Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-23
MOST IMPORTANT
CAPTURE OF WAR
Fall OF Przemysl Opens Door to
Cracow and to Plains of
Hungary.
SURRENDER IS WITH HONOR
England Believes Dardanelles
Operations Will Be More Pro-
tracted Than at First Expected.

LONDON. March 2e uo:25 p. Mo
nc ions investment OF the mid Cali
clan fortress OF PrZemysl has ended. Do
p!ctcd by disease. subsistlng on horse
hesh and surrounded by n superior force
"' russians. the garrison has surren-
'ehse lasting many months, which, up
TO the present. Ia recorded as Austria.s
most noteworthy contribution TO the
war
Petrograd. London and Paris are colo.
""''hH the event o-night-Petrograd
and Paris In the spontaneous manner
characteristics of those cities: London
With silent and grim satisfaction. which
IS the British way.
inc newspapers assert that the fall
of the fortress marks the mos, irnpor-
amt capture OF the war. not c1ceptIng
antwerp. In that II not only releases
considerable Russian forces which can
ne thrown into the tiuctuatinK struepl.
IN the Carpathians. but opens the door
10 cracow and the plains OF Hungary.
II Is argued. too. that the moral et-
'ect OF the surrender will be tremend-
Gus. the allies declaring it will sti,nu-
late feeling In their favor both In Rou-
mania and Bulgaria. just az the opera
IONS In tn" Dardanellcs are causing an
asitation In Greece and Italy
ITALIAN SITUATION
RECEIVING ATTENTION
Tho italian situation is receiving at
'ention, although rumors rather than
iacts seem TO be the basis OF most Of
IN" news dispatches. The Italian en-
tassE at London had no confirmation to-
h'sht or the report that freight trafic
hetwcen italy and Germany by way Of
Switzeriand had been stopped. nor was
there confirmation Of the reported mass
lng o! Austrian and German troop,
along the Austrian littoral, or the as
scmbling OF artillery at Tric.te
Przcmysl fell with honor, the British
press comedies. for It withstood the on
siauGhts longer than any place during
the war. the Investment having begun
about September i6. something more
than six months ago. The duration OF
IN" siege. COMPARED with the length OF
time IT took the Germans TO copturo
such stronEhoids as l.icgc. Narnur and
Antwerp, was due TO two causes on,
being the desire OF the Russians 10 keen
The loss Of life among the bcsieging
army al minimum. the other to the
lack OF great guns which the Germans
had Ira Belgium.
The investment was not a close one,
the garrison having had up until re-
Gently radius OF abou, twelve miles In
which TO move about. and some dis
patches told OF shooting expeditions In
dulGcd In by the officers OF the garrison
NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE
OVERNIGHT IN WEST
Nothing Of great Importance has been
recorded overnight in the west In the
east, aside from the fall OF Przemysl
the situation around the German port OF
Mcmel is the most interesting. From
this town the Germans maintain they
have driven the Russians. while con-
iroversy is being waged by the press OF
tho two countries as to the merits OF
the Russian contention that civilians
fired on them in this latest incursion In
Eas, Prussia-an act which demanded
reprisals.
There Is no late news from the Darda-
uelles. and the belief in England seems
% be that the operations perhaps will
he more protracted than at FIRST ex-
pccteCl.