The chronicle=news., 1915-01-01
|NEWYEARB BRINGS
No CESSATION
Of CONFLICT
IN EUROPE
Fighting in East and
West Wages FuriouS|y
With Birth Of 1915

Fighting on land is proceeding
along virtually the same lines as dur
ing the last few days. The Berlin
war office announced today the
abandonment of the attempt to re-
take the Belgian town of st. Georges
I-ereccntly captured by the allies
on account of the high water there.
The heaviest fighting in the west
yesterday was in the Argonnc. The
Berlin official statement asserts that
ground was won there and that 400
prisoners and quantity OF supplies
were taken. The French war office
admits that the Germans advanced
fifty yards in places. The allies. it
is claimed, are making progress foot
by foot in the battle for the posses
sion of the Alsation town OF Stein
bach.
IN Poland fighting has been all
but halted by Il heavy mist Russian
attacks in Galicia, near the CarIath-
ians, are declared at Vienna to have
been repulsed.
Publication in London of the text
of the note concerning British inter-
~
| aIlaycd irritation there which arose
from false impressions of the tone in
which the communication was
| phrased. 1t is believed there that
] in view of the British governments
avowcd intention of treating the
question in the same friendly spirit
as is shown by the American gov
ernmcnt. an amicable adjustment
speedily will be arranged.
Emperor William in stirring ad
dress to his soldiers and sailors on
the first day of the new year. refers
to the brilliant German victories
since the opening of hostilities and
then lays emphasis on the state
ment that every attempt of the en-
emies of the Fatherland to enter up
on German territory in numerical
strength has failed.
Behind the army and the fleet is
the German nation, His Majesty de-
clared, prepared for every sacrifice
to protect the country from outrag-
eous invasion. In conclusion the
Emperor calls upon his people to face
the new year unflinchinsly and to
win new victories for the Father
land.
As the year 1915 opens, after five
months of hostilities in the great
war, the fighting both in the eastern
and the western arenas is going on
without decisive result for either
side. There has been no material
let-up with the advent OF severe win
ter weather in the determination
and severity of the encounter. In
Poland there are today active hos
tilities between Germans and Rus
slams between the Vistula and Pill
cha rivers and along the battle line
in France from the sea to Switzer-
land there are almost continuous eX-
changes of artillery fire, or infan-
try charges aginst trenches followed
by desperate counter attacks.
! Neither is aerial activity being ne
elected. Only yesterday four Ger
man airships dropped combs on the
French channel port of Dunkirk
There are in Germany today after
approximately $50 days Of hostilitics
$4,000 military prisoners of war.
These include over $500 officers,
among whom are found % generals.
Russian prisoners are the most nr-
merous, with nearly 1000 Officers
| and men.
The American note to the British
government on unWarranted inter
ference with American commerce to
neutral countries has met with ia
yorablc reception in Italy. Italy con
fronts a similar situation in the mat
ter of her own commerce and she is
hopeful that the steps taken by
Washington will result in clearing
up the contraband question for her
self and other neutrals as well as for
the United States.