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Show BERLIN WIRELESS NEWSJF WAR Progress of Germans at Front Considered Highly Favorable Favor-able in Germany. GREAT DEATH TOLL Turkey Not Guilty for Outbreak Out-break of Hostilities in the Near East. Berlin, Nov 2 Information given out today for the press in official quarters, is as follows: "The progress of the fighting on (he ! front in the north of France is re i carded here as highly favorable The report given out yesterdav with its news that the French had b.on thrown back across the Aisne at a point near Soissons and that the operations op-erations already had been extended to the west front of Verdun. Is regarded re-garded as the most favorable issue for some time past "Letters from the front reaching Berlin describe the fighting between Nleuport and Ypres as probably the fiercest of the whole war. The Germans Ger-mans forced their way southward bv repeated night attacks The toll of death was great on both sides. Report of Russian Defeat. The fighting i'n Poland has not vet recommenced, but in Galicia, accord ini? to special dispatches events would appear to be approaching a decisive moment. A dispatch received here from Cracow says the Russians have been thrown back across the river San and ejected from Lezaisk whence the Ausfrians pursued them for a dis tance of four miles "An Austrian official declares mere ly that the Austrian forces in central Galieia have retained all the captured positions to the north and east of i urKii near stry-samuor to the east of Przemysl, and on the lower San river. They repulsed an attack near Disco, the Russians losing many prisoners. A Russian column composed com-posed of infantry, cavalry and artll lery has been defeated to the north of Kuthy, on the frontier of Bnkowina and Galicia Turks Excite Unbounded Enthusiasm. "The exploits of the Turkish fleet which bombarded Odessa and Sebas topol and destroyed two Russian war ships, nineteen transports and several tanks, excite unbounded enthusiasm here. "El Imparctal, a newspaper of Madrid, Ma-drid, reports that there is dangerous unrest in Algeria. The natives have refused to enter the military service and have killed French policemen. "L'Echo De Bulgarie, a semi-official newspaper published in Sofia, declares that the relations between Bulgaria and Turkey are In excellent shape Eoth countries remember the lessons of 1912 and 1013 The secretary of the king of Bulgaria has gone to Constantinople Con-stantinople to confer with leading Turkish statesmen "The press declares that the British Brit-ish statement of October 27, Baying that the governments of the powers in the Triple Entente have resolved shortly to affect a settlement of the very strained relations between the Balkan states, proves that Turkey is not guilty for the outbreak of hostilities hostili-ties in the near east "The German organized a civil ad ministration in the French mining districts of Longwy and Briey. where there are ore pits valued at 225. 000,-000 000,-000 francs, 545,000.000. Russia Lacks Hospital Equipment. "The Dagblad. published at Stockholm, Stock-holm, Sweden, declares in a dispatch from Petrograd that the Russian sanitary sani-tary service is lacking In hospital requisites, such as bandages for the dressing of wounds Some of the Russian hospitals look like slaughter houses, this paper says. "The Bulgarian minister at Rom1" has declared in an Interview that a close understanding ex'-sis between Bulgaria and Turkey. Honorary Degrees Conferred. "The University of Bonn has conferred con-ferred the honorary degree of doctor cn Herr Yon Krupp and Herr Haven-steln. Haven-steln. The latter is president of the Imperial bank and the degree was given him on account of Germany s splendid financial preparations for the war. ' Bitter quarrels have broken out at Darmstadt between English and French prisoners of war. As a result re-sult it became necessary to move the English among whom Ib Colonel Grey into another camp." |