Show TURKS RUSH BACK I TO DEFENSE OF CHIEF CITY Abandon Egyptian Venture Venture Ven Yen ture hire in Effort to Save Constantinople RUSS RECUPERATION T Brought to Standstill Stand Stand- still Tide Against Von Hindenburg I LONDON March 6 The The end of or the thirty first week of or tho war and the first signs of better weather conditions after a n hard winter finds ind the tho allied armies in inthe the western western theatre theatre nearing readiness ess tor for that co onslaught on the rz of ner 1 J j- j T and Field Mar Marshal lar I Frenca Frencl have doing been so so- much spade work during the last four m months From tho sea through the tho dunes of Flanders to Arras Ir in France tho British British Brit Brit- ish and the Belgian armies appear to to have withstood successfully all the at attempts attempts at- at tempts of ot tho the Germans to break t through rou h their lines while from Arras to the the French continue to win slowly forward This is especially true in the Champagne district although tho the skillful German commanders exact a heavy price for tor every step gained In tn this section Here the French hope their efforts soon will result In freeing treeing the city of or Rheims from the attention of the German howitzers howitzer British Are Cheerful The optimism with which Judging from Torn the trend of the comment In the tho Lon London on newspapers today the approaching gigantic struggle is regarded regard regard- ed In tn Great Britain France and Russia can be bo attributed largely large to the remarkable remarkable remark remark- able recuperative powers shown b by the tho troops of Emperor Nicholas These Thes sd- sd sol sol- diers in spite of the fierce blows of ot the German armies under Von Yon have been able ablo not only to I bring brine Teutonic Teutonic Teu Teu- tonic progress to a standstill but to push thc back along virtually the whole front until at one point nt fit least st it is admitted In Berlin BerHn the fightIng fighting fight fight- Ing Ins has again moved mO very near neu to the East st Prussian frontier r. In tho the south also ho the he Russians appear to have tightened their grip on Galicia and aro are reoccupying with forces force II sufficient to make mako their tenure permanent ent Influence of Russian Victory The Russian victory fetor over the Germanic Germanic Ger Ocr manic allies attles in the valleys alles of the tho Lomnitz Lom- Lom nits nitz and tho the Luk II wh the ro they surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded OO O Austrians as 38 wasP was as announced an an- flounced yesterday must It is believed belleve In London have a strong influence to toward toward to to- ward compelling the German Austro-German forces again to vacate the vicinity of or if It the they are still here Tho The country west of or Warsaw is again being watched for Indications of another battIe bat bat- tle tIe Another event which is adding to the tho serenity with which tho the ames allies today re regard regard ro- ro gard the future Is the th picture of British Brit Brit- ish French and RUfI Russian lan warships hammering hammering ham bam mering at the gates of ot the capital of ot Turkey with such success g apparently that Turkey already hn has hns decided she has had enough of tho the Egyptian venture and is now rushing hor her troops hade hack to defend defond Constantinople Hun Austrian garys gary's reported reply to Constantinople when the Turks Turk asked for tor naval assistance assistance assist assist- ance You had better hetter move your our capital capi capi- tal tat to Asia AsU Is 15 being published prominently prom prom- In London newspapers today |