St. John's Daily Star, 1915-11-30

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 1 3.00 per annum tuesday november 30 1915 rice one cent no 190 big snow-storms check the huns give respite to serbians monast'r regarded as doomed but serbs are determined to defend it to the very last—winter weather also causes suspension of opera tions on balkan front held by the british and french—artillery and aerial fighting in west—lull on the russian front—operations in meso potamia and on gallipoli i n nov 30.—the campaign in the near east is about to enter a ueu phase the visits of lord kitch er.e is and of emperor william to \ :•• >. it is believed will have an important effect lord kitchener after visiting the balkalns and italy has arrived at paris for a important series of conferences with she french staff while the german emperor has gone to vienna to sec empeji francis joseph and discuss in generals what the next move will be presumably it is a ques lether the central powers will be anglo-french forces in southern serbia or concentrate in western bulgaria to meet the threaten ed russian invasion from the east and j the ; rj of roumania taking sides j against her old enemies bulgaria and winter checks war as far as serbia is concerned winter i appears virtually to have put an end j to any important movements altho the j austrians are proceeding to deal with j the montenegrins whose frontiers they have crossed while the bulgarians are | attemp'ing to advance to prisrend and heavy and continuous snow storms reaching the proportions of j blizzards these operations must be slow ■ specially as the serbs and monte | aegrins are still offering a stubborn re-j sista istir it is admitted cannot be saved but the serbs who are defend ing the city are determined to resist to the last and give the civilians a chance to escape they hole a front some ] five miles from the town in the direc tion ol prilep from which point the , bulgarians who have crossed the car usou river are advancing snow hides armies has completely stooped opera-i the anglo-french front in ser bia the opposing forces who are se-1 parated by a valley a mhe across hav ing lost sight of each other liiere are no details*'of the greek reply to the collective note of the en owers demanding facilities for the nt»lo-french forces but a dc rom athens says it is couched idly terms and is regarded as erate fighting continues on the m to have captured more aus nches but the austrians de it the attacks all along the aye been repulsed ry and aerial fighting have ress of events in france while i an almost complete lull pre vails in the caucasus a recrudescence of activity is however reported petro grad recording several scouting expedi tions after clearing the battlefield at ctes iphen near bagdad in mesopotamia the british have again withdrawn to the river the turks report that the brit ish were forced to retire by reason of counter-attacks after suffering very heavy losses kry engagements in which the omtors took a hand have oc i the gallipoli peninsula lustria seeking peace sported from rome that aus eking a separate peace with his is not generally credited some quarters the german emperor's visit to yienua is believcc to lend some color to the rumor the recent successes of the allies in kamerun are considered likely fore runners of the complete defeat of the germans there they are now con centrated at jaunde and although well supplied with guns find it difficult ow ing to the british blockade to get muni tions the allies forces are now con verging on jaunde while other columns are being sent to cut off any attempt at retreat from that town british look for assistance from russians i confident that huns haven i yet finished the gallant serbians jondon nov 29.—the british pub he are not inclined to grant the gorman contention that the serbian campaign of the central powers has been bro-jght to a successful conclu sion the hope is expressed here that the wintry weather will give the lime for transferring the anglo-french troops until they arc strong enough to assume the offensive before the invaders have consolidated their positions in serbia russia also is counted on to play a part in these operations in the meantime the only active mili tary operations seem to be centering round monastir the fate of which is o')scv.re serbs have only eyelash hold on their country now small pnß?m2 n^l rked off by dotted lines shows the mall portion of their country the serbs still hold colonial soldiers routed british pacificist meeting australians and canadians stormed the building chased out the speakers took the platform and turned the gathering into a meeting for gath ering in recruits london nov 29.—canadian and australian soldiers with a sprinkling of british territorials last evenng took charge of the msmoral hall where the unon of democratic control an organi sation which is opposed to enscription and favors peace was advertised to hold a meeting and unceremoniously threw the speakers from the platform and turned the gallery into a recruiting meeting the soldiers succeeded in gaining admission with tickets other than those circulated to the members of the union and forming at the top ot the stair case leading to the great hall and galleries forcibly took possession of the building bombs containing asphyxiating gases were launched and then the soldiers took the platform by storm several of the speakers including e d morel leader of the union sought refuge in an ante-room as did the women who were distributing leaflets the promoters of the meeting were thrown from the platform with furni ture to which they clung and soldier took the place of the speakers and passed a resolution demanding the ac tivities of the union should be stopped and declaring that the only terms of peace acceptable to the allies were fthose which should be dictated after the complete defeat of germany london nov 29—the campaign of franco-british forces in the german colony of kamerun western africa 1 , has resulted in further advances fol lowing the capture of tibati announced last week the official statement of today says that the puge river has been reached and that the french have taken ma konde place for fit is in the ranks says derby to red cross asking jor the male members ondon nov 29.—the earl o derby director of recruiting ha decie on a further measure to supple ment the steps alreay taken to aug ment the british army without resort ing to conscription in a letter to the chairman of the british re cross society he urges th necessity of releasing young anl ac tive men of military age for enlistment replacing them by men unfit for mill tary service on account of age or phy sical disability one cannot shut his eyes to the fac that many persons are doing work fo the red cross whose proper place is ii the fighting ranks the earl said ". suggest then that your men o f service able age whether married or single : should enlist under the group system and that you do all in your power tc replace single men with married men older men or men unfit for military ser vice in order to carry out this arrange ment i will ask the military authorities of france to call for a return of all your men who are of military age and cannot be certified as medically unfit these men asked to enlist will be call ed up as soon as you are able to re place them your organisation will be responsi ble for taking similar measures regard ing men serving at home s.s portia left cape broylc at 8.45 a.m and arrived in port early this iflrrnoon london paper would define peace terms the post says the allies should decide just what they will demand of enemy w jondon nov 29.