In the eastern theatre of the war there is nothing
sensational to report this week, but there seems to be a general belief that on the Lower Vistula operations are developing favour- ably for the Russians. It is stated, however, by the Petrograd correspondent of the Morning Post that the Germans are preparing another grand stroke in Poland. The Germans, it appears, have brought up 'their 11 in. guns to the Russian Paso. Aswan .11s. frontier and have begun a general bombardment. This he interprets to mean an imminent attack, timed probably for the Russian New Year. From Asia Minor the &mien news is atilt quite good. The Turks are fighting stubborn rear- guard actions, but the Russians continue to make large captures of artillery and prisoners. In connexion with the Turkish failure here, we may note that a Turkish fore°, probably a small one, has entered Tabriz. One is very sorry for the Persians, but the matter is not of military importance.
