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Show GERMANS WILL BLOCKADE THE FRENCH PORTS All That Is Lacking Is Def-jnite Def-jnite Description of Boundaries Bound-aries and a Warning to the Neutral States. FRENCH GET BEST OF IT IN ARGONNE Artillery Is Active Along the Whole Front; Kaiser's Forces Adopt a New Form of Attack. PAEIS, Feb. 3, 10:35 p. m Tlie following official communication was issued here tonight: "There is nothing of particular importance to report except that in Champagne three German attacks at-tacks were all repulsed to the west of Perthes, north of Mesml-les-Hurlus aoid to the north of Massiges. "In the Argonn9 a fresh attack at Bagatelle was repulsed by our troops during the night of February Febru-ary 2-3." BERLIN, Feb. 3, by wireless to Say-ville, Say-ville, L. I. -The warning of the German admiralty staff Issued yesterday concerning con-cerning coming operations on the French coast is considered by some Eerlin newspapers, news-papers, among them the Morgen Post, to mean that an actual blockade is to be put into effect by the Germans. The Morgem Post, however, points out that many of the essentials of a blockade are lacking, among them being a definite description of boundaries and a warning that neutral ships must not enter the forbidden for-bidden zone. The entire German press prints the comments made by the English newspapers newspa-pers regarding the deeds of the German submarine boat U-21, which recently made a raid on British steamers in the Irish sea. FRENCH REPULSE GERMAN ATTACKS WITH MUCH VIGOR (Special Cable by ArrangeraGnt With London Dally Telegraph and International News Service.) LONDON. Feb. 3. In a desperate effort ef-fort to halt the French through the Champagne Cham-pagne and the Argonne region, the Germans Ger-mans during the past twenty-four hours have made seven distinct counter attacks without succeas Jn a single venture, according ac-cording to the French war office reports received from Paris today. The official statement from Berlin said the French were on the offensive near Perthes (in the Hhelms sector) and their attacks were repulsed. re-pulsed. Tho German efforts were directed against the French positions west of Verthes-les-Hurlus, north of Mesnil-Ies-Hnrlus, north of Massiges and against Mil No. 200 near Perthes Champagne district dis-trict and against Bagatelle in the Argonne, Ar-gonne, where attacks were made at 3 p. in. and 6 p. m. on Tuesday and a final assault as-sault during the night. Every attack was repulsed, says Paris. Artillery Activity. Artillery activity continues along the entire battle front. This is particularly violent in Flanders, where the strength of the German bombardments seems to btray the renewed effort to cross the interior. Wherever tho Germans have fpened hostilities they Invariably have gained temporary successes, but before tho settlement of the issue the allies almost al-most without exception have regained their lost positions and have inflicted tell-iiitf tell-iiitf losses on the invaders. Of late- tho Germans in the region of La Basseo and Lens have adopted a new form of attack. They open terrific musketry mus-ketry and machine gun fusillades which aweep across the French and British trendies, forcing the allies to hug the walls of their earthworks, but almost never do thev follow these fusillades with infantry attacks. Batteries Silence Riflemen. Today's afternoon report chronicles the silencing of one such effort by the use of artillery. The French batteries tiro quite overcame the German riflemen, and they aoon were content to remain quiet. Novelty was introduced into the lighting north of Albert when tiic Germans floated several blazing rafts on which were launched high explosives. These came down the Ancre river, but were sighted by the sentries and the jams of the French bait titles were brought into action, destroying de-stroying tho rafls before they reached tho bridges which they were meant to destroy. de-stroy. BRITISH FLEET MAY BE ENGAGED BY THE GERMANS LONDON, Feb. 3. The Exchange Tele- f:rapli company ha.s received the follow-tig follow-tig from ils Copenhagen correspondent: "FJmperor William's visit to Wllhelms-hnfen Wllhelms-hnfen is believed to be in connection with tho . a ruing of the German admiralty ad-miralty to neutral shipping that great activity may be expected off the north and west coasts as a result Of German Attempts to stop Kngland's transportation transporta-tion of troops and munitions, as nt-nomved nt-nomved here yesterday. "This is interpreted as a prologue to important events at sea. Tt is rumored tl'at Germany will try to engage the British fief t in southern waters while another squadron goes northward at full (Continued on Pag Nine.). fiRMIISIOlir: II FRENCH PORTS y (Continued from Page One.) speed with the object of covering the ' landing of troops ui England. "Large contingents of troops are re- ported to have been mobilized at Wll- ; helm? ha fen at the time of the Scar- , borough raid." v j WOULD PROHIBIT EXPORT OF WAR MUNITIONS YVASmAOTON", Feb. 5. Senator Hitchcock's bil! to empower the president to forbid exports of war supplies was urged before the senate foreign relations committee todav by Horace I. Brand and Michael A. English of Chicago and Representative Bartholdt of Missouri. Mr. Bartholdt said England had exacted a similar law tn ISoS and regarded it as a domestic matter. Under questioning bv Senator Sutherland, be thought the effect of the Hitchcock bill would be to weaken the allies. He cited the biographv of Embassador White at Berlin In JS9S. during tbe Bpani!"h-American war, to show Ger-manr's Ger-manr's attitude. It was stated there, he said, that a shipload of war materials had left Hamburg for a Spanish port when Mr. White protested and the Germain government, gov-ernment, although it had a clear right to permit such traffic, ordered the ship back to Hamburg to be