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' fiairs gives notice that i "state of war arising out ‘ of Turkey, Egypt is p ' er the protection of his 1 “His Bribannic Maj Secrgtary ofIState @116 Official Pr the following ing the making firotecbomte: Suzerainty of Turkey Over the Country minated A despatch from Paris says: “DI spite German denials it is no elenrly established that the rece! aeroplane raids from Belf-n't we) productive of real results. Si £ombs were thrown on Frieburg aden, on December 4. In orde mislead the Germans the lcade o the flotilla, a- sergeantqnajor ( Hussars, made a wide detour ove f: e Black Forest, coming‘back o reiburg Without being molester On December 9 the flotilla. flying i EGYPT A BRITISH PR‘MECIGRME A despaxbch fmun London says: Under pressure from the German authorities nine Belgian provinces sent representatives to Brussels, Who held a, soâ€"oa-llexd land-tag sesâ€" sion. It is asserted that this diet deliberated concerning a. “'31- levy of $96‘000.000, which must. be paid to the German Government in twelve monthly instalments. The Enormous Damage in Aerial Raids So-called Legislature Called Together at Brussels Under Pressure of German Authorities A despatch from London says: A short, fierce battle was'fought in the‘fog off the Yorkshire coast be- tween a, mosquito fleet of British destroyers and the powerful squad- FORCED T0 The shore guns acquitted them- selves c‘reditahly and were not in- jured the German fire. Persons who witnessed the fighting between the shore- guns, and the cruisers say the smoke stack of one of the ends ens was smashed and that many shots land-ed on another while it was standing broadside to the shore batteries. Army officers who examined the ruins caused by the bombardment‘ estimate that the Germans fired 200‘ shells, chiefly of the 9â€"inch and mi inch kind. Several 12-inch shells which had not exploded were found later in the soft earth. The Hartle- pools were naked from three a-n- gles by the enemy. Lying off the peninsula. which the Germans apâ€" proached from the south, both towns were shelled by the forward guns as the cruisers advanced. Abreast of the peninsula the Ger- mans poured a broadside fire over the entire length of the sister towns. As the cruisers made their escape to the northâ€"east they poured :1 fire fnom their rear guns on the north side of the peninsula. Many des- troyers were visible beyond the Germans during the bombardment. At first these were believed to be- long to the hostile squadron. but competent observers say the Ger- mans fired both seaward and toâ€" werd the shore. which seems to in- dacat-e that the Germans slipped be- tween the English flotilla and the west during the heavy fog that preâ€" vailed just. before the bombard- ment. Scarborough ... Whit by . . . . . ‘ Hm‘tlepou] . . . . . West Hartlepool ATTACK 0N ENGLISH mm1:51;:2522: A despmbch from London The casualty lists of the (1‘ naval raid account for 97 ch killed and 122 wounned in the bardmnnt (9' Scarborough. H pool and Whitby. Seven St were killed and 14 wounded at Hartlepool. The figures-show Electric Sky Sign Floated High in Air Over VVhitb; Directed by Spies on Coast despatch from Official Press following stat Toma] ress burea ount for 97 wounned 11) Scarborough Killed \Vounded ‘ 20 19 104 APPUVE HEAVY TRIBUTE leer! 1‘ levy a paid nt in The 101 says : arm an 1113.113 136 Dom u‘tlo West me representataw treasury bom nine provinc: bankers, head ciete Genera] vance the m l' E that (they smx‘ a German splaying mines near the point where the Princess Olga was lost. The third steamer was the Nimr- en, A trawler brought, to Grimsby four survivors from this vessel. The Vaaren struck a, mine in the North Sea, on Wednesday night and 13 per- 1.1-} seven were l-o‘sn a coaster of 43 by a mine off i six miles from of the crew Q Head me th e after alarm three selves the G German crmse‘r‘: by shells. They schs smal Cl‘ll ne‘arnes‘s vs that vellcd came Into 156d to some purpose on November l, the German cruisers dropped nines in their wake as they slipped :0 sea in the fog. Three British merchant vessels were sunk by ,.11ese mines, and at» least seven men md probably more were killed. The steamer Elterwa‘ber, of 743 «ms, struck a. mine off Flamborough lead and went to the bottom. overnor qulslonn ind (mm up. -nd they mm the ut m e l'V 1n 1n jmploymg d to some Sn nk Thu (ire m ucky (19 st-r 11‘ REG fifteen wounded. mentioned could 1 chance of doim “'11 : Clties ' s in the }erma‘ns 3-D! ‘C‘ll‘t‘atflVCS agreed to 153116 ry bonds gu‘a-mm-eed by the provinces, and a. group 011 rs, headed ‘by the Belgian So- General-e, undertook to ad- the money. The German norâ€"General