St. John's Daily Star, 1916-11-29

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 11 - 3.00 per annum wednesday november 29 1916 price one cent no 279 roumanian authorities withdraw from capital paris hears roumanian diplomatic authorities have left the capital for jas&ey near rus sian border—austro-germans still press advance on bucharest—aeroplane raiders brought down—serbs report more gains in macedonia nov 29—the operations of the teutonic allies in roumania ! nought them appreciably nearer bucharest and they are still progress iiom the north and northwest and liwest the northern bank of the » iiuhe roumania extending from gourgul on the railroad south of bu tt to opposite vidin a short dis horn the serbian border is now in tin hands of the central powers rhe occupation of points in this re gion opposite vidin lorn planka and a by the bulgarians would , seem isly t,o menace the roumanian roops from the orsova and turnu sev erin sectors who are reported to the southwest petrograd admits the turks have oc t upjed the towns of araled and kosh istogty south of van turkish ar menia 1 lie german official statement om the aii raid on england says one airship was down and another did not re turn a london admiralty announcement made late last night says the com modore of dunkirk has been informed by the french authorities that they wrought down an aeroplane at 2.15 o'clock tuesday afternoon carrying two naval lieutenants with a large sdale m>n of london aboard v . paris reports the roumanian govern ment diplomatic authorities have left bucharest and are gone to jassyj ! according to a havas despatch from i bucharest jassy lies about 200 miles northwest of bucharest near the rus | sian frontier berlin says the british cruiser nevv j castle is reported sunk at the entrance of the firth of forth scotland no vember 15th by coming in contact with i a mine according to the overseas agency london says operations in mace donia are somewhat beclouded by rea son of divergent reports berlin says north of monastir renewed attacks by the entente allies failed while the serbian war office ckims in fighting along the whole front the serbians at several points made advances of sev eral hundred metres sofia on the other hand says at tacks on hill 105 and the village of parlova were put down by the bul garians and germans as likewise was a british offensive in the vardar region south of the village of goroditsa on the front in france and in the austro-italian theatre nothing but bombardments has taken place south of dvinsk on the russian front artillery duels have been in pro gress and considerable activity has also developed in the region of riga in the carpathians the russians have begun another attack against the aus tro-germans and fighting is now pro ceeding there shoot down 2 zeppelins german airships employed in anoth er raid on the northeast coast of great britain meet warm welcome from british anti-air-craft forces and two are destroyed the crews perishing makes total of five zeps brought down in england nov 28.—two zeppelin vvere brought down in the monday night raid on the northeast coast o , lngland the crews of both airships perished reports from tlv north of england ik.icnted that the laleil raid by cer j man airships was futile as far as the i irfliction of damage v?s concerned i i be military authorities in a number of towns had warning oi i he approach ol the raiders and ali the lights were promptly put out bombs fell in fields in some places it was reported tha me engines of the airships were heard overhead but no bombs were dropped it is said that most of the bombs re leased by the raiders fell in fields in rural districts reports so b.r received from tht northeast coast mention two german airships as having been engaged in the raid a telegram from an unnamed town says that the first raider arrived there at 12.30 and remained a short time during which several bombs were drop ped nobody was injured a second s>hip appeared ten minutes later and hovered over the town for a few min utes as if the command r weie uncer tain of his whereabouts then turned seaward and disappeared without drop ping any bombs officially announced the destruction of the airships was announced in an official communica tion issued by the war office the destruction of two zeppeiins in mon day night's raid on the northeast coasi of england makes a total of five of the giant dirigibles which have been de stroyed in the latest attacks by ger men airmen on british towns both the zeppeiins were brought down in flames into the sea after being attacked by aeroplanes one of them was destroyed while nine miles out at sea on her return trip the war office has announced that although a full report of the damage and casualties inflicted by the zeppeiins ias not been received they are believed to have been slight the following is the official account of the raid as an nounced this morning a number of hostile airships ap proached the northeast coast of eng land between 10 and 11 o'clock last night bombs were dropped at various places in yorkshire and durham the damage is believed to be slight came down in flames one airship attacked by aeroplanes of the royal flying corps was brought down in flames into the sea off the coast of durham another airship crossed into the north midland coun tries and dropped bombs at various places on her return journey she was repeatedly attacked by aeroplanes of the royal flying corps and guns she appears to have been damaged for the last part of her journey was made at a very slow speed and she was unable to reach the coast before day was break ing near the norfolk coast she appar ently