Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1918 — WAR SUMMARY [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY

The internal situation in AustriaHungary may force Hindenburg to •take all upon a premature drive in the west. Some military experts in London believe he will do just that, in order to save Germany from an uprising so industriously “nursed” by the Bolsheviki. More than a quarter of a million Teuton reserves are said to have been massed in Belgium, particularly in the Province of Limburg. A large part of these troops are reported to be Austro-Hungarian. This is doubted,, but, if true, may be one of the factors behind the Austrian unrest, Austrian feeling being unequivocally against conquest offensives.. There is reported little, if any, increase in fighting on the western front, but both side* are keeping up trench raids. In some quarters it is thought the British and French may endeavor to start an offensive of their own before the Gorman blow falls and thus upset the Teuton plans.