St. John's Daily Star, 1917-12-11

              The St. John's Daily Star Newfoundland VOLUME 111 ($3OO per Annum) TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917. f(Price: One Cent) No. 305. JERUSALEM HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH. NEW YORK December 10-(Delayed)-The Associated Press reports that Allied reinforcements have-now definitely taken their place on the actual Italian i front, and are now occupying the trenches in the battered positions held by the Italian troops now relieved for needed respite. * KALEDINES & KORNILOFF HEAD REVOLT IN RUSSIA NOTHING FURTHER FROM THE HALIFAX DISASTER ENEMY ATTACKS ARE BEATEN OFF Teuton Troops Succeeded in Entering Italian Positions, But Later Were Driven Out With Losses. (Official Admiralty Press News.) Italian Official Report AT dawn yesterday, east of Caposile, the enemy by a surprise action in force, succeeded in reaching some observation trenches held by us on the left of the Piave, at Vecchia and Agehzia Zuliani, and in taking possession of these after a hand-to-hand struggle with a small, but gallant garrison.rly last night we retook, in a counter-attack, the entire position. I s enemy supports, who promptly came up, were violently attacked and put to flight, suffering heavy losses. Along the remainder of the front the usual artillery action took place. Our batteries shelled enemy masses and movements here and there. A battery cl the Royal Navy, having range of a bridge thrown by the enemy between Vianello Csucca, obtained a direct hit on u>, niterrupting it whilst a dense traffic of troops and transports was going on. Austrians Report Success. . Vienna, Dec. 9 (Official)—On the Asiago yesterday our troops stormed strong vantage points on Stenfle and ained them against violent attacks. Our aviators yesterday fought numerous aerial battles and shot down six Italian airplanes. General Allenby, the Conqueror of Jerusalem. BERLIN OFFICIAL REPORT. Berlin, Dec. 9. (Official) Western Theatre.—ln some sectors of the Flanders front, south of the Scarpe, and between Moeuvres and Banteux, lively artillery battles developed in the afternoon. On the remainder of the front fighting actively continued of a minor nature. On the Italian front.—On the Asiago livr'y artillery firing continues. The positions captured on Mount Sisenol have been cleared of the remnants of the Italian garrison. Prisoners taken by the army group of Field Marshal Hoetzendorf, number sixteen thousand. JERUSALEM HAS BEEN SURRENDERED General Allenby Announces That Holy City Has Been Surrendered— Official Entry Today. (Official, Admiralty Press News, by Co artesy of Major Abraham, Staff Officer.) .British Official Report. A RAID attempted by the enemy last nig||t southwest of La Bassee was driven/off before reaching our lines. anotheV hostile party which attacked one ofjpur posts near Klein-Zillebeke, was repulsed with loss to the enemy. It v&s announced in the House of CommJ§is this afternoon that Jerusalem hra been captured. Mr. Bonar Law $qsi General Allenby proposed to make i is official entry into Jerusalem tomorrow. General Allenby reported that on the Bth hift attacked the enemy positions south md west of Jerusalem. Welsh and Home Counties' troops advanced from They drove the enemvfback, and passing Jerusalem in the ef|t established themselves on the Jerus{ Jem-Jericho road. Inflntry and unmounted yeomanry strong enemy positions west and northwest; they established themselves '• astride the Jerusalem-Shechand road. The Holy City, being thus isolated.Jwas surrendered. A Successful local operation was carried out early this morning on the Cambtai front against a post held by the east of Boursies. The hostile detachment defending the post was driven lout by Scottish troops with the loss of; several Germans killed or taken prisoners. The. enemy's artillery has been active west and southwest of Cambrai. There has been increased hostile artillery activity also east and northeast of Ypres, particularly in the neighborhood of Polygon Wood and Passchendaele. h MUST BE PREPARED. Expect* d That Germans Are Preparing For H\g Offensive on West Front. (Official Admiralty Press News.) Washington, Monday.—Mr. Baker, Secretary of War, in his weekly resume, > jives warning that Germany, with r< inforcements from the Russian front,* hay be expected to launch a genera • offensive in France. Thii -means, he said, that we must speed up our military efforts, and a unitecT nation must stand squarely behind rAir troops. It is not sufficient to prepare to fight; we must prepare to win. The Cambrai attack, he said, was the most powerful and most successful blow that the British have dealt in the fast two and a half years. It would appear that in his counter-attack the enemy expected to make a thorough break on a broad front, but it was unsuccessful and won back onl ya third of the recent gains. FRENCH REPORT. Enemy Attempt to Advance Led to Lively Fighting. Paris. Dec. 9 (Official)— Artillery activity is reported in the region north of Chavignon, on the right bank of the Aisne, and near Apremont Wood. An enemy attempt to advance toward Bezenvaux led to lively fighting. The enemy was repulsed with appreciable losses. The artillery duel was lively in this region, also at several sectors on the left bank of the Meuse. The night official says an enemy raid north of Anizy-le-Chateau was repulsed/ Lively artillery actions around Sapigrfeul de Champagne and on the right tank of the Meuse. » «  Uindenburg at Cambrai. Geneva, Dec. 9.