The evening world. Newspaper, August 31, 1914, Page 2

THE EVENING WORLD, —~— MONDAY, AUGUST si, 19is. “TAKE PARIS OR GERMAN Y WILL DIE,” ORDER responsible for a report, widely circulated here to-day, Pau's troops “wiped out an entire German army corps." GERMAN REPORT BERLIN (via The Hague), Aug. 31 (United Press}.—-In an ficial statement issued by the German War Office it is | declared that the German arms are victorious in the west | » and in the east. It is stated that in France the German advance cons! s and that the British troops, operating in conjunction the French, are now cut off from their base through the ing movement of the Germans in northwestern France. A strong German column is now declared to be interposed between the British army operating in the field and the sea- “‘Seast cities where reinforcements have been landed. 4 As a result the British field army must now receive its supplies and any additional men by a roundabout route, j “Which will interfere with its effectiveness as a fighting unit. | CANADA'S CRACK REGIMENT ARRIVING AT QUEBEC — The announcement also states that the German advance | yi is again bcing pushed and the emphatic prediction) that the capital itself will be threatened very soon. | ' ‘The fighting in the region of the Vosges still continues, | tele stated, with the issue still in doubt. The German forces: ‘in this section have sustained heavy losses by virtue of the, | mature of the battleground and because the French forces ) are strongly intrenched on the heights. \: The lists of the casualties of Gen. von Herringen's ) forces, which are bearing the brunt of this fighting, Ld _that many officers have been killed and wounded. BRITISH REPORT. LONDON, Aug. 31 [Associated Press].—Heavy firing | d at Dover this morning which appeared to come from ye — ARRIVAL at QUEBEC of CANADA'S CRACK KILTED REGIMENT, The HIGHLANDERS vessels along the French coast. The Official Bureau, it is} inced, has no information on the subject. LONDON, Aug. 31 JUnited Pressl.—According to the) “Times, wounded German officers and soldiers, taken pris-! iy saree that the orders issued by the Emperor to the ion in effect said? take Paris or all Germany will dic.” BULGARIAN REPORT SOFIA, Aug. 31 (United Press].—Reports from Constan- tinople that the efforts of the German diplomatic represent- : there to get Turkey to take an active part in thie Euro- war as an ally of Germany and Austria have created a tion here. it is stated officially that the Bulgarian Government is pledged to join with Greece, Roumania, Servia and fro as allies of Russia and against Turkey should latter decide to fight. * The Bulgarian army is semi-mobilized and could be put the field at once. Messages received here from Constan- ‘tinople say that the Turkish Army and Navy are ready for Hen and that most of the Turkish warships now haye g contingents of German sailors and officers on board. SERVIAN REPORT. NISH (via Rome), Aug. 31 [United Press).—A real invasion of Aus- og force is planned by the Servian General Staff. The entire Servian } With the exception of the small force required to hold the roads to- the temporary capital, is being massed along the Drina and will cross Bosnia between Losnitza and Svornik. ‘Assurances that the Bosnians will rise and rally to the support of the once they are well within the borders have been received. The ‘hatred: of the Bosnians against the Austrians has been fanned by! agents, who have been spreading the doctrine of rebellion through- the country, and high Servian officials insist that a general revolution @éertain. This will make it possible for the Servians to push right on the province without detaching heavy columns of troops to guard Maes of communication. AUSTRIAN REPORT. BERLIN, Aug. 28, via Copenhagen and London, Aug. 31 [Associated J—The following account of Austrian operations has been received Béflin trom an official Austrian source: “In the Austro-Russian theatre of war decisive battles have been in for several days. Our forces, which were victorious near Krasnik, the Russians in the direction of Lublin, The Austrians advanced fmto the enemy's territory between the rivers Bug and Wieprs, and taken positions ‘in front of Zamoso. Y AND ENGLAND RUSSIAN RESERVISTS U.S. TO CENSOR | CHEERED BY CROWDS AS _ THEIR CODED .WIRELESS| THEY SAIL FOR THE WAR. [ABHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Both Ger-| Seyen hundred and seventy-six Rus- ‘and Great Britain have accepted] sion reservists on board the Russtan- of the United States that|American liner Dwinsk gave three Wireless stations at Tuckerton, N.|cheers for the United States to-day as ‘and Sayville, L. I., be permitted to/the steamship raised anchor off the ‘code messages to belligerent coun-| Statue of Liberty and started for the) gubject to censorship by Ameri-|land of the Cza ‘Raval officers. The cheers were Tuckerton station has been closed Crt ok by growae eved the and 60 on Staten Isl: those “on the. terryboats FMANK, Kaiser's men, he | toward the ‘The, Dwinak wists her Brooklys Governors tal baree, Immedi axes was put in by the -|the barge and the Russian boat wa t bel up off the Statue of Liberty ti) to-day, c of the Dwinsk said he ony hor rere Cc ate | Tite ni would “land An Aroha sel, Russia, . ited —_———— DISGUISED FISHING BOAT, ENGAGED IN MINE LAYING, CUT IN TWO BY CRUISER. LONDON, Aug. 31 (Associated Press).