Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-15
GERMANS DECLARE THEY
ARE MEETING FIERCE RE.
SISTANCE IN POLAND.
IS ANOTHER BELGIUM
Plans of Poland Present a Ter
rible Picture Of Desc
latiOn.

LONDON, Dec. 14-G1:1O p. mD
The most striking feature Of the
days official news IL the candid ad-
mission by the Austrian government
OF the defeat of the Austrian army
in servia, and apparently OF the
abandonment Of it's third attempt to
invade the territory of its small Slav
neighbor.
while attributinG the failure to
the crcmys superior force, as all
government bulletins explain failures,
the Austrian war office announces
plainly an extended retirement and
heavy losses.
New decisions and measures con-
scduently will be taken TO repel the
enemy says the Austrian statement.
Apparently that means that the Aus
triau army directed against Servia
viii assume a defensive line.
Against It's repulse Austria balances
tho occupation Of Belgrade as an
asset to the good
Press Victory Home.
Tho SCrvians claim to be pressing
home their victory with more cap
lures OF prisoners and to have driven
part of the invading army across
the Drina river. Moreover, they oX'
press confidence that they arc bout
20 retake the capital and eXpel the
invaders from Servian territory.
The progress of the war la north
crn Hungary Is less definite. Sunday 8
German wireless report, with candor
equal to tha' Of the Austrian bulle-
TN. spoke Of the severe resistance
which tho German and Austrian arms
are encoifLteriug in South Poland
and I'm GAlicia. adding that II was
Cyidort he Austrian forces in the
Curpathiang are not numerically
,'iprg enough to clear the Russians
ouI or Hungarian territory. But the
.ustriaus claim that they are driving
down tho northern slopes of the Car
bathians he Russian invaders VINO
were last week in occupation OF sew
eral towns south of that mountain
range.
Poland Like Belgium
Poland is fast becoming another
rclgiun in point of suffering while
the opposing armies drive each other
back and forth, occupy and re
occupy cities and villages and inflici
upon the inhabitants bombardments
similar to those suffered in Belgium
and northern France.
More than five hundred Polish
towns have been ruined, according to
various accounts from the cores
pondertl Each army accuses the
other Of looting and cruelty. The
flight of tho civilians from Lodz was
one OF the most tragic episodes OF
tn var. while ono correspondent
picture4 the fate of Kalisz as repe-
fi'ion Of Louvain, with the slaughter
of 400 civilians and the sacklng or
tho city.
Brother against Brother.
distressing feature OF the fight
ing IN Poland lies In the fact that
blood kindred are pitted against each
other. There are several hundred
thousand Poles in the Russian and
several hundred thousand more In
the ranks of the Germans and Aus
trians.
The Germans claim a distinct gain
in thcir position in northern Poland,
although they are not believed to be
as near Warsaw as the report last
week Indicated. on the other hand,
the Russians announced another
strateeic realignment of their forces
in tha: field which strengthens their
position.
trtans announced that they have re-
occupicd the important point of Dulka
TO the north of the Carpathians. on
n line south Of przemysl and Cracow,
hut nearer 10 the former, with the
capture Of 5000 prisoners
Generally Unchanged.
a.t. ha-
atre OF war-whether the German
and Austrian armies by the German
operstions IN northern and central Po-
land and the Austrian advance across
the Carpathians Will shake the Rus
sian grin from the PrZemysl and era
cou fortresses unchanged.
The day has shown no important
deyelopmert in the western theatre
of war. The French war off'ce re-
ports artillery engagements IN Whlch
they had the better of the Germans
and small advances at various polnts,
particularly In the neighborhood OF
Nerdun and st. Mihiel. In accordance
with General Joffres famous scheme
of "nibbling at them The German
bulletins deny these claims. however
The troops In France and Belgium
are suffering from plague OF nuu
and damp. which cftecutally Ve'oes
any movements on big scale. In
some ways however, life In the
trenches of the allies is easier than be-
fore. since, as they have been re.
inforced. they do not have to spend
more than two days continuously on
the firing line.
The Turkish army has not yet as
serted itself. nor has 1t engaged II
any great battle. Enver Pasha ha'
taken command OF the Caucasian
army and Talaat Bey has succeeded
him as minister OF war. a repor
comes from Turkey of growing nos
tility to both foreign and native Chris
tisns In that country.