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Show SUMMARY OF THE WAR SITUATION The fnurrh day of the second general gen-eral battle between tho Germans and the allies finds Emperor William's forcos pressing with unprecedented strength their advance on Purls. Their right is reported to be within fiftj miles of the French capital. In the absence of official announcements, announce-ments, news dispatches indicate that ihp Rritlsh and French continue a stubborn resistance, giving way slowly, slow-ly, however, whenever this Strategy is necessary to keep their lines intact and prevent an enveloping movement bv the German right. In the east the fighting progresses With unabated fury Both the Russian Rus-sian and the Austro-Gerrnan armies have met successes and reverses it Is admitted In Petrograd (St. Petersburg) Peters-burg) that two army corps were defeated de-feated in east Prussia and that three Russian generals were lost On the other hand the Austrian uppear to have been defeated In Ga-licia, Ga-licia, whero overwhelming successes are claimed by the Russians This claim finds support In a dispatch from Vienna, which states that tho Aus-trlans Aus-trlans have decided to evacuate Lem-berg, Lem-berg, the capital of Galicia Official dispatches from Petrograd by way of London show evidence of having been closely censored In I, on don, The attitudes of Turkey and Italy art- anxiously awaited by all the bel llgerents. A aemi-off Icial dlspafch from Petrograd says that Turkish troops have landed on the shores of Asia Minor at Samaria Further pres sure Is reported to have been brought on Italy by Germany and Austria to have her support the triple alliance. The Japanese Foreign offi e haa Issued Is-sued a statement complaining of alleged al-leged unfair treatment of Japanese non combatant 8 In Germanv. |