succeeded in effecting repairs and was proceeding east at high speed and at ah altitude of over 8,000 feet when she was attacked nine miles out at sea by four machines of the royal naval air service and an armed traw ler and was brought down in flames at 6.45 a.m full reports of the casualties and damages have not yet been received but they are slight • tells constantine he must toe the mark london nov 29 vice-admiral dv fournet commander of the allied squadron in grecian waters informed kin constantine at an audience givea him on monday he would firmly ad here to the terms of his ultimatum says am athens despatch to the ex change telegraph co the ultimatum to greece requires the delivery to the entente allies of greek arms and cannon within a peri od ranging from two days to a week gaining expertness a vivid impression of britain's improved facilities for the de struction of zeppelns and their remarkablt effectiveness.—pease in xfwark kven-ing news gave airman great ovation british northwest coast towns delight ed over destruction of german airships ondon nov 29.—there was great enthusiasm in the northwest coast towns this morning 5 over the report of the success of the british in their fight ing against the airship which was mak ing for home when she was brought down there was a great ovation for the commander of the british craft res ponsible by townspeople who carried him shoulders high through the streets amid great cheering and shouting regarding the report that the ger nans used an aeroplane disguised as british or one captured from the brit ish for todry's raid on london a mem ber of the government in the house of commons said there was no informa tion on this ps irk u.s attache is recalled american military observer wasn't permitted to proceed to any of war fronts gerlin nov 28.—lt col joseph kuhn military attache to the am erican embassy has received orders of recall and will leave at an early date for new york no successor has been named and no reasons for col fcuhn's recall are given but it is noted that the activity of american attaches since january has been confined to studying the war at berlin it is considered probable that there will be little change in situation so long as germany is without attaches to washington little damage done by the zep raids london nov 28—the damage caus ed by the zeppelin raid is reported officially as one woman died from shock while five men seven women and four children were injured in one town 15 houses were serious ly and 20 slightly damaged in other places in which bombs were dropped the damage was insignificant there was no military damage of im portance rumanian outlook better london nov 28.—the military situation in roumania is improving for roumania according to a despatch received today from bucharest by way of rome field marshal yon mackenzen is said to be making no material progress the roumanian retreat it is added is proceeding in perfect order on a set tled front * zeppelins were at sea commanders of airships apparently could not determine locations zep shot down at sea j — nov 29.—official reports do not say how many airships cross ed owing to the zeppeiins being at tacked by aircraft guns m well as air planes they were unable to do much damage lights were turned off in all towns and districts affected as soon as reports of the approach of the airships were announced the commanders of the zeppeiins apparently had difficulty in locating themselves a number of bombs were dropped although no reports of damage to any towns have been received thus far one zeppehn discharged a cargo of explosives on yorkshire and durham she was attacked by a single air-plane and fell in flames off the durham coast another got as far as the midland counties and likewise dropped bombs she was attacked by air-planes and guns and apparently was damaged but effected repairs after reaching the nor folk coast and started for home at high speed and at an high altitude naval air-planes awaiting her with an armed trawler brought her down before she had gone many miles great crowds were attracted by the firing and watched the zeppeiins as they descended in flames fck isl raid by huns in north sea german ships stopped some steamers captured an armed trawler and went/home london nov 28.—an official ger man statement given out here today says the german naval forces have made another raid close to the english coast near lowestoff capturing a ves sel the german statement is quoted in an official british communication is sued this afternoon the berlin state ment is given as follows the admiralty announces that a por tion of our naval forces again executed a raid going close to the english coast not far from lowestoff an enemy patrol vessel and its crew were captured some neutral steamers also were stopped and searched but as they carried no contraband they were re leased our naval forces returned without seeing any trace of the enemy the british admiralty appends the following a report says that the armed trawler marvel was on duty off the east coast on the night of november 26th and is missing this presumably is the ves sel referred to american peace moves inimical to americans london morning post discloses german anvoi tions regarding the american continents and shows that a premature peace would expose the united slates directly to the hun militarist menace-americans advised to allow allies to fight war 0 it t)ndon nov 28.