TOE 3IOEXIXG OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916. ENTENTE EXPECTS CRUSHING VICTORY London Newspapers Busy Discussing Czar's Refusal to Discuss Peace. FINAL TERMS OUTLINED Alsace-Lorraine, Colonies and Con quered Territory and Indem nity Demanded Her Allies , to Meet Fnrtlier Minimum. lONDOX, Dec. 28. The official order Issued by Emperor Nicholas statins that the time has not arrived for peace negotiations takes the leading place today in both the news and editorial sections of the evening newspapers. Some of them suggest the other mem bers of the entente should follow the lead of Russia and state their terms. The Standard says: "It is now quite time that bellig erents and neutrals understood the true situation. The allies believe they can Inflict shortly a crushing military de feat on Germany. She will then be offered peace on the lines of restitu tion of Alsace-Lorraine, relinquish ment of her spoils, the loss of her colonies and the payment of suitable indemnities, while her allies will have to meet the minimum demands of Rus sia and Italy." The Westminster Gazette expresses the hope that the allies will reply fully and adequately to President Wilson's note, saying: "Meanwhile the German press con tinues to enlarge on the olive branch. The Vossische Zeltung tells Russia that the question of the Dardenelles can be solved satisfactorily without further fighting and promises that the Ger mans will yield as far as they can with out endangering their future. If the internal situation of the central powers, and their prospects in men and muni tions are what we suppose, we shall pet on from point to point until we reach the stage where ou:r necessary aims become realizable." OFFICIAL TEXT OF GERMAN REPLIES TO UNITED STATES AND SWITZERLAND ON SUBJECT OF PEACE TERMS. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. The official text of Germany's reply to the United State on the subject ot peace terms differs somewhat in phraseology from the unofficial. It is as follows: "The imperial government has accepted and considered in the friendly spirit which is apparent in the communication of the President the noble initiative of the President looking to the creation of bases for the foundation of a lasting peace. "The President discloses the aim which lies next to his heart and leaves the choicest way open. "A direct exchange of views appears to the imperial government as the most suitable way of arriving at the desired result. The impe rial government has the honor, therefore, in the sense of its declaration of the 12th instant, which offered the hand for peace negotiations, to propose speedy assembly on neutral ground of delegates of the warring states. "It le also the view of the imperial government that the great work for the prevention of future wars can first be taken up only after the ending of the present conflict of exhaustion. The imperial government Is ready when this point has been reached to co-operate with the United States in this sublime task." TEXT OF REPLY TO SWITZERLAND. BERLIN. via Amsterdam and London, Dec. 28. The text of the answer of Germany to the Swiss note reads: "The imperial government has taken note of the fact that the Swiss Federal Council, as the result of Its having placed itself In communi cation with the President of the United States, is also ready to take action and side with the United States toward bringing about an understanding between the belligerent nations and towards the attain ment of a lasting peace. "The spirit of true humanity whereby the steps of the Swiss Federal Council are inspired is fully appreciated and esteemed by the imperial government. "The imperial government has informed the President of the United States that a direct exchange of views seems to it to be the most suitable means of obtaining the desired result. "Led by the same considerations which caused Germany, on Decem ber 12, to offer her haftd for peace negotiations, the government has proposed an Immediate meeting of all the belligerents at a neutral place. "In agreement with the President of the United States, the govern ment is of he opinton that the great work of preventing future wars can only be taken In hand after the present world war has terminated. So soon as that moment comes, they will joyfully be ready to co-operate In this sublime task. "If Switzerland, which, faithful to its noble traditions in mitigating the sufferings caused by the present war, has won unending gratitude, will also contribute to safeguarding the world's peace, the German nation and government will highly welcome such action." DOBRUDJA DEFENSE WAGED STUBBORNLY Petrograd Says Heavy Losses Have Been Inflicted on Teutonic Invaders. BRITISH CARS TO RESCUE AUSTRIA'S REPLY IS RECEIVED Germany's Ally Prefers Direct Nego tiations as to Peace. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Austria's reply to President Wilson's peace note was received late today. It is under stood to be substantially the same as Germany's. The text of the note, sent through Ambassador Penfield, follows: "Aide Memoire. In reply to the aide memoire communicated on the 22d In stant by His Excellency, the American Ambassador, containing the proposals of the President of the United States of America for an exchange of views among the powers at present at war for the eventual establishment of peace, the imperial and royal government cre sires particularly to point out that, in considering the noble proposal of tho President, it is guided by the same spirit of amity and complaisance as finds expression therein. "The President desires to establish a basis for a lasting peace without wishing to indicate the ways and means. The imperial and royal govern ment considers a direct exchange of views among the belligerents to be the most suitable way of attaining this end. Adverting to Its declaration of the 12th instant, in which it announced its read iness to enter Into peace negotiations, it now has the honor to propose that rep resentativee of the belligerent powers convene at an early date at some place on neutral ground. "The imperial and royal government likewise concurs in the opinion of the President that only after the termina tion of the present war will It be possi ble to undertake the great and desir able work of the prevention of future vaB. At an appropriate time it will be willing to co-operate with the United States of America for the realization of this noble aim." Progress of the War DRIVE IS STOPPED British Admit Weather Has Ended Somme Operations. LINE IS BEING EXTENDED Further Section of French Front Now Being Taken Over Offen sive May He Resumed Next " March, Says Army Director. TERLIN records fresh advances J3 the Teutonic allies against the Russians and Roumanians in Walla chia. The invaders now are advanc ing toward Fokshani. Three thou sand more prisoners and 22 machine guns have been captured by the in vaders, bringing the number of men taken in the Kimnik-Sarat maneuver up to 10,220. Although Berlin reports that the Teutonic allies in Dobrudja are keep ing up their pressure against the Rus sians and Roumanians and have forced the Russians from for tified height positions east of Matchin, on the east bank of the Danube, opposite Braila, Petro grad announces that the invaders i-outh of the Danube have been re pulsed with heavy losses, except at tho village of Rakel, which has been oc cupied by them. British armed motor cars, says Petrograd, did great ex ecution in this fighting. LONDON. Dec 28. The continuation of the British offensive along the Somme front Is impossible as long as the present weather lasts, Major-Gen-eral Frederick B. Maurice, chief direct or of military operations at the War Office, so informed the Associated Press today. "I told you some time ago," he said, "that our, offensive would not cease during the Winter, but it must be ap parent, from the daily reports, that no real battle has been offered in that sector since October. In the first place, we understimated the effect, of the shelling on the terrain. The coun try over which the advance will have to be made is thickly sprinkled with shell holes filled with water. Fog Hum Been Underestimated. "Also, never having held the same line in any other Winter, we under estimated the effect of the fog in the valley of the Somme. "There have been frequent frosts, not severe enough to harden the ground, but sufficient to form fogs, making artillery observation fire prac tically useless and also preventing the drying of the ground. "The French arrived at the same de cision and transferred their attention to Verdun, with results which you know. We may be able to resume in March, as we found the ground at Nueve Chapelle in fairly good shape In March, 1915, although it had been very bad during the Winter. French Front Taken Over. "Unable to continue the offensive for the present, we have done the next best thing. The taking over of a sec tion of the French line has kept us busy during the last 10 days. The operation has been successful and I will be glad to tell you the exact ex tent of the line taken over when I am for I sure the Germans know the point of junction. "In Roumania the First Roumanian Army, which has borne tin brunt of the fighting, l as been entirely withdrawn and now Is reforming in Moldavia, while its place has been taken by the Russians. In Dobrudja the line has been moved back in alignment with the battle front north of the Danube. In this region both our allies and the enemy are suffering from adverse weather conditions." Chenoy has been dispersed by -our fire. On the left bank of the Meuse we repulsed a surprise attack of the euemy directed against the eastern slopes of Hill 304. "It has been confirmed that Lieuten ant Herteaux brought down on Decem ber 26 his 