CONSTANTINOPLE

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 260, 20 July 1915, Page 5

CONSTANTINOPLE

TURKISH SOLDIERS’ TOMB TROOPS REVOLT IN ADRSANOPLE PLOT TO KILL ENVER PASHA GALLIPOLI PENINSULA THRILLING NOTES BY ASHMEAD BARTLETT . THE RUSSIAN FRONT • FIGHTING OF THE GREATEST INTENSITY

ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

LUBLIN THE GOAL.

RUSSIANS RETREATING.

CRITICAL POINT IN POLAND.

GERMANS CLAIM SUCCESSES.

CHEERFUL OUTLOOK BY “TIMES” CORRESPONDENT.

LONDON. July 19

A Berlin communique states that Buelow, near Aliaux, defeated Russian, .reinforcements which had been hurriedly brought up, capturing 3620 officers and men, six guns, and three machine guns.

RUSSIANS’ REMARKABLE NEW GENERAL,

The “Times” correspondent traversed the Russian front from the Daeister to Warsaw, motoring 1400, miles. He says the crux of th e situation is the army south-east of Lublin, which is commanded by a remarkable new General. who is‘destined to become famous. The army has been entirely reorganised sinc e it was shattered during the attack on the Russians centre in Galicia. German troops are being trans. ferred from ail fronts in order t<> attack the Russians protecting Cholo and Lublin, th e object being the seizure of th e Lublin railway. Tha cream of the Russian army is now concentrated at this danger point. The Russians are. taking every measure to prevent a repetition of the disaster which resulted in the destruction of an army on the Dunajec. One decisive blow against the Germans. - whose main strength lies in th e Prussian Guards in the centre, south of Cholo, would demoralise the Austrians between the Vistula and the Dneister. Even during the recent successes the Austrians were with difficulty prevented from surredering. The Austrians have long regarded Galicia as lost; and are not enthusiastic over its recapture, in view of their terrible losses. In order to support the Austrians, Germany- has been forced to split up its 16th Army Corps in Galicia to such an extent that the largest German combination is now three array corps Avith the Prussian Guards on the Lublin-Cholo front. Many Germans hoav regret that they pushed beyond the San, as nothing of importance has resulted, and it is now very difficult to extricate the German forces.

The Russians continue to retreat be. tween the Pissa and the Vistula.where the reserves and the Landwehr, under General von Scholia, stormed some villages, and General von Gallwitz broke through strongly consolidated positions at Mlodzianowo and Karnicwo. The Russians are also retreating between th e Pilitza and Vistula. General von Woyrech is making progress. He drove a wedge in the Russian position at Ilzanka, forcing the Russians to (retire at night with heavy losses, southward to Zwelen. General Mackensen made several thousand prisoners when storming the heights south cf Biazki. AN INCIDENT IN THE RETREAT. PETROGRAD, July 19. A German aeroplane recently discov. cred a weakness in'the Russian lines on th e Niemen - Vistula front. An Austrian brigade was ordered to break through. Th e brigade Availed. At night, before attacking, a Russian motor transport captain accidentally discovered the Austrians, rushed to the nearest regiment and brought up the men in relays of forty on motor lorries. The Austrians confidently attacked in the morning, and few survived, except prisoners. Later the Germans attacked in overwhelming strength, but the Russians had already retired, preserving their line intact.

FIGHTING OF GREAT INTENSITY

ENEMY’S COSTLY ADVANCE.

The correspondent says the trip has increased his optimism as to Russia’s capacity to weather the storm, and his faith in th e stamina and stubbornness of the Russian infantry. AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL REPORT. STUBBORN RUSSIAN RESISTANCE (Reed 8.50 a.m.) VIENNA, July 19. Official: A hattl e between th e Vistulo and the Bug is in full swing. The Russians are fighting with extraordinary stubbornness, frequently hand-to-hand before .giving up their positions. A Turkish official message says: Our bombardment of the ramps at Tekeburnu and Seddul Bahr has caused fires and explosions. BRITAIN’S WAR EXPENDITURE 31 MILLIONS A DAY. LONDON, July 19. The Times’ correspondent points oat that Britain’s war expenditure is greater than that of any other belligerent, now averaging 31 millions per day. Allowing for the higher cost of soldiers, This"does not account for the great disparity, and the Times suggests that exorbitant war profits and contracts are the cause. It is necessary to eliminate undue profits if Britain wishes to hold *wt. THE ORJXONA INCIDENT. utrifling with STATES." ;; • &ew: rk The. Herald, inl.cojAißen|iug • oil the Oi’dumi iacMentj saysT filvtiiaation caff-*;-not show, z casS of Btlch brazen, effrontery and suali evil duplicity. Ct ia evident Germany is trifling with the United States.

