The evening world. Newspaper, September 4, 1914, Page 3

USSAN ARMY IN CONTROL ’OF ALL OF EASTERN GALI WRECKS AUSTRIAN ARMY ©zar’s Minister of War War Says Rout of Eight Corps Spells Complete Disaster for Austrian Cause —Thousands Killed. RUSSIAN REPORT OF THEIR CAMPAIGNS. PETROGRAD (St. Petersburg), Russia, Sept. 4 [United Presi ficial statement {osued by Minister of War Suckomlinoff to-day says: “The Russian forces are in complete mastery of all of Eastern Galicia, The Austrian forces, which have been badly decimated in the recent fighting, consisted of eight of their army corps. comprising the most effective of the Austrian active army. “The fact that they have been completely routed can only spell disaster to the Austrian cause. The Russian advance is continuing rapidly.” The Russian armies are to-day fighting along an entirely new battle ling Tm Russian Poland, where the Austrian left wing was heavily reinforced by he Cormans, the fighting 1s of the most serious charactor. The Rusalana Ore holding their nes, content to remain on the defensive until additional Felpforcements come from the concentration district, Vilna-Grodno-Bye- Pesloi. a To tic south, in Austria, however, the situation is much different. Where the Russians are on the offensive, and the Austrians have been Pushed back toward the San River, They are holding their advanced lines @nd are concentrating on Przemysl, where another great battle is certain, +» It ts siated at the War Oilice that the entire Austrian army {snow in Grave danger of complete annihilation. In Galicia the fighting forces are Feported as almost exhausted by reason of the continued Russian assaults, @nd in their retreat have abandoned enormous quantities of supplies, in- Pluding thousands of rounds of ammunition, guns of all description, from @mall rapid-firers to heavy artillery, and much fleld hospital equipment. en, It 18 stated that all of Austrian Galicia, from the border to the San River defenses, is now held by the Russians. In addition another Russian @orce 1s now operating south of the Dniester River. It is sald at the War Office that heavy reinforcements are constantly going forward, and that Blready the Austrian army is so far outnumbered that its effectiveness as B potent fighting force has been greatly reduced. It is belleved to be the tntention of the Russian General Staff to drive the army wherever possible {nto fortifications and leave enough troops behind to bottle it up, @hus making an onward march to Vienna easy. The Ressian army in Eastern Prussia, according to the War Office, tinues to “hold its own” against the Germans, despite heavy reinforce- “Ments which have been rushed thither by the Kaiser. In tHe meantime, it is elaimed, the huge Russian army in Galicia,has taken Czernowicz with little @how of resistance. The next objective is thought to be Sucza ‘The Emperor has conferred the Order of St. Viadimir on Gen, Rennen- ‘kampff, hero of the Japanese war and now in command of the Russian army dn East Prussia, for dceds of bravery. ‘PETROGRAD (St. Petersburg), via Paris, Sept. 4 [Associated Press lan official statement issued by the Government says: ~ “Concerning the operations of the Russian army in Galicia official re- ports say that the enemy 1s retreating after desperate ‘fighting near Halicz, Jeaving 4,500 dead on the fleld, The Russians took thirty-two cannon and Bailway material. “On the south, in front of Warsaw, nd tho offensive taken by the Russian: The War Office, in reviewing the twelve days’ operations, reports that ‘Festerday in a battle to the northwest of Lemberg the Austrians, who had ‘ried to assume the offensive, were badly routed, losing another army @tandard, several hundred prisoners and many guns. The report says: BAYS AUSTRIANS LOSE IN RUSSIAN POLAND, ‘> “Our victories over the Austrians have been continuous, and it now @ppedrs that they were much greater than the earlier reports indicated. “The Austrians struck at Zamost, In Russian Poland, and their initial attack was successful, as the Russian forces there were greatly outnum- fered. Reinforcements hurried to the front by Grand Duke Nicholas #oon hanged this, and the Austrians in turn were routed with very heavy losses. Im the meanwhile the Russian advance was in progress all along a battle Hne that cxtended for nearly 200 miles. Instead of falling back on Lem- berg the Austrians abandoned that city, first destroying such supplies as ‘they could easily burn. After Lemberg had been occupled Zolkiew, six- teen miles north, taken, The Austrian retreat then continued, its Spear guard being badly