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VOL. XCVKO. 13.
WILMINGTON, N. C, MONDAY MOKNING, OCTOBER 5,1914
WHOLE NUMBER 13,779.
FRENCH.
AT POINTS
German Attacks Reported Having Been Repulsed in Vicinity
of Roye Other Positions on Left Maintained -Anoih-er
Effort to Envelop German Right in Operation
AgainMuch Hard Fighting AheadArm- i
ies Watching Each Other in Center.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING
Considerable Mystery Surrounds Movements of Opposing
' Forces There Forts Reported to Have Fallens-Battle
Still Rages Along East Prussian Frontier- Battle
of Cracow Developing Slowly Victory
Claimed for Russian;, in Poland.
; ' LonJor.-, Oct. 4. Having repulsed the German attacks, pre-
sumably in the vicinity, of Roye, the French, according to un
: official communication issued late today at (Paris, have resum
- ed the offensive at several points, while other positijiia oh
their left have been maintained. "
The guat effort of the allies t envelop The German right
may be said to t?e in operation again, and ii is believed the
whole Trench column from Roye Northward to Arras isn'iov
ing eastward against the German positions.
L It is the same operation that has been tried repeatedly for the
I last three weeks in an attempt to reacrf the, German lines or'
communication, and-either encircle the German army forming
the light wing, or force it tojallmck to Belgium and Luxem-
TI-ia Pw rtnon'c Viiira Vtiri i Inn
position secure, so there is a lot
I the attaching forces and the defences. The defensive rele is
I apparently being assumed by the invaders.
In the cer ter, from the Oise to the Argonne. the two well en-
trenched armies still are watching each other, ready at a mo
ments-notice to meet attacks, or on the advice of aerial ob
servers, to move to some point here the line is threatened.
While ihere have been many of these movement, ther is 'iitle
according French report, to reccul. In other words, the sit
uation remains virtually as it was.
In the Argonne district, where the Crown Prince's army at
tempted to advance a few days ago, there has been additional
f lighting and the Germans have been pushed back northward.
In .southern Woere the Frettdv are "making progress, but
;lowly" against the Germans who crossed the Meuse at St. Mi-
!iiel, but later were forced back
In Lorraine and Vosges there
of the opposing ; rimes. This probably is accounted for bv the
fact that the Germans have not sufficient forces to attack the
almost impregnable line of fortifications, while The French are
too busy elsewhere to attempt an invasion of the lost prov
inces .They have set themselves the .task of putting the Ger
mans out of northeastern France, and if this can be accom
plished they are faced w'th :re necessity o! attacking the Ger
man oitions in Alsace-LcrnLne.
Of tht result of the operaven's around the' line of 'fortit'ea
tions of Antwerp there is considerable mystery. Last night
the Belgian legation at London announced the Belgians had
been compelled before a violent artillery attack to fall back
east of the river Serine toward the Nethe. This was taken, to
mean that some of the forts had fallen,-and the German official
report issued today asserted that Forts Lierre, WaelKern and
Konigshocke had been taken, with redoubts and earth works,
i and that the Germans had entered' the linefof forts through
the breaches. '
Later the Belgian min:?ter, on
Antwerp, declared the forts -had
These forts, although important, are only the first line jot
fense of the city, ard. besides two more powerful Tines Ihe
Q
besiegers will have to contend -with a large inundated area.
This extends along the rivers Scheldt Rupe! and Nethe, as far
aspurTel, as well as to the nortltand the east, of the ; town; -
Heretofore fortresses have hot
man siege guns have been brought up. But Antwerp is in a
different category, for in addition to being stronger than any
fortress yet attacked, there is-
RESUME
AROUND ANTWERP FORTS
rr -,imA in M. l'tii-'h n mn Hlrir
of hard fighting ahed for both
over that river.
is no change in the positions
' ;
authority of a telegram from
not been captured," although
stood long after the big Ger
a: considerable space in which
"OFEEMSIWE:
ON JM TTLE LINE
TRUGGLE IN
1 J-
rtir -vtArtre Via cfrnn-
;iincemeent in the official bulletin issued by the French war
office, epitomizes the 'situation in the field of battle in-northern
France, for it is at this point that the real struggle for -supremacy
is being fought out. ....
