The evening world. Newspaper, September 14, 1914, Page 2

a , oe THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1914. STRIAN ARMIES SURRENDER TO RUSSIANS, HALF GERMAN ARMY |WAR CUT COTTON |ISNOWRETREATING| EPURTS TO 21210 - SUPPLY LUNES guT) SZERNE EIS In Same Period Last Year 257,- Correspondent Says Troops} 172 Were Sent Abroad—Im- Must Try the Line Now ports Beat Exports. Through Luxemburg. SURRENDER OF AUSTRIANS: S REPORTED IN FRANCE Russian Capital Announces Defeat of Germans With Loss of 50,000 Men—Nearly Half of ' Austrian First Line Captured. preparing for a general concentration in the east, either to resume the ag- srossives should the allies show evidence that their own rapid movements have handicapped them, or for a defense of the Grrman Emptro itself along the frontier. Fighting was in progress all, along the line to-day. The German reer guard is,contesting overy step of the way , The lines have been closed up and their resistanee is reported as being much stronger than at any time since the retreat begah. But ts pointed out that they are still retreating. Their northern Hnes of communication are endangered and the pressure on their eastern lines it had held at Amiens now have retired upon Perron: St: Quentin. ' _« *Second—On the centre also the Germans had‘taken up position behind Reims, but were unable to hold it. “In the Argonne region they turned back toward the "perth beyond the Forest of Belnoue and beyond Triancourt. “On the right wing the’ retreating movement of the ‘Germans is general from Nancy to the Vosges. Yesterday | through Luxemburg and the territory south is very great. ing French territory in this vicinity had been com- pastely evacuated." a WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (Associated Press).—Official despatches to- | Advices from Antwerp to-day say strong bodies of Rus- day to the French Embasuy from Bordeaux elaborate upon previous reports Ee 2 | of the victorious advance of the Allies. fF mae troops have landed in Belgium to co-operate with the | rrr cer iirs tells the Goverdment that our victor fi . 'y is becoming more | os Belgians in attacking German lines of communication. | and more complete and brilliant,” says tne report. “The enemy is in full i Mg The advices say goty teed newly baie J yey vg hea retreat and is abandoning prisoners, wounded, guns and ammunition. | sacks and infantry, at they number not less than | LONDON, Sept. 14.—A despatch from Paris to Reuter's Telegram Com- ¥ “After an heroic effort during the formidable battle that lasted from | 200,000 men. the fifth to the twelfth, the army t* pursuing the enemy In a way unparall- eled by its extension and its intensity. “On our left we have crossed the River Aisne velow Soissons, Valen- ciennes and Amiens have been evacuatec. at the centre our army ts north of the River Marne in the Argonne. The enemy left Retigny but still hold Latmont. “In the east we have occupied Saint Die, Raon, Letape, Baccarat, Lupe- ville and Remesenville. “In Gallola, the battle begun seventeen days ago -has ended with o sreat Russian victory. Austrians are withdrawing om the whole frent. It is stated that 42 steamers were used by t! authorities in transferring these troops from Archangel, Russia, to England, among them the Aquitania of the Reports here say that the Aquitania and the Canadian, instead of colliding off the Irish coast, as previously re- actually smashed while being used as transports and steaming with lights out. The German battle front at present is shaped like a gigantic ‘6’ drawn on an incline to the left. 4 The arm runs beyond Soissons about 100 miles south- east, and the bowl, which is 40 miles across, swings upward 30 miles through the Argonne forest and hooks around the) | = entrenched camp at Verdun. _.. Ifthe German line at the base of the ‘‘6"’ can be pierced ‘while General French gets around the top of the figure, the German forces may be unable to escape a huge disaster. "They will be separated and the eastern army can be ‘driven back against the French frontier fortified line south of Verdun, while the western) army will have to rush back “taward Belgium and Luxemburg, with slim chance of saving ~ Its line of communications. The German retreat has not become a rout, but it differs in two important