EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916.
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IN nillCT FIGHT
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ry to Force Von Hinden
burg's Retirement From
Kiga to xjvuibk
USB LIQUID FIRE AND GAS
Kuropntkin's Attacks Not Re
garded by Critics as Begin-
nings oi wicin, vynuiio.vu
.m(vinAD. March 24. Savnge naht-
!-i. Is Ming on nt Jncobstadt, 80 miles
outheast of ms. . "-.
-..) Ilnuld nro ami Ba bombs, are bat-
letln In the German Ballont.
n the same time me eiava nro u
l ." ..,.. ni t;vi.lrf!1iit.i(H. west of
SLSSdt and I at ! illoxt. to the south.
flM,l Kuropatltln's aim apparently a
General "'"' in.,1,.1,,,,. ,ii nf h n
(j Mue n-f ,, thrnnta of cnvelon-
S forcing the retirement of the whole
menu"""".". . , n.,olf nn n.
German uno in .i. - - -
front of 140 miles.
- II. la nffanak'A M?tll m.
move the German threat against Itlffa and
r. ...r.lvn cimnalen ho may undor-
U( on the Russian front.
Despite optimistic statements from some
I.. Infnnnml nrltlra linrn rift tint
" iii irii.ntt.iMn,a nttadra tho benln-
Jlnis of a great Russian offensive. The
or ne tnaw, uuo wiium i7 ,'"
:.!. ia nvnnrtKit tn intnedo artillery
Jnotemcnts nnd force a lull In the flghtlne
OB to noriiieui nuii"
When the ground becomes firm again,
..- t..A mni'itmpnln liv hntll thn Opr-
mans and Russians aro ccrtnln to de
velop. To Improve his defensive positions
. tt. AvnnlAil nnrmnn nftnpkn
General Kuropatkln 1b flattening out Gor
man wedges in mo itusaiaii iui mm muv
Inj to capturo highway Intersections and
dominating positions.
RUSSIANS REPULSED, BERLIN
OFFICIAL REPORT ASSERTS
Allied Aeroplnno Shot Down at Lake
Doirnn
S BERLIN', Jtnrch 24. The attacks of
the Russians nave nccn repuiacu, 11 is sum.
On the Balkan front artillery dueling
It reported, An Allied aeroplane was Bhot
down Into lAho Dolran, on tho border of
W Greece nnd Sorbin.
Tho offlclnl report says:
Strong Russian assaults have been
directed ngalnst our bridgehead posi
tion at Jakobstadt.
East of Buschhof the Russians at
tacked repeatedly our positions north
of Slltau-Jakobstadt Railway. They
also attempted to surprise us south of
Dvlnsk. The attacking forces gradu
ally exhausted themselves.
North of Wldsy tho Russians de
livered an uninterrupted scries of
ttorm attacks. All the attacks of the
enemy failed under our flro or broke
down before our barbed-wire entangle
ments. Further to tho south there were no
fresh assaults.
During tho last few days on the
Balkan front there has been moderate
activity by the artillery on both sides
of the Vardar River In tho district
around Qlevgcll. A squadron of enemy
aeroplanes attacked Volovcc. One was
ahot down on tho west side of Lake
Dolran, the mnchtno and Its occupants
falling Into the water.
SALANDRA E S0NNIN0
SONPARTITIDAROMA
ALLAVOLTADIPARIGI
Gli Austriaci Attaccano le Po-
sizioni Italiane in Val Sugana
e Perdono Prigionieri,
Armi e Munizioni
CADORNA FESTEGGIATO
ROMA, 24 JInr2o.
Tl Mlnlstcro delta ducrra pubhllcava
led sera II seguento rapporto del comnn
dnnto Intcrlnale dello forze Italiane circa
la sltunzlone alia f route Itnto.austrtaca:
"Nella Vnl Sugana mcrcolcdl' notto II
ncmlco, nppogglato dalla sua nrtlgtlcrla,
attacco' rlpctutnmonto le nostro poslzlonl,
ma fu semprc resplnto con gravl perdlte
e Insclo' nello nostro manl nlcunt
prlglonlerl, nrml 0 munlzlont.
"Ancho nolle vlclnanzo ill Ravnllaz,
nella conca ill Plezzo 0 sul Strzl gll bus-
triad fprrtrn tnntnttvl A nvnntatn B,1
Mrzll, dopo che II nemlco crn stato respln
to, lo nostre truppo contrattnecarono e
rngglunsero lo trlncco mistrlncho nelle
quail gcttarono una quantlta dt bombe a
mano.
