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Taken at its face value, the French official announcement issued late today, which mentions -that the progress of the German right wing has forced the allies to yield further ground,-would seem to indicate that the Germans, notwithstanding -repulses, are making daily advances toward Paris. ' . The statement Sunday of Field Marshal Sir John French, commander of the British forces, spoke of fighting on the' French left but this, according to one report, resulted in the German right being slightly turned. The Austrian invasion of Russia in the Lublin district, which aroused the apprehension of the allies, has, if Russian dispatches are to be relied on, been blocked, and the Muscovites claim to have turned the Russian defensive into an offensive action. There is, no confirma tion of the report that the; Russians are in Kqenigsberg. ; If silence means British had not been molested since' Wednesday still holds goocL Nomirig lslchown by the public ir London of new fighting either in Northern or Eastern France. , , From Canada, India, jstralia and South Africa the British army front will soon; receive large reinforcements. ' Some of these troops are reported already to. have landed' in France. In England the recruiting fever has not abated. At Liverpool today a battalion of a thou sand 'business men was filled within an hour, and there was such an overflow that it was de cided to enroll a second battalion. 1 - . The British government has started negotiations, through the American consul at Berlin, for an exchange with Germany and Austria of non-combatant prisqners. ; LIXES DRIVEN BACK. Forces Retreat Slowly Toward French Capital, Is Report from Paris. Paris, Aug. 31. The following . offi cial statement was issued tonight by the war office: . "The situation in general is actual ly "as follows: "First. In the Vosges and in Lor raine, it must be remembered, our forces, which had taken the offensive at the beginning of the operations and driven the enemy outside of our fron tiers, afterwards underwent serious checks. Before Sarreburg and in the region of ilorhajne, where they en countered solid defensive works, our forces were obliged to fall "back and to re-form, one part on Couronne de Nancy and . the other on . the French Vosges. 4 "The Germans then assumed the of fensive, but our troops after driving them back upon their positions, resum ed the offensive two days ' ago. This attack continues to make progress also slowly, it is a veritable war of sieges, as each position occupied is ofrtified immediately. "This explains the slowness of our advance, which is nevertheless char acterized each day by fresh local suc cesses. J' The Main Theatre. "Second. The region of Nancy and Southern Woevre, since the beginning of" the campaign .in this section be tween Metz on the German, and Toul and Verdun on the French side, has teen the theatre of important opera tions. "Third. : In the direction of the leuse, between Verdun and Mezieres, it win be! remembered, the French forces took the offensive in the begin ning toward Longwy, Neufchateau "and paliseul. The troops operating in the fusion of Spincourt and Longuyon have been able to check the enemy's army under the command of the German crcwn prince. "In the region of Neufchateau and -Paliseul on the other hand, certain of ur troops have received partial c"ecks, which obliged them to retire uPon the Meuse without having their organization broken up. This retirr Jn? movement has compelled the forc es operating in the neighborhood of spincourt to withdraw also towards Mouse. ' Germans Repelled With Ioss. 'During the last few days the ette : has- endeavored to spread out from 1 'fpi'se with considerable forces but J vigorous counter offensive they u',v repelled with very great losses. sn t'u; meantime fresh forces of Ger crA "y a,lvanced on the district of Ro-r-c.v (in Ardennes) marching in .the "ireotion of Rethel. Now a general ae-'J-n iS taking place between the Meuse 'l Rethel and it still is impossible Iee definitely the issue of this. fourth. Onerationa in tha" north: n French and British forces origi- tOfllf 11 T il.A - Tll n r. -H , FvaibiUUQ 111 . 4lU(MI iciui TOunirjri.. una a( Jtioni -"cer enaured several. i eral.repulseB and:1;he Drawing Nearer to Issued by n Kignt w Report to Yield Further Groun forcing of the Meuse by the Germans near Givet,. upon our flank, compelled our troops to retire. "The Germans .seek continually to move toward the west. It was under these conditions that our English al lies, attacked by the enemy in great-, ly superior numbers in the region of LeCoteau and Cambrai, have with drawn toward the south, at the mo ment that our forces were operating in the direction of Avesnes and Chi may.' The retiring movement was pro longed during several days. "In the meantime a general battle took place in the region of St. Quentin and VervlnB and at the same time in the Ham-Perronnes district. This bat tle was marked by an important suc cess by our right, where we have thrown back the Prussian