The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-12
Persistenly Rum0red That
Definite Action by These
Two Countries Cannot Be
Delayed Long
ARMIES IN EAST AND !.
WEST DEADLOCKED;
LULL IN FIGHTING
Allies and Germans Both
Claim Advantage in East.
Russian Invasion Into
Hungary Is Halted

Amsterdam, January 11.--(via Lon
don. 9:05 p. m.)-Refugces who ar
rived at Bergen Op- -Zoom from Brus-
sells says the Nieuw Van Den Dag
reports that a great fire has broken
out at the former Belgian capital.
London, January 11.-(fO,30 .. m.)
Only change In the weather or en-
trance into the wnr of Roumnnia or
Italy, or both. IN likely to bring about
any marked change In the military sit-
uation In Europe for sometime to come.
The belief is growing in countries al
lied against Germany. Austria and Tur-
key that Roumanfa with her well
trained army of mot less than 4oo,0OO
men soon Will throw herself Into the
conflict. This. in effect, would link
Roumania with the extreme Itussian
left. now forcing it's way into Hungary
through Bukowina.
Taking into consideration the Servians
and Montenegrins, this would form line
menacing Austria Hungary along the en-
tire southeastern frontier from Russia to
the Ardiatic.
just as rumors persisted for days prior
to Turkeys entrance into the war. SO
rumors now center about Rounania aud
Italy. There is a strong feeling among
the general public in France and England
that definite action will not long be de-
layed.
Armies DeadlOcked
Megns ia tile Srna.rs nire,s'7 N Il
field In the east and west remained vir.
tually deadlocked. In Alsace the French
continue. by sapping and sporadic
charges, attempts to force their way
nearer the Rhine. but neither side claims
any new progress The Germans threw
reinforcements into Alsace after the re-
cent French advance and apparently they
have held their ground in view of the
failure of the French to consolidate posi-
lions they took after much hard fighting
With comparative lull in this quarter
and artillery duels predomnating near the
Belgian coast. fighting OF a desperate
character has broken out in the center,
notably to the northeast of Soissons
which through bombardments seems likely
to suffer the fate of Rheims, and farther
east, In the vicinity of Perthes and
Beausejour from which points the allies
have been trying to reach the important
railway TO the north. the seizure of which
would cut one of the German main ar
teries of communication.
Official communications do not agree as
to the outcome of the recent fighting In
these areas. The allies claim to have
forged ahead from Scissors: the Ger
mans say these attacks have not been
fruitful and that fighting is proceeding.
The allies contend they have advanced
north of Perthes and still hold the ground
at Beausejour to the north and east. The
Germans make no mention of lighting
north of Perthes. but maintain that they
have advanced east of the village. The
fighting in the vicinity of Beasejour.
which the allies consider so important,
they ignore
Situation Unchanged
Neither East Prussia nor Poland fur
nishes any change in the general situa-
ton. and, strangely. the Russians have
added little with reference to the expected
invasion of Hungary by way of I5uko-
wilma, although more than week ago
they claimed to be at the threshold 1t
is conceded. however. that virtually the
whole of Bukowina Is In Russian hands
and dispatches reaching London from
Bucharest say that thousands of fugitives
From that territorv a ra croueinv H. D..