The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-12-07

In Russian Poland where more than any where else the
fortunes been eveny distributed there has
apparently another of the swift changes which have
made the situation confused one since the beginning or
the war
renewing the offensive after escaping from
the Russian enveopng movement is indicated by the German
which has not been cOntradlcted Peograd
that the important Polish city of Lodz has again been
. tured by the Germans
From Lodz road leads Warsaw, the objective the
two previous German advances.
From Russian sources comes ntimaton of new plan Of
offensive Cracow, it is said, under fire of Russian
artillery and the Russian sragey contempates the shifting
of the main attack from central Poland to the SOUTH nvolv
ing attempt to push from the region of Cracow and
enter Germany the sleslan border with Bresau
objective Such movement probably would involve large
reinforcernents of the Russian army in Galicia.
The battered Servans apparently have rallied before the
advance of the Ausran who have been sweeping north
western Servia bare of defenders It reported
that Serva has resumed the offensive driven
Austrian right wing far the Koubara river.
Official statements concerning fighting in the west are
flcting claims of small advantage.
London Dec IA comparison of the reports from Ber
lin and PetrOgrad leads to the conclusion that
again occupy Lodz from which city they driven
first retreat from Warsaw Berlin positive an
nouncement that Lodz in their hands, while Petrograd
admits that the situation there is desperate
If the fall of the city is fact, it indicates that commune
cation with Warsaw is again seriously menaced but
official statement from Perograd declares Russians
strong enough to hold the invaders in northern
and will content themselves with doing this while devoting
ef MAN energies to the reduction OF Cracow and the in
vasion of Hungary.
hungary, according to reports from the Russian capital
is the weak point in the of the Teuton allies.
These messages from Petrograd say that early
at the time of the fall of Lemberg Austria terms
Of peace. Negotiations to this end if this really took place.
apparently proved to be abortive
The story, again revived in Petrograd the basis
for the report that the Hungarian prime minister ON re-
cent visit to Emperor William demanded better military
protection for Hungary the lack of which would cause the
. loss of the kindgom.
The latest French official communication reports that
there nothing to report the 'front.' with
tion of special dispatch that Ostend is burning Nothing
has been received in London dispute the accuracy of this
laconic statement. Il
Paris, Dec THE French office issued the follow
ing official communication:
In the region of the User, continue to attack the
few entrenchments still held by the enemy left bank
Of the canal. ..s,~ -
In the region of Armentieres and of Arras as well as
In the Olse territory the Ane region and Argonne
there nothing to report refer terms ia
the superiority of our offensive.
In Champagne heavy artillery several different
occasions has shown marked superiority that of the
enemy There is nothing new the eastern front of our
tained."