Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 40 | Allies Win on all near-East Fronts

ALLIES WIN Di ALL HEM FROfflS Holy City Again Liberated j by Christianity From j Moslem Rule. Capture of the holy city. Jerusalem, by ; the British army of General Allcnby ' tho modern Crusader is one development in the near east that sta nds out above all others. While not of vast military ! importance, the occupntkm by Christians of tho ' city where Christianity had its 1 inception has a tremendous sentimental interest to Christian peoples all over tho world. j Palestine a'nd Mesopotamia have seen the most fighting of the Balkans and the near cast. Success of the expedition of the late General Maude in Mesopotamia, Mesopota-mia, ending in tho capture and advance beyond Bag-dad, the city of the Caliphs, and the success of General Allonby in Palestine lead military critics to conclude that Turkish offensive power has collapsed. col-lapsed. In the capture od Kut-el-Amaru, on the Tigris, and the advance to and occupation of Bagdad, loneral Maude more than made up tho disastrous defeat in 1 0 1 of the ill-fated expedition of (Jen-era (Jen-era 1 Townshend, compelled to surrender a fter a remarkable siege at Kut-el -A ma ra. The abdication of Constantine I, king of Greece, under allied pressure, was of no little importance, inasmuch as it guaranteed the safety from roar attack of the allied armies whose base is at Saioniki. Constantine, brother-in-law of the kaiser, caused the allies a great deal of worry by Ids pro-Gorman sy mpathies and I intrigues. The allies finally, however, took a firm stand and forced him to resign the throne to his second son, supposed sup-posed to be pro-British. With the abdication abdica-tion of the king, former Premier Venizelos returned to power as prime minister. AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES. V. S. army Enlisted men (regular nrmv, including the old national. guard ) 800,000 Drafted men (the national army) 430.000 Total 1,230,UOO I'. S. navy Fnlisted men 160,000 Marines . . . . 3S.0OO Xaval reserves 51.000 Total 249,000