Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-16
French Offensive Is Pressing
Enemy Hard in Western
Zone, and Russians Are
Standing Firm in East
SINKING OF CRUISER
CAUSE OF REJOICING
Germans StOutIy Assert They
Are RepuISing All Attacks
by MuScOvites in Russian
Poland and Progressing,


London, March Is Nt p. m Tho
Dresden has been sunk "thc british
are holding the Germans In their et-
forts to rctake Neue,c Chapclle and
tpinettc;" Russians continue in pos
session Of prxasynsz
These we're th9 headlines which at
tracted the attention of the English
today. and tonight
The announcement of the sinking
Of the German cruiser Dresden came
after nightfall, but the news spread
quickly through the theaters and res
taurants and there WIS much reioic-
ing that this commerce raider. whose
whereabouts have been ~ mystery
since her escape after the Falkland
islands engagement in December. had
at last been sent to the bottom.
New Rescue Record.
The fact that all the crew of the
Dresden were saved sets a new record
for rescue after an action al sca, ana
naval battle of five minute duration
probably is another record The de
I tails furnished by the admiralty are
scant, but apparently the British ships
were not even hit for no damage
| whatever is recorded.
I Tn the region of przasnysz, Russian
/ Poland. the great battle has not yet
! been fought and what fighting there
/ has been each of the contenders main-
( tains is turning in its favor The
/ Russians are claiming hard-eamed
progress all along the line; the Ger
mans just as stoutly assert that the
Russian attacks have been repulsed
Nothing About Neuvc ChapeIIe.
3 Ia hp d
so optimistic reetrding Neuve Cha
pele. as they omit in their official
statements any mention of the fight
! ing there. although they have been
! bringing Up renforcements and are
/ fighting desperately to rctake the
ground from which they were driven
with such loss There is no British
statement to throw light on the pres
ent situation. but the French war Of
( flee says there has been no change
Meanwhile the Germans are keep
/ ing up their attacks on the British
near Ypres, the ground made famous
( last fall. Before these attacks the
I British have been giving away to
some extent This fact is assured
/ by the Germans and admitted by the
French
( Bloody Battle Expected.
: 1t is believed that another saugu-
/ mary engagement will be fought near
/ Neuve Chapelle The Germans are
/ seeking to distract the British by their
activity around Ypres, ana probably
the coming battle viii necessitate re-
! Inducements.
Earl kitchener. secretary of war
in q speech in the house Of com
mons today. referred optimstically to
the military situation generally from
the allies standpoint, but he COM
planned of the slowness with which
munitions of war are being turned
out. lie emphasized what is worry
ing the war authorities more than
any other phase Of the task of throw
ing an army into the field-the great
problem of keeping the British allied
armies supplied with the vast amount
of ammunition that the guns devour
an amount which Will perhaps treble
( if the generally expected spring ad-
vance comes
BlamcS Trade Unions.
Blaming TRADE unionism with its re
strictions for some OF the delay, he
added, there We're rumors that the
workmen in some of the factories
have an idea the war IS going so wen
that there is no necessity for them TO
work their hardest. ] can onlY say
that the supply of war material "a
the present moment and for the next
two or three months is causing me
verv serious anxiety. The output ol
every round Of ammunition mas
large Influence on the operations III
the field