respects from the retirement of the allies. First, the allies had the great fortress of Paris, not far in the rear, as a rallying point, while the Germans are without any such nearby base. Second, all roads, railways and bridges were in perfect ition to assist the allies’ retirement, whereas the routes ‘ever which the Germans must move have now been partly ¥ i 7 Minister. of War Millerand declared today he did not now expect the “Germans would be able to establish = real line of resistance in France. defeat in the battle of the Marne was ao complete, he said, that i forces, which are now in grave danger of being cut off of thelr pursuers, torrestial rains of the last couple of days have transformed the retreat at many points into veritable quagmires, As a result many of the German heavy guns have had to be abandoned. Only those which are drawn by traction engines and automobiles have saved, as the othera have sunk #0 deep into the roadsides that horses move them. army of Gen. von Kluck and part of that of Gen. von Buelow are Leon, apparently headed for the Givet-Namur line rather than fol- the roads further west. Part of the extreme right wing is believed to have already been cut off by the British. ‘The armies of Gen. von Hausen and the Prince of Wurttemberg, who Made heroic efforts to pierce the French centre, only to be finally de- he British | tor the Germans to prevent a complete disaster to at/* position in front of Antwerp to attack of the forts. porition. “The Germans have recalled the Landwehr, the Landsturm and 15,000 Belgian attempt to retake the capital. BELGIAN REPORT OF THEIR CAMPAIGN German Reinforcements Recalled To Drive Belgians Into Antwerp ANTWERP, Sept. 14 (Central News).—The following official statemont was given out last night by the Government: “After four days of fierce fighting our field forces, which left their formed by Brussels, Louvain and Malines, have returned to the protection “The enemy's position is very strong on account of the topography of the district. Earthworks would be a necessity for the preservation of our is that it prevents these two corps giving needed aid to the German armies the Germane stationed in the triangle Third and Ninth Army Corps, tLe marine fusiliers as the result of the The importance of this Belgian move ; Dany says: ‘are current that the larger part of the Austrian armies capitulated yes- terday.” here today that of the 590,000 Austrians who comprise the Austrian first Hine of troops 200,000 are already prisoners of war. The entire army of} Gen. Danki has been dispersed and the main armies of Gen. Moritz von! Auffenberg and Archduke Francis Frederick, which have been heavily | Teinforeed from German sources, have suffered greatly. ' DEFEAT OF THE GERMANS. ROME, Sept. 14 [Central News Bureau].—The Russian Kmbassy gave out the following statement to-day: , “Gen. Hindenberg’s German army has been defeated near Milawa, a village near the western border of Russian Poland. The Germans are evacu- ating Poland. The German losses are estimated at 50,000. “The Russians are assuming the offensive in East Prussia and have com- menced a siege of Koenigsberg.” A despatch to the “Messagero” from the Austrian Tyrol says that thirty Italians have returned wounded from Galicia and report the fighting there a series of massacres. They declare nearly 100,000 wounded have been con- veyed to Vienna, Budapest, Prague and elsewhere. More than 80,000 beds are occupied by wounded in Vienna alone. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 14—[Central News).—A correspondent of ‘he Lokal Anzeiger telegraphs from the headquarters of the Austrian army that the Austrian offensive movement has been abandoned. The Austrians are greatly outnumbered and many regiments have lost all their officers. The announcement was passed by the German censor. that are retreating to the north in France, “The fire of the German soldiers NISH, Servia, Sept. 14, via Londo: “On our northern front, after tak! successfully to pursye the offensive. “The hurried nature of the flight of the Servian army. The railroad as far as the station in Belgrade has been occupied Semlin after a brilliant bayoi were killed or wounded, to-day began with heavy loss, are believed to be moving toward Rethel, where 3 of entrenchments have been