Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1915 — EUROPEAN WAR IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

EUROPEAN WAR IN BRIEF

Impending operations in the North sea are thought to be foreshadowed by the incursion of British submarines in Heligoland Bay. and the embargo of all shipping between England and Holland. During the past Week the activity of the German submarines has decreased to a marked degree, and, coincidentally, British submarines, of which nothing has been heard for months, have put in an appearance, and apparently are operating along the German coast and around Heligoland. The German Admiralty's report, anthat one of the British underwater craft was sunk on April 17. The campaign on land has supplied no engagements that affect the situation. In Alsace the French continue to push forward along the Fecht River in the-di-rection of Colmar. In Belgium the British and Germans are fighting savagely for the important strategic point near Ypres, known as Hill CO, which the British captured some days ago, with heavy losses to both sides. On the Eastern zone the two armies in the Carpathians are engaged at various points along the front in determined efforts to better their positions, notwithstanding the difficulties of the ground, and, while the Russians lay claim to having repulsed many Austrian attacks, the Austrian War Office reports successful counter attacks by the Austrian infantry around Uzsok Pass, in which many Russians were killed and 1,200 were captured. Amendments to the prize rules governing the operations of the German navy, which will work, It. is said, to hamper shipping of contraband and conditional contraband goods between neutral countries, have been designed by Germany. One change reads that conditional contraband may be confiscated without regard to the consignee when a ship is destined for a neutral country from which the nations at war with Germany obtain articles of the kind in question. Washington officials fear that Germany may Initiate a submarine campaign against neutral shipping. A note of protest will be sent to Berlin, it is expected.' A A A * * * * * - * A " a a a