Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1915 — EUROPEAN WAR NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

EUROPEAN WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

Tin* latest official statements disclose few details of the progress of the battles in tlie eastern war zone. ■> ' ’

In Poland the opixtsing forces are in alignment to the south of W arsaw, while the Vustro-Gernian .troops are making advances in Bulcowlna, and have c apt Ored important positions Jiot only there!, hut in the t'arpuKhiuns, in the neighborhood of Dtikla Pass. In tho western arena artillery activity has increased all along the line.

A press dispatch from the Hague announces that the American ainhassudor to (iermanj, Janie's \V. (.erard, has been invited to the Herman eastern headquarters for a conference with Kmperor William..

'l’he Serbian fortress of Semendria Is said to have been blown up l»y explosion of its powder magazine after a bombardment by Aus-tro-Hungarian artillery. A news dis|Nitch from Nish states the Serbian government, has announced the invasion of the departinent of Prisrend by Albanians, "ho in superior force conijielled the Serbians to retreat, and are continuing to advance into Serbia. All domestic oats and other grain necessary for forage for horses will he expropriated by order of the Herman Hundcsrath, or Federal Council.