constructed. ‘The armies of the Crown Prince of Bavaria and of Gen. von Her- ‘ingen are reported here to be retreating al! along the line. forces totalled 900,000 men, while the ‘allied forces at least 1,600,000, including those sent forward from the army of of Paris. A are no estimates of the losses; although it is admitted they wore German loss, however, far outnumbered the French. The to-day making extreme efforts to isolate large bodies of German + straggiors tr the Argonne distriet. _ “Belgium heartily congratulates the French arms on their notable suo | ceases. ‘The abominable cruelties which our population | | @reaee our energy and the ardor of our troops.” In repiy President Poincare wired King Albert: Belgians bave done for the triumph of the common cause of civilization and ” & retreat that at certain portions bordered on @ rout, the German Genoral ‘Btatl is now trying to reorganise for a defensive stand so that another of- ensive weapon can be whipped into shape. All the information recetved here to-day indicates that th rman Might 1» rapidly slackening speed, Ge It is plainly evacuating of the norihwest of France and Belgium, eich Mlbaaatelll 2 PAY ENTIRE COST ur * DUTCH MOBILIZATION, PURE—DELICIOUS WHOLESOME LONDON, Sept. 14.—Tolegraphing RY It ON Bt 4 P from The Hague, the correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph says that Queen Wilhelmina has accepted the offer of six of the richest men in Hol- land to give one-tenth of their for- tunes to pay the expenses of the present mobilization, which is cost- ing 1,000,000 guilders a day. The con- dition attached to the gift wan that the names of the mon be not men- tioned. A gullder is equivalent to about 40 cents in American moncy, eee CARDINAL FARLEY NOT ILL. Starts Heme Te-Day After Rest at Sorrente and Amaia. NAPLES, Sept. 14.—Reports tm cir- oulation in the United States that Car- TO VEE. 10 CENTS. Cold & Hot Meats Tasty ent ‘bik Secee Vineoor . ‘Bf Dellontemen and Groowy teres. IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT “DRINKING CUPS COUPON ea og hd peee of The Werld’s Bronz Offi We A be 410 th St., near " ne 8 Y neo By r will be x rc of tha mestins an we “When the hour of reparation arrives, none will forget what the herote sirive “PARI, Sept. 14 (United Press].—Having saved the bulk of its army by of Budapest, The Servians are now “The Belgian army fell back before a force of 100,000 Germans, but {t continues to be a constant menace. moat of the wounds received by the men are slight. It has suffered serious losses, but is inferior to that of the Belgians.” SERVIANS REPORT OF THEIR CAMPAIGN Planning to Unite With Russians For the Capture of Budapest mn (Associated Press).—The following official «thtement was issued here to-day: ing Semlin, our troops still continue of the enemy at Semin can be estt- mated by the quantity of provisions, equipment, arms and ammunition and other war material found in the’ town. indescribable enthusiasm in Semlin. A Te Deum was sung for the victory Our troops were received with repaired and, is ready for use in the transportation of troops. “A continuous artillery duel ts taking place on the northern front.” NISH, Sept. 14 (United Press).—The Servian armies, which last week met charge in which 10,000 Austrians ® march toward Peterwardein in an effort to open the plains of Hungary to them. It is stated here that the Servians are now working in co-operation with the Russian General Staff on plans which contemplate the capture in Slavonia tn great force, Meanwhile the Montenegrin-Servian army which has been commis- stoned with the capture of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, is within thirty miles of that city. PETROGRAD REPORTS PANIC IN VIENNA ON NEWS OF SEMLIN’S FALL, LONDON, Sept. 14.—A despatch to the Central News says it is reported from Bucharest that a panic occurred in Vienna on receipt of the news of the capture of Semlin by the Servins, and that thousands of unemployed ar ot forms proved to be ti iMcient and we result the. third levy of roserviets sre going to the frontier in civilian at. Russians to the number of 2,500, Itb- vity im Germany, have inland. It at the thi the German exch: taene tee, in ia stated tion is that too depleted to admit of SS eee AUSTRIA REMOVES HER FIRST LINE TROOPS FROM ITALIAN FRONTIER, ROME, Sept. 13 (via Paris, Sept. 14).