New Britain herald., 1915-03-09

Italy on Eve of Great and Decisive - .Events"-Bulgaria Confronting an F Internal Crisis Over the Question ot Peace or War-Course in European Conflict to Be Followed by Greece
 is Still to Be Determined.
 " Both the right and left Hanks of the NSerman forces in northern Poland Yiave been dislodged. Petrograd de- spatches state, from the position which they took up on the advance from East Prussia. The German right wing is said to have beaten nasty re- great to within eight miles of the bor- der. Today's official report from Ber- slln. however, states that the Russian ao1Ienslve Is being met successfully. s several Russian assaults in this region
 ne said to have been repulsed
 Ti4A further advance by the Russian army which is striking into Turkish Armenia, along the shore of the Black : sea is announced at Petrograd e4s Although there is no direct evidence that Italy will depart from her policy or armed neutrality Rome despatches express the belief that the nation is on Nthe eve of great and decisive events" Prem1er Salandra is quoted as saying that italians will see the destiny of tnelr country accomplished
 Crisis in Bulgaria
 Bulgaria, considered the least likely -a of any of the Balkan nations now at peace to join the allies, is confronting ss an internal crisis over the question of s~n state that Premier Radoslavoff has been overthrown by the influence of King Ferdinand because he desired immediate action against Turkey. The plan of the premier and his followers. as thus outlined was to occupy Adrainople, provided Greece threw her lot With the triple entente
 The course to be followed by \ Greece is still to be determined al- : though King Constantine, in his op- position to war, is said to have the support of the general staff The main , argument against joining with the al- lies is that an attack on Constanti- nople would weaken the military strength of Greece along the border of Bulgaria, which would be regarded as dangerous in view of the relations of the two countries M. Zamis, re- quested by King Constantine to form a cabinet. has declined and mem Der of the chamber of deputies, M. 5 Gounaris, has undertaken the task.
 New Warships Named.
 |. Paris despatches mention several warships not named before as mem bers of the allied fleet which is at tacking the Dardanelles. As the strength of the British North sea fleet apparently has not been weakened, the inference is drawn that Great Britain and France are bringing in for this service vessels from the far cor ners of the world, the tieing up of { German shipping and the destruction of German warships on the high seas 2 having made this possible.
 2 The British admiralty places at ff- teen the number of merchantmen sunk by German submarine from Jan. s 21 to March 3, out of a total of S,734 sailings and arrival at ports of the u United Kingdom. This does not in [ clude the collier Bengrove, sunk on Sunday, which may have. been torpe- { doed
 Germans Slowly Withdrawing.
 London. March g, 11:54 a. m.-Ob- stinate fighting marks the battles along the eastern front on the con- &stinent with the Germans slowly with drawing from the river Niemen in the X direction of their own East Prussia II frontier. At the same time the new offensive movement against Warsaw and on the Pilica evidently has not as vet developed into the great engage ment which has been expected in this locality.
 Ihe only new feature recently has 2 been the allied air attack on Ostend. Tn the Champagne region, where the French have been assuming the of fensive lately, a snowstorm has given ' n forced rest to the troops. It is not ,1nwelcome, for they have been al most constantly engaged for the past < fortnight.
 Denied Usual Privileges. Judging from the statement made 2 yesterday by the British admiralty If Is apparent that only one merchant man, the collier Bengrove, has fallen a victim to the submarine blockade ] of the Germans since February 25 The first hint of British retaliation against the personnel of German sub marine raiders has been conveyed IT an official statement to the effect that
 the officers and crew of the German
 undersea boat us, which fell a prea
 to fiotilla of torpedo boat destroyers
 fC0ntinued on Eleventh Pagc)