| Show 2 to STRUGGLE FOR RUSSI RUSS I CAPITAL WILL ST ART SOON j Concentration Being Made by Both Armies Armie Toward Minsk Vilna Line Liner I WANT AID I Serbia Is Willing to Cede Territory to Draw Sos So So- o s fia I Into to War I By J. J T. T MASON Written for fox the United Press i NEW YORK Aug 28 The The evacuation of Brest this week by the Rus Russians ians changes I the direction of the fighting in inthe inthe inthe i the Eastern war var war area and conVerges converges con con- verges all of Qt it toward Petrograd The Grand Grana Duke Duka Nicholas is di directIng directing directing di- di the retreat from LIt Brest toward the Russian n capital with the tile apparent of ot fi shortening his battle front The Thelong lone JInes which the Slays Slavs have had to defend since the Teutonic drive began have largely contributed to Russia's accum accumulation of ot disasters The present retirement Js 18 along an oblique line with Minsk AS RB the immediate objective Here a union 1 Is Ie expected to be mado made with the Russians based on VUn Con Concentration toward the Vilna Vilna- 1 Minsk nak line is being made by byth the Ger- Ger mans inane a. a as u aswell well as the Russians and the first struggle for tor the possession of Petrograd will wUl probably t ke place here miles from tram the tho Russian capital The Tho weeks week's developments in th the eastern ern war area also suggest that tha the Ru Russians dans are counting on the Vilna line if It they are lowed allowed to complete their concen concen- The entire situation along t the e Russian front I 1 la rapidly d developing develop develop- ing to the point where whore von H Hinden- Hinden n- n burgs burg's northern army anny must make a a. decisive move mo forward or or must confess confess con con- fess fees to another deadlock SID Slays Slavs on n Defensive At the end of at the week the resumed their offensive in eastern astern GaUda which was vas suspended when the operations against Warsaw be be- be gan A strip of ot territory extending at its Ito widest point about fifty from th Russian border continues to be in possession of ot the S1 Both the Teutonic and Rus Ru Russian sian elan forces in district are Isola iso isolated lea Iso la mal battle front and each has baa ben been too w weak ak hitherto to attempt e 8 ait offensive The TheAt Th Germans however are probably fob bl concentrating new troops in southwestern rn Galicia to overawe Bun Ru- Ru n mr fi itla nd pr prevent prent ent that co country from fromi i the allied If This army anny may be beona the one ona yoh which ch is now being used to the Russians wholly from Ga- Ga lids and und incidentally to move the battle front nearer r to the Rumanian boundary Reports have e been continuous t throughout r I the week that Serbia has hasa a agreed r cd to o cede to ro Bul Bulgaria enough territory to draw the Bulgarians into the war But ut no flO official confirmation confirma confirma- tion has hM as been forthcoming and the 1 longer jn cr- cr th the tho Serbians resist th the pressure pres pres- sure eure o of at tho the ames allies the more emboldened will ivill they become to give in tho end nd a n definite refusal to Bulgaria's Bul Bul- g garia's r demands lt Italy 2 Ships Troops 1 Italy declaration of ot war against th the Turks was W reported to have been fallowed by the departure pf of an an exp expedition ex ex- p to tho the Levant ant No o news however has haft been received of the the- of or this force It is Is' probable tho the troops have not been sent to Turkey at all nih but rather are disembarking disembarking disembarking barking in tn Tripoli TrIpon to protect Italy's new new colon colony It would be dangerous for tor Italy to send troops to the Dardan Dardanelles Dar Dar- dan dandies or Smyrna without first strengthening herself herselt against the In Tripoli Sir Edward Edwird Grey the British foreign for for- eign minister announced this week that German Germanys Germany's s 's demand for freedom of ot U the seas is a negotiable m matter Although he linked tho the proposal with suggestions f for r limitation of ot armament armament arma- arma m ment nt the thee very e fact tact that the subject was admitted to be an op open n one is a astep astep step toward rd peace Sir Edward a au- au there thero could be no p peace as long Jong Jongas as aa Germany German IH is fighting for tor supremacy su precy and tribute A denial that these the are Germanys Germany's aims alma could n. n new nw p perhaps rh ps be followed by informal negotiations ne us- for an armistice End May Do Be BeNear Near Summing up their conclusions conclusion loDI table able authorities aid eald they thoughts possible pos pos- I Bible sible move was was near near with the United States mates as aa intermediary which would at least bo ho bo boa a step in the direction n of restored European peace German Ambassador d von t was said sad to have have conferred with Secretary ry of ot State Lansing today by br y telephone t b but thero no io anI an an announcement nt concerning their con con- c con conversation n- n Within a n. few fow days it was WaR expected t th G Gor s foreign or ign office would notify Am Am- Gerard either tha the Arabic was not sunk eunk by a Germ German n subi submarine or Ol- or more probably hand band report for immediate to transmission trans trans- mission to W of tHe U u boat bat commander who fired Ute the tOrPe torpedo lo If jan an unwarned attack without adequate r reason on was was made on on th the liner the presumption pk was that the submarine commanders commander's action would be tie repudiated inasmuch as Germany alre already d h has denied ordering unwarned unwarned unwarned un un- warned attacks a fact which was not given to the tho outside world b be because because be- be cause It dr it was deemed te strategy t to wor the legitimate lS worry y eji- eji emy enlY and to keep keepS neutral passengers from taking Ing thc their r rt t ships as fa Jar as possible v Excuses es for At Attack ack v Another suggestion wr was e that th the submarine commander would pl plead d a belief that h he at least thought that tha the ibe Amble WAS about to ram him o oto or orto or orto to escape A third was that the Itself was sunk Bunk att after sinking g the Arabic abi a contingency gency which would of ot course prevent the tiie submission of ot his of the affair finally there were a few who thought it if blo the attack was was was-dc- de deliberate J liberate inspired by hy German interest interests who ho sought Bought to embarrass the von Bethmann th influence in th tile fatherlands fatherland's affairs J guess proved true small smal all t. t doubt tonight that Germany representations would prove satisfactory nails satis factory factor either in the form of t an ex cx- I or a a disavowal that the they would be accompanied d d. d by full fullI fu I reparation and that they thoy would l pledge future compliant compliance with th the I American interpretation of t the tho rules rule rules of ot international law law a as ae applied p to-be to L warfare |
