Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-01
Neither of the Great Warning
People Are Able to Demand
Peace as War Victors.
TEUT0NS HOLD RUMANIA
Artillery Wings Are All That
Sees Action During Closing
i. Days of 1916.

PThe dawn of 1917 finds the bellig-
erent armies temporarily, at least.
virtually deadlocked everywhere ex-
cept in Rumana. 1t finds also in the
air a suggestion by the Teutonic allies
that they are ready to discuss peace,
Dut no basis for the ending of hostil-
.tleS has yet been advanced by them
ana the entente allies have signified
their determination to continue fight
Ing until their desires are complied
with.
Fronts Show Changes.
The war map in the main theaters
or the war at the commencement of
the new year shows at numerous
points material changes in the lines
as they stood year ago.
on the front in France the Ger
mans I'm the Somme region have been
driven back by the French over fronts
or considerable size, while the Ger
mans in the Nerdun sector made no.
table gains toward the fortress, but
later lost q part of the terrain thru
n French counter offensive; the Ital-
yans havs advanced their line on the
east closer toward Triest and the
entente allies operating from Salonik
have placed the Serbians on their
native soil again and also have pushed
forward their lines at various points
In Macedonia
Russians Were Successful
great drive begun in June by the
Russian general Prussiloff from the
Pinsk marshes to the Carpathians
was successful in clearing the Volhyn-
ian fortress triangle of the AustrO-
Germans and in the capture of much
terrain in Galicia and Bukowina.
Half of Rumania which entered the
war In August on the side of the en-
tente. is now in the hands of the
Teutonic allies. The sweep of the
Russians thru the Caucasus region
and Turkish Armenia has compelled
the Turks to yield much territory,
while in the south the British in their
advance toward Bagdad have been
forced TO give up their strategic base
at kut-el -Amara and are being held
to n virtual stalemate by the Otto
man forces.
Rcinforccmcnts Helped.
Aside fsom Rumania there is little
activity on any of the fronts except
by the artillery wings of the belliger-
ent armies. On the Moldavia Tran
'sylvana front of the Rumanian the
ater the Teutonic allies reinforced
are still making progress in their
drive. which apparently has its object
the effeC ting of "A junction with theU
troops moving north into Moldavia.
Additional points have been taken
from the Russians and Rumanians on
both sides of the Oituz valley and In
= the Putna and Zobala valleys.
z Germans Gain on Danube.
Z Meanwhile Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's army continues pushing
north into the country from the
4 mountains to the Danube. The cas-
4 tern flank has thrown back the Rus
SLAMS from the Braila bridgehead,
while in Dobrudja the Teutonic line
! has been driven closer to Matchin.
across the river from Braila. Here
the Russians have been forced to give
up point of support east of the town,
Advices from Athens say the
French. British and Russian minis
ters have signe note demanding
the reduction OF me Greek forces. eX-
cept i'm Peloponnesus. to a size neces-
sary only for police duty. the release
of political prisoners and apologies to
the allied ministers and flags.