cut to pieces by the Russian cavalry, which is operating with great brilliancy. The Austrians did not stop until they feached the defenses of the River San. The Austrians have mounted their @rtillery all along the river bank and the Russian artillery is already firing on it, It is reported from the front that the Austrian artillery up to the Present has been very ineffective.” It is also admitted at the War Office that Russian troops in heavy force are now moving toward Hungary, and they are expected to strike at | fhe Borgo Pass, in the Carpathian Mountains, which 1s reported to be Strongly fortified and guarded. The Russians have occupted Czernowitz, @a the Pruth River, and are in very strong force in Bukowina BRITISH REPORT OF RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. LONDON, Sept. 4—[Associated Press].—A Petrograd (St. Petersburg) | Yepecial to the Reuter Telegram Company says the commander-in-chief has 7/) wotitiea the Emperor that the Russians have occupled Lemberg, capital of !/ Ye Austrian province of Galicia. ‘The commander-in-chief's message wi 8 follows: H “With extreme joy and thanking God, I announce to Your Majesty that ‘he victorious army, under Gen. Ruzsky, captured Lemberg at 11 o'clock ‘his morning. The army of Gen. Brussiloff has taken Halicz. “] beg Your Majesty to confer on’ Gen. Ruzsky, in recognition of ser- ices preceding the battles, the fourth class of the Order of St. George and the capture of Lemberg the third class of the same order, and on Gen. Fs the fourth class of the same order. * The Post's Petrograd (St. Petersburg) correspondent wires that pris- ers brought to the Russian base reported that part of the Russian ces entered Lemberg quite in accordance with the plan of the com- ander-in-chief, The Austrians, according to these reports, opened the ast of the week's conflict around Lemberg by a determined attack oe the Russians between Kubl, Lublin and Kholm. About 120 miles north ’ Russian territory the attacks failed and the Russians assumed the lensive, the Austrian army retiring southward and receiving terrible nishment from the pursuing Russians, © The next day the Russian army moved forward along the whole 300 Wile front to about forty miles southeast of Lemberg. All along the Hine he’ Russians attacked vigorously and when the second Austrian army, hich was posted east of Lemberg, broke and fled, the Russians cap- od im the Immosingo rislally of Lemberg nasthar scare of gunn The . Sly ace the Austrian attack was repulsed ws Ps Mend | GERMAN oss CO PATION: forward movement of the Russians Gorodok Lemberg. Of the macnitude of the Russian ne question, the correspondent adds. eighteen miles back, upon Fourteenth and Seventh. reser F vi NA (via The Hague), Sept. of Lublin, and who is now attacking operations there are successful that the general situation fre Lemberg, abandoned to the Russians, | the report to-da fu their opers ons in the south Danube to Servia, as a preliminary to same route. | that although this fleet is more than | Austria, it never | to battle. riedly transported to Gallcla to ald | attack before Lemberg. less than 200,000 men, with 500 artillery pieces. plete army corps, the Third, the Eleventh and Twelfth and parts of the! An Austrian army corps on war footing, it was | explained, is raised to three divisions, of which the third is made up ot | News ts geesived from Vienna thet a German army corps was hure SRO An Ceemes REG! LINTON aw: continued without Interruption, the Austrians having intrenched in a strong position west of Lemberg at which to retire when forced past victory before Lemberg there can be The Austrian forces amounted to no; There were three com | ‘this victory Russia has put out of action a quarter of the total Austrian first line troops and captured nearly a quarter of the Austrian artillery, besides commanding all roads leading from Galicia into Hungary, | Suffolk Radios to H. B. Hunt AUSTRIAN REPORT OF RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN | 4 [United Press).—Gen, Dankl, who! is in command of the Ausirian operations in the Russta-Poland province | the city of Lublin, reports that his He admits, however, it 1s officially stated, | m the Austrian viewpoint in the vicinity ot! is bad. ROME, Sept. 4 [United Press].—From Austrian army headquarters eame that Russian troops soon may / * says, for days has been transporting ammunition u » with Servian forces} ral Staff, the report “uns by way of the the actual tran#purt of troops by the Russian ¢ Ambo ROME, Sept. 4 (Via Paris) [Associated Press].