Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-25
GERMANY TELLS
ROUMANIA ACT
THAT OF ENEMY
Berlin Warns Balkan State Its Mo-
biliEation Measures and In.
trigues in Transylvanis
Are Hostile.
NO CONFIRMATION OF REPORT
Fighting in Western Europe Grow
ing Fierce at Many Points
Along Line.
TEUroNs RENEWING ATTACKS


TEUToNs RENEWING ATTACKS
PARIS. Jan. 2.--No official conurma-
ton is obtainable here OF a report from
petrorrad thnt Germany has protested
10 Roumania because OF the latters ptti-
tude toward Austria. II is said in Of
ficIal circles here, moreover. that such
protest ordinarily would be ~ade by
Austria, under the circumstances, rather
than py Germany.
Germany Warns RoumRnia.
LONDON. Jan. 2s.-The Paris Temps
prints the following from Potrograd.
Germany. In note TO Roumania. de-
ciares that the measures undertaken by
the latter country, which are tantamount
to mobilization orders. and It's encourage
ment OF revolutionary propaganda in
Transylvania. are hostile acts"
Although official descriptions of fight
ing on the western front sontinue TO be
brief, there Is evidence that It " grow
ing fleroer at many points. The Oeurons
are showing renewed activity in the
neighborhood OF rpres ard Isavy bonn
bardments of the lett wing OF the ollies
are almost incessant
where FiEhtIna riercsst.
II is from the center eastward, however
that tho battles are most bitter. In the
Argonno, around verdun. and in Alsace
heavy engagements are In progress. APP
parently without any decision having
been made. But these are merely local
affairs compared TO what Is expected
when the ground becomes more suitable
for moving troops.
! Along the Belgian coast every move OF
the Germans Is tho signal for a renewed
bombardment by the British ships while
the aviators OF both forces are continu-
ally dropping bombs behind the hostile
lines.
Dunkirk has been singled out for Ger
man air attack, doubtless because II Is
believed It Is being used by the British
as a base OF supplies from England.
while Ostend, Bruges and Zeebrugge are
receiving attention from the allies for
a similar reason. There is no confrmar
tion from official sources Of the reported
visi OF the allies airrnen TO Essen and
/ situation i'm Poland.
Dusseldorf early In the week.
Il A remarkabie sItn6tion has arisen 81
j Poland The Russian troops north OF th'
lower vietula are now fifty miles farthel
west than the Germans In tho direction
OF warsaw; so that q successful GROSS
4 ing OF tho vistuia would make tflanl
attack by either army possible. Tho
Germans are keeping very careful guard
over a possible passage OF the river a0ov,
Plock, evidently for the reason that ths
Russian objective appears to lie TO. tn,
north rather than to the south On ths
whole, however. the Austro-Germans FOL
political reasons must divert their atten'
tion to the southeast, where the Russiani
are pressing through the mountains
toward Transyivania.
According to Russian statements stronE
Austrian forces already have been en-
countered and there is suggestion thar
the Russians are expected TO meet serioul
opposition before long. The attacks II
front OF Warsaw have grown less fre
} quent and apparently are not boinI
4 pushed with the same determination ai
/ previously. In the carpathians the Aus
trians are snowbound.
Peace Move In Hungary.
There are reports Of peace move
ment I'm Hungary. Dispatches from Rom
say 800 peace meetings which were ar
ranged for Sunday. have been prohibited
while another report from the sam'
eource declares the resignation of tn
Austrian premier, Count Karl stuergkh
is expected and that he viii be succeede
by Herr Won BilInski. the Austro-IIun
, garian minister OF finance.
The presence OF the Austrian heii
Archduke Charles Francis, and Baro
Burian. the Austro-Hungarian ministe
: OF foreign affairs at German head
, quarters, has also led TO talk OF dis
sension among the German allies. but thi
I is not seriously considered In Lloydl
however, peace risk Insurance. write
} by the underwriters, Is being differ
entiated for the first time as betwee
} Germany and Austria. The insuranc
: rate on peace between Germany an
: Great Britain before July 25 Is IS guinea
|, per cent, while for the Same risk
respecting Austria II Is CO suineas pc
cent.