Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-02-04
Desperate Efforts To Break
Long Deadlock Fail,
Allies Assert.
EFFORT MADE TO CROSS USER.
Italy Calls ReserviStS in Eng
land Home to Join
the CClOrS.

London, Feb. 3. The Germans
have been making desperate efforts
the last few days to break the eX-
tended dea block on the eastern and
western fronts.
In these attacks, according to Brit
ish and French official reports, the
Germans have suffered severe losses.
The German artillery has subject
ed the Belgian positions in Flanders
to a severe bombardment which
suggests that the moment has ar
rived for another effort to get across
the User, and thence to the French
coast ports.
In return, the French have bonn
barded the railway station at Noyon,
one of the German military centers
behind their advanced lines.
Heavy attacks have been made.
against the Russian lines in Central
Poland. Faced by thanking move
ments, both north and SOU, Sield
Marshal Won Hindenburg, made a
desperate effort, which apparently is
to be renewed, to break through to-
Warsaw, and thus not only gain a.
great military and political advan-
tage for Germany, but at the same
time release the pressure on Hun
gary and East Prussia, in each of
which regions the Russian troops
are slowly pushing forward.
The fighting west and southwest
of the Polish capital has been of a
desperate character and the Germans
at first were successful, but the Rus
sian official report declares that the
Russians, by counter attack, re-
gained most of the lost ground. The
report adds that the German losses
were colossal. -
The German official account sin p
ly says of the fighting there: We
are making progress.
A German submarine was still at
large in the English channel yester-
day, and the French officially report
an attempt to torpedo the British
hospital ship Asturias. The German
submarine U-21, which recently sank
three steamers in the Irish sea, has.
not been seen since Sunday, and it IS
presumed she has withdrawn Traf-
fic in these waters, however, con-
tinues somewhat restricted, ship
owners preferring to keep in port all
butIthe fast steamers. which, is be-
| lieved, can elude the submarines.
The Germans have issued warm
ing that an attempt will be made to-
sink British transports, and have adj
vised neutral shipping to keep away
from the north and west coasts Of
France.
Reports reaching Holland say the
new bread regulations in Germany
have caused so much unrest that
u, 600 special constables have been
appointed to guard Berlin bakeries.
1t is also said that following the ac--
ton of the government Ia command
eering cereals, the military authori-
ties are confscating al. u,ensils CON-
tanning metals useful lor their pur-
pose. 1t is recognized that these
are precautionary measures and are
not due to any immediate shortage
Copenhagen newspapers have .
Constantinople report that the An
glo-French feet has destroyed four
Dardanelles forts and that there is a
panic in the Turkish capital, where
defeats suffered by the Turks in the
Caucasus and Azerbaijan are just
becoming known.
An indication of possible action by
Italy is to be found in a notification
issued to Italian reservists in Eng
land to prepare TO join the colors.