St. John's Daily Star, 1916-05-11

              the st john's daily star mm found land volume 11 3.00 per ann thursday may 11,1916 price one cent ho quiet day in the west only operation of any importance vas capture by french of portions ot a german trench on the slope of dejd man's hill and the defeat of a qennaa assault on hill 287 ver diw turks claim victories over the russian forces ipnd may 1!.4h6b the western *"* france notably in the regio verdun which for weeks haj ieatre of the most san goinan conflict of the world war com .:< ! e calm prevails ch however have beer able t capture portions of a germar frfdch ; the west slopes of le mor hbmnv and put to naught a germar hill 287 between the u<soo of malincourt and le mort horn d in an endeavor to ad • ifher the german lines to ' eidun latt ports shpw the russians have been repulsed in an attack on th \ of carbunovak suffer ■ v casualties uitinople chronicles victorier for the turks against the russians in i fiort'i : asia minor northwest mish and the defeat of the russians ivy losses and the capture of some prisoner near mount bathh quieter at verdun may 10—activity on the ver cun front has decreased ccordiug to a aatement given out by the wa office this afternoon action west of the meuse renounced and east of the intermittent an attack on trenches between the oi?f d!id fftc aisiic wis/repulsed moves huns to sarcasm berlin paper says wilson's note of ac ceptance of german reply de molishes man of straw derlin may 1 1 the american an swer to tr.3 german note has been prnited in the morning newspapers here having been received through a british news agency despatch comcnting on the itatement contain ed in the document ; that the united states could not acept any condition affecting the protection of the lives cf americans the lokal anzeiger says that president wilson •« demolishing a man of straw with this statement the german notei says the paper contains no such conditions it merely expresses the expectation and does not doubt that after the german-american dispute is settled the ; american go'vt vijl h 1 british to ajn observance of its duliej under international law other newspapers refrain from com nent with exception of die post and the taa zeitung in which lat ter paper coist yon reventlow ex press by iftiplicatioft the hope that c ianv " — ttntien really amount ed to a condition sv lloyds view of chances of german-amekican break significant rates for insurance against such a possibility london may 11 hates of fifty and sixty per cent are quoted by lloyds for insurance covering the risk of disturbances of the existing peace ful relations between the united states and germany sixty per cent is quot ed against the risk of breaking off dip lomatic relations within'three months and fifty per cent against the'risk of a declaration cf v r the cat and the canary u s won't bother the cymric washington not worrying about tor pedoing of liner . london may official circles here it is not anticipated that the sinking of the white star liner cym ric will cause a breach beween ger many and the united states while according to the admiralty the cymric was ordinarly a freighter on which the government was sending freight in common with private shippers the fact that no americans were on board and the doubtful status of the ship creates the belief that washington i hardly likely to take an issue of the sinking it is known that the american offi cials are making only the usual in quiries to freeman's journal demands an enquiry into execution dublin may 11 the freeman journal calls for a publje inquiry intc the of sheehy skeffiingtor editor pi the irish citizen arfd twe other n|en executed with him in th portobeilo barracks on april 26th irish parliamentary party issues manifesto to peopl , loncpn may 1 i.—rthe irish parlia mentaiy party issued a manifesto t the pec pie of ireland calling upoi them to support the constitution movemlnt as being the only one b which ieir aspirations for self-govern ment c|n possibly be realised minor activities london may 11.—a british official statement on the campaign in the wes tern zone issued to-day reads there has been some mining activities about friacourt souchez hulluch cuinchy but no change has taken place in the situation at these points artillery on both sides lias been active abo v marcourt souchez and st el&i our artillery bombarded enemytt'positions at la boisselle south ward itom messines peace rumors denied london may 10 in the house of comn%ns to-day lord robert cecil minister of war trade and parlia mentary under secretary for foreign affair stated that he had no official in formation that the kings of bavaria and s|xony had taken the initiative for interv<htion in the hope of peace townshend starved out held kut-el-amara until daily rations were redced to four ounces of flour and a little horse-flesh—had to feed the six thousand inhabit ants of the 1 own as well as troops eroplanes dropf e d food into beleaguured camp may 10.