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Crtai iittW fttot FMiht I; imam
Fir PKUJM if Tli Truck
MA$KN OF ENGLAND FEARED
' ?t I. Believed Kaiser Expect* To Carry
War TP' The British Isles.
England Prepared 4
Th, p*?t vtk of the European war
kaa developed h nuraher of Important
'Ohangeeltoy 01 which may prove an
i Important factor In deciding the reanlf
of the great conflict now In progress.
The fighting, which for several weeks
kaa been ttaged along the northern
frontier of France, suddenly shifted
to the west coast of France where
i the Germans er massed their force* In
order to 'ska pcrsexston of the French
eaiut
With the control of the entire cottn
l try of Belgium all the why lo the coast
all that the German* need now to be
gin, their campaign against England Is
.the command ofKhe' French coast. In
the allies are stubbornly resisting
the Gentians. In recent reports from
London It Is said the British navy
played an Important part and co-oper
ated with the land forces In repulsfng
the German armies. It was during
tkt* fighting that the entire Belgian
army, which has keen dost slgbf or'for
nearly a week, wa* found In France
fighting, side by side with the allies.
L There Is a belief In the minds of ;
fiilltary expert* thst an attempt on I
the part of the Germans to attack
England would mean a speedy eulmU
nation of ? hostilities. Though no defi
nite Information has been given out
it Is generally believed that England
Is thoroughly prepared for an aerial
-attack by Oerman Zeppelins. Search
lights sweep the sky Incessantly dur
ing "the nights and British airmen
stand ready day and night to launch
' their craft to do Mtt^l In mld-alf with
'Abe Invader*. ? " P
In piew of the fact that th? British
coast Is heavily mined and the great
warship* of Great Britain are con
atnnUy petroling the North sea and
especially the coast of the British
Isles It would require a superhuman
effort on the part of the kaiser and his
staff to land German soldiers on Brit
ish soil. Should the German navy
endeavor to esdort the transports ear
ning the Invading army to England It
was Id preclptuuea naval battle be
In the eastern theater of war the
fighting has bean heavy at all tines.
A definite Idea of the results of this
conflict now being waxed by the Aus
tro-German armies against the Rus
. elans la Bast Prussia, Galicia, and
| Russian Poland is Impossible because
Lof the ocmetdHns reports that are rb
?>'ved dally from Petrograd, Vienna
?ad Berlin. On the same day dto
Hhtches will be received from Petro
Fgrad telllig of the utter rout of the
* Germans & Russian Poland, the plight
of the Austitan armies In Qalicia and
the success of the Russian armies In
JKnst ?Prussia, while dispatches from
Berlin and Vienna will ck. n great
victories against the Russians in the
ytrni battles." However, there does
?t seem to be any Important success
Bon the part of either of the armies.
Belgian Army Joins Allies
? Prom the Battle Front?The Belgian
? rniy, with the English channel on Its
extreme wing, is showing a marvelous
^ fighting spirit, despite Its long, hard
imppalgn and disappointment over the
* m of Antwerp and other large cK
laHfre terrific open straggle along
ths jfitootler the Belgians, with the
Frenfel and British, have repelled
with fee greatest energy, Incessant
German attacks.' The German heavy
artniev poured a bombardment on
the allied positions, but the Belgians
counter-attacked and forced the In
raders to retire nearly five miles.
* \1- British Seize Oil Shipe
'Washington.?Great Britain's deter
mination to ke^p from Germany car
goes of illuminating oil which might
be made fuel for army motor trucks,
Zeppelins and aeroplanes. Is responsi
I ble for the sell"re of American Stand
I ard Oil steamers by the Brttieh^crals
I ers. This fact was developed In con
I ference here after the state depart
? ment had requested the release of the
I tanker John D. Rockefeller. The Stand
lard Oil company has asked the state
? department to secure release of two
?more of its ships.
spqp^For Starring Belgians
[ London.r-After diplomatic negot'-a
' Hons lasting several weeks, in which
I American Ambassador Page acted as
Intermediary between Belgium. Eng
land and Germany, an agreement has
been reached by which the starving
Belgians will be fed by a commission
. of Americans In London and Brussels,
liUa'led by Herbert C. Hoover of Cali
fornia who has acted as chairman of
the American rdllef committee In Lon
fe don. It is estimated that 700.000 Bel
A glans who are still fh their own coun
Bftr are on the verge of starvation.
