The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-02-20
Progress OF The War
From Sundays Salt Lake Tribun.

Prom Sundays Salt Lake Tribune =.
Several weeks ago the Russians began demonstrations at the
extreme north and south of their line At first it "a dihcult to
determine whether these operations in East Prussia at one end and
in Bukowina province at the other end of the line were feints or ac-
tual attempts to advance into Germany and Hungary. 1t now APP
pears that the Russians we're merely trying to relieve the pressure
around Warsaw. To their sorrow the ruse completely succeeded
The Germans sent a large army into East Prussia and the Russians,
apparently after some severe fighting, we're forced back to their own
frontier. The Germans claim to have captured $4,000 prisoners
and some guns. 1t is difficult to estimate the magnitude Of the VIC
tory, but it is significant that the children in Berlin have been given
aholidsy for the celebration of the triumph. A similar celebration
took place at the time the Russisns were driven out of LODI and
back upon Warsaw. Whether the reverses in East Prussia will
weaken the line around Warsaw and compel the abandonment of
that city is uncertain, but the indications are that the Gar Will be
able to maintain his grip upon Warsaw indefinitely.
At the left center of their line the Russians claim to have been
successful in repeling furious assaults by the Austrians and Ger
mans. These conflicts took place at the Dukla and other passes in
the C~arpathian mountains At one point the Teutonic allies made
no less than % assaults upon the Russian position At the end OF
the ~twenty-frst assault the Austro-Germans gained the heights held
by the soldiers of the Gar, but were driven out at the point of the
bayonet The twenty-second assault was repulsed and the latest
reports from Petrograd are to the effect that the Russians have ad-
vanced beyond the original Austro-German positions. In the deep
snow and over the rough ground Of the Carpathian passes the en-
emies have fought at close range and the amount of battling with
the bayonet is altogether unprecedented in this war. The losses
have been extremely heavy and the suffering on both sides must be
intense.
In the other theaters of war there has not been much activity.
The Turks seem to have suspended operations in Transcaucssia and
in the region of the Suez canal In France and Belgium the lines
have not changed much in the last few weeks The fighting has
been more or less desultory with here and there a furious attack by
small forces, but little ground has been gained or lost
In the diplomatic arena the chief event has been our State De-
partments notes to Great Britain and Germany on the war zone
question The note to England points out that the general practice
of flying neutral flags on English ships is quite a different thing
from the occasional use of a neutral flag by international law and
the laws of war. We politely request that Great Britain refrain
from flying the American flag on her ships. The note to Germany,
while coached in friendly language, is naturally more severe than
the one sent to Great Britain, because the English have a precedent
for their action whereas the Germans have no precedent for their
threatening attacks on neutral ships Moreover, the flying of the
American flag as q ruse of war can hardly be considered as grave an
ofense as the destruction of American lives by submarine attacks.
The submarine warfare in British waters threatened by the Ger
mans has already begun. The new steamer Torquay of Dartmouth
was towed into Scarborough harbor in a sinking condition after
either striking a mine or having been torpedoed by a German sub
marine. The chances are that a submarine did the work. Off the
coast of Holland q German submarine attacked the English steamer
Laertes, which escaped slightly damaged by gun fire.
The greatest air raid of the war was made by "a British aero
planes and hydroplanes. In q binding snowstorm the aviators
dropped bombs on Bruges, the harbor at Z~eebrugge, and at Ostend
and Blankenberghe. Undoubtedly the bombs caused great destruc-
ton of property, but whether they fell upon German military store
houses or upon the naval works at Zeebrugge is not known. The