Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-09
Summary of Var
NeIUs of YESTERDAY

With the completion Of the note
which Is to be dispatched by the
, American government to the German
Government. william Jennings Bryan
resigned his office az secretary Of
state
In his letter Of resignation. Nj.
Bryan declared that the president had
prepared for transmission 20 Germany
note in which ! cannot join with
out violating what l deem 60 be an
obligation 10 my country and the issue
involved ls Of such moment that TO
remain a member of the cabinet would
be as unfair 60 you as II would be TO
the cause which N nearest my heart,
namely. tho prevention Of war
In accepting the resignation of the
secretary of state, President Wilson
said.
1--WE ara not separated IN the object
We seek, but the method by which we
seek H.
Although there has been heavy
fighting at various points along the
western me, Il is still IN the east that
the great conflict is raging. Here In
the Galician section, the Austro-Ger-
mans are keeping " their drive Of
the Russians eastward Advancing
from Przemysl the German General
Won IinsinEcn's forces now have
reached Lubaczow, which lies forty
miles northeast Of the recaptured for
trese, while other Teuton armies have
made additional advances south Of the
Dniester and along the Pruth.
As 90 the fighting on the western
line. Pnris ana Berlin IN their official
statements are nj variance only
slight gains, however. are claimed by
either combatanf. Positions captured
/ from the Germans In the region OF
/ Notre Dame de Lorette have been
consolidated, additional houses oecn-
pied by the Germans At Ncuvile-St
/ WAIST have been captured, and a gain
along front Of about 200 metres
7 has been made 90 the south of hebn-
/ terne according To Paris.
Berlin asserts that an allied attack
on the southern slope OF the BOrette
hills failed Tint another offensive
south Of MELVILLE was checked by
German artillery and that In the re-
glon ~ Hcbuterne the fighting con-
tnues IN addition, the Germans say
that northwest Of Berry Au-BuC the
allies suffered heavy losses in an un-
successful attempt to recapture the
position which they lost to the Ger
mans last May
There is little known Of the stua-
ton along the Austro- italian frontier.
Vienna, n reporting the repulse with
heavy LOSSES Of Isolated attacks by the
Italians near Gradisca and Grade.
says that the Italians are apparently
preparing for a general attack along
the Isonzo river.
Aircraft have been unusually active
An Austrian aer0plane has attacked
and destroyed an Italian dirigible air
ship. ana another Austrian heavier
than-air machine has dropped bombs
on Venice, on a balloon shed at Mu-
rano, near Venice and on an Italian
torpedo boat destroyer.
Sir John French, the British COM
mandcr- 'n-chicf. reports that the
British have brought down two Ger
man acroplanes on the western line.
while Berlin asserts that the Ger
mans have shot down an allied air
craft near Rerrv-Au- Rac
Reginald A J. Warneford the ca
madam flier who destroyed Zeppelin
near Client has been complmentod
BY King George for his daring feat
and awarded the Victoria cross Great
Rritain's highest award for valor.