Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-06
Jeutons Are Making No Prog
reSS and MAY Be PLANNING
to 0ig Themselves in tor
Winter Months.
FIERCE COUNTER ATTACKS
DELIVERED BY SLAVS


20, "oseso 3ouanAl SPECIAL ltAeso w,sfI
London Sept az SO d. mo-
Either the driving power of the AUS
tro.Germu offensive AGAINST Russia
Is nearly exhausted or the German
generals have decided that their arm
les haye penetrated the Russian em-
peror'a domlnlons as Tar as Is cousld
cred safe and are preparing To- dig
themselves in for the winter This
ls the opinion expressed hy military
writer's here
Certainly very little progress is now
being made, and at many points the
Germans and Austrians are content
lng themselves with repulsing the
countcr-attacks of the Russians From
the gulf of Riga 20 Grodno. Field
Marshal Won lliudenhurgs armies are
at a standstill having apparently
made no attempt TO cross the Dvina
after carrying the bridge heads az
Lcnnewada and Friedrichstadt
Russians in Great Force.
To the north southwest and south
of wilma. the fab of which has been
predicted for some days the Germans
are faced hY very strong Russian
forces who 10y their offensive make
Il dangerous for The Germans to
push their way westward, north or
south of them,
Tho Germans. on the other hand
are massed between Grodn0 and Ko-
/ hriu on the Brest- pmsk railway. hut
their immediate object Is not obvious.
unless they are hooking Tor good
| defensive position on which 10 hold
1 the Russians throughout the winter
Further south the Russians are
offering fresh resistance as they are
firmly established ia q fortified area
of which Roynu and Dubno are CEN
ters. while In Galicin they still hold
the line of the Screth river
Rainy Season at HIND
with the rainy season a few weeks
Off. the opposing armies, especially
I'm the marshy region Of the center,
can not hope tu carry on the opera
lions much longer and some reports
state that the Germans ana Austrlan8
are already moving troops to the Ser
blan, ltuuanian and western fronts
I'm the western zone the heavy arr
tlllery OF the allies is still lombard
ing the German lines, doing all the
damage possible ana trying 10 break
the morale of the German troops, but
thus far there Is no indication OF a
general offensive
Little News From Gnlilpoli.
Paris reports that the Turks have
delivered an unsuccessful night at
tack against the BRUSH positions near
the Auaac region, but beyond that
no news has been received of the OPP
cratious IN tho Near East
There has been "a renewal OF the
reports from Athens Of dlsseuslons
between the Turks ana Germans al
GunsMnlnuplc and of depression
among the TURKS as the result OF
heavy LOSSES in Gallipoli No evidence
of this however. * 10 be found
among the Turkish troops. who are
reported 10 Do fighting with nll their
old Htuhborncss
Arthur j Ialfour. first lord Of tho
British Admiralty ina letter 10 the
press gives official recognition 10 the
belief here that the German promises
to America not To sink any more pas
senEer stcumera without warming
were brought about by the realzn-
tion that the submarine warfare
agajust merchuntnen had proved
tuilurc he again intmates that
many German submarines have been
accounted for and adds thar British
tonnage is now greater than before
the war despite the damage done by
the submarines