The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1915. THE WAR.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 187, 17 April 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1915. THE WAR.

(With which i» incorporated The Tsij.3 hapa Post '>.na Waimarinu News.)

The tide of Avar, though slowly in most quarters, is certainly sweeping onwards. In the early stages of opations it was Paris that was- ! threatened, and the French GoA rernment and the wealthy people were leaving it; now, however, the tables arc turned and it is: Vienna that is in danger, and the wealthy classes with their treasures are quitting, for it is too painfully apparent that if Austro(lerman armies cannot turn the Russian juggernaut that is slowly but surely rolling on through the Carpathian passes on to the plains of Hungary their proud city is doomed, and must fall into the hands of their enemies unless the evil day can be. avoided by. an arrangement for separate peace. So soon as Russia gets a firm foothold in Hungary, Italy will declare war and the road to Vienna would become easy, with a good proportion of the Russian loft wine-: to spare .to lorn its attention solely towards Berlin. But from present Indications a- /I Bliss of peace-seeking, boib Oermanv ■■ Austria will, like most other bullies. cry peccavi long before the sin on Belgium can receive full retributive justice. A huge concent ration of C< rman forces in the Carpathians is said to be in \ formation, but so long as high pressure is kept up along the •whole Russo-Cerman front and also in all quarters in the west, by France, Britain, and Belgium, it is not quite clear Avbere huge German forces can be spared from. Without doubt, there- will be witbdraAvals from Avlierever a soldier fan safely be taken to stem, for a

: IS-* J&->* *■ ‘ ■ ■ -.v ■• | timey- the- invasion of Hnngar/i proper, as they realise it to be a matter of life and dfeath. to thean.; Cables advise that. tfur&sy, after being dragged into the ivat, is being left to' -defend. 'herself against the iUies. that are now forcing a way to her heart.. Turkish Government is in hysterien and reproaching Germany for betraying her, and talk of hieing for a separate peace. However much peace may be desired by Austria and Turkey, these ,:alks may be resultless, but they arc strong indication that Germany is strained to the utmost to hold the defensive position she now occupies she has little or nothing to spare with which to help her 'allies. Therefore, peace or no peace, it is not at all likely that the Russian invasion of Hungary will, or can, be held back for long. It is reported-that five Austrian armies and seven German army corps are now contesting the Russian road into Hungary, and it ifi probably truOj for no greater calamity for Germany - seems so near at hand than an invasion of German Silicia via Cracow, which, if not stopped now, spells certain ruin, with diminished hopes of settlement of anything like a tasteful character. In this invasion of Hungary, Germany, like Austria, has everything to lose by Russian success; she must therefore strain every effort to furnish such an army as, with Austrian help, can reasonably hope to hold her enemy in check. Operations in other quarters seem to be all that is intended; no vigorous offensive is being taken except in Turkey, where the Allies’ ships are still pounding their way through to the Turkish ‘ ‘ Tipperary. ’ ’ If it is literally true that Turkey has been abandoned in her trouble, it is not unreasonable to assume that the Allies ’ passage through that country will not be delayed very long. News of a very encouraging nature may be expected before long, and until that arrives there are no indications helpful to opinionforming that may safely be laid hold of for anything but speculative prediction. In the west very.little change has taken place; in a very lengthly cable ■yesterday' from Sir John French "there ; : is little news beyond a description- of the' Neuve ChapcTle fight. 1 The air raids and bombing of various cities- towns, factories, and camps are mere incidents and have little .hc'aritig on the real issue. German Zeppelins, from which so much was expected, have proved nothing but terror-mong-ers, dropping bombs on helpless towns and destroying a few civil-iMis,-Women and children. It is ftot'-lo’-such that we can look for ■ahythiiig of a conclusive character; 5 Viewing operation* generally, ■•it’-seems that on all fronts ■'the*- definite course decided upon -fs being well maintained by our hiid 'Allies; therefore, we may feel /satisfied with the pro■gi'ess s that is being made; evident:ly all'iron wall is to be kept up in 'the'-west while forces from the east sweep onwards where the resistance iis not so Severe or serious. ■rirn ; ’ 4 ‘ • i *