The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-12
III. q V
Pstrograd Reports That the Re-
[ treating Armies Of Ferdinand
. Had Made a Successful Stand
Northeast Of Captured Capital
RUSS THEMSELVES ARE
REsUMlNG OFFENSIVE
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Fighting In Western Front and In
Macedonia Hot But Of Little
Effect So Far As Results Go,
Declare Official Statements
ASSOCIATED Pres, by Federal Wireless,

NAssoSiAtou Eress W fedethl "neless)
|NEW YORK, December IL
~ According to dispatches
from Petrograd received in this
city last night the Russian armies
in Pennsylvania and Rtimania have
succeeded in checking the advance
of the Teutonic forces in the north
ern sectors of. Rumania and that
portion of Pennsylvania which Dor
ders upon the Bukowina.
The Russian staff also asserts
that the Rumanians, stiffened by
the presence of reinforcements, are
turning upon their pursuers far
Their south and northeast of Bucha-
rest have succeeded in bringing the
advance of the Germans and Bull
CARS to a halt.
Such are the salient features of
the fighting in the Rumanian the
alter of the war which continues to
be the center of the worlds inter
est. 1t is apparently sure that the
Russians have resumed the often
sive in their sectors of northern
Pumania and eastern Pennsylvania
and that they have won at least
temporary successes. Just how i'm
portant these successes will prove
to be is not and can not be known
here for some time
aumanian Loss Huge /
According to the figures given out in
| these dispatches, sent out by the Over
seas News Agency, the Rumanians have
| lost total Of more than three humid
| red thousand men since the commence
Dnent IF the great ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
offensive. OF these the Rumunian loss
has been approximately 1000 killed
aud made prisoners. The remainder
| IT the three N lhdrcd thousand are set
as wounded and invalided. Rumauia's
army before she entered the war had
'puper' strength Of 100000 men.
The London Daily Telegraph accord
| ing to despatch from the British cap
tal last night, has received from its
correspondent in ,Galatz statement
| which asserts that the GermanOphile
residents of Rumania, of whom there
are many in Bucharest, are remaining
in that city. They are said by the cor
respondent to be planning to overthrow
| Ferdinand and place his brother, Will.
Aelm of Hohenzolern, on the throne.
rhe despatch continues, saying:
Want Wilhelm To Rule
'This factory is aiming to issue a
proclamation announcing that Wilhelm
is the lawful and rightful heir to the
throne of Rumania. They also contem-
plate the confiscatiOn of the estates Of
| the mobiles who have affiliated with the
| Entente. Wilhelm is with the invad
ers, and, if the plans of the GermanO.
phile element go through, will be ac-
claimed lawful monarch at CTaioVa.
The Bulgarians are reported to have
crossed the Danube southeast of Bucha-
rest, but whether they are in touch
with the Rumanians in that section Of
the country is not stated definitely.
Big Guns Busy
On the other fronts the fighting has
been of mfuor importance. The big
guns have been busy on the western
line, and the Germans yesterday
launched an attack against the French
holding the line in the Vosges Noun
tains, but without success, according TO
the dispatches from Paris, which claim
that the enemy was driven back with
big loses. This lighting took place
near the little city of Col Saint Marie,
Berlin reports that the Allies at.
tackled in force in the vicinity of Sores,
Greek Macedonia, but were driven
back. Paris, on the other hand, reports
the capture of Turkish positions near
he city. The fighting in Serbia, north
of Monastir, has been heavy, but appar
emily the Allies have succeeded in max
ing but little advance, for the Berlin
reports say that they were repulsed in
a number of attacks they launched in
that sector yesterday.
The Italians have been active with
their artillery in the Gorilla region, bnt
have won little ground