The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-08
MYSTERIOUS MOVE IS KNOWN ONLY TO KING AND THE HIGH.
 EST OFFICIALS.
SUBMARINE U-29 DESTROYED
German Reinforcements Are Being Hurried to the Assistance of the Austrians, Who Admit They Are Badly Pressed by the Russians.

London, April 7.---ltaly's warships l have suddenly left their base and are concentrated at Augusta (Sicily) and at Taranto. The fleet comprising | dreadnoughts, cruisers and destroy | CTS is considered the strongest Italy l has ever had. It's future plans are known only to King Victor Emmanuel and one or two of the highest govern ment officials.
 The tragedy of the German subma- rine U-29, whose commander was be- | lieved to be the famous Captain Otto | Weddigen, is told in an official state ment from Berlin. which says that | this submarine "has not returned from it's last cruise, and must be re- garded as lost" The British admir- alty on March PC reportetd that the | U-29. with her crew. had been sent to | the bottom.
 1 The Carpathian mountains and the | hiny country between the rivers Mouse and Moselle in France con 1 tinue to be scenes of most sanguinary engagements, but little or no news ts forthcoming of the progress of the battles.
 Except in the Uzsok pass in the | Carpathians, where the Austrians assisted by Germans are offering a most stubborn resistance, the Rus sians are said to have crossed the first range of mountains, and from l 4ha batgbte ,,ubi al, tbav Lova "a lyau from the Austrians in bitter hand-to- hand fighting can look down the 1 southern slopes toward the plains of Hungary. It is asserted that part of the army which has crossed the l mountains is maneuvering to get be- hind the AustroGermans holding the Uzsok passes.
 The Austrians admit that things are going bad with their armies and are anxiously awaiting German rein | forcements which are being hurried to their aid.
 The Austrians also are fighting in ,Bukowina but this is only a secon- dary operation. The engagements in progress in Northern Poland, where the Russians are trying to push back the Germans into East Prussia, also appear to be small affairs.
 Between the Mouse and the Moselle the French, like their eastern ally, are on the offensive. attempting to force the Germans to give up St. MiAiel and the region in the vicinity of that now famous town. The Ge.- mans in their official report claim to have repused all the French attacks, but a semi-official statement from Berlin says that according to "a pre- arranged plan the German outposts retreated from Regnieville and Fey enlHaye.
 The French some time ago reported the capture of these towns and claim to have made progress almost daily since then.
 The Belgians have regained a bit of ground which they lost in Flanders, but elsewhere there has been no change on the western front.
 Although no announcement to this effect has been made, the general eX- pectation in military circles here is that a combined land and sea attack on the Dardanelles will begin shortly and that at the same time the Rus sans, who now apparently are in command of the Black sea, will bom- bard the Bosporus forts
 In Africa, General Botha's Union of South Africa forces continue their victorious march along the railways, but thus far have been unable to overtake the main German army which it is thought here is trying to draw the old Boer general as far from his base as possible before making a ; stand.
 In England the drink question is still uppermost in the minds of the [ people. The cabinet met today to dis. cuss what governmental action should be taken in the premises, but did not reach any decision. Mean time hundreds of public men are fol f lowing the kings example and abol ishing alcoholic liquors from their households, while the churches are making a plea to the people that they at least take the pledge to abstain from liquor until the war is over.
 A bil is in preparation for pfesen tation to the French chamber of depu l ties authorizing the government tt