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Show i RUSSIA IS A GREAT SURPRISE. Russia Is proving the one Dig surprise sur-prise of tho "war. Fighting Germany, Austria, Hungary and Turkey, the troops of the Czar have made a wonderful won-derful showing The Germans under General von Hindenburg, -with the aid of a network of strategic railroads, have punished ttre forces along the East Prussian front, but wrth each setback the Rupslana have reformed and again moved forward, each time inflicting heavy punishment. On at least two occasions the headquarters of Teuton forces In Berlin has an nounced a decisive victory over the Russians, and following ea.ch heralded triumphs the Czar's Cossaeks have Invaded In-vaded Cermnn torrltory- I Today comes word that the Rus sians have captured the Austro-Hun-garian fortified stronghold of Prze-mysl Prze-mysl in Galicia, which has been besieged be-sieged since last October, and, at the same time, the Muscovites have defeated de-feated the Turks in Armenia. That means nothing less than victory for the Russians from Memcl, In East Prussia, to the Black Sea, covering a fighting front of approximately one thousand miles, or from Ogden to Omeha. As the war progresses, the Russians seem to gain strength, and, if they have the equipment, the promise is they will prove more powerful than their combined enemies and that, with the end of the conflict, they will be a mighty force to be reckoned with in all world affairs. With the opening of the Dardanelles, Dardan-elles, RusBia should gain In industrial, ae well ns military. Importance. oo |