The evening world. Newspaper, September 22, 1914, Page 2

Se ce eee THE EVENING WORLD, TURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1914. P POUNDIN G BYTHE ALLIES SENDS GERMAN RI GHT FURTHER BACK CK BRITISH ADMIRAL SPIED ON ENEMY FROM SUBMARINE: | Immense German Peieran Cannot Get Word to Capital, and Fear Is Felt That Czar's Armies Have Reached Silesia. SERVIANS CAPTURE SARAIEVO: WIRES ARE CUT 10 BRESLAL Vries decn the scene of the thereast fighting in the present war, the bayonet being resorted to time after time in clearing the Battle Line of the Allies Confronting — ans from their rifle pits. a: PARIS, Sept. 22 (U inited Press|.—It is understood that | The Three Great Ger man Armies U the allied armies are to-day making a supreme effort to | ¢040444046-4494454094404444900600404-46000091400O94O0 64440060060.0006-0666-6600000 break through the lines of the German army commanded | 3 by Gen. von Buelow. The latter was compelled to weaken | 13 " his lines by withdrawing a part of his main force to send to 16 g, the relief of Gen. von Kluck and the right wing. | The French are now attacking the fortified positions! > ae ) held by the Germans, which control the railway between ¢ fi Rethel and Laon. They have gained slight advantages here, | ew and if they can drive their wedge through they will place | both von Buelow and von Kluck at a material disadvantage. | 7 Evidences accumulate here to indicate that the German | ¢ right has been forced to take a position almost north and | % * ~ south to prevent the turning of its lines in the Noyon-Soissons % pe region, and that the entire force of 100,000 men sent to aid 4% Sir John Jellicoe Located Ger- man Fleet and Sent Ships | in to Engage Them. LONDON, Sept. 22 (United Press).—The Rome corre- |spondent of the Star wires that the combined Servians > FIGHT OFF HELGOLAND. Montenegrin armies have taken Sarajevo, capital of the = von Kluck to hold the right has had to be disposed of in this im way to check an allied turning movement. jn. @ real victory to the allies. “Ao Asa result they have been able to repulse the efforts of H |; the Germans to advance and are slowly pressing the Germans * back toward their lines of communication. The weather was reported to be slightly improved to-day. wits at this season of the year. hampered movements of artillery. But, according to Gen, Gallieni’s report, there is not a single important point along the entire battle front wh€re the heavy French artillery is = not now in action. 4 It is declared that the present situation parallels the last two days of the battle of the Marne just before the Ger- , man centre abandoned its desperate effort to penetrate the Prench lines at Vitry-le-Francois and began the retreat. It is stated positively that reports of the French-British aviators who have reconnoitered the German position show indications of a retrograde movement. The heavy siege guns If this had succeeded it would have compelled the sur | ‘ render of Gen. von Kluck and a part of Gen. von Buelow'’s | ‘ But the fact that the Germans were forced to use| ‘ this force to prevent their rear being exposed to attack was! % But there can be little permanent improvement expected | « The entire battle ground is a quagmire, and this has| ¢ DODODO GY 1GE 8 DDE ODDEDLD G9 GHOOO9-0-H466-0609.6660000005- small columns. Donestre, to the south of Blamont, has been reoccupied by the enemy. “During the days of Sept. 20 and Sept. 21 we captured twenty automobiles used in moving provisions, together with all the men attached tothem. Wealso captured on these days numerous prisoners belonging principally to the Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth corps; to the Bavarian landwehr, and to the reserve corps. “Concerning the Russians in Galicia: The rearguards sue have in certain places been withdrawn toward the extreme base. This is plainly a precautionary movement, but it may - also be the beginning of the long expected retreat. It is believed that if the Germans finally abandon their present base they are unlikely to attempt to hold a new line in the north of France. Their left and left-centre continues » its efforts against the strong French fortresses in the eastern frontier region, plainly with the hope of demolishing them so that te a straight westward offensive movement is under- ‘taken laterit will not be hampered by the reduction of for= ; ; tifications. BRITISH REPORT OF ALLIES’ CAMPAIGN. Speed of the German Retreat Is Likely to Be Hastened LONDON, Sept. 22 (United Press]—A number of the * papers print a rumor that Gen. von Kluck has been com- to withdraw his army headquarters to Mons in jum. The War Bureau has no knowledge of any such moves | " ment. | That the German lines are staggering under the cons| tinued hammering of the allies and that they are slowly crumbling at important integral points is the consensus of opinion of the British military experts. It has been admitted from the outset that the present battle of the