"In parecchl puntl sulle allure a nord
ovcstdl Qorlgla I duelll dl artlgllerla sono
dlvenutl plu' Intonsl.
"I nostrl avlatorl, nvendo osservato la
presenza dl una quantlta dl matcrlato
rotabllo lungo la fcrrovla Dnca-Adrla,
bombardarono Oppacchlasclta, Constanjo
vlca 0 Nabrcslna, e rltornnrono alia loro
base senza Incldentl, nonostanto II vlolento
fuoco dl artlgllerla a cut furono fnttl
segno.
"Avlatorl nemlcl hnnno fatto cadero
bombe bu Aslago 0 Tclvc, ma senza caus
arvl alcun danno."
II prcsldentc del Conslgllo, on. Salnndra,
cd 11 mlnlstro degll Affarl Esterl. on. Son
nlno, partlrono lerl nlla volta dl Parlgl per
asslstcro nlla conferenza mllltaro cd
cconomlca cho si terra' cola". Prima dl
procedero nlla volta dl Parlgl I due inln
Istrl si fermeranno nlla fronto ltnllana
por conferlre con II re circa vnrle qulstlonl
rigunrdantl l'ltnlln, che snranno dlscusso
nlla conferenza dl Parlgl. Tclegramml da
Londra dlcono cho nlla conforenza mill
tare asslstcranno II prlmo mlnlstro Inglcse.
Asqutth, II scgrctnrlo della Gucrrn, lord
Kltchoner, cd II segretarlo per git Affarl
Esterl, sir Hdwnrd Grey.
Icrl a Londra It goneralo Cndorna fu
fostegglato con un banehetto nlt'Amba
nclata Itallana, offcrtogll dall'nmbascln
tore marcheso Imperiall dl Francavllla.
Tra gll Invltatl erano sir Edward Grey,
II marcheso dl Crowe, lord Kitchener,
LIoyd-Georgo, Reginald SIcKcnna 0 moltl
diplomatic! dcll'Intcsa.
PER GLI AIERICANI IN ITALIA.
lerl mattlha l'nmbasclatoro amerlcano
Page conferl' con II mlnlstro Sonnlno,
prima cho qucstt partlnse nlla volta dl
Parlgl, circa I cast dl alcunl clttadlnl
nmerlcan che sono statl cspulst dall'Itnt
la, cd II mlnlstro promise dl dlsporro a che
si facesse una tnchtcsta nl rlguardo,
speclalmento per due nmerlcanl cho furono
cspulsl da Como dovo erano statl ar
rcstatt, Mr. Pago rlchlamo' speclalmento l'nt
tcnzlono del mlnlstro sul caso dl Harry
Montngnlcr, cho fu espulso nonostanto lo
proteste dell'Ambasclata nmerlcana. II
Montagnlcr o' moltl conoscluto In Itnlla
como un profondo studloso dt questo paeso
o moltl conosclutlsslmt nmerlcanl cd Ital
ian! hnnno deposto in suo fnvoro facendo
rllcvaro 1 suol sentimentl amlchcvoll verso
l'ltalla.
PRjVTICHE TURCIIE PER LA PACE.
L'AgenzIa Telegratlca Nazlonalo dlra
mava lerl sera II segucnte comunlcato
che dlccva ottenuto da un'autorlta' diplo
mat lea:
"Duo cmlssarlt dol govcrno ottomano
Incnrlcatl ufllclalmente dl riallacclaro ra
lazlonl como preludlo alio prosslme trat
tattve dl pace sono gluntl In Svlzzera.
Non si tratta plu' dl scrutare soltanto,
como fu II enso ncl passato. I delegatl,
uno del quail e' 1'ex ambasclatore dl Tur
chla a Roma, Naby bey, non ha fatto
punto un scgreto del fatto che lo condl
fi?? ntern.e dell'lmpcro ottomano sono
tall che soltanto la pace a brcvlsslma
scadenza potra salvarlo.
"Per dl plu' non sono soltanto t turchl
che cerenno per mezzo della dlplomazla
dl glungere' alia paco como sola via dt
salvczza, ma In Svlzzera si trovnno In
questo momento nncho 1 rnpprcsentantl
del governo bulgnro Incarlcatl dl una mis
sion? simile a quella del turchl. Qucitl
due delegatl bulgarl hnnno espre3io II de
slderlo dl rccnrsl a Roma per dlscutcro
proposto precise a rlguardo della pace,
nonostanto cho 1 bulgarl Inslemo con I
loro nlleatl cercano dl mettero ostacoll,
per quanto senza ciricacla, alia nostra
occupazlono dcll'Albanla.
