St. John's Daily Star, 1916-01-26

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 11 3.00 per annum wednesday january 26 1916 price one cent ; no 21 turks are beaten by russian forces in big battle near erzerum fifty turkish officers with four thousand men were mads prison ers while scores of machine guns and great quantities of munitions were captured—berlin reports turks inflicted a defeat on british near kut-el-amara — little fighting in other theatres of the war — austria claims montenegrins are lay down their arms onp v jan 26.—turkish losses * ittle with the russians in airhood of ezerum are i unofficially as very heavy fbe turks lost fifty officers and four i were made prisoners o machine guns and quantities ol munitions were captured [| eports horn turkish head lining by way ol berlin are british lorces in mesopo tamia have suffered a reverse in their eadeavour to reach the besieged town o kut-el-amara on the tigris river enty miles east of kut-el dmg to these advices the turks counter-attacks on the british n hack several miles and are said to have left on the field aboi ' three thousand dead the es are declared to have mparatively hght little fighting reported in the usual bombard ment mining operations and aero plane raids little fighting is going on in any of the other theatres of war benchers meet the benchers of the law society met yesterday afternoon and mr c ox conroy who occupied the posi tion of secretary resigned hon c h emerson was unani mously elected to the office vienna asserts there has been no re sumption of hostilities in montenegro ihe king of the montenegrins with his lamily has arrived at lyons \* ranee the disarming of the montenegrin army acordmg to austrian despatches is progressing without interruption and without resistance allied airmen have again dropped bombs on monastir and gicvegh and a hundred perrons are estimated to have been killed and wounded in the lat;er town the germans on their part let loose explosives from air craft on dunkirk where five persons were killed the aerodrome at nancy and the factories at baccarat were bombed no battles in east while no battles of importance are repoiicd from the russian front vien na says the russians have shelled several sections of their line and that they are actively rcconnoitering un olicial advices from petrograd say the recent successes ol the russians brought them within less than three miles from the town ol pinsk in vol hynia the british military service bill is making fast progress in the house of lords after its passage by the house of commons the upper house having passed the second reading of the measure wilhout a division five killed in air raid on dunkirk french seaport is bombed by two german aeroplanes and five per sons are killed and three wounded official statement reports much activity by artillery in several sec tions of west front daris jan 26.—the following of r ic»al statement as issued by the war office to-night two german aeroplanes this morning dropped about fifteen bombs on dunkirk and its environs five persons were killed and three wounded in artois cannonading have been very lively east of neuville and in the region of vialley where our fire silenced several enemy batteries to the north the german heavy battery which attempted to destroy the bridge at berry-au-back was damaged by the fire of our heavy calibre guns on the heights of the meuse in the sector of mouilly a small enemy de tachment which attempted to ap proach our lines after a somewhat intense bombardment was easily dis persed by our fire british army cyclists in the streets of sa lonika detachment of a military arm that has done invaluable service asscouts and despaich riders dur ing the present war is shown preparing to start off on some mission in the balkans in a blind ing snowstorm ' —. act to suppress trade with enemy british board of trade attacked for showing too much lenience jondon jan 26.—the house o commons to-day passed the third reading of the trading with the en emy bill without a division after the adoption of amendements concerning minor details of the application of the measure a feature of the debate was several bitter attacks on the board of trade on the ground it had shown too much leniency to aliens and could not be depended upon to enforce the measure with sufficeient vigor but the motion to remove it from the board's juris diction was negatived without being put to a vote artillery and aircraft are active in the west london jan 26.—the british of ficial statement on the western cam paign issued to-day reads as follows we made a successful artillery bom bardment to-day near boiselle le bridoux near boesinghe we exploded a bomb in the enemy's line hostile artillery has shown activity near gou mecoulet and about loos and hooge the aircraft of both sides have been active we maintained our suprem acy yesterday afternon mr d m baird secy of the st john's ambu'ance corps received a message from some where saying that private lewis bartlett of brigus had been operated on for anthroxia and his condition was most satisfactory big move on kaiser's birthday british anticipate big german offensive for thursday next london jan 26.-—morning papers emphasize the renewal of heavy fight ng on the western front and believe there was a serious german attempt io break through french lines close to he'f'airders coast on moncray they predict that german activity n the west will probably reach its nighest effort on thursday when the german emperor celebrats his 57th irthday lords give conscription 2 readings compulsory military service measure got second reading from peers without a division—archbishop gives bill his benediction—earl derby expresses his faith in the measure 9 l ondon jan 26.—the house of lords without a division passed the second reading of the military ser vice bill this afternoon the marquis lansdowne minister without portfolio spoke strongly of the necessity of en acting the measure and the archbishop cf conterbury bestowed his benediction on the measure saying he regarded it as making a straight-forward and vig orous effort to meet a situation of extra ordinary difficulty earl curzon lord privy seal dealt with the criticisms of the bill by those who contended it did not go far enough no one would like better to see a permanent measure passed than himself but it was out of the question to attempt to alter the whole military system in the middle of a great war and force up on the country a genera system of compulsion earl derby director of recruiting said he was convinced the bill when imposed on the country would not make a disturbance in industrial circle as many predicted and he believed j . could be worked was born here dies at boston special to thr~&t john's daily star comerville mass jan 20.