The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 5, 1914, Page 3

SOLDIERS TELL HER OF | THEIR AWFUL FEAR ON BELGIAN BATTLEFIELD By Mary Boyle O'Reilly ANTWERP, Belgium, Aug 1914 kaiser’s war, not the people’s war,” a of war to me at Bruges. For a week the great casterne (barracks) has been fill is the prisoner “This German said with 1,200 military prisoners taken in the battles of Lieg Tirlemont and Haelen } Bronzed, bearde worn and nervous, they lie about the} casterne. Here and there a villainous-looking ruffian, here | and there a human rat, but the vast majority are inoffensive-| looking workingmen, neither stupid, sullen nor suspicious. | At 7 the prisoners rise, march under guard to the wash ing place, bathe and march back to breakfast. There 1s coffee and bread for all,«a noonday meal of bread and vegetable | soup, a supper of bread and bacon | oefeee Apart from the rest, six men glan guard, “they have been sit, huddled, dead-eyed, mum- under shrapnel.” ; bling. They cannot eat, will Shrapnel is hell fire in a fight. It drives hardened soldiers in- sane, I it any wonder that soldiers who have nothing to win or lose hate and fear this | war? | not speak, do not seem to hear. | Two act if imbecile; all are | nerve shattered. None are vis- Ubly injured. } | “Poor fellows,” says the Bel- : By virtue of the waz department} |pass which admitted me, I begin jto talk with the prisoners, One, a ee | OTK AN from northwestern Prus- —-——\sia, proves the most talkative, He DISCOUNT is a trades unionist, intelligently | antt-military. “We did not wish to come,” he! said to me as he leaned against a} post In the great parade yard, “but in the conscription countries who} cares what a workman wishes? When we mobilized, our officers) said a battle was just like the im-| perial maneuvers. That ts not true. | With the first rifle fire there came upon us a fierce fear, “At each round men fell—men one knew. Before our eyes they died) horribly. For what? When the big guns, field guns, how!tzers, quick firers were all booming and banging together, then I knew the people should be able to prevent wars. “We fought without knowing why. Our officers told us how Austria had beaten Servia; that Russia and Japan were fightin: that the French president was assassinated, and Parts had declared the com OO) mune. Therefore, said our officers, we must cross Belgium fn railway trains In order to fight on the fron- tier and save Belgium from the French invaders. “How should we know the truth? Until we saw the infantry at Tirle p|mont, none suspected that we fought the Belgians. Then our offi- cers told us we must hack our way means that It will be through. ‘That te the kaiser’s word. te repair for 18 years.| «our officers ordered that wo e march until the whistle shrilled A L B A N Y ‘Stop’; that we fire at the ‘enemies’ ears.’ Our officers boast they will DENTI STS lose a million men to develop the plan of campaign. This is an offi- PEOPLE'S BANK BUILDING Seco BANY PAINLES? 0ac For 90 days the Albany Dentists will give a special discount of 10 per cent on prices quoted below. We do honest dentistry at honest prices, and with our painless meth- ods, which are entirely harmiess, we guarantee the painless extrac tion, filling and crowning of teeth. No students employed, only skill- ed graduates of years of experience. No high prices for effect. No im- possible low prices to draw a crowd Good Red Rubber Plate. AL the world) Gold Crowns (extra heavy). Our work is guaranteed for 15 cers’ war. “When we were taken prisoners ind Av, and Pike St. Open Sundays 8:30 to 12:20. by the Belgians we were too tired Evenings till 8. Phone Elliott 4083. haga HE et Oy Peg ol others waited to he shot when we surrendered. Ini , we were marched to a railway and given seats in a train; four prisoners to one armed guard, and the Belgians gave us water. “For a week we had fought these people. A week of cavalry battles, 129 miles’ march in eight days. The gun horses died of thirst. And our captors gave us pannikins of water. Other guards brought us bread, to each prisoner a two-pound loaf. For 12 days we had had no rations, only a small plece of sausage and two spoonfuls of peas. “Our commisariat broke down be- fore this campaign was begun. The officers had their menu, the troops| went