New Britain herald., 1915-04-03
Cars Forces by Rgashes Through
 Ice and Snow Carry Austrian Lines in CsIpalhIaDS.
GERMANS REPULH FRENCH ], < AND BELGIAN ATTACKS

{ Bombs on City--INso sAxiators
 Taken London Papers
 Admit Turkish Positions in Darda- \. :ielIcs Not Yet seriously Dsneged
 Tfia attituas .pf Russia conoernins sI .Italy territcfsa spirat ion siiI sEssI hncdsin q senai4o ffieiale anIa0n1 s from Petrograd. whie n & &( cial signifcanee> becaa, ~! warl:ke prepara ions the b adjust the boun quest ah !, Austria. Russia ,ssin effsat. asss sympathy with Itals,s d q 5. the; territory about the kekd ofatle Adriatie ii,habited schieffy IaS people, " \ Italian stock which woli de e X Provinces of Trent and rIeste \ The British embassy at Rome de-. nies u report that Lord Rosebery or . any other person is s.goingto Rome ol < special niisslon Tor Great Britaih.,s
 Austrians Defeat Russians.
 Vienna reports assert that the re- cent fighting in Bukowina has been .gmore important than the official com munications have shown. It is said Y that the Russians, who sent in rein < .forcements in the hope of gaining . decisive victory in Bukowina. have been defeated and forced to retreat The British steamer Lockwood was torpedoed last night off ihe coast Of Devonshire, England. This is tae sixth ship whose loss by torpedo oi r. .ffa1 i-, F ax,s 1.1. two days The crew of the Lock wood was saved.
 Predicts End of War. s General Joffre, the French com fnander in chief, is quoted as pre- dieting that the war will soon com to an end, to the advantage of tl allies
 bf The prolonged lull on tho westerl front was unbrolSen yesterday. Tn. n official German report mentions thret small attacks by French and Belgian < forces which were -repulsed. A Ger slnan aeroplane was brought dow; < near Rheims, after dropping bomb on the city.
 Russians Driyen le"r'-
 Vienna, via London. April 3. 1o:30 a. m.-The fighting in BEkowina, ac- cording to information obtained from private sources, appears to be of more importance than is evident from the surface indications in official reports. N Apparently the Austrians have gained q there a success Of considerable pro- portions. @ h
 The Russians had massed in force to check a threatened Austro- Hun- garian invasion and re-occupy nortit- p,,Iy or s.aiI to
 |. >1..,ldeia ole weight to t(l !. operation because of the" effect l. might. have onspublic opinion in Ru mania Austrian advices are to tht effect that the Russians were com pletely defeated and driven back intc ~ Bessara bia with very heavy losses ir proportion to the numbers engaged.
 Carry Austrian Lines.
 London, April 3, 12:53 p. m.-The :iuctuating struggle in the Carpathian seems to be nearing it's decision, a.- 4 eording to despatches reaching Lon don. By successive rushes amid ice and snow Russian troops are said to have carried series of Austrian lines s !. and, in the view of British observers, they bid fair soon to break through in force between the Lupkow and the UZsok Passes.
 In the west conditions bordering on stagnation prevail The allies arc keeping the Germans in the dark as to when and where the big thrust will come and in the meantime they are speculating as to whether the in vaders of France will risk serious offensive while the situation :n the east remains precarious.
 Discuss ThraShers Death
 The British press, in addition tc b'a!ng universally outraged, that the | 5erAians should protest to the Ameri- canF embassy regarding the segrcga- ton of the crews of submarines now held as prisoners of war, is making | Iauch of the death of Leon C. Thra- !. slier, tllc American who lost his life In the sinking of tfle Falaba. "Vha, will Washington do?" asks today's Westminster Gazette, and othei papers debate along the same lines.
 As the weeks pass the operations in the Dardanelles appear likely to y, more and more protractcd; even tne London papers are today inclined to 0dlnit that the Turkish positions per. siaDs have have not yet been serious iy damaged.
 The discussion for and against also. ]. lute prohibition of the consumption
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