Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-14
Great Britain May Be Com
PEELED to Adopt Draft Mea-
SureS in Order 10 Secure
Enough Soldiers for War.
FRENCH OFFENSIVE is
MAKING PROGRESS
AuStro- Germans Have Driven
Russians Back Forty Miles
and Are Within twenty-five
Miles Of PrzemysI,

] lsr MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL lessao wiRfI
4 London, May 3 Di:30 D. M -
Viscount Huldahe, lord high chan
4 cellor, in the house Of lords today in
J timated that the government was
considering the necessity Of depart
ing from the voluntary system of
military enlistment and resOrting 90
universal service throughout the
Kingdom. For the present, he said,
the hands Of the war office were full
with the men they possessed but II
might be necessary TO reconsider the
situation IN the light of the tremen-
\ d0us necessities with which the ma
ton was confronted.
Many More Men Required
This appears To- confirm the idea
prevalent here that while recruiting
/ has been satisfactory, the very heavy
4 hghtlDg which has been taking place
Ia FLANDERS where the Germans have
for almost a week been attacking
with the greatest violence the British
line show that many more men win
be required II victory Is To be attain
ed
Thus far the British troops. ac-
cordng TO Field Marshal sir John
French, have withstood all the Ger
man Qnslaughts and while at times
the allies have been compelled to
give some ground, their counter-at-
tacks have brought them back TO the
position from which they started.
However, this has been costly busi-
ness, for the German artillery bonn
bardments have been very severe and
countcr-attaoks are always followed
by heavy casualty lists.
Commentaries severe.
In their attempt OF October and
November last 10 reach Calais, the !
Germans continued their attacks for
six weeks, but the allied forces were /
much weaker then. and the Germans
We're not IN the position of having to |
meet counter-offensive as they have
nov to the north Of Arras, in the
Woevre ana at other points along the
western front.
or course the most Important
movement Is that In which the French
are carrying out from Arras TO the
British ana In which they continue /
TO meet with unvrrying success /
They report again today the capture
which the Germans admit-of very (
strongly fortified positions ana one (
road at least which the Germans
have been using 10 bring up reinforce
mcnts to their positions near Laf
liassec. Therefore il Is believed here (
that The French successes viii light
On the pressure which the Germans
are bringing to bear On the British
around Ypres,
orderly Retreat OF Russians.
The AuAtrO-Germnn offensive con
tinucs In western Galieia where they
haye driven the Russians forty miles
hack from their old positions and 70
within twenty-five miles of Przemysl.
The lighting has become less intense
ana the German allies have been
able 10 eaiimnte their captures, which
they state amount 10 some 900
men, CD guns and 2B6 machine guns.
The small number of guns In compa-
rison with the prisoners would indi-
cate that the Russians have made an
orderly retreat.
The Russians claim that they are
now In a position TO prevent fur
Their advance by the Germans and
Austrians, but as It is, they have lost
much around which they had Won by
hard slow hghting.
In eastern Galicia the Russians as
sert that as a result Of their new Of
IenslNe, the Austrians have COM
menced d disorderly retreat
Fighting continues In Courland and
IN the ncighborhoed Of the Niemen
river.
British Battleshlp Lost.
Another baitieship, the Goliath,
the third that the british have lost
since The attack on the Dardanelles
began, has been t0rpedoed lay tho
Turks ana of The crew of zoo or
more, auly $50, including twenty Of
Iicefs were saved. While the Goliath
was an old vessel, she was very use-
flll for the work To which She had
been assgned and the loss IN men is
serious
There Is some consolation to the
British people IN other news from
the Dardanelles, that "A British sub
IN daring dash through the
straits into the sea of Marmora. tor
podoed tive Turkish gunboats ana al
large transport This probably is the
submarine which the Turks thought
they had sunk. but which apparently
succeeded IN getiipgl back through