hungry. We are as nothing In the kaiser’s war. Did I not tell you one million of us are to be killed to test the plan of campaign? | “But an emperor greater than the kaiser said that batties are won with legs. HE knew. Ex- haustion ended our endurance. It was the starvation rations that brought about our down- fall. When we had eaten and drunk the food of our captors, one of them said: ‘There is no beer here; take these cigarets. A smoke will do you good, Wherefore should we make you suffer? This is the kaiser’s war.’ to care. Not for seven nights had ee “So they brought us here to Bru- ges. On the first night came an officer with cards in his hands. Then we said each to the next: ‘Here ifthe man who will order us to be shot.’ To each prisoner the officer gave a card—a posteard ‘Write home that you are alive and safe,’ he ordered. ‘Belgium does not make war upon women.’ Therefore, we did as he sald, being thankful, and for two days we slept. Not for a week before had we known real sleep. “The Belgian field army are not fire-eaters, They are workmen like ourselves In times of peace. But each soldier knows what he must savings account, maintained through “thick and thin,” the do, and why. Therefore, we did not DEXTER pea dislodge them. The German army i » SA je different. THERF no one dare TRUST AND SAVINGS [fos tor himself. The officers are| BANK |tools of the general staff, the |soldiers tools of the officers “When our officers are picked off by the enemy we must throw us SRCOND ANU CHERRY Fine Linen and Fine Bottles on the Field of War, While the Fighting P riva' Belg STAR—SATURDAY, SEPT. 5, 1914. PAGE 4, » Walt on Them. lum Photograph Taken In @ German Camp In a ‘ PARIS | tt, By Fred L. Boalt | THE ALLIES’ FIELD ARMY HAS been surrounded. The Germans have completed their turning movement, and now have the allies hemmed in northeast of Paris. In making the movement, the} had to spin hie own line! jously thin. The situation to- vs then, Is that a “puckering string” has been drawn around the allies. When the kalser pulls the string, It will tighten—or break! It ja a fragile string. o. PARIS, FORTIFIED AND READY, ANTWERP T0 BE ATTACKED | BY GERMANS many places, a strong German force is advancing on Antwerp today, according to information received by the war office. It was doubted, however, if a ser- fous attack on the elty was intend ed. Rather, the war office believed, the intention was to bottle up the! garrison as a precaution against sal-| les designed to cut the kaiser’s lines of communication. Another powerful German body was reported moving on Ghent That a plan had been discovered to attack the German lines connect- ing the armies In France with their | base was the general opinion. It 1s learned that the German| staff's headquarters were recently shifted from Brussels to Mons, and! later were sald to have been trans ferred again, presumably to some point within the French frontier GREENBERG SAYS WAR’S BAD DOPE What's war? Let Joseph Greenberg, a former | Seattle merchant, now doing bust. ness in Portland, tell First, the German vessel Kron- prinzessin Cecilie, on which Green- berg left New York, was taken by the British at Falmouth, England | ange Then, on the return trip, there |S wer 00 passengers on a ship| that could accommodate only 1,600, and wives of Harvard professors had to ride steerage, and a dozen or #0 millionaires couldn't get tow els, soap or change of linen. It was something fierce, take it from} Greenberg. ARMY IS “IN BAD” LONDON, Sept. 5.—The Moscow | correspondent to the London Tele |graph says the Austrian army is |completely demoralized as result of the eight days’ engagement with Russian forces, and that Franz our hands.” Where the Maltitude Is Fed CHAUNCEY WRIGHT’S 110 Occidental Avenue, IYUMB YUPIOME WE [YpmT WS $1.00 os"sP 1000) $1.50 ov sl 1000; $1.50 o°"> 1000 es 18 ONS PIT ITI yn 1420 "Third Av Sri JS7ENP) ~ BULL BROS. ny pore 709 | Just Printers Both Open 24 Hours Datty. pop zp may 2628 "0 “yp| 1013 THIRD AIN 1043 ® |Josef's soldiers are fleeing before |the Russians. A Petrograd message | via Rom ys the Austrians w lcompletely routed at Tomaszow, |with heavy losses, including two generals. BENGALESE TO HELP ENGLAND M n., ST. PAUL, Sept. 5—-Ar- rivals here today from Winnipeg say that 26 trainioads of Bengalese, en