Aisne—now in its ninth day—was a contest of ‘endurance. It has been insisted that the Germans have ‘suffered greater losses than the allies, mainly because of = their massed formation, which present such magnificent ytargets for the opposition. Bt The failure of the German reinforcements of 100,000 igen sent to aid Gen. von Kluck to break down the British- id h opposition emphasized, the experts say, the fact 7 the Germans were at the ‘‘end of their string.” This belief is confirmed by the announcement that the right wing is being pushed back at a rate of nearly. miles a day. This speed is expected to be accelerated that the Germans have been driven from their strongest z es. The Australian Government has informed the Home ment that the Australian navy has captured the island Ah Nauru, thus destroying the last German wireless station 3 the Pacific. French War Office Reports ° German Repulse Near Rheims} PARIS, Sept. 22 [Associated Press},—The following official announcement was made in Paris to-day: “Along the entire front, from the Oise to the Woevre, p, the Germans manifested yesterday, Sept. 21, a certain activity | Without, however, obtaining appreciable results.” “First: On our left wing, on the right bank of the River ise, the Germans were obliged to cede ground before the M Prench attacks. Between the Oise and the Aisne the situa- tion remains unchanged. The enemy has not delivered any ‘@erious attack, contenting himtself yesterday, (Monday evening) with a continued cannonading. “Second: On the centre, between Rheims and Souain, jthan one point. of the Austrian armies have been pursued by the Russians, and have suffered considerable losses.) Russian troops have come in contact with the Austrian garrison near Przemysl. The heavy Russian artillery is bombarding the fortifications of Jaroslay.” GERMAN REPORT OF WAR IN FRANCE. Bound to Capture Rheims, It Is Announced in Berlin BERLIN (via The Hague), Sept. 22 (United Press].—The | official War Office statement to-day says no important changes are reported from the western theatre of war. It \Is stated that the movement to take Rheims, and with it Admiralty, referring to himself. |the eight important railroads especially sought from a stragetic point of view, proceeds uninterruptedly and with every prospect of success. In this connection it is said the French positions on the heights of Craonne are now in the hands of the Germans and that Verdun has been isolated. This strong, fortified position is now being bombarded from two sides by the Ger-| |man heavy siege artillery, and every effort is being made to \take it. It is understood that the present movement has for its object the separation of the allied armies and especially the piercing of their centre. This movement is slowly but surely succeeding, it is declared. On the right, although the allies have been very strongly reinforced, according to the German officials, they have failed to drive back Gen. von Kluck’s army at any point. WAR SUMMARY. Neither Germany nor the allies lays claim to any decisive outcome in the battle of the Aisne, where the supreme conflict of the war, up to the present time, has been raging nine days. The engagement, taken as a whole, along its entire lines, seems to be partaking of the nature of a siege. Both sides continue to hold a majority of their strongly-entrenched positions. The German lines for one hundred miles are described as virtually a continuation of forts and heavy entrenchments, Tho artillery exchanges go on day and night, and under their cover are sorties of infantry. Counter-attack follows at- tack, and occasionally one side or the other gains ground. Rheims would appear to be the centre of the most persistent fight- ing. It is between the lines of battle, and the city has suffered heavily. The Germans are described as most anzious to recapture this position. The French official announcement {issued at Paris this afternoon says incessant German attacks delivered yesterday have been unsuc- cessful, and that the Germans have been compelled to retire at more The French took numerous German prisoners, The latest official communication from Berlin says the Germans have captured the hill positions at Graonne, and occupy the village of Betheny, |three miles outside of Rheims to the north. This announcement de- |pcrtbed the Germans also as attacking the strong forts south of Verdun. Tho military expert of the London Times gives positions to the French forces on the left which, if correct, show a remarkable advance along the flank of the German right wing under command of Gen. Von Kluck, §o far the French line has not been reported north of Noyon. The Times places it at Lecatelet, Rosiel ard Lassigny. Lecatelet is thirty miles north of Noyon, Rosiel is nine miles southwest of Lecatelet, and Lassigny is eight miles due west of Noyon. These locations have not been confirmed from any other source. The Berlin War Office reports that the Germans have beaten their opponents in the race to