Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
! HuMoRs OF PosslBLE I: PEACE

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London, Nov. ccincidcnt With
the news from petrograd that every
German soldier has been swept from
Russian soil comes 4 whisper Of peace
In the report from the
Russian capital that Eertif. has ap-
preached Husstx with overture6 look:
Ing toward cessation of hostilitlet:
There Is no ccnflrrGati Hon OF this
story from Berlin, and II may ho \ In
the sanie cIass With the rul1ter sent
out from Paris three weeks ano tt1st
the Germans had approached the
Freicl with . View 70 ending hos.
TITLES bstWesn t1s two countries.
Reports tnyaslon " Germany.
Contrary 10 tlie German report that
the Russians have been checked at
the frontier of East Prlssia, Petro-
grad dec clares a brilliant success theer
has been succeeded by an actual In
yasion uf German territory Towns
named Iii 4tEe suBsf ian lciaI state.
neKit. however, are cn tlae frontier,
At the other end Of the long Russian
battle line come reports TINT Cos
sacks are raiding within twenty miles
Of Cracow, the Austrian strongh
and that Przemysl, the extreme east
ern fortified town of the Austrian
fortress belt, has been invested.
+ The civil population of Cracow has
been ordered to leave according to
one report, IN Eastern Galicia, how.
ever, Berlin reports the astr,ians
are holding the Russians IA check.
New Attack Has Results.
The capture Of Dixmude was the
first indication that the new attack
of the Germans, described al their
supreme effort and as probably mark
ing q turning point Id the war. had
brought definite results. Between
Dixmude and pres, which Hes to the
south close to the French border, the
fighting has been most intense since
the Germans elected at the opening of
the week to begin the new onslaught
On October is, during the advance
on Ostend, the Germans occupied Dix
nude, but ter were compelled to fall
back. The allies gained possession
of the town temporarily, but their
presence there was challenged repeat
edly by the Germans, resulting In
some of the most important and san
culinary fighting Of the war
Allies Hold Front.
The French statement says the al
lies generally were successful In
maintaining their front In spite OF the
violence and strength Of the German
attacks directed against points Oh
support between Newport and the Lys
river. The French still hold the ap-
proaches to Dixmude and have firm
ly occupied their positions at Ypres,
where desperate battling continues.
Berlin attaches significance to the
latest German Official report Of good
advances" In the region of Argonne.
This is the first time such an expires
sion has been employed In describing
the fighting In this district.
Russians Use Mass Force.
Few details OF the fighting iii the
east are permitted to reach the out
side world. It is said, however that
the Russians are employing new tao.
tics placin g. THEIR main reliance on
huge bodies of infantry rather than
on their cavalry. With disregard Of
the German artillery solid MASSES of
troops are thrust against the positions
OF the enemy, leading to hand d-tovhand
fighting Of i desperate nature.
A Berlin dispatch says the Turks
are meeting with considerable succesa
in the Caucasus and on the Egyptian
frontier, the Turkish war once fie,
daring the Turks have Occunffsd