The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
Driving Forces of Teutonic Military Machine Thought to Have Reached Zenith of Destructive Power
VON HINDENBURG'S
 ARMIES CHECKED AT
 THE DVINA CROSSING
Renewal of Reports of Dis sensiOn Between German Officers and the Turkish Troops at Dardanelles

LOndOn, S 6 p e m b CT O.. (9:50 p. m. Either the driv- ing power of the Austro-G Ger man offensive against Russia is nearly exhausted or the Ger man generals have decided that their armies have pene- trated as far as is safe and are preparing to dig themselves in for the winter. This is the opinion expressed by military writers here.
 Little progress is being made and at many points the Germans and Aus trians are only repulsing counter at- tacks. From the Gulf of Riga to Grodno, Field Marshal von Hinden- burg's armies are at standstill, hay ing apparently made no attempt to cross the Dvina, after carrying the bridgeheads at Lennewada and Fried richstadt.
 To the north. southwest and south of some days, the Germans face strong Russian forces. who by their offensive make 1t dangerous for the Germans to push their way westward north or south of tsenf. ss-~s. | <. VI 4
 Germans Are Massing
 The Germans. on the other hand, are massed between Grodno and Kobrin on the Brest-Pinsk railway, but their im- mediate object Is not obvious. unless they are looking for good defensive position.
 Farther south the Russians are offer of which Rovna and Dubna are centers, while in Galicia they still hold the line of the Sereth river.
 With the rainy season few weeks off, the opposing armies cannot hope to carry on operations much longer and some reports say the Germans and Aus trians already are moving troops to the Servian, Roumanian and western fronts
 In the west the heavy artillery of the allies is still bombarding the German lines. but there is no indication of of- fensive
 Paris reports that the Turks have deliv- cred an unsuccessful night attack against the British positions near the Anzac re- zion.
 There has been renewal of reports from Athens of dissensions between the Turks and Germans and of depression among the Turks over heavy losses. No evidence of this. however is to be found among the Turkish troops, who are re- ported to be fighting with all their old 
 Submarine Policy Failed
 Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the British admiralty, in a letter to the 1 press. gives official recognition to the | belief here that Germany's promise to | America not to sink any more passenger ships without warning was brought about | by the realization that the submarine | warfare against merchantmen had failed l He again intimates that many German submarines have been accounted for and | dds that British mercantile tonnage is | now greater than before the war, despite | activity.
 French Report
 Paris, September 5.-(5:30 D. m.)-Violentl south of Arras, active mine | lighting in the neighborhood of Prise. ar- illery bombardments in the sections of : uennevieres, Vic and Nouvron, and in he Champagne district, are reported in his afternoons official statement of the French war office. The slencing of German batteries at several points men, toned and the checking of a German 'usillade in front of the French position 1t Linge are claimed.
 The statement reads
 There was violent cannonading at 10 ,'clock last night south of Arras, in the egion of Wailly. Mine fighting was particularly active ,n the border of the Somme and in the of Frise.
 Reciprocal actions with artillery and rench mortars occurred in the sectors of Quennevieres, Vic and Nouvron. Our atteres silenced those of the enemy at ev eral points, The bombardment in Champagne to the north of the camp of yhalons was quite intense f. "'In the Vosges intervention of our ar- illery put stop to German fusillads n front of our positions at Linge."