PROGRESS NORTH OF WARSAW

DISASTROUS ATTACKS ELSE-

WHERE,

PETROGRAD, July 19

A communique states: The battle between the Vistula, and the Bug attained extreme intensity on Saturday. We repulsed the enemy's onset with valour and tenacity, and also repulsed ten attacks in the Wilkolaa district. Great masses ,cf Germans attacked on the left bank of the Vieprz and succeeded in making progress in the Izdebno district, but our troops heroic, ally repulsed th e attacks. The enemy on the 16th suffered heavy losses in attacking positions on the river Volitza, where they left heaps of bodies in front of the trenches

Heavy fighting is proceeding in other places on the River Bug.

Th e enemy’s offensive against Tukkum and Atlantz continues. Large bodies of cavalry are being employed by both combatants.

The attack on Prasnysz, which was ■conducted on a wide front, forced us to concentrate on a position nearer the, Narew. We are also regrouping our forces to the left of the Vistula,which is being carried out without molesta* tien.

We captured two thousand Austrians and seven machine-guns, who crossed the Dnelster on. Friday. .

AN .ARMY OT ENEMY PRISONERS.

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SAVINE OIiLLY,

A DEViL OF A PLACE

(Reed 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, July 19

Ashmead Bartlett reports that a successful advance of the left wing, on June 23th took place on both sides of what is universally known as Gully Ravine. Although our troops made no efforts to advance directly up the ravine they have fallen on the enemy’s trenches on either sid e and placed another mile of this valley of death in our hands.

Some one described it as “A Devil of a place,” a description not at all inaccurate. The gully varies in depth, ancj width, and in security. As you pass up it, leaving the seashore towards Krithia, its twists and turns are most remarkable. At on e point you may walk with perfect security behind a bluff, at another you may catch a stream of bullets from Turkish trenches in your front. The Turks know every inch of the ground; formerly they fired a tremendous number of shells into th e ravine, but lately there has been a distinct decrease in the volume of fire, pointing to the shortage of ammunition. Nevertheless, there is quite enough shrapnel bursting,espe. dally when an attack is in progress. This ravins lies between overhanging craggy hills, two hundred feet high, covered with scrub. The summer heat is almost unbearable; th e sun beats down this war-worn road with pitiless severity, but there is plenty of good water that is icy cold which is a great boon to the crowds of perspiring, thirsty soldiers. Under the cliffs hundreds of weary man, "back from the trenches, fling themselves down and sleep, indifferent to the shells bin's ting overhead, and occasionally a man drops from a stray bullet, yet none seeks cover, prolonged experience making all indifferent or fatalists.

In the ravine you come across lonely graves marked with a cross and the names of thos e fallen in earlier engagements, and every yard we progress the gully grows narrower and narrower.

TURKISH POSITIONS FILTHY,

HASTILY-DUG GRAVES,

HEAPS OF BURNING DEAD,

EPIDEMICS ALMOST CERTAIN

(Reed 10.30 a.m.) LONDON. July 19.

Continuing. Mr Bartlett said; Who will ever forget scenes witnessed in the capture of Turkish trenches, and in th e ravine itself, in May? After our infantry had occupied the positions' with the capture of high ground all' Turks in the ravine were killed or fled.

Turkish positions were invariably filthy, and if the enemy goes through this campaign without a great epidemic he will have undue luck. Although the gully is littered with debris, scattered with bodies that are half protruding from the ground in hastilydug graves,- hundreds ofrifles and bayonets, thousands upon thousands of rounds of ammunition, we made a very big haul indeed in this last engagement.