The scene of this action is the territory around Aaras, in the
department of Pas de Calais, showing a decided movement by
the allied army to the northward, as. Aaras is about 20 miles
north of Albert., There has been no decisive result, up to the
present, which in the nature of the fighting going on would
seem to indicate that the reinforcements of each side must
have been about equal. . 4 .
' It is believed that the British-Indian troops are on the line,
and possibly some of the British territorials, and it is known
the Germans have sent up heavy reinforcements from the
center to aid the hard fighting soldiers on the right.
Field Marshal French's men evidently have? been in close
action'again, for in the region of Soissons, on which rests the
western end of the British line, some of the German trenches
have been completed.
Along the remainder of the front the army has remained for
the most part in their trenches, while desultory firing continued
with the big guns.
The Belgians claim to have resisted the German attacks on
the fortresses around Antwerp, although Berlin officially re
ports the destruction of several of the forts as well as making
progress on the main front.
- In the battle of Augustowo, in Russian Poland, victory ,4s
claimed for the Rusian arms, the official communication from
Petrograd declaring the German defeat is complete.
the-field army can operate against .the besieging forces. ...
SThe GermahSj llsa have been active in j(3oileseparated
!i rts of ' Belgium. They visited Tournai Saturday: 'and an
nounced they were an advance guard of 10,000 men passing to
Lille; while last night and this morning fighting was going on
far to The east, near Lanaecken, northwest of Maestricht. One
report said that Lanaeken was on fire, but another declared it
was a nearby village that was burning.
The battle is still raging along the east Prussian frontier, and
according to Berlin reports the Germans have scored a victory
over the Russian who had pierced their center at Augustowo.
The battle of Cracow is developing more slowly than antici
pated, or, at all events, nothing has come through from eith
er side as to the happenings in that field of operations.
Three Monarchs the Russian Emperor, the German Empe
ror and the King of Belgium and the President of France
are taking part in the battles, or on their way to visit the troops
in the field. The German Emperor has been on both western
and eastern frontiers, while King Albert has been on the act
ual. firing line ever since the war began.
The Russian Emperor has left Petrograd for the front, and
President PoinCare is on his way to give greetings to the men
on the firing line.
In Rumania and Italy a difference of opinion has arisen a
to what steps, if any, the governments should take regarding
the war: Some are for war and others for a continuation of
neutrality.
If a report coming from Rome today that Italian sailors have
occupied Avlona is true, Italy has taken action which will al
most : certainly involve - her. Avlona, "the Gibraltar of the
Adriatic," has long been coveted by both Italy and' Austria.
During the war between Italy and-Turkey, when Avlona be
longed to Turkey, it was the scene of a daring exploit by the
Italian navy under the Duke of the Abruzzi.
X The jealousy of Austria was immediately aroused, and, as a
result, an agreement was reached whereby Turkey's European
possessions were immune from attack. The intensity of Aust
rian feeling also was manifested during the Balkan war. ;
GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT.
Tkns Reports Petrogrrad as to Situation
- in Russian Poland.
1 Petrograd, Oct. 4. The official state
ment from the Russian general staff
headquarters issued tonight reads:
"The battle of' Augustowo ended in
a victory for the "Russian' arms. The
German defeat is complete and.the en
emy Is In a disorderly retrea't toward
the East' Prussian frontier. The, val
iant Russian troops are In close pur
suit, the Germans abandoning in . their
desperate march trains,. - cannon and
munitions, not having even, time 'to
gather up their wounded. ' j- r;
i- "It is already' known ; that the bat
tle dfAugustowOf began September29
with ' . a bombardment . by the -German
heavy artillery in the region of Sopot-
FULL SWING
a ic in full ctrt(r.', in o n
zkin, on the left bank of the river Nier
men, followed by an offensive move
ment by the enemy against the same
fortified town. '
"At the same time, the Germans made
repeated efforts to crush and ' dislocate
the Russian forces near Druskeniki on
the Niemen. :VV ' f . ::" ; -
"On September 26 the Germans also
began an attack on the fortresses of
Ossowetz, but everywhere met with
fierce resistance and were compelled
to retreat.. Not . satisfied, with counter
attacks, our troops; took the: offensive
vigorously and pursued ' the - enemy.
Notwithstanding the energetic resist
an ce: .offered by ; the i Germans,' they
could " not , check the onward rush of
our ; troons rho I captured the enemy's
positions, one af tar . another. - . '
c"Routed by v this - irresistible ngage
. Vwl XCohtihuedon Page S. "
PRAYERS FOR
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
Clergymen of All Behominations Joined Fervently in Spirit
and Letter of President's ProclamationsSecretary Bryan
and Osar Straus in New York Mr. Wilson At-
tends Church in New York In Chicago
" ...