—Despatches recetved here from Vienna describe the ridicule with which Austrian naval etreles are commenting upon the Anglo-French fleet in the Adriatle They declare three times as powerful as that of yet has dared to attack or even invite the Austrian flect the Austrians against the Russian RUSSIAN TROOPS REPORTED TO HAVE. LANDED IN BELGIUM, Russian troops are fighting shoul-| | der to shoulder with the British and} ‘rench allies on Mrench soil, | ther, more of by the hundred thounands, are | coming over the seas to reinforce the \ battle line, the whole thing the outs | come of the most stupendous move- ment of the Furor ing to reports brought here by the |Cunarder Mauretania, The rumors |come from parts of England so scat- | tered as to eem by thelr very aloof- ness from ono enother to lord truth |to the suposition. ‘The reports have tt | 'that 72,000 Russians are already at the side of tho allies, and that 609,000 more are on thelr way from Russia, Cc. LL, Wille |lumber merchants in the world, who |returned from England on the Cunarder, said that 40,000 strange troops, recognize, have passed through Lon- |don and later he was told that they were Russians. From the same! | source, one that he regarded as re- | Hable, he learned, too, that more than 100,000 Rusisans were in London, awaiting transportation to the front! and that half a million more would| be on their way in less than a month. | | Mr, Willey said that the British War Office had kept the whole! echame as secret as possible, but, a cording to his information, had een | at work for weeks arranging for| transports to bring the Russians; from Archangel, the most northern port in Russia, 4n army of 12,000 men ie sald te \ ea war, accord. | » one of the largest ‘ whose uniforms he did not Ki have been landed from British trans- ports at Aberdeen, in Scotland, on the night of Aug. 27, and from there jconveyed in special trains to Har- wich, Grimsby and Dover, whore other transports were waiting to carry them to Ostend, there to join | forces with the 2,000 British marines, ——__. |FIRST SHIPS OF ENEMY SINCE THE CRIMEAN WAR ARE BEFORE PRIZE COURT. LONDON, Sept. 4. (Assoclated Press.) A list of twelve ships was placed for disposal to-day before the first prize court held in this country since the Crimean war, The lst included steam- ships and aight sailing vessels. Others Will be disposed of at later sessions of the court Most of to-day’s cases were undefend- ‘The first case called was that of the & 2.0W-ton bark Tho ‘court is presided over by sir Samuel Evans, President of the Adinir- alty Divisl JAPANESE ADMIT LOSS OF DESTROYER SHIRATAYO ON ROCKS OFF KIACHOW. TOKIO, Sept, 4 (United Press).—The vernment to-day confirmed the pre- viously reported loss of the Japanese destroyer Shiratayo off Kiaochow. fficlal statement explains that royer went on the rocks during nd was so badly damaged that no pt was made to refloat her. ‘The crew Was saved. Tho Shiratayo was 227 {feet long, had a displacement of 380 tons and was bullt in 1966, CZAR SAYS KAISER MUST PAY BACK ALL TRIBUTE MONEY. COPENHAGEN, via London, Sept. 4—The Emperor of Russia in a letter to a relative in thie city says that all the money that Bel- gium has been made to pay to Germany the latter country will forced to repay with interest in East Prussia. | Miralty and for a number of years | who “had used hie name without bis WIRELESS SHOWS HOW BRITISH SHIPS GET FRESH FOOD to Send Out Fresh Meat and Newspapers. Intercepted wireless messages, copied | at the various stations in the vi-| cinity of New York at which the | United States Government has placed censors, would seemingly explain the periodic appearance of British! cruisers off the entrance of New York harbor. Count von Bernstroff, the sador, has repeatedly expressed conviction that the British men-of- war were both provisioned and coaled from New York, Maritiine men have been unable to explain why first one and then an- | other of the several cruisers known to be off the coast would come within the three-mile limit, remain a while and then hurry off to sea again. How these cruisera managed to ob- tain provisions has aleo been the source of much speculation, One of the wirelows messages which has helped clarify the mystery was addressed to H. B, Hunt at No, 128 West Seventicth street, New York. The message was picked up on Sept. 1 at a station near New York while being transmitted fromthe British | crulser Suffolk to the Marconi station | at Slasconset, Mass, In this message Mr. Hunt was directed to bring # quantity of provisions and some newspapers to a point two miles south | of Ambrose lightship