promised tha.1;'a.ll ioned good-S would be Daid f1 )roaching til the wireles: of the box 1E s and are p. They we] 33' suffered s {0 heavy, 10-: ‘man cruiser y fight . ight cruiser er D0011 we fu 1t. 1f aft Lt xmed the. sea, the Tyne contact; with t-ht did their best t4 untis the British nd dreudnoughts [‘hey were not [suc- il‘ as rea 1-11 L l] 9f thi fiche we 3r crew escaped, but ‘t. The Princess Olga, 38 tons, was blown up Hartlepool and about. ‘I in 11$ at the ath of Ma. made such fast the Yorkshire. < .955; had given )ombn‘rdment of defensive IIE 1'0 11 h \lcx'chanl Ship? Lser Patrol and the were among the hich attacked the L. Both were struck lost five men killed lded. The two ves< II] 211 19y high fleet. ed cities ( 11( rm me Her cities of H 1nd Whit-by 11] bxsuccesstul, punishment nge guns of t they made 11‘ In th [‘yne 3 the mpa :nt of tlu 1nd them Men rem only (16 DCI‘S 11' att 16 tice, sat breakfast the come Sh “0|!le 3T l Wh’ mother the rm man. ‘ An old woman was picking up coal dropped from cars on the rail- way embankment, when she was killed by a. shell. An old man and his two daughters were just starting breakfast‘in the kitchen when a shell burst in the room. killing all three of them. A young woman went to the house of her aged moâ€" ther, intending to conduct her ‘to a place of safety . Entering the pas~ sageway sihe stumbled across her mother’s body. A shell had pierced the roof and killed her. An elderly man, who thought the gun firing was that of British ships at; prac- tice, sat, down unconcernedlv to TIhe raid has had one very impor- tant and useful effect. Recruiting has been stimulated as never before in the war. The station at Scotland Yard was crowded all day with men to whom the news of the raid :had brought home sharply the actual peril that England is in and the magnitude of the task before her. It is safe to say that the bombardâ€" ment of Hartlepool. Scarborough and Whitby will bring forward not less than 200,000 men who might have hung back in a feeling of false security. ' ‘ kit fire of the Lnelr lIVE'S when a- bulld] they had taken refuge C( (191‘ the shock of Shells. the.dead at Hartlepool tens of Lord Kitchener": They were.- sond; with the‘ to mum the trenches in 4 of an attempt of the ( land an invading force. mans had the range Of 1 fences perfectly, and only one of many e‘vid they had complete inform 'J ,V $9.30 p.m., tellirig the Germar 111ps exactly where we were. winkled in defiance of our au‘bhorl \ despa m of th 1 WI] yea r In 3 saw 9.30 bombardment < , by German sh; urprise. He s wement had bee ' to "his depz’lrt‘u ma] 1] Elf] _and It, I )rner if I'll I-IN (‘ H WA R ('0 SI “The whole brilliant sky the moors 11' 11nd 11‘tling rma-n 1d e moors I an elect-rm Pillht‘tio Incidents t1 markc Directed by Spivs. $ 10,200,000 bersoss dri 11 ‘C- sent. \Vltrh thelr comrades he trenches in anticipation tempt of the Germans to invading force. The Ger- :1 the range bf the new dcâ€" crfectly, and this fact is of many eTidences that complete information from to the location of defence LI‘I mplete mtormatxon trov ‘the location .of. defem Important bluldmgs. A shell car f his house, 'andchildrcn the former Imperial ‘ncello'r, and now Am~ Italy, was informed of 1 no: farm Honiflh the World Estimate 193.9%9.571 01's 7 for nan ldren nvtin g l‘SODS ‘11 inform endit ludes 1t an the )1 865 r mace 1915 is can name d< 1N Dust» was exm gn, whlch sh 3.1‘ halt an m amp fixed t ted high in er. An elderly b'he gun firing ships at pl'a.c~ ancernedly to carried away Rom [ that, arrange from B mmes 13( high in the position of heat-mg that directed by to where to E1105 ll( under Cl": for th fiiciaJl 000 giggflritish Troops Landing at Havrc do ze ns 1‘ heads Ere l'mlan compel a. warn 16 l‘lIlE 3.11] 16' Daily trnffi A despatch from London saws: incc Following is the \comment of Fred rial T. Jane, the forembst naval writ-er Am_ in‘BritIain, on the German naval rm his aar- the acy ted one ur. the T} “The full story of North Sea, raid is ole with the senseless poi gardless of even/thin British Naval Expert Says That German Naval Raid \Vill End Humane Polic: of British Admiralty tacks from the rear. Gen? Von Hin- denburg’s army‘ which h flbeen advancing on Warsaw 0 a Wide front, between the Vis ‘ and the Pil-ica Rivers, o-c‘cupjfll owicz and reached the new Russian positions along the Bzura, River and southâ€" ward to Rawa, with ‘the’ result thatb another big battle is In progress. The Russians retired across the Bzura, River, destroying the bridges behind them, and two German dew bachmenrts which followed over a. “N5 QUARTER” THE REPLY A despa‘tch from London says: It is now apparent that the German armies