New Britain herald., 1915-03-27
i. ITALY ON VERGE OF PARTICIPATING IN WAR
 ON SIDE OF ALLIES Every Possible Measure Preparatory '. to Beginning Of Hostllties Taken
 by italian Government. ALL RUSSIAN FORCES ARE
 EXPELLED FROM EAST PRUSSIA


 Heixh.s in Vosges, Won by French
 After several Weeks of Hard Fight
 1no---Aviators of Germans and AL
 kirk and Strassburg-Turl1ish Forts Y at.Dartlanus Destroyed.
 Decisive action by Italy is re- sarded in Rome as imminent. brief despatch from that city today states that the Italian government has taken ssevery possible measure preparatory to beginning war on the side of the allies It is also said in Rome that there { is observable a tendency on the part of Bulgaria to adopt policy favor able to- the allies and that the govern < ment hopes to act in conjunction with Italy and Rumania. The attitude of Bulgaria has been in doubt on ac- count of her hostility toward the other Balkan nations, with the excep- tion of Turkey, which grew out of the second Balkan war.
 Prince Favors Neutrality.
 Prince George of Greece is leaving Italy for Athens to support the policy of his brother, King Constantine, for the continued neutrality of his na- tion, in opposition to the faction which favors intervention on the side of the alles.
 x Despatches reaching Paris, from Athens states that the Turkish forts nt Dardanus and Kilid Bahr on the Dardanelles have been destroyed and that batteries which attacked mine sweepers have been silenced by two battleships of the alliss.:a13sttsk kssaa; and. French warsnips are said to have taken transports to the Gulf of Sny- rna, on the coast of Asia Minor.
 slsirmisil in Egyp.. &7 Notwithstanding the reported sue cesses of the British in repelling the Turkish invaders of Egypt, the Turks have not been expelled from the country. An official statement from Cairo says that a skirmish occurred on Tuesday with small losses on both sides.
 e Reports continue to come in of important. Russian successes in the Carpathians. Swiss newspapers pub ! fish despatches to the effect that the : Russians have defeated the Austrians in several engagements along the front from Bukowina to western Gal , icia.
 Russian Attempt Defeated 1.-The German war office announces that a; Russian attempt to attack Til sit, East Prussia, as was done to Mem { recent dash across the border to Mem el, has been defeated It is said also that several efforts of the Russian forces in northern Poland to advance resulted in failures. Unofficial ad- , vices from Berlin are to the effect that the last of the Russian forces which invaded the northern part of } East Prussia have been expelled.
 Hartmans-Weilerk a height in the Vosges for possession of which the French and Germans have been fighting for several weeks, has been won by the French. An official an- nouncement to this effect from Paris is confirmed by the German war of- flee
 'Aviators of Germany and the allies threw bombs yesterday on several towns at widel separated points along the western front including Strass- burg, capital of Alsace-Lorraine and Calais on the English Channel So far as is disclosed, no serious damage was done A French aviator was brought down by the Germans near Arras.
 Italy Ready for War. Rome, March 26, 1O:55 D. m., via Paris, March 27, 5:10 a. rn-Every measure possible has been taken bv the Italian government preparatory to the beginning of hostilities by Italy on the side of the allies
 German Official Report.
 Berlin, March 27, by Wireless to Sayville, N Y.-The German general sa-staff today gave out a report on the 2 progress of the fighting, which reads as follows:
 tIn the Vosges the French yester- day evening occupied the top of Hart manns-Weilerkopf, on the edge of d height held by German troops.
 Eleven Frelhcllmen Killed.
 French aviators yesterday threw bombs at Bapaume and Strassburg without doing any military damage. In Bapaume eleven Frenchmen were Killed and twenty-two severely swounded.
 1ssA French aviator was compelled to come to the ground at point (Continued on Eleventh Page,)