, 1916-02-12

Ii the WOrlu lnslstS upon QlsperSlnS the Ger-
mans then the word Europe will lose all its
sense and meaning. Europe can still be
rescued. 1t is only the attitude of our enc
mics which co%njured up the menace of des-
t~ruction. If the recue, however, is attempted
at the expense of the German Empire, then
let the world not deceive itself for a no
ment into thinking there will be any means
whatever, let the world think what it pleases,
which the German people will not joyfully
turn against its foes"
Sofia, Feby. 10th. via London The
Government organ "Narodni Bravia" pub
fishes q leading article asserting that
Bulgaria has the right to invade Greece
for the purpose of attacking the
French and British troops there. 1t
declared that Bulgaria is not responsible for
the fact that ner enemies have violated the
neutrality Of Greece.
London, Feby. 10th--Despite the an
nouncement made in the STANDARD" yeater-
day that the Government had definitely de-
cided against air-raids on centres of German
population as a measure Of reprisal for the
Zeppelin raids on English town, the agita-
ton in favour of reprisals c ntlnues i'll the
Press. Lord RosebeIy has written favour
ing the reprisals, while such persons as Field
Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood and Sir Edward
Clarke oppose the suggestions. Sir William
Maxwell Aitken, Member of Parliament for
Ashton Lyme, is convinced that the reprisals
are urgently necessary.
Paris (via London) Feby, 10th-The fol-
lowing official communication was issued by
the War Office tonight: In Artois in the
course of the day, We continued to mako pro-
gress by means of grenedes in the under
ground passages to the west of La Folle.
Two German attacks directed against our
positions to the west Of Hi 40 were com
pletely repulsed. To the north of the road
from Neuville thn. fermnna kXpl0led a "''"~
the crater Of which We occupied. To the south
of the SOmme,a detachment of enemy infantry,
which attempted to debouch, was d'iven back
to the trenches by our curtain OF lire. In
the region Of Beavraignes, our artillery
destroyed a bl0ckhouse and bombarded the
encampment Of the enemy. In Champagne
a destructive fire on the German works III
the direction Of Butte Gu Me5uil gave excel
lent results. In the Woeyre we carried
out in the forest of Montmare on u
salient of the en- my line u violent bonn
bardmeut which caused the explosion OF
munition depots. The Germans to-day fred
two more shells Of heavy calibre i'll
the direction OF Belfort. Our artillery i'm
mediately took under fire the emplacement
of tue enemy's battery which was marked
Yesterday. Al the same time we shelled the
military establishments Mt DOrmach south
west of Muelhausen.
Petrograd, (yia London) Feby. 10Th
Developments III the GpliciHn campaign.
3Aich for a fortnight have been mentioned
briefly i. the official statement, figures pro-
minently in to-days. Considerable import
ance is attached to the occupation OF Uscie-
czko on the Dniester near the Bukowin@
frontier, which now is securely in RUSSIAN
hands. After successfully resisting energetic
efforts of the Teutouic forces to break their
lines, The Russians have now resumed
the offensive. Their object is to cap
ture Czernowitz the capital of Bukcwina,
which it is thought would exert powerful
on Roumania, Uscieczke gives the
a new and important line OF commu-
n~ication and threatens the position of the