Cruiser Emden Busy Again
^^Bh|^ea.? The German Vruiser Em
H-ife again been sinking British
this time at a point 160
^BAmthuest of Cochin, British In
?dbordlng to a report received by
?anmlraUy from Colombo. Ceylon
?pas sent to the bottom the Brit
^Hteaim? Cbllkana, Trollua. Be.,
^Aand Clan Grant and the dredger
HBW, bound for Tasmania The
I Steamer Exf ord was captured
?Emden The German cruiser
^?s to her credit the sinking
?a British Stpamers
""German* Repulsed in p0|and
Petrograd?The Russian official
statement says.
"German troeps which had occupied
the roads leading to Wcjrsaw. In the
region north of tho River Pllttza, have
been repulsed and are in full retreat
leaving their wounded on the battle^
| field.
I The Germans have abandoned the
positions they had fortified in advance.
"The Russian troops are energetical
i ly advancing along the whole front
i- _ . * enemy is still occupying the
reft bank of the Vistula south of the Pi
lltxa and as far as Sandomtr.
"The Russians who for eight days
had been gallantly holding the region
of Koaenits under unfavorable condl
Oons and heavy artillery fire, achiev
ed considerable success on October 20
and their position on the left bank of
Vistula la now secured.
The attempts by the Austrians to
cross the RiVer Ran belo/ Prxemsyl
have been checked and the Rtrsataae
are assuming the otTenAve there '
In the region south faf Przemsyl are
found the rfmalns of all the Austrian I
corps defeated In prior fights in otcjfl
cla. Here the Russian troops are t/L.1
getlcany checking the of
numerous bodies
"There is no
East Prussia^?'*"*1 >n
???mi -i.j are avyreeenx \n
touch w.lZ the enemy on a front cov
ering over four hundred versts (abopt
J67 miles) from the lower Bsoura to
the slopes of the Carpathian mourn
tains.
Allies Advance Against Germans
London.?The official press bureau
issued the following announcement
"The British troops have made good
progressed in the lest four days in
the northern area the allies have driv
en the enemy back more than thlrtv
miles." -4 ? ,
The Bordeaux correspondent of The
Times. In a dispatch, says:
"Opinion here continues satisfied
with the military position. According
to popular expression, General Joffre
Is thrusting tha. enemy out of doors
without any unnecessary fuss.
"It is apparent, from the official
communications, that tne enemy is be
log superbly held along the Immense
front. The enemy's attempt to envelop
the allies bdlween (.ille and the sea
has failed. The Germans visibly are
preparing ^ retreat by fortifying a
line between Namur and Metx and a
second line with a base at Air la Chap,
pelle."
Two important successes In the bat
tle for Dunkirk and CalalB, for the pos
session of which the Germans are
striving, are credited to the allies in
the official communication
British Submarine Destroyed
Berlin.-?It was officially stated here
that the British new submarine E-3
was sunk by German warships In the
North sea.
Allies
Berlin.?Engagements continue near I
Nieuport, Belgium, and Lille, where
the allied forces have been trying to
j beat back the German advance. The
j French for several days have been at
j tacking desperately In the vicinity of
j Lille, but according to headquarters'
j bulletins all the attacks have been re
pulsed with heavy losses to the al
lies
It is announced that the allies have
made a stand behind the river Yser In
an attempt there to check the Ger
man advance along the coast.
Japs Occupy Another leland
Toklo.?The navy department has
announced the occupation for military
purposes of strategically important
Islands, in the Marianne, or l^drone
Marshall, East Caroline and West
Caroline archipelagoes. Previous an
nouncement has been made of the oc
cupation by Japan of Islands In the
Marshall and ^Caroline group. The
occupation of an island In the Mari
anne or Ladrone group has not here
tofore been reported. The Marianne
islands He directly east of I/wion and
about 1,700 miles from Manila
\ British After German Ship
j' Philadelphia.?Claiming tho steamer
jBVelyn, now lying at a wharf In this
City, % a supply ship for German cruls.
| ers. the British government. It Is re
! ported, ordered the armored cruiser
J Lancaster and the auxiliary cruiser
j Caronla to Intercept and capture the
Evelyn when she geta outside the
three-mile neutrality limit. The Eve
lyu was sold and the new owners de
clare she Is to sail on g legitimate voy
age from Philadelphia tor Norfolk and
the Mediterranean.
