Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-11-28

ment which was protecting the rail-
road The Russians captured a train
and blew no the railroad bridges.
Aust@ians Claim Victory.
Tt is officially reported from Vienna
that the Russians have evacuated the
greater part of Bukowina and retired
in the direction of the Dniester River,
where they have been pursued by the
Austrian troops, who have taken many
prisoners 1t is officially reported
that after two days heavy fighting on
the Caucasian frontier the Turkish
troops have completely defeated the
Russian army and captured the Rus
sian positions.
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.
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 car has attained its full
momentum.
To AnnihiIate Russians.
A dispatch from Rome says that EN-
peror William, much affected by the
Russian victories, has held a council
of war, which was attended by Gen
eral Won Hindenberg, the Duke of
Wurtten burg and the Austrian chief
of staff, Field Marshal Baron Conrad
Won Hoetzendorf, to decide on a fur
Their plan of campaign.
Japs Take Using Tau.
The German colony of Using Tau in
the Chinese province of Kaio Chow
has at last surrendered to the jap
anese-British forces after a land and
naval siege of more than two months.
The capture of this stronghold takes
from Germany her last foothold on the
Asiatic mainland and her last strate-
gic position outside the German EN-
pire in Europe.
Turks Will Retaliate.
The commander of the Turkish
forces at BEIRUT, in a formal note ad-
dressed to the American consul gen.
eral, and intended for the British and
French governments, declares that for
every Musselman killed in the bonn
bardment of any open and unfortified
port, three British or French subjects
will be Immediately killed. The Turk
ish note says, moreover, that the COM
mander declined to take the RESPONSE
mility for any uprising against Chris
tians, which might ensue from such
a bombardment.
The Armenians' Opportunity.
The most significant development
to date of the Russo-Turco war is the
announcement that the Armenians are
rising against Turkey. Realizing that
the present is an opportune time to
throw off the Turkish yoke and to get
revenge for past outrages, the Armen-
ians are offering their services to the
vaded Turkey
Turks Rush Troops to Egypt.
An advance of Turkish troops in the
S&nai Peninsula in the direction of
Egypt is reported in Berlin from
Switzerland. The Turkish army op-
Grating against Egypt is said to num-
Der one-fourth million men.
Try to Get Rumania In
1t is stated in Venice that Count
Tisza, the Hungarian premier, has ad-
dressed letters to the Greek, Oriental
and Rumanian Grchbishops promising
political concessions to the Ruman-
ians in Austria in return for Ru-