Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1916 — Teutonic Soldiers Decorated With Flowers as They March into City. [ARTICLE]

Teutonic Soldiers Decorated With Flowers as They March into City.

The Rumanian army at last reports was still falling back all along the line east of Bucharest from the Transylvanian Alps to the Danube. Just where it will stop and face about and with its Russian allies, make a stand against the Teutonic allies has not yet become apparent. On the Moldavian west frontier and farther north along the Bukowina border the Russian attacks against the AustroGerman forces have failed to make any impression. An official communication from Berlin says Bucharest was captured without any fighting except by the Rumanian infantry north of the capital. This resistance was quickly overcome, it is stated, and the invaders ehtered the town from all sides, being received enthusiastically by the populace and decorated with flowers. Aside from Rumania the greatest interest still is centered in the political crisis in Great Britain. David Lloyd-George has formally acceptedfrom the king the post of prime minister and first lord of the treasury, a fact which is considered as indicating that he will be able speedily to form a ministry. The probable makeup of the cabinet has not been announced.