
Members of the Investment Bank
ers' association in session in Philadel
phia declare the era of depression in
the money market is past.
A storm of protest by women at
tending a council meeting in Tacoma,
arose when a dairyman declared that
"babies are cheaper than cows."
Washington government has decided
to hold Vera Cruz for the present, and
a guarantee of guarantees is now de
manded of the tangled Mexican gov
ernment. Passengers who were on the British
steamship Vandyck when she was cap
tured off the coast of Brazil October
26 by the German cruiser Karlsruhe
are being brought to New York.
The German authorities again rec
ommend that all Eglish subjects
women, children and girls under 17,
clergymen, doctors and other men over
55 years of age leave Germany.
A dispatch received at Montevideo
from Valparaiso, Chile, says that the
Japanese squadron seen recently off
Easter island in the Pacific by a mer
chant vessel consisted of eight vessels.
The London admiralty announces
that in the absence of further informa
tion, the loss of the British cruisers
Good Hope and Monmouth in the naval
engagement off the coast of Chile with
the Geman squadron on November 1,
is now "officially presumed."
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, of Kan
dahar, is going to France. The official
announcement making this fact public
says the famous general is going into
the war zone "to see the Indian
troops." Lord Roberts was born in
Cawnpore, India, 82 years ago.
Meyer Waldeck, who commanded
the German forces at Tsing Tau, ac
cording to a dispatch from Tsing Tau
to the Asahi, has sent a telegram to
Emperor William Baying he was com
pelled to surrender on account of lack
of ammunition and the heavy damage
inflicted by the enemy on his forts.
Advices from Constantinople say the
Ottoman army still lacks 700 officers,
and that the authorities at Berlin were
requested to supply them. Berlin re
plied that it would be impossible to
send all Germans, but would supple
ment them with Austrians, who would
travel to Constantinople individually
as civilians.
The "blue sky law" passes in Cali
fornia, after an early apparent defeat.
England repeats call to all voters to
declare their attitude on enlistment in
the army or navy.
A Portland, Or., banker predicts
better times by spring "In spite of
handicaps caused by unwise and freak
legislation."
The idle of Belgium is told to goto
work by the German governor under
penalty that all charitable organiza
tions feeding them, will be dissolved.
The German cruiser Emden, forced
to run ashore by an Australian war
ship, had destroyed 23 merchantmen
and other small vessels before she was
finally captured.
Reports received in Berlin from Co
penhagen set forth that the Russian
government is protesting to Pekin
against the concentration of troops on
the Manchurian frontier.
General Villa in command of 15,000
men, is said to be marching from the
north on Mexico City, ostensibly to
oust Carranza who has an army of 40,-
000 to resist the attack.
The Sheik-ul-Islam, head of the hier
archy in Turkey, has prepared an an
nouncement to all Mohammedans in
which he declares that every Moham
medan fighting on the side of Great
Britain, France and Russia is not a
warrior but a murderer, and liable to
religious punishment.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Reu
ter Telegram company in London, says
that the Dutch newspapers confirm the
statement that Germany is transfer
ring cavalry and artillery from the
western to the eastern frontier.
A heavy snow has fallen in the Voa-
ges mountains and the Black forest.
The Germans are said to have had
difficulty in removing their reserve
field artillery from defensive postiona
on the heights into the valleys. Their
removal is considered in some quarters
to indicate that the army is preparing
for retreat.
No Australian Wool to
Be Had by Americans
Washington, D. C. Ambassador
Page has reported from London that
Great Britain, for the present, is un
willing to modify the embargo on the
exportation of wool from Australia.
Wool dealers, however, are hoping,
through the State department, to con
tinue negotiations bo as to enable them
to participate in the auction Bales soon
to be held in Australia.
The British government is under
stood to have replied to Ambassador
Page that for the present the mother
country would use all the wool raised
in "Australia, though, when it became
apparent that there would be a sur
plus, some arrangement might be
made whereby American firms could
obtain part of the product. The only
condition under which they could get
any wool, however, would be with
guarantees that the product be used
only in manufacturing goods contracted
for by Great Britain.
