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Show GERMANY SENDS SOLDIERS INTO EAST PROSSIA Russian Occupation of Part of Her Domain Do-main is Likely to be Very Short Lived. Russians Press Austrians in the Carpathians. London, Feb. 12. Tho Russian In- carslon Into East Prussia appears Judging from dispatches reaching London, likely to bo as short lived ns wero the previous llusBian raids into this Bamo district. Germany's superb equipment nnd strategic railways rail-ways In this territory have enabled her within a fow days to th"ow im-menso im-menso bodies ot troops against tho Invaders. In tlio present case tho German soldiers appear to have been rushed Into East Prussia from both Poland und Interior points. In Uio Carpathians tho situation looks favornhlo to the Russians who nro prosslng against tho Austrian defenses de-fenses at throo of tho most Important 'mountain passes and this in splto of tho dllllcultles Interposed by Bnow-blocked Bnow-blocked roads. Berlin admits that tho Russians havo entered Hungarian territory nt soveral points In tho Carpathian Car-pathian district, but declares that tlioso positions wor0 most dearly bought In view ot tho terrible casualties casual-ties Inflicted by Austrian nrtlllery and machlno guns on tlio Russian massed formations. In Russian Poland tho Gormans hold tho belief that Russia is pro- paring to fall back to hor second lino nnd tho Russian trench defenses In thnt region will bo assisted by tho Hooding of great sections of tho Intervening In-tervening country. Blockade of German Coast Tho London nowspnpors profess to bollovo that tho Gorman submarine attack on tho Ilrltlsh steamor Lnor-tcs Lnor-tcs Hying tho Dutch Hog will preelp-Itato preelp-Itato moro stringent measures against Gorman trndo, which was promised by Promlor Asqulth In n speech dollvered yesterday In the house of commons. Tho Dally Mall says It bollovos tho government will announce a complete blockado of tho Gorman coast as a result of which nil goods to Gormany by sea will ho llablo to solzuro. A wtroloss dispatch from Borlin roports that an noroplano, presumably presum-ably Fronch, has dropped bombs In tho harbor of Flushing which Is Dutch territory, but no nows of such on occurrence has been recolved from Holland. Tho Balkan states ovldontly aro furthorlng tholr endeavors to reach an amlcablo settlement of their disagreements dis-agreements before entering tho conflict. con-flict. In this adjustment It is presumed pre-sumed that Bulgaria will get matorl-nl matorl-nl territory concessions from both Serbia and Rumania. |
