Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-10
RUSSIA ALMOST
CLEAR Of ENEMY
Cars Troops Have Driven
Germans Back and Put
Them on Defensive
FEAT is REGARDED
AS REMARKABLE ONE
Victors May Now Turn
Attention to Turks and
Settle Old Scores

the military situation today. The speed
with which she has cleared the lnvad-
ers from Russian Poland must neces-
sarily have great effect on the cam
paigns ir the other war theater.
Already the inhabitants are reported
fleeing from their prosperous Silesian
homes despite the fact that General
Won Hindenburg's strong army is be-
tween them and the advancing Rus
slams. But something besides the
might Of the German arms may enable
them to remain still and for some time
in security, for significant message
from Petrograd announces that Russia
may defer the invasion of Germany un-
til her historic mission toward the
Bosphorus is accomplished.
This mission includes the complete
subsection of Austria Hungary as we'll
as the invasion of Turkey, and If this
Is the actual plan of the Grand Duke
Nicholas, the Russian commander in
chief, the Russians may be content to
hold their present positions along the
German border while making an ag
gressive war toward the south and
east.
Persistent reports continue to reach
London that the Germans are sending
heavy reinforcements to their western
lines Rumor of contrary nature, to
the effect that the Germans are prepar
Ing to retreat through Belgium, also is
rife, but the experts seem to place
more credence on the reports of rein
forcements, and the coming week is
looked forward to as one of the most
crucial Of the war.
Berlin Admits Advance.
Cossack raids across the German
border continue and Berlin now admits
that the Russians are we'll beyond the
river Warthe. The Russian advance
has been made over bad roads at the
amazing rate of fourteen miles daily
and the German retreat has now pass
ed Czernstochowa without stopping.
The Russian line is well back of the
Warthe between Czernstochowa and
Kalisz
Another Petrograd report states that
Czernstochowa is still held as the last
German position in Russia but that
this Is regarded as untenable.
The latest Paris official communica-
ton states that the invaders are con-
centrating their activity about Ypres
without as yet achieving any results.
The allies are reported as holding their
own everywhere on the Aisne, while to
the northwest of scissors they have
reached a new position on the Vregny
plateau.
An oficial announcement given out
In Berlin declares that advances have
been made in the Argonne. but that
there is nothing new along the remain
der of the battle front.
Holland Is Determined.
Holland, determined to preserve the
neutrality of the river Scheldt, has an
noIrced that the Flushing fort will fire
on any vessel not recognized as mail
boat or other regular harbor craft.
Private reports reaching Berne,
Switzerland, from Constantinople, jndi-
cate that Turkey has entered the war
with an empty treasury. She has ex-
hausted the German loan and used up
the money derived from the tax on i'm
ports.
Japs to Aid France?
Since the fall of the German posi-
ton at Using Tau, the question of
Japan sending an army to Europe has
begun to attract increasing attention.
The idea finds considerable support in
Japanese military circles, where it is
believed that such a move would be
welcomed by France.