Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-23
Allies Expect Russian Success.
to Have ACCeIerating InfIu-|
enCe on Italy'S Action and.
in Balkans,
0ARDANELLES A HARD
NUT FOR BIG FLEET
Operations in Western Theater
of War Present No Changes
of importance, According to
Official Reports.

London, March 22 Q0.25 a. M --
The long Investment of the mid-Gali-
clan fortress of PrEemysl has ended.
Depleted by disease. subsistlng on
horse flesh and surrounded by a su-
perior force of Russians. the garri-
son has surrendered TO the besiegng
army after, a defense lasting many
months, which up to the present is
recorded as Austrias most notewor-
thy contribution to the war.
Petrogrdd, London and Paris are
celebrating the event tonight, pctro-
grad and Paris In the spontaneous
manner characteristic of these cities.
London with silent and grim satisfac-
tion which is the Britons way.
The newspapers assert that tho
fall of the fortress marks the most
important capture of the war. not
excepting Antwerp, In that 1t not only
relases considerable Russian forces
which can be thrown into the strug-
gle in the Cdrpathians, but opens the
door to Cracow ana the plains of
Hungary.
Moral Eject Great.
1t Is argued moreover, that the
moral effect of the surrender will be
tremendous, the theory OF the allies
being that it will stimulate feeling
in their favor, both in Rumania and
Bulgaria just as the operations in the
Dardanelles are causing an agitation
In Grece and Italy
The italian situation is receiving
renewed attention by the press of the
allies, though rumorS rather than
facts seem TO lie the basis of most of
the dispatches. Tho Italian embassy
at London had no confirmation to-
night Of the report that freight traf-
lic between Italy ana Germany. by
way of switzerland, had been stopped
nor was there any confirmation Of
the reported massing Of Austrian
and German troops along the Aus
trian lttoral or Of the assembling OF
artillery at Trieste.
Przemysl He'll With Honor.
Przemysl fell with honor, the Brit
ish press comedies, for It withsto0d
the onslaughts longer than any place
during the war, the investment haV-
ing begun about September 1G. some
thing more than six months ago. The
duration of the siege compared with
the length of time it took the Ger
mans to capture such stronghOlds as
Liege, Namur and Antwerp was due
to two causes, one being the desire
Of the Russians TO keep the loss of
life among the besieging army at
minimum, the other to the lack Of
great guns, which the Germans had
In Belgium
The Investment was not a close
one, tho garrisons having had up an
til recently radius of about twelve
miles in which TO move about, ana
some dispatches told of shooting eX-
peditions INDUCED in by the officers
of the garrison. An aeroplaue post
was maintained almost up to the last
and it Is said that even some scauty
food supplies were carried in this way
Garrison Once $4,000 Strong.
The Przemysl garrison was estimat-
ed at $4,000 men last September and
last week it was reported that it had
to $4,000. 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
ern 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
controversy is being waged by the
press of the two countries, as to the
merits of the Russian contention that
civilians fired on them in this latest
incursion in Fast Prussia-an act
which demanded reprisals.
There is no late news from the
and the belief in Eng
land seems to be that the operations
viii perhaps be more protractcd than
at first expected,