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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Both Russia and Oenminy are pouring masses or tight ing men into the great struggle in the Carna tliians An Kastcr ukase issued by Kmporor Nicho ¬ las lias suinnioniMl to the Russian colors a new class of twenty year old recruits numbering 585000 men These men in normal times would not have been called for army service until 1010 Germany 5s sending reinforcements to Hungary to support the hard pressed Austrian armies and with this renewal of the Russian offensive in Russian Ioland also lias withdrawn troops from Belgium to strengthen the eastern front according to dispatches from Holland These facts are taken as indicating that the great battle for possession of the Carpathian pases leading inlo Hungary is approaching the decisive stage The invasion of Hungary by the Russians with a possible early ending of the war may hinge on the outcome The Muscovites arc continuing their desperate efforts to force the Tzsolv and Lupkow passes and on lie outcome of these operations the Russian army whici penetrated the Duklu pass is waiting entrenched on the southern slopes to the Hungarian plains Seemingly the Russians have had considerable suc ¬ cess for Petrograd announces that lierco lighting is iiroceeding near Smolnik midway between the Lup kow and Uzsok passes and that the Russians have repulsed Austrian attacks near Mexolaborcz which is due south of the Lupkow pass and west of Uzsok pass and have made continued progress in the region of both passes The Austrian official state ¬ ment admits that the Austrian armies have been forced back in some of the mountain regions and the dispatches of Austrian correspondents at the front carry a tone of misgiving Petrograd also re ¬ ports that the Germans are being driven back in Poland and that the Russians are forcing the Aus trians bark into Bukowlna BukowlnaWhether I Whether by government inspiration or on their own initiative several London papers appeared with articles informing he public that the AngloFrench warships have encountered serious resistance at Hie Dardanelles The Kvening Star frankly ad ¬ mitted that direct frontal attacks upon the Darda ¬ nelles forts have failed The check the allied Hoot suffered at the Dardanelles narrows according to the Star lias been grave enough to cause a radi ¬ cal change in operations Hut all the English papers agreed that the attempt will be continued The London papers admitted for the first time that the Turkish forts at tin narrows have not lieen damaged seriously They expressed the opinion that another means of attack must lie sought inti ¬ mating that the allies are about to attack the forts with land forces forcesAt At everv point along the Francorianders battle front in the last forty eight hours the attempts of the allies to make gains have failed according to an official statement from the fSeruiau war office The Uelgians made tni unsuccessful attempt to win back the hamlet of Klosterhoek near Dixmude which was occupied by the Germans four days ago In Ie Petre forest northeast of St Miblel the French made desperate efforts to regain ground lost in the fichtiug earlier in the week but were thrown back The French arc renewing their attacks in Alsace and have made several onslaughts azainst the Gorman positions on the heights south of Nieder aspach west of Miullianseii In each case the enemy was repulsed repulsedThe The following official communication was issued at Constantinople On March 1 a British cruiser iKMiibarded the borough of Mowilah at the head of the sea on the Hadjas coast and attempted to land troops After being repulsed the cruiser returned lie next da and renewed tho bombardment for five hours damaging some houses The enemy again attempted to land troops but was repulsed by Mir tr ops and volunteers The cruiser then retired There was no loss of lift on our side Some hostile mine sweepers attempted to approach the straits but retired before our fire Two war shins which protected them unsuccessfullv bom ¬ barded the straits from afar and retreated retreatedVlie Vlie American steamer Grcenhrier from New iork which struck a mine in the North sea and sank a few hours after it left Bremen Is the third American vessel destroyed by mines In the North sea The Kvelyn was blown up off Korku in island on Februarv 1 with a reported loss of three men while en route to Bremen with it carco of cotton The Carlb was sunk by a mine off Nonlcrney on February 23 One of its crew died from exposure The Jrcenbriers crew escaped escapedAn An oflicial communication issued by the French war office follows On Saturday at Bomplerre to the southwest of Peronne we continued to make satisfactory progress with our mining operations Near Lassigny the Germans attacked and attempted to debouch They were stopped short by our lire as they were sallying forth from their trenches In iipiMM Alsace in the region of Bnruhaiipt Ie Haut we repulsed two German attacks attacksNineteen Nineteen inches of snow fell in Philadelphia Saturday breaking all records for any twelve hours in the history of the federal weather bureau there The disturbance was general from Maine to Florida witli the heaviest gales between New York ami the Virginia capes and snow falling as far down the coast s South Carolina CarolinaAs As a result of intimations from Germany that their presence was no longer desired witli the army at the front all American military observers have been ordered home by Secretary of War Garrison GarrisonIt It is officially denied at Vienna that Austria lias opened negotiations with Russia for a separate peace