Austrian Submarine Sun/
Cettinje, Montenegro.?An Austrian
submarine was sunk in the Adriatic
by a French cruiser.
The submarine vessels went out
from the bay of Cattaro to attack a
French fleet which was making its
way along the Dalmatian coast. They
were quickly sighted, however, by the
French lookouts, and a well-directed
shot sent the leader to the bottom.
The French fleet subsequently rec
ommended the bombardment of the
forts of Cattaro.
An Austrian aeroplane dropped sev
eral bombs In the neighborhood of the
fleet, but no damage was done.
Jap Cruiser Sunk By Mine
Tokio?It is offlclally announced
that the Japanese cruiser Takachlho
was sunk by a mint Ib Klao-Chow bay.
One officer and nine member^ of the
crew pre known to have- Wan saved.
(? Four German Shlrps Sunk.
^London.?The pflftfsh navy has ac
igiunted for fqjvf more German destroy
era, whlcfc, --4ere engaged and sunk off
the,?T)utch coast by a British cruiser
sAd four torpedo boat destroyers.
According to an announcement made
by the secretary of the British admi
ralty, the British vessels in the action
were the light cruiser Undaunted and
the torpedo boat destroyers Dance,
Bennon; Legion and Loyal.
The admiralty announces that the
British loss In the engagement off the
Dutch coast, in which four German
torpedo boat destroyers were sunk,
was one officer and four men wound
ed The damage to the British de
stroyers was slight. The announce
mpnt nAAm- \ I
"There are thirty-one German sur
vivors, prisoners of war."
The sinking of the four warships
makes sir torpedo boat destroyers
sent to the bottom by British gun
fire since the beginning of the mar
and seven counting the torpedo boat
destroyer sunk by the submarine E-#.
Belgians Invited to Return
The Hague.?Burgomaster^ Jn. the
leading Dutch towns have Issued proc
lamations announcing that the German
government has granted permission
for all Belg.an refugees to return to
their homes. The only reservation Is
that men liable for military service
will be considered prisoners of war if
they return. The Dutch burgomasters
urge the Dutch to permit the Belgian
refugees to return home as quickly as
possible. Train service beteween Roo.
sendaal and Antwerp has been resum
ed. The German delegation at The
Hague has Bent a communication to
the Dutch press saying in effect that
Germany had taken measures In Au
gust to spare Belgium a famine by
asking Holland to allow the transpor
tation of foodstuffs Into Belgium, over
the Maas. the understanding being
that the foodstuffs were Intended for
Belgium Only.
Belgian King le Thankful
London?King Albert of Belgium,
In an Interview in which he expressed
thanks for the help given the Belgian
people, said he hoped the American
nation would remember that Belgium
has been unscrupulously exact in car
rying out its obligations as a neutral
country, and that the United States,
as a neutral, would not forget how
the neutrality of Belgium had been
violated. The king added, according
to the paper's correspondent, that
when the war ended this fact should
bear heavily on the terms of peace.
Rebel Bands In Austria
London.?According to Trieste ad
vices. all the new Austrian soldiers
are required to take the oath of fidel
ity to the German as well as to the
Austrian emperor From Trieste it is
reported also that insurrectionary
bands are swarming in ail parts of
the Austrian %mpire. The attitude of
Slav troops forming garrisons at Pola
and Sebenico is said to be menacing
and disaffection is reported In the Aus
trtan fleet, where crews are made up
in parts of Slavs and ltallaus."
Turksy Retains German Crrwa
Constantinople.?The porte has de
clined to discharge the German crews
of the cruisers Goeben and Breslau,
which have been in Turkish waters
since early In the hostilities and which
are said to hnve been sold by Ger
many to the Turkish government. This
reply was given In answer to the Brit
ish representations regarding the con.
tinued prescue" of Germans .on board
theae two v?sels. The government
hae now sfctivad the matter, declaring
tt to ba ?'domestic question
hv
n]om debts
SIR GEORGE PAI8H AND MR.
? LACKETT MEEJ BUSINESS
MEN IN CONFERENCE.
