, 1915-01-20

man infantry and cavalry before them. It
is believed the Grand Duke Nicholas intends
to use m entirely new army, consisting Of
from 100000 to 1000, 600 men, in this re-
gion, operating in conjunction with the
army which is advancing in East Prussia.
This army should pace the Germans at
Mlawa IN a wise and at the same time threat
en- their rea1 before Warsaw where they are
still making occasional attacks on the Rus
sian line.
The DAILY News" correspondent at Cairo
states that there is no longer any doubt that
the Turkish army in Syria, under pres
sure from its German taskmasters, in
tends to attempt q move upon Egypt,
and this cannot be delayed beyond the
middle of February because of the approach
of the hot months when the desert water
supplies are dried up. People i'll Cairo,
he asserts, whether native or European, ridi-
Guile the idea Of serious hRbing on Egyptian
soil, but Turkey is doing her utmost TO take
the matter seriously, not being content with
mere demonstration in order to prevent the
withdrawal of the British troops from Egypt
to Europe. Three quarters of the army TO
be employed viii be pu Iely Turkish, most.
OF the Arab regiments left in Syria having
been drafted to Ihrace and ConstautinOpLe,
or sent HPNlDbI me huSSluiS III ASIA hlluUl
or KurdeAtan. Discomfort is rite among
the Arabs who remain and deseltions are
extraordinarily numerous, The new Syrian
army thus formed is not to be despised, in
Guiding, as it does, some of the Sultan's
picked troosp, but while the Turks have
supplanted the Arabs, they themselves have
been supplanted in all directions by Germans,
and while Diemul Pasha is nominally the
Now ou1or-ie-( biaf fho 10 oil l,OvJar jc U9cfn1
in Colonel Won Kresseustein and his German
Staff.
London, Jan. 17th.-The death is an
nounced Of Vice-Admiral oir George Mares.
The forces Of the Union of South Africa
have occupied S~wakOpmund, German south
west Africa.
Tie Daily Mails" correspondent at Petro-
grad states that in the punitive expedition
against the Servians, Count Berchtold's OBJ
session was that it was no disgrace to be
beaten by the Russians bat that unless he
could chastlse the Stryians, Austria would
be Inundated for ever. Count Tisza took
the line that there was no military value in
pursuing The Seryian Campaign, and to this
the KAISER agreed. Count Berchthold's orgu-
ment was that the heart of the Austrian
people cannot be kept up except by vigorous
action against Servia, to which Count Tisza
replied that if Hungary was left to repel the
invaders by herself, she would withdraw her
troops to within heI own borders and would
not cooperate further with the German and
Austrian armies. The Kaiser had then tod
eide whether it was better to offend AustriH,
or Hungary. The latter seemed to him to be
the more valuable and he therefore threw
his iuHaence on Count Tisza's side. The
Hungarian Premier is now therefore pracli-
cally dictator of the whole Empire, which is
81 bitter pill for the Austriaus to swallow.
The final trial of strength came on the ques-
tion as to whittier the three army corps
Germany is lending her Ally should be en-
ployed, Count Berchtold wanted them sent
against Servia, while Count Tisza wanted
them in Hungary and he carried the day
consequently soon these German troops will
participate, probably in II fresh advance
across the Carpathians, the object of the
mauoeuvre, i'll addition to wardlng off the
invasion of Hungary, being to relieve the
pressure on CIucow Oh the left and Transyl-
wanna Oh the right. Probabilities however
favour it's failure.
The Chimes" says that the "Dacia" should
be seized if she sails and the Daily Mail is
of a similar opinion. 1t is presumed that it is
also the official view, subject to negotiation
if the United States should ask for terms Of
acquiescence, instead of asserting its right
Oreiudiciol to RIitish inferasts aud i'm Accord