St. John's Daily Star, 1916-12-05

              the st john's daily star newfoundland • a v glume 11 3.00 per annum tuesday december 5 i9ie wprice one cent no 284 crisis in british cabinet over matters of strategy to maintain old policy premier asquith makes it plain to the j house of commons that whatever reconstructive cabinet measures i may be undertaken the policy of the ministry will remain the same ministers will continue to perform their duties i ondon dec s,—to-day after ku \ visit to the king when members oi j the house of commons suggested ni longer adjournment than to thursday i mi the ground it was not certain the i premier could make a definite an mouncement on that day and that the ' house should be given an opportunity to discuss the new situation mr as juith said i desire to make it perfectly plain to the house and to the country that whatever reconstruction of the cabinet takes place it involves no departure in any shape or form of the policy al ready announced and pursf ed since the beginning of the war if anyone en courages or entertains the idea that there is any question of a change in that policy i can assure them they are entirely mistaken the motion to adjourn till thursday uas carried the nationalists alone pro ! testing before adjournment the premie aid the first business of the house on ihursday would be a vote of credit ******************** —— r / \ * ** which would give-trie members the op portumtv to disaiss . any topic they night raise british cabinet split on military strategy broad differences in opinions of min isters as to whether the main british effort should continue to be made in west or should be made in east west front strategists put up a strong cas : claim the shorter lines of conuma cation indicate wisdom of conii:i ing big rush in west—say big eastern campaign would suit the enemy i ondon dec s.—the real basis oi the political crisis according to the parliamentary correspondent oi the star is a conflict between eastern and western strategy the westerners the correspondent ays would concentrate the whole four man-power on the west front forcing the germans to fight our wai in france and flanders they argue the lines of communication to the wes tern front are short and secure and they devour less ships while the de viation of our forces to the eastern theatre would place an intolerable strain on our depleted shipping the east school are in favor of standing on the defensive on the wes tern front and taking the offensive from salonika where they propose to send a huge army of between a half million and a million men the westerners regard this a kiacy which is only likely lo lead to disaster by playing the germans game ir'c marshal yon htn'denburg's aim biag to shiit the centre of gravity rom france to the balkans the som ne offensive is one oi the things he reads after suggesting that the people choose a new ru'er thru a general elec tion the manchester guardian com menting on the cabinet situation sounds this note of warning there are in fact two crisis for the crisis in the ministry is but a reflection of the crisis in the war criticism of the war amounts to this that the progress of events and a suc cession of bitter experiences have at last brought home o the mind of roost men the fact that we are not wanting war and the further conviction tha with the present methods of waging j war we shall never win it cost of the war to grt britain now 1,750,000,000 london dec 5 the new vote of credit which i the premier will ask the house of commons to agree to on thursday will be for 400,000,000.1 this will bring the total | to 1916 up to 1,750,000 000 utia m russian munition steamers exdloded by bombs of huns i new york dec 4—the steamships ' blown up in the russian harbour of ! archangel several weeks ago with the joss of millions of dollars worth oi munitions and other supplies were destroyed by bombs placed in the cargo of the shpis at the piers of the i bush terminal company in this city lit was charged to-day at police head j quarters by a commercial agent here of the imperial russian embassy i sixty-four are killed in railway accident budapest dec 4.—sixty-four per 1 sons were killed and 120 injured many seriously in a railway accident at herchzalen last night it has not been i definitely established as to the cause of the accident appam case still ; before the u.s courts a \ \ washington dec 4.—the request . of the british claimants of the steamer • appam now a german prize at new ' port news to expedite the hearing oi the case of testing the vessel's posses • sion was granted to-day by the su 1 preme court wjiich set january 8 for an argument \ no appointment made to food dictatorship • • j london dec 4—replying to a que • tion with regard to the appointment o £ a food dictator premier asquith saic j he thought all questions as to per ? sonnel had better be deferred unti j the process of reconstruction—if thi l should occur was completed prohibit greek sailings . london dec 4.—the british gov • eminent has prohibited the sailing o • greek steamers from british to greei i ports • the s.s susu arrived at gander ba • at 9 and left at 10.30 a;m i the balkan campaign teutons push advance in rumania berlin claims that the battle of the argechu rarer has ended in favor of teutons violent fighting marks campaign in dobrudja berlin admits allied gains in mace donia—russian and british attacks fail { ondon dec s.