Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-18
Great Britain Recognizes That
Great Sacrifices of Life
Must Be Made in Coming
Struggle,
FORCES IN FRANCE ARE
FIGHTING FOR POINTS
Now Believed That Rumania
and Bulgaria viii Soon En-
ter War Against Turkey and
Austria,
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London, March IL u0:50 p. nh
While Earl Kitchener. secretary for
war ana other cabinet ministers and
leaders are bending their energles To-
ward increasing the output OF war
material and are encouraging recruit
ing, complete optimism prevails. That
the victories Of last week were gained
only after heavy sacrifices and that
/ the casualty list must Increase In
! length as the war progresses. is full
~ realized; but everybody in England
believes that when the time comes
for the offensive there viii be no
turning back
Fighting for VANTAGE Points,
At present the armies OF Belgium,
Great Britain and France are fight
ing for the hills and other points
along the long front which will be-
OF the greatest advantage 10 the army
holding them when the advance be-
gins. According to the French com
municaton, the Belsians continue to
improve their positions IN Flanders,
aud the French 10 the north Of Ar
tas and IN Champagne have added
omincnccs to their gains whish are
of some importance.
The French and German official
communications. however, are SO con-
( Trajectory that II rs difficult to do
eide whether any change Is being
made generally In the dispositions Of
the two armies.
The optimism which pervades the
western allies IN shared hp the Rus
slans. All the pctrograd CORES
pondents Of the London papers lead
the public TO believe that big tvents
are impending II is apparent that
the Russians again, and not the Aus
trians. are on the move. particularly
az 5m0lenki. on the river san, whore
III emergea from the carpathlana.
while IN BukOwina according to un-
official dispatches from Bucharest.
the Austrians have been defeated In
la battle which has been raging along
the entire front
In northern Poland Isolated ae-
tons are being fought from the Nie-
men river 10 Przasynsz. the big bat
tie which was expected having ap-
parently been called OFF or postpon-
ed by Field Marshal Won Hindeuburg.
who is thought 10 have attained hts
object when he extrlcated his forces
from the forest Of August0wO.
Caucasus Has Battles.
The Russian Caucasian army is
WI hlllE uiWiiE AIlt iNhHl VI lIlt bAuiA
sea ana has taken the Turkish port
of Archawa aud repulsed the ut
tacks of the Turks, who are still OPP
Grating on the fringe OF Russian ter
ritOrY
By publishing a casualty list tonight
the British admiralty confirmed tho
reports from Athens mat the cruiser
Amethyst made a dash into the par
danelles ana was struck by q number
of shells. It Is presumed here that
Vice Admiral Garden sent the cruiser
on this risky mission TO unmask any
concealed batteries which the Turks
might have located along the straits
ana which the allied fleet had not de-
stroyed when they bombarded tho
forts Naval exports say that the
bows OF the Amethyst could be cush-
ioned so that she would receive no
damage from coming into contact
with mines ana IN their opinion her
success proves that heavily armored
ships could, at the present time, pcne-
trate the straits as guns which could
not sink light protected cruiser
would make little impression on bat
tleships Her dash Is compared to
Farragu's forcing OF the passage OF
the Mississippi
Balkan states Agtated.
There is considerable speculation as
to the negotiations which are reported
To lie taking place al sofia, where the
King Of Bulgaria today received the
Of the allies, tho Rumanian
and General Sir Arthur
Paget, who is returning from mis-
sion to Russia The possibility of Bull
laria and Rumanta simultaneously in
tervening in the war is suggested, the
former accepting the offer which
Greece declined.
Sir Edward Grey's replies TO the
American notes on the use of neutral
'mgs ON British merchant vessels. and
he prohibition imposed upon food
,tuffs destined for Germany. In which
0r the time Great Britain definitely
announces her intention TO establish
blockade have again brought the
diplomatic question 70 the front.
The replies, which were published
iere with the American notes, CON
aimed no SURPRISES. for beyond the
ise of the word blockade which
erns have been for the most part,
.nown
The assurance that neutral shipping
WIN be nterforcd with as little as pos
ible aud that neither ships or carg0es
yll be- confscated, II Is felt here,
huuld go a long way toward meeting
he American objections. However,
mother protest is expected.
Even these diplomatic questions on
which so much depends only momen-
arily distract attention from the bat
les on the eastern aud western fronts,
he operations against the Dardn-
relies and the activity Of German
which secured additional
ictims today
DECIDED GAINS REpORTED
IN FRENCH ~ NR OFFICE