Great fires are burning at intervals ‘here, and they are avoided by all the Allies as they giv e off a horrid, sickly stench; These fires are th© burning of Turkish dead, hastily collected, for it is all-important to get th© dead out of the way quickly in this hot climate.

(Reed 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, July 19,

Mr Bartlett continues; Barbed wire was swept away by our artillery gunnel's, who made a neat job, for the uprights of the wire were torn into shreds, leaving a clear way for infantry. Th© field was strewn Avith soldiers’ impedimenta, for the modern soldier goes into action decked like a Christmas Tree, and in Avild rushes gradually shakes off the superfluous equipment, which is carefully gathered up after the battle for further use. In front of Boomerang was another fort called .Turkey Trot, even mor© formidable than Boomerang, but it fell easily before the dash of our infantry, and it also fell upon th© dead. . I cam© upon a wounded Turk, avlio had been overlooked by stretcher-bearers, lying by himself, his chest heaving and his hands clenched above his head, praying to himself. He Avas immediately brought in, but he Avas too far gon© to live. Our soldiers are, indeed, extraordinary. To hear them, you tremble for the fat© of any of the enemy falling into their hands, yet the moment a trench is taken and the enemy holds up his hands they are treated with th© utmost kindness, sharing water and rations with them. (Reed. 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, July 19.

On a small rise lie half a dozen cf our mon, lulled in the final advance, who it had been impossible to get at to huvy, aniping being too heavy. Even at night time, it was impossible to get them.

Further op the ravine are heaps of Turkish dead piled together in a gorse patch, and /farther on lies a large tiUinlvev,. of thy 'enemy boxed up ..with, some of on? men. There seems to have been a geaervl melee on the morning of the mh, when our mon rushed the trench os and hunted the enemy cut of the gorsc. ' ■ ' • r

BRINGING IN THE WOUNDED. WHO GLOAT WITH PRIDE. A PATHETIC CORNER. SEVEN SIT LIKE LIFE. LONDON. July 19. We have been working unceasingly for the last twenty-four hours bringing in our wounded. Our advance has been so successful that they tell you with pride that not a man was left alive lying out in front of the line. They ar e also bringing in the dead to bury them in the new-formed cemetries. The enemy’s trenches were packed with debris, and an awful stench pervades everything, flies swarming in millions, and in one corner were seven Turks with their rifles across their knees, sitting together, one having an arm round his friend's neck, and a smile on his face, as if cracking a joke, when death overwhelmed them. All of them have th e appearance of being asleep and do not show any signs of injury. Peeping carefully over the top of Boomerang, which is being heavily sniped by Turks, you see how our infantry forced their way. CONSTANTINOPLE TURKISH SOLDIER’S TOMB. SOLDIERS REVOLT. OFFICERS AND MEN SHOT. PLOT AGAINST ENVER PASHA.

IMPENDING RUIN

(Reed noon) ROME, July 19

Since th e beginning of the. war with Italy 1200 Austrian officers, including three generals, hav e been killed.

The “Giornale di Italia” states that refugees bring alarming news of the Ottoman situation.

Troops in Adrianopl e revolted, refusing to go to Constantinople, which they call the Turkish soldiers’ tomb.

Enver Pasha was summoned to restore order, anp a plot was discovered against Enver and the Germans, as a result of which fifty officers and soldiers were shot on Thursday .without a trial.

Anarchy reigns in Constantinople; private houses are requisitioned for wounded; the price of bread is inflated; coal is scarce, hindering navigation. Therp is a shortage of docotrs arid medical requisites. Persecution of Armenians and foreigners continues, and the Committee of Union and Progress', seeing the impending ruin, is sending emissaries to F.mypt, Tunis and Libya for the purpose- of fomenting crime. GREAT AMERICAN STRIKE. COMMENCED YESTERDAY. MUNITION FACTORIES AFFECTED MOST DISASTROUSLY. GERMAN AGITATORS CHARGED. THEY BRIBE LABOUR LEADERS (Reed 8.40 .m.) NEW YORK, July 19. Strikes have taken place in the Remington Arms and Cartridge Factory, at Bridgeport, employing twelve thousand hands. It begins to-day and involves twelve add|iljional factories engaged in sub-contracts. Agitators are proceeding to Newhaven to bring out the Manchester Company’s employ, ees and th e sam e agitators have been active in New England, causing disputes wherever munitions arc manufactured. These universal strikes will disasaffect ammunition contracts, and will be specially serious at Bridgeport, which is the leading ammunition centre.

