The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-18
WAR SUMMARY
PROGRESS OF CONDITIONS AS
COMPILED by THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

Italy's future course with respect to
the war has now become a subject of
intense interest. Italy has long been
making ready for any eventuality
and, according TO dispatches from
Rome, the time is near at hand for
her to make her decision.
There are reports of the assembl-
ing of a large Italian fleet. of final
tests of heavy guns, of people gath
and finally of Italy's desires with re-
spect to Austrian territory-desires
which. dispatches from Austria init
mate, car never be fulfilled.
Prince Won Buelow, the German
ambassador at Rome. is said to have
given formal assurances that Ger
many will be able TO induce Vienna
to concede to Italy what she demands
of territory, but it is declared on re-
liable authority Italy's demands in
clude a large extent of coast on the
Adriatic sea, comprising even the
Austrian naval base of Pola, as well
as the provinces of Trent and Trieste.
Meanwhile the battles in the eastern
and western war zone continue on a
much more extensive scale than the
official communications issued by the
respective governments would indi-
cate. The Russians apparently are
forcing the lighting in Poland, while.
/ according to Petrograd, they are
holding at bay the Austro-German
armies in Galicia and in the Carpa-
thians. In addition they have re-
sumed their campaign in the crown
land of Bukowina. from the great
part OF which they withdrew a few
weeks ago.
All of the official statements, Aus
trian, Russian and German. tell OF
the capture OF prisoners and guns
and progress made at various points.
An official British account of the
recent operations at Neuve Chapelle,
in which the British troops were sue
cessful in forcing back the Germans,
now place the German casualties be-
tween March 10 and 13 at from IT,
900 to $4,000 men.
There have been several other ae-
tions in recent days where the losses
are described as very heavy.
Nothing of an official nature has
been made public recently regarding
the operations in the ~Dardanelles,
but some unofficial dispatches indi-
cate that the warships are meeting
with a determined fire from the
Turkish forts in their efforts to pen
citrate the straits. An Athens dis
patch to a German paper says that
the Turks have even succeeded in
placing new heavy guns in the Kun
Kale battery, at the mouth of the
straits. Several of the attacking
ships also are reported to have been
damaged.
Fifteen wounded Germans from
the cruiser Dresden, sunk by the
British off the island of Juan Fer
nandez, have reached Valparaiso.
They report three men killed in the
action, and il is also reported that
nineteen are missing. The command
er of the Dresden and $40 men came
out of the fight uninjured and. it is
said, will be brought to Valparaiso.
The American club of Dresden has
issued an appeal, which will be, dis
tributed throughout the United
States, against the shipment from
America OF arms and ammunition to
the nations at war.
1t is reported from Berlin that the
American ambassador has been asked
by Germany to enter a protest at
London against the declaration OF the
British admiralty that the captured
German submarine crews-specifcal-
ly the crew of the U-12 should be de-
prived of the ordinary privileges of
prisoners of war.