in Poland have been checked by the Russians in front of Warsaw, and that von Hindon‘burg‘s invad- ers are act-uallly in danger of alb- 111‘ Germans Have Been Halted and Big Battle is on Before Warsaw Austrians were completely beaten on the last, hills to the north of Avala. They were beaten also on the left flank by Servian columns (le bouching from Obrenovatz. The MSSIANS STOP ADVANCE Ut’lhb 01 “18 118N215 Agency says: “Full details of the fighting around Belgrade have not yet been received. but enough is known to show that, there also the Austrians suffered a defeat of a. fatal nature. After several d-a-ys of stubborn fighting the Austrian troops occuâ€" pied a line of positions echeloned from the northeast of Obrenovatz. as far as Koviona, to the southeast of Avala, (nine miles from Bel- grade). The latter position was carried by the Serbs alter several bayonet charges, Other positions fell one after another, until the Austrians were completely beaten on the last, hills to the north of THE AUSTRIANS DEFEATED Positions Fell One fter Another Until They Fled From Servia in Precipitate Disorder 'dmg A despatch from Paris says raphing from Nish, the con ent of the Havas Aaencv s; despwtch fro-m Havre, France Thousands of British troop: arriving here daily on trans s, and are being moved to 11111 b as rapidly as possible. The lsh are making the port 0. re their main base of an plies the average, 15 British vrans‘ icat ans 'e héré daily from Large camps hav d5 vhrying frofz of the German clearly in accord policy which, re- has during respon carry not is that if the at the sam‘ ‘ “In these days war is a. more less exact science. The result the” success of any operation can gauged beforehand. Germany In have known perfectly well that material result could possibly crue from the raid which her sh made on Wednesday. Perhaps it : side issue, but the question certe tainly arises, How did the Germ get out so easily? It is not a qu tion which should be insisted ‘ If the enemy got out so easily z finds return impossible, high st tegy may be perceived in the < cumstances of their easy exit." shall probably manage to see to it that. few of the German cruisers re- turn to harbor. - If we are wise we shall hang any priSoners taken. Then, and then only, shall we ren- der ourselves immuhe from sim ralds in the future. “In these days war is a. more “This is to our advantage, but from no possible point of view has the German behavior been justified. Nor can it ever be forgiven. We tinsel-an iammy operating on the left bank of the Vistulla, north-west of Plo-ck. In addition to holding firmly in front of W‘a-nsvaw, the R115- sians ave attacking in East Prussia. and along the frontier of West Prussia. This is apparent by the Latest statement from the German War Office, a communication which makes no assertions of victory, but says merely that the German armies are attacking. The great victor claimed in Ber- lin thus dwindles own to an order: ly withdrawal of the Russian troops‘ for about 12 miles to strong defenâ€" sive positicns, which they are bold- ing in spite of massed Germain wt- tacks. Meanwhile the Grand Duke Nicholas is reported to be hurrying reinforcements to his battle line. It is no Longer believed here that \Vai‘sew is in grave danger. On the contrary, the opinion of military critics is that Ma-rs‘h'al vein Hinden- burg must break through the Rus- sian line within a, very few days or find his communications cut by the Russian [army orpenatiing on the left bank of the Vistulla, north-west of Plo-ck. A In addition to holding 3N tected by the Vistul‘a. River, Whiclh the Germans have been unable to cross. Austa‘ian losses during the latter days were enormous, and those of the Servians were also serious. The Servia‘ns captured about 10‘000 priâ€" soners, of whom. 67 were officers, 30 cannon, including eight mortars, 20 machine guns, 239 ammunition war gons, 20 field kitchens, numerous horses, and a great quantity of sup- plies. Many Austrians were drown- “Servian artillery, which was r8,- pidly brought up to positions com- manning both rivers, ishtlxled and destroyed several bridges. The thrown into wild diso doned heavy guns, r equipment, throwing to the Danube. thrown. and on which numerous monitors. lighters, and other craft waited to ferry the troops to the opposite bank. While the Austrians were crossing in the greatest haste, the Servians broke the last resis- tance. The Austrian columns, which were left to protect, the retreat were thrown into wild disorder and aban- (loned heavy guns, rifles and other equipment, throwing- some of it in- three rat 3N ten (1 I! PPU ierman nti n ued 1 can be .ny must that no ibly acâ€" in€ lps