Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1915 — EUROPEAN WAR NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

EUROPEAN WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

Whether Greece is to throw in her lot with the allies of the Triple Entente or" remain neutral is the absorbing question of the war. The Hellenic kingdom is in the throes of a mighty crisis, with King Constantine to l>e in favor of neutrality, and the retiring premier, Eleutherious Venizelos, one of the strongest* men in Greece, declared to be uncompromisingly opposed to such a step.

Continued gains of ground north of Arras, in the Champagne district, and in the Vosges, with heavy losses in the latter region for the Germans, is claimed by Paris, while Berlin asserts that the Germans have taken trenches and prisoners in Champagne and caused heavy casualties in the allied lines near Le Mesnil and Badonviller.

In the east, in north Poland, the Russians declare that they are still forcing back the Germans, but Berlin asserts that the operations there are proceeding “according to our plans.*’ In the Rawa region, Berlin says that 5,400 prisoners and 10 machine guns were taken from the Russians.

Further south, in Perlln, the region of the Pilica river, Petrograd reports that a great battle is taking shape. In the Carpathian regigji brisk fighting continues, with victories chronicled by the Russian and Austrian war offices. The Dardanelles forts continue to feel the shells of the allied warships, but Turkey also asserts that they have as yet suffered no great damage. British troops have had a clash with Turkish forces, re-enforced by tribesmen, at the head of the Persian gulf. London reports that heavy casualties were inflicted on the Ottomans, hut admits that the British also suffered considerably.