—a despatch from the british eye-witness with the vlesopotamia forces gives a descrip ion of general townshend's holding ut against the jturks at kut-el-amara vhile on the verge of starvation the hen subsided the last fort light on four ounces of flour daily and i certain ration of horse-flesh one of ieneral townshend's last wireless lespatches before he capitulated said have destroyed guns and am destroying munitions have one to khalil bey to say that we are eady to surrender we must have ome food and officers have gone to ring 3ome from the turks the last lessage sent by townshend said we have hoisted the white flag nd a turkish regiment is approach ng one of the chief difficulties was trr act that the civil population had to re riain in kut-cl-amara a few who ried to leave were shot by the turk vho made it clear that they woulc xecute any persons who tried to es ape thus the gairison was burden x d with six thousand additional mouth 0 feed supplied by aeroplanes london may 10.—british aero lanes dropped 18,000 pounds of food n addition to mail military and othei stores in kut-el-amara between ap il 11th and 29th this effort to re ieve the hunger of the beseiged gar ison which surrendered to the turks vas told of in the house of common o-day by harold j tennant parlir nentary under secretary for war during the whole siege tennanl aiel only one british aeroplane was brought down by the turks its pilot was killed and the observer wounded the turks reported that a number of aeroplanes which attempted to drop iood supolies had been shot down 1 tuesday's west bound express ar rived at port aux basques at 9.10 this morning steamer roanoke founders at sea boatload of survivors lands after ter rible hardships jan luis obispo cal may 11 the steamer roanolce which left san francisco at midnight on may 8 for valparaiso has foundered at sea about one hundred miles south of san francisco according to a story told by the survivors who in a lifeboat with the bodies of five of their shipmates drifted ashore today i the survivors were delirious and un able to give their names or any infor mation of the rest of the crew beyond the fact that four other boats had been launched when the ship sank m to to to to to to lively fusilades occur on macedonian border 1 paris may 11—an athens despatch t the havas news agency says there was a lively fusilade during the day at three points on the doiran-gievgeli sector the germans after bombard ing mayada succeeded in occupying the village but were forced to evacuate following a french counter-attack the germans the despatch adds are placing numerous 17-inch guns along the front to to to toto to to hun ships in north sea new york may 10.—a london de spatch says according to a copen hagen despatch to the exchange tele graph company norwegian vessels which have arrived at copenhagen from england report meeting a large german squadron as well as submar nes in the north sea the steamship zeeta was stopped and her pepers examined three times hun casualties london may 10.—an official brit ish estimate of germany casualties in april was issued to-day it places the otal at 91,162 the nuriber ef ger man casualties since the beginning of the war is given as 2,822f)79 these figures include all german nationali ties prussians bavarians saxons and wuertemburgers they do hot in clude naval or colonial troops totototo-^w^lw to succeed wimborne london may 11.—the names of the duke of devonshire and earl derby are mentioned by mornine papers as most probable to succeed lord wimborne as lord-lieut of ire land maxwell got a free hand new commander in ireland had full powers for coping with sinri fein uprising may 11.—the government made public to-night the instruc tions given major gendral sir john maxwell on his assuming command in ireland these instructors allowed him a free hand in suppressing the ris ing in the movement of the troops un der his command and also with regard to such measures as may seem to him advisable to adopt under the proclama tion dated april 26th under the de fence of the realm act the instructions set forth that in re gard to the question of administration and also military or martial law ma jor general maxwell will correspond direct wah the war office under the same system as that which obtains in peace time and any request by gen eral maxwell for reinforcements was to be referred to the army council no further executions authorities only making example ol leaders of irish revolt—no wholesale prosecution may 10.—replying to pro tests which have been ■ made the last few days against puling to death ihe leaders in the sinn fein rebellion herbert samuel home secretary said to-day that the governmen would have been guilty of unpardon able weakness if it had not meted oui stern punishment to the guilty the public might rest assured mr samuel added that neither the gov ernment nor the military authorities had any intention of adopting a policy of wholesale prosecution mr sam uel thought it would be found that the number of cases in which it was necessary to enforce the extreme pen alty was nearing the end if indeed it had not already been reached mr samuel who made these re marks in the course of an address al the national liberal club referred also to recent suggestions of negitia tions he declared that until ger many was beaten there could be nc thoughts of peace it is for us of this generation to settle this issue and not to leave it to later years or the gen erations of children who come after us the heritage of finishing and complet ing the struggle whether by military means or by economic means or by a combination of both we must win a complete and decisive victory mexican mixup washington may h)-.