The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
THEY HAVE ENTERED THErMoUN-
TAIN RANGE WHICH CONNECTS
THE TWO CARPATHIANS.
TURKISH CRUISER BLOWN UP
German Submarines Continue to Sink
British Steamers-No Develop
ments In Poland and the
Dardanelles.
Latest War News From Front.

Przemysl and finally forced it to CAPT
tulate has achieved another victory,
Starting westward from the Galician
stronghold Immediately after its fall
the MuscoVites now have entered the
Beskid Mountains-a range which
connects the Little Carpathians with
the Eastern Carpathians and forms
part Of the boundary between Ga
liCia and Hungary-and driven out the
Austrians, who for some time past
had stubbornly held the passes and
heights.
Brief is Vienna's acknowledgment
that this vantage point, the gateway
to the plains of Northern Hungary, has
been evacuated.
To the eastward in the Carpathians
where sanguinary fighting is taking
place both the Austrians and Rus
slams claim victories at various points
and the capture of men and guns. In
the region of Virawa, Austria asserts
that 1920 prisoners were taken.
In North Poland a cavalry charge
in the SuWalki district resulted in the
defeat of the Germans, who were
driven away with losses in men killed
or captured, according to Petrograd.
Berlin says Russian attacks near Au-
gustOWo were repulsed.
There has been little fighting on
the western front. The French have
taken the village of RegnieVille in the
Woevre department from the Ger
mans, while the Germans have cap
tured from the Belgians the village
of Drei Grachten, south Of Dixmude.
Semi-official reports reaching Pc
trograd are to the effect that the
Turkish armored cruiser Medjidieh
had been sunk by mine in the Black
Sea off the Russian coast
Two steamers have been blown up
as a result of the naval warfare. A
German submarine has destroyed a
British steamer in the English chan
mel off the southern end Of the coast
Of Cornwall with a loss Of four men
Of the crew, while German steamer
has been sent to the bottom by strik-
ing mine in the Baltic.
Nothing new has been received from
the Dardanelles or the other Turkish
fronts.
German submarines have destroyed
two more steamers, the British Seven
Seas and the French Emma, both off
Beachy Head.
A Berlin wireless dispatch, probably
semi-official, describes as SANDERS
the reports that the German subma-
rine which sunk the steamer Falaba
few days ago gave the passengers
no time to save themselves. 1t is as
serted in this dispatch that the sub
marine was forced to withdraw quick
ly on account of the approach of other
vessels, and was for this reason IN
able to assist in the work of rescue.
Premier Asquith has temporarily
taken charge of the British foreign Of
flee, Sir Edward Grey having been
compelled to take a short rest.
Berlin Thursday wore the appear
ance of festivity, the occasion being
the celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary of Bismarck's birth. The
whole city was a veritable blaze of
color-even more gaily flag bedecked
than for the biggest victories. Thou
sands of residents Of Berlin gathered
about the Bismarck's heroic statue be-
fore the reiehstag for the commend
rative exercises.
Two German submarines, the UPS
and another, the number Of which has
not been ascertained, which have
been operating off the west coast of
England during the past few days.
have added two more British steam.
ers, the Flaminian and the Crown Of
CASTLE, to their list Of victims, total
ing five since Saturday.
There was no loss of life on the
Flaminian and Crown of CASTLE, the
crews Of each being given time in
which to get into their boats In the
case Of the latter vessel, however, the
submarine fired before the crews left
the steamer and shells passed along
the bridge on which the captain and
an apprentice were standing.
The Crown of CASTLE was sunk by
shell fire, but this did not prove suf-
ficient to send the Flaminian to the
bottom and a torpedo had to be used.
In the east the Russians are hold
ing the Germans in North and Cen
trail Poland and they are putting forth
all their strength to force their way
through Uzsok and Lupkow passes
with the result that some of the
heaviest and most continuous fighting
of the war is in progress In the Car
pathians.
Germanys next move In the military
field-some stroke either in the east
or the west is expected before the al.
lies attempt their spring advances
at present the chief subject of specu-
lation and conjecture. According to
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