route from India to help the British troops in France, had cross- ed Canada since Sunde trainloads more, it is said before the end of next w SPEND FIVE MINUTES HERE EVERY DAY AND YOU’LL KNOW ALL ABOUT THE WAR i la safe for the moment. The G are not begin the siege of Paris until the Franco-British army in the field has been disposed of. An analysis of the dispatches shows that the German left wing has remained stationary, facing the 10+ 15m. 20m La Fere-Laon-Rheims line of fortifi-; ions, which barred its progress Paris-ward It was the German right wing that made the turning movement, and finally succeeded in passing between the La Fere-Laon-Rheims fortific tions and is itself, this complet- ing the circle. Or is it only a cree cent? eee ARGONNES, A WOODED PLA- eau, reaching from Toul to Mez-| marke the line of the G man’s left wing. 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(Paid Advertisement) STEPHEN A, HULL Candidate for A STAR WANT AD will ll it quickly. REPRESENTATIVE Forty-sixth District. the enveloping! way | ! | 2 the circte is the Immediate objective! of the kaiser, and the allies must prevent this if possible. The day of a decisive engagement seems nearer. 40m 45m RUSSIA CONTINUES TO Be! |the fly In the kalser’s ointment. Twenty of the czar's army corps have resumed their march on Ber- |lin, and are taking the offensive vigorously in Prussia. Even Vienna admits that the Austrians were de- 50x 55m feated in Galicia, and St. Petersburg | claims that the Austrian power has) been 80 utterly broken that Russia! can now give her undivided a tion to Prussia—and Bertin! JAPAN UNDER 10 U.S. JAP TOKIO, Sept. &—Darltameat! convened in special sersion today Premier Okuma explained to the peers that an extraordinary war budget was needed. “The army and navy,” he said, “are doing their duty in a manner of which the Japanese may be proud.” In the lower house, Foreign Min ister Kato made a similar state. ment, informing his hearers that Japan bad taken up arms in re- sponse to Great Britain's invita i OBLIGATIONS PREMIER SAYS) | ton. The Japanese, he remarked, were under new obligations to the Unit-/ ed States for undertaking to safe-| guard thelr diplomatic interests | during the war in Austria and Ger-| many. Members of parliament aries much enthusiasm, but among the! masses it is recognized that the/ war is not popular, and it ts IHkely | to be less so, if the financial bur-| den should press heavily upon the| | people. ‘MEXICO WILL GO T0 POLLS ONOCTOBER1 MEXICO cIry, Sept. 5.—In ac cordance with the plan of Guada- lupe and the compact of Torreon, Provisional President Carranza | has fixed October 1 as the date for calling a general convention. Governors of the Mexican states, | military commanders and one dele | gate for every thousand men under arms will meet here to name the |day for the general election and | decide on reforms ODEON—Saturday FIRST AT PIKE “MABLE'S NERVE” Keystone © “THE BREED OF TH PICNIC Tomorrow, Sept. 6 WILDWOOD PARK Janitors, Watchmen, Elevator Operators BOXING WRESTLING SPORTS Many Prizes 4 4 Drama Dancing Afternoon and Evening 50 cents pays every- thing, including boat fare, municipal ferry, Leschi park. | Grape and Canister | From Scene of War |20,000 BEDS OFFERED | LONDON.—In response to the ap. peal of Princess Christian, 20,000) |beds have been placed at the dis-| |posal of the Incorporated Soldiers’ | and Saflors’ Help society, for con-| valescent cases after the hospitals | and Red Cross have finished with | them, | eee | | SOUTH AFRICA RESTIVE | | CAPE TOWN, South Africa —In| Cape Town there is a growing de- mand for operations against German | Southwest Africa, and raids are {m-| minent. ee | SENDS SON TO WAR | PARIS.—There is an almost in-| credible erness among both old} and young to join in the work of} defense. Prof. Richet, the recent winner of the Nobel peace prize, after seeing four brothers and al brother-in-law join the colors, is now sending off his son straight! |from college. oe | TEETH FOR WAR BORDEAUX.—When the sec- ond line of reserves left here for the war front, a middle-aged woman threw her arms about her husband's neck and cried out: “If your bayonet breaks, remember you have fists. And if your knuckles break, don’t | forget your teéth!” “oh | 4 | |A SHY GENERAL | PARIS.