, 1915-02-24

1919 b HSA''o ~ DIISbN'C uIQ uIuO RClGI uS
OF division for younger men.
Correspondence has been published which
was exchanged between King George and
President Poiucale on July 31st. and August
1st, being their last effort for peace. Presi-
dent toincare wrote that it depended upon
England, aud the King replied that he was
using bis best efforts with the Kaiser and
the Car, mud that he would do so until the
Inst, in the hope that at least it would give
an interval for negotiations.
Advices from Bombay announce the death
OF the Hon. Gopal Gokhale, President of the
Indian Congress in 1905 and representative
Of the unofficial members Of the Bombay
Legislature on the Yiceroy's Legislative
Council.
The third engineer and two of the fire.
men at the Cardiff steamer "CnmhnDk',
which was torpedoed and SINK off HolyEead,
were killed and another member of the crew
WAS drowned IN getting into u bOat, bat the
rest OF the crew were saved. The SC, m
bank" had just taken on board - pilot for
Liverpool.
Dispatches from Coustantinople state that
the following official tntement has been is
sued: early on Saturday morning the Bri-
iieh and French ships renewed the lombard
ment Of the outer forts of the DarGuntlles,
firing 400 shots without much success. One
soldier WAS slightly wounded by a fragment
Of stone, Eight armoured Anglo French
ships bombarded the outer forts for seven
hours without siIenclng them. The enemy
fired guns Of great calibre. Three hostile
armoured ships We're damaged, the flagship
being damaged severely"
The German movements on The northern
extremity of the eaat orn battlefront hold first
place in the military situation, particularly
30 as Petrograd believes that Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg is trying to flank Warsaw
from the north, q task which the Russinns
think is q daring risk, unless the German
commanders forces are overwhelming. The
first rush Of the Germans over the East
PrusslAn frontier seems spent and they are
now reported to be locked with Russian re-
Inducements ut many points, from the river
Nlemen, below Kovno, down to the right
bank of the lower Vistula. Military experts
III London find it difficult to visualize the
position. The campaign III the Austrian
croWpland of B%ukowinu continues with pros
poets OF developing INTO u decisive battle
on the banks Of the Pruth. In Gnlicia
the repeated violent Austrian attacks
against the Russian positions in the
Cntpnthian Passes have been costly TO
both sides, but the alignment has been little
changed. In the west The Germans are
hnmmering away III mn endeavour to recover
lost ground aud are reported to be keeping
the British troops especially busy south-east
OF Ypres and elsewhere along their compura-
lively extended front, but according to the
claims of the French and British without
making appreciable gains.
The "Kreuz Zritung" states that the Kai-
ser ordered special thanksgiving services to
be held i'll all the churches in Germany to-
day for the liberation of East Prussia from
the Russian invaders.
The reports of the German victory in The
NlazuriNn Lake region of East Prussia make
it apparent that the Russian defeat was Sc
we're, and German military officers in Berlin
doubt whether much remain Of about five
Russian corps engaged. The Russians, they
sny, may have saved some artillery, through
their quick retreat, but their troops to The
number of 10000 are no longer to be reck-
Oned with by the German armies.
Advices from Petrograd state that the
Russian General Stnff accuses the German
and Austrian War Offices of making false
claims i'll their reports Of sweeping victories
and thousands of prisoners taken during the
recent operations. 1t is admitted TINT re-
treats have taken place from Bukowinn and
Eust Prussia, but it is asserted that these
were ordered for strategic reasons and that