The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-12
In Evacuation OF LODI by Ger
mans Which Has Been
Confirmed.
WAS TAKEN DECEMBER 9TH
Troops Are Moving Supplies
From City to Kalisz, Near
German Border Line Whare
Stand Will Be Made.

| PARIS, Feb 1.-THE evacuation oil
LODI by the Germans has been con
| firmed according to II Petr0grad dis
patch to the Havas Agency, which
states that stores, offices. commisar-
lat and transports are being removed
hastily at Kalsiz
A refugee who escaped CZensto-
showa, the dispatch says, reports that
| the Germans have resumed with re-
doubled vigor construction Of heavily
| fortified lines, suspended six weeks
ago.
Evacuation by the Germans of
| LODI, next to Warsaw, the most i'm
portant city of Poland, is reported un-
officially today from French sources.
| Recent official statements show the
| russians opened an attack along the
| Warsaw front several days ago, but
the heaviest fighting apparently was
being carried on some distance north
of Lodz, which lies southwest of War
saw about half way between that city
and the German border.
Todays report says the Germans
| are removing their supplies to Kalsi2
near the border and reSuming con
struction OF lines of fortification
| Lodz was captured by the Germans
December during their drive at War
saw, which was halted 30 miles west
of that city.
The eastern situation is occupying
the attention of the British military
leaders, If reliance may be placed in
news dispatches from the cnrt;nent
Emperor William is said to have re-
turned hurricdly from Poland and
| held a long military conference at
Berlin with General Won Moltke, Count
| Won Aulenberg, General Won Kessel
aud other high authorities.
Correspondents of Danish newspa-
equation generally hopeful, but is
greatly depressed over iho terrible
price in men Germany has paid for
limited advances against the intrtEch-
ed Russians. One account reaching
i%.'is places German iosr > oa tne
l;zdra and Rawka from i, at $4,000
lead, but, the report Is without con
flrmation. The Danish military crit
i's say that by Emperor Williams III.
rrction an effort will be nj ldr 10 trans
fpffed the fighting to 5"rlc pOint
where the Russians are less formida-
bly, intrenched
Russian reports Of the fighting from
the north to southeast of the
line through Poland continue optimis.
tic. Loss Of some ground in Buko-
wilma appears to have been more than
offset by what the dispatches from
Petrograd describe as gains of strateg.
ic Importance in the Carpathians.
The British press finds much cause
of comment in the Austrian official
admission that "thc fighting is heavy
and yeXatious." In the Carpathians il
is evident both sides find the strug
gle in SnoW-covered passes with pre-.
carious connection with supply
sources warfare in which the results
are very dearly purchased.
At the extreme north In East Prus
sia where the Russians have been con
ducting flank movement the Situa
ton is becoming clearer. The Ger
mans have rushed heavy reinforce
ments TO stall the Russian advance
The Russians, however, already would
appear 10 be in a position threatens
ing lnsterburg, from which German
town the population Is reported to
have been advised to depart.
In the west fighting for the past few
days has been of relatively small i'm
portance.
The situation in the Balkans ap-
pears to London observers to be rap
idly crystaliZing. Bulgaria will receive
a large consignment of her German
loan within the next few days. Rou.
mania is finding that Austria-Hungary
is clamorng for "A definite statement
of her attitude. Nevertheless, She
shows no disposition prematurely to
reveal her intentions and the entente
powers seem quite satisfied that Rou
mania's ultimate action will be on
their side