The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
PROUD
OF Her BIG ARMY
The British Parliament Hears
of Growing Strength of
Forces in Field.
PLANNING FOR GREATER WAR
Signs of Activity at Various Points
indicate New CamPaign-Fightinq
Hard Near Ypres-Russians
RepuIse Austrians.

London, April 25.-GIowing accounts
Of the strength and condition of the
British army and of the great increase
in the output of munitions, which it is
expected will next month amount to
twenty-five times what is was last
September, given by David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the exchequer,
and Harold ]. Tenant, parliamentary
secretary of the war Office, in the
louise of Commons, have increased
the enthusiasm and confidence of the
people Of England in the war
SuPplementing the statement of the
chancellor that Great Britain has more
| than thirty-six divisions of troops on
the Continent, and that the output of
munitions has been enormously in
creased, Mr.. Tenant today, speaking
on behalf of the secretary for war
Lord Kitchener, declared that recruit
ing had been most satisfactory and
gratifying; that the health of the
troops was splendid and that the
wounded were in the London hospitals
twenty-fOur hours after they were
stricken in France. He wished to i'm
press upon the country the necessity
Of increasing the supplies of artillery
ammunition, adding:
There is no limit to the amount re-
CURED
Heavy Fighting Near Ypres.
Paris, April 23.-The following Off
ciaI statement was issued by the
French war office tonight:
Near Langemarck, to the north of
attacks at Hill so, near ZwarteIene
German counter attacks, whose VIC
lence seems applicable by the desire
to repair the defeat that has been de-
MED by the official communications of
the imperial general staff, have def
nitely failed. The losses of the enemy
are higher than the figures indicated
yesterday.
Russians Bayoneted Them.
Petrograd, April 23.-The Russian
war department today issued the fol-
lowing statement:
In the Carpathians April 20 and 21
the Austrians attempted to make at
tacks on our positions on Telepotch.
ON the Bukowina front, the enc
my's offensive was repulsed by our
counter attacks at the point of the
bayonet- The enemy, after suffering
heavy losses, fell back on his posi-
tions.
In the other sectors of our front
there has been nothing in general ex-
cept the customary rife and artillery
firing at various Places
British RepuIse Germans.
London, April 22.-The Germans are
making repeated attempts to recapture
Hill 60, near Ypres, which the British
took on Sunday, and, according to
Field Marshal French's report, have
been repulsed with great loss.
There has been activity in many
other points along the Western front,
and Berlin, which is more communica-
tive than Paris, says the Germans
have made progress in the forest of LIE
Pretre near st. Mihiel, and reports the
repulse of French attacks in other sec
tions from Champagne to A1sace.
The Russian advance in the Carpa-
! thians now has apparently come to a
full stop, for reports from that region
speak only Of attempted attacks which
were Tepulsed, both II the mountains
and in the direction of Stry. The
| Austro-Germans have made an out
fanking effort to support this latter
| movement. 1t is stated from neutral
sources that the Austrians have vir-
| tually evacuated Bukowina.
Fire Checks Attack.
In the Champagne, near ViIla-Sur-
| Tourbe, where the Germans attempted
to attack, our artillery prevented them
| from leaving their lines.
Our gain Of the last few days thus
| extended over a continuous front OF
more than zoe meters (about half a
mi1e).
Rumors of Early Peace.
Rome, April 21-Within the last
twenty-four hours there have arisen in
Rome persistent reports that the grave
| international questions confronting
Italy may be solved in the near future
by what at first sight seems almost in
credible, the conclusion of a general
peace in Europe at a not distant date
While these reports are intangible
and cannot at present be ascribed to
a definite source, they nevertheless are
reflected in high quarters and they are
given heed by careful observers Of in
| ternationaI politics