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Show RUSSIA PRAISED I BV THE EXPERTS Condon, April ', 1 ; 45 p. in The Kussian successes in the arpatbians ' where the Muscovites nre nov. Baid to control virtually ;ilJ the Important passes and arc preparing for a d scent Ironi iho southern slope 10 the plains of Hungary; hiivo revived unofficial unof-ficial ralk of separate peace for Vila tria l lungarv , and seemingly inoreas-itig inoreas-itig anxiety on the part ol the int'-r venttonists in Italy lor their country to take up arms on the side of the allies and secure territory, which tiny have failed to Ret in the negotiations through Germany with Austria The Russian newspapers seem con vinced thai Hungary, if not the whole of the dual monarchy is ready to ;-.eeV peace and ii Is .said that Km-peror Km-peror I riin is .Foseph has requested Pope Benedict to intervene in his behalf. be-half. Except in Italy, the aeuiral country most directly interested in this question, little credence is given this report, although the opinion is pressed in military circles here that il Russia succeeds in overcoming the joint resistance of the Austfo-German troops in the Carpathians as she apparently ap-parently has that of the Ausiro-IIun-garian armies Hungary at least will be ready to bring the war to an end. as far as she le concerned ootn &iaes reinforced. However, the Russians have some way to go aa vet before they reach the plains of Hungary, and the Austro-German forces are placing overs obstacle In (heir way. The whole i southern slopes of the mountains have ! been strongly fortified and troops are J being poured mto the region In dia i i pule It is said there are now twen- ,i-i'our Austrian and six German army I corps facing the Russians, and that j more are on the way. On the other ; hand, thp Russians are still bringing I up reserves, and. according to the ; UBtrian report of tonight, they are I attacking without any regard for the I ii--.- nf Imni hi ill',-- The Rritish military critics expres-the expres-the gieatest admiration for the man nrr in which the Russians have ban died the Carpathian campaign Their idvance between Polfanka and Part-feld. Part-feld. Chcy jay! squeezed the Ausirians out or the Dukba paas that from Dukla squeezed t'oeni out of Mezolahorcz and from wesi io cast this process lias i ontinucd until all the passes are in the hands of the Russian czar's "roops. The critics contend that the Vnstro-Ormans must now return ! Trom east Galicia and Bukowiha or they will find themselves cut off. Petrograd. April ft. via London. 1 11:25 p. m. The following Russian official statement regarding the right I ing in the eastern theatre of war was 1 issned tonight: "On the front west ot the Nlemen river there have been actions of secondary sec-ondary importance In the Carpathians our troops repulsed re-pulsed a number of German and Austrian Aus-trian center attacks and continued to nrogrcss. We now hold in our hands the whole of the principal chain, extending ex-tending for more than llu versU (about seventy-three miles) from Re-ghetovo Re-ghetovo to Volossate. with the excep-tion excep-tion of hill 009. south of Vollamek-hova Vollamek-hova On April 7 we took 1200 pris oners. "In all other sectors of our front there is no marked change oo |