Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-01-14
RuMoRs THAT TWO COUNTRIES
WILL AID ALLIES GAIN
cREDENcE ~ ENC
LAND AND FRANCE.
DESPERATE STRUGGLE
BREAKS OUT I'M CENTER
Gernnans Throw Heavy Fseinforcements
into Aisacs After Recent Advance
and Apparently Are Able to
Hold Ground - french
Continue Charges.


London, Jan. I3.only change ii
the weather, Or the entrance into tn
war of Roumanla or Italy or both. i
likely To bring about any Tnarkes
change IN the military situation Il
EUROPE for somn time To come.
The belief Ii gaining ground Ii
those countries allied against Ger
many, Austria and Turkey, that Rou
mania with her we'll trained army d
not less than 100000 men, will throw
herself into the conflict lit an earl,
date That IN effect, would link Ron
mania with the extreme Russian left
nov forcing its way Into Hungary
through HakowIna.
Menace to Austria Hungary
Taking into consideration the serv
isna and Montenegrins, this would
form q line ntenaeing Ausfria.IIangary
4 along the entire southeast frontier
from Russia To the Adrialie.
Just a. rulfsors persisted FOR DAYS
prior to Turkeys entrance into the
war On the side ag Germany. which
tended 10 discount the. step when ii
was eventually taken, no rumors now
center about Rormania and Italy,
There ~ h strong feeling among the
general public Ia france and England
that definite action Will NOT be long
delayed.
Meanwhile. the armies already fl
the field n the East and West remain
virtually deadloeked. In Alaace the
French continue. By sapplng and spor.
adie charges. attempts 70 force their
way nearer the Rhine. hut there has
been snow 10 the Nosges and ii Ii no.
tlcaabla that neither side claims any
new progress.
The Germans threw heavy re.en.
fofcements into Alsaee after the re-
cent advance and apparently they have
been able 10 hold their ground Ia
view Of the failure or the French to
consolidate the position they took Ar.
ter much hard flRhting.
Fierce Fighting at Center.
With q cesnparatice lulu III this
quarter and artillery iuels predonl.
mating near the Belgian coast. light
fng Of 4 desperate character has brok-
en- out IN tho center. notably 10 the
northeast OF SoissonE. which, through
bombardnsents, seems likely % suffer
the fate Of Rheims. and further east
in the vicinity or perthas and Because
Jour, from which points the allies have
been trying 10 reach the important
railway TO the north. the seizure Of
which would eut one OF the Herman
main arteries OF communication.
The Official communications al the
contending nations do not agree as Ia
the outcome or the recent fsghtinR III
these areas. The allies claim Ia have
forged ahead from SCISSORS. but the
Germans says these attacks have not
been fruitful and that lighting il pro.
ceadlng.
The allies claim they have ma.
yanced north OF perthes and stlll hold
the ground At Bsanseiour, To the north
ard east. Tho Germans make no r,en.
ton of Fighting to the north of rerthes,
but maintain they have advanced east
OF the village. The fighting In the
vicinity Of Reaaseioar. which the allies
consider 20 important, they ignore.
Ruasla Holds Hukowlna.
Neither east Prussia nor Poland fnr.
nishes any change In the general sltua.
tion and, strangely, the Russians have
added little with reference 10 the ex.
pected Invasion of Hungary hy way of
Bakowina. although more than week
Ago they claimed to be at the thresh.
old, II II conceded. however, TINT prac.
tlcaily Tire whole of nnkowlna ID now
IN Russian hands and dispatches reach.
Ing London from bucharest say that
thousands or fugltlves from that ter.
ritofy are crossing the Roamanian
frontier same of them proceeding ia
Vienna.
II Ia In the developments arising
from the occupation OF Rukowina that
interest h now conferred as ID ID be.
lieyed 70 have an immediate bearing
On the Roumanian situation,
The British military experts. con.
ceding that there Ii q virtual deadlock
elsewhere, are marking time, pending
the crisis.
Little authentic information has been
received regarding sisa Turkish army
In the Caucasus since Russia dealt ii
such d heavy blow.