-Sir John French, com. mander of the British troops who |are lined up with the French against | |the Germans tn northern France, is} |recognized as the greatest cavalry |leader in Europe. He is the shyest, |most modest man in the English | service. niece |A NURSE'S HAVERSACK | LONDON.—A large number of |women have Joined the army as |nurses, Only fully trained nurses Jare accepted for this active service Bach must carry a haversack, \which contans enameled plate, mug and spoon, brush and comb, one jarmy ration for 24 hours, ach |nurse must wear a strong pair of | boots—not shoes, rye * PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT LONDON,.—-Rear Admiral Jellicoe, commander-in-chief of England's great fleet in the North Sea, which has the German fleet bottled up, ts |a personal friend of Emperor Wil- jam, who once knighted bim with |the Order of the Golden Eagle. They will have topic of conversation next time they gather over their pipes, ‘ STRONGER RUSSIANS FORTSARE STEADILY PASSEDBY ADVANCE PETROGRAD, Sept. 5-—The Russians are again vigorously on the offensive in East Prue By Ed L. Keen LONDON, Sept. 5.—The Ger. mans in Northeastern France sla, It was stated the war have avolded seriously attack- office “a Eig ndred t 1 men ar Ing the more important French | erating 3 forts. This was indicated by The Austrians,” sald an offs advices from the fighting zone ul statement, “were completely, today. Instead, in most cases, | crushed by the offensive movement they have simply passed such ag ihe field force under Grand= fortresses by, leaving investing Immediately following tual forces only sufficient to keep | jaration of , the Austrians. ase their garrisons bottled up. sumed the ressive against the The kaiser's troor h Russians with their. full strength » | fleed everything els except for four corps which weres dently they consid operatin ainst the Servians;” — vance of capital importance. | Austrians Beaten Back 2 The assumption is that they| “Russian Poland was invaded. * deemed it vitally 1 sary to] “After a ten days’ battle this emg crush the French comple tire Austrian offensive movement} the Russian invasion of Germany | was defeated ‘ ins in full force. The Austrian armies were hey have been on the march | beaten jong a front extending day and night, resting only during |from the Carpathian mountains "3 }the hottest hours just before and |the frontle The Russians oecus> after noon | pled Lemberg and other important# Stories that the German com-| positions in Eastern Galicia, Thout? missary has failed were said to be|sands of prisoners and nearly 200g false, this branch of the service be-| cannon were taken. . ing in fine shape | “The backbone of the Austrian GERMANS RUSH | TO AID AUSTRIA| resistance in the North was ae broken nwhile the Servians hi 4 the Austrians at Sabatzs 9 oday the Russians resumi VIENNA (via Rome), Sept. 5.—/the offensive against Germany, rious reverses to the Austrian| with 20 corps constituting the forces in Russian Poland are admit-| force, which will march directly ome ted by the war office here. | Berlin They are attributed to Gen. “Our remaining ten corps Fournier's failure to hold his post-|active service will be sufficient tory tion against the Russians at Tom-|continue offensive operations), agai nat Austria.” “TABLOID DRAMA Filin Berg, Kirkland. Two pleasant strangers. Plenty to drink. Southern hotel, First and Yeslerss Berg shy gold watch and $16, 4 Anything Delivered usczoW Until the Austrians were defeat- ed near Lemberg, Austrian Galicia, their force in Russian Poland was successful. The Lemberg defeat, however, weakened their position to the northward and disaster “4 sued. German reinforcements arrived) in Galicia before the fighting was | over, but too late to save the Aus- trians from defeat, though they did cover the latter's retreat. Anywhere. Austrian losses were heaviest be- tween Tomascrow and. points on |AAUTO DELIVERY CO, the San and Vistula rivers. The |} none Elliott 254. 506 Olive St) dead include two division generals. ‘W] | SPEND LABOR DAY TACOMA Monday, Sept. 7 SPECTACULAR Motorcycle Races 30 ENTRIES Junior Auto Races 17 ENTRIES BIG CASH PRIZES Visit Point Defiance Park, a beautiful park where a whole day can be nicely spent. 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