"Dal momento che ne' I turcgl no" I
bulgnrl possono fare pas-l senza cho la
Gcrmnnla lo snppla, 0' probablto cho qucs
ta cercht nuovl mezzl per glungere nlta
pace."
Intanto si npprende che Knver rnscla'
0' tornato n Costnntlnopoll, ed II rltorno
0 stato nnnunclnto uttlclalmente, ma
ancora egll non c' eomparso In imhbllco.
I Glovanl Turchl lnslstono n cho Enver
vrtiln, In Armenia a prendcre II comando
dello forze ottomano cho combattono con
tro I russl. ma I tedeschl lnslstono a cho
cgll rlmnnga a Cistnntlnopoll.
Telegramml da Atene dlcono cho
paBseggerl gluntt cola da Contantlnopoll
nffcrmano cho I tedeschl sono quelll cho
domlnnno nella capitate ottomana. Essl
hnnno Implccato quattro altl ufftclnll
turchl cho avovano eipresso dlsappro
vnzlono della domlnnzlonc tedesca.
englanTm dread
of german invasion
London Papers Warn Public
That Naval Battle May
Precede Attack
LONDON". March 24. That the Ger
man fleet, If It comes out to do battlo tn
tho North Sen, wilt bo accompanied by
scores of transports cnrrj'lng troops for
nn Invasion of England, was seriously sug
gested In nn nrtlclo appearing today In
tho Dally Star.
The Star, which recently gave warning
that rumors of now Oermnn supcrdread-.
naughts, equipped with 17-Inch guns, may
bo found to be true, declared tho War
OOlco fully realizes the dangers of such
nn Invnslon nnd Is keeping a largo forco
of men In England to meet tho expected
attack.
"There Is a growing feeling that an
nttemptod German Invnslon of our east
ern const during tho next week or so Is
quite on the cards." said tho Star. "There
aro many signs In cast Anglla that tho
mllltnry authorities shnre this vlow, but
theso must not bo dlscuscd here, nnd It
Is audlclent to consider tho nctlona of the
enemy."
Tho Stnr declared that tho Germans are
torpedoing ncutrnl ships In the North Sea
solely to. clear their coasts of neutral
skippers who might report the assembling
of Germnn transports for tho Invnslon.
Persons who took stock In tho Star story
pointed out today that so capable a gen
eral as Sir John French would not hnvo
been placed In commnnd of tho home
troops when his services wero needed elso
whoro were not tho War Ofllco odlclals
considering seriously tho prospects of an
Invasion.
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AT MALANCOURT
Teutons Continue Bom
bardment of Damloup and
Douaumont
QUIET ALONG MEUSE
PA1US, JKarch 24.
French artillery during tho night direct
ed a terrific bombardment against the Ger
man positions In Mnlancourt wood. Since
tho Ocrmnns established themselves In
this forest the well-directed fire of the
French gunners have kept them from ad
vancing on the Verdun front.
The official communique Issued by the
War Ofllco this afternoon states that quiet
prevailed during tho night about tho posi
tions on tho Immediate west bank of the
Mouse, but there was nn Intermittent can
nonndo on tho cast bank.
'j'ho text of tho official communique fol
lows :
In tho Argonne our batteries dur
ing the night energetically bombard
ed Malancourt Wood, Near Hill No.
28S wo exploded a mine, tho crater
of which wo occupied.
West of tho Msusa tho night was
calm. East of the Meuse there was
an Intermittent bombardment In the
region of Douaumont and Damloup.
In tho Woevre region heavy artil
lery flro was executed on both sMes
In the sectors of Mtoulnlnvllle and
Hparges.
No Important developments oc
curred on the entire front.
BETUilN, March 24. Tho artillery duol
on the Sommo-py-Soualn highway, In
Champagne, nnd In tho Argonne has In
creased In violence, the German War Of
flco announced todny.
In tho district between the Meuse nnd
Moselle Hhors the Germans hao occu
pied a couple of trenches.
West of Haucourt, on the Verdun front,
the number of prisoners In the hnntts of
tho Germans has been Increased to 32
ollleeri and 79 men.
Following Is the full text of the ofllclal
report:
The activity of the nrtlllcry on the
high road of Somme-py nnd Soualn,
In Champagne, nnd In the Argonne
has Increased In violence.
In tho district between tho Meuse
and Mosclto Rivers we have occupied
n couple of trenches.
West of Haucourt tho prisoners In
our hands have been Increased to 32
ofllctrs and 870 men.
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