15th enemy airplane. On the same day Sub-Lieutenant Guynemer brought down his 24th airplane, and on December 27 he vanquished his 25th air enemy. Another German machine, after engaging in combat with one of our pilots yesterday, crashed to the earth near Omtecourt." Tonight's supplementary statement says : "On the left bank of the Meuse dur ing the day the-'enemy artillery, ener getically count--shelled by us, vio lently bombarded our positions on the front of Le Mort Homme and Hill 304. "In Lorraine we carried out a sur prise attack on a trench north of Ba donviller, taking two machine guns. The cannonade was intermittent on the rest of the front." Belgian communication "Reciprocal bombardments took place this after noon in the regions of Dlxmude and Het-Sas Considerable fighting has again taken place on the Verdun sector around Le Morte Homme and on the eastern slopes of hill 304, where the Germans made an attack, but were re pulsed, and where later the French began a bombardment of the German positions. Elsewhere along the French front there have been reciprocal bombard ments and attacks by small patrol parties, interspersed with fights In the air and aerial raids by French, British and German aviators. In th encounters in the air each side is re ported to have lost machines. Germans on Western Front. BERLIN. Dec. 28. (By wireless to Sayville. N. r.) Eight airplanes were lost by the entento allies in yesterday's fighting on the western front, the War Office announces. The text of the statement reads? "Western front Isolated sections of the Flanders front and the Somme sali ent were temporarily under strong ar tillery fire. "The activity of the aerial forces was of the liveliest sort. The enemy in aerial engagements or through the op erations of our defensive aircraft lost eight aeroplanes. Russians In Gallcia. PETROGRAD. via London, Dec. 28. (British Admiralty. per Wireless Press ) The Germans have besrun an active bombardment of the Russian po sitions in Gallcia, the War Office an nounced today. An attempt to cross the Dniester River was checked. The statement follows: "The enemy's heavy howitzer bat teries are bombarding sectors of our front in the region east of Zarkuv. At tempts of the enemy to cross the River Dniester, southeast of Galitich, near Simikovtse, were checked by our fire." Germans on Eastern Front. BERLIN, Dec. 28. (By wireless to Sayville. N. Y.) Patrol activities on the Russian front are reported in today's army headquarters statement, which says: "Eastern front Front of Prince Leo pold At several points along the front the forces in our trenches repulsed ad vances cf Russian . raiding detachments." Berlin Declares Defeat of Rnsso Ronmanian Army Has Been Made Complete Destrnc- tion of OH Wells Claimed. PETROGRAD. Dec 28. (British Ad miralty, per Wireless Press.) Stub born resistance is being offered by the Russians and their allies to the efforts of the Teutonic forces to expel them from the portion of Dobrudja which still ' remains in their hands. Attacks yesterday were repulsed with great losses to the Teutonic allies, today s report from the War Office says. The announcement follows: "Attacks by the enemy south of the Danube were repulsed with great losses to him. West if Vizir Slavnoe British armored motorcars took part in beat ing back the attacks. British Return' to -Defense. "The gallant commander of the Brit ish armored motorcar detachment was wounded in the battle on Tuesday when repulsing the enemy attacks. Nevertheless, on Wednesday he again directed the operations of his detach ment and put the enemy to flight. "The enemy made attacks all along the front in Dobrudja against the po sitions occupied by our advance guards. He was repulsed everywhere by our fire except at the village of Rakel, which was occupied by him." S BERLIN. Dec. 28. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) The defeat of the Russo-Roumnnlan forces by the invad ing Teutonic army has been completed, it was announced officially. Russian Troops Thrust Back. Russian troops which attempted to regain lost ground were thrust back and ejected from their new positions with heavy losses. LONDON. Dec. 28. Speaking today at a meeting of the Roumanian Con solidated oil fields, William W. Ruth erford, member of Parliament from Liverpool, said that probably the value of the oil fields destroyed by the allies in the Roumanian retreat amounted to 30,000,000. It was a wholesale destructlaen. he remarked, carried on by a British mili tary commission, acting under the in struction of headquarters. inis worn, ha added, rendered the property anu the stock utterly useless to the foe. The oil wells of German companies met similar fate, he said. GREEKS TOLD TO FIGHT CAPTIVE DIVISION TO BE AGAINST ENTENTE. in iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii fiiiiiiifiifiiiiiiiiiffiiiiiiffilfff iii:i:i:.l!i!!!!.li::iiiiiii:ii!iii.liiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiri.,!.,iii:i! p . C m. 