Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-08

awaiting German reinfOrcements
French on the Offensive.
Between the Meuse and Moselie,
the French. on the offensive, are at
tempting to force the Germans, to
give up St. lMihiel and the region in
the vicinity Of that now famous town.
The Germans officially report the
repulse of all French attacks, and a
semi-ofticial statement from Berlin
says "the British, by prearranged
plan, retreated from Regnieville to
Fey-en-Haye."
The Belgians have regained a por-
ton of the ground lost in Flanders
but elsewhere there is no change on
the western front
1t is generally believed the COM
bined land and sea attack on the
Dardanelles will begin shortly and
that at the same time the Russians
who now apparently are in command
of the Black Sea, will lombard the
Bosphorus forts.
Victory in South Africa.
In South Africa the British and
South African forces continue victori-
GUS along the railways, but. thus far
have been unable to oYertake the
main German army. In England the
drink question is still uppermost. The
cabinet discussed what governmental
action should be taken in the prem
ises, but did not reach any decision.
ltaly's Navy Concentrating.
! On Italian frontier. April Var.
ships of the Italian feet departed sud
oenly Monday fro mthe Mediterranean
naval stations at Spezia and Gaets.
Maddalena island. They are concen-,
tried at Agusta, Sicily and at Toranto.,
They are thus within few hours Of the
Adriatic The departure Of these ships
caused profound impression particu-
larly at Spezia, where until Sunday
the harbor was crowded with dread
noughts, cruisers, torpedo boats and
destroyers. The town is filed with
officers and sailors. italy now has the
finest feet in her history and is head
ed by several new dreadnoughts, the
most formidable of which corresponds
in the Italian navy to England's Queen
Elizabeth. The future movements OF
the ships are velled with absolute Sc
crecy.
Take More Prisoners.
1t was officially communicated to.
night that fighting continues on the
Carpathian front. An additional
thousand Russians were captured on
the heights east of Laborcza valley.
We took two guns, seven machine
guns and munitions, including 5000
rifles. We have bomharded Belgrade
as reprisal for shelling Tuesday of
an open town of Orzova, southeast of
Hungary
BuIqarian's Position.
Rome, April 7.-Commenting upon
Bulgaria's reply to Serbia's protest
growing out of the Valandovo incident
(the attack by Bulgarian irregulars
upon Serbian frontier guards, the
Tribuna says the clash must have dis
pleased the Triple Entente powers
while reviving the hopes of the central
empires and Turkey. The newspaper
thinks that Bulgaria is negotiating
with the allies, while at the same time
Austria and Germany.
Bulgaria, hoping for : realization OF
the provisions of the treaty OF San
stefano, the Tribuna declares, is
playing a most audacious game which
may cause all sorts of surprises"
The treaty of San Stefano, to which
the Tribuna refers, was signed on
March 3, 1878 at San Stefano, small
port on the sea of Marmora, west OF
Constantinople, and put an end to the
Russo-Turkish war. Under it's prov1-
sions principalty of Bulgaria was to
be created extending from the Danube
to the Aegean: Rumania, Serbia and
Montenegro We're recognized as inde-
pendent. The provision of the treaty
were greatly altered, however. by the
Congress Of Berlin, June-July4 1878
some of the territory which Bulgaria
was to obtain under this treaty was
awarded to her as the result OF the
last Balkan wars. .a