Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
Russian Lines Reformed.

Russian Lines Reformed.
It is evident that Grand Duke Nicholas
has drawn in a portion OF the RUSSIAN
front from the Lowicz-uowa line to IN
trenchments nearer Warsaw. There. mas
been no admission from Petrograd. how
ever. of any serious reverses In the neid
Of operations along the Vistula river
such as must necessarily have preceded a
| general German victory. 1t Is regarded
here as quite possible that the ieu.o,iae M
| allies have scored successes in some To-
calities although there is no tnfornauon
available as to their time or location
l. The reverse which Petrograd says the
i Germans have suffered In the region oi
i Mlawa. near the East Prussian frontier
| is believed lin London to have -interfered
| with the operations OF the Germans along
! the Vistula.
LODI Reported Evacuated.
IT ,s asserted unofficially at Petrograd
that the Germans have evacuated Lodz,
finding that the city is of no greater
strategic value to them than it was to
the Russians.
; Last nights official communication
from the Russian war office stated den-
along the LETT bank of the Vistula'
| which have been in progress Tor sew
eral days, have been repulsed.
| Whatever are the facts>of the sftua-
tion in the Vistuia region the pressn.
situation there apparently is eXerting
no influence on the crucial operations
to the south, around Cracow- The hus-
sian forces which are threatening the
old Polish capital and the Siieslan
frontier remain fixed in their positions.
and the Austrian rally which brought
| back Teutonic forces across the Car
| nathians seems to have met with a
| check.
Allies Reported in Roulers.
| London newspapers have revived the
report that the allies have captured
Roulers, in one of the most furiousiy
contested regions of Flanders. Like
| the ruinored capture of Westende,
| however, this report lacks official con-
hrmation. About all that is known
! definitely of the situation in the west Is
| that the allies are exertine steauy
| pressure at the German hne' ana "hile
| advancing in some locations nave SUI
fered reyerses elsewhere.
rrha chronicle says that "Roulers has
been captured after nerce assaui.s On
| tho German trenches The Daily News
n.'b,ishes the following: Reports
ccWrrent in northern France are that
tha french and British have taken
Roulers and also that they are IN pos
session of part of Lille However.
sessiom sss canture Of Roulers would mean a
victory SO important that an immediate
oMc;ai announcement probably would
| be made.
Says Teutons Have Been HATED.
The Petrograd correspondent Of the
| Times sends the following:
"The enemy's third incursion into
Galicia has been arrested on the very
borders of the province. Some maneu-
yerin. on the part Of Gen Radko Di-
mitr;efrs CORPS sufficed to check the
;nWadinp column, although they crossed
the Carpathians on a wide front eA-
tendin. between Wieliczka and the
headwaters of the San river.
mo definite information has peen
forthcoming as yet regarding the new
noint of attack in Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg's invasion of Poland. AFTER
his fruitless efforts to break through
the Russian lines on the Bzura river
liver a blow further south. but it is not
known whether this will be toward
warsaw or Kielce.
Confident of Final Victory.
"Al1 the enemy's efforts. however. can
only stave off the day Of reckoning.
The Russian army is within a stones
throw of the Stlesian border nortn OF
Cracow, which Is the real pivot of all
the operations now developing.
The desperate flanking moves on the
Bzura river and from the Carpathians
only serve to indicate that the Russians
hold the pivot firmly. whence in good
time they will sweep the fianking col
umns OF the road and advance into the
heart Of Germany"
The Daily Nails Petrograd corre-
spondent says:
"Russian reinforcements arc pouring
to the front in Poland. and the issue In
the ighting west of Warsaw depends
upon which side can fling the larger
weight in numbers into the battle line
Berlin in Festive Array.
BERLIN. December IS. via The Hague
and London. December 10 delayed in
transmission) Berlin was stu IN fes-