Evening star., 1915-12-25
BELLIGERENTS CONTINUE
FIGHT ON ALL FRONTS
Russians Reported Repulsed in At
tacks on Bessarabian
Front. ::
ALLIED LINES ARE SHELLED
German Artillery at Lake Doiran,
Macedonia, Reported to Be Bonn
harding Entente Positions
Near Saloniki. g.

Peace on earth. good will to-
ward men" that sentiment enun-
ciated to the shepherds on the
plains OF Bethlehem and an
nouncing that unto the world a
Christ was born: that sentiment
which during the ages has been
the light and inspiration OF civ
ilization today finds no echo on
the great battlefields of Europe,
where, in lust for blood that vic.
tory may be achieved countless
thousands of soldiers continue the
struggle. From the northern
plains OF Flanders to the noun
tains separating France and Ger
many, from the Gulf of Riga to
the Austrian frontier on the
south, where Russians and Ger
manic hosts are facing each other;
for many miles around Saloniki
and in the districts of the near
east, where Mohammedan mill
tary strength is pitted against
Christian. the tremendous boom
ing OF heavy guns continues, and
men are being sacrificed to the
war god that their bones and
sinew may be nodded into that
intangible something recognized
as triumphant success.
True, the fighting being en-
gagged in by the belligerent forces
on the various fronts is not of a
determined offensive character,
but the men are there, the guns
are there and as far as it is pos
sible under present strateglcal
conditions tLey are continuing
the fight.
Russians Reported Beaten.
There has been a renewal of activity
on the Bessarabian front, the Russians
attacking the Austrian forces there,
a according to the latest official report
from Austro- Hungarian army head
quarters. The official statement de-
clares that Russian attacks were re-
pulsed with heavy losses to the Rus-
sian troops.
The Montenegrin consulate in Paris
has received the following delayed
message regarding the fighting IN
positions near the village or LipoVetz;
All of his attacks were repulsed and
we took fifty prisoners and some ma
chine guns. In the direction Oh berahA
and RoZai we took the offensive anu
drove the Austrians back almost to
Rozaj, taking a certain number OF pris-
oneIs."
Bombard Allies Line.
The Athens correspondent OF the
telegraphs under Fridays date
that German artillery on the banks Of
Lake Doiran, in Macedonia, about forty
miles northwest of Saloniki, are bonn
harding the Anglo-French lines.
Allies Arouse Greek Feeling.
BERLIN, December 25.-"Greek feel
ing in southern Macedonia against the
entente powers is rapidly increasing.
reiyed by the Frankfurter Zeitung,
saws the overseas News Agency. which
adds:
"The dispatches assert that the An.
vlo- French commanders for strategfcal
reasons ordered the evacuation OIL
twenty prospecting towns between
Landyade and Galiko rivers. 1t being
simulated that these places must De
evacuated within forty-eight hours
Attempt to Resist Order.
..The Greek population attempted to
resist the order, the Frankfurter Eel
ting correspondent says. and asked Tor
helm at Athens, but the representatives
here of the entente powers declared
nat force would be used ii the towns
we're not Immediately evacuated.
"Col. Phallis of the Greek aiL army re re-
.rai times and conferred with King
and the chief OF the gem .nd
- adde that it is known in the Greek
a apital that no accord can be obtained
,atween Col Phallis and the entente
..e ~, In Saloniki"