GERMAN ATTACK ON THE RUSSIANS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2383, 12 February 1915, Page 5

GERMAN ATTACK ON THE RUSSIANS

/.. •••• • . HEAVY LOSSES' .SHOTS ON RUMANIAN : ' .FRONTIER BULGARIA'S WAR PREPARATIONS ALLIES' AIRMEN VISIT 'Vv ■ THE LUSITANIA'S RUSE TheVmost arresting feature of to-day's news from the theatres of the war is the account of the terrific struggle which took place between the Russians and the Germans on the snow-clad heights of the Intchcdka Pass, in the Carpathian Mountains. The enemy literally hurled his massed battalions at the Russian line, and their losses were terrible. According to Mr. Martin Donohoe, the, "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent, the Russians are retiring in Bukowina, but will endeavour to hold Czernowitz, the capital of that Crownland. In the Poland and East Prussian campaigns, the Russians are making steady progress, News from the Western theatre is meagre, owing to line interruptions due to heary snowstorms. Shots are reported to have been exchanged on the Rumanian frontier, but this news lacks confirmation. Bulgaria, supplied with Austro-German gold, is collecting her war. material.' The Allies' airmen have made a successful raid into , German territory, and dropped their deadly visiting cards on Dussel- . dorf, " doing considerable damage to the enemy's war stores.' The threat of a general blockade by the Germans is still a warm topic for / Press and political controversy, and there is a report that the Ger- . mans contemplate.a huge scheme if mine-sowing in the North Sea. The Lnsitania's "rose de guerre" has opened up a wide field of controversy on the general question of belligerents' shipping using neutral flags to evade capture or destruction, and President Wilson, .. while indicating that there is precedent for the hoisting of the Stars and Stripes on the Lnsitama, is understood to be contemplating an. announcement on the subject at a later date. The comment of ship- , owners on the subject is terse and to the point. There are no new developments to Egypt, bttt there appears to be good grounds far expecting a further attack by the Turks on the Suez Canal. e