The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-17
Petrograd Admits Austrians Are
Moving Forward in BukO=
wilma in Large Forces.
CLAIM. DESPERATE FIGHTING
Note From German Chancellor
Says in Most Gases German
Submarines Will Be Unable to
Distinguish Neutral Ships.

LONDON, Feb. l6.--The gneeral Of
the extended eastern front is con
tinuing successfully, according to re-
ports reaching LOncon, but without
any visible forward movement on the
front toward Warsaw or in the Carpa-
thians. The Bucharest report that the
Austrians have reoccupied CrentowiZ,
capital of Bukowina, has not been re-
ceived from any other source, but Pc
trograd admits officially that the Aus
trians still are advancing in Bukowina
in considerable force and that des-
perate fighting marks the operations
in the Carpathians, where the Rus
slams claim minor successes.
In East Prussia the Russians have
not yet regained their fortified lines,
and the German advance, while not
checked, seems to British observers,
to be proceeding with less speed
Paris reports that the sole activity
Oh the western front consists in ar
tlllery engagements, in which guns of
the allies have silenced batteries
northeast of Ypres and destroyed
trenches at Beaurains.
In diplomatic circles Germanys re-
plies to notes from neutral powers
concerning Germany's proposed ma
rne war zone are awaited with inter-
est. Great Britains reply concern
ing use Of neutral flags is given sec
ondary Importance
note from the German chancellor
as transmitted to the Rotterdam
chamber of commerce. says that 'in
most cases" German submarines will
be unable to distinguish between neu-
trail and British vessels encountered in
the war zone, and that all merchant
men therefore run the risk of destruc-
ton.
An official statement was issued in
Berlin suggesting that British subma-
rines might purposely sink neutral
vessels to precipitate a conflict be-
tween Germany and neutral nations.
French newspapers commend the at
titude of the United States, which is
said to be the first step toward "the
inevitable participation of neutrals in
the great events which are dividing
the world"
Departure of the Greek minister
from Turkey is not regarded in Athens
as implying a rupture of diplomatic re-
lations.
The Albanian force which invaded
Servia has been driven back across
the border says a Nish dispatch. The
Il 1, al
by Mohammedans preaching holy
war.
IT is reported Italy has asked vi
emit and Berlin for assurances that
Austria will not make an attack on
Roumania, whose military prepara-
tions have been interpreted as fore
shadowing her entrance into the war.
German forces have captured the
important Polish town of Plock, the
Berlin war office announced today.
Plock lies on the Vistula northwest of
Warsaw. and the Russians pushed
their advance far beyond it in their
movement against the West Prussian
border, which apparently has now been
ended.
Not only PlOck, but the town of
Bi6lsk is said to have been lost by
the Russians. In East Prussia, the
Berlin communication states, the adj
vance of the German forces continues,
the Russians having been pursued
across the border.
It is expected in London that to-
night or tomorrow England will pro-
claim the cutting off of all foodstuffs
from Germany in retaliation for Ger
many's declaration that the waters
surrounding the British Isles consti-
tuted war zone