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i , j J i i i , , , , j [ I 1 i , j I . . I GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. An Italian official statement issued at Rome yesterday said: Sunday was marked by an Important* success for our arms along; the Isonxo front, especially ..11 the heights northwest Of Oor- | izia. We liean the action at BtsjM by inakinu. with great bravery, niiuieroiis breaches in extensive liarlod-w ire eutaiiKlenients defendiiii; remarkably strong enemy iutreni limeiits. At dawn our infantry, adequately supported by artillery, attacked the village of Oslavia and the heights to the northeast and sonliiwesl of the country lying across tlie route from San Kloriano to IJorisia. The enemy .iffered an extremely obstinate resistance. but tinallv was driven back liy the impetuosity of our attacks. He Hod. l.-aving his trenches full of dead. We took 45!l prisoners, many of whom were officers. Successive violent attacks by the Aus-trians advancing with shouts of "Savoia for the purpose of deceiving our tro ips all were repulsed with irresistable energy. On the heights of Pod-gora and Calvario. south of Oslavia. thanks to an admirable effort carried out under a formidable artillery lire, our troops took by main f.irce two more lilies of trenches and occupied almost the entire length of the summit. On the Carso plateau we continued our advance along the northern slopes of Monte San Michele and siuthwest of the San Martino. where we dislodged the enemy from trench after trench, taking numerous prisoners. New high records in the foreign trade of the Inited States continue to pile up the greatest favorable trade balance the country has ever kn.iwn. The movement of merchandise and gold shown in figures made public yesterday by the department "f commerce discloses how decidedly the Inited States has been inverted from a debtor to a creditor nation. During the twelve months ending with October, the foreign trade exceeded fvi.OM.OO0.mO. Im|M rts were .O!»1.74s.0i:i. and exports f3.318.C34.CM, as compared with irii| orts of B1.KN0.414.301. and exports of #2.140.s47.s2!» during the same twelve mouths of MM. Ex|iorts of Oc-tol.cr established a new high record, rising to C33f.C3S.57ft, which was I3andM1.7M more than the former record made in Scpfeinlier. October imports were H4K.52C.C30. The record trade balance made during the month was flsO.los.i.iK. The previous high balance, made in February, was M743.Mt.CM. Dining the twelve months ending with October. HM.BM.77C in gold came to tlie Inited States to pay the debts of other nations. The seizure of the American steamer Genesee by a British cruiser was retried to the American Transatlantic Company by the, master. Find Ras-iiiiisscii. from St. Lucia. British West Indies. Capt. Riismusseii. in a cable dispatch, said that the Genesee, which cleared for Norfolk October 14 with a cargo of c.ial for Montevideo, was taken to St. Lucia by a prize crew from the cruiser. Robert O. Wagner, president of the American Transatlantic Company, wired a protest against the seizure to Secretary of State Lansing at Washington. He requested Capt. Rasniussen to cable full details. The C-iiesee is owned by the same company that owns the Hocking, seized ly a Rritish cruiser and taken into Halifax recently. John Redmonds tour of the western front opened dramatically and almost ended fatally, according to the accounts forwarded to London by ••orrespondents. Mr. Redmond was making an in-s|Mction of a battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers near the trenches when a German aeroplane appeared overhead just as Mr. Redmond arrived. The Rritish artillery oih-iiciI tire on the aeroplane from all directions and some shell fragments fell ilnngorously close to Mr. Redmond. The inspection was abruptly concluded. The Irish leader has been making speeches to the troops and they have been received with unbounded enthusiasm. The re|KTt that the Serbians have won an important victory over the Bulgarians near Leskovats on the Nisli Saloniki Railroad, twenty-five miles s uitli of Kioto, is corroborated in a dispatch received in Paris yesterday from the Serbian minister at Athens. The message says that after a battle of several days in which the Bulgarians sustained enormous losses, the remnants of their army lied in disorder to the eastern bank of the Morava river. The victrv is regarded as a definite one. the message says, securing that part of the lne from farther attack for some time. That General Carranza will countenance no election in Mexico until his forces have crushed all opposition was the opinion expressed by L. E. Moreno, secretary of state for Sonora. who was in Los Angeles yesterday with a party of Sonora officials. In the party Mr. Moreno were Mario A. Bonpiez. treasurer general f.ir Sonora: Ignacio Man-divil. secretary to the treasurv: Arturo Gonzales, capitalist of Mexico, and Capt. L. Goldhoum. Y. Padilla, chief of the police forces of Sonora. They are en route to Cuaymas. A Wasliinglon dispatch of yesterday said: Oveeeas terms for entering the war on the side of the allies are that her armv be re-enforced with .".00.0:0 Aug! .