—Hindenburg and Ludenojorff have gone to trVe Cambraj front, according to news from Strassburg. The railway traffic through the Rhine fctowns has been congested for several days, owing to the flow of troops! and artillery being rushed through to that front. No civilians are pamitted to travel along the line, land tne German frontier remains 'dosed, "INDIGNANTLY REPUDIATE" ' BLUE PUTTEE CHARGES So Says Sir Edward Morris—Opinions of Some of the Returned Officers Are Given, Copy of message received from Sir Edward Morris, Prime Minister, by the Hon. J. R. Bennett, Minister of Militia: "JUST back from Ayr. I have held "an investigation as requested and "the men and officers indignantly repudiate unjustifiable aspersions, on "men and officers of both battalions, "that are contained in the letter referred to. No discrimination, either "with regard to 'Blue Puttees' or oth"ers, is ever made. The question of "furlough for the men in France is "dealt with entirely by the Commanding Officer there. The furlough for "the men at Ayr is governed by the "rule that was made on October 9th, "1916, and which was sent.to Ayr "from Newfoundland. As to the scan"dalous treatment alleged to be given "the "Blue Puttees in the matter of "field duty, no soldier is permitted to "proceed on Active Service unless he "is passed medically fit. I find no "trace of the slightest discrimination in "the drafting of men from Ayr for "Active Service. The allegation that "there are able-bodied men at the "Base who could take the place of "the 'Blue Puttees' is without foundation. There are three cases here of "men who are physically fit, but who "are detained under War Office orders. "As to the question of how Commis-* "sions have been obtained, they have "been granted by the Governor on the "recommendation of both Colonels based on acquired knowledge of the "qualifications of the candidates. The "proof that the system is sound and "the selections wise is shown by the "record of Officers' distinctions and "decorations won. The statement "that some of the men, for the greater "part of three years, have been from "the firing line to the rest billet and "again to the firing line is misleading. "The First Battalion landed on Gal"lipoli about two years from the d-ir-d-ire"of the letter. As to the suggestion "that the nearest approach tney get "to a furlough is when they are not in "the trenches and when tfciey are not "in the trenches they are in hospital, "is not correct. AIL men leaving hospital get furlough to spend as they "please, and their furlough is very of"ten extended. The complaint that "men were shirtless and sockless, even "under most extreme circumstances "and rigors of Active Service is not true: it has never been the case: "and as to reserve battalions the supplies are more than adequate always, i "General \yt a§ to the charges made, "the men and officers at Ayr confidently to Majors Rendell, Montgom- and Carty, and Lieuts. Byrne, "Herder, and all other officers and men jn Newfoundland, to publicly defend the Battalions from said accusations. "I am obtaining figures as to your sec"ond cable and am sending a full re"port on all matters by mail." (Sgd.) E. P. MORRIS. Second Cable. "In answer to your cable of the "3rd.,'there are forty-six officers and three Cadets in the British Isles today. "Clouston, PateTson and Starkes went into training at Cambridge on August "sth. The Windsor Draft arrived at "Ayr on April 30th. On May 18th., "Seymour, Noseworthy, Ellis, Newman, "LeMessurier, Tresise, CoopeT, Moore, "Hopson Strang, Holmes, Bennett, "Power, Mews, Greaves, Duley, Edens "were granted Commissions in order to "replace seventeen officers ordered to "France by the War Office. Holmes and "Bennett were transferred to the Fly"ing Corps. Newman, Moore, Strang, "Greaves, and Duley are now under or "ders for France. LeMesurier is attached to the musketry staff; Tresise "is Gas Officer; Cooper is Bombing Of"ficer; Power is attending Signalling "Course. The returns, showing the ac"tual number of officers at Ayr, were "sent to the War Office. The sending "to France of those officers rests entire"ly with the War Office. The above"named officers detailed for special "duties are there by order of the War "Office. No officer can be sent to "France without direct