The Press. MONDAY, NOVEMBER. 30, 1914. Progress of the War.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15138, 30 November 1914, Page 6

The Press. MONDAY, NOVEMBER. 30, 1914. Progress of the War.

Our cable messages thi, morning leave - "•> doubt that the Russians havo gained the Tvarta Wu]a district-, yfetory . "Inch will, in alI prohamij) boa ;_ In S »' mmd ' however, that the opera ions are nofc concluded, exercise . "material eSoct upon the fortunes of the war. It appears that prior to tho : Gcr : mm '-**«""*,■ the Kaiser gave audience t o General yon Hindenberg'a.! 'horn and said:-"The eyes of the! -j;orld aro upon you." thu s sufficiently i-idica.mg the importance which the " <,cr ™ ans " att «*ed to the im- ' Pending military, operation. Gen- ■ «;''*- yon Hindenberg abandoned IT ■ ,T° th ° P,an '«»«allv adopted by the Germans of attempt,'„; to envelop the enemy, probably be" eausethe Russian numbers " wero far too largo to offer any prospect of sue- «■«■■ m attempting an enveloping « nek. Instead, he made., desperate ..ttempt the Ri issian ' r;, , f nfaCt - SUCCe6dodin treaky . "S with three army. cor p S M,c7 th ° rr T mmand of yon ' tlfr," Th,S ' the Berlin reports of * great German ctory hanng b een achieved. General * * sr«nco,s f who attacked Lowicz, was : decisively defeated, and had to retreat 1L "i north - direction, thus leaving General Ton Mach _ r -, fl * nk daD g«°«% exposed. ~ tho Russia __ " boated General Wielete., W J -o that the failure of G.neral yon I Hmdenberg's .Napoleonic coup was T~7y f+ i ThO nUSSha Xv that the statements as to the of the victory should be accepted with reserve, but that it is, * undoubted that the enemy has beCD compelled to fall back, and has suffered immense losses. Lord Kitchener, in hat he bel,ev enemy's losses on hi bT a . ' iStUk WCr6tlle latest they hd yet sustained. The battle „ ■ tio • yet over, although it has apnar . ontly entered on its final >ot only has the great German .tt«k aied, butatvariousrwi . ntstheen^ lias been driven back in disorderly retreat. „ ■In Western field of operations, , the German attacks are being - difficulty. An attempt to „ s . rafts ; has turned out disastrously for tho enemy T n the of the Allies may say „ ith erprv confi _ denco that in this field "It, go e_ s l oldy 'but surely." The Russian victory in i the .-astern theatre will doubtless lure ] the effect of further relieving the pressure in the AVe-teru field. In any case, a- wo have frequently pointed out, we may feel quite satisfied so long as the Allies continue to hold their own ,'n this quarter. The Russians have now got to work in real earnest, and the reports which havo reached Berlin of tho m3"lions of reinforcements which have been pnssing through Warsaw, may well spread dismay throughout the German Empire. 3_eanwhile. the British people '•n the oversea Dominions, as well as in the 3fotherlaml. "will cordially agree that tho decoration which the President of the French Republic has bestowed on General "Joffre.has been well-earned and will welcome aud endorse the significant words,which President Poincare used on that occasion. In order to - prevent a recurrence of the present " cata-trophe, he said, France must, in • her Allies, abj&ghjte.

causes. An indecisive victory and a precarious peace would expose thc French genius to fresh insults from "a '"'refined barharism which assumes the "mask of science in order better to "suit it<s domineering instincts."