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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Vladivostok, Russias principal Asiatic port, and gateway for the trans-Siberian Railway, with Anfur Province, have both declared their independence, according to reports from Tokyo. A provis-. ional government has been established. A ministry for the new republic met and sent notification of the sections independence to other self-governing districts of Russia, it was stated. Official circles in Tokyo had not. received any formal confirmatory advices on the rejort, but it was generally accepted as true. The loss of Vladivostok to. the Bolsheviki, or to any other Russian faction, not representative of the whole nation, is a serious one to the allies, because of the vast quantity of supplies and munitions stored there. Following the arrest of a large numler of German residents by the military authorities, It was learned that another holoeause was narrowly averted when a company of riflemen Iwarded the Britisli steamer Picton, laden with munitions, and throw overboard a quantity of blazing cargo. The action prevented an immediate explosion and the ship was taken to sea and sunk. In the inquiry members of the crews of the steamers Imo and Mont Blanc have been taken before a court. Conflicting stories are told by the respective crews. Pride in the achievement of the Navy since the United States entered the war is the keynote of the annual report of Secretary of the Navy Daniels, made public Monday. The report is carefully worded, so that no bit of information that might be of benefit to the. enemy may be communicated by it. The report of the general board of the navy, which has been charged with seeking solutions to the submarine menace and other grave problems, is suppressed in its entirety. Only the general questions considered by the board are given. Turkey and Germany have entered into nil agreement by which Turkey will not pay , any interest on loans advanced to her by Germany for a period of twelve years following the war, according to a dispatch from Constantinople. Turkey has been financed by Germany since the beginning of the war. If such an agreement as mentioned has been concluded, it shows that Germany is making unusual concessions to Turkey, in the evident fear that Turkey will drop out of the war. A Havana news dispatch says It is predicted by several congressmen that President Meuocal Tuesday will send u message to Congress asking that a declaration be made that a state of war exists between Cuba and Austria-Hungary. Cuba was the first of the Latin-American countries to follow the United States in declaring war against Germany and the expectation is that she will duplicate this action in the case of Austria-Hungary. The counter-revolt in Russia against the BqI-shevkl. which is headed by Generals Kaledines and Korniloff. aided by the Cossacks, is spreading. Moscow and Kharkov are menaced by these forces. Leaders of tha provisional government- in Siberia have ordered food transportation to Western Russia cat off for fear it may reach tha Germans, Fighting i3 in progress on tho Don; river., Only "skeleton divisions of .German troops are now on the- Russian: front AH veterans now- aru ooncentrate"d on the western- front, according to the Secretary Baker. The British, however, the sec-, weekly review of war conditions Issued today by retary says, have now consolidated all of their lines and the western front can be expected to withstand any new assaults. Gunners on an American merchant ship which arrived at an American port yesterday from Archangel. Russia, declare they encountered a German submarine three days out from Archangel aud destroyed the U-boat by gunfire. The gunners said that the submarine emerged quite a distance astern after firing a torpedo. The torpedo passed under the ship. The reinforcements of French and British troops dispatched to Italy have now taken their places in the front line, the French having been assigned to the positions eastward of the Asiago plateau, between the Brenta and Piave rivers, and the British have been placed on the crucial corner of the line where it bends westward from the Piave. Tho British war office announces the British In Mesopotamia, after capturing isakaltutau Pass, pursued the Turks to the village of Kara Tcpuh, twenty-five miles north of Deli Abbas, through . which the enemy was driven after u sharp encounter. Russian troops on the British right flank fought gallantly, tho statement Says. Lifeless hands guided an automobile through crowded La Sallo street Monday, until a collision with another automobile at Jackson boulevard disclosed that the man at the wheel was dead. J. W. Cregar had died of heart disease while driving his car, but Jt Is not known how long he had been dead before the collision. Following the check upon the Austro-German Invasion of Italy through the Asiago sector, the enemy has suspeuded.thp more Important infantry activity and is poundinjg the how Italian" defenses with heavy nrttllory fire. Indications that this Is done in preparation for. a big new offensive are. seen by eiperfSi iierei" " Jerusalem, the Holy City, has , been captured from the Turks by the British army operating In Palestine. Announeeinent; to this, effect vnand mado in Parliament. It wojJ based on official advices, from General Sir E. H. II. Allenby, commander-in-chief of the British forces on the Palestine front. It is reported that Japanese troops have been landed tit Vladivostok, Russias great port city on the Pacific and Chinese troops, have entered Harbin, Manchuria, to protect their interests. Harbin is in Manchuria, at the eastern terminus of the main line of the Trans-Siberian railway. Forced sales by German interest.; were charged with responsibility for the selling of Liberty Bonds below par by Secretary McAdoo in an address before a conference Of about 100 representatives of Liberty Loan committees gathered in AVashlngtou from all parts of the country. The executive committee of the peasants council la Petrograd has issued a manifesto repudiating an armistice with Germany and strongly appealing to the people against the Bolsheviki nud against a separate peace with Germany. The marriage of Count Christian Gunther Aon Bernstorff. sou of former ambassador to- the United States and Mrs. Marguerite Aiviun Burton Thompson of Burlington. X. J., is reported by the Berlin newspapers. With the last day when registrants under tho draft law may enlist near, recruiting for the regular army smashed all records over the week end. For the two days 1,593 enlistments-were reported. The provisional government of Siberia has ordered the stoppage of food supplies for European ! Russia, particularly Petrograd, on the grouud that they may reach Germany. Premier AlhUbcmas of Spain, has announced that the Spanish steamer Claudlo was bombarded by a : German submarine. Eight sailors were killed and otllerg wounded. m m Premier. iLioyd Georgo. Will respond to tha recently increasingi popular.. demand for a clear, expUcite, definition nnd an up-to-date eiucideation of war aims. Maximalists and Cossacks have clashed ;northvest of Rostov On: Don and: a general battle hr In peogress, according to reports reaching Sloekhblm.