—virtually the last american troops in the united states are being mobolized for the mexican border service the national guard of three states is under orders to hasten to reinforce funston's army unofficial reports received state that he mexicans along the entire border had planned for a day for a concerted uprising la ist iki ist was a hun outrage washington may 10.—the secre tary of state received a message from ambassador gerard to-day giving notice that a new note on the sussex case has been handed him and was on the way to washington it has been indicated that the ger man government now admits attacking the sussex and gives notice that the submarine commander responsible has beeti punished and promises to make reparation hyphenates must get out lisbon may 10.—the decision of the government to expel germans from portugal on acocunt of the state of war which exists with germany has been extended in its scope by an offi cial order promulgated to-day this decree declares that children whose fathers are germans shall be classed as german subjects and must de part from the country within five days another irish execution queenstown may 11.—thos kent of coole was • court-martialled and shot at fermoy county cork this is the first execution outside of dub lin the monthly meeting of the total abstinence society takes place sun day afternoon . disapproved ofexecution premier asquith answering a ques tion by john dillon tells the house of commons that the shooting of sheehy skeffington irish editor was unauthorised—casements trial no american protest against irish executors ondon may 10.—premier asquith told the house of commons to-day that there was reason to believe there would be no further necessity to pro ceed to extreme measures with the irish rebels although he could give no undertaking to that effect in reply to a question from john dillon nationalist member for east mayo he said so far as he knew no prisoners were shot in ireland without trial the premier stated that sheehy skeffington editor of thrf irish citizen was shot in dublin on april 26th without the knowledge of the military authorities reply to dillon this statement was made in reply to an inquiry submitted yesterday as to whether skeffington had been shot be fore the proclamation of martial law this matter is under investigation mr asquith aclded and the officer con has been arrested and will be court martialed mr asquith gave an undertaking to ihe house that no further executions would take place in ireland before the ime of debate on the irish question to morrow regarding two other executions re ported to have taken place at the same time skeffington was shot mr asquith stated an investigation would be made he had no particulars regarding these cases he said but he was able to state the military authorities not only had no responsibility for them but had no knowledge of the occurrence . the premier informed the house that sir roger casement who was captured while attempting to land in ireland to lead a rebellion would be placed on trial monday criticism of military mr dillon will present a motion to morrow calling attention to the exe cutions in ireland on sanction of secret military tribunal and to the apparent want of proper authority and control of ihe proceedings of jthe mili tary all the members of the irish party and many liberal and labor members supported the suggestion that a debate should be allowed the debate in the house of com mons on the irish situation wljich was to have been held to-night has been postponed until to-morrow replying to a question in the house of commons to-day by laurence gin nell nationalist lord robert cecil said no official or other communication had been received from the american government regarding the shooting of prisoners in irealnd scour atlantic for hun u-boats battleships and cruisers searching for reported submarine mew york may 10—an associated press despatch from chester pen nyslvania to-day says that the british steamer was stopped by two french 10-day from cape haytien reported i that on monday afternoon 100 miles southeast of cape henloh'en the sterner was stopped by two french battleships which inquired if the kin mount had seen any german submar ines being told that none had been sighted the battleships with three cruisers which had been waiting some distance off proceeded north towards new york the warships the kinmount re ported were equipped with steel nets strung alongside it is believed here that the warships were searching for the supposed submajine recently re ported near the american coast mummmum 1 enemy transport sunk paris may 11.—a french subma rine sunk an enemy transport laden with war material in the lower adriatic sea yesterday says a despatch from rome yesterday's west bound train left port blandford at 7.20 this morning see our new wall papers and frieses dainty shades and — artistic designs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . value & prices 0 k bowring brothers limited