—belief that the time has arrived for the allies to begin to define some definite terms of peace is expressed by the post in an editorial on the ground that there will be less chance of losing in negotia tions whaf has been gained on the sea and in the field the post contends that without sell ng the skin before killing the bear it may be assumed that victory for the allies is assured if only because the fact that without undue strain great britain could maintain the naval block ade indefinitely and that history has shown that such a pressure alone would in the end secure victory breathes woes and lamentation london post sure we're all on way to destruction jondon nov 30.—the morning post today in a lugubrious editorial urges the government to prepare for peace by formulating the conditions now after stating that victory is a large assumption unless the war is carried on with more skill and resolution than hitherto the post advises that there must be an attempt to satisfy germany as england did with south africa but the object should be to leave germany in a position to do as little harm as possible on land on the sea and in the air the post goes on to say that as the dominions have voluntarily taken part in the war it is obvious they must be consulted fcefore any peace terms can be arranged anglo-french gains made in kameruns treaties are justification of allies action in greece vllies have committed no breach of neutrality in occupying salonika their action being distinctly justi fied under international agreements of 1822 and 1863 paris nov 29.—the entente allies by disembarking troops at salonika ire not violating greek territory nor s their action in greece to be compar d with the german occupation of bel gium this is the semi-official reply to the jerman statement recently made in vhich the salonika expedition is criti cised a violation of foreign territory nd the presence of the allies at saloni a as without any justification the french and british have an established right it is pointed out to ake action at salonika and further could point out that the landing of ied troops at saonika was justified y the london treaty of july 13th 1863 the signatories to which were jreece britain france and russia guaranteeing the independence and constitutional institutions of greece the convention preceded various r>ther agreements entered into back in 1822 in the belief that greece is menaced from within and without the allies hold full liberty of action under the terms of the treaty and will con tinue the work begun certain of the in ternational legality of their action mr dcw'itt cairns is now vaudeville work at acker's theatre halifax he assisted in a social at the army arid navy club banington st hx hist thursday germans face feed shortage pinch of want causes bread ri ots in hun capital jondon nov 29.—an amsterdam correspondent forwards the follow ng telegram i am informed on good authority that serious rioting took place on sat ; urday in berlin several thousand women gathered ( before the imperial castle and demand '[ ed the return of their husbands from the front and the improvement,of food ; conditions the crowd was finally dispersed by the police no confirmation of this amsterdam despatch has been received here papers suspended for dealing with hun food problem london nov 29.—according to a despatch from copenhagen a dozen german newspapers have been suspend ed for discussing the food question in his newspaper the die zunkunft maxmilian harden says the despatch concludes an article on the subject with this sentence we must confess that the german people for the moment are suffering great want a n e wind light and dull pre vails along the line to-day the tem perature is from 30 to jo ahove 1 . . ; who's this and this ? li t for the first correct reply received 1 this office the daily star offers t cash prize of five dollars for th second 2.50 and for the third t like amount remember prompt ness as well as correctness counts ruth in your guess attaching the pictures from the star thereto and mafk your envelope picture pole civilians face starvation hundreds of thousands home ess and without food i — nov 29.—hundreds of thousands of the civil popula tion of warsaw district in poland are suffering for food a considerable per centage of the number are still home less living in huts caves and abandon 1 cd trenches th situation is more serious becau:e j of the immense number of unemployed throw out of work by the almost com s pletc paralysis of polish industries u-boat sunk by airship field marshal french reports that a british aeroplane bombed and de stroyed a hun submarine—artillery and bombing activities on the western front jondon nov 30.—a german sub marine attacked by the british off middlekerke on sunday was sent to the bottom according to an official report by field marshal sir john french which was given out by the press bureau tonight the submarine says field marshal french was seen to break in half the british commander further re ports much activity on the part of ar tillery and air craft no less than fif teen encounters in the air taking place the 28th the text of the report follows on the night of nov 25 a party of xir troops forced an entrance into the memy's trenches near gommecourt vood and several dug-outs full of ger nans were bombed with hand gren ldes the party then withdrew back to our trenches mining operations a mine was sprung by us in front f givenchy on the night of the 25th vhich destroyed two of the enemy gal eries and caused a considerable num ber of casualties amongst the hostile combing party during the last few days we have arried out bombardments on various portions of the enemy's trenches hos tile artillery has been active east of avling east of loos east of neuve chapelle east of armentiere and east of ypres the enemy's aeroplanes active on the 28th during the day there were fifteen encounters in the air as a re sult of which one hostile machine was brought down near cequebi one of our pilots fought with no less than five hostile aeroplanes during a single flight successful attacks bombing attacks were successfully carried out against the german aero drome at gips and an ammunition factory at la chapelotte fourteen machines were attacked at the former place and nine at the latter considerable damage was done in both instances all our machines re turned safely reports from the coast district state that german aeroplanes were active there on the 28th dropping bombs during the day a french aeroplane brought down a german aeroplane and a british seaplane brought down a german seaplane in the afternoon a british aeroplane destroyed a german submarine off middlekerke it was seen to break in half continued o>i page 4 another shipment 54»inch blue and brown nap cloths 1.70 3.20 3.50 tan and brown marvelette corduroy 70c black and navy ah wool dress serge 2m fancy hopsack sax navy brown and black 85c bowring brothers limited north sydney coal screened don't buy bad coal it is too dear at any price i good n s screened coal is the best at any cost ' b=======-------—--—a place your orders with us and get the best coal in the city j the united coal co i . —^——^——