It* *i ' ?* ,
NEAR NO NOTE OF PESSIMISM
y \
Belief Expresses. That Flns'iclsl Si:
nation Will be Mat With Satisfac
tion to All.
Washington.? Financial forces of
the Federal Govern mant, aided by the
friendly counsel of American bankers
aed Tepresentathes of Great Britain,
were turned toward readjustment oi
the foreign exchange market, disturb
ed by the European War. For more
than three hours the Federal Rot
??rye Board, Sir George Paish and
| Basil B. Blacken t, representing the
| English treasury, and some oi the
beat known bankers In New York, die
cussed the situation In all Its aspects
At cording to those present no note
of pessimism was sounded and there
was every reason to believe all ttnan
rial problems will be solved without
great difficulty.
The salient ^jpclusionyreached by
the conference are:
American bankers stand ready to
pay their obligations to England in
cash: The ?100,000,000 gold pool al
ready formed and 180.000,000 raised
by a New York syndicate to meet
New York City's obligations probably
will be enough, however,, to satisfy
English creditors.
The New York and London stock
exchanges will not be opened soon,
possibly not before the beginning of
191S. A point committee of the two
exchanges will oonalder this matter.
The Federal Reserve Board Is ex
pected to hasten consideration of the'
proponed cotton loan fund plan, de
signed In part to give support to thf, *
cotton market.
The cotton exchangee ip New York,
New Orleans and LdvTool probably
will be opened ax - ??*>" as possible.
The New Yor> eichauge probably will
confer thwJUgh a committee with the
Liverpool exchange before such ac
tion la taken.
A committee consisting of Benjamin
Strong, Jr., A. H Wiggln, James
Brown of New York and Governor
Hamlin and Paul M Warburg of the^
reserve board will hold further con
ferences wtth Sir George Paiah and
Mr. Bl&ckett about readjustment.
According to some of those at the
conference the optimism was sur
prising. Sir George, it Egg#1'1' ^
not indicate that he had come It de
mand payment of American debts, he
had no concrete plan to lay before
the Americans, but listened to what
they had to say. The.American bank
ers uiade it clear there was every rea
son to believe America coulu and
would meet all obligations In gold.
CONGRESS HAS NO QUORUM.
House 60 Member* Short. Senat* t.
President Leave*
Washington.?With congress tied
up by lack of a quorum In both houses
Southern senators and representatives
made a vain appeal to President Wil
son for aid in securing cotton relief
legislation, which would clear the way
to final adjournment.
After they had blocked adjourn
ment by obstructive tactics the cot
ton relief lupporters went into con
ference to appoint a committee to
wait upon the president. The presi
dent. however, when asked for an in
terview said he would be busy with an
Important state department confer
ence untH he left Washington at mid
night and therefore could not meet
the committee.
The departure of the president for
Pittsburg, where he will sddress a
Y. M. C. A. celebration set at rest a
rumor that the extraordinary condl- ?
tions, under which congress found
Itself unable to adjourn, might be
met by the president exercising hla
preorgulng power.
Continued efforts of Democrats to
secure an agreement to adjourn fail
ed completely and Southern mem
bers reiterated their determination to
continue their program.
Opinion among Democrats was
general that this would prolong the
session indefinitely, certainly until af
ter the elections. Meantime the gen
eral exodus of members of both
houses continues. The house had 157
members present on a roH call, near
ly 60 short of a quorum, and the sen
ate showed 46. three less than a quo
rum. Senator Clarke, president pro
tempore of the senate, though a
champion of cotton legislation, left
the city after characterising further
efforts of his colleagues to obtain re
lief as "grandstand playing."
Bad Butter For W.
New York.?Testimony that an in
ferior grade.of butter described as un
fit to eat but bearing the guarantee of
the New York Mercantile Evhange
that it was the best in the country
was sold to the United States Govern
ment laat June, waa adduced at the
state's attorney's Inquiry to deter
mine If a butter, egg and cheese mon
opoly exists here. The bad butter was
detected Just as It was about to be
shipped on a Navy transport to Vera
Crux for the use of the United States
troops there.
Declare Truce at Nsco.