orders from the "War Office. I am sending a full re"port by mail." (Sgd.) MORRIS. Major RendeH's Idea. Major W. F. Rendell, Chief Staff Officer, states: I have read the article in The Daily Star on Friday, 30 Nov., under the heading "Is It True?" and consider it an absolute mis-statement of the facts, and liable to prejudice relations and friends of the men of our regiment overseas. I left Ayr on the 29th of August, and had been with the Second Battalion since the middle of March previously, as well as for a period of five months during 1916. During both periods I was Second in Command in the 2nd Battalion ,and therefore in a position to have a fair knowledge of the condition of affairs. The article referred to states that there are abler bodied men attached to Headquarters in Scotland who should be in the trenches in France. As far as I am aware there are three men only with the 2nd Rattal. Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, Most Beautiful Mohammedan Church RUSSIA IN THROES OF ANOTHER REVOLT Generals Kaledines and Korniloff Have Declared War Against the People and The Revolution. JJEW YORK, Dec. 10.—The Russian Government has issued the following proclamation to the Russian nation : "Kaledines and Korniloff, assisted by Imperialists and Constitutional Democrats, have raised a revolt and declared war in the Don region against the people and the revolution." The proclamation adds that Constitutional Democrats and Bourgeoisie are supplying the revolting generals with scores of millions of roubles. The Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates have ordered the necessary movement of troops against the counter revolution and issued a decree authorizing the local revolutionary garrisons to attack the enemies of the people without awaiting orders from the supreme authorities and forbidding any attempts at mediation. ITALIAN REPORT. Heavily Shelled Enemy Positions On The Asiago. Rome, DecIj[Qfficial)—ln Lagar.lley our errefcrr soldiers 7 On. the Asiago Plateau our batteries repeatedly heavily shelled hostile forces in movement between the Bretna and Piave Rivers. Artillery fire, which was very violent during the afternoon, became normal again early in the evening. On the Piave plain and in Sadona Valley there was artillery activity by both sides, and numerous enemy patrols were repulsed. Our Gaproni machines effectively bombarded the lines of communication on the Asiago Plateau, afterward firing with machine guns on the troops leaving the bombed places. Last night our airships repeated their daring raids, dropping more than four tons of bombs on the enemy's encampments near Quero, Motta di Livenza and Petrogruare. Two enemy airplanes were brought down and a captive balloon, on fire, fell near Grisolera. ■ ■ — A large number of brin bags which were valuable to the party who owned them, were stolen recently from the wharves of A. J. Harvey & Co. Evidently crooks of all classes in this city only value that which they can get by slight of hand tricks. STRANGLEHOLD ON ENEMY ALIENS Enemy Aliens Forbidden to go Within Hundred Yards of Canals, Wharves Warehouses and Railway Depots (By United Press.) (The St- John's Daily Star Correspondence) WASHINGTON, November 19—The GoverWent to-day took a strangle hold on anen enemies within the nation.By proclamation, President Wilson ordered a nation-wide alien enemy registration, ordered the District of Columbia and the Panama Canal zone rid of them and forbade them to enter within a hundred yards of canals, wharves, piers, drydocks, ships, warehouses, elevators terminals and depots. Triis prohibition also extends to grain elevators, warehouses, railroad depots, yards or terminals which are' used in connection with' the docks and piers. Alien enemies must keep off all boats except public ferries on ocean, bay, river or other waters within three miles of the shore line of the United States or its territorial possessions. No alien enemy will be permitted to fly in an airplane, ballon or other flying device. . They may not travel on ocean, bay 'or river, within tKree miles of the United States shore line, and they may not fly in an aeroplane. The registratioa is intended to give a complete line on men whose allegiance to the Kaiser makes them available as spies. Arising frOm the frequent fires and explosions in warehouses and ships, the proclamation is intended to put an end to the freedom with which many of these enemies have circulated throughout the nation. The Attorney-General is empowered to designate barred zones not already provided and to enforce regulations for registration. The alien enemy may not move about and regulations for periodical reports to authorities can be provided. This is the most sweeping step to curb the spy peril yet taken by the United States, and is in line with similar measures taken in England. 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