, 1915-03-10
81 lines OF rain was measured in Chris
tiausted this morning

ST. 0 STATION
Continued from 4th paqe.)

tuaiity, the Government has q ecided to con
c|entrate ia North Africa IN eXpeditionary
force ready to put to sea at The first sign
that it is needed, and it will be directed TO
the point where its presence is required,
presumably Coustantinople.
AdyIces from Berlin state that David Bey,
Turkish Minister of Finance, has arrived
there. In the course of au interview he de
clared that the An glo-FIe nch attacks on the
Dardanelles had not achieved the slightest
success, and that the old forts at the entrance
of the Straits were unimpOItaut 10 the de-
fence of the waterway. Turkey he declared,
had 250,000 Of her best troops on the CALI
poli Peninsula The lurpose OF bis hip to
Berlin is to obtain certain financial guaran-
tees. He stopped in Roumania en- route and
obtained a favourable impression there and
does not expect any complications from that
quarter.
Adyices from Washington state that Ger
many has asked the United States to care
for its diplomatic interests at Constauuuople,
should the Allied forces occupy that city.
NJ. MorgeutLou, the United States Ambnssa-
dor, has been instructed to do SO and he is
also arranging q neutrul zone tor foreigners,
should the fighting touch the capital.
The end of the thilty-ilst week of the
war and sigus Of better weather after
n hard winter find the Allied Armies
in the Western theatre nearing rea-
diness for that concerted onslaught
on the Germans, in the preparation Of
which General Joffre and FIe.d Marshal
Sin John French have been busy during the
last tom months. From the sen, through the
the Dunes and Flinders to Arras, in France,
the British and Belgian Armies have With
stood successfully all attempts Of the Ger
mans to break through then ines, and from
Arras to the Nosges The French continue to
win slowly forward, especially IN the Cham
payne district, although the Germans ex-
act n heavy price for every step. The opti-
mism regarding The outcome of the ap
proaching Struggle felt in Great Britain,
France, aud Russia, is attributed largely
to the recuperatiye powers OF The Russians,
who, despite the fierce blows Of the Ger
mans under Field Mluslal Won Hludonburg,
have been able 10 push the invaders buck
along yirt ually the whole front, until the
fighting has agiin hoyed very mean to the
East Prussian frontier. In tie South, the
Russians have frightened then grip on Gall
cha during the last few days, aud ore reoccu-
pying the c|rownland Of Buk0Wina with
forces sufficient, according to their claims,
to make their tenure permanent. The Rus
sian Victory over me htilldu d!ll6S III ne
valleys of Lomnitz and LIkya, where they
surrounded twenty thousand Austriaus,
should have a stlong Influence towards COM
pelhng the Auslro-G Germans again to e%yacuate
the vicinity OF CzeInowitz, f still there.
Advices from Paris state chat durilg The
past fortnight there has been a MAJ ked in
crease IN the confidence noticeable in that city,
eliminating in the following statement by a
prominent Government official: II am con
viuced that the Allies will bring the war to n
favourable conclusion before the Autumn"
This is only his personal opinion, but news
from the front indicates that the Allies have
acquired a complete ascendency over then
opponents, especially the French, who are
proving themselves irresistible when Animal
Cd by the assurance Of victory"
The military correspondent Of the "Temps"
emphasizes that the spirit and condition of
the French infantry are SO adapted TO mod
ern conditions that the offensive is now less
costly than the defensive. The recent re-
tirement of inc efficient Generals has worked
wonders, and the sanitary services ale so
efficient that the percentage of illness is actu-
ally lower in the trenches than in former
years in the barracks. Seven months Of ser
vice have transformed the conscripts into q
nation Of trained soldiers.
Reuters correspondent at Athens states
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