Naco. Arix.?A truce was declared
recently between the Carr-.uts garri
son at Naco, Sotiora. ard the Villa
forces. Hostilities will oe suspended
pending the final solution of the
peace problem by the Aguas Cellentes
convention. General Pamon ooaa,
cent by the convention, brought about
the cessation of hostilities after three
days parleying. Admonitions from
United States Army officers are re
ported to have .convinced Maytorenn,
who later . withdraw 36 kHomely"
?OUt* ^ 1
coRREsrdn em
DEsatpmiN o
International 4?s gervloe.
London.?A curff .londeot writlhg
teom Bergen <.p /.o(3 . Holland. |I?W
a vivid description < tha entry dJ tha
Oerman army Into A twerp. v
Tha bulk of the Wiser1* force did
eat enter the city uuli Saturday attar
noon. whan 10.000 ai passed la ra
riaw before Oenernl fen Schultt. mill
lary governor of Anlverp, and Adml
.fill ranSchroodrr. wli. surrounded by
a (littering stall, sst tbelr horses In
front of the royal pahce In the Place
de Metr.
"FOr Ave hours is mighty host
poured through tbe Streets of the de
serted city, while thy houses shook
to the thunder of t.etr tread," be
writes. "Company after company, reg
iment after regimen), brigade after
brigade, awept past J until the eye
grew weary of watcblkg tbe ranks of
gray under slanting lyiea of steel.
"As they marched they sang, the
canyon formed by the high buildings
along the Place de Melr echoing to
their voices roaring out 'Die Wacht
am Rhetn' and 'A Mighty Fortress Is
Our God.'
Uke sn Election Parade.
"Each regiment was headed, by Its
Held music and colors, snd when dark
nees ft 11 end etreet lamps were light
ed the ehrlll music of fifes, the rattle
of drums and the tramp of marching
feet reminded me of a torchlight elec
tion parade.
"Hard on the heels of the Infantry
rambled artillery, battery after bat
tery.
"Behind the field batteries rumbled
the quick flrsA?the tame pompoms
whoso acquaintance 1 had made at
Weerde and elsewhere. And then,
heralded by s blare of trumpets snd
a crash of kettledrums, came the cav
alry, cuirassiers In helmets snd
breastplates of burnished steel, hus
sars In befrogged jackets and fur bus
Mos, tp? finally he uhlans, riding
amid tbreetb of lances uno^r a cloud
of fluttering pennon*.
"But this was not ell, nor nearly all.
tor after the uhlan* came the blue
Jacket* of the naval division, broad
?houldered, be whiskered fellow*, with
cars worn raklshly and a roll of the
sea In their gait.
"Then the Bavarian Infantry In dark
bine, the Saxon Infantry in light blue,
and Austrian* In uniform* of beautiful
?liver gray, and last of all a squadron
of gendarmes In silver and bottle
green.
"As that flgbtipg machine swung
past I could not but marvel at how
the gallant, chivalrous and coura
geous but ill-pro payed little army of
Belgium had hold it back ae long as
"Tbe moat rem^^le feature of
this wonderful apecTBcle was That
there were comparatively fewjgjsons
to see It. So far a* onlookers "wete '
concerned the German* might a* veil
have marched through the streets of '
Pompeii. Another American and I,
standing on the balcony of the Ameri
can consulate, were tbe only specta
tors, so*far as I know. In tbe whole
lengtf of the Place de Mplr, which la
the State (treat of Antwerp. It re
minded me of a circus that had come
to town i day before it was expected."
A' feature of tha procession was s
Victoria drawn by a fat white horse
snd with two soldiers on the box,
which scccmpanlod a regiment of Ba
varians. loth horse and carriage
were do^fced with flowers. It was
evidently (Papacies of triumphal char
iot. Tor It vas filled with hampers of
ch&mpagDiA
Pay ft-J What Thsy Take.
The correoondent says the German
soldiers treit the townspeople with
consideration. paying In German sil
ver for what ley take from the shops
Describing Ca fear of the Antwerp
citizen* whet the kaiser's soldier* en
tered. the corespondent say*:
"When theiteln body of troop* be
gan entering me city on Saturday
morning the firnspeople?those who
had not escapH from the City?rushed
out with beer.jheese, bread and flow
ers, evidently lt> the idea of placat
ing them by leans of their pitiful
! little offerings It was not a pleas
ant sight, but leae people have been
so terrified by tales of German bar
barities that e can hardly blame
them.'