— The Giornale d'Italia says that Austria has removed her first line of troops from the Italian frontier, especially from Grenschutsen. The companies of their Alpine sharpshootera are needed against the Russians, but they have prepared a defensive force consiatin, gondar reservists of the Lan cutting all the s wit eight feet wide and Wi The possible landing of a hostile force at Trieste, which is unfortiied, has| been provided for by entrenching the mountains overlooking the town, and aiso by block-nouses built around the Gulf of Trieste. The remainder of the Cee ft, of Istria and Dalmatia has been mined. aaihecinnetanes. WAR STORES CAPTURED ROM THE GERMANS SROUGHT INTO PARIS. TAKIS, Sept. 14.—A number of trains arrived at the Northern and Eastern stations to-day, bringing cannon, pro- jectiles, ammunition wagons, sero- planes and so forth, captured from the enemy. Among the wounded arriving at the Eastern station was @ sergeant of re- CARO TO CAP ROUTE POSSIBLE BY BRT VICTORY I AFRICA Realization of Cecil Rhodes’s Dream Likely by Capture of German Station, WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Reports of fighting between the British and German forces in Central Africa are re- garded in diplomatic quarters here as having significance far beyond that of @ local struggle in that savage and remote quarter. It is looked upon as & fina) teat of the two rival policies— the German plan of establishing her most extens|ve colony in East Africa, and the British policy of linking to- gether her vast territory in Southern Africa—extending from Cape Colofy through Rhodesia up to Lake Tang- anyika—and her equally large pos- sesmions in Northern Africa, extend- rom Egypt, through the Soudan, n to British East Africa, ‘These British posseastons in the north and ie south stretch almost continuously for §,000 miles, giving the hope of realizing Cecli Rhodes's dream continuous “Cairo to the u route, entirely under British authority ‘This stretoh {» now interrupted at German East Africa projects an arm straight across the chain of Britian Possessions extending from the north to the south. The British have suc- ceeded in getting around this gap, first, by crossing sian territory un- der @ treaty which was finally abrog: ed through German's nrptent; and, seo: ond, by adopting ie reneanyike, # the othe portions of the route by rail and river. One of the reports from Blanguire, in British taking of the German station at Lan- genburg, at the head of Lake Nyassa in German Eas section immediately at issue, and which forms the link betwoen the British pos- of North and South Africa. It Hes just south of the British posses. only one point, where for 200 miles; tral Africa, tells of the Africa. This is the “A telegram from Petrograd to the Matin states that persistent rumor THOUSANDS ARE TAKEN. PETROGRAD, Sept. 14 [United Press}.—It was officially announced | Believe Kaiser Has Al bandoned, for Time Being, Any Attack on Paris. e LONDON, Sept. 14.—The Chron- {cle’s Bordeaux correspondent wires: This evening | now learn that the try the line through the Meuse and Luxemburg. The French Generalissimo has ad- dressed the following order of the day to his troops: it when the battle Fr country’s salvation pends is being fought, it is im- tant to recall to all that the moment is no longer one in which to look behind. Every effort must be made to attack and push back LONDON, Sept. 14 (United Press).—Admission, which it is said has been made by the Wolff Bureau, the German news agency in Berlin, that “the Austrians have been compelled to fall back before a numerically su- perior enemy” in the Rawa Russka and Grodek districts, seemed to con- firm reports received here earlier to-day that the Russians have dealt a crushing blow to the armies of Gen. Von Auffenberg and Gen. Dankl, which totaled more than 600,000 men before the defeats at Lemberg and else- where. AUSTRIAN WINGS UTTERLY DISABLED. Despatches from many sources, including Vienna, up to early this morning, indicated that the Austrian army in Galicia was in sore straits, but the Russian reports indicated that Gen. Ruszky’s forces were still meet- ing with organized resistance. It was evident, however, from “the dis- position of the