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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. An important dispatch of yesterday from Paris says: A strong force of Russian troops disembarked at Marseilles at noon today. The Russians are to fight beside the allied soldiers in France. The arrival of the Russian troops is regarded here as an event of great importance, and of significance from lsith a military and political standpoint. It represents realization of hopes aroused early in the war by reports that large bodies of Russians were coming. The Russians came on a groat flotilla of trans|M rts. Not a single word of their coming was permitted to boeomo generally known until they had actually concluded tin1 journey and were landing on French soil. French resistance in the region of Verdun is compelling the German general staff to withdraw large forces from the Teuton front in Macedonia and Serbia and in Russia, according to information obtained today from the highest mili- tary authorities here. The first division of the first German army corps and another division not yet identified, are said to be among the troops which have just been brought from the other fronts. The Eighteenth army corps and the Eleventh Bavarian divisions, it is declared, have l een brought from Serbia. General Joffre welcomed the Russians in an order of the day. saying their arrival was another proof of the devotion of Russia to the common cause. The Russians are l elieved to have embarked for France from the port of Archangel, on the White sea. the only port through which there is free communication between Russia and her allies in the west. It is considered probable that the transjHirts carrying the troops made a wide sweep out into the north Atlantic before heading for the Mediterranean to avoid the submarine danger zone in the vicinity of the British Isles. The German official statement of yesterday says: Western front: In the Ypres salient German patrols succeeded at several points in penetrating the English trenches. In one instance on the high road between Langemarck and Ypres they occupied nlmut 100 meters of the enemys positions and firmly maintained them against several hand grenade attacks. At this point and near Wieltje and south of Ypres the number of prisoners taken amounted to one officer and 10S men. We also captured two machine guns. East of Tracy le Mont a quantity of gas directed by the enemy last night against our trenches only spread into the trenches of the French themselves. In the Mouse sector the enemy directed a lively artillery fire against the positions which we had captured from him on I the eastern bank of the river. In the Caillette wood a preparatory artillery fire of the enemy developed toward evening into a strong attack. In a salient corner the attack reached into our trenches. Otherwise it was repulsed with heavy losses. A few prisoners also were taken. In the Woevre and in the hills southeast of Verdun an artillery battle is being continued with the greatest violence by both sides, but there has been no . infantry activity. The United States goverrment, having said its i last word to Germany in the submarine controversy, turned with grave expectancy to Berlin, where rests the decision whether the imperial go-i eminent shall abandon its present methods of submarine warfare or break with Washington. President Wilson probably will wait until the end of the ; week for Germany to reply to his virtual ultimatum, which declares the intention of the Inited States to sever diplomatic relations unless the Berlin government "immediately" gives up the use of submarines against commerce and squares her submarine policy with the principles of humanity and international law. No time limit was set in the communication, but the president is known to hold the opinion that three or four days would be a reasonable period to allow Germany for a de-1 cision. If none is forthcoming within a reasonable j time the step accomplishing a break in relations, with all its grave possibilities, will be taken. Count von Bernstorff. Germanys ambassador, would receive his passports and American Ambassador Gerrard at Berlin would be instructed to come home. Yesterday afternoons statement of the French war office says: In the Argonne at Haute Chevau-chee there has been some mine work which resulted j to our advantage. We caused the explosion of a small mine which destroyed some subterranean , works of the enemy. On the left bank of tiie River Mouse the bombardment of our second line continued last night. On the right bank of the . river our troops yesterday evening delivered a spir-. ited attack against the German positions northwest of the pond of Vaux. This operation made it M s-sible for us to occupy certain sections of the German trenches, as vell as a fortified redoubt. In the course of this action, which caused heavy losses to the enemy, we took prisoner ten officers, sixteen under officers and 214 men. In addition to this we captured several machine guns and a certain quan-I tity of war material. In the Woevre district our artillery lias directed a concentrated fire upon the communicating roadways of the en. my. There lias been no event of importance on the remainder of the front. A London dispatch of yesterday says: It is stated authoritatively that a settlement has Ix-on • reached in the cabinet crisis. At a meeting today of tlie Itritish cabinet an agreement was reached upon the proposals which the ministers willmako f to parliament on the subject of recruiting. Their proposals will be submitted at a secret session of " each house of parliament on Tuesday: the fore- " going was announced in an official statement issued this afternoon. It is understood that a proposition advanced by Arthur Henderson, president of the r lioard of education and a labor leader, will have is s the effect of reopening the voluntary enlistment scheme for a month or six weeks, and that this proposal was accepted in principle by the cabinet witli a view to ascertaining whether sufficient men would miii forward for military service without the introduction of general compulsion. Yesterdays baseball results-National league: Philadelphia 7. New York t : Boston s, Brooklyn II; St- Louis 5. Pittsburgh 0; Chicago 7. Cincinnati 0. American league: Detroit 2. Chicago 1: Wash- ,, ington 12. New York 4: Boston 7. Philadelphia 1. it From Columbus. N. M.. a dispatch of yesterday il said: A wagon train laden with supplies started ■r into Mexico from here today over a new route to - Coloniu Dublan which will save some miles. Mili- , | , i , " f 1 a e p t s t " tary authorities said that the road through the Boca Grande and Espia. which has been used since the start of the expedition, has liocome so rutted by heavy travel as to make the breaking in of a new-road essential. This was taken as an indication that officials here have no confirmation of current rumors that the base is to be moved from Columbus to Presidio. Tex. 1nofficial reports seeping over the bonier today indicated that the pursuit of Villa was yet at a standstill, and it was l«dieved here that no new move would Ih made in the campaign until after the return to Washington of Gen. H. L. Scott, chief of staff, from his consultation at San Antonio with Gam. Frederick Funstou.
