Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-01
European Conflict Develops Into Struggle the Death With ead lock on Eastern and Western Fronts 0verrun by
 Teutons and Bulgarans-Tryng Period for the .s S.. S.j United states--eeneral Carranza Rec. 'ts sE3tss ognzed as President of Mexico.
THE EUROPEAN WAR

ceded 1t and from those which are to follow. During It's entire length, the greater nations of the European continent have abandoned themselves Ito a policy of bloodshed which has fallen little short of delirium. To the neutral onlooker 1t has been re- tivni on huge scale of the irration- al and murderous activity which char hcterized the earlier ages of mankind. ht has been the complete overthrow of All the pacific theories which had ap- parently gained 90 strong a foothold lat the time of the firing of the first gun in the present conflict.
 At the beginning of the year. 1t was evident that it was to be struggle Ito the death. It was plain that the ITeutonic plan to force a speedy set lenaent by dint of superior armed preparedness had failed. Six months had elapsed and the Teutonic allies lwere stil1 faced by three great na- |tionE, their strength unbroken and their determination inflexible. Aus ttrle ha6 Beeu driven repeatedly by her lRN invaders and twice the Serbs had routed Austrian armies sent against them. On other fields, also, Teutonic efforts had been futile. Thus far Turkey had been of little assist larce end the holy war had failed to come into being. German Southwest |Africa had been lost and German in- :. lsuauce in Asia had been smothered 6y. the Japanese.
 As an offset, the derfnans still held sprSctically all the conquered territory which had fallen Into their hands. tThbir lines still held firmly in Po- hand, in Flanders and in France. It was apparent that aa yet the Teutonic lcombination showed no sign of weak |ening, and . war of ettrition seemed Inevitable. Both in the east and In the west the military operations |of. the early part of the year were practically without decisive result. The fighting in Polands had resolved litSelf into complete deadlock. In January, the French English combine made three attempts to break the IT6utonic hold on French territory but accomplished little. The German un- successful drive at Warsaw and the Erout of tue Austrians in Galicia left a Esiight balance in the January fighting lin favor of the allies.
 From strictly military viewpoint, fFehruary was 2 promising month for the Tcutonic allies. By the middle Of the. month, German troops were ad- .vancirg all along the front from t the Vistula to the Niemen, and thus, < seven months after the breaking out tof the war, German soil was practi- dally cleared of it's Russian invaders. The deadlock on the western front was still unbroken.
 Seem Shifts to DardaneiIes. NJ With the advent of March, there came sudden and dramatic change tin the war situation. The scene or military activity was shifted to the |Dardanelles. By the third week of the month, Rome. Athens, Sofia and Bucharest were centers of great po- Elitical activity. The surrender of fprzemysl, March 22, was the most stirring victory for the allies since the battle of the Marne. The German assertion that the military power of Russia had dwindled into insignifi- fcance was disproved at once and the allied cause gained instant strength in ali the neutral capitals. One of the greatest etronsholds in Europe had been taken by the Russians.
 The disaster to the allied fleet at the Dardanelles, which occurred dur ting the third week of March, put an lend to the expectation of forcing the streits by naval means alone. Ger man prestige advanced perceptibly and the difficulty of the task under taken by the allied fleet was now un- d1rstood. Tn this month. also, the British won the battle of Neuve Chapelle after bloody fight.
 In April the French made a bold offensive stroke against the German
 position between the Mouse and the
 Moseile- the famous St. Mihiel wedge
 which resulted in a tremendous loss
 of men on both sides, with small ad-
 vantage for either. Nowhere had the 0kltcS 4ud00 0RkyA 0A<Ae1A0 9e@AAA ~ SS~
 ritory. The invader held his own
 stubhornly and with success. About
 thu middle of the month. Zeppelins < made their appearance over English
 towns, inspiring great interest and not
 . little apprehension. but doing com
 paratively small damage. About this
 time, aleo, the attempted submarine
 blockade of the British coast proved
 to be ineffective In the closing day' lcf the month another great Teutoni'
 offensive swept against the allied line'
 m Belgium. thrust.ng tue enemy bacl
 np0n Ypres, with great loss of life o'
 both sides.
 MM 7 In May the Germans sent their bes
 troops to the aid of the harc pressed Austrians By the middle Q
 }lie mouth they had worked . stal
 tllpS chhnge in the situation. Przt
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