Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-11
ARE PUSHING GERMANS
BACK ALONG ENTIRE
LINE OF FRANCE.
SERV|ANS SUCCESSFUL
Certain Now They Have Admin
istered Grave Defeat
to Austria.

LONDON. Dec. 1O.-QO;O' p' M
While the defeat Of the German
so,,odron in the Atlantic has evoked
the liveliest satisfaction throuBnou'
creat Britain. there have been no Gel
ebrations such as marked the victories
% ,ha South American war the bri'-
,sh people being too much wrapped
nm in the operations of the aIleu 81
mics on the continent
The lack Of news from Fo'"i'u
causes some uneasiness regarding '"'
result Of the prolonged u'ltle M
tween the Russians ana HerHlal'S, IA
the reports from France are
ered 10 be most faVoraple 10 my
lies The daily communlcaViona -,
Paris show that the trench haNc ,ooos o
making slow progress at ll"n' Po'tew
FOR the past fortnight anu tbe
sent by a French eye"i.ne%so 90 nncam-
oriod from November II to DeCeni
ber claims that the ascendehce VI
the French infantry and artlllelS w.
the Germans has been established any
tbat while the infantry has adVahceu'
the artillery has mastered the "erl''"
batteries.
Maintain Advances.
The report from Frenhc heaoquI,
ters this evening adds httle 10 a., ~
general knowledge, as II says tne So.
So, Ia unchanged, which indicates
bnUaver that the positions taken
beve heen maintained. Berlin, on the
nther hand. states that the French at
,- a. no Argonne have been re-
pulsed. 4hat with
IT Is apparent, however, that, WIZ
tho withdrawal of German troops u
strengthen the armies In the eaS', lno
lilies have been able to push lhel'
Iltcs forward in many places .o
The Germans meanwhile continue
thoir efforts to smash the RUSSIAN
armies While a large part of theH
force is endeavoring to hold the rus
sian center, another army Is auNahN
ing from east Prussia to the easl u
Mlawa, and is attacking the husHlu" h. )"
right with a view to cutting comm
nications and entering Nalsa"
through the bacvk door.
Heavy fighting also is gong on ~
tbe southwest of Lodz and to the
snrtbeast of era COW, where the Aus
trians and Germans are endeaNoring
to get around the Russian lert ana
force these troops to retire from tho
fortress
Use Thanking Tactics.
The Germans, In fact, are repeat
ing on n larger scale their faVorlte
tactics Of outflanking the POSITIONS OF
the opposing forces. In this they az
WAYS have been able TO gam initia'
successes because Of their abillty,
troops quickly. The Russians, now
ever, heretofore have met them with
overwhelming numbers.
The defeat Of the Austrians by the
Servians is virtually admitted In the
Austrian Official report, whlch says
that because they ahve met strong
hostile forces, some of the Austrian
troons have been ordered TO occupy
more favorably situated positions
Scr,ian Victory Surprise.
This sudden turn of events in IA
vor of the Servians Is somewhat OF n
mystery, but it is possible that they
have received reinforcements from
Russia or more guns and ammunition
from some friendly country; or II may
be that some of the Austrian troops
were withdrawn from SerVla atter the
occupation OF Belgrade. Whatever
the cause, the Servians have inflicted
severe defeat oh the invaders.
The latest official report from Ber-
lin saws that the German emperor
health Is much improved IL ~ pc
lieved that the bronchial attack, 10
which he is subject at this time OF the
wear. was well under control before
the fact of his Illness was made pup
lie and that he will probably make
quick recovery.
Gen, Louis Botha, premier and
commander of the defense forces of
the Union of South Africa. announces
that the rebellion is practically at an
tnd. Since the capture on December
a of 700 rebels and the surrender of
200 others, five additional rebel lead
ers and their commanders have un-
conditionally laid down their arms.
Only one rebel leader Is at large. Col
onel MaritZ.
General Botha, in making the an
nouncement. warns the people against
harborirg any vengeful feeling, and
concludes:
To Meet Invaders.
"MaritZ and Kemp. who were cor
rupted while officers of the Union de-
fense force, havo succeeded in escap-
ing to German Southwest Africa. and
from there, equipped with fresh arms
and artillery by their German allies,
will seek to invade the Union. Our
next duty Is to deal with this danger
and make 1t impossible for German
Southwest Africa to again be used as
the source of base from which TO
threaten the peace and liberties of the
Union.
81 hope and trust that the people
will deal with this danger as eneg
getically as they dealt with the in
ternal rebellion"
The Indian office reports that 1,lO0
Turkish prisoners, exclusive oil
wounded, and nine guns were CAP
tured at Kurna, on the Persian gulf.