The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-12

zioa, thirty-flve miles from Cracow
The movement has cut off the Aus
trian armies operating south o
Przemysl and along the River San
With the German corps supporting the
Austrians forces, this army is estimat
ed at about 100000.
Russians in Posen.
Russian troops are now in Posen
province. Advancing with a speed
which has called forth the highest
praise from the car and the general
staff, the great mass of the Russian
army has pressed behind the Germans
until official reports declare an ad
vance guard has crossed the River
Warthe and now holds Pleschen, six.
ty-two miles north of Breslau and ten
miles inside the German frontier.
Two drives are now being made by
the Russians toward Berlin. The adj
| vance in East Prussia continues to
meet with success, the Russian forces
steadily pressing forward. The Ger
mans have been driven from Wirballen
and the territory from Wirballen to
Lyck cleared of the kaiser's troops.
Austria to be Subdued.
The declaration of Grand Duke
Nicholas that the victory Of the Rus
sian forces may now make it possible
for the army to turn to new tasks is
taken to mean that the greatest at
tention may be given the Austrian and
Turkish campaigns. In this event the
advance upon Berlin would be post
poned. The force left on the Prussian
frontier, however, would be sufficient
to be constant menace to the kaiser
and require the maintenance of
great field army to hold the Russians
in check.
Additional reports bring fresh de-
tails of the extent of the Russian VIC
tory and the British war office ex.
presses the greatest satisfaction at
the success of Grand Duke Nicholas,
which has come sooner than Lord
Kitchener or any Of his advisers had
dared hope. The lines of communica-
tion,of the Austrian and German army
are declared to have been practically
cut and the position of the enemy Is
extremely serious.
Say Victory is Complete.
So complete is the victory of Rus
sian arms along the East Prussian
and Galician frontier that the cars
general staff may now choose the man.
ner in which the campaign in the in
terests Of the allied powers arraigned
against Germany may be conducted.
With advance cavalry patrols in the
Province of Posen and with the East
Prussian frontier crossed, the great
army of the czar has attained it's full
The speed with which the
vast force has been moved has startled
experts
To AnnihIate Russians.
. A dispatch from Rome says that En-
peror William, much affected by the
victories. has held council
of war, which was attended by Cen
eral Won Hindenherg, the Duke Of
Wurttenburg and the Austrian chief
of staff, Field Marshal Baron Conrad
Won Hoetzendorf, to decide on fur
Their plan of campaign.
Japs Take Using Tau.
The German colony of Using Tau in
he Chinese province of Kaio Chow
las at last surrendered to the Jap
forces after land and
laval siege of more than two months.
The capture of this stronghold takes
rom Germany her last foothold on the
Asiatic mainland and her last strate-
,ic position outside the German EN-
,ire in Europe.
The Armenians' Opportunity.
The most significant development
O date of the Russo-Turco war is the
that the Armenians are I
Using against Turkey. Realizing that
he present is an opportune time to
brow off the Turkish yoke and to get
evenge for past outrages, the Armen-
ans are offering their services to ,the
russian Caucasian army which has in
AIDED Turkey
Shell Turkish Port.
The protected cruisers Kagul and
'amiat Merkooria of the Russian
lack Sea fleet bonn barded the Straits
+ Bosphorus and the coal depots off
'regli, according to announcement
,ade at Constantinople.
The Turkish fleet went out to meet
he Russian warships, but soon re-
lrned. A number of vessels at the
ort of Eregli, which is 1913 miles
ortheast of Constantinople, were de-
.royed during the bombardment by
he Russians.
Turks Fight Russians.
The first reports of the fight
e between the Russians and the
urks are as conflicting as were the
rst Austrian and Russian accounts Of
10 warfare in Galicia. Each contend
; claims to have invaded the others
rritory and to have defeated his
ontier armies. These fights, how
'er, probably have been only advance {
lard affairs, and it is believed {
at some time may elapse before a q
tched battle takes place. {