The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-01-14
RUSSIANS !. NOW
FALLING BACK |,
Germans Reported Entrenchsd
on East Bank Of Rawka
Near Warsaw.
STILL WAITING FOR RUMANIA
Break in Deadlock In European War
May Come When Balkan State
Deciares-ltaiy May
Act Soon.

l S\St SVVSIs :
London, Jan. ia correspondent
has sent the following dispatch from
| Warsaw:
The Germans have crossed the
Rawka River barely thirty miles west
of Warsaw, have entrenched them
selves on the east bank and today at
tackled the most important line of de-
lenses made by the Russians for the
defense of Warsaw
THE defenses include barbed wire
entanglements as we'll as the most
carefully built field trenches.
The Germans attacked the wire
entanglements, today, were repulsed,
but the battle continues"
! War Waits New Entrants.
Only change in the weather or the
entrance into the war of Rumania or
Italy, or both, is likely to bring about
any marked change in the military sit
uation in Europe for some time to
come.
But the belief is growing in those
countries allied against Germany,
Austria and Turkey that Rumania,
with its we'll trained army of not less
than four hundred thousand men, will
throw itself into the conflict at an
early date. This, in effect, would
link Rumania with the extreme Rus
sian left now forcing it's way into
Hungary through Bukowina.
Taking into consideration the Ser
vians and Mqntenegrins, this would
form a line menacing Austria Hungary
along the entire southeastern frontier
from Russia to the Adriatic.
May Act Soon.
Just as rumors persisted for days
prior to Turkeys entrance into the
war, on the side of Germany, viii
tended to discount the step when ii
eventually was taken, so rumors now
center about Rumania and Italy.
There is strong feeling among the
general public in France and England
that definite action will not be de-
layed long. ..
-. British Again In Lille.
London, Ian. 11.--A dispatch to the
Daily Express from Boulogne asserts
that confirmation has been obtained
of the rumors that the Germans have
evacuated Lille and that the city is
now virtually in the possession of the
British
The British reply to the American
note occupies the attention of the
British press and public in the alb
sence OF any important news from the
battlefields.,
where the country is under water and
the rivers are flooded, the big guns
have been engaged continuously, but
the water and mud prevent the infan-
try from coming into action. Along
the Aisne valley, however, and
through the Champagne district as
far as western Argonne the French
are pushing their offensive and or
ganizing the ground which they have
gained. These gains have been made
at heavy cost.
In western Argonne the Germans
also claim to have made gains and to
have repulsed an attempt of the
French to carry their trenches In the
Woevre and In Alsace.
Report Russ Reverse.
The only news from the east is the
German report that the Russian Of
fensive toward Mlawa has met with
no success. their force having been
driven back.
In the Caucasus the Turks have
made a stand on the frontier near
Kara Urgan and are fiercely attacking
the Russian lines.
There is no development in the near
east, beyond the report from Sofia
that M. Guenadieff, the former Bul.
garian minister of foreign affairs. is
leaving for Rome ON q semi-official
mission, the object OF which Ia to a.
certain the attitude Of Italy toward
the possible future coordination of |
Itaio-B bulgarian interests in the Euro
pean war.
More Nations to Enter.
London, Jan. 9.-From Paris cOmse !
. report today that Rumania and Italy
have reached an agreement to enter |
the war simultaneously. The Morn |
ing Posts Bucharest correspondent
says:
..umania is mobilizing 10000 men,
Of which number SOC, 900 form the field
army. Rumania will strike. even
should Italy decide not to enter the
war.