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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
4
London dispatch reports Hartmans Weilerkopf the summit Germans claim to have retaken with over 1500 prisoners. It remains the only first class active point on the western front as eastern lines show little disturbance during the Christmas lull in the last 24 hours.
Clashes continue in Galicia with minor gains for each side while Persian frontlines push 25 miles from Tehran. Balkan fronts gain top emphasis with Greece facing martial law rumors and German aims linked to Saloniki. Reports note Austro German and Bulgarian screens near the Greek frontier and a possible Suez attack timing, with Russia and Germany preparing for early-year operations as winter battles unfold.
Berlin report says the Eighty-second Landwehr Brigade recaptured Hartmanns-Weilerkopf after French gains. Losses are claimed as 1100 total with 23 officers and 1530 men captured, while French statements on the 71st instant are called exaggerated. No eastern or Balkan theatre updates.
The article lauds Kitchener as a military genius and notes his ascent from private to top command, emphasizing that he began as a footman before enlisting and rose through merit alone to a supreme leadership position.
The article discusses military leadership changes as unrest grows over war conduct. It says William Robertson may become supreme director of war operations, reducing Earl Kitchener’s power, with Lloyd George pushing for broader control of the war effort and a new, more successful phase ahead.
Madrid reports King Alfonso signed decrees dissolving the Cortes and ordering new elections before March. The move follows a period of political tension in Spain with national elections anticipated in the near term.
The Japanese liner Yasuka Maru, carrying 120 passengers and 160 crew, was sunk in the eastern Mediterranean by a submarine on Tuesday. All aboard were saved, including American passenger W W Leigh. A French gunboat rescued the group and landed them at Port Said. passengers praised the captain and crew for orderly embarkation. Leigh, born in China, had lived in England and was returning to China for a new post.
Tokyo reports the Yasaka Maru sunk by a submarine near Port Said in the Mediterranean. The vessel carried 25 million yen in gold and had 5.6 million yen insurance. Nippon Yusen Kaisha weighs routing ships around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Suez canal.
London report states that all British sick and wounded were removed as troops withdrew from Anzac and Suvla. Turkish claim that the British left Gallipoli suddenly is noted.
London dispatch cites Westminster Gazette saying America has decided there will be no evasion of Lusitania demands. Austria likely to conciliate rather than sever diplomatic relations to avoid harming the central powers’ ties with the United States.
Wireless report from Berlin cites Kolnischer Volks Zeitung claiming Britain has 300000 troops in Egypt with 200000 near the Suez Canal. The letter notes Arab unrest west of the canal and plans for compulsory recruiting of native Egyptians to oppose insurgents. It says 70000 troops arrived last week comprising British Indian and Australian units and warns the canal could be closed to navigation for military reasons.
In Tortosa Spain the French steamship Loukkous with a cargo of sugar ran ashore at the mouth of the Ebro while fleeing a submarine. The captain says the submarine fired on the vessel, but he escaped into the river mouth. A port rescue party was dispatched to save the ship and cargo.
About 100 employees of the Hotel and Railroad News Company surprised Superintendet Charles H. Sargent last night. He returned to his office in the new garage building at Northampton and Tremont streets to find the staff assembled and presenting him with an oak desk and chair. John F. Kelly delivered the presentation speech.
Boston public schools closed for Christmas holidays and will reopen Monday January 3 for the winter term. Most schools held Christmas season exercises.
London reports Great Britain suffered 112 921 officer and man losses at the Dardanelles up to December 11, including killed wounded and missing. Killed total 25 279. sick admitted to hospitals 96 683. breakdown shows 1609 officers and 28 670 men killed. 2969 officers and 72 222 men wounded. 337 officers and 12 114 men missing.
Philadelphia reports a deadly la grippe epidemic with high death rates prompting State health commissioner Samuel G Dixon to urge sacrifices. He warns the public to avoid crowded places since one sick person can spread the disease to many.
The Paris war office reports activity in Artois near Givenchy and the Lille road, bombardments on the Aisne, mine fighting in Woevre near Apremont, and gains on the Vosges front at Hartmannsweiler Kopf. Belgian notes claim heavy bombardment along the Yser while other fronts show calm at night and progress on the right in the Vosges sectors.
Montenegrin authorities via their consul report the Austrian attack on the Sanjak front halted with troops fortifying the line. The enemy drew the population and livestock from the Tara riverbank and attacked near Varana but was repulsed with heavy losses and prisoners taken. As of December 21 positions remained unchanged.
