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Pictorial Phases of Year’s Events Abroad
1» King Coruitantine of Greece; 2, French soldiers protected by masks against a
gas attack on the Somme front; 3, Sir Roger Casement, hanged for partici
pation in Irish rebellion; 4, Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, who died;
5, Roumanian infantry, which entered war this year; 6, Earl Kitchener,
Britain's war minister, drowned; 7, the Sussex, cross channel steamer, tor
pedoed by a submarine; 8, British bsttlsship battered off Jutland during
greatest sea battle in history.
By Captain GEORGE L. KILMER, Lata
U. S. V.
SFRPRiSFS have not ceased In
the surprising world war, now
well into its third year. The
more Important of these sur
prises in 1PKJ have been In France, at
sea, on the Italian front and In the
Balkans. In January the Germans,
who were supposed to he on the defen
sive In France, sprang a vicious attack
along a five mile front In the Cham
pagne. Farther north, on Virny ridge,
and at Ypres, Belgium, they stormed
British trenches, 800 yards and tiOO
yards In length. While attention was
thus drawn to the northern front the
Germans suddenly launched heavy at
tacks on Fob. 22 north of Verdun,
starting a tremendous ddve against
„that famous salient, which the crown
prince originally struck at in August,
19H. Three days later Fort Itouau
mout, four miles from the city, was
captured following a bombardment
which nearly razed Its walls. Next
day the Germans captured six fortified
French villages and on the 2!>lh shifted
tlie attack from the north to the south
east Fighting continued for weeks.
The mldd'e of Slay it was evident that
the French line would hold in front of
the city Itself.
The element of surprise in the Ver
dun drive lay in that the Germans
would risk heavy losses in storming
fortifications for tlie mere purpose ap
parently of shortening tlielr front.
Counterdrive by the Alliee.
It-has been hinted that Hit1 German
offensive at Verdun was launched to
forestall an expected Anglo-French of
fensive against the German communi
cation farther north. Such a move
ment was launched the 1st of July
along the river Somme and the river
Ancre. I’eronne and Bunauuie being
the objectives. Every day for two
weeks either the French or British
plunged forward, now capturing a vil
lage. now a woods. Again the Ger
mans would retake ground by desper
ate counterattack. Supposed keys like
< ontalmalson uml Couibles were cap
tured, but I’eronue and Hapuunie still
cover the railroad along which the
Germans on the battle line In France
receive their supplies through Belgium.
At the end of two weeks of forward
movements on the Sotmne, IJoyd
George, British minister of war. ex
claimed in a council of leaders, "Vic
tory is beginning to flow lu our di
rection.”
Russia Comss Bsck.
IJuyd-George evidently Included hi
the flow of victory Russia's great en
terprises lu her southwest war zone,
Rukowlna and eastern Galicia. The
Russians ha 1 been expelled from the
Warsaw Hid Vistula line In (he an
turnn of 1913, but a considerable body
remained In eastern Bultowlna anil
Just outside Its borders. The Austro
< let mans bud also left garrisons for
tbelr original forlltlcatlous there. Early
In January the Russians began a drive
lu the vicinity of Czernowltz. Noth
ing of consequence resulted, but the
movement, taken In connection with
attucks In the district of Vtlna and
Inlnsk, In the north, gave proof that
Russia stir, hud aggressive jiower. Ill
June General Brusllolf assumed com
mand In the southwest and, aiming for
I.ewberg, turned the flank of the Aus
trian defenses in Volhynia and Buko
wlua. In one week the Russians claim
ed 80.000 prisoners, captured the for
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tress of Dntmo, also Czernowltz, anl
were marching upon I.utsk ami Kovel.
But about tbe time that Lloyd-Georg*
voiced Ills optimism the Russians found
themselves checked on the river Htoi.
hod and on the Imlester, south.
Greatest of Naval Battlaa.
Lloyd-George also had in mind the
naval battle of Jutland, with li took
place on the last day of May. This
has been called the greatest naval ac
tion in history. It was the greatest to
date In this war. The British claimed
a great victory, which amounts to a
confession that the German navy Is
by no means a negligible factor. Tbe
Germans ventured to sea act-king bat
tle. They overcame the advance llrlt
ish column and were not checked un
til the heavy British battleships ar
rived on the scene.
Both sides lost heavily In battleships,
cruisers, destroyers and men. In a
tactical sense the action was a draw,
but It demonstrated that the German
navy Is not "Ixittled lip.”
Early lu the spring the Italians re
sumed activities on the lino of the
Isonzo, particularly at Gorltz. In April
the Austrians suddenly liegan an of
fenslve against Italian positions In
Trentino, which the latter hud invad
ed May, 1915. This move was u com
plete surprise and forced the Italians
Into hurried retreat. At the end of
May Austria reported 80,000 prisoners
and ”00 cannon as the spoils of two
months' operations. By the middle of
June the Ituiluns hail turned on their
enemy, and the great offensive was
obecked.
ini* Austrian moietueut whs evi
dently timed to affect Italy's aggressive
movements In the south, where the ob
jective of the Italians Is Trieste.
Gorltz stood in the way of progress
toward the coveted citadel. It fell
Aug. 9. Since the fall of tiorltz the
Italians have made slow progress to
ward Trieste.