There Was a Record Attendance.
Washington, Oct. 4. Prayers for
peace- in Europe arose from all-pars
of the United states today Clergy
men of all . denominations read Presi
dent Wilson's proclamation, itsleft a
fervent peace prayer, and congraga
tions gathered' to sing peace hymns
and take part in peace services.
The President attended the Centrail
Presbyterian Church here and heard
Rev. Jas. H. Taylor pray "that the
United States might be instrumental
in restoring peace to Europe and that
Mr. Wilson might be given wisdom
and sitretngth in hs mediation pro
posals. - 1
After the services- a large crowd
waited until the" president had taken
communion, to watch him ride away
in his automobile.
Record Attendance In Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 4. Chicgoan's attend
ed, the churches in record. numbers to
day, and prayed for peace. At a pub
lic meeting at a downtown hall at
which Governor Dunne, Bishop Fallows
and Anderson and Miss Jane Addams
were speakers, .Madame Shumann
Heinke, who escaped from Europe with
difficulty arter tlie beginning of the
war, .-sang the aria Adrianne, from
"Rienzi," and "Let us Have Peace."
Meeting in New York.
New York, Oct. 4. Hope that the
European war will be the last object
lesson of the horrors of strife and that
after ijt the efforts . of man will be
devoted to production rather than de
struction, was expressed today by Sec
retary of State Bryan and Oscar S.
Straus, former secretary of commerce
and labor, at a special peace day ser
vice at Carnegie Hall. The meeting
was one of many, held in this city
in accordance with President Wilson's
recent proclamation designating today
as a day of prayer for peace.
"Today, when a number of nations,
all our friends, have been drawn into
the .vortex of war," said Secretary
Bryon, "out first duty is to use such
influence as we - may have, to hasten
the . return of-; peace. There sjwill be
ample time-' afterward 'to discuss ways
and. means for preventing future, ap
peals to arms.
. "Our interests ar,e so entwined with
the interests of other lands that ho
nation, can live or die unto itself
alone. If we had no higher reason
for encouraging cpnditiQns conducive
to peace we snould And ample jus
tification in the fact that the burdens
of war no longer are borne entirely
by its direct participants.
"We must not be discouraged if
this,- the greatest of all wars, broke
out just when we were most hopeful
of the substitution of reason for force
in the settlement of international dis
FORTS AT ANTWERP
REPORTED AS TAKEN
Wireless Official Annbunce
ment by Way of Sayville.
THE GENERAL SITUATION
French. Repulied on Western Wing
Great Britain's Policy Denounc
ed Naval Policy Detrimen
tal to Neutral States.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, L. I.,
Oct. . 4. The following, official - an
nouncement was made today:
"In. the siege of Antwerp, Forts Wa
vre, St. Catherine and 'Dorpweld have
been taken and Fort Woelhem invest
ed. Termonde, an important strategi
cal 'position, has been . occupied.
"On our westernvwing a hew French
attempt to,, encircle our forces has
been repulsed. The French have been
ejected from their positions south of
Roye. ' ' ' ' '
"Sorties .from ;Toul were repulsed
with-.heavy lossfes."
Other press matter, officially given
out today, savs: - . -
"The Danish paper, National Titen
de, - p-iihllshes -a statement by Gottlieb
Voh Jagow, the German foreign min
ister, in which' he says that Great Brit
ain had promised France assistance be
fore - German troops . en'tered Belgium.
England, in fact, had prepared for war
by stirring up feeling In the different
coup-trie against Germany after the
old- English -way of playing European
continental states- against each other.
, "A pamphlet issued by- the Bremen
Chamber of commerce on the economi
cal, consequences of the war indicates
Great .Britain's naval policy Is dertl
mental to neutral states exporting raw
material and especially detrimental to
the United States. - ,s -
x "The Daliy, Chronicle's Bordeaux re
port .that Von Stenger, commander of
the German 53rd infantry brigade,' had
given , an order that "ao. quarter . be
granted usd for his BOldlera to kill all
tha French encountered; armed or un
armed. Is- an' impudent' II.,
WORLD PEACE
putes. It may be that the world need
ed one more awful object lesson to
prove conclusively the fallacy of the
doctrine that preparedness for war
can give assurance of peace.