Labour leaders declare that they arc merely using th© golden opportunity to obtain eight hours, and Avage increases. Employers insist that secret agencies ar© responsible. Gompers charges German agitators Avith stirring up trou. ble and assert that they attempted to bribe Bridgeport labour leaders. A TRANSFORMATION. FROM TYPEWRITING TO MUNI-TION-MAKING. NEW CORPORATION FORMED. (Reed 8.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 19. Leading typewriting Companies have formed a hcav corporation styled the American Ammunition Company for the purpose of handling largo contracts to supply fuses and high explosi\'e and shrapnel shells for the Allies. It is renorted that a contract involving 14J million sterling, for the supply of shells has been placed by the Canadian Militia Department. Th© whole platter is in the hands of a. financial : group which will arrange all sub-con- 1 tracting. j • • ■ ■ * AKY. • I :-v BERN i;, July .16. ! There is jubilation in Germany a-nti i Austria ever the Welsh coal pinke.

WESTERN CAMPAIGN.

SHARP ACTION REPORTED.

LONDON, July 19. A Paris communique reports sharp actions on the heights of the Meuse.

“We recaptured the trench section which the enemy occupied on Saturday. Upon a ridge on the southern slope of Souvauq ravine, we repulsed a fresh German attack, accompanied by jets of burning liquids, and inflicted very heavy losses, .taking over two hundred

prisoners. ’ ’

KITCHENER’S ARMY IN FRANCE. NO COLD FEET. LONDON, July 19. Phillip Gibbs, the war correspondent, writing to the Daily Chronicle fron the British Headquarters, quotes ; sergeant-major’s opinion that Kitchener’s Army in France are a very cheerful lot of men. “They have beer working hard for ten months, and now you could not find a beter regiment. You’ll find plenty of hot-heads but no cold feet.’’ Mr. Gibbs adds that the new army received its baptism of fire by being led into the danger zone by easy stages. Regular army officers say they have never seen soldiers of finer physique or stouter qualities. THE TURKISH CAMPAIGN. THE ALLIES ACTIVE. THE FLEET CO-OPERATING. LONDON, July 19. The Athens correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that the Allies ar>--attacking vehemently along the whole line, the warships co-operating. It is reported-that all the attackhave been successful.

A GERMAN PROMISE.

CONSTANTINOPLE, July If). Germany has informed the Porte that she guarantees that England vriP pay Turkey a war indemnity -if tr> hundred million sterling. BULGARIA AND TURKEY. COMMUNICATION STOPPED. SOFIA, July 19. A Ministerial order has definitely suspended railway communication with Turkey, GREAT MINING STRIKE. MEN RESENT IMPUTATION.

(Rec. 12.25 a.m.) LONDON, July 10

The majority of the minors, in con Amrsation. hotly resent the imputation of unpatriotism, pointing out the nun bers of miners Avho have enlisted. that most of the leaders have sons lithe army, the majority holding con’missions. There Avas an unpleasant shock owing to the announcement that thenwould be no strike pay. The South Wales Avar chest only contains onweek’s strike pay and there is no like): hood of the strikers receiving assistance from the Miners’ Federation and other trade unions. Most of the men are still convince 1 , that at this hour of national crisis they have the country at their mercy. There is a Avidespreacl impression in South Wales that the Government Avill v concede all the men’s terms, except the stipulation for a three years’ agreement.

Matters in dispute will then be refererd to a tribunal under the Munitions Act, Avhich Avill decide regarding marginal differences between Mr. Runciman’s aAvards and the men’s full demands. The miners Avould then have the right to ratify or reject the ne-Av agreement Avhen arranged.

Messrs. Tom Richards, M.P.. and Vernon Hartshorn state that the men believe that the masters •splayed upon Iheir patriotism in order to induce them to accept unwelcome terms. They believe that the Government had been pulled by the employers, Avho are now relying on the Government to force the men into the pits.