guard and the. tenth army corps into the Oise. . Allies Make New Retirement. "Owing to the progress of the Ger man -fight wing, where our adversar ies have united their best corps, we have had to make new retirement. "On our right after partial checks, we have taken the offensive and the enemy is retiring before us. "In the center we have had ternative checks and successes, but a general action is now being, fought. . "On our left by a series of circum stances which turned in favor of the Germans and despite plucky counter attacks, the Anglo-French forces were obliged to give way. As yet our ar mies, "'notwithstanding a few incon testable checks, remain intact." "CANNOT BE BEATEN." German Ambassador at Washington Gives Out Additional Statements. New York, Aug. 31. Count Johann Von Bernstorff, German ambassador to the United States, received from Ber lin two more messages which he made public tonight. One of them told of the capture of about 30,000 Russian sol diers and many high officers, as pre viously announced by the German em bassytat Washington. The other mes sage reads: - . . "Rotterdam newspaper correspondent was eye-witness of perfidious attack of population at Louvain on German troops. Franc Tireurs shot with , Mi trailleuse. Officers of general staff found with throat cut. In longwy ma chines for the fabrication of the dum dum cartridges . were found " Here the text of the message became so garbled as to be unintelligible. The, words "Evacuated," "French garrison" and "50,000" appeared. Discussing the eonfllet, the ambassa dor said it was "the war of the Ger man nation, man for man." ' i ". ' -. "Germany did not begin the war," he said: "She did not want war;' she .-If and always ha been willing to have peace." ' : . " - '. "France and Great Britain are defeat--ed n land," the ambassador declared, and have only recruits or volunteers to send against the Germane. . 5We cannot be beaten," he eaia. ,-xna l; tb ; French Capi the War Office at met r orces tne men from the western border to the eastern border- to oppose the Rus sians?" , " . Count Von Bernstorff said that Ger many has more than well enough train ed and thoroughly equipped men"still on the western boundaries, to cope with the combined attacks of the allies, even with their replenishment Of reserves. He said that the winning of the war on land wa sthe all-important thing, since the defeat of the German navy by a greater navy was not unexpected, the German navy being intended sim ply as a coafst defense rather than an invading pdwer. TORPEDO BOAT FIRED ON. Japanese Vessel Went Aground and Abandoned Germans Fire. Tsing Tau, Aug. 31. A Japanese tor pedo boat destroyer went ashore on Liea-Tau Island during , a fog last night. When the fog cleared this morning, the Tsing Tau batteries at tempted to shell the destroyer, but the latter proved to be beyond their range. The German gunboat Jaguar, how ever, steamed out of the harbor and fired eight shots in the stranded war ship and returned unmolested by the other Japanese vessels that are block ading the port. The Jaguar reported that the crew had abandoned the destroyer which can be seen, from Tsing Tau breaking on the rocks. Four Japanese destroy ers and one ' cruiser now form the blockading squadron. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. German Cruiser Gets In Effective Worls Off Coast of South . America. New York, Aug. 31. The British steamship Hqlmwood has .been, sunk by an unnamed" German, cruiser off the coast ; of -jSouth America, according to a cablegram received here today from Rio Janeiro by the owners, of the Kath-; erine Park,-which' has. the crew of the ship aboard. - . " - ; The . Holmwood, of 4,223 tons gross register . was On ' her way from.- New port, England, to Bahia Blanco. The ship . was 375 feet long, was built in 1902 and ' was owned by F. S. Holland, of London." ' ' -"h -y. HEK.RICK Wllili STAY. American Ambassador Will Remain in : Paris, Where His Duty Calls. - v Paris, September . 1. Asked if ' the United States embassywould leave Pa ris in event otz the ; investment of -the city by. the Germans; Myron T. Herrick; the American ambassador, ' said: . " "The American .embassy : will remain here. , My. government offered 1 me the choice of returning to-the United Spates or remaining : here. I .chose, to remain because many . Americans, will b.e . here' who will need not only my, support but my protection." 1. ' u-.