"One encouragement to be drawn
from the present European conflict is
found in the fact that the governments
involved vie with each other in refus
ing to admit they began it. We have
taken a long step in advance when no
civilized nations, either will , admit a
desire for war or confess an intention
to inaugurate it." -
Referring to the peace policy of the
United States toward Mexico, and the
acceptance of the mediation offered by
Argentina, Brazil and Chile, Secretary
Bryan said:
"President Wilson not only secured
a peaceful solution of a situation that
threatened war,, but he gave a strong
impetus to the cause of conciliation.
It will be easier than before to pre
serve peace in the western hemisphere,
and more difficult to excite war."
Oscar Straus expressed hope that
mediaion eventually would settle the
European struggle.
"A month ago," he said "Sceretary
Bryan under the direction .of the
president, encouraged by a statement
by. an ambassador of one of the pow
ers, communicated informally with
the other powers as to whether they
were ready to accept the president's
tender of good offices.' While the time
is not yet ripe f or , the definite dis
cussion of the subject, we may be
justified in hoping . that these com
munications alreacy nave had the good
result of lifting the latch on the door
of mediaion, so that, without the ini
tiative of eitner side, at the first op
portunity that door readily may be
thrown open."
Mr. Straus referred to treaties which
Secretary Bryan recently has conclud
ed with different nations, providing
for investigation of. disagreements be
tween nations for a period of twelve
months before war may be declared,
and said:
"I regard these treaties as a most
important step for securing the peace
of - the . world for the -future. . I. be
lieve that 1 if those . treaties had been
in.G existence. 1 wjhei- Austria gave its
unanimous "ultimatum to f; Servian Ithljj,
war might have been averted." ; l-
Cardinal Farley, at St. Patrick's
Cathedral, said that if Europe had
heeded" Pope Pius X. the war never
would have started.
At the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine, Bishop David H. Greer assert
ed that although all methods heretofore
tried have failed to insure universal
peace, the principles laid down by
Christ yet have to be applied to di
plomacy and politicsN The present war,
he said, should teach the lesson that
huge armaments do not guard the
peace of the w-orld.
FRENCH OFFICIALS
LEAVING JR FRONT
To Congratulate Troops Per
sonally on Bravery.
RUMORS OF A VICTORY
President , Poincare. Premier Vlvlanl
and Minister of War Depart From
Bordeaux General Success
es Are Denied.
Bordeaux, Oct. 4. President Poin
care, accompanied by Premier Viviani,
and Minister of War Alexandre Mille
rand, left at noon today for the bat
tle front. The President goes to the
battle line, not to take part in the
strategy, but to congratulate' the troops
personally upon the bravery they have
displayed in the long and stubborn
fighting. -
News of the President's departure
has given rise to rumors that the allies
have gained a great victory,, the news
of which is withheld and that M. Poin-
Icare has gone to witness the final dis
comfiture or tne uermanB.
The correctness of this deduction is
officially denied and it is repeated that
the situation in the fighting zone is
described by the statement of the war
office. It is added that the President's
sole motive is to convey the nation's
appreciation and encouragement to the
troops. , , -
Interest in the. allies' every .move
ment, as reveaed in official announce
ments of the war office, continues in
tense. ,. ..
Despite the rushing of reinforce
ments to aid the Germans, their at
tacks, as viewed here, seem to have
little effect. The battle takes on more
and more the form of a siege. Addi
tional German -forces, sent to the lines
of the Aisne arid Oise, it is noted, arc
not coming from Lorraine, Belgium or
Germany, but are being drawn from
the army operating in " Champagne
province.;: The withdrawal of German
forces from- the center has caused con
siderable surprise in view ofj the extra
ordinary precautions taken to stop the
French advance in this. region, especial
IS 90 vuf vvuici xo icsaittcu O.D a.ii 1111- -
portant element in the German defense. (
ly as-the center Is regarded as an 1m-
r . .
WILSON AND HARVEY
BURY THEJATCHEI
Incident of Presidential Cam
paign Happily Ended.
MET AT WHITE HOUSE
Discussed European Situation ana Out.
look for Campaign "Alarse Hen
ry" Not Present, However.
Others Invited.