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Walnut and Gold Frames. 50 Gold Lac quered M etal Photo Frames Each with convex glass and easel stand, for card and cabinet photographs. Regular 82 values no now for only i70C Official War Reports Italian. ROME, via London, Dee. 28. The War Office communication issued to day says: , "The weather conditions have Im proved and the artillery on both sides has been more active, particularly on the Carso sector. In the night in the area south of Monte Faiti our troops occupied by surprise a hollow (about 1000 meters In front of the Austrian lines." In the Austro-Italian theater the weather has cleared and the artillery duels have been renewed with vigor. especially on the Carso front. In Macedonia, except for British attacks against the Bulgarians northeast of Lake Dolran, which Berlin reports were unsuccessful, comparative quiet still prevails. South of Brody. in Gallcia, the Ger mans have brought their howitzers into play against Russian positions and at various points have damaged their trenches. Unofficial advices received in London from Salonikl say the Greeks who surrendered to the Bulgarians at Ravala and were interned in Germany have been ordered by King Constantino to proceed to the Macedonian front to fight against the entente allies. Germans In Boumania. TiERLIN. Dec. 28. (By wireless to J3 Sayville, N. Y). The defeat of the Russo - Roumanian forces by the invading Teutonic army has been cempleted. It is announced officially. In yesterday's fighting the Austro German forces took 3000 prisoners. The statement reads: "On the Ludova, in the wooded Car pathians, German riflemen drove off strong Russian patrols. In the moun tains in the Oituz and Putna valleys, the fighting activity increased. "December 27 brought to the plinth Army Infantry, under General Von Falkenhayn, a complete victory near Rimnlk Sarat over the Russians sum moned to the defense of Roumania. The enemy attempted to regain the ground lost, but the attacks failed. Our troops stampeded the enemy from his new po sitions and pushed ahead beyond Rim nlk Sarat. "At the same time farther southwest German and Austro-Hungarlan troops pierced strongly entrenched Russian lines and advanced fightig in a north easterly direction. The enemy again in this defeat suffered heavy sanguinary losses. "Yesterday 3000 prisoners and 22 ma chine guns were captured. The num ber of prisoners made by the Ninth Army in engagements near Rimnik Sarat totals 10.220 Russians. "With the Daiuibe Army yesterday there were only local engagements. In Dobrudja, Bulgarian and Turkish troops succeeded in throwing the Rus sians from fortified height positions east of Malchln." Sweden to Issne Bread Tickets. COPENHAGEN, via London, Dec. 28. 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LONDON, Dec 28. A telegram has been received from Salonikl by the Anglo-Hellenic League saying the Greek division which surrendered to the Bulgarians at Kavala has been ordered by King Constantine to leave Goerlltz. Germany, where it has been Interned, for the Macedonian front to fight against the entente allies. ATHENS. Dec. 27, via London, Dec 28. The government is addressing "a second note to the entente powers pointing out the growing popular re sentment against their blockade. The note refers to Greece's previous communication urging mutual consid erations with a view to clearing the situation, and says that, unless some such action is taken shortly, Greece may be forced to seek the advice of the nation respecting the course to be followed. RUSSIAN STEAMER ARRIVES Vessel in New York Harbor First Time in Three Months. NEW YORK. Dec 28. For the first time in nearly three months a ship fly ing the Russian flag tied up today at a New York pier. She was the steam ship Vologda, out of Archangel Decem ber Si and is here in ballast to take cargo for an as yet unnamed port. Officials here of the Russian lines decline to discuss the movement of their ships, but others whose Interests are associated with Russian shipping think that the vessels are being used to transport supplies from England to Russia via the ice-free port of ,Kola Bay under the protection of war craft. Prosecution Charges Million Dollars Was Obtained Through Fraud ulent Sales Victims Scat tered Tlirough AVest. OMAHA. Dec. 8. The Jury In the I case of 11 defendants charged with use of the mail to defraud in sales f phantom wild horses in Coconino French. PARIS. Dec. 28. French troops last night repulsed small attacks near Lechenoy on the Somme and on the eastern slope of Hill 304, west of the Meuse, in the Verdun region, the War Office announced today. Mines sprung by the French near Beauvraignes on tho Somme front caused great damage to the German defenses. 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