The corresp dent estimates that
less than one ndred civilians were
kill *J during e bombardment.
Havoc Wi tght by Shells.
Telling of th rain of ahells which
awept the city, s says:
"A 42-centtn er shell tore com
pletely througl ? handsome stone
bouse next doof > United 8tatea Con
sul General lederich's residence,
crossed the sirfl and exploded In the
upper story of school. There is not
a block In ttevftilevard Leopold that
does not citato several shattered
houses. No lulling* were dsyhkged
In Place de lelrj though three shells
j struck the kvatnent. tearing holes
! as large as fcraM piano.
"A shell efered the roof of the Ho
| tel St. Antqe, passed through two
j bathrooms at exploded In the room
I occupied 41 Jurs before by the Rus
i stan mlnlstl destroying everything
I In It J
CAedral Struck.
"The cathial was struck only by
| one shell, vmh entered through the
wall over thmeefern entrance and ex
ploded oveitia side chapel. The
American ?9ass company's offices
on tbe Qua&n Dyck were slightly
uer^an smed Hunt
"A ''rnlaL' 0117
SSife ?h??'ifysB^
blew ? bole in ffIt eln*y demol
iehed It, tie whpJ I" QaetnllapBlng
into ruin as if sb| M& "> OT*s by an
Almost as ngach i-lmogs ks caused |
by Urea resi/tlng tpin t|? Lombard- i
ment as fro|m the lpel'"j , imeelves. |
The entire west bicjlof tn iarcheux ]
Souliera from the j pad <1 le Place i
de Meir to the Hlatl Veri 1 ncluding |
the Hotel da EuroptJ the > Roy ale |
and a line of faahlontble pa oppo- j
atte the Hotel St. At toil was de
stroyed. A Quarter a' a' a fi of build- 1
lngs in the Sue vail Bre , lcludlng i
the bandsomeat apartme in the t
city, are nothing bit chi 8 i walla. (
The handsome blockm tin i| is de la -
Justice is complete! *>uru n In ad- i
dition several hundr, Idwi ga scat- i
tered through the ly I e been i
burned to the groun J I
? Dynamite SavS^ktbL al. ]
Aa the city is w JHit r ter, ju- i
cept such as can be <Bp.-iVt om the j
river, the firemen w Kiot less to {
check the flames Tlj^Beii eliding
on the Place Verte obably |
the cathedral itself, 1 ( rned la ,
due to an American harles
Whlthoff, who. realii |^Hb4 xtreme ,
gravity of the eltuat' ?ted to |
the Oerman militaryUs that ,
they dynamite the e. ^Htcli build- |
At ten o'clock at iHftt *Ul was i
sent to Brussels mrtrl^four U>ck in
the morning six automobiles Uh dy- j
namlte arrived and the wall war*
blown up, the German soldi- rimang. ,
ing on the roofs of n<Ugbborn jbolld
lngs and throwing I luamite imbe.
"It was a lively nlklt for evey one
concerned." eaye tht Iwrlter
"I was last sitting f |wn to m; first
meal in SO hours wbewshe pollceburst
in with the news ttitwcffy was turn
ing," he goes on. "I'mund an Atlre
block opposite the hotel in B^nea,
and as thera was no wafer the flrynen
were powerless to checK them. Vben
I discovered the biot/k Immedigely
I behind the hotel was I also ablait it
struck me it was tlmsl to change my
quarters.
"After wandering (through piich
black streets tor tfere# hours, sllppbg
on broken glees and j stumbling oter
fallen masonry, and occasionally ctpb
lenged by German septrles, I saw a
light In a building lnl the Boulevard
Leopold. I rang thrJjbellgand was,
TXEsa"ta by lb poor utfl* comsoftbrttw
bookkeeper. I
Takes Over Consuls! i.
"Upo^ calling at the cot suiate 1
the morning I found that Co usol Gel
oral Dlederlch and Vlce-Coc sul 8bi
mafi had left two days before tor paim
unknown. As there was a ti rge nun!
ber of frightened people < damortnl
for reassnrance and protectlc n, and aa
there was no one else to I nt after!
them, I opened the consnlat ) and as-1
sumed charge.