at 11 o'clock the| following morning. Among the pro- visions asked for was fresh beef. The following day, Sept. 2. as the White Star liner Olympic passed Quar- | antine, bound out, she sent from her wireless the call letters of the Suffolk, and after receiving an acknowledg ment transmitted a despatch sfened “Hunt.” In this "Hunt" informed the commander of the British cruiser that he had been at a point two miles south of the lightship at 11 o'clock that morning, but as the Buffolk failed to put in appearance he would be there again at $ o'clock that afte noon, Whether any provisions were actually delivered could not be de- termined H. B, Hunt, at the address In West Seventleth street, flatly denied that he had ever received @ radiogram from the Suffolk. Later, when In- formed of the contents of the mos- sage and that It was known that he had signed for it, Mr. Hunt admitted that he had received It “But I did not take the provisions out to the cruiser,” he declared, ‘I was formerly @ British subject, but am now an American citizen, I have done much work for the British ad- past I have always furnished pro- visions to British warships when they were in American waters.” Mr. Hunt dented that he had sent the radiogram transmitted by the Olympic, He said he did not know authority.” In reply to @ question as to whether he intended in the future to transport shipments to British cruisers off the coast, Mr, Hunt said decided, Ho explained he bad not ‘|allowing the export of coal, ‘4 IANS eS ROSSING that It cost $10 an hour to hire a tug for such purposes. He added, in reply to other ques- tions, that he had heard that there was a tug lying south of Ambrose Hightship on the afternoon of Septem- ber 2, but he denied that he was on It or had anything to do with it, ‘The possibility of using New York Harbor or one of the many small put- in ports of Long Island and New Jer- sey for the shipment of goal or ammu- nition, in addition to provisions, was suggested to Mr. Hunt, He said he had absolutely no intention of ever having anything to do with ammunt- tlon or coal. Should he decide to take provisions to a British cruiser In the future, he said, he had no idea when the attempt would be made. On information that vessels from | of contact all through the night, and to-day It was this port went ou! ide the three-nill livered conl, aup: to two British nator made a omplaint to Secre- in this afternoon, ra from Berlin, hon Count von Hernstorft wagseen at the Ritz-Carlton this morning by an Evening World reporter, he said ‘that he did not intend to make aay complaint about the mater, because President Wilson has ruled ‘that tt ie hot a violation of neutrality for Amer. Ht contrabrand of war to @ t_ nation, Ambassador that time that he merely \ on the fact that , Was proton ur by supplying the Brit nmunttion, There is r to believe Count von Hernastorf sot into communteation with his Government over the yatter, Later in the day he was quite Indle- nant and announced that he had pro- tested to the Secretary of State. “1 wish to make this comment,” ho said. “I have positive information that New York ts the base from. which the English are being supplied with amms, ammunition and contra- band of war in general, Anything England needs she can get from here. "Only yesterday a wireless message New York for amrmuni- tion, food, coal and other supplies for two’ British cruisers lying not more than ten miles outside this harbor. Small vessels went out with the re- quired supplies and the erutsers were alded pment ona reeelinS KIEL CANAL REOPENED FOR LIMITED TRAFFIC; COAL EXPORT ALLOWED. —Ahip owners have been that the Kiel Canal has been reopen- ed to traffie, but that only a Hmited number of ships would be allowed to traverse It LONDON, Sept. 4 has been accumulating for a long ways a despatch to the Chronicle Frock WATER Mite PREVENT Fi ICATION OF ARTERIES Germany ts now | which | ARTER OF AUSTRIA’S FIRST ARMY I DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS VICTORIOUS GERMAN TROOPS ENTERING BRUSSELS FRENCH LOST THOUSANDS | | BETO ema y wrapesore 7 IN Blo BATTLE AT MS Soldiers, Disregarding Orders, Made Injudicious — Advance and Were Mowed Down—Big Fight Expected Outside of Paris. PARIS, Sept. 4 [United Press]—Despite the secrecy of the Frenc® authorities, it is considered certain that the German advance was within twenty-five miles of the outer chain of forts Inst night. By order of the Military Governor it has been decreed that no persons shall pass in or out of Paris at night without a military pass. Through the day all persons are permitted