Wool dealers have represented to
the State department that, unless they
are able to know just when they will
be permitted to import wool from Aus
tralia, they cannot safely enter the
auction sales there. Further negotia
tions are being conducted by the for
eign trade advisers of the State De
partment in an effort to have Ameri
can importers permitted at least to ob
tain licenses to export from Australia
wool contracted for before the- embar
go was proclaimed.
Mined Sea Protested by
Many Neutral Countries
The Hague la view of the ever
increasing difficulties to the naviga
tion of the North Sea, which, after the
laying of mines by Germany, has now
been virtually closed to all neutral
trade by the recent order of the Brit
ish admiralty, the Amsterdam Han
delsblad suggests editorially an imme
diate conference between representa
tives of Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
Holland and the United States to dis
cuss means by which the North Sea
may be kept open and neutral coun
tries saved from threatened famine.
Washington, D. C. Denmark, Nor
way, Sweden and Holland already have
protested formally to Germany and
England against mines in the North
Sea, other than at harbor entrances.
So far no direct proposal has been
made that the United States enter in
to a joint protest against the mine
planting.
However, the apparent purpose of
the recent conferences between diplo
matic representatives of those coun
tries and State department officials
was to intimate to the United States
the propriety of asking an individual
protest.
Sitka Pioneer Home Full.
Juneau,. Alaska Governor Strong
has announced that the Pioneers'
Home at Sitka is now filled to over
flowing and that with the admission of
William Thompson, of Nome, and Wil
liam Stewart, of Juneau, the doors
would hare to be closed until addition
al room is provided. In this institu
tion the territory of Alaska iB recog
nizing the great work done by its pio
neers in subduing the wilderness.
William Thompson, who is 68 years
old, came to Alaska in 1865 as a mem
ber of the famous Western Union Tel
egraph company's expedition to look
for a feasible route for a telegraph
line to Siberia from the United States
via Bering Straits.
William Stewart is also '68 years
old. He passed nearly all his life pio
neering in the North. He came to
Alaska in 1880.
Trade Balance Growing.
Washington, D. C. Exports at 10
principal American ports for the week
ending November 7 exceeded the im
ports by more than $10,000,000, the
department of commerce announced
although there were but fye business
days in that week because of elections.
The imports totalled $26,129,896
and the exports were $36,645,767,
leaving a balance of trade in favor of
the United States of $10,515,872.
More than $3,000,000 were collected
in duties. Boston, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, New Orleans, Galveston, San
Francisco, Seattle, Buffalo and Detroit
furnished the record. These ports
handle 85 per cent of the customs.
California Gifts Go Soon.
San Francisco December 1 is the
day on which the California ship load
ed with supplies for starving Belgians
will sail. The cost of chartering a
suitable vessel and of the insurance
will be borne either by the London Re
lief commission or by the Rockefeller
Foundation. Thursday's cash contri
butions here amounted to $4375, mak
ing a total of $117,174 subscribed thus
far. Great quantities of beans, flour,
provisions and other commodities also
were received. It is believed the
cargo will measure 6000 tons.
Seaight Site Unmarked.
Washington, D C Eduardo Suarez,
Chilean ambassador here, is informed
by his government that Chilean ships
sent out to search had not found the
slightest trace of the Monmouth or the
Good Hope, the British cruisers report
ed lost in the recent sea fight with a
German fleet off the coast of Chile.
On their return to Valparaiso the ves-
Ukln MannrtAfl that ihov kill .a.n.kul
carefully over the zone of battle with
out finding a bit of wreckage.
WILL EVACUATE
VERA CRUZ SOON
American Forces to Leave Mex
ico November 23rd.
Secretary Bryan Says Guarantee
of Safety Is Obviated Nuns
and Priests Have Gone.
