St. John's Daily Star, 1915-12-20

              the st john's daily star isttw found land volume 1 monday december 20,1915 no 207 do germans plan invade england mass troops for purpose british paper expresses die opinion that such an object explains move ments of big hun forces to the west—germans making big prepar ations for the invasion of egypt little activity on gallipoii—german cruiser bremen torpedoed in the baltic by british submarine—ford reaches christiania iqndqn dec 20.—during the relax ation of all offensive campaigns except the italian pressure on the aus trians which followed the expulsion of the serb army from its own country european interest is foewssed upon the probabilities of some new but as yet undeveloped upheaval it appears to be taken for granted on all sides that the policy of the cen tral powers will be to attempt to gain a decision somewhere while their oppon enls will prefer to devote the winter to preparation lor warfare in the spring there is much discussion in britain ol the reported turko-german attempt upon the suez canal messages receiv ed from neutral countries j&ofessing to have german sources oi information describes the german field-marshal yon der goltz as equipping at aleppo an army for the invasion of egypt the same correspondents asserl the germ ans are collecting extensive droves of and donkeys for their trans port the majority of english writers who know egypt declare that such a pro ject will be hopeless the observer to day considers a german attempt to in vade england a desperate gamble but one of the foremost possibilities and that the extensive movements of troops to belgium may mean preparations for embarking at zeebrugge and in the scheldt river officers returning from the western front express the belief that fighting there on a big scale is impossible be cause the country is muddier and al together worse than last year activity on the gallipoli peninsula and small italian gains are the only important military operations reported today , germany has lost the small cruiser bremen and a torpedo boat in the bal tic sea through submarine attack it presumed the submarine was one o the english undersea squadron which has recently shown enterprise in these waters the turks claim to have sunk an english monitor in the tigras river henry ford's peace party arrived at christiania this morning and was wel comed informally by professors and clergymen and the american minister despite the fact that the party has no official status norwegian hospitality and the warm friendship of the norwegian towards americans assures the peace party an interesting sojourn during their three days stay in that country german cruiser is sunk bremen sent to botiom by british submarine in the baltic sea amsterdam dec 19.—1t has beer mciaily announced to berlin that a small german cruiser the bremen and a torpedo boat accompanying her were sunk by a submarine m the eastern baltic sea ihe announcement dialed that a considerable portion of the crew of both vessels were saved british vigilance was hun's undoing london dec 20.—the daily mail's lor respondent says he torpedoing of the german cruiser bremen and a german tor pedo boat occurred friday night dose to he libau while the bremen was returning with lights out irom the inspection o the enrtance to the finnish gulf ihe correspondent adds the attack was made by two british submarines british monitors break turk lines constasitinopie admits fame by our forces in mesopotamia london dec 20.—according to constantinople despatches receive by way of amsterdam by reuters tele gram company two british monitors have made a successful attempt to hreak the turkish lines besieging kut-el-amara mesopotamia norwegian ship sunk london dec 20.—the norwegian steamer naco has been sunk and elev en survivors including the pilot have been landed the naco was of 712 tons gross and was built at christiania in 1911 wilson and his bride also wilson's honeymoon smile washington dec 19 — president wilson and mrs boiling gait were married here at 8 30 o'clock last night with a simple ceremony h spoken at the bride's home in the presence of less than thirty guests virtually all of whom were relatives they left soon after for a week's honeymoon at hotsprings virginia greeks expect german attack saloniki dec 19 the highest greek military authorities declare ll to he their belief that an austro-german attack on salonika is inevitable the greek general staff will quit salonika tomorrow and the last remaining greek troops save one infantry regiment have been transferred to kozam the entente allies have ordered the evacuation of several villages round salonika by civilians for military reasons huns prepare to attack allies paris dec 19 thesaloirka correspondent of the petit pansicnne in a despatch concern ing hostilities in the serbian theatre of war says the germans have-begun again to concentrate forces apparently with the object of fresh operations the bulgarian army is seriously weakened and will be replaced m these operations by turkish forces turkey has been instructed and has agreed in principle to give an undertaking to greece to ev acuate greek soil as soon as the entente allies are defeated but it remains to be seen whether greece permit the turks to enter her territory after refusing to have the bulgarians do this huns are powerless to invade greece haven t sufficient men to fol allies to salonika and are trying hard to get per mission of greeks for bulgars to enter their territory daris dec 19.—telegraphing from athens under date dec 18th the havas correspondent says premier skouloudis declared to a representa tive of an athens newspaper to-day that the saturday report that the ger man minister had informed him the central powers intended to violate greek territory was unfounded the inaction for four days of the german-bulgar troops on the greek frontier the correspondent says is attributed as much to diplomatic as to military reasons it is thought that the germans are not sufficiently strong to attack the allies alone and are try ing to overcome objections to bui gars actions on greek soil in politi cal circles it is stated that no official negotiations have begun dicker with huns it is believed that the government have opened diplomatic conversations on this subject with the german min ister setting forth the complications which are likely to result from the entry of the bulgars into greece which would offend the pride of the greek population and provoke the army the optimism shown in official circles is explained by the supposition that germany has given assurances that greece's representations will be taken into account another despatch from the havas correspondent says government and diplomatic circles give the impression that the central powers will turn their attention to the serbs and italians in albania unless the entente allies are reinforced at salonika and so change the military equilibrium in the bal kans ) news from salonika is to ttye effect that the situation at the front\is un changed air scouts of the entente allies report concentration of the'bul gar troops in the proxmity of the greek frontier and the arrival of re inforcements at doiran the german and austrian consuls have left salonika for monastir with their staffs and the contents of the archieves before leaving the aus trian and german consul warned the subjects of their countries to pre pare to leave the greek port within fifteen days buigar deserters declare that dur ing the battle of valanbovo the bul gars exposed sixty serbian prisoners of war to french artillery hre all of the prisoners were killed greeks co-operate with the allies reported giving them railway facilities z/iep require pans dec 19.