Something was ueeded In the allied
camps ut midsummer to pull up wan
ing ho|s>s, hopes dashed by the aban
don incut of the (Iallli>olt expedition
early In January, the surrender of Iiut
el Amara with 10,000 British soldiers
In April, the subjugation of Servia and
Montenegro and the menacing situa
tion In Greece. The allies’ Infantry
from Gallipoli had been transferred to
Salonlkt with the evident purpose of
marching northward and taking the
Bulgar forces In Servia and on their
own borders in the rear.
Ssrious Outlook For Germany,
in Horae respects It seemed as though
the allies had unloaded a dead weight
by abandoning the direct attack upon
Constantinople. The Uussluns almost
from the beginning of the war had
been coming down into Asia Minor In
a direction which would bring them
Into Junction with the British column
moving up tiny Tigris river toward Bag
dad. In February llussia captured Kr
zerum, Mesopotamia, from the Turks.
This was followed two months later
by the capture of Trobtzond, on the
Black sea. ltussla's southward march
from liases in her own home territory,
hacked up by her fleet on the Black
sea, really a strategic prolongation of
her line In Bukowlna and Galicia, con
stituted a menace to German ambition
In the near east
The elimination of Servia as a factor,
which was made certain In the winter
of 1910, and the certainty that Turkey
could he relied upon for troops and
supplies, coupled with the apparent dif
ficulty of the allies tu launching a
stroke In the back of the Teutonic
powers through Greece, brought up
again the supposed German dream of
a Berlin to Bagdad route. This dream
was dissipated when It became evi
dent that Russia was forcing the
Turks out of Mesopotamia and effec
tively co-operating with the allies at
Sakmlkl. The situation of Germany
had a serious look as autumn came on,
with Verdun unlukeu, the allies storm
ing a third Hue on the Somilfo and the
Russians displaying enough vigor in
their southwest t" hold the Austrian
forces at full strength In Volhynlu.
Bukowina and Greece. Then sudden
ly lioumanla east her lot with the at
lies snd, as it was supposed, added
400,<s)0 men to the enemies of the
Teuton on the Vienna to Constantino
ple line.
Von Hindsnburg Score* Again.
How Von Hlndenhurg turned to era*'
ple with this new foe Is the most sur
prising chapter In the history of the
war, a new example of efficiency at
headquarters and in the lighting ranks
No cheek Worthy of the name was suf
fered after crossing two frontiers un
til converging armies met lie fore doom
ed Bukharest, taken on 1'ec. ft.
Itoumanla seems to have repeated
the French blunder of August. 11)14.
when, Instead of going to tiie aid of
Belgium, Joffre sent a big army to re
cover Alsace. Instead of stabbing Bul
garia, Itoumanla marched north into
Hungary, a move which invited G( r
rnans and Bulgurs to strike at her vi
tals from the south, b'o, while \ n
Mackensen marched and conquered m
the general direction of the Danube,
central Itoumanla and Bukharest. the
Roumanians, who had poured over her
northern border, were easily turned
back, their conquests wrested from
them and the entire venture of the
last of the Balkan states was turned
Into u fizzle, so far us support of L>e
allies was concerned. There remains
Grecce—at least the rebellious pun of
It— to stimulate the ho|ie that the Teu
tonic powers may yet. receive a vital
thrust In ttyj back. The conquest of
Roumanla required time, energy a.ul
lives. Whether the compensation will
equal the investment time alone uu
tell. The end of 11)16 finds the German
powers resourceful In men and un
daunted In spirit. On the oilier baud,
the allies' cabinets are reorganizing to
restore the flow of victories to .iie
channels of midsummer I.loyd Geoige
became British premier Dec. 7.
Miscellaneous Events.
Minor events of the war were the
torpedoing of the British channel
steamer Sussex, the transfer of tue
submarine wur roue across the Atlan
tic In October Hint (Jenetui Kitchener’s
death at sea. Air craft battles buve
been mauy, tierce and deadly; casual
ties of all kinds have been heavy.
Outside of war the old world has
beeu normal, with the exception of a
brief rebellion lu Ireland, which bad
been expected and was ruthlessly sup
pressed. Japan and Russia formed au
agreement, and Japan made new de
mands upon China, whose ruler, Yuan
Bhlh Kui, died lu June. Deaths abroad
during the year Included Franc Joseph,
emperor and king; Carmen Sylva, Rou
manian queen dowager and a person
ality of note; Dr. Metcbnikoff, the bac
teriologist; Mounet-Sully. French ac
tor, aud Slenklewicz, l’ollsb author.
Sir Roger Casement was executed for
treason as Instigator of the rebellion
In Ireland; also Pearse, the rebel
’•president." and Connolly, the military
chief.
GOVERNMENT IS PROTECTING
VALUABLE ALASKAN ANIMALS.
More than 100,000 seals have been
added to the protected herd in Alas
kan waters during 1916, according to
government reports. The herd now
numbers approximately 400,000. The
dosed season, provided by internation
al agreement, will close in 1917, and
many young males can then be killed
for their pelts This is expected to
bring the price of sea skin — now
very high — back to a normal price
again.
Until the seal herd, which is de
clared to he the most valuable herd
of any kind of animals In the world,
was placed under government protec
tion, it was being rapidly destroyed
by indiscriminate hunters, who killed
the seal regardless of sex and without
regard to the necessity for reproduc
tion to save the breed. The seals
have been given a chance to multiply
under the international agreement,
and have taken advantage of the op
portunity. The bureau of fisheries
has charge of the herd, which makes
its home on two American owned is
lands in the Xtering sea.
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