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MUMEXA Japanese Photographers.
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THE WESTERN FRONT.
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, Jan. 2.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 Impartial newspapers generally praise
A German official report, received. the Entense's reply to the German Nota
by wireless, says: "We repulsed as being straightforward and lucid.
English hand-grenade attacks The New York Herald expresses the Ypres, and raided trenches opinion that the positiveness of the
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rejection will prove a step towards, Argonne and the Meuse region. peace by revealing the truth to the German people, thus marking the biginning of the end of Prussianism.
The Tribuns says the Answer de Saite end to the attempted ly puts an
intervention of the United States.
The New York Times thinks the door
HOSTILE PATROLS AT BRITISH TRENCHES.
Loyoos, Jan. 2.
Field Marsha! Sir Douglas Haig
is left open to peace and cicipates reports:
A fresh German bid for it shortly in
A hostile patrol reached qu?
view of the threatened exhaustion trenches eastward of Vermelles, but
of Germany,
The Washington Pord says the Reply sents the doom of Germany, but, before yielding, she will fight desperately in new directions. Neutrals will almost certainly be involved in the struggle.
RUSSIAN AND RUMANIAN FRONTS.
SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY.
LONDON,, Jun. 2:
A Russian official. report trans- misted by wireless states:
Enemy groups advancing alter fierce firing by rifle and machine- gul south-west of Brody driven back.
were
An enemy "offensive on the "Mol- davian frontier was dispersed. **
All enemy attacks north and south of Oituz Valley were repulsed.
were driven back, losing half their ̈ number.
We ejected the portion of a strong patrol which entered our trenches northward, of Ypres. Their losser were heavy.
LIVELY ARTILLERY DUEL.
PARIS, Jan. 2.
A communiqué reports a somewhat lively artillery duel between Hardan- mont and Brezon Faux
There has been intermittent enn- nouading chewhere.
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
ENEMY'S. POSITIONS HEAVILY SHELLED..
LONDON, Jan. 2.
An Italian official report state: Replying to the enemy's artillery
A Rumanian counter-attack rewe heavily shelled trenches and lines gained positions on the River Kai- of communication along the whole zina, despite continuous fieres front. attacks..
Our Dobrudja detachments with- drew to new positions.
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, Jac. 2.
A German official report, received
wireless, statca: ̈
We stormed several hil positione in Oituz Valley.
General,, Mackensen forced the Russians to further retreat and is sharply pursuing and defeating the rearguard.
We exploded an artillery ammuni tion store near Castagna vizza.
The enchy persistently shelled Gorizia, causing material damage- only.
THE ARMENIAN
MASSACRES.-
HARROWING STORIES BY TURKISH
EX-OFFICIALS.
LONDON, Jan. 9 Trustworthy Turkish ex-officials
The Austro-Gericans are approach have given to the Times an appalling ing Focsony Fundeni bridgehead account of what they witnessed ox positions and have taken 1.800 the occasion
massacres.
of the Armenian
prisoners...
The Bulgaro Germans captured They saw numerous bodies of men, stubbornly defended Russian post-women and children at ftah, al tions eastward of Braila, and drove horribly mutilated. The won were mostly naked. Five hundred back the enemy towards Micen.
AUSTRIAN REPORT. women, giria and children were An Austrian official report, received herded in a comp at Bitlis awaiting the arrival of bands of Kurd criminals, by wireless, states
The Austrians and Germans are who were clered to deal with before the defensive lines of Braila and them in their own way." Foessay.
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The Archduke Josef has progressed KING EDWARD HOTEL in the Foulesco and Soveja regions.
We stormed taxeral positions south-east of Harja.
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RUMANIA CONFIDENT.
JABST, Jan. 2.
M. Jonescu delivered a stirring speech in the Chamber, concluding with the words: Confident of vic- tory," we accept all the paina and all the sufferings, since it will be given to us to write the epic
TANG YUK IZTIST, successor to Humanis."
The late SIEN TING,
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SHIPS SUNK.
LORDON, JAD. The Danish steamer Danmarck has been torpedoed.
The informants of the Timea su
15,000 bodies piled in the ravines. One was filled with corpace of child ren. They say that Armenians committed suicide to escape a name. lesa fate. Government “officials selected the best-looking women who were outraged dad murdered.
STORY OF A WRECK.
HARDSHIPE OF THE SURVIVORS.
Lonvos, Jan. 2. Eighteen survivors have bee ladded at Queenstown from wreck of the 8,000 ton ste Aloudia, wrecked on the Cork They were rescued from barren rock. Beveral died exposure. Twenty-eight are missi
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