Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-23

ALLIED COUNTRIES
CELEBRATE SUCCESS
Moral Effect, British Con-
tend, Is Great Boon to
Their Cause.

LONDON, March 22.-GO;25 p. M
The long Investment Of the mid-Gali
elan fortress Of Przemysl has ended
Depleted by disease, subslstiug on
horse flesh and surrounded by .. SUI
perior force Of Russians, the garrison
has surrendered to the beslegng army
after a defense lasting many mouths,
which up to the present is recorded as
Austria's most noteworthy contribu-
ton to the war
Petrograd, London and Paris are
celebrating the event tonight-PetrO-
grad and Paris In the spontaneous
manner characteristic of these cities
London with silent and grim salts
faction, which Is the BritOn's way
The newspapers assert that the fall
OF the fortress marks the most inn
portant capture Of the war, not ex-
cepting Antwerp, in that it not only
releases considerable Russian forces
which can be thrown into the fluctuat-
ing struggle in the Carpathians, but
opens the door to Cracow and the
plains of Hungary.
1t Is argued moreover that the
moral effect of the surrender viii be
tremendous, the theory OF the allies
being that 1t will stimulate feeling in
, their favor both in Rumania and Bull
gara just as the operations in the
Dardanelles are causing an agitation
in Greece and Italy.
Italy Gets Attention.
The italian situation is receiving
renewed attention by the press Of the
allies, though rumors rather than
| facts seem to be the basis of most of
the dispatches. The Italian embassy
a lR4I tpsrv, ,r,tf Ion fF
night of the report that freight traffic
between Italy and Germany by way OF
switzerland had been stopped nor was
there any confirmation OF the re-
ported masslng of Austrian and Ger
man troops along the Austrian littoral
or the assembling of artillery at
Trieste.
Przemysl fell with honor, the
British press comedies, for It with
stood the onslaughts longer than any
place during the war, the investment
having begun about September 16,
something more than six months ago.
The duration of the siege compared
with the length Of time IL took the
Germans to capture such strongholds
as Liege, Namur and Antwerp was
due to two causes, one being the de-
sire of the Russians TO keep the loss
Of life among the besieging army at a
minimum; the other to the lack of
great guns, which the Germans had
in Belgium.
Garry Food In Air
The investment was not a close one,
the garrison having had up until re-
Gently a radius Of about twelve miles
I'm which To move about and some dis
patches told of shooting expeditions
indulged I'm by the officers OF the gar
rison. An aeroplane post was main
tained almost up TO the last and il Is
said that even some scanty food sup
plies were carried in this way.
The Przemysl garrison was esti-
mated at 10000 men last September
and last week it was reported that Il
had diminished TO 25,0O0 There have
been recurrent reports of cholera and
other diseases, but these were as
vague as many of the premature re-
ports regarding its surrender.
Nothing of great Importance has
been recorded overnight in the west
eip war zone. In the east aside from
the fall of Przemysl the situation
around the German port of Memel is
the most interesting From this town
the Germans maintain they have
driven the Russians, while a cOntro-
versy Is being waged boy the press Of
the two countries as 20 the merits OF
the Russian contention that civilians
fired on them I'm this latest ncursiOn
i'm east prussia-an act which de
manded reprisals.
There Is no late news from the
Dardanelles and the belief in England
seems TO be that the operations will
perhaps be more prOtracted than at
first expected.