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NOME, ALASKA. KRIDAV, NOVEMBER 10, 1017.
XO. 2413.
U. S. PREPARES
AGAINST RAIDS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 15.—
That Pancho Villa the scourge of
Mexico has completely routed the
federal constitutionalists forces en
gaged in battle with him and has
eaptureo the Mexican city of Ojin
aga is the alarming import of dis
patches reaching the State Depart
ment heie today. It is not believed
that Vilia wilt choose to retain oc
cupancy of the city for any consid
erable period since this remarkable
leaden- appears to most succesful
advantage in the rote of a raider
who prefers to attack rather than
to defend at any time. He prefer
to swoop down upon a city or town,
take it and after resting and re
freshing himself and his troops and
laying certain necessary tribute
upon its banks and merchants he is
ready to abandon his capture and
again take to the fastnessa; of re
fuge he knows so well. Consider
able concern became manifest in of
ficial circles over the safety of Am
erican citizens and their interests
on and near Mexican bonder be-!
cause of the revival of the Villa
movement, it be.ng reported f’at
large numbers of Mexicans are joi .
ing hi,; ranks. The War Depart
ment directed that supreme author
ity be vested in the general com
manding the Si- hern t enartnient,
and it is considered that he lias
sufficient soldiers at ban.! to cope
with any situation which may be
presented.
GERMAN CIVIL
BERLIN, Nov. 15—That the Ger
, man civil population, its non-com
batant citizens its women and
children and aged men, its workers
who are'necessa rily retained in in
dustrial pur uits whose products are
necessary to sustain the forces un
der military arms, are dying at ap
proximately the same rate as her
soldiers are f&'drg on her battle
lines is among the tragic deduction,/
from the bureau of vital statistics
as shown from a survey just com
pleted.
This is taken as a confirmation
of the comment of the British Pre
mier Lloyd George made early in
the war in pointing to the' military,
problem, • and difficulties confront
ing the opponents cf Germany, that
"Germany is not a nation; it is an
army”. It is not sufficient merely
that the allies conquer the German
armies. The German peoples must
be beaten if the war is to end fav
orably to her enemies for every ]
one of her people is involved as cer
tainly a,, are her soldiers and the:
sufferings of her people are no j
whit less than her soldiers. Malnu- j
triticn is the high sounding ward j
that is given as the cause of the i
mortality among her people which!
equal* the martaiity among her soi
djcrs. it mean, starvation. The j
people are slowly starving to death I
that her soldiers may be
notrishea and strengthened for
combat.
LONDON, Nov 1 Sr.—Roar Admi
ral Benson of the American Navy
and Chief Admiral Beatty have just
concluded an extended conference
at which plans were perfected ."or
a greater cc-operation between the
sea fighting forces of the United
States and Great Britain and im- j
portant agreeme: ta on Naval quo r I
lions were reached between these
two powers.
Heretofore much difficulty and in
convenience has been encountered.
because of a lack of concert in the
movements and orders effecting the
respective fleets.
Under the terms of the under
standing arrived at between these
two high naval authorities it is ex
pected that the ie two immense sea
pcv.ers -vili act more in co-ordina
tion and more as if they .vere one j
navy than as two establishments
acting separately and. under sepa-1
rate orders.
The lowest record that has been
made since the beginning of Ger
many's submarine campaign has le
uileri during the past week. Only
one British ship cf n.ore' than six
teen hundred tons and five of less
lonnago were destroyed. This is
taken to still further indicate that
Germany is about at the end' of h§r
tether so far as her much vaunted
submarine power is concerned.
GERMANY PE
AMERICAN
IR OFFENSIVE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov, 15.—
Reports have been gathered from j
the combined news agencies, intelli
gence services and from all possible
official sources of the allies have
been turned ever to Colonel 0. M.
House, the President, , general per
sonal representative to the allied
governments in Europe, and who is
thought to be vested with especial
high powers to represent this coun
try in the interallied conferences.
These reports include the significant
information that Germany at
tempted the perfection of elaborate
defensive meat urea- against the com
lng of America’s field participation
in the war in real earnest. All aero
plane factories in Germany have
been set to work at top speed to
create a fleet to cope with the Am
ericans air forces now being put in
readiness \a London.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 15
Reports of traveller,; arriving in
Sweden from the Russian frontiers
and which have been forwarded
here are to the effect that terror
reigns in the cities of Moscow and
Petrograd in Russia. The most ter
rific, murderous and fratricidal
fighting continues on the streets
from partisan^, on the opposing sides
from the armoured tonne-au of au
tomobiles. These state that fully
2,000 persons were killed in the
street battles in Moscow and that
Potroijrod is'everywhere in flames.