-. -: ; . When reminded of ; the; difficulty, that attached to and the -dangers . Involved BATTLE . J- - WAR DEVELOPMENTS AT A GLANCE. A long official statement is issued by the French war office reviewing .the operations in Belgium, and along the French frontier,' A new retirement by the allied forces is recorded, while at the same time the statement is optimistic with reference to the opposition which the French and British are offering to the German advance. No definite details are forthcoming regarding the gene ral battle which apparently is in progress all along the line. I v , The French war; minister has inspected the supple mentary defences around Paris, which are being rapidly pushed forward inanticipation of a possible investment of the French capital. ; An Antwerp dispatch credits General Pau with a vic tory over 50,000 Germans near Peronnes. Whether this is a new victory or one to which reference was made sev eral days ago, is hot known. . ' Queen Elizabeth, ; of Belgium and her children have arrived 'in England. According to official advices received" at Washington, France is considering the .advisability , of moving the seat of government to Bordeaux. Great Britain has joined France in objecting to the purchase by the United States of German liners in con nection with the plan, to build up an American merchant marine. - . It is reported by steamship officers arriving at Hono lulu that British warships off Hong Kong are holding up all vessels, including those under the American flag, and removing Germans and Austrians bound to the scene of theosUlitiesr- -aU v - a...:- - rr ' The Moratoriums at - the ;, outbreak of the war in Great Britain -has been extended for another month. . .,. A Japanese destroyer which ran ashore , near Tsing Tau, China, was shelled by a German gunboat. The crew of the destroyer previously had' abandoned her. GARRANZA CLOSES But State Department Sees No Unfriendly Act. FUNSTON MAKES REPORT Some Think - That Constitutionalist President of Mexico Took Move as -t Protest Agrainst American Troops. "Washington, Aug. 31. Provisional President CarranzaJias ordered. the port of Vera Cruz closea, according to of ficial advices to the American Govern ment. General Funston transmitted a long report on the complications which might result, but State Department of ficials were . not inclined to 'regard it as an unfriendly action. . During the Huerta regime Vera Crus was similar ly closed, but foreign-vessels paid lit tle attention -to the order., Carranza's decree would prevent Mex ican ships from putting , in at Vera Cruz, and if enforced in an. unfriendly way, might exact 'heavy penalties from foreign vessels entering any other Mex ican port after, they touched at Vera Cruz. General Funston called atten tion to the possibility that foreign ship owners' desiring not to incur the dis pleasure of the Carranza administra tion, might hesitate to send cargoes to Vera Cruz, diminishing the food sur ply of the city. - . In some quarters there was a dis position to regard Cayranza's attitude as one of resentmentsagainst the con tinued occupancy V of Vera Cruz by American troop's but State Department officials did notshare this view. -An interruption.in railway traffic between Vera Cruz and Mexico City recently, oc curred, but as soon as General Funston . announced he would keep all rolling stock In Vera- Crus until traffic was resumed, the. Mexican . authorities ex plained that theywere using the trains to transport- troops and immediately adjusted the schedules. Paul Fuller,' personal 1 representative of President.' Wilson, , is due in Mexico City tomorrow, to, discuss with the gov ernment there questions .relating to the American occupation of Vera Cruas well fa ! differences . between Carransa and Villa. . Although, administration of- cials have 'not announced their , posi tion in any formal "way, it is generally understood that-"recosfnition will . be withheld until a ;complete 'V agreement between . the ,- two 'chieftains . has been reached and arrangements made for a PORT DFVERA CRUZ MINERS THREATEN TO DESTROY CITY Butte, Montana, Will be Razed if Soldiers Come. GIANT POWDER AND OIL Will Tiot Fight With Soldiers, But Cit izens Will be Made to Suffer for Their Coming, is the Threat Made by Leaders. Butte, . Mont., August 31. Miners openly threatened tonight to lay the town in ashes, if either State or Fed-, eral troops attempt to enter Butte. One . of the miners' leaders declared they did not purpose to fight the sol diers, but they would, wreak vengeance upon the business men for bringing theT soldiers to Butte. "We have quantities of dynamite and oil," said one leader, "and the troops will find ashes." Hitherto the major ity of the miners have not credited the report that the militia was being mo bilized as the local newspapers 'with held the news on request of business men who feared that its publication would excite the, miners. But today a Helena editor brought an automobile load of newspapers to Butte for sale and news boys soon began crying the news of the mobilization. r Calls immediately went forth fromi President "Muckie" MacDonald and the other leaders for a "secret meeting of the union miners. -Later a committee of miners was sent to the-railroad de pots to see. if the troops had. arrived. The miners" called another meeting for tonight. ' . The .electric light- plant and all the larger stores were guarded by many armed men, as were the 'mines. On the attic floor of the court house there were stationed fifty guards armed with rifles. - , County c Attorney J." J. McCaffery is sued a warrant for the arrest of the Helena -editor on a charge of inviting a disturbance, but he had left the