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1 (By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. — Decisive
ascendancy for the allies in the su
preme test of strength taking place
on the bloody fields of Flanders Is ^
claimed by Secretary of War Baker
in his weekly review of war operations
issued this afternoon.
While it may be premature to as-g
sert that the British offensive in the
vicinity of Ypres has forced a decis
ion over the Germans, Baker says
the victories of the last fortnight
have forced back the Teuton line to
such an extent that the German sub
marine bases on the Belgian coast are
seriously threatened. This, he says,
is conclusive indication of the super
iority of the allies’ fighting arm. With
favorable weather he thinks these vic
tories will be repeated and extended.
The review points out as very sig
nificant the fact that the British are
unable to stop all German counter at
tacks after the first drive and while
massing troops for a second great
smash.
Slowly and irresistibly the allied
drive, aimed at the heart of the Ger
man line in the west, is sweeping on.
The Germans are now reeling, while
the allies are ready to deliver another
blow, says the review.
“The full success of these opera
tions means that the Belgian coast
with its numerous submarine bases,
will become untenable to the enemy,"
says Baker. “Zeebrugge and Os
tend and the system of canals leading
out of Bruges are threatened. The
contributing factors to the allied suc
cess are the complete British mastery
of the air and inexhaustible shell
supply.”
The review states that reports from
the Russian front are encouraging, and
that the armies of the new republic
are about to take to the field again.
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(By Associated Press)
PEKING, Oct. 8. — China's entry
ito the European war on the side o
he allies will relieve the Chinese gov
rnment of interest payments upon ob
Igations owed to the German govern
aent and German corporations aggrt
;ating nearly $235,000,000 gold. Th
•eatest single obligation China owes
o Germany Is the Boxer indemnit
noney, amounting to about $106,565
100 gold. The next item in importanc
ire two loans of $40,000,000 gold eacl
mown as the first and second Angli
Berman loans, and negotiated throug
the German-Asiatic Bank. Germany
portion of the reorganization loan pa
ticipated in by the five power grou
is $25,000,000 gold. Railway loai
made by the German-Asiatic Bank a
gregate over $4,000,000 gold.
In addition there are mlscellaneoi
short term loans made by varioi
German firms, which are estimati
to total $4,000,000 gold.
German mining properties who
value is estimated at $1,500,000 gn
will probably be taken over by the
Chinese government and sold, the Chi
nese holding the money until the con
clusion of peace.
The German-Asiatic Bank, with
branches at Peking, Tientsin, Tsinan
fu, Tsingtau. Hankow and Canton, is!
the largest German concern doing
business in China, and has a capital
of about $7,000,000 gold. It is charged
that this bank has financed much of
the German intrigue threughout the
Orient.
German capital is employed quite
extensively in the cement industry In
■ China, and controls paper mills, brew
- eries, cotton mills and other factories
- in various ports. These companies for
- the most part are not very large. Ar
3 nold Karberg & Company , one of the
most important German concerns in
f the Far East, has a loan on the Shang
.- hai dock of about $5,000,000 gold.
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i, The sailing schooner John A. ar
>- rived at Seattle recently with 178.000
h codfish, the result of a four months’
s fishing cruise in the Bering sea.
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). W. D. Snodgras, who for eight years
s has been in charge of the Kodiak sta
5- tion, has been promoted to the Fair
banks station, to succeed J. W. Neil,
is who resigned. Mr. and Mrs. Snodgras
is have arrived and taken charge of the
id station.
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ie Largest assortment of fancy Rib
Id bons at Mrs. Kate Rolfe’s.
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COPENHAGEN, Oct. 8—The Dan
ish government has ordered another
reduction in the size of the standing
army. The step is taken, it is stat
ed, "mainly for financial reasons, but
also because discipline in the army
has been weakened and its quality de
teriorated under protracted service."
At the beginning of the European
war, Denmark called up 45,000 men
in addition to the 12,500 who are al
ready in training. This force was
gradually reduced to 25,000, and a fur
the? reduction of about 25 per cent
has now been decided upon.
All the parties except the conser
vative groop, have approved of thi
j Government's decision. The Conser
vatives declined acquiescence on th<
ground that they could not admit "thi
danger of a violation of Denmark’
neutrality has been essentially dimin
ished.”
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borne.
Dr. C. C. Benedict, health officer of
Anchorage, reports a case of dhph
theria there, and that two children
who have been exposed are being held
in quarantine.
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