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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1915
Page
4
British losses mount as fronts shift across Serbia and the Balkans. Allies plan to pressure Greece, with an ultimatum likely, while Austro German and Bulgarian forces push toward Belgrade and Saloniki. Russians score gains in Galicia and Styr, countered by German claims of repulsion.
King George calls for voluntary enlistment to support Great Britain in the war. He urges more men from all classes to join, noting sacrifices already made and the need to secure victory and enduring peace against a highly organized enemy.
Amsterdam reports significant destruction at Ostend after a British naval bombardment. The Echo de Belge cites damage to the maritime railway station, lighthouse, Hotel des Thermes, Kursaal, and city warehouses.
King George appeals for more men to keep armies in the field. Greece refuses alliance terms for now. Allied bombardment of the Bulgarian coast extends 38 miles. Roumania in talks to join the war. Austro German losses in Serbia reach 60 000. Four German steamers sunk by British submarines in the North Sea. German advances in Serbia checked by French artillery. French planes strike German aviation park at Ounel. Russian attacks on Riga repulsed. Austro German forces push Serbian retreat. Russians seize positions in eastern Galicia and capture officers and men.
A critique argues that nationwide prohibition would fail to curb alcohol use and could increase private drinking. It cites Capt. Hobson and Rep. Ernest W. Roberts, noting open saloons do not drive youth to drink and that regulation might still permit alcohol at home. A German doctor endorses moderate wine and beer for adults.
Philadelphia Oct 22 local shipping men believe six Kronprinz Wilhelm officers escaped in the auxiliary yawl Eclipse. The small boat was sighted last Sunday about 75 miles northeast of Bermuda by the Italian steamer La bor crew, which has just arrived from Genoa.
Captain Monzali of the Labor reported spotting an overturned white vessel at 33.20 N 64.23 W, matching the Eclipse. He passed within six miles, found no signs of life, and proceeded to Norfolk, noting no German escape news at the port. Theories suggest capsizing with drownings or German officers abandoning boats to be picked up.
German army headquarters report shows Hindenburg group repulsing major Russian assaults near Sadowe and Bara noviteni with prisoners taken and cannon losses. Lin singen group states successful counterattack west of Czartorysk and ongoing pursuit as Russian losses mount. Balkan updates note Koevess and Gallwitz advances north of Ranovac and Kninacevac with Kumanovo and Veleze occupied and Vardar crossing threats.
London dispatch from October 22 cites the Evening Standard urging stronger policy toward Greece. It argues that forcing Greece to meet treaty obligations requires pressure and the threat of unpleasant consequences, with control of the Mediterranean as a key leverage.
Petrograd reports successful Russian operations on the southern front. An energetic surprise attack near Novo Olexinetz 20 miles north of Tarnopol yielded parts of Austro German positions and 148 officers and about 7500 soldiers taken prisoner. Two howitzers and many machine guns were captured.
The obituary recounts Miss Cavell accepting death for patriotism with grace. A German chaplain attended, she asked forgiveness of enemies, and the burial followed at St Gilles. Whitlock notes a bid to return her body to the Belgian nurse school, while critics call the execution indefensible under humanity and morality.
Washington officials say the State Department will not make additional representations to Germany regarding Edith Cavell’s execution. Britain had sought aid through the Brussels legation but no further steps were requested after attempts by Whitlock and Gibson to save Cavell. Officials are shocked by the reported brutal manner of her death.
Herman Ridder editor of the Staats Zeitung says Germans in New York are as shocked as Americans and English by the execution of Edith Cavell in Belgium. He calls it terrible and argues a woman should not be executed under any circumstances. He adds that if Cavell’s case had been before the Kaiser she might have been pardoned.
The statement argues that wartime executions of spies and traitors are lawful, citing historical cases from Washington to Cavell. It rebuts Brand Whitlock’s criticism and claims Anglophiles will protest only when a German spy is executed, asserting war necessity and equal treatment of sexes under the law.
The accused are charged with signaling from the roof of a hotel during a recent Zeppelin raid over the London area.
The war office communiqué describes French artillery exchanges in Belgium near Lom baertzyde and along the Avre and Oise as well as operations in Champagne and the Argonne. It notes repulsed German attacks near Givenchy and Souchez and claims effective French fire against German batteries and trenches. A mine explosion destroyed a German post in the Argonne, and French aircraft bombed a German aviation park near Ounel.
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