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FATE OF
the Ef.gUsh and French Repart They Have Driven
^ mans Further back, while Berlin is Silent about
Triple Battle of 3,000*000 Men in France.
offensive .movement. No n*\vs of this
• been received from thi^
side,”
BATTLE HAS WEARIED GERMANS
English Parliament Votes, to Place Army of 1,400,000 in the Field from
Great Britain Alone, not counting Territorials and Thtose of Domin
ions and India—Germany Bushing Reinforcements to the Battle Line
Before Paris in Kope of Turning The Tide.
London, Sept. 10,—11:00 P. M.—The
crucial battle of the war in France
has. not reached any decisive result.
Field Marshal Sir John French, the
commander of the British forces, re
ported today that the Germans had
been driven back all along the Hue;
that the British had crossed the river
Marne; that the Germans had suffer
ed severely, and that their men were
supposed to be in an extremely ex-
liausted condition.
Notwithstanding this report, mili
tary experts do not rush to sweeping
conclusions. Military writers in the
London papers repeat that from the.
conservative terms of the French of
ficial statement yesterday it i.s too
early to anticipate the result of a
battle extending over a froat of near
ly a hundred miles. Three million
men is the number estimated to be
engaged actively and as reserves, and
three great battles at least are in
progress.
' THREE GREAT BATTLES.
Probably the fiercest struggle is
against the French center, between
enterprise.
Another mine disaster, the victim
of which was the tramp steamer Otto-
wa, has been added to the list and the
advisability of closing the North Sea
to merchant shipping is being discu-^s-
ed.
Both England and Germany would
suffer through strangulation of their
trade, England losing food supplies
from Seindinavian coiirstricsf v.'hsic
Holland promised to be Gerraany’.=
principyl avenue of commerce with
the outer world.
—o—
CKOWN PRINCE IN COMMAND.
London, Sept. 11.—12:40 A. M.—Ac
cording to a Petrograd dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company, it
is believed there ttiat the German
Crown Prince has S»een appointed com-
mander-in-chief of the forces against
Russia.
BELGUJVS DRIVING GEBMAN.S.
London, Sept. 10.—10:07 P. M-—
An Ostend dispatch to the Exchange
Telfffrmph.Company says:
“According to Jnrormation from &
health of our troops remain excellent.
There is no confirmation of new;:
published in the German newspapers
of the fall of Maubeuge.
TKEMEXDOUS GERS1.\X LOSSKS.
I Paris, Sept. 10.—11:55 P. M.—Ac-
coi*dir*g to a Maiiieh report receive^
here the Berlin garrison alone has
lost 42,000 men killed or wounded in
the war thus far.
ANOTHER PRINCE INJURED-
London, Sept. 10.-11:30 P. M.—
Prince Joachim Albrecht of Pintssia,
was wounded yesterday by a shmp-
nel bullet, according to an official Ber
lin dispatch, which has been forward
ed by the Amsterdam correspondent
of the Keuten Telegram Co.
The bullet penetrated the thigh
but is believed not to have injured the
bone.
Rheims and Verdun, while the British tj,e Belgian army at
army is contesting the second hard- assumed a triumphant
fought engagement agBinr,t the Ger- movement, driving the Ger-
man rishf. The Germans are bel.ev- environs of
I.euvayn.
FLOOD DELAYS JAPANESE.
Pekin, Sept. 10.—Floods have dday-
ed the Japanese advance on Tsing Tau.
The waters cover the country sur
rounding the town, have claimed many
lives, and are spreading inland. It Is
said that probably it will be months
before th« Japanese can begin their
investment of the stronghold, which
now can be reached only by boat.
Loss of life and great destructiun
cf property are attending floods
spreadinjT over the Shan Tung: pen
insula, A correspondent at Weih Sieu
telegrraphs as follows:
“The Weih Sien river, ordinarily a
sma\J stream fiowing^ 1~> feet below
j BHirrsH WIN r\ africa.
i Loudon, Sept. 10,-8:45 P. M.—Bric-
j ish tj'oops have mst and defeated n
1 German fcrce of four hundred which
entered Nyaasaland, British Central
Africa, accaj*clinfr to an iinnou!jcement
by the otficial press bureau whica
adda:
*The Germans lost seven officers kill
ed and two wounded, two ti?-ld and two >
machine guns. Tht* loss among the
rank and file has not been ascertained,
but was heavy.
The Bi;itish loss among the whiter
was four killed and several wounded,
loss among the rank and file not sis-
certained.