unloaded. SHIPPING BILL JUSTIFIED BY LONDON PAPER LONDON". Feb. 3, S:30 a. m Raids by German submarines on their commerce might make a United States merchant, marine valuable to Great Britain as a means of supplying food, in the opinion of the Tiai'y News, which prints an editorial edi-torial this 'morning justifying President Wilson's attitude on the ship purchase bill now before congress. The paper savs this unprecedented development de-velopment of state socialism is the only means whereby the United States can recover re-cover Its place in the world of shipping. The editorial sets forth that In the present pres-ent war the submarine has become a seri- j ous menace to England's food supply and in any future war will dominate her position po-sition unless. In the meantime, science should discover some effective means of defense. ' . ,f . "Should it then threaten our shipping with destruction and ourselves with starvation," star-vation," says the Daily News. "It will not be am unimportant fact that a great neutral country, possessing a mercantile marine of Its own. can send Its ships Into our ports unmolested and unafraid. LIEBKNECHT OUT WITH SOCIALISTS BERLIN, Feb. 3, via Amsterdam and London, 3:32 p. m.-Dr. Karl Liebltnecht was virtually read out of the socialist partv tonight In a resolution lidopted at a meeting of the Social-Democrat members mem-bers of the reichstag. This resolution S"Th'e Socialist party strongly condemns Karl Liebknecht's breach of discipline and It repudiates tho misleading information he has spread concerning proceedings within the party. The party is determined deter-mined it shall vote as a unit in the reichstag. If any deputy Is unable conscientiously con-scientiously to participate in the voting he mav abstain, tut he must not give his abstention the character of a demonstra-Uon." demonstra-Uon." ' . Liebknecht's action on December 10, in voting against the new war credit, brought out manv expressions of disapproval disap-proval in Socialist party circles. The Socialist So-cialist deputy was the only member of the reichstag who did not vote for the war credit. PARLIAMENT TO DEVOTE ITS TIME TO WAR MEASURES LONDON, Feb. 3. 3:50 v. m. Premier Asquith presented a resolution in the house of commons today to devote the present session entirely to government measures. "There Is no precedent for this resolution," resolu-tion," said the premier, "but all our energies en-ergies a 3 a nation are concentrated on the war and every interest must be subordinated to this overmastering purpose. pur-pose. Accordingly, the government -purposes to take away tbe opportunity for private members to introduce bills and will confine its legislative proposals to. measures for the prosecution of the war." A. Bonar Law, speaking for the opposition, oppo-sition, agreed to the resolution. He said the opposition, intended to treat the present pres-ent sitting of the house as a war session, as had been done In Canada and France. PORTUGUESE SEND TROOPS TO AFRICA BERLIN, Feb. 3, by wireless to London, 8:50 a. m. A dispatch from Lisbon says: "Reinforcements have been sent to Angola, An-gola, ae the Germans now occupy the greater part of that colony." Announcement was made early In January Jan-uary that German forces had invaded Portuguese Angola, on the western coast of Africa, although there had been no declaration of war between the two countries. coun-tries. The Portuguese casualties in Angola An-gola were estimated at that time, at 800 killed, wounded and prisoners. The Germans Ger-mans were said to have lost 200. It was said 4000 fresh Portuguese troops "were ready to embark for Africa. STEAMER SPOKEN BY KARLSRUHE NEW YORK. Feb. 3. A four-funneled cruiser, thought at that time to be either the German eruiser Karlsruhe or the British cruiser Suffolk, spoke the steamer Isabella on the night of January 15, in West Indian waters, according to declarations declara-tions made today by the Isabella's officers on the arrival of the steamer here. The meeting of the Isabella and the warship, the Isabella's officers said, occurred oc-curred about S o'clock in the evening while tiie steamer was on her way from San Juw n to Mayaguez, another Porto Rican port. It was too dark to establish estab-lish the warship's Identity, they said. The Karlsruhe has four funnels, the Suffolk only three. TURKS ARE DRIVEN BACK BY ENGLISH BEBLTN, Feb. 3. via wireless to London, Lon-don, a. m. Fight! nsr "between the English and Turks continues at Kurn:i, according to a dispatch from Bacrdad, which describe? a night attack made by 200 Turks. Two tnglith battalions posted en opposite sides of the town, the dispatch dis-patch says-, became confused and fired on each other for several hours. The Turks were driven back at daybreak by fire from the British gunboats. " j An' expeditionary force is opera tins: at j -he head of the Persian gulf. Tt -was" an- ! nounced early in .December that the Turk- j ish forces at Kurna had surrendered and that the to-.r n was occupied by the Brit- ! Ish, wrio thus gained control of the coun- rrv from the junction of the Tlrip and ; Euphrates riven-, npar which Kurna is j situated. t-- r he Persian gulf. MAI' GET SUPPLIES FROM BRITISH PORT LONDON. Ffb. 3. !:M p. tn. It was : suggested tn tV- house of commons - to- di? v that tii C'fT;nan Fuorna nnes which j have I'fen placing havoc with Frit ish ; t'r-ippi::c .-'i-em misrV.t !:a oV-t3;ned ' fresh sjpphes of fuel from a ship direct - from an English port. Gershom Stewart, a member of the house, put before the admiralty for reply tomorrow a question as to "whether a neutral oil steamer outward out-ward bound from Manchester was seen alongside two German submarines within last week." Mr. Stewart also calls on the admiralty for tho names of this steamer, shippers of tli e oil and the consignees, and asks whether the exportation of oil on neutral vessels will be permitted hereafter. |