"The proceeding was whol ly lrregu
lar and unauthorised, of oo irse, and '
will probably soandsllte df pertinent
of state officials in Washing! in, but It
was no time for red tape.
"I Immediately wrote a let! er to the
German commander, Inforn lng him
that In the absence of the co nsul gen
eral I had assumed chargi i of the
American and British Into rests In
Antwerp and expected the fu lest pro
tection. X received a courtec us reply
Immediately, saying that ?v ory pro
tection would be afforded for signers."
USE WALKING WOOD IN
ATTACK_UPON GE RMANS
London.?A correspondent lescrlbes
a walking wood at Crecy. This French
and British cut down trees and armed
themselves with the branches. Line
after line of infantry, etdh nan bear
ing a branch, then movt^MlMMg* apt
observed toward the en^ttlt, I.
Behind them, amid the 1 lofped
trunks, the artillery uiea Iffx-d them
selves and placed 13-pouadWt to etrfhf
the moving wood. , j.
The attack, which IbllMsd, wan
the success It merited. It sing lot want
wrong, however, for the kTestcb antr
al ry, which was following made a da
tour to pass the wood dashed Into
view near the ammunltliys reserves of
the allies. * ' i
German shells began tailing there
abouts, but British soldiefs (went up
the hills and pulled the b?ee of am
munition out of the way f [the Ger
man shells. Ammunition uUm cams
through unscathed. By eHlng the
enemy had been cleared J^oia the
Marne district. ug^ ?
Cathedral Lost to^l
Carls.?The .arttatlc bAtl of the
cathedral at Reinfa,'whlcBMfered In
the German bombard men Jot that
town, never can be restdl 1 In the
opinion of Whitney Warrewlbo New
Tork architect, who has iuiit returned
from Reims, where he matj a thor
ough Inspection of-the fam' s struc
ture. Mr. Warren, who Id1 l corre- I
spoil ding member of the Inl tute de
France, was given the pi| lege of I
visiting the cathedral. 1 * I
patriotialay fans
loion war flames
London.?the stage still plays
an lmpnnantlt In sustaining public
spirit and foMrdlng movements tor
the aid of tftted Cross has been
fully demon?ed by Bir Herbert
Tree's revival "Drake."
From the f? performance the pa
triotic scene* ve aroused the ao
dtences to tAndous outbursts of
eatbuslasm. 1 effect of these dem
onstratlons iftelog witnessed by
Tl .jjglu
heavy Increases In the <1on tlont to
relief funds and U>y many recruits i
from among the MMng mat theater- ,
goats. : A
Sir Herbert produced the nlay and
gave his services without tse. HU
leading lady. Mist Pryllis IN'etlson '
Terry, also donateAher ser'ces and
the author waived ?> royal^es. j
The New and & Valdble. |
What Is valuable ? not ew, an) :
what Is Haw it not Kiuabl ? Hauls* :
:+ il
mSm
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'RCNCH OFFICIAL# ADMIT TO ?
FALLING BACK IN PL ACM
ALONO THK LINK.
\ ? 1 ' ? ? '??B
GERMANS ARE TAKING LEAD
Simigge, Claim Victory On the JUg*., _
?r V (tula? Austrian Army Ap
pear* Nat to ba Crushed.
London.- -The Germans ha*a under
?Abac ? general odanaUa along tha
laa extending from the mouth of tha
rtvar Ys-r, on the North Sea, to tha' '
Wear lieuie, and while they have
lorced tie alHea to give ground in
tome pl*ocs, they thenuelvea have
oat poahtoaa tn othera. Thla brief
iy la what ta gathered from official
French and German report*
The Oerman attach was partleoiar
ly severe in tha want, where their
right wing, strongly reinforced, at- "
empted so advance against the Bel
[hms holding tha allies' extreme left.
Thta left resta on the coaat and Is
rapported by BngUab and Preach
warships and by Anglo-Praorch troops
which form a front extending from a
i>olnt some where in the vicinity of
Dlxmude, southward to Labasse Caa
U. Both side# claim successes by tha
French alone admit that in plates
they have fallen back.
There is, however, little change in
the sttuaUon; the lines swinging and
?waylng as they have done for weelu.