On September 8, a British force
advanced against the Germans, who,
however, evaded the mand attacked
the Biitish station at Karonga (on the
Northwest shore of Lake Kyassa, ■^t
the terminus of the Ste\enson rond)
whirh . Hefonrfpd by one officer,
fifty African rifles, the police and .S
civilians.
After three hours resistance a col-
lum arrived from the British fovtio
and drove the enemy off. Later the
main British force came up and after
a day’s fighting, in whieh the Ger-
ister from cpmmunicating: with iiis
government. Why should the Ameri
can government permit the German
Ambassador at \Va.shington to have
Tree .communication v.ith his govern
ment at Berlin*?
Could not the United States loin
wiih other neutral nations in demand
ing a cessation of the atrocities arid
barb:irities now being committed by
Gerniany?-
SEIZURE OF SHIPS BRING PRO
TESTS.
Washington, Sept. 9.—Protests che
so!zu:e by Great Britain of the two
biittlcships being built in England for
Turkey at the outbreak of the war,
adopted at a meeting cf Ottoman, In
dian and Pei'sian Mussulmans and
Hindus in New York have been sent
to Congressmen here and members
of the Cabinet.
ed they wil! strike and strike again.
The Germans are bringing their re
inforcements down from Chalons on
the roads leading to »ye-Champen-
oise, Sommesous and Soxnpius, in the
face of the French" artillery posted on
the heights, which give the French
a great advantage. -
General Pau, who commands the
center of the French army in this
district, is reported to be advancing
north of Sezanne towards the pla*
teaux commanding the center of the
whole battiefieid. On his left the Brit
ish force has driven the Germans
across the Grand Morin and Petit Mor-
in 2-ivers, towards the Marin itself,
while on the extreme left a French
sixth army, advancing from Paris
along the Ourcq river, hacv had furtlior
successes and is threatening GencKil
Kiuck’s communications.
. In the east the Germans so far have
“Great Britain may have had the j failed in their attempts to break
right, .strictly speaking, to take over across the ri^■t^!s and through the hills
tho.-;e ships,” siiys the protest, “but! of Argonne between Vitry le Francois
?ince she v.'as not at v>-ar with 7\irkey, on the right v/ing of the aWies.
nay, was on friendly terms with ner,' Ail this favorable news has cheered
she legally and morally was bound'the allies, but military critic* warn
to pay f .r them on the spot. She the people that the KattlD has not been
hr.* no: settled the account yet. Thus j won, and that here probably will be
.she hixs committed an act of spoila- a week or moia fightivti?: before -i de*
tion pure and simple, at the expense j cision is reached.
of Turkey. This is as great a breiich
of international law as the violation
mans fought with gi*eat determination ' Belgian neutrality by Germany,
and had to be dislodged by repeated j ^»eat Britain seems to have made a
bayonet charges, the British drove the herseh" to injure and huinil-
cnemy toward the Songwe river. The whene^'^er opportunity arises, the
British were too exhausted to con-i Mussulman state which has le-
tiuue the piir&uit.
GERAIAN BARK CAPTURED.
Plymouth, Sept. 30.—Via Lor.don,
9:5(j P. M.—The German bark Uranin,
mained independent and in whose sov-
' ercigii is vested the dignity ?>f Caliph
—This .mo)e particulaurly from the
time it freed itself from despotisui
and entered upon the path of pi'og-
bound rnfm Tocopilla, Chile, for Ham-
burg with a cr.rgo of nitrate valued
at has beeis captured by a
British warship.
O
ed to be still attacking the French
right from Verdun to Nancy.
Le.sSi.r fighting is in progress in Al
sace, from whicli province the Ger
mans Appear to have drawn away part
of their ari«y and the French are
taking advantge of this opening.
The great battle man continue for'to a Ni,.h dispatch to the Exchange
days, when it i.^ remernbeved that i Telegraph Company. Con-.iderablo
smaller-■operations in Manchuria i„; d:,masc has been done.
BKLGRAOE AGAIN BOMBAKDFD.
' Paris, Sept. 10.—B:2o P. M,—The
borbardment oiT Belgrade ha.s been re
newed with increased fury, according
which himdredii of thousands only i
The Servian batteries are replying
the level of the town is now aflood.I BELGl.W APPEAL IS .MADE I'L'B
causinsT enormous damage, it poured ^ LlC.
through the city gates reacliinf? its New York, ocpt. i'.—^“The Indepan
crest Tu;sday night. On that night dt-’il” makc.s public today the text of ‘ Persian iJu.ssulman and Hindus
“What is the meaning of this atti
tude?” the protest inquires, “Surely,
it can only be that Great Britain is
secretly striving to destroy at any
co.st, that of her good fame included,
the Ottomat! Empire the bulwark i.if
Islam. Therefor, we Ottoman, Indian
were concerned lasted a fortmght. | -Austrian iire.