to go and come at will without challenge. Automobiles and other vehicles may enter at will, but cannot leave without special per~ mission. ‘The French losses in the three days’ battle which culminated im the taking of Amiens were enormous. This is admitted to have been due te the inability of the French officers at times to control their men, whe insisted on charging the German artillery positions. Thousands of French- men were mowed down in these mistaken exhibitions of courage. Th French lines held against the German attack when the plans of the staff were followed and the forces remained on the defensive. There was at all times a natural retirement. The French air scouts reported that the enemy far outnumbered the defenders, and, in accordance with the arranged plans, the French moved slowly backward, making a wide detour to draw the main German army well away from the city. After Amions the next stand was at Picquigny, eight miles further south, En route the French had destroyed great sections of the highway, the tunnels and all bridges, but this hardly perceptibly checked the Ger- mans, whore transport is simply wonderful, They replaced all destroyed bridges with temporary structures almost immediately. So far as is knows here, the townspeople of Amiens were shown no indignities and only twe wore killed—one a chauffeur, who failed to halt when ordered to by @ sentry, and the other a butcher who became involved tn an argument with a Prussian officer who demanded supplies News that the Germans had hammered their way into Complegne ang La Fere and had forced the Allies to evacuate Amtens, brought to Patis full realization that only Laon and Rheims and the British-French forces, which steadily have been pushed back, stand between the mighty German army and Paris. Offictal announcement by the War Office that there has been ‘no contact with the enemy since yesterday (Thursday) was taken to mean that the heretofore almost constant attacks by the Germans had at last stopped, if only momentarily, to afford the weary invaders a brief respite for rest, and to conserve their energies for the furious assaults, which they undoubtedly are hoping will carry them with a rush to the Paris defenses. ‘That the Germans will not halt at Paris unless the allied armies give them battle in front of the city was considered certain to-day. The city is very nervous. There are no high government officials feft. Those still here have no actual knowledge of conditions at the front. But that the Germans really are within striking distance of the outer ring of forts Is indicated wy the activity of Gen. Galiient. He has been rushing hie wo be § that poe sible avenue has been oocupted. Meanwhile the exodus from the city continues, but with the raftway Iine to the north and west blockaded, most of the travel of necossity is toward the south. There ts no doubt that the vicinity of Paris will be a real battle ground within the next few days. The main German army ts expected to attempt to force the allies to give battle almost at the gates of the cfty. ® thay do not succeed then the Germans will undoubtedly press on against the French-English column, while concentrating their attack on Paris at one partioular point. It is now realized that Germany never contemplated the complete investmont of Parts, Their operations, if they reach the city, will be a repetition of those at Namur. The fire of thetr enormous batteries of siege artillery—the groatest guns of modern time—will be concentrated en one fortified position at a time. What the outcome will be no one cam foresee. PARIS, Sept. 4 (Associated Press).—Tens of thousands of Paristans, chie® ly women and children, have taken advantage of the free trains placed at their disposal by the Government for the purpose of clearing Paris and tts environs, so far as possible, of all civilians who might hamper the military operations, Most of these people are going to the south or west of France, The military Governor of the city has Bsa at the baat tal of noncom- batants fifteen trains of twonty-f _— rs each. Passage on them is to For entirely free. They will run to~ ‘aay, da: e e Constipation to-morrow and 8) y and convey refugees to points outside the military zone. The princtpal RAR APA ATS of Paris have transferred thelr ofc deaux, where the Hav: han established headau yey edd a moto GERMAN BOMB AIMED AT TRANSPORT STRIKES TUG AND DISABLES IT LONDON, Sept. Frunch troops. It missed the transport. but struck a tug towing the transport, putting the tug out of commtasio! 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