Although u now is last two months
?ince the Allies concentrated on the
Franco-Belgian frontier frontier to
oppose the Herman advance end the
Invaders bate been almost to Paris
tnd back In ihq interval, no decisive
battle has been fought. >
Neither tide has destroyed or part
ly destroyed an a tuny. Kvan the Bsl
gUta amy escaped almost intact after
that country was over-run by the Oer
mans. Tbe tame can be said of op
erations la the Bast, oxccpt In the
case of Lieutenant General Samsonoff,
the Russian aommaader, whose army
was partly detToyed by the Germans
in the battle iat Tannenbera
In the present battle on the River
Vistula, from Warsaw sooth to the
River Plllca, the Russians have scor
ed an important victory and have cap
tured many prisoner* bulges guns
end ammunlttm. The rett rearing
army, when It gets back to its se
lected position can entrench and
start another siege battle such es that
en the River Olsae In France. South
ward of the Plllca tha Germans still
boM tha River vtatala except in front-'
of the fortress at Ivangorod, where .
tbey were driven back.
Tha Austrian army, so often descrid
ed as routed end destroyed, again has
sprung ipto life'and It attacking tbe
Russian left wing The Austrian* how
ever, apparently t*ve found an lmpen
ertable harrier at the River San. north
of Faroe la u.
TM Mrmu crnim 01 ikwu ??t
the RohIui we?t of Auguetowe. 8u
walkl, following tgbtlng reported by
thorn la the dlrecttoe of Oeeewetx.
?oath of AugustoVo. shows th? Oer
mese are athempUn another advaaco
from Eaet Pnieeia Into the govern
ment of Orodno, raat of Suwaikl.
i doubtless aiming to compel the Bne
uians to reinforce their army in that
IBflOQ.
All theee movements have brought
ie belllgeretite no nearer their genie.
hJch cannot be attained until an
i my ie destroyed or one of the other
I foomoa too exhauited to light.
The Britleh admiralty iaeued a re
I rt aaytng the German croleer
I trlaruhe had captured li Britleh
a enen In the Atlantic.
Confere Military Henore.
tendon. ? Emperor Nlcholae has
raiferred the Order of 8t George.
thL-d clara. on Grand Duke Nlcholae,
cJnmandeiMn-chlef of the Rueslan
fo&ee and the tame order, fourth
clj|?- on Captain Martiooff.
jJn^ve Them Off.
ikris.?Two^Ocnnan aeroplanea. ap
proaching Parle fn*in Compiee-e. Bed
before a aquadren ofV onoh machine#
disappearing to the northward.
Russians Find LRtig Resistance.
P< trograd.?1The R**elan official
statement aaya: "Thi energetic of
feneive of our armtraff which baro
croared the Vistula jH} a large front,
encounters no realetalcf' on the part
of the Germ ana, who <*l"iUBHe to re
treat. In the treneheel below 1 ran
ge rod we took large liuantitles of
war stores and ammunf'lon abandon
ed by the reserve oorpff of the Prus
sian Guard In Its hastyl retreat. The
Anatrians continue to flpht with etub
bonmeee on the viatuMf- off the 8an
and to the south of Pre%get"
Talked Agalnet Cajruiwn,
Have, via Paris.?Ed&le Vander
velde, Belgian minister At state, re
turned from*. Nleuport wllAg be went
by Invitation of King Albetlt. M. Van
dervelde addressed the Belklan troops
at Niehport while cannon Soared and
?hells peaeod overhead dn arard the
German poeltlon. iderveldo
?aid the Belgians werflSf of cour
age and determined liflll to the
last. This was the flret??|\M. Van
denrelde, who la* the ReiljM .n Soci
aUat leader, and King lblXlM met.
German Crwlwr?lnk7?Zkhlpe.
London.?A -dispatch fripffl Tener
llfe Canary Islands to The? iiiy Mali
under date of Thursday rAforts that
the German cruiser Karlfruhe has
sunk 11 British merchantmen In the
Atlantic. An official slatefbent. given
wit m Berlin on October E sxid the
Karlsruhe had sunk sev&g British
steamers th the Atlantic |The Keels
rube la a ompaiatlvelv net ship, bar
ng rone into comasiralcr efvrly la till.
She la very feet having la speed Of
17 knots which has en ah ltd he: thus
!ar to successfully elude L?reul:.