GEHM.\XS becoming exhaust-j ALLIES KUSHIXG AHEAD-
jgp , Pxiris, Sept. 10.—11:22 P. —The
The German western armies have following official comn.unicaiiion was
is;sued tonight:
On the left wing the British and
French troops have crossed the Marne
between La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre, Ohar-
ly and Chateau Thierry, pursuing the
enemy, who is in retreat. During
the course of this advance the Brit
ish forces took a number of prisoners
and captured Mitrailleuses.
During the four days battle, the
allied armies have in that section of
the theatre of operations gaiRf‘d more
than sixty kilometres.
Between Chateau, Thierry and Vit-
y-Le-Francoise the Pru.ssian guard
has been thrown back.
The action continues wi^h great se-
th*? Ameiican and British teacher.s at the mv.ssage in behalf of Belgium sent
the Weih Sieu Missioi^ary CwUece President Wilson by Major Loui.s L.
were aroused by the cra^h of falling Seaman, together with a messag?
walls and heart-rending cries of des- front E. Braun, the bux>rom;ititer of
pairing Chinese. Leaving their homes, GhesU, ;*.s I'ollows:
thp te;uher.s plunged into the water.^i —o—
and rcscued many from drowning. Th^. oh'.oi- of ihe Burgonia.ster,
j American physicians, in canoes, l es- City of Ghent, Sept.ISfl4.
I cued a number of women patient.-^ at Monrieur:
jthe ho.spitals. j have read with (.'motion and at
i “The authorities closed the evty jj,eat .satisfaction
been fighting almost continuously for
25 days and until the last phase of
‘he campaign, on the offensive. Field
Marshal French's view that they are
becoming exhausted finds ready cred
ence among military experts here.
A German official wireless dispatch
today .says that no report has been
made public in Berlin of events ir,
France for the‘last three days.
GERMAN BEINFOBCEMENTS
COMING.
Prom Holland comes the news that
60,000 German reinforcements .ii-e
marching south. These troops may
have an effect on the tide of battle,
but there is reason to believe the al
lied armies also are receiving a coun
ter balance accession of strength.
GERMAN NAVY ACTIVE.
That the German navy has not been
v,-ithout enterprise is revealed in the
admiralty announcement today that
the British cruiser Path Finder was
destroyed by a German submarine, not
by a mine as was first supposed. The
German craft, which ventured so-'far,
•■froin its base, is given credit for its
sates in an attempt to stay the wat
ers and forty market men caught out-
i.side the vtaJls were swept to their
death. Many persons vrere drowned
and the homeless and destitute num
ber thousands in Weih Sien alone.**
GERMANS RESCUED PICTURES.
London, Sept. 10.—10:50 P. M.—Of-
the generous and powerful appeal that
you have addressed to the President
of the United States of Ameiica. I
am Ieeply grateful,
I ;>;ld my voice to your appeal and
I beg yon to urge the President of the
United States to exert u!l efforts in
order that we may seen see an end
of the war and that the inhamity of
ficial Berlin dispatches received here here may be lessened.
by Marconi wireless say:
"While Louvain was biirning, Ger
man officers carried pictures from the
Cathedra! to the Hotel DeVille for
their protection.
“Emperor William and Prince Leo
pold of Lippe, have exchanged cordial
and sympathetic telegrams on the oc
casion of the heroic death of Prino
verity in the region between Camp
Mailly and Vitry-Le-Francois.
In the center and on the right wing
there is no change in the situation.
On the Ornnain and in the Agonnc
district the two opposing forces ?ire
maintaining their positions. In the
region of Nancy the enemy has mad?
slight progress on the Chateau Salins
road. ‘
On the other hand we have gained
ground in the forest of Champenoux.
The losses have been considerable
on both sides, but the morale and
member cf the House of Lippe to fall
in this war.
SUCCESS EX.4GGERATED.
“According to Berlin papers fight
ing has been proceeding since Septem
ber 7 east of Paris on a line between
Auteuil, Meaux and Vitry-La-Fran-
cois. Early French; reports of vic
tory proved tQ be exaggerated for the
allies do not appear to be able to
maintain the former successes of their
The City of Ghent, in which was
concluded the treaty of peace of
puts itself confidently under the high
protection of the American natioi\.