city.. All ammunition i, in -the hardware stores has been removed and firing pins have been -taken from the rifles. i,.ondon, September 1. Among the Americans who reached London from the continent-yesterday were President John Grier Hibbeh,; of Princeton Uni versity;: President: -Edwin Anderson Al derman, of . the University of Virginia: HRichard Cleveland, son of ex-President Cleveland, . and James Spratt, of Flor- LINERS HALTED IN PACIFIC British Cruisers Take Off Ger mans and Austrians. AS PRISONERS OF WAR If Arrests Were Made In Three Mile Limit of Hong Kong Nothing Can Be Done, But If Upon High Seas Trouble May Result. Honolulu, Aug.; 31, The American liners Manchuria, and China, of the Pa cific Mail Steamship Company's Orien tal fleet, were halted by British war ships off Hong Kong and forced to sur render sixty German and Austrian re servists bound jfor the European war from "the Philippines. This was the news brought by Capt. Thompson and Purser Landers, of -the China, which arrived here today bound for San Fran cisco. V According to officers of the China, the Germans and Austrians , before starting on their journey , asked for and received - assurances -from Wash ington that they could not be molested on an '. American registered vessel. Then, they took passage for San Fran cisco Via Hong Kong, Shanghai, Naga saki and -Honolulu; On arriving at Hon Kong, the vessels were halted by. ships of the British fleet, the passengers were summoned for inspection and . required to give their nationality at the call of the pur ser's roll. Those who appeared to be Germans or Austrians and could not prove otherwise were taken to Stone Cutter's - Island for detention. Two Germans aboard the China claimed f SwlsseTtteen-Sftip-Vrid vfere not held. All the .German residents of tiong Kong have: been "held, .Captain Thomp son reports. ; - . .. . I" - Manila newspapers of August 8th, ar riving here, confirm, the captain's story. , . . NOTHING UNUSUAL. For Belligerent Vessel to Search Liners Passenger Part Undecided, . .Washington, Aug. 31. State Depart ment officials did not regard as unus ual the reported removal of German and Austrian reservists-from American ships off Hong Kong, provided the in cident occurred within the three mile limit of the British port. Inasmuch as Hong Kong- is -under-British Jurisdic tion her; warships could arrest the nationals'of any belligerent within ter ritorial waters. What might be the opinion of the American Government if the reservists were taken from American vessels on the high seas is undetermined. State Department officials said- tonight no complaint of that r character had been placed before them. The right of search for contraband of cargoes on the high seas is accorded-by all nations to bel ligerent ships, but the right to take a passenger from a neutral ship on the high seas long, has been in dispute and no official of ttye. department was will ing to express an opinion. NO ADVICES TO COMPANY. Owners of Vessels Know Nothing of Report That Ships Boarded. San Francisco, Augw 31. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has no ad vices here from its Oriental, agents that there has been any boarding of or in terference with its vessel . under the American flag. The Manchuria followed the China from 'Hong Kong and should no wor shortl ybe at Yokohama. Supposedly, the China got her information from the Manchuria by. wireless. CHASED BY GERMAN CRUISER, Japanese Liner Out-DIstanced War Vessel and "Reached Port. San Francisco, Aug. 31. The Japan ese liner Chiyc Maru, which arrived here today, reports that on the night of August 29th she was chased for four hours, by a German cruiser, but escaped by crowding On all speed. The cruiser apepared about 8:30 P. M. and threw her searchlight on the Chiyo. Capt. Green, who is British, detailed an extra force of stokers and soon was making. 21 knots. At this speed he was able to out-distance the cruiser. - -The only German cruisers known to be in Pacific waters are the Leipzig and the Nurnberg. They had been in southern waters a long time when war broke out and must be foul, which is what the officers of the Chiyo believe enabled their vessel to escape. Passengers on the Chiyo reported that travel between Japan and all but American and Canadian ports has been suspended. VESSEL IS FINED. Entered1. Norfolk Harbor Without Bill -ot Health Slay we1 Reailtted. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 31. The second vessel - to be fined for entering this port without a bill of health was the Dutsh steamer .Treacle, which entered today and the penalty of $5,000 was Im posed by customs authorities.rHer mas ter, Capt. Swart, t said he sailed .from West Hartlepool, England, light ' be-, cause he. could obtain no cargo. . Ship ping is in such a disorganized state on the other side, he said, that, there was greats difficulty n getting proper bills AMERICAN iof hea1 : "tn?!ri ace; , papers. ALL THREE ALLIED i NATIONS OBJECT : To the United States Buying 'm German Liners ' I FOR MERCHANT, MARINE French, Russian and British Diplomat at Washington Make - Strong. Representations to .Wilson ' and Bryan. . ; t, Washington, Aug. 31. Great Britain, , France ' and Russia have advised the United States informally that they : would look with disfavor on the pur chase by this government of German, merchant steamers to" relieve condi- t ; tions groing -out of the European -War and also to build up an American merchant marine. While not conveyed- ' ': their .position nevertheless has been ? vigorously set' forth to President Wil- , . son and Secretary Bryan ' 4 France took the initiative, Ambassa- , ; dor Ju.sserand carrying his objections , i to President Wilson in-his recent in- t teryiew at the -White House. George j Bahkmeteff, the Russian ambassador,: conferred with the British and French . ambassadors today and later saw Sec- t rtary Bryan. All three diplomats held f that there was no precedent in inter- national law for the purchase by o . neutral nation of any great quantity - ji of ships from a belligerent. i The chief objection urged is that the transaction would establish a large ; gpld credit in the hands of Germans. : ; ( The diplomats ' point, out ' that the ' j German steamship companies are close- , 1 ly affiliated with the . German govern- ." ment and' to buy their ships, now ma-, rooned iA "American .ports, .would be tantamount to furnishing Germany , i with a large loan. ' Should the Amerirv y can ,goyernment,.however, distribute : its ' purchases : of ships . erually among the belligerent nations," they do not.be-' ; lieve there would be objection trpm ' any quarter. ' ; . Crews Could Not -Land. Considerable difficulty would arise, however, it is asserted, if, for instance -, the crew of a German yessel purchas ' ed by the United States were main- . tained on it as' the English and French government's would not allow the nar 4 tionals of any belligerent to lnad from neutral ships at their ports. Aside from the question of her flnan- " cial aid to Germany and complications ; over the crews of the vessels the IjJu v ropean diplomats who are opposed to i . the plan believe difficulties would arise with reference to the cargoes of the American ships. Their effort in the present war has .been to sweep German -V commerce from, the seas and they look . upon any means to supply food to Ger ; many or Austria as an unneutral act. '" . ; Administration officials here have de r clafed that the new ships would carry . . only articles which were specifically defined as not contraband of war but J1. it is the belief of the diplomats that f ; their governments would object eyenr;;; to conditional contraband,, thus-'re di stricting considerably any commerce with belligerents. ' " -' The European '. diplomats have, el-.. ', deavored to point out that they desire in no way to interfere with the up.-Tv; building of an American merchant ma- ' ' ' rine and wish it success in neutral countries, but they think" the Ameri J;' can government's ships could" not be" f: available for commerce with the., bel ligerent countries of Europe. . i.'5;f BELLIGERENTS AGREE For Wireless Stations to Send Code .) : j Messages Properly Censored. , - ! ' : i. j wasninKiou, aukuii ox. oum utt hs many and Great Britain have accepted ;,T the nronosal of the United States that ' the wireless stations at Tuckerton, N. ' J., and Sayville, L. I., be "permitted to s send code messages to belligerent coun tries, subject to censorship by Ameri- . can . naval jofficers. " The sublet still is a matter of dis-. : cussion ine (diplomatic channels, but a ; '','. formal anftpuncement, of the govern- i' ment's decision now is believed to- be ' fl possible iri a few days. The Tuckerton station has been clos ed because it had no license from the J Department of Commerce, but U is un- rfarafnnH that arrnnffAmdnt, arn unrtAr way for, its renewed operation. 'V Both 5 ; the Sayville . and . Tuckerton stations f .will have to satisfy the American gov- . ; ernment that they are not . directly or . . .. indirectly owned by the German goV f ernment,, and it' Is considered probabl . that Great Britain , may object to ; the " handling of messages at the American end of the wireless stations by subjects of another..' belligerent nation. . Both Germany and Great Britain re jected as . impracticable a suggestion that British and French cables be used' for. cipher messages to all belligerents. previously, censored v by the Uunitedi States. . . . , " - 1: ' : " ' - LARGE SUM IS RAISED. By Fete on the Vanderhtlt Estate for American Red Cross Work, ? , 'i " Newport, R. I.,;Aug.: 31. As a result of . the : fete held, last Friday, at the summer home Mrs. Cornelius Van-.i" f derbilt $40,000 will be remitted to -the International Red Cross Association for impartial distribution in relief of those ; suffering, in foreign . lands by reason of the present war. , This sum,-; according to, the report tonight of the standing ( committee,, will , be., followed by another contribution from the saaia . . X si ; 1: ft t 1 - 5 f :-Ji I j ii. :...
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