Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-25
Russia Boasts Of Strength
Asserts Germans Will
Never Capture Warsaw
PETROGRAD OP~VISTIC OVER
SITUATION in POLAN p -THINKE
GERMANS HAVE LONG ROW TO
HOE BEFORE WARSAW is IN
DANGER
(BS Associated Press.)

LONDON, June 25.-A comparative
lull in the fighting after fortnight
of feverish activity today enabled
military observers on both sides to
size up the present situation in the
continental war and to forecast prob
able Forthcoming operations in both
theatres of the war.
Petrograd dispatches assert the
present defensive position occupied
by the Russian army in Galicia and
along the frontier is so secure that
Austro-German forces there cannot be
materially weakened by the with
drawal of many troops for use in
the west, against Russia's allies, or
elsewhere against the Russian hosts.
These dispatches, however, have here
tofore proved SO thoroughly unrelia-
BILE little accuracy is attributed to the
statements made, and more reliance
is placed in the statements emanat-
ing from Berlin, Paris and London.
careful review of the whole sit
uation by an unbiased authority in
London today, indicates the Teutons
now have Warsaw as their ultimate
objective, and the hurried trip of the
Kaiser to the Galacian front severas
days ago, is believed to have been I'M
dertaken with the view of having the
emperor witness the formal fall Of
the Polish capital, the Germans at
that time being aware of the practi-
cally exhausted stores of ammunition
possessed by the Russians, and hav-
ing full confidence in the ability of the
combined German ana Austrian ar
mics to push forward so rapidly as to
make the evacuation of Warsaw in
evitable.
With the Russians asserting their
lines about Warsaw are as strong as
ever and with that city the goal of
the combined eastern offensive of the
Austro-German forces, the main field
of activity in that region continues to
be embraced in Galacia. Clingfng
tenaciously to what little territory
remained in their control after the
Teuton rush east from Lemberg, the
Russians are battling fiercely today
along considerable battle front on
the banks of the Dneister river, where
the Teuton armies have as yet been
unable to dislodge them, and san
culinary battle for possession of that
territory is still in progress.
In the southern area of hostilitie5,
Rome reports assert the Italian army
containues to maintain its advantage
over the Austrians, who recently re-
Ceived heavy leinforcements. ALONG
the Isonzo river the Italians, appar-
emily have attained progress during
the past twenty-four hours, Austrian
akf OF ath fr hniuty
fully repulsed, with heavy losses on
10Th sides.
East Of Metx and in the Vosges,
the French army continues its advance
by yards, with little military advant-
age accruing through territory occu-
pied, and the Germans stubbornly re-
sisting each advance. North of Ar
ras, the recent scene of French Of
fensive operations, comparative quiet
prevails today.
The attacks on the forts defending
the Dardanelles continued through
last night and today, but the censor
ship over news originating in that
region is so tight that details of the
operations are unknown, though it is
fair to infer that no victory Of moment
has been attained either by the allies
Gf the Turk defenders.