The Russian war office issues a daily summary from multiple fronts. In Galicia east of Podhaicy enemy detachments are repelled near trenches. In the Black Sea torpedo boats exchange fire with Varna shore batteries. A submarine destroys a coal laden sailing vessel. In the Caucasus Turkish artillery targets new positions near Acha village and Lake Van area. Persian region operations dislodge insurgents near Arbarik and Hamadan. A detachment captures Kum after assaulting Save village, routing rebels and capturing gendarmes.
An American mining machinery company says the Chamber of Mines in Johannesburg told its South African manager the British government ordered the chamber to halt all dealings with the firm because it was German controlled. The London manager protests to Britain and the U.S. State Department, insisting the firm is not German controlled and makes munitions for the Allies. He blames competitors for the blacklist.
The Austro Hungarian official note says on the Italian front the situation is unchanged with heavy artillery duels in the Giudicaria district. An Italian battalion attack on Podgora failed. In the Balkan theatre a small Montenegrin detachment north of the Tara mountain was taken prisoner after a brief battle.
Britain's Dardanelles casualties total 112 921 with 25 279 killed according to official London. Germany is described as beaten in commerce by its president of the Board of Trade. Hartmanns Weilerkopf summit retaken by Germans with 23 officers and 1530 men as official Berlin notes. French artillery campaigns heavy near Givenchy and Aisne as mobile convoy dispersals are reported. French troops retreat from Hartmanns Weilerkopf trenches but retain positions nearby. Earl Kitchener to be replaced by Sir William Robertson as head of British war operations per unofficial report.
London dispatch quotes Athens as saying Greece has received assurances the Bulgarian officer involved in the Koritza incident will be punished. The incident involved a Bulgarian detachment pursuing a small Serbian force crossing into Greek territory.
Captain Pennewell, Mate Wright, and five crewmen, rescued after being cast adrift six weeks from New York to Rouen aboard the oil laden schooner Grace Seymour. The group arrived in Philadelphia after landing at Lewes on the Greek steamer Ossifoglu.
The schooner Grace Seymour with Captain Pennewell aboard, after three weeks at sea, faced relentless gales that caused a leaking rudder seam and flooding. Pumps ran dry and hand pumping was needed until hull seams failed and all three masts were cut away. The Greek steamer rescued the crew five hours after distress signals were sent. Owned by Howard Compton of Leesburg New Jersey, the vessel had been fitted for a France voyage after coastwise work. First mate Wright hinted at undisclosed issues beyond the weather and said more would be revealed to the owners.
A federal council decision directs the coinage of iron ten pfennig pieces in Berlin marking a new monetary measure.
Paris reports General Bonnal interpreting Intransigeant notes that German figures claim French and British forces at Saloniki total 172000 and rising. He asserts the joint army will soon reach 200000, entrenched around Saloniki with strong defenses and sea-reinforced supplies to resist much larger forces.
Walter Runiman president of the Board of Trade told the House of Commons that Germany is beaten commercially and Britain must ensure it does not recover. He spoke in reviewing postwar reorganization steps for British industries.
Mr. Runciman warns the Board of Trade is studying postwar contingencies including German ownership of property in Britain and German control of oil fields. He notes efforts to transfer German oil assets to Britain and to prevent German influence in UK commerce, insisting Britain seeks prosperity without compromising Entente goals.
London dispatch says General Townshend at Kut el Amara Mesopotamia reports the night of December 21 22 was quiet with no fighting. The British forces maintain a calm front as operations pause.
Financial experts estimate that about 1.5 billion dollars of American securities foreign owned at the war's outbreak have been absorbed in the United States in 16 months. The Delaware and Hudson reports 480.9 million in railroad securities shifted to American owners from Feb 1 to July 31, 1915, with an additional 50 to 75 million bought from foreigners. The total taken from foreign sources reaches at least 2.9 billion.
Emperor Nicholas I announces to President Poincare he is honored to wear the French War Cross. Poincare replies that the message will reach officers and soldiers and conveys gratitude. The two leaders exchange telegrams and it is sent to the French army.
Arthur Hughes, last of the pre-Raphaelite painters, died at Kew yesterday at 2:58 a m His death ends a career linked with Sir John Millais Gabriel Dante Rossetti William Holman Hunt John Ruskin and William Morris.
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