—In confirmation of the story that mines have been laid in*the North Sea by vessels dixguised as neutral fishing boats, a woman who arrived at London with @ coal im for dam- FUND OF RED CROSS. {Bipecs} to The Evening World.) ORT, R. 1, Au L—The Fi- Committee of Newport of the Naternational Red Cross to-day totalled the receipts of p Mecent besser and tableaux held at Wesidence of Mrs. Vanderbilt and on Haed | N + gree. of Brition cruiser of which a German tr ir flying the and engaged in laying crgae, fo- man : os Fite re or sre CZAR TROOPS SMASH AUSTRIAN LEFT ARMY (Continued from First Page.) Despatches from the front telling of the outbreak have caused the utmost satisfaction in official circles following the proclamation issued by the Czar to the Poles shortly after hostilities began. Disaffection has also broken out among the Slav regiments !n the Aus- trian army, according to advices here, It is reported that one entire regi- ment deserted its colors and joined the Russians. LONDON, Aug. 31 [Associated Press).—The St. Petersburg correspond- ent of the Post, discussing the military situation in Russia, says: : “The relative situations of Germany and Russia, after a month of | war, are shown admirably in contrast by the German action in summon- ing the schoolboys to the colors and Russia's decision to-day to grant six weeks’ leave of absence to the reservists of the 1907 term of service. “These reservists have recently been with the colors at different) depots brushing up their military knowledge preparatory to a call to the | front. To-day it was found possible to allow them to return home for a nominal term of six weeks. They are to hold themselves in readiness to | respond to the next call. “It 1s reported that some of the men took the permission to return home most grudgingly, as they had counted on a quick advance to ‘the front. “Russia can thus in the heat of a hard-fought war afford to let some- thing like half a million mobilized reservists go home again.” “On the Austrian front obstinate fighting continues. The Russians have} taken 3,000 prisoners east of Lemberg and 1,000 near Tomacheff, while east | of that centre the Fifteenth Hungarian Division was surrounded and whole regiments are surrendering. “The main objective of the Austrians appears to be Lublin, where des- perate fighting is in progress.” GERMAN REPORT. BERLIN, Aug. 31 (by wireless telegraphy to the Associated Press via Sayville, L, I.).—It was officially announced here to-day that about 30,000 Russians had been taken prisoners by the Germans during the fighting in East Prussia, particularly at Ortelsburg, Hohenstein and Tannenburg. ‘They include many officers of high rank. ‘The German attack at these three points was across swamps and lakes. LONDON, Aug. $1 (Associated Press).—-An official telegram declares that fresh forces of Germans have made their appearance on the Prussian front, and that at ome points they are taking the offensive against the Russians. The great Russian army continues on the offensive along its entire 100-mile front of advance in Eastern Prussia and Galicia. Oficial reports here declare that the fortresses of Thorn and Graudenz on the vistula have been invested. The Russians have heavy siege quns in operation. The n invading army has reached Eastern Prussia to reinforce BOARD OF NEUTRALITY TO DETERMINE STATUS OF 'LINER ADRIATIC. BRITISH COLLIER SUNK BY A GERMAN CRUISER jrived and immediately attacked the iympathiners with the ks well as thoae who lean ter in Sout! hoon, "but. oft ‘the company gyraing eration, iy Crew Carried to Rio de Janeiro by a Chartered Steamer of Munson Line. News of the sinking of a British collier by a German cruiser on the high seas reached tifis city to-day in a cablegram from Rio de Janeiro to the Munson Steamship line offices at No, 62 Beaver street. The cablegram, which was meagre of details, stated that the chartered steamer Katherine Park of the Mun- son Line had arrived to-day at itlv with the crew of the British steamer Holmwood, which had been sunk at sea by a German cruiser. ‘The Holmwood left Newport, Eng- land, on July 29 with a cargo of coal for Bahai Blanca, Argentine Confed- The position of the vessels the time of the crulser's attack was not given, nor was the number of the crew. WASHINGTON, Aug, 81.—(Associa- ted Press.) The status of the White Star ner Adriatic, of the British Naval Re- serve, which reached New York Satur- day with guns mounted and a small quantity of ammunition aboard, will be determined by the @pgcial board of neu- trality of the State @nd Navy Depart- ments. A telegram was received to-day at the Treasury from Collector Malone at New York, announcing the arrival of the Adriatic and saying her captain de- clared the guns were carried only for protection and that the steamer would leave New York Sept. 3. WILSON HAS ROUND OF GOLF, Favored by Good W: dent Also Eujoye A dent. ‘Wilson motored to Hanover to- @ay for = round of golf with his phy- sictan, Dr. C. T. Grayson. Later he took a long automobile ride, The Presid making no plans to go on a speaking tour during the fall campaign, and ae ae srenmeots are, tat |e COMBINED FLEETS | AID MONTENEGRINS| TOROUT AUSTRIANS Warships Disregard Mines and Use Guns on Land Forces, Winning Victory. CETTINJE, Aug. a (United Press).