—the armies of the 4 teutonic allies fighting in south western roumania with bucharest as their main objective have joined hands from the danube in the south to the northwest of bucharest where coming thro the mountainous region they have reached the town of tergovistea berlin announces that the battle of jic argechu river has come to a final conclusion with the teutons victors and that all along the front they are drawing closer their net towards bu charest with the capture of tergovistc and further south the driving of the roumanians beyond the railway junc ion town oi tilii the forces of the central piawers now hod intact all the railway lines running into bucharest irom the west only one line left the predcal pass line running north from the capital into transylvania is the so'e remaining railway conection with western wallachia partly in rou minian hands but with the teutons nearly astride this line at breza and vapidly advancing this route is likely lo be taken from them south and southwest of bucharest ihe forces of field marshal yon mcc kensen which crossed the danube have inflicted a heavy defeat on the roumanians and have captured the town of gradichea twelve miles from the capital in this fighting according to berlin the roumanian army suffered sanguin ary casualties on sunday their loss being more than 8,000 men made pris oners while cannon to the number of 35 were captured near titu and 13 locomotives and much rolling stock fell into the hands of the teutons violent fighting in the sobrudja and in the north west along the bukowina and tran sylvanian fronts violent fighting is in progress and according to sofia in the former region the bulgarians repulsed heavy russian attacks berlin admits a slight progress in the northwest by the rusians who have captured another height aside from the macedonia theatre little fighting of moment has taken place berlin admits the realignment of the teutonic allied front east of the cerna river while the serbian war office asserts the serbs here have cap tured an entire series of powerfully fortified bulgarian positions north of . grunishte and budimirtra and have taken additional guns machine guns ammunition and prisoners j attack failed , british sappers near ypres anc wytschaete belgium by a mine ex ", plosion prepared the way for a raid on the german trenches some of the 5 british succeeded in entering an ad vanced trench but later were driven out a british attack against lesars also failed considerable artillery activity con f tinues at various points along the tc french front especially in the sorri me region and on the verdun sector artillery duels and small manoeuvr y es by patrol parties featured the fight ing on the austro-italian front bucharest may be saved from the teuton clutches brilliant victory by the serbian forces the russian attack against the ger man lines near lake dnsvety south i of dvinsk failed with heavy casual j ties to the russians according to ber-j lin no change in policy the british cabinet is to be recon stituted but the changes to be made j will not bring about a policy different j from that which has been pursued since the beginning of the war unofficial advices from athens sa quiet prevails in the greek capital british war trade minister armours ed in the house of commons the en tente allies will immediately obtain a solution of greek difficulties in which it is said king constantine and his government are deeply involved britain has prohibited the saihr.3 of greek steamers from british ports m ** 1 lot m m danish and british victims i london dec 4.—the danish steam j er yrsa 441 tons gross and the brit j ish schooners grace and seeker both j small vessels have been sunk hun artillery now bombarding i bucharest forts copenhagen dec 5 — j according to the berlin j correspondent of the na-1 tional tidende the g-er man artillery which is emplaced only 11 miles from bucharest began yesterday to bombard j the city it ffcn i ik i hold constantine to be responsible for athens trouble j london dec 4.—ln the house o commons to-day lord robert cecil said the british government consider ed king constantine and his govern ment to have been involved n the event it athens and that the british j government in conjunction with its allies would f ake immediate steps toj bring about a sadical solution of the question which nad anscn americans wage own little war have number of men wounded in fight in san domingo washington dec 4.—ln an en counter between american marines and natives at macens san domingo on nov 29 a number were wounded on both sides the affair was reported to the navty department to-day by captain knapp commanding the forces at haiti and san domingo the despatch said no americans were killed and that only a few marines were injured it did not indicate the number of the native losses the fight occurred while the ameri can forces were investing macens disarming the natives and establishing themselves in accordance with the military rule recently proclaimed refuse to support king constantine london dec 4.—the greek minis ter at london and manchester have re signed stating that they were unable further to identify themselves with the policy of king constantine has resigned the hague dec 4—dr henry van dyke american minister to the neth erlands has resigned the thankoffering at the kirk on - sunday amounted to 1,442 being more than 500 in excess of last year serbians capture the heavily-fortified bulgarian positions north of gru nishte and budimirtsa east of the cernra river official statement says i fought sanguinary battle that lasted several days bulgarians are in flight northward leaving many prisoners guns and military supplies in the hands of the victorious serbians aloni|o dec 5.