Pray accept. Monsieur, assurances
of my distinguished consideration.
E. BAUM,
Burgomaster of Ghent.
The appeal of Major Seamar* to
Pi'esident Wilson to which Mr. Baun
refers in his cable message reads as
follows:
The Bur^omastei- of Ghe»5t, wh*re
the treaty of peace was signed a hun
dred years ago, authorizes me to re
spectfully request that in case of in
vasion the city be placed under the
protection of the American flag for
the safeguarding of it^ people and its
historic monuments.
The German government holding
Brussels prevents the American min
iuhabitating New Vork, invite the
vvorld of Islam In its entirety
in our protest.**
lo jom
ADVANTAGE RESTS WITH AL
LIES.
Bordeaux, Sept. iK—10:45 P. M.—
The foUowing official annoui>censeut
was issued today:
“On the left wiiig all the German
atternpts to break through the French
lin^s on the right of tho Ourrq river
havu’- failed. W^e liave taken two stand-
urds.
“The British avmy has crossed the
Marne and the enemy has failed ba« k
about forty kilometers (25 miles).
^‘On the center and ring whing there
is no notable change.**
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1 RITlSti HAVE DRIVEN GERMANS
ACROSS MORIN.
London, Sept. —9:50 P. M,—The
alliod armies continue their advantage,
according to Flench oiTicial reports, ?n
wh:it only can be? the preliminaries
of a great battle e^ctending from
^letiiix, north^:ast of Paris, to the For
tress of Verdun, about liOO miles far
ther east.
The Germanr., who have brought *Jp
reinforcements, are .‘itrikinj? at ihe
allies* left and cfmier lietwcen Mont-
niirail and Vitry-Le-Francoi«, a frofii
i>f from 50 to 60 miles, but each time
they ha\e been driven buck.
This is not surprising to military
m/»n, us the Germar.s have been com
pelled to advance through the swamps
of the Petit Mofinj and then over bare
uplands to the extremely strong
French position on the right, it is their
only chance, however, and it 5s expect
The Austrians and Russians are
still battling in Galicia, and although
Russian official circles arc siient, re-
port.s from Rome whiuh generj-lly
huve beeti accurate coming as they
do througrh German or Roumanian
i-ource.^, indicate that the Russians; ar?
making progre:?s against General Auf-
fensberg,s army, which is beinff sup
ported by Gcrn^an.'?.
Some doubl is n*?v,- uxpr^issed a-j to
whether the Russian enveloping uiove-
ment from the South of Lemburg can
he developed quickly enough to ‘ut
ofi* the Austrianjs should they be de
feated by tile Ku.'^sians advancing
from the north. But should the Aus
trians be defeated, as Rome .say.s, this
second army h likely to hasten gtn;-
eral Aulfensberg’y retirement-
There is still a pause in the opes:i-
tions in Eant Prussia, doubtless dje
to a paucity of troops on the part of
Russbi, which always has had djfficul-
ty in transporting troops westward.
Besides, the difficulty they suffered in
the f?;;-hting hetwcer. .\ugust :.^7 and
Augu.st 27 m;iy temporarily have tak
en the sling out of their attacks.
In Enjyland, where the saying is,
“Britiiiii is just starting,*’ the great-*'
est enthusiasm has been created by
the king’s niessages to Indian, his do
minions and the colonies v^hieh ;>o
thanks his oversea subjects for thu
promptitude with which they respond
ed to the call from the mother coun
try.
India alone is sending 70,000 troops,
“Kitchener’s pets,’* as they have been
called since Field Marshal Kitchener
reorganized the Indian army. They
include the army of occupation and
the native forces. The latter are to
be comm:\nded by their princes
chiefs.
Bes’ • rtiis, India is to p^y the co?>t
of t; . ..porting her troops to Europe
and ? ,iC Indian princes ai*e se.nding rich
gifts to the war funds being laised
ij; their own country and England.
Tht' Dominions and the colonies have
placed their ships, men and money at
the disposal of the home go'^emmetit
so that the whole forces of the empire
have recruited against her enemy.
The official bureau has issued a de
nial of the report that dominion troops
have arrived and while no statement
has been issu^ regarding the movc-
of the Indi^p: contingent, ex
cept that some of them left- 'India
several weeks ago, the opinion js gon-
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