Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-01-30
FRENCH PUSHING
ATTACKS in WEST
Movement North of scissors is
Rapidly Developing into
Dangerous Offensive.
THREATEN GERMAN RAILWAYS
kaiser's Forces North of Reims Me-
naced by Recent Gains of Allies
Teutons Making Progress In
Argonne Region.

London, Jan. 13-The French at
tacks to the north of scissors, on the
Aisne and near Porthes, east of
Reims. are developing into a danger
Gus offensive. The gains the French
have made at these points, if followed
up, would have twofold importance.
They threaten the railways which the
Germans are using to supply their
troops in the fighting line and are
good menace to the German forces
which hold positions to the north of
Reims
The French have found it impossi-
bic to take, by frontal attacks, those
positions, from which the Germans
are bombarding Reims, but advances
on either side would enve1op them
and force retirement, thus giving
the cathedral city much desired re-
lief from the German shells.
In the Argonne and on the heights
OF the Mouse the Germans are on the
offensive and claim to have made
further progress. 1t is reported that
the Germans have sent heavy rein
forcements to this district to prevent
the French from breaking their lines,
Which, arc NO4y SAOoO " thOAA ONA
border and not far from Metz.
Fresh German troops dispatched to
Alsace, combined with the Wintry
weather, have stopped the French ad-
vance in that region. Along the rest
of the front artillery is doing most
| of the work Only isolated attacks
are being attempted. the state of the
weather and the ground making the
| ro0 IF Of
| out of the question.
Germans Fail on vistuIa.
An official statement issued last
night says:
ION the left bank of the Vistula the
night of January IL and all the fol-
| lowing day, the Germans continued
| the attempts, which have become Gus
tomary of late, to attack by small de-
| tachments at different points along
our front, but nevertheless all these
attempts were easily repulsed by our
rifle fire and cannonading, which in
f1icted grave losses on the enemy.
Russians Falling Back.
London, Jan. ia correspondent
| has sent the following dispatch from
| Warsaw:
1.-THE Germans have crossed the
Rawka River barely thirty miles west
of Warsaw, have entrenched them
selves on the east bank and today at
tackled the most important line of de
lenses made by the Russians for the
defense of Warsaw.
THE defenses include barbed wire
entanglements as well as the mos
carefully built field trenches.
The Germans attacked the wire
entanglements today, were repulsed
but the battle continues
War Waits New Entrants.
Only change in the weather or the
entrance into the war of Rumania OF
Italy, or both, is likely to bring about
any marked change in the military sit
! uation in Europe for some time t.
come
But the belief is growing in those
countries allied against Germany
Austria and Turkey that Rumania
. with its well trained army of not les.
than four hundred thousand men, viii
throw itself into the conflict at al
early date. This, in effect, woult
link Rumania with the extreme Rus
sian left now forcing its way int,
Hungary through Bukowina-
Taking into consideration the Ser
vans ana MOnIeneSr1nS, THIS WOul
form line menacing Austria-Hungar.
: along the entire southeastern frontie
from Russia to the Adriatic.
May Act Soon.
Just as rumors persisted for day
prior to Turkeys entrance into tn
war, on the side OF Germany, whic
j. tended to discount the step when j
eventually was taken, so rumors nov
:. | center about Rumania and Italy
There is a strong feeling among tn
,, general public in France and Englan
that definite action will not be dc
n layed long.
\ British Again in Lille.
London, JAM IA dispatch to tn
Daily Express from Boulogne assert
thet confirmation has been obtaine
of the rumors that the Germans hav
= evacuated Lille and that the city i
now virtually in the possession of tn
British