—The combined British and Montenegrin positions on Mount reducing the defenses of Cattaro, On Sunday 10,000 Austrians, heavily supported by cannon, began an as- |mault on the Montenegrin position They had put two of the Monteneg- Tin batteries out of commi: sion whea the English and French fleets ar-| Austrians, The ships, disregarding the chance of floating mines, moved close inshore and shelled the Austria killing | many of them. Prince Peter of Montenegro, headed a counter attack of Montenegrins and they brilliantly charged the Aus- trians, smashing through their lines, killing many of them and taking sev-. eral hundred prisoners. The Montenegrins also took nearly | all of the Austrian cannon and mu-; nitons and drove the remnants of the expediton almost into Cattaro, —_—_—- ONLY TEN HOUSES LEFT STANDING IN LOUVAIN, IS REPORT FROM ANTWERP. By E. Alexander Powell, Coors, His eRe wens ANTWERP, Aug. 31,—I am ¢orry to say that stories of the sack of lowly steeping in, in no way ameliorate the original tale horror. The few refugees who ha' arrived here are stupefied by their frightful experiences, It was a night of indescribable hor- | The Germans broke into the | rly In the evening and | egy ensued, participated ‘am informed by a high Govern- mont official that in the former city of 50,000 people only ten houses re- main standing. The Germans seem to have vented their greatest fury oy the priests, of whom a large num! attend- ing the university. The Government understands most of them were buteh- ered under revolting ciroumstances. Many inquiries were made to-day of the American consulate regarding fifty American priests known to have been in the city, but thus far no def- inite information is avall In this war the cassock hag been a provoca- tion instead of a protection, for in- numerable ca have come to my attention of sts shot or bayonetted by Germans while caring for wounded. Following their policy of ruthless destruction, the Germans have bom- barded the hamlet of Heyst-op-den- Berg, demolishing most of its houses, ee MAN COUSIN OF CZAR VES WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN A DEPOT IN PARIS. Kastern railroad station when wounded soldiers came from Peronne ju Guise eo Eime } | Press}.—Great French fleets have again saved the} conference with officials to-day. jas quickly as said, met with ¢! Taher dauahece, tens OF THE KAISER, AMERICAN DECLARES BELGANS. | Buildings—Auto Trucks Move Army Forty Miles a Day. LONDON, Aug. 31 [Associated Press].—Arno Dosch, a correspondent a the magazine, World's Work, who went into Belgium some days ago, @F- rived in London to-day from Brussels, which city he left Thursday. He said to-day that John T, McCutcheon, of Chicago; Irvin Cobb, of New York, and Mr. Hanson, of the Chicago News, were safe in Brussels when he left. Referring to the military situation in Belgium, Mr. Dosch sald: “The German auto trucks a marvel. Equipped with scythes, they mow right through hedges and wire fences if the roads do not suit the drivers, These trucks are heavily armored and they are able to resist anything except artillery fire. They enable the German forces to make forty miles a day. The number of these trucks seems unlimited. “It is estimated that 300,000 German troops have made their way through Brussels and that 400,000 moved south of Brussels. The troops Only a small detachment of Germans was left in the Belgian capital. “J have no personal knowledge of the horrible German atrocities re ported from Belgium,” Mr. Dosch went on, “and I am inclined to discredit most of these stories. The Germans also tell many stories of Belgian atrocl- tles, most of which I belleve. In some cases Belgian boys and old men ua- doubtedly fired on German soldiers from inside buildings. This was the case in Brussels and elsewhere, and the men in buildings from which shots were fired were in some cases executed. I know of no women and chidren being killed because they were found in buildings from which shots had . } deen fired. ENGLAND ae AGAINST PURCHASE OF GERMAN SHIPS Declares Effort to Build Up American Marine Would Violate Neutrality. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 [United Britain to-day for- mally protested against President Wilson's plan for building up a mer- ; Lowcen, from which they have been! chant marine by purchase of Ger- man ships in American ports, accord- ing to a high authority: At first England hesitated to pro- st, belleving her action might be interpreted as placing obstacles in the way of a resumption of commerce to England. After France had com- | municated her viewpoint to London, iunwayers the British I olga Office decided to urge the American Gov- ernment to buy neutral vessels, to | avold complications. No formal pro- test has been lodged by either France or Great Britain, but the situation Nas been outlined to the Washington Government as of momentous im- portance to both countries. The protest has been received by the State Department along with a similar protest made by the French Government through Ambassador Jusserand several days ago. The British Government declares the purchaso of the ships would be contrary to the rules of neutrality, in that It would be lending aid indirect- ly to Germany, taking useless ships off trom her hands and giving money in exchange. Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice of Great Britain called at the State De- partment and spent nearly an hour in It was understood the purpose of his visit was to advance on behalf of the British | Government a plan for simplifying the rules of the British prize courts to enable American shippers whose goods have been seized to obtain their money pele His plan, it is @ approval of the State Department. pee. ee GIBRALTAR FOR ALFONSO IF HE HELPS GERMANY , AND KAISER WINS WAR, MADRID, Aug. 31.—In diplomatic circles it is stated that Germany has tried to bring strong pressure upon} King Alfonso, through Austrian fam- fly influence, to induce him to main- tain an attitude of friendly neutrality | toward Germany. King Alfonso’s mother ts of Aus- trian birth, and the Span and Aus- trian sovereigns are the only two Catholic kings, It is said that as an inducement Germany promised the Spanish King that, should Germany be the victor, the fortress of Gibraltar would be re- turned to Spain. pho PRINCE WILLIAM ABANDONS THRONE OF ALBANIA AND 1S IN FLIGHT TO ITALY. DURAZZO, via Rome, Aug. 31.—Prince Wiliam of Wied) the Mprot of Albania. has abandone irone an an ‘lean @ art radu. mer ro ry rey, La. “Mr i ne zach in mwa the, harbor ‘ al dai failed “From what I have heard I belteve the Germans have wedged into the allies and that they are not keeping a straight front to the enemy. The line of fighting from Namur south has been a ye! and nothing like what many strategists have guessed. “Louvain is a pitiful ruin. I came saroui that city on my way out from Belgium and saw the smoking ruins. Only the big cathedral was visible above the smoke and that may have gone later. I was unable to go to that section of Louvain where the American colleges, maintained by American bishops, are located, but I heard that they had displayed the American flag and had been spared. “I had no opportunity to learn of the events which preceded the de- struction of Louvain. The loss of this city is universally mourned in Belgium.” WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—(Associated Press.)—The German Embassy here has received the following wireless message from the Berlin Foreign Office dealing with the burning of Louvain by the Germans: “A Rotterdam newspaper correspondent was an eye witness of the perfidious attack of the population of Louvain on the German troops. Snipers shot with mitratlleuses, killing an officer of the General Staff, who was found with his throat cut. In Longwy machines were found for making dum-dum cartridges.” > German Report ¢ Says Only 1,143 Were Killed BERLIN (via Copenhagen and London), Aug. 31 [Associated Press],— The twelfth list of German losses was made public to-day. It contains 1,006 names. The total of German casualties up to the pre-ent time is as follows: 1,143 dead, 3,326 wounded and 1,761 missing. [No mention is made in the above despatch of the date it was Issued or the period covered by the report of German casualties. In view of the monster battles in the last ten days and the un- official reports on both sides of the tremendous losses In killed and injured it 1s probable that this statement was issued in Berlin several weeks ago and before the really serious fighting began.) As an evicence of the enthusiasm of the German people in the war ft announced here that 2,000,000 volunteers have presented themselves for service, As the result of the patriotism shown by the Socialists of Germaay the Anti-Socialist Association has ceased ite activities, at the same time expressing the hope that it will not have to resume after the war is over. Baron Kurt von Lersner, Second Secretary of the German Embassy at Washington, has reached Berlin by way of Gibraltar. He ran great danger at Gibraltar of being arrested by the British and detained during the war. Nothing has been heard of Lieut. Baron Horst von Lerener, a brother of Baron Kurt and also attached to the German Embassy at the American ‘capital. Mails from the United States which, during the first five days of the war, collected on the frontiers are now beginning to be distributed. DespatcLes from London and Paris which, at the commencement of the war, predicted the rapid disintegration of the military power of Ger- many have been received in Berlin and are commented upon with great ridicule by the General Staff. for transmission to Germany. One ts from a German aviator who had fallen into the hands of the Freneb. This man wrot: GERMAN AVIATOR SENDS LAST WORDS TO PARENTS, SAYING FRENCH ARE KIND. father and mother; bassy here ts in daily receipt of letters written by dying German soldiers, for- int tl rded to it by the French Government He hy please forward this to hls perentas ee? cial for Mon‘lay. pe ynosven ACIDULATED DAIN- || CHOCOLATE coco. TIRG—A tasty assortment of lone || fags” Cream ted” the lasting sweets, flavored with the || Grated © pare juices of pungent fraites all sorte and ARE GUILTY OF ATROCITIES Says Old Men and Boys Fired on Germans From” which passed through Brussels were later engaged with the British foress, ‘ q)) f