combatants, that the Austrian centre was crumpled up, while the left wing was hurled back into the marshes of the river San. MANCHESTER, Mass., Sept. 14—Announcement of the receipt of a wireless message from Foreign, Secretary Count Berchtold, stating that the Austrian army had assumed the offensive and that the battle against the Russians was progressing with “undiminished flerceness and great ardor,” was made by Austrian Ambassador Dumba here to-day. The mes- sags to the Ambassador said: “The counter attack initiated by the Austrians on the 9th, near Lem- berg, is now in full progress and fighting goes on day and night with undiminished flerceness and great ardor, and the offensive movement of Austrians gains ground steadily.” . NEWPORT, Sept. 14.—An official announcement received by the Rus- sian Embassy from Petrograd to-day was made public by Joseph Louls- Molikoff, Secretary of the Embassy, as follo’ “Complete victory on the whole Austrian front. army, which was heavily reinforced by German troop: ‘as pushed back against the River San between Sept. 8 and 10, Took Kuns, 30,000 pris- oners, 2,000 of whom were officers, and a great quantity of machine zuns and war material. Still pursuing Austrian and German forces, “The result of the great battle im Galiela, in whieh 2,100,000 m both sides took part and which lasted xeventee: im a complete victory for our forces.” PARIS, Sept. 14, 1.10 P. M.—In a despatch from Petrograd the cor- respondent of the Havas Agency says it has been announced in the Russian capital ta Ri NO REVOLT IN INDIA; ALL CLASSES ARE LOYA! SAY BRITISH IN DENIAL. ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—The British} ROME, via Paris, Sept. 14.—The Glor- Voreign Otice to-day cabled to the|nale d'Italia declares that Hamburg. is British Embassy here an emphatic de-|in a serious situation on account of lack nial of the report of a revolution in|of food and employment. India, The despatch says: A returning traveller says that while “The story of a revolution in India| he was in Hamburg eggs were selling at which has been given out by German|tén marks ($2.50) a dozen, while fresh Legations in certain capitals is a aheer|meat was priceless, all cattle having invention. The enthusiasm in India with | Deen requisitioned. The smaliest quan- regard to war 1s most striking, All na-|tity of fresh milk, butter and eggs is tive princes, political organisations of |Feserved for the hospitals, the remainder, all parties, as well as the general popu. |tosether with all other available food, lation, are ‘ering atriking proof of !* taken to the army where their loyalty to the British Empire;| offers of military and financial support have been made and are being grate- Austrian northern on ys, has now resulted FAMINE IN HAMBURG, EGGS $2.50 A DOZEN, IS STORY TOLD IN ROME. storehouses, it {s accumulated by the General Staff for the use cf the army. ‘Trac has practically ceased in the enemy. A troop which can no longer advance must at all costs guard the ground conquered die on the spot rather than re- treat. Under no circumstances can failure be tolerated. BELIEVES GERMANS ARE FAC- ING A GREAT DISASTER. The loss of the line of communica- tion will probably apply to the Ger- man army ina day or two's time, auld | form & well informed personugs to me, adding, “when . does apply the Ger- man retreat will have become u dis- aster greater tha. Leipsic.” Every official report goes to show how sound ts Gen, Joffre's plan of leading the in- vaders further and further away from their base. From the wounded as well as from the relatives of aoldicre + have time after time heard remarks which show that just when the French trcops were on the poiat of scoring a success and charging the enemy they were bewildered at receiving order to retire a number of kilometers under cover of artillery, Another correspondent wires from Chateau Thi IN RETREAT. Ever fainter the boom of big guns ever fields and woods to the nerth me in most that the grand deb: full Half of the K France is in full retreat. Thousands of prisoners, many guns and quanti- ties of implements are being captured daily. It ts true this retreat has been marked by heavy losses, but again the German Grand Staff has ni shown itself tender toward its own men. If there is a plain object in