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Show FIGHTING GOES ON IN THE PASSES I London, pril 7. The Carpathian mountains and the hilly country be I tween tit'' rivers Meuse and Moselle ! In France continue to be zones of most sanguinary engagements but lit lie or no news Is forthcoming of the progress of the battles. Lxcept in the I'zsok pass in the i arpathians. where the Austrian--, as-isted as-isted by Germans are offeiin- a nosl stubborn resistance, the Rus sians are said to have crossed the first range of mountains and from the heights which they have taken from the Austrians In bitter hand-to-hand fighting, can look clown the southern slopes toward the plains of Hungers it is asserted that part of the arm) j which has crossed the mountains is maneuvering to get benind the us tro-Germans holding the Czsok pass Austrians Admit Reverses. The Austrians admit that things sire soiuc; bndK with their armies and .ire anxioual awaiting German r.in rorcemeute which nre being hurried to their aid The Austrians are fighting in Buko wina. hut this Is only a secondar op ' ration The engagements In pro? ress in northern Poland, where :he Russians are 1 r Ing Li push back the Germans into East Prussia, also appeal- to be pmall affairs. Between the Meuse and the Moselle, Mo-selle, the French like their eastern all are on the offensive, attempting to force the Germans to give up SI Mihiel and the region in the vicinltj The Germans in their official report claim to have repulsed all the French attacks, but a semi-official statement from Merlin savs that according to, a pre-arranged plan the German out ! post retreated from rtecnie nip and' Fej En Haye." The Frenc h some lime aco renorled the ranture of these towns and claim to have made pro:, cess almost dally 6ince then The Belgians have retained a bit of ground which the lost in Flan ders. but elsewhere there has been no ; change on the western front Although no announcement to this effect has been made the general ex pectation In military irc'es is thai a combined land and sea attack on the Dardanelles will bein shortlv and that at the same lime the Russians, who now apparenti are in command In the Black sea. will bombard ihe Boaphorus forts Botha Pursuing German Army In Africa, General Botha's I'nion of I South Africa forces continue their flC torious march along the railways but thus far has been unable to overtake! the main German army which, it is1 though! here, is trying to 'Law thej old Boer general so far from his base as possible before making a stand In England the drink question is, still uppermost in the minds of thej people The cabinet met today to dis j CUBS what governmental ac tion should ' be takt-n in the premises, but did liol reach any decision Meantime hundreds hun-dreds of public men are following their king's example and banishing' ali-Haollc liquors from their house I olil6 while the chui' bes are making a t'le;i to the people that they at leasl take tin pledge to abstain from liquor! until the war is over |