-French troops, or that a definite arrangement be concluded with Boiiniania for a joint Gro-k-Roiunanian invasion of Rulgaria. A source close to the Greek legation making this statement today added that Greece would be forced to make her choice between the entente and the alliance within a few days. The keenest interest has lieen aroused in Japan by Washington advices that representations have liei n made to China to induce her to join the entente alliance. It is believed the plan of the allies is to end an anti-Russian movement in Manchuria, said to be fostered by the Germans, the forwarding of arms to Indian and Afghanistan and reported secret movements from Asiatic countries of war materials destined for Germany by way of the Americas. Promoters of the congress which it lias been pro p.sed to bold at Berne. Switzerland, for the study of a basis of a durable peace have encountered another obstacle. The Cernian delegates have given notice they will no! attend the meeting announced for December 14. thus following the example of the French representative*. It is understood the ; Cermans were instructed by their government not to participate in the BVOSJOOMl congress. Rear Admiral Lawrence G. Roggs. F. S. N.. retired, is dead ••♦ his home in Paris. He left the active service in P.I0S after eighteen years of sea duty. lie was beta in the District of Columbia 1 and catered the navy as an assistant paymaster September 24. 1st; i. became a past assistant paymaster in ls74 and was promoted to the rank of paymaster in Issi;. He served for several years at the New York navy yard. Tie- Berlin Feastscbt /.eitung i|iioles M. Kiiliksau. new Persian minisler to Geruianv. as saying: While . Persia is neutral, the Islamic sentiments and natur-■I opposiiioii io f ireign oppression incline the ■ peoples * mpaihies p. Cinianv against the Uus-siaiis and British. I! is doiihtful whether the Russians win eater Teheraa, as the British would not t wait to s,e them in the Persian capital. Th« Rritish steamships Merganser and Ilallain-sliire have lien sunk by German submarines. The ■ crews were saved, it was announced. The Merganser. 1.1MI5 tons, was owned bv tlie Cork Steamship Company and sailed from Cork. Ireland. The llallamshirc was of 4.42o tons. Its home port was • QIbsss ■. The eruption of Stroml.oli volcano is assuming ! orrisao proportions and the papulation or the island I is llceinu to places of safety. The sides of the • volcano ale cr.-nking and streams of lava are flowing into the s.-a. rai-iiig immense columns of smoke which ale xi-iMo ai a distance of forty milt — . Official ilispaiebrs to the slate department and I the laiianza ao y at Washington agree that Geiiiial Villa lost ill Hie battle ai Alaujilo, Sonera, i i j • I more than 2.100 men. several pieces of artillery. many small arms, a large quantity of ammunition and two railway trains. Villas forces lied Ojo] are being pursued by General Nieguez. Walter Tate, an English veterinarian, has been arrested at Provins, France. 011 the charge of UMiig the American Red Cross as a lure to obtain gifts of money and clothing from charitably inclined persons in the Inited States and Great Britain. Porter Charlton, the American who recently was trb-d at C01110. Italy, on a charge of murdering his wife and who was found guilty and sentenced to six years and eight months imprisonment, was released Sunday. He is in ginid health. The British steamer Maklield. bound from West Hartlepool. Kngland. for an American port, is in distress about M0 miles southeast of Cape Race. N. F.. according to a wireless message received at the Cape Race station yesterday. A dispatch from Stockholm says that Lieutenant General Sansoiion*. who commanded tlie Russians troops in the battle of Tannenberg. died a prisoner of war in Germany. His body is now in Stockholm on the way to Russia.