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EL PAfO. Nc- 1". —'3 audits
supposed to v><? Villatista -.vho ore
maintaining a patrol on the Mex
ican side of the Kio Grande today
opened fire on the American Guard
at Yslata, according to claims made
in dispatches read ing in this city
this morning.
The American soldiers proinntly
returned the fire with what, is be
lieved to be fatal results to at least
two of their assailants The Am
erican patrol guard have orders to
shoot to kill if filed upon. Keelings
of hostility have been running high
for '• some time and it is thought
that a serious clash cannot much
longer be avoided. The prediction
is being freely made thjt another
American punitive inva. ion will
probably signalize the American
resentment at an early date.
Much importance is being at
tached here to the fact that the
General in command of the South
ern Department of the American
forces has been given full authority
which indicates that war^upon ban
(lit? at least will be carried into ,
Mexican territory and since Genera!
Pershings famous punitive expedi
tion previously undertaken against
Villa the feeling against “gringoe ”
as all Americans are spitefully
known, has been running and those
who*are in a position to speak au
thoritatively here agree that an
other such an Invading force into
Mexico will result in war with that
country.
Let ns estlrnare on your .Too VTor*
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS. IN
FRANCE, Nov. 15.—Ail attacking
party of German soldiers have suc
ceeded in making their way to wiili
in firing distance of the American
trcnehe •• with artillery and a'num
ber of American soldiers have been
killed. The are of the enemy was
unusually heavy but the Americans
displayed a hardihood that could
only be expected of seasoned troops.
They returned the fire with prompt
ness and effected severe losses,upon
•the enemy.
PARIS, Nov. 15.—"hat a fleet of
German aircraft. have raided Ur
northern cq\ t of France U r • o:\.
cd in dispatch's from Calais re
ceived today. Many civilians and
non combatants were killed by tlie
i Gabardine-tit upon, that city. Calais
is the chief allied military and na
val base upon the English channel
on the coast of France.
PARIS, Novo 15.—The war of
fice here reports a continuance ol
the "heavy duel which has been in
progrc.s ftr several day1 on the>
Verdun iront in the vicinity c Cau
rlers wood with results about cq”"l
on both sides so far as could bet
learned.
PARIS Nov. 15.—Former Prem
ier Clemanceau has agreed to at
tempt. the organization of a n: tv
French Cabinet, moved to this
course by a desire to aid in . void
ing a orii is arising in the adminis
tration.
ROME, Xov. 15.—It is claimed
in reports reaching this capital to
day that the Italians have defeated
all attempts of tlio Teuton forces to
force a crossing from the Eastern
to the Wei tern bank and have com
pletely circumvented the enemy
plans for a campaign to the west
ward of the Fiave River. That |
portion of the German forces which
by heavy massed attacks so char
acteristic of German diives has suc
ceeded in reaching a position Nortti-1
cast of Venice anil which is consid
ered a,.;i menacing that city mos
seriously has been twice repulsed
within the last twenty four hours,
r nd, the Italian soldiers are concen
trating their efforts specially with a
view of cutting them dff from the
main body of the invading forcos
with a view to their capture cr de
struction. The belief obtains’ here
and the hope prevails that the Ger
man lino will be advanced no j
further into Italy, but it is regard j
:d as certain that tlio heaviest hi:.(I
af lighting will continues lor weeks
and possibly for many months in
in effort to push back Germany
and rid Italy of her invaders.
BERLIN, Nov. 13.—F'rom the
southern battle’ line comes the in
lorination that a division of the
Gernun army' on Mount Front in
Northern Italy have begun a second
advancing offeni ivo southward
from Foeiizano and Feltie.
TOKIO, Nov. 15.—Indications
aje that whatever forms Japanese
participation in the European war
may take will assurdely not include
the furnishing of any Japanese man
power. Through her Minister of
War in a statement issued today
the thus dismii ~.es the hope that
the little brown men would join
actively with the allies in the active
field work of subduing the German
autocrat. The excuse is made that
there is not now and on prospect
of there being sufficient boats for
the necessary shipping which Japan
ia already doing and that nothing
can bo spared for tram porting her
troops to the European front. Tho
further explanation is made that
the country is not in a finanefal
condition sufficiently favorable to
enable her to transport and com
mitsiary her armies in foreign fields
even if ships) were available without
involving the naitonal treasury in
near bankruptcy.
Representatives of the govern
mon were loath to make any state
ments whatever with regard to Ja
pan’s intentions for the future a3
regards the war but tlie Japant-io
newspapers were almost a unit in
avowing the belief that the tsluct
anco of the government would in
time be overcome. As is known
Japan keeps her arnres up to the
minute im military fitness and eifl
eioncy and the hope hai i obtained
in the allied capitals that she early
make troops available.
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