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EUROPEAN WAR DEVELOPMENTS Berlin advices are that Warsaw is now menaced by two German armies north of the Vistula On the right baiik of the river moving eastward through Plock the German advance guard has reached a M sition a few miles from Vysogrod less than forty miles from the Polish capital The center of von Hindetiburgs right wing in the Przasnysz region Is less than lifty miles from Warsaw and is making steady though necessarily slow progress to the south In the last twentyfour hours there has been n lull in the lighting while both sides are massing for uew battles to be fought west of Vysogrod and to the north of Warsaw On the right bank of the Vistula the Russians are retiring on their strongly fortified nositious at Vysogrod The town commands the crossing of the river at this point where the Vistula and the Bznra converge Kussian victories at both ends of the long battle line particularly in eastern Galicla around ijtanislau were claimed in Pertograd dispatches from the front North and northeast of Warsaw the Russians are on the offen ¬ sive and continue the advance begun earlier in the week The Austrian advance on Lemberg from a point eouth of Stanislau has been checked A Rus ¬ sian cMiveloping movement from the west directed through the Wyszkow pass now threatens the Anstrians line of communication communicationAn An allied licet aggregating forty warships yes ¬ terday penetrated the Dardanelles straits as far as Hortari and within range of Fort Intepe on the Asiatic side according to reliable information reaching Athens Fort lutepe was destroyed Vari ¬ ous Turkish encampments also were bombarded The ships are now within range of Fort Dardauos A Freiiqh squadron is cruising under the forts at the entrance to the straits which are now entirely dismantled An Athens correspondent in a dispatch dated Friday says The bombardment of the ex ¬ terior forts of the Dardanelles has resulted in the destruction of Forts SoddKlBahr Kum Kale and Orhanlc A French cruiser penetrated the straits fourteen miles from the entrance to the Dardanelles and remained an hour bombarding the interior forts It departed undamaged An official com ¬ munication issued by the French minister of marine confirms the announcement of the demolition of the forts guarding the entrance to the Dardanelles and says that mine dragging operations now are proceed ¬ ing in the straits It is reported that a Russian fleet is attempting to enter theBosphorus from the east eastAll All indications point to a refusal of Great Britain to accept the proposal of the United States and permit foodstuffs to reach the civilian inhabitants of Germany provided the kaiser will lift the sub ¬ marine blockade of British ports It is uow be ¬ lieved that Britain intends to make all foodstuffs for Germany absolute contraband thus cutting on the movement of ships to German ports and making oi ort trade by sea impossible The belief seems to be general that cotton will became absolute con ¬ traband In this action Britain will be supported by its allies and the blockade will be extended to Austria and Turkey as well as Germany British otlicials say France Russia Serbia and Belgium have expressed themselves in full accord with this program programThe The continued progress which the French are sad to l e making in the Champagne district and the pressure which tile allies are declared to be bringing to bear on the German line to the west have accord ¬ ing to news received from Holland induced the Germans to make another effort in the west before the allied forces reach their maximum strength By day and by night big motor cars loaded with German soldiers are hurrying through Belgium to the west ¬ ern front and the troops which have been sent to northern Belgium are going back to the trenches trenchesThe The German buudesrath lias adopted a measure by which the number of automobiles in Germany not being used for military purposes will be reduced about half Tile purpose Is to save in the consumption of gasoline and lubricant oils and In rubber The order provides that beginning March Lr all automo ¬ biles must have new licenses These will be issued onlv on proof of public necessity This future limitation says the order has particularly the purpose of eliminating all automobiles serving pur ¬ poses of pleasure or sport sportCopenhagen Copenhagen newspapers publish a Berlin dispatch reporting the killing of a prominent Turkish general in Syria His death was ordered from Constanti nole it Is said the charge being made that he committed treason in endeavoring to carry out ne ¬ gotiations for peace with the allies of the triple entente The basis of the generals negotiations it is stated was the proclaiming of himself as sultan the limiting of Turkey to Asia and the abandoning of Palestine and Mesopotamia to Eng ¬ land landWreckage Wreckage picked up near Christiansand appeears to indicate a disaster to the German submarine U9 The German submarine U9 has played an Important part in the naval activities of the war It sank the British cruisers Hogtie Aboukir mid Cressy in the North sea on September 25 and eluded pursuit On October 25 it sank the British cruiser Hawk HawkTwo Two German aviators who for two days have beeu clinging to their machines in the North sea were landed at Lowestoft Kng by a British trawler which rescifed them The Germans met with an ac ¬ cident in attempting to My from Ostend to England hist Sunday Both of them were handed over to the naval authorities authoritiesA A dispatch to the London Times from Petrograd says that information lias been received in the Russian capital that several units belonging to the 20th corps which was surrounded by the Germans in the retreat from east Prussia still are lighting stubbornly and probably will be able to rejoin the Russian army armyAnxious Anxious to eliminate the German cruisers Dres ¬ den and Prinz Mitel Freidrich as a menace on the Pacific Tapan has five cruisers and battleships cruising in the south Pacific according to Captain William Stevens commander of the British steamer Maitai which arrived at San Francisco from Aus ¬ tralia traliaThe The German war oflice report was as follows In Champagne yesterday and last night there were re newed strong French attacks Fighting in some places continues otherwise the attacks were re ¬ pulsed North of Verdun the Germans attacked part of the French position Fighting continues continuesTlie Tlie Austrian advance in eastern Galicla has been checked and the Russians driving back their op ¬ ponents have recaptured Stanislau and Kolomea says a dispatch to the London Evening News from Hertza Rouinania Heavy lighting preceded the recapture of these two towns townsThe The Germans are again bombarding Arras and Soissons as the result of French troop concentrations in those cities according to dispatches received in Paris The big German mortars have done terrific havoc at Arras and a great part of the city is in ruins ruinsAdmiral Admiral von Pohl chief of the admiralty staff has l een selected as successor to Admiral von Inge nohl whose removal from command of the German battle fleet was made known yesterday No reasons have been assigned for the change in command commandIt It is reported that a British merchant ship has been torpedoed in the English channel oft St Valerv surSoinme A French torpedo boat destroyer has gone out from Dieppe to the assistance of the Brit ¬ ish ship Emperor William has conferred the order of merit the highest German military honor upon Field Marshal von Hindenburg and his chief of staff General vou Eschenlaub for the Mazuriau lake vic ¬ tory toryThe The British admiralty announced that during the bombardment Hi the Dardanelles the battleship Agamemnon was struck and three men were killed