Washington, D. C Monday, No
vember 23, was fixed as the date for
the evacuation of Vera Cruz by the
American forces. Secretary Bryan
has issued this announcement:
- "Both General' Carranza and the
convention at Aguas Calientes having
given the assurances and guarantees
we requested, it is the purpose of the
administration to withdraw the troops
of the United States from Vera Cruz
on Monday, November 23.
"All the persons there for whose
personal safety this government has
made itself responsible have left the
city. The priests and nuns who had
taken refuge there, and for whose
safety fears were entertained, are now
on their way to this country. "
This statement was given out after
a long conference between Mr. Bryan
and President Wilson. It apparently
was received with surprise in some
official quarters. The general under
standing has been that the evacuation
might be delayed indefinitely pending
reports on the alignment of the var
ious Mexican chiefs in the latest civil
war now in progress. Secretary
Bryan declined to add to the formal
announcement, saying details would be
made public by the War department.
Secretary Garrison had nothing to say,
and to just what authority the port of
Vera Cruz would be delivered was not
made plain.
It has been assumed, however, that
as the United States throughout the
Mexican difficulties has dealt with the
authorities actually in control of ter
ritory involved, the city would be
turned over to an agent of General
Carranza, probably General Candido
Aguilar, commanding the constitution
alist forces in the state of Vera Cruz.
So far as is known, there has been
no final decision as to when and whom
the more than a million dollars of
Mexican customs moneys now held by
the United States shall be paid. Both
Carranza and the Aguas Calientes con
vention have given guarantees that
customs duties collected at Vera Cruz
will not be reimposed. In view of the
complications which might arise, how
ever, in the event Carranza were driv
en from power by Villa's army sup
porting General Gutierrez, the conven
tion's new provisional president, it has
been suggested that payment of the
money might be withheld pending a
clarification of the situation.
Russians fiercely Fighting
Kaiser in East Germany
London German forces which were
forced to retreat into East Prussia
from Russian Poland have placed
heavy artillery in all defiles to the east
of Mazurian lakes, where a new ter
rific battle is in nrotrress alone a front
of 160 miles forming a wide curve
trom btalluponen, in the Northwest,
through Goldap and Kruglaken to Sod
lau in the Southwest.
The Russians are vigorously carry
ing out an enveloping movement. The
Germans consider their position im
pregnable and believe they will check
the enemy's advance, according to a
dispatch from Petrograd by way of
Paris, which adds :
"Throughout all Prussia railway
passenger traffic has been suspended.
The lines now are transporting only
troops, apparently with a view to a
new concentration which is said to
have been decided upon by a recent
council of the Austro-German general
staff at Cracow. This council is re
ported to have decided to change com
pletely the plan of battle."
trench Pay $182,000,000.
Bordeaux The cost of war to
France In October was $182,154,504, a
daily average of more than $6,000,000.
The daily average for the first three
months of the war was $7,000,000. The -government
will disburse immediately
$13,000,000 for repairs to the railroad
system. These probably have been
made necessary by the wear and tear
due to the transportation of troops.
The sum of $1,314,000 has been set
aside for the relief of the unemployed.
Various sums will be used to relieve
localities invaded by the Germans.
Scoff Will Head Staff.
Washington, D. C Brigadier Gen
eral Hugh Scott was selected by Presi
dent Wilson Saturday to be chief of
staff of the United States army on the
retirement next week of Major Gener
al Wotherspoon.
The vacancy of major general cre
ated by General Wotherspoon's retire
ment will be filled by the nomination
of Brigadier General Frederick F.
Funston, now in command at Vera
Cruz.
Lumber Orders Pour In.
Seattle, Wash. Inquiries for 9,
000,000 railroad ties and for 10,000,
000 feet of large timbers received dur
ing the last 10 days have greatly stim
ulated the Northwestern lumber situa
tion, and local exporters look for
heavy cargo orders.
The inquiries come principally from
the United Kingdom. The supply for
England has heretofore been furnished
in the Baltic.