—a serbian offi cial statement issued today tells of i the capture of heavily-fortified bulgar ian positions north of grunishte and budimir&a east of the cerna river serbia the fighting lasted over sev eral days during which the bulgars suffered heavy casualties and lost pris-j oners guns machine guns and r n munition after sanguinary fighting lasting sev eral dajb during the bulgars suffered fieavy losses , without interrup tion an<t despite the bad weather dif ficult terfain and desperate resistance of the enemy our troops by a bnl liant attack yesterday captured the en tire series of powerfully-fortified bu , garian positions in the region north of grunishte and budimirtsa the ruins of the ancient fortress above grunishte are in our hands and the bulgars are flying northward leav ing a large number of derd on the i field by this brilliant victory we captured | numerous trophies including five field \ guns and five caissons many machine ! guns a of ammunition and other material and many prisoners j who hay \ not yet been counted the j number ( sof guns captured up to now '■ tote is seventy-nine ' ssi m ak reconstruction pi an not ready * house hi commons adjourns until next thursday q ondon dec 4.—the cabinet ex-j pectation that an explanation of the cabinet crisis and its solution would be forthcoming when the house oi j commons met 10-day was not rcaliz i led the premier simply announced that j king gfebrge had approved of his pro posal for a reconstruction which was | forced by the demands of war secre j tary lloyd george and other ministers for a smaller war council with powers independent of the cabinet the premier suggested that the house adjourn after to-day's bus iness which was not controversial un til thursday statements by sir jas henry dal zeil liberal that resignations of the minister's had been handed to the pre mier was not denied this was taken as an indication that the details of the reconstruction had not yet been agreed upon and that further negotiations were necessary lloyd george was not present during the sitting but all other prominent figures 6i the crisis put in an appear ance and were cheered by their ad iherents as they entered the chamber i bonor law occupied his usual seat next to the premier and the two were chatting cheerfully as mr asquith was awiiting the opportunity to make his announcement this came when a question was asked regarding the ap | pointment of a food dictator mr said no one had been appointed and then made the sug gestion that such questions be post poned until the reconstruction is con summated sir edward carson took his seat among his followers and asked ques tions but took no part in the questions arising from the premier's statement regarding the result of his visit to the king the tlathedral women's associa tion xifjas tree takes place in the synod tlall this evening a large quantiti of jr4as goods is on hand and bargains will be in order halted drive on bucarest timely arrival of ilu;-;;a reinforce ments enables roumanians to roll back the teutonic allies advancing on their capital from tie west and relieves the situation germans and bulgars , retreat in great haste petrograd dec s.—the timely arrival of russian troops before bucharest at the critical moment when the loss of the capital seemed almost certain has somewhat changed the routine of the german situation here the roumanians at last have a fight ing chance to retain their capital with the aid of the russians who have ren dered their first valuable assistance to the roumanian defence by the offen sive in the carpathians begun five days ago and will now attempt to in clude bucharest and its zone which they are able to defend establishing a permanent line north and west of the capital according to information received here from bucharest the german plan for encircling bucharest was perilously near accomplishment when it struck an unexpected obstacle in the form of a russian force between bucharest and the danube strong cavalry columns of the teu tonii allies had been sent forward on both wings of the united front forcing ihe roumanian flanks backward both north and south of the capital this lianking movement was partially suc cessful when the teutonic forces ad v vicing from lake grecu encountei '..! a sudden stiffening of the resis ance of the roumanians due to the arrival of russian troops and were compelled to retire in disorder emplacements had already been completed for the big guns which were to bombard the bucharest forts executing a hasty retreat the gej mans and bulgars had to abandon guns of all calibres and a large quantity of war material in the north the teutonic allied group which is attempting to flank bucharest from the side of piteshti proceeded with greater success but the roumanians have managed lo re ireat without losing connection with ihe force defending the western forti fications of the capital taking the best men from american navy new york dec 4.—an associated press despatch from washington says canadian and american munition manufacturers are writing persona letters to enlisted men in the navy offering big pay rear admiral pal mer chief navigation officer told the house naval committee to-day and to keep trained men on the ships the navy practically has to bid against them only one-third of 6,180 men re cruited in july and november were re-enlistments he said u-boats take toll of ocean shipping london dec 4—the british stco/m er king blerldyn has been sunk she was of 4,387 tons and sailed from ne , . ■ nov 16 for havre more shipping destroyed paris dec s.—reports received from bordeaux toulon and brest say the following vessels were suiik by sub marines the norwegian steamer boss the british steamer moeraki the french schooner robinson all the crews were saved the british steamer moeraki was 4392 tons owned by the union steamship co of new zealand the robinson was 186 tons little to report london dec s.—except for the us ual artillery trench and mortar fire along our front says an official report from british headquarters in france to night there is nothing to report listen i have you seen the men's || f english made | i qvercoat)s i i at ' / i 1 bowriiig's i |] so well madea / , u § such neat appearance gj m and perfect fit.v g f 9.00 10.00 13.00 15.k 16.00 1 .]. , i aj •!• j & ir special ! j % double breasted a 4 fioo 1 : ! storm collar \ h : i wool lined for v w : • ■ time and opportunities passing ; i get one now vf : i bowring brothers j :: limited : * :