The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-06
FEELING
GOOD IN BERLIN
Successes on Roth Fronts Raises
Hopes Of kaiser's Subjects; Rus.
slams in PreCariOus Positions.

BERLIN, MAY 1.-The military de
yrlUpmeuts of the last week have had
u visible effect on popular feeling In
| Berlin which Is decidedly more optl,
mlstic Operations In the Russian
! province Of Courlaad, ON the Baltic
Ia Gn.iciu aud In Belgium, Indicate
/ that German forces are taking the Of
| fcusiye uu large scale and that
| greater events ARE to be expected
! II is understood In well Informed
| quarters that the German troops IN
| North Poland are now near the port
| Of Llhnu which probably win be at.
tackled by land aud sea Field Mar
( shal Won Iliudcnburg himself Is In
command thcvc His design appears
To be- 10 take Iihuu and probably
Riga, as we'll uud use these ports as
bases for hnrussug russian rommun.
icntiou with rclrograd
The Russians already have sent
/ from koyuo rcurorcemcnls for re
| sistlug the operations. the result Of
which must soon be- apparent The
| Russians also are attempting to re-.
slst the Austro German movement
eastward In Gaicia having brought
up rclnfurccmruts from the Carpath
/ ians for that purpose Information
,'''','" u'[e' however, lhu''hleS lh"'
,"o "us7'ons ARE hrlhH swept along
before the Teuuuio allies or else cap.
mrrd ~ were the previous defend
ers Uf the Russian positions
AusIrlHh reports state that there IL
IN progress general Russian retreat
extending from the positions TO the
A"u'h OF pukIa ihss, Ia hungary,
"hrrr weeks ago the attacks upon
lIhpl"snhhIr Austrian front cntnillng
trlrhltuI losses had exhausted the In.
liallN" NJ the Invaders
Further developments I'm Ijnltrla ARE
awaited here with hreathIrss Interest
as II Is believed the events on this
section NJ the front may give a de
tlsiNc turn To- the entire eastern cam
paign The view held here is that the
Whol" Russian position IN the Car
pHthlans now has become prcCHriOus
II Is understood that strong pressure
ON the rctrenttng Russians has been
brought tu bear by the forces Of
General NOn Mackenhen aud Field
Marsha Baron lIoptzrndorf which are
advancing from the west II Is. there.
fore, expected that the operations In
Galicia now developing may prove to
be- the most important Of any thus fur
In the eastern campaign.
The operations ofefthc Austro Ger
man forces which now is threatening
the Russian lines between the Dunajec
and BialN rivers, is regarded as a first
class performance from German
military standpoint, particularly az II
Is the result Of q frontal attack against
strongly fortified positions
The AuStrlans crossed the DunajeC
near It's confluence with the VistulH,
although the Russians were strongly
bunk. The Austrians, behind a dixie
on the west shore, advanced pOntoOns
hy night, cutting through the dixie
and depOSiting the pOntoons among the
reeds along the shore They refllled
and resodded the cut each night In
this way a sufficient number Of pom
toons were concealed In three nights
for effectlng n crossing Of the river
When these preparations had been
completed terrific b0mbardment en-,
abled the Austrians to bridge the
stream with comparative little loss.
The Austro-German attack near
Gorllce TX described as an unparalleled
artillery performance. The Russians
believed their position TO be impreg
nnhle. The artillery of the allies from
- ccntimeters down, 10 completely
overwhelmed the Russians, however
that the Austro-German infantry was
= able to take the opposing positions
. ut the first rush.
These operations were yelled by
heavy homhardment Of the Russian po
, Sltlons along the Nida river last week
!, the Germans and Austrinns meanwhile
bringing mp powerful force, includ
ing enormous amount OF NTtlllrTl