—a despatch from salonika states thai a representative of the minister of railways has taken the necessary measures to assure transportation facilities for the supply of the allied army trpops at the iront in conformity with an agreement be tween the greek general staff and the generals commanding the allied for ces arrangements are also being made to increase telegraph communica tions british peer and socialist on same british platform earl derby presides at a meeting ad dressed by ben tillett who des cribes a visit iq the front—the peer expresses optimism as to the developments of the future london dec 19.—lord derby and ben tillett secretary of the dock worker's union representing opposite poles of social and political life ap peared on the same platform at the music hall meeting here to-day when tillett described his recent visit to the british front earl derby who presided said in in troducing the speaker when it comes to the question of the number of of men who have enlisted i must not anticipate in any way what would be said on tuesday by the prime minist er i think the country will feel when he makes that statement that the heart of the country is right i hope the new year will show a brighter outlook than is discernable at the present moment probably the result will come sooner than they hope a result which will be victory for the allied forces lam not in the least pessimistic about the future french at paris paris dec 20.—field marshal sir john french arrived in paris this even ing from the front he will be received to-morrow after noon by president poincare a ustrians pad prisoner lists swell number of captives by counting the civilians jjcutari albania dec 19.—the following serbian official statement was issued yesterday the austrian-bulgarian official recounting the capture of an enormous number prisoners and a great quantity of war booty contain exaggerations the serbam army did not • leave a single thing anything that could not be saved was completely destroyed it may be pointed out that the bul gars in including civilians in their list of prisoners are but following the example of the austro-germans we feel sure the press has already grasped the real state of things and suspected the truth ■$&. 1 huns mass men on west front geneva dec 19—masses of german trooops passed through rhine towns towards the western fronts recently according to news that has reached here since the reopening of the fron tier between constance and lindau the frontier is still closed at basle berlin is the scene of many breadßoits englishwoman who arrives at flushing holland after six teen months internment in german describes straits to which.poorer german clas ses are reduced london dec 20.—telegraphing from amsterdam a correspondent of reuters telegram co says life in the poorer quarters of the ger man capital is described pitiful by the german born wife of an english labor er residing in berlin who after six teen months internment has arrived at flushing holland on her way to england according to a correspondent of the amsterdam telcgraaf the german authorities the tele graaf correspondent quotes the woman as saying are in great fear of a revolt owing lo the great discontent of the people several riots occurred which shops were plundered mounted police charged the crowds which were composed mainly of women misery among working classes is considerable and is increasing daily the woman's story is somewhat con firmed says the reuter despatch by a letter from a berlin correspondent of the handelsblad who declares that the shops literally were tormed by large crowds who were after their daily allowance of butter which was only about a quarted of a pound per family provision shops are guarded by the police to prevent disturbance french says goodbye to troops in france expresses sorrow at leaving them before victory has crooned the campaign bui is firrih convinced that it such a glorious endmg dec 19.—field marshal french issued the following orc'e , of the day yesterday before leaving the army on the western front la relinquishing command of ' v brkish army in france i wish to ex press to the officers non-commission ed officers and men with whom i hive so closely associated during the last sixteen months my heartfelt sorrow at parting with them before the cam paign in which we have been so long engaged together has been brought to a victorious conclusion i have however the firmest conviction of such a glorious ending and shall watch their splendid heroic final goal with intense interest but in most confident hope the success so far attained has been due to the indomitable spirit and dogged tenacity which knows no de feat and the heroic courage so abund antly displayed by the rank and nic of the splendid army which it will ever remain the pride and glory of my life to have commanded during over six teen months of incessant fighting the regulars and territorials of the old army and the new army have ever shown these magnificent quai ties in an equal degree from my heart i thank them all at this sad moment of parting my heart goes out to those who have received life-long injury from wounds and i thin-k with sorrow of that great and glorious host my beloved comrades who have made the greatest sacrifice of all by laying down their lives for their country in saying good-bye to the british army in france i ask them once again to accept this expression of my deep est gratitude and heartfelt devotion to wards them and my earnest good wishes for that glorious future which i feel to be assured signed j d p french field marshal command er-in-chief of the british army in france gounaris wins greek elections gets on overwhclmning majority is report from athens london dec 20.—returns from the parliamentary elections held in greece on sunday give the party of m gounaris minister of the interior a great majority according to the athens correspondent of the matin who says he learns from a reliable source that a complete agreement has been reached by the army staffs as to the application of measures re quested by the latter for the security of the entente troops and the freedom of their movements ladies and gents fur lined coats no advance on former prices 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