different to death rolls, and here, as I have already shown, there Is an ob- Jectl in the evacuation of the north- west of France and Belgium and the concentration eastward either for the purpose of @ rebound or to save the empire itself, as events may deter- mine. I cannot find any one who has conceived any other design as pos- sible. lt is true this means abandonmeut of any hope of attacking Paris, at any rate in the near future. It means ‘an improvement of western com- munications und a general conce~. tration of the allies, but it does not mean that the flight ts altogether boperes and useless, ‘A decisive victory can hardiv be expected side of the line of on burg, it is asserted, and 1,800 ship: idle, fully accepted by His Majesty's Gov-| ernment. Additional evideace is re-| ceived Gaily of the loyalty of the princes, public bodies and peoples of India.” GERMANS HAVE LOST TWO-TH:RDS OF CAVALRY | HORSES, PARIS HEARS. LONDON, Sept. 14.—A despatch to the Express from Paris says: “The German losses in cavalry are appalling. A German cavalry oMeer, who competed at the Olympia Horse Show « few yeers ago and is now a prisoner, estimates that the wastage in crvalry horses, especially in Belgium, | amounts to thirds of the tota' jntrength allotted to the arn... operating in the direction of Paris, “Tie Germans flooded Belgium w: reconnoltering patties, but in the ad vance through France they wore han) pered by an InsuMclency of horse Many horses had been taken from Ger- ————— Ghocolate fem Bee Cond ‘or Dies om Train. (Bpecial to The Kvening Wark.) of Parele, Sti RED BANK, N. J., Bept. 1 20° Cortia lowing an a rect | 10p.%, - f is Oe ‘COVER! CRISP- man batteries for the uge of the cavalry, ee to the candy Jover.whe | | ETTEM: A morsel of erlep, spon- but despite this large humbers of cay- Crepe Linton. cocoa + Candy. "ha alrymen marched infantrymen.” move t fneims and Chalons, and even the combined German armies in Aisne and Argonne should be routed, for instance, in the neighborhood of {Rethel, there will still remain the at. fortresses of the Rhine and loselle, uniess before then the. issue be settled elsewhers irget gions in Uganda. and should its con- Fn by ‘i ish it would HALF THE KAISER'S ARMY I8|- view it buris its forces forward in- | WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—. 10 @m- tent of the effect of the European war on the American industry was declared to-day tn the Censys Bur- eau's August cotton consumption re port, showing that during Adgust only 21,2°) bales of cotton was @x- ported, while during August last year 257,172 bales went abroad. Great Britain took only 6,370 bales this Aug while last year she bought 77,488 bales; Germany got only 62 bales, against 173,928 a year ago; France took only 6 bales, against 52,983 a year ago; Italy took 1,546, against 13,568 a year ago, and albother countries took 18,287, against 40,266 & year ago. The supply of cotton during the year of 1914 which ended Aug. 81 was more than 16,000,000 the domestic consumption 6,677, and the quantity on hand Aug. Was about 1,524,265 bales, . An extraordinary feature of the re- port was the fact that more cotton ‘was imported during August than was exported by the United States, which last yeur supplied almost 61 per cent. of the world’s cotton. HENNESSY AHEAD OF GLYNN. Wins Preferential Position om Pri- mary Ballot. ALBANY, Sept. 14.—John A. Hen- nessy defeated Gov. Glynn to-day in the In the Re- wublican Gubernatorial drawings Job E en tion on the primary ballot. 8 Senator Mn t, Assistant Secretary. o the Navy. won first position, with James F eo tf ugh ost: Ami ar i Taken Now to Pat Act in Effect. LONDON, Sept. 14, 3.55 P. M.—Both the Home Rule bill and the Welsh Dis- establishment bill are to be placed’ on the statute books this week. An- nouncing this fact in the House of Com- mons this afternoon, Premier Asquith said that to-morrow he would introduce a bill providing that no steps taken to put elther act into operation for = year or in any event until the end of the war. Already I the cup have won, Whatever races may be run. Frose\ CEYLON TEA “Tempting” is the word to describe a dinner flav- ored with ‘‘Eddys” Sauce, Grocers and Delica- teasen Stores Sell | Per Bottle. Made by E. 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