—reports received from the united siaces that an or ganised effort is being made there with pea e as its objective have brought out several editorials in opposition to suck a move ' if the allies are ever reduced to an armistice by american intrigues says the morning post they would regsrd the united states as a traitor to the cause of world freedom therefore we uggest to our american cousins as ihey have decided to take no part in except to in ike money out uf it it would be wisdom for hem to ieave us to fight out what is after hi their battle the morning poii argues the ger mans willing for peace immediately woi id give the entente allies every thing they desire but only on one c n ditipn namely that germany be r lowed a free hand in central cue south america we understand the newspaper adds this condition has been put fo waftl of course discreetly and unofl c \ ly by the errraii government di that it has beteri reacted by the a'lies 3ut why should h be rejected > we are selling our south american securi ties if the americans really w?nt peace and do not object to having ger many for a neighbor why should eng land intervene any time in the last ten years we cou'd have had an viree ment with germany by allowing nr free hand across the atlantic britain stands between germany or.d america like counterscarp of a fortress if the americans induce us to makle peace before this job is finish ed what they will have accomplished is to destroy their best defence againjt the german-americans who if ve may say so with politeness are rath er painfully ignorant of european af fairs and do not seem to realise hat germany is fighting for—not merely for dominion over europe but domuv ion over the whole world—and if the allies are defeated what is there to stand against germany ' things quiet in balkania artillery engagements chief features of roumanian campaign buch arest reports gucharest nov 29.—0n the r orthern and north-western fronts and on the western frontier of mold the situation is unchanged from buzen valley region to drago slavi le there have been patrol engage ments and artillery bombardment es pecially in prahova valley where the enemy employed projectiles containing asphyxiating gases also tear produc ing shells oi the western front in general yes terday passed without any engagements except on the extreme right where the enei iy bombarded us wkh heavy artil lery and on our left wing where there have been unimportant encounters on the southern front artillery bom bardment on the danube and in do brudja the situation is unchanged originated trench raids canadians densed this method of liv ening hings up when conditions grew monotonous fietv york nov 28.—phillis h fatchin in a cablegram from lon donjpublished in the sun credits the can idians with being the originators of the trench raid in modern warfare wh|n the war began to sag so far as the british front was concerned says the correspondent and monotony of trench warfare grew and palled the canadian troops invented the raid which has become an important and effective institution of trench warfare concluding his description of this mole of attack mr patchin says trench raiding takes great daring skil ful 1 preparation and much ingenuity which the canadians possess to a mark ed degree heavy shelling london nov 28.—last night our line north of ypres was heavily and continually shelled says today's official con munication our casualties were smfcll we exploded a mine southeast of sftuches and consolidated the crater m^mmmmto plane bombed london london nov 28.—flying at a great height a german airplane this morning passed over london and dropped six bombs on the capital according to an offi ial statement issued this afternoon four persons were injured and only slight material damage it is added wa i caused will ignore declaration germans regard venizelists as rebels and will treat as such any who are captured nov 28.—berlin mornmg newspapers regard the declaration oi war by the provisional government of saloniki as negligible according to an amsterdam despatch to reuters the despatch quotes the kolnische zeitung as saying this government or rebellion has not yet been recognized by us it does not exist to us and therefore its declar ation of war is nothing to us hut a blank oaper requiring no reply although we need not and shdl not take notice of the vcnizelos declara tion we cannot disregard it in practice the so-called army of the provisional government will act against the bul garians and us and we shall make pri soners " frieze prisoners are rebels aji long as we disregard the declaration of war and must be treated as such papers spoil agreement premature newspaper disclosures pre vented conclusion of anglo-french shipping arrangement daris nov 28.—negotiations be tween great britain and france for the turning over of france of a hund red vessels representing 600,000 tons failed because the paris newspapers published the news pending the ar rangements of the details according to statements made in the chamber of deputies today during a continuation of the debate on the merchant marine louis nail under secretary for state for marine said the signing of the agreement was all that remained to be done when the british admiralty an nounced that it wes impossible to con sent to the transfer of the vessels hope was expressed by one speaker that great britain would nevertheless allow france to have a number of the vessels now building deputy guennier said boats were being sold daily and that they could yet be had m lspivcitt de la villesboisnet criticised the plan to buy boats abroad and urped the adoption of his bill pro viding for the construction of a na tional ship building yard a resolution calling for co-opera tion in the extension of maritime lines and a railroad in order to assure pro visioning of the country and to 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