Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-10-21

ID two days ago that his forces had
'vious occasions this broad and fast
leld him up for the time being.
Russian Gain on Middle styr.
The situation, however, is consider.
ed by the Russians to be more serious
than it has been for a long time and
there is again talk of the evacuation
of Riga by the military forces, wao
have been in sole occupation Of the
city since the civilian population left,
a month ago.
AT the other end of the eastern
front the position is just the reverse.
General Ivanoff, who has proved him.
self to be the most aggressive of Rus
sian commanders, las been striking
hard at the Austro-G German forces on
the Middle Styr. s.n ,iastis ..1t.:.. Y :.
|f.i s. Russians Gain Ground. (
/: General Ivaneff, who has proved
himself to be the most aggressive of
Russian commanders, has been strik-
ing hard at the Austro.G German forces
at the middle Styr and all along the
fringe of Galicia that is still in Rus
sian hands. At several places he
has driven his opponents back and
there is a report tonight that the
Austrians have evacuated CzernO.
witZ.
Teutons Have Mide Front. ~ !.
r. The progress of. advance IN Serbia
is surrounded Sby considerable mys-
terry. The Austro- Germans and Bull
garians are advancing all along tho
various fronts but not with the speed
anticipated. The Austro. Germans
have stretched their armies Oyer5a
wider 'front.' Berlin reports tonight in.
Anglo-French forces have been
in action near the Greek frontier but
the battle was not important, as no
official reports have been issued with
regard to it. .21TnaR vnbot santjn.'
.ig5e32 ZeppeIins Active. ia@rG'q =
The Germans are now employing
their Zeppelins against the British
and Russian submarines in the Baltic
where German ships have been suf.
fering heavily during the past fort
night s,..,.
70 EXeCuIe NURSES.
The German and Spanish ministers
intervened to have commuted the
death sentence which was passed by
the German authorities at Brussels
on Miss Edith Cazell, British nurse,
but their efforts were futile, Lord
Lansdowne told the house of lords
this evening. In the case of two
French women, who also were sen.
fenced to death, strong representa-
tions made by Pope Benedisct and
King Alphonso of Spain had the ef'
feet of postponing the execution un.
til the German emperor considered
the report. ,fG
Lord Lansdowne added that the
people of this country were being con-
tinually shocked by such incidents,
the last one always being more shock
ing than the preceding. the final
report of the Miss Cazell case, he
said. had just been received by the
minister to Belgium.
"Marmalade Day."
Berlin newspapers state that the
German empress has asked that her
birthday, which falls on Friday Of this
week, be celebrated as ''marrnalade
day." according to a dispatch from
Amsterdam to the Exchange 'Tele-
graph company.
The empress suggests that gifts Of
jam be sent to the troops in the
trenches and in military hospitals, as
gifts from her. 49,
Arrest Mrs. Burnyeat.
A sensation has been caused in the
north country, says the Evening
News, by the arrest of the wife Of
William J. Burnyeat, who was a lib
eral member of Parliament for White
Haven from 1906 to 1910. Mrs. Burn.
yeat is German, the daughter of
Col. Retzssf. The couple owned a
fine house on the Irish seacoast,
near White Haven, which was raided
by a German submarine. It was said
at the time that. the submarine was
guided by signals from the coast.
Can't Cross Danube.
Berlin, by wireless to Tuckerton,
N. j., Oct. 2O.--Field Marshall, Won
Mackensen, after the storming OF Bel.
grade on October 8 by his troops, Is
quoted by the Cologne Gazette as
saying:
"The passage Of so large a river
(the Danube) without the use Of a
bridge and in the face Of the enemy
is, in fact, an achievement unknown
in war history of all times"
Thrust to Aid Serbia.
The Italian offensive along the Ty.
rolean front is believed here to be
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