Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-10
Declarations Wait Only on
Diplomacy Necessary to
Insure Neutrality of Bulgaria
So as Not to Divide Forces,
SEA OF MUD HlNDERS
ACTIVITY OF ARMIES
France and Germany Both
Claim Gains in Western The
ater While IndeciSive Strug-
gle Goes on in East,


London, Jan. t9:35 p. IN. -
Should Rumania, now that the Rus
slams are on the border If not actually
In Transylvania. decide to participate
in the war on the side OF the allies,
her army Will provide the missing
link in the chain OF troops winding
from the Baltic TO the Adriatic. a dis
tance, roughly, of t,S00 miles This
battle line would be composed OF
Russians Servians and Montenegrlns
on the one side and Germans and
Austro- -Hungarians on the other
Rumanla. Greece and Italy.
While Rumania has not taken the
fateful step. the belief exists in the
countries OF the allies that she will
soon do so, other Developments are
expected. The relations between
Greece and Turkey have reached the
breaking point over the alleged ill-
treatment of Greeks in Asia Minor.
Italy is growing restless over Tur-
keys delay in giving satisfaction for
the violation of the Italian consulate
at IIodeika. from which the British
consul. who sought refuge there. was
forcibly removed.
Bulgaria TO he Placatcd.
Italy, also, II was reported, has
agreed that Servia should be granted
port In the Adriatie. Rumania and
Greece, It IL thought, however. may
delay taking no arms until Bulgaria.
which is anxious for part Of Mace
donia, is satisfied or the last efforts
fail to satisfy that country which Is at
present maintaining her neutrality,
for hostile Bulgaria on their bor-
ders would compel them to divide
their forces.
German Offensive Movement.
While there are no reports of start
ling developments on the battiefields.
there are extremely important opera
tons now in progress In both the east
and west The Germans. simultane-
ously with the renewal of their at
tacks on the left bank of the Vistula,
are developing a new offensive move
ment In the direction of Mlawa, on
the east prussian frontier, which the
Russians are attempting to counter.
Some OF the German attacks on the
Russian line which runs along tho
Bzura and Rawka rivers and thence
southward TO Oppcano and along the
Nida to Opatowiec ON the lower Vis-
tua, have been particularly severe
but according to the Russian report,
all have been repulsed.
The thaw, which has set in in south
orn Poland aud Galicia, has converted
the country into a sea of mud and
even cleared the snow from the Car
pathians so that fighting in this re-
gion is impossible.
The French, after a heavy bonn
bardment OF the German positions
between the Disc and the western end
Of the Argonne, and after suffering
several repulses, have advanced their
fronts at several points, particularly
to the east OF Rheims, where their
progress has been slow but steady.
I'm eastern Argonne the Germans have
been making a similar advance.
The progress which the French re-
port In the vicinity OF Flirey, in the
WoeVre district. is of particular im-
portance. for should II continue they
will cut the road which links ST. Mi
hlel with Metz and may compel the
Germans to evaouate ST. Alihiel which
they gained long ago AT great cost.
The Germans have sent reinforce-
ments TO Alsace. where the French
advance has threatened to cut off
Muclhausen from the rest Of the Ger
man line aud have occupied Burn
haupt-Le- Haut.