—mrs agnes s gallishaw of st john's n.f is dead at somerville from pneu monia she is the widow of joseph g gallishaw mrs gallishaw was be fore marriage mass vinicpmbe bhe funeral will be held from her late home 74 bonair street somer ville and there will be a requiem high mass at st ann's church somerville mrs gallishaw was about 65 y§ars old japs send ultimatum to chinese demand that china concede terms japan asked for last spring british papers think that japan should not be allowed to impose on the chinese fondon jan 26.—the japanese government has delivered to the chinese minister in tokio for transmit sion to his government a note embodj mg the seven demands which were in cluded in the japanese programme of last spring the manchester guardian learns from far eastern sources the guardian expresses the hope that this news will be authoritatively contradicted as the demands when previously presented were full of dan ger to china's independence and theii general effect would have been to place china under the tutelage of japan it is the aim and hope of british pol icy continues the newspaper to see china strong and independent develop ing peacefully without interference from any foreign power it is a duty we owe both to ourselves and to china says the guardian finally to help her in that direction and we have enor mous material interests too which re inforce what is for us the only right and just policy dominion liner norseman sunk presumably was torpedoed by a ger man submarine london jan 26.—a liverpool message to the exchange telegraph company gives a report that the do minion liner norseman has been sunk the only steamer norseman men tioned in recent issues of the mari time register is a large british vessel of that name owned by the british and north american steam naviga tion co of liverpool gross tonnage 10,750 500 feet long built in 1897 at belfast and last reported on ar rival at liverpool on dec sth from new york were using norseman in transport service dortland maine jan 26.—the dominion liner norseman reported sunk in a message to-day from liver pool made many trips to this port in previous years she was a sister ship to the irish man which left here saturday for liverpool with thirteen hundred hors es and mules and a large cargo of grain and general mechandise on her last trip from portland in january 1915 the norseman took out one of the largest general cargoes ever sent from this port previously the vessel had been engaged in trans porting troops barqt attila sailed for brazil yes terday swedish opinion favors neutrality not anxious to enter war the maintenance of neutrality in con formity with the principles of inter national law the keynote of all the speeches in sweden's parlia ment—swedes are unanimous in their desire to avoid being em broiled in hostilities—anglo-swede controversy nearing a settlement jrockholm jan 26.—the main tenance of neutrality in conformity with the principles of internationel aw was the keynote of all the speech es before both houses of parliament yesterday when the debate on the budget opened the leaders of all parties dwelt on he virtual unanimity of the swedish people in favoring a firm and im partial neutrality the premier de clared this to be the policy of the government but he added we repudiate the idea that our policy means we will not abandon neu rality under any conditions it is our lervent desire to keep peace and it is our duty jo work for this end with all our might but we must also reckon vith eventualities by which the main en.ance of peace in spite of all our jfrorts would no longei be profitable 4,000 turks captured * —— russian victory over the turks was complete andl2o,ooo of the enemy were forced to seek refuge in erzerum ondon jan 26.—four thousand turks including fifty officers were captured by the russians in a recent battle in the neighbourhood of erzer um acording to a despatch from petrograd to jreutcr's the russians are also said lo have captured scores of machine guns and enormous quantities of ammunition the despatch says the rou of the turks after the battle whxh resulted in them being driven into erzerum appear from later ac counts to have been even more decis ive than first reports show the in flux of 120.000 turks into erzerum will considerably reduce the defensive power of jthe fortress • in the ipripet marsh region vo hynia the russian positions are elat ed to be only four versts two and three qua ler miles from pinsk so successful slave been the russians rc ent actions declares sweden will stay neutral '*> some cliques favor war but bulk c swelish nation does not dernejar 26.-,-baron adelwaic 1 ' ex-minister of finance of sweder now a member of the swedish rigs dag and ohe of the outstanding figure o the m&vement in europe whic 3ecks to pave the way for permanen peace recently toured the countne at war conferring with such men a president in france and i now here,:iwhcrc his brother.is swc-d sh to switzerland referring to the attitude of sweder in the present war baron add ward said the sejitiment of the swed.sf people isjone of absolute neutrality naturally hhere are groups and thir has created the impression that swed en is favorable to the cenlral powers and oposed to the allies but that is not the case taking sweden as i whole and without regard to groups or factions so that when mr asquith a?ked me as to the attitude of sweder—no as to individuals or groups but sweden as a whole—l wa able to aijswer him that sweden wa and that the im likely to reach a settlement v/eden and great britain will likely effect a compromise ' ondon jan 26.—the controversy between great britain and sweden ver the holding up of the mails by ireat britain and swedish retaliation y stopping british and russian mailes nd placing embargo on wood pulp is till unsettled but negotiations are un ler way for mutual concessions * although nothing official has yet ranspired it is believed licenses for he exportation of wood pulp from sweden will be granted in exchange for permission to import coal from eng land the natives and all comers com pete for the r g reid trophy at the curling rink tonight whin the volunteers 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