Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-02
GERMANS SAY THEY
!. ARE MAKING GAINS
ALL ALONG THE LINE
Claim the Situation Is Entirely
F, Satisfactory Both in Bel
GUM and Russia
TURKEYS COURSE
CAUSE0 MJUlClNd
Austrians Recapture Posi-
lions and Are Driving
Russians Back Steadily

Berlin, by wireless via Sayville, Nov.
2.-Gcrman successes in Belgium and
France, Austrian victories in Galicia
and a general rdllying Of Mohammed.
ans to the sultan Is standard were re-
ported today in the official statement
issued here by the kaiser's general
staff.
The official statement was that the
German right wing in northwestern
Belgium had gained materially in sov.
eral places, especially north Of Ypres.
West Of Lille, too, it was said the
kaiscr's lines had Deen advanced in
the face of determined opposition.
1t was admitted TINT the cutting of
the dikes and consequent flooding of
the country had hampered Teutonic on.
crations, but nowhere, it was stated.
had this involved abandonment Of any
of the original German positions.
OF the situation in the eastern the.
atre of war the official statement said
" Near the border between Galicia
and Bukovina the Austrians have de.
iculIu lnc huhSlan column,
Russian Atrocities.
In middle Galicia the Austro.Ger
man allies are maintaining all the
sitions they succeeded in CAPTURING
from the Russians in the face of deter.
mined assaults. Hundreds Of Russians
have been taken prisoners.
"ln Russian Poland there is no fight.
ing at present
I'VE have re.oceuped the Bukovinn
district The Russian occupation was
bestial 1t was marked By the pillapinp
of homes, the ravishing Of women and
the eauseless execution of many pco
pie"
"The progress Of the battle in nor
thern France" said the statement
was considered today increasingly fa
vorable, from German standpoint
Sundays reports show that the French
were driven across the Aisnc near Sois
sons. More progress was made In
front of Verdun than >in some tim,
past.
Letters from the front described
the conflict between Nicuport ant
fpres as the fiercest Of the war. On
this line the Germans have advanced
by series Of night attacks. Lossei
on both sides were extremely heavy.
1.-THE battle in Russian Poland hnl
not yet been resumed.
Battle Nears End.
'The Galician battle seems to b,
approaching u decisive stnre. From
Srucow comes news that the Russinnl
have been driven across the san nnt
elected from lezaisk, whence the Aus
trinns have chased them for 20 kilo
meters. An Austrian official repor
stated that the Austrian troops wer,
retaining all recHptured positions.
The exploits Of the Turkish flee
IN the Black sea, which bombardc,
Odessa aud Sevastapol, destroying tw,
Russian warships, 10 transports nm,
several oil tanks, has created great ON
thusiasm. "
"The Madrid Impartial reports for
midnblc unrest among Frances natiy,
subjects in Algeria, whore the peopl
are refusing military service and Kim
ing the French police.
"The scmiofficial Echo De Bulpnril
OF Sofia says relations between Bul
garia and Turkey are most cordial
both counties remembering the losso
OF l9l2 ond 1919, when the present al
lies profited by differences betwce
them
"Such bitter quarrels have dcvelopc
between Germany's French and Britis
prisoners In the detention camp a
Darmstadt that II has been found ne
eessary to separate the naiionnltie,
The British have been transferred TO
camp Of their own, among them Colonc
Grey, Il brother Of the British ministe
of foreign affairs"