Washington, Oct. .4. President Wil
son and George Harvey, formerly edi
tor of Harper's Weekly,, but now of the
North American Review, whose con
troversy over the support of Harper's
Weekly, furnished one" of the chief in
cidents of Mr. Wilson's campaign for
the Presidency, celebrated "Peace
Sunday" today by a harmony meeting
at the White House. It was their first
meeting since their talk in 1911 in the
presence of Henry Watterson, : editor
of the Louisville Courier Journal,
which gave rise to Mr. Watterson's lat
er attacks on Mr. Wilson and led Mr.'
Harvey to support Speaker Champ
Clark for the Presidential nomination.
Mr. Harvey called at the White House -at
the invitation of Mr. Wilson to dis
cuss, the European situation and the
fall campaign. In the last issue of his
magazine, Mr. Harvey praised the Pres
ident's attitude since the outbreak of
war in Europe" and suggested that he
wait patiently for the psychological
moment to urge peace.
The President and Mr. Harvey re
mained in conference for more than
an hour. It was said at the White
House later that the meeting was most
friendly, and .that past differences were
not recalled. Mr. Harvey said he had
called on Mr. Wilson to discuss pub
lic questions principally the European
situation, and "as a matter of course,"
the talk was friendly. - !
The White House meeting followed
a conference between Mr. Harvey, Mr.
Tumulty, the President's secretary;
Frederick Lynch, Democratic. National
committeeman from Minnesota, and
Thomas Pence, of the . National com
mittee's publicity vbureau. The fall
campaign was discussed. :
, In December, 1911, Mr, Wilson then ,'
governor of New Jersey, talked with
Haj-vey , and .Henry' Watterson Uln- a.
New , York club. " The three were"-fast -friends
, and the ; editors had worked
together ? ih iMr.'; Wilson's Interest' In
New- JerseysT'!1 vM-'V';'1.
In January; '1912, Mr.l Watterson Is
sued the. statement which informed the
public for the-first time that there had
been a breach at the club .conference
between. Wilson and "the two colonels,-'
as ' they became to . be styled.
Watterson referred to Governor Wil
son as "a schoolmaster, not a states
man," and said he, had treated the two
veteran Democratic editors as If they
were school boys. The ' charge of In
gratitude also was made, the " state
ment relating that,' when asked by
Harvey whether the support of Har-i
per's Weekly was embarrassing him;
Governor Wilson had replied that it
was. "
After the publication of this state
ment, feeling became bitter among the
partisans of the three men. Despite
the publication of letters which had
passed between Governor Wilson and
Colonel Harvey after the club confer
ence, in which letters there were amen
ities expressed on both sides, both edi
tors thereafter supported . Speaker
Clark for the Democratic nomination. :
PAIRS OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
No Decision Reached in Fighting But
, Situation la Favorable.
Paris, Oco. 4. The official announce
ment issued by the French war office
tonight reports progress in. the region
of Soissons, where several German,
trenches have been taken. ., i .
" The battle On the left wing Is in
full' swing without decisive result..
The text of "the communication fol
lows: . ; ; ... , -
"1 On our left wing the struggle
is In full swing in :ae region of Arras,
without decison having been reached.
The action has been less violent be
tween the upper' valley of the Ancre
and the Gorame and between the Somme
and the Oise. We have made progress
in the region of Soissons where some
of- the enemy's trenches have been
captured.
"2 On almost all the remainder of
the front, the lull, already noted, per
sists. In the Woevre region we have
made some progress between, Apre
mont and the Meuse arid on the Rupt
de Mad.";
WEATHER FOR WEEK
Rain Over Host of East and South Fol
lowed by Lower Temperatures.
Washington, Oct. 4.--Rainy weather
over most of the East and South was
forecast by the Weather Bureau to
night for the first half of the week.
"In the upper Mi88isippi and Missou
ri valleys rain Monday will be fol
lowed by generally fair weather and a
decided fall in temperatures," said the
bulletin. .
l GERMANS REPULSED t
L, -.-.,
L London,' Oco. 4. (2:30 A. M.) J
JL A dispatch to the Central News A
JU from Antwerp dated Sunday rf.
JL night, ;says:
"The Germans have been re- rf.
i pulsed. ' They asriea for a two- 4.
hour armistice to bury, their A
dead, but the Belgians refused
to comply. , : ' -
4. "The: Belgians have destroyed
all - the bridges Over tne river
Nethe. 'The Germans attempted &
4 unsuccessfully
to rebuild the J.
bridges..'
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