, 1914-12-17
WAR NEWS SUMMARIZED

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man infantry have been repuised. At
both ends of the long front to the
the of Ypres and against the
railway station at Aspach, In Al.
SAGE, the failure of attempts by the
to advance is offic tally an.
INC from Paris, which adds that
another important advance by the
French troops in the forest Of lie
Petrie has been made.
Fighting continues in France and Bel.
GUM at various points and claims
OF advantages secured are made by
both sides.
With h return of the French GOV.
eminent to Paris from Bordeaux a
squadron of aeroplanes is doing
scout duty over the capital to ward
off possible attacks by hostile air.
craft.
Steady but short advances by the al.
lies, including the taking Of Rouliers,
twelve miles northeast Of Ypres, are
reported in the official and unoft.
ciai statements from the battle front
In Belgium and In France.
In the east the Russian general staff
makes this definite declaration: ain
the Mlawa region we have brouaht
our offensive to a successful concIu.
sion en- the whole Of the 'front.'"
The occupation Of a German position
near Przasnysz, and the retreat Of
h Germans toward the East Prus-
star frontier is also announced. The
situation south of cracow remains
without change, the battle continu.
Ing In that district, while the Rus
sians claim a further victory on the
Lowicz front, where a German po-
sition was taken with Important
losses to the Germans.
An official report from P~etroarad de-
clares the Russians have repuIsed
two units Of Field Marshal Won Hin
denburs's army-near Mlawa and
lowicz administering enormous
casualties and taking many prison
ers n guns.
In West Galicia the Austrians claim to
ave defeated the Russians at Linn
anovo, I'M to rave crossed the Car
pathians.
The Servians continue to assert that
they have administered a crushing
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large numbers Of prisoners and
great quantities of war material.
On their side the Austrians say no
new material events have occurred
In Servia and that the reorganlza-
ton of the Austrian forces lie pro-
crossing without heavy battles re-
suIting.
Mutiny has broken out among the
sailors Of the Turkish fleet at Con-
stantinople, owing to the brutal
treatment of the men by German Of
ficers. Two German officers were
killed by the mutineers.
Colonel GoethaIs, governor of the Pan
mi canal one reiterated his re
quest that two torpedo BOAT de-
stroyers be sent to canal zone waters
to prevent violation of neutrality
through the misuse of wireless and
the taking IN of supplies by beIiis.
erent vessels.
One hundred and seventy thousand
Jews have fled for refuge from Ga
licia to Vienna.
Dispatches from Punta Arenas, Chile,
declare that the German cruiser
Dresden has come into that port un-
Injured.
After two days of fighting the Monte
negrin forces have captured vishne-
grad and driver the Austrians back
to the other side of the Drina river.
A Berlin dispatch says that Brussels
and suburbs have decided to pay the
war lien of $11,15o,o0o imposed by
Germany by means of special taxes
payable up to June is, 1915.
The London News has a dispatch from
Rotterdam which says a man Just
arrived from Berlin say everyone
In Germany 10 convinced an inva-
sion Of Great Britain will be at
tempted.
German avaltors dropped messages to
the Indian troops along the User re-
Gently, printed in sanskrit, inform
Ing them that the Sheik-uI-islam had
proclaimed a holy war, In which the
Afshans had Joined.
The Turkish action in threatening a
Red sea consulate brought a demand
from Italy for reparation. Rome has
sent a cruiser to the endangered spot.
A Turkish gunboat has e sunk at
the entrance of the 6osphorus. ac-
cordine to newspaper dispatches, by
a Turkish mine.
Reports concerning the conditions OF
Emperor William are contradictory.
Amsterdam says ne has improved to
such an extent he Is expected to
leave Berlin for the front during
the course Of the week. Another
report has II that II will be neces-
sary for the emperor to undergo an
operation for an affection Of h
throat, thereby delaying his return
to the front for several weeks.
| Unofficial advices record that Emper-
or Williams condition continues to
Improve. His temperature is normal
and he sat I'D for a few hours.