Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-04
British Observers of Opinion that
Allies Are Making Decided
Gains in Galicis and
Poland.
FIGHTING IN THE DARDANELLEs
Athens Dispatch Reports Bombard-
ment of Turkish Camp on the
Gulf of Saros.
BRITAIN STICKS BY BLOCKADE
The Days War News


RUSSIAN VICTORY OF Importance
in the war with Turkey IL made
known in q dispatch from Tifilis,
Transcnucnsia. A Russian army
advanced from Datum, ON the
Black Sea, Into TurIsish territory,
cut off the Turkish army's COM
municatiOns route 60 Constantine
pie and isolated LARGE districts OF
Turkish territory.
submarine squad
ron, composed of six submarines
and n number of torpedo bOats,
has left the Austrian naval base
OF POIa, on the Adriatic, pre-
sumanIy to strike Rt the Anglo
French fleet MT the DRrdanelIes.
ATHENS DISPATCHES state that
mine battIeships of the allies fleet
have advanced to the narroweHt
part of the DardanelIes, lombard
ing Turkish Qualifications and
troops aud landing force, which
scattered Turkish garrison.
ITALY CONTINUES military prep
Rrations, having taken M In Par
Iiament legislation for increasing
the strcEth of the army. The min
lister of war announced that all
classes were asking to enter the
army.
GERMAN OPINION, Ra reflected An
the Berlin press, Is divided in re-
gar dto the American note to Ger
many and Great Britain. some
newspapers share the view of the
government that the note iu an i'm
dicRtion OF the disinterested
friedliness of this country.
FRENCH WAR OFFICE annoumceu
that a long stretch of German first
line positions In the Champagne
region IL now under control of the
allies, hut the Berlin military,
chiefs repeat their assertion that
the French have been repuIsed
aud compelled 20 retire 40 their
own positions.
LONDON, March S.---According to
what appears to be the almost unani-
nous opinion OF British observers,
Germany and Austria are playing a
losing game along nearly all the east
ern front. The situation OF the Aus
trians In the Carpathians, Judging
from official and unofficial dis
patches from Petrograd, seems unsat-
isfaetory, while the Russians, 1t is
said, have definitely checked them
in eastern Galicia. Furthermore,
London advices continue to relate
successes for the Russian forces in
Poland operating against the armies
of Field Marshal Won Hindenburg.
The allies fleet again bombarded the
Dardanelles forts yesterday. according
to dispatches from Athens. but the Brit
ish press bureau has not confirmed this
report The Athens message says that
four ships shelled the Interior forts from
the Gulf OF Saros and that the anxiety al
Constantinople is increasing,
The attitude of the neutral powers over
Great Britain's proposal to shut off al
sea traffic with Germany forms the basis
of most of the political comment pub
lished today in England. The London
papers, through their Washington CORE,
spondents. all have been told that the
United States will protest vigorously and
protests are expected also from Holland
and the scandinavian countries.
Yet It Is not believed that Great Britain
will recede one whit from It's announced
intention, but that. II necessary, It will
define it's blockade measures and seek ic
make them effective. 1t is argued in
London that Germany, without domina-
tion OF the sea and carrying on an at
tempted blockade by means of suo-
marines, is quite naturally willing &c
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