The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
Field Marshal French Be- ieves Time is Close at Hand When Attack to Batter Down Germans Lines will Be Undertaken
 Infantry Fighting i1a West is Suspended.
French Gains on Meuse Rouse Hopes of Allies Fon Further Successes Aus trians Reinforce Defenses
 Hindenburg Said To Bel Planning a New Attack Against Warsaw.

London, April 1s.-F1e1d Marsha1s Sir John Frenchs message to hi1 countrymen at home that CT know when the time comes for us to make our great noveeweJcan break through3 the Germans and British eye-wit- ness statement of yesterday thaEs there are plain signs of the 'gradua9s weakening of the German resistance are accepted here as an intfmation 9 that the present steady pressure alons3 the front will shortly develop iEtos events of vaster scope. It is thus esl- pected that the next three months will l be especially memorable in this epoch- ] making war
 Military writers are of the opinion ! that the reported French successes ] in the vicinity of the Mouse and Mo selle-an important region stretchinea between. the rival fortresses of Verdun and Metz-have given a promisinE opening for the spring campaign. They regard it as the signal for the general offensive movement which has been,i awaiting the arrival of adequate ac- curnGlations of men, equipment ana supplies.
 The suspension of infantry fighting in this all important Verdun district has been quickly broken down as was expected by the gallant German at tempt to recapture the position at Les EpdEK0S,s HQSHE1S1 QL Af4-ASziL lllt1AA1Al General JofEre to give another ttlst
 to the screw of the wise wherewith he hopes to grip the German p1sitiou at St NTihieI, that hastson like pro5ection into the French line which the invad- CTS have held tenaciousIy or SO many 1 months The Russian offensive in che Carpathians continues to meet a siren
 uous defense on the part Of the com bined Teutonfe armies and although l it appears to be slowly winning its way forward toward the plains of
 Hungary it has encountered enormous difficulties
 The Austrians have been preparing
 their defensive positions throughout
 the period which has intervened since 1 the Russians first raided this same
 territory.
 1 To relieve the pressure on the Rus sians is an additional reason for the Iactivitv of their allies in the west. The ally is directing the operations in the lCarpathians is doubted as is also the ruTnor from Cologne that Field Mar sha1 won HindenbuFg has asked for lreinforcenents to the extent of 3Oo,00o mon to undertake another campaign I against Warsaw.
 It is thought to be far more likely
 that he vii attempt to divert the at l tention of the Russians by a, thrust l from the direction of CracoW- An a.t- I tempted diversion Of this character is revealed by the Russian communfca- ton which reports a futile Austrian. attack in the direction of the Stry- Ap-
 parently this is designed to turn tho left flank of the Russian army and SO
 threaten all lines of communication north and south which supply the Rus
 sians' fighting in the Beslxid Range of the Carpathians.
 Reports of a battle in the North Sea, whic have come from so many differ
 ent cources, apparently are mythical.
 The reported German declaration that British officers had been iuaRris- Eoned in the military detention bar tracks, in retaliation for the refusal of the British to accord the same treat ment to the crews of the German sub 1 marines as to other prisoners, is eI- pected to place additional labor on | the shoulders of American diplomats Their good offices probably will be re- lquested in this connection
 Il According to a message from Am ! lsterdann the German foreign minister has presented a note to Ambassador l Gerard protesting against Great Brit I aims course and asking MT Gerard to
 arrange a personal investigation by a member of the staff of the American lembassy in London.