The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-12-16
PROGRESS OF THE WAR


tragic CELEBRITY during the past week.
Bucharest. the far-famed capitol OF
Rumania, has fallen into the hands
of the Teutonic invaders. and the
Russians and Rumanians who made
a vain attempt to defend it are scat
tered in fight. More than 10000
| Rumanians are said to have been
captured, together with vast stores
of grain and other supplies so badly
needed by the central powers. The
complete success of Field Marshals
Won Mackensen and Won Falkenhayn
in their comparatively short cam
paign has had the effect Of raising
the spirits of the Germans to a high
| pitch and inspiring them with the be-
lief that their armies are invincible
and that they will win the war.
The Russians made an attempt to
save Bucharest by sending troops to
aid the Rumanians and by an offens-
i've movement in the Ca%rpathians,
but they were not strong enough to
prevent the catastrophe and the
sacrifice of life was in vain. 1t is
supposed that the larger part of the
Rumanian army made its escape and
that the soldiers of King Ferdinand
will join the troops of the Gar and
endeavor to regain their lost terri
tory. their present situation being
like that of the Serbians now fighting
in Macedonia. 1t will be observed that
the Teutons. as usual, are entrenched
on enemy ground and that their own
country is not suffering from the
ravages of war.
Next in importance in the chain of
events is the effort of the entente to
pull the claws of King Constantine
of Greece and prevent the royalist
army from taking part in the war on
the side of the central powers. The
British and French believe that if an
opportunity presented itself King
Constantine would attack them in
the rear and the drastic measures
taken were for the purpose of pre-
venting such an occurrence. The
Greek monarch has been under sus-
picion eve since he overrode the ac-
ton of Premier Venizelos and parlia-
ment and failed to keep faith with
Serbia, to which the Greeks were
bound by a solemn treaty. At no
time in all the weary months which
have followed the outbreak of the
war has King Constantine shown the
slightest sympathy for the entente.
His every act and word has shown
that he believed the Kaiser would
win. and that if the Greek royalists
could possibly do so they would fight
side by side with the Germans.
1t is said that Austria and Ger
many have offered their services to
Greece in opening land communica.
ton if Greece declares war upon the
entente allies. By shortening theil
front in Rumania it is considered
probable that the central power:
will be able to release a large num-
Der of troops for duty elsewhere, ir
which case it would be comparatively
easy to send heavy reinforcement
down into Macedonia to give battle
to General Sarrail. By order of the
entente a blockade of Greece begar
at 8 o'clock Friday morning and the
fate of the Hellenic kingdom may be
said to hang in the balance. Con-
stantine played his cards very badly
and his country is infinitely worse
off than if it had taken one side OF
the other when the war broke out.
Outside of the battles in Rumanis
and in the Carpathians the lighting
on the various fronts has not amount.
ed to very much during the week.
There have been artillery duels on
the west front and some aerial bat.
ties, with no change in the situation.
The same is true Of the Italian front.
In Macedonia the French and Ser