MIXERS WORKING OVERTIME. PARIS, July in. The crisis in South Wales is anxiously followed in Franco, where German occupation of the Department of the Nord has decreased the French output by thirty millions of tons. France was relying on Britain to make up the deficiency. French miners have been stopped all holidays, and have accepccd an extension of hours without a murmur, although the conditions are already telling on their health and strength. The Oaulois suggests that the South Welsh miners are being cleverly exploited by German agents. GALLIPOLI CASUALTIES, LONDON. July 10. Mr Asquith, in the Hc-use of Commons, said that .the total casualties.at Dardanelles tytbov£n(L of : Jimo vrere an -follows: Omceimj- killed, 541 r wounded. T 257; missing;: 13&5; m«au hilled. 7543; wounded, £s.£g7; »i*s teg, 7401. >•. v.

THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

THE ITALIANS , ADVANCE,

A THRILLING EPISODE.

ROME. .Illy 19.

The Italians gained a mile towards

Tiernova and reached a point commanding the railway junction, by which food passes to Ooriz.ia from the Tiernova plateau. A thrilling episode occurred at sz height of ten thousand feet in the. Tonal e Pass region. The Austrians thought they had found two undefended passes which would enable them break through the western Trentino, and reach the plain of Lombardy. ■ Parties of Tyrolese mountaineers, witle guns, traversed the Adamello Glacier, crossing a sea of ice for seven miles ia a raging blizzard. They split lip into two columns and stole cautiously along tracks known only to Alpines smugglers, expecting to catch the Italians napping. The Italians discovered; them and a sharp fight ensued, and th« -Tyrolese were defeated and bad to reface the glazier and the blizzard. It I* not known whether they regained their lines.

ITALIAN PREPARATIONS.

FOR WINTER CAMPAIGN.

ROME, July 10.

Italy Is preparing for a winter campaign in the Alps, and is collecting skins, including those of rabbits, and wolves. The people are urged t ft encourage the temporary breeding ofT these animals.

IN GREECE

WHAT DOES SHE MEAN?

Eec. 1.30 a.m.)

ROME. July 19. Prince George of Greece has arrive*? to confer with King Emanuel. Diplomatists attach great importance to the mission.

KAISER’S FORTUNE DIMINISHING-

ROME, July IS.

A private letter from Berlin state? that the Kaiser's personal fortune has greatly diminished. He was interested? in many industries nw ruined, also in Steamship companies, which have 1 ost very heavily. The Kaiser has already lost a hundred million marks. TheKings of Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtemburg, and the Grand Duke of Baden arc also henvv losers.

BRITISH SUBMARINE.

IN THE SEA OF MARMORA

DOING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.

(Reed 12.40 p.m.) SOVT \ Tup*

Constantinople advices state that a British submarine sank the steamer Bisstas on the Asiatic side of the Sea of Marmora, also two lioh+ers a?id a steamer which were unloading in Hardarpasha Harbour A torpedo missed a steamer loading at Tophaneh Quay and damaged two hundred yards cf the wharfing..

FOR N.Z. SICK AND WODNDED-

GIFT FROM THE TIMES FEND.

LONDON, July IP.

A gift of £.‘1,000 has been made from the Times Fund for the use of the wounded and sick New Zealanders.

MINING INDUSTRY BILL.

(Reed 12.25 p.m.) LONDON. July 19.

Mr Runciman moved the second reading of the Coal Limitation of Prices, Bill.

Mr Walton moved its rejection on. the ground that it. penalised one industry and allowed ethers earning hugQ, profiting industries to go free.

DEMOCRATIC CONTROL SOCIETY-

IS GERMANY FINANCING IT?

(Reed 12.40 p.m.) LONDON. July 19

In rep'l7 to questions as to whether th e organisation styled th e Union of Democratic Control was carrying out. an anti-recruiting campaign and also*aimed at stopping the war and compolling peace favourable to th e enemy, and whether he had reason to believe its expenses wer e defrayed by Germany, Sir Edward Carson said the.organisation' did not interfere wit In recruiting; its avowed object was to secure peace settlement on a permanent basis. The Government had no information as to who was financing it, except by members' subscriptions. J?i .. _ JJi _