the fighting zone, and the result is seen in the rapid series of Hussar strokes which Gen. von Kluck has.been able to enemy attempted an offensive movement which was "Between Souain and the Argonne we have made some! ress. been no change. “In the Woevre district the enemy made a violent effort. tacked the heights of the Meuse along the front between | Tresauvaux, Vigneuilles and Hendicourt, without. succeedin ing , ning position on these heights, ‘On our right wing, in Lorraine, the enemy has pesin the froutier, using in this operation a number of SO Rat ame HE” DERE WORE aT RAITT \deliver in an effort to stem the allied enveloping movement around St. | Quentin. Thus far the battle of the Aisne reproduces on a larger scale the chiet Between the Argonne and the River Meuse there features of the struggle on tho’ Marne, but whether in tho final outcome \the victory will rest with the same side is likely to remain @ secret for \a few days mores | Nine days of the most furiously contested struggle known in modern definite advantage over the other. On the River Aisne as on the River Marne the Germans are thrustir> persistently at the Allies’ centre while the French and British troops are pursuing their favorite movement of working round the German flank. thee emcees 9 history has left both armies in such a position that neither can claim a PBA GEO S O14 44045-0090OO CATHEDRAL HAVOC NOT INTENTIONAL, SAYSANBASSADOR Annoyed he Churchill’s Speech, Count Intimates That English Would Do Worse. The peaco movement has stopped; the next move must be made by the allies. That is the statement made to an Evening Wortd reporter at the Ritz-Cariton this morning by Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador to the United States, The Count was indignant over the speech made in Liverpool by Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Mr. Churchill had said: “His (Count von Bernstorff's) vague talk of peace is as insincere ae the information of which he is the source. Peace with the German people might be arranged In good time, but there would be no alte with Prussian militarism short of the grave.” “It would be useless,” said Count ‘von Bernstorff, slowly, “to enter into a discussion with Mr. Winston |Churehill, who was known to be chief- ly responsible for our war with Eng- | land, The official answer of the Ger- man Government, through Ambassa- dor Gerard in Berlin, to the American peace proposals had been that it was up to the allies to state whether they wanted peace or not. Evidently Mr. Winston Churchill's speech waa the answer to this question.” This paragraph in a London de- spatch also brought an ver from the Count: "It is believed here (in London) that if the Government took official cognizance of von Bern- storft’s newspaper interviews along these lines von Bernstorff would im- mediately disclaim responsibility for the talk so far as the Government he represents is concerned. But Eng- land does not propose to be led into the trap.” Pointing to the answer to the peace proposals made through Mr, Gerard, the Count continued in ref. erence to bis local interviews: “My statement in Th Evening World was that Germany would not consent to any peace ‘orms as long as the allies were bent on the dis- memberment of Germany. And I said that we had won the war, not that It was a draw.” Count von Bernstorff is not con- vinced that the stories of the de- struction of the famous cathedral at Rheims are wholly true, but on the sald: “It le preposterous to suppose the German army would shoot intention- ally at @ cathedral. It could not be helped, and I imagine the French and English, if they could be so for- tunate invade Germany, would not hesitate, The English, perhaps, would do as they did in South Africa.” —_—_—_—_——_— BULGARIAN DIPLOMAT IS REPORTED FATALLY WOUNDED IN BATTLE. ROME (via London), Bept. 22.—A despatch received here from Vienna relates that Gen. Radko Dimitrteff, the Bulgarian Minister at Petrograd, who resigned from the diplomatic corps of his country to join the Rus- | alan field ante Amd wounded fatally | inthe fighting ‘omaszow. Recent from Petrograd announced that Gen, Dimitrieff, who is known as “tho Little Napoleon of Bulgaria,” had been decorated on the field for bravery, No mention was | made of bis having been wounded.) \ 2 i= assumption that they are true, he/| Cruised Through Mined Wa- ters in Search of the Hos- tile Warships. | That the commander of the British North Sea fleet, Admiral Jellicoe, did ® daring bit of scouting in a sub- marine and actually located the Ger- | man cruisers in their positions behind | the island of Helgoland before <>nd- ing his ships against them in the | sharp naval battle of three weeks ago, was the report brought to New York to-day by Capt. Skelley of the Stand- ard Ol tank steamer San Lorenzo. Skelley also said Sir John Jellicoe later saw his own submarine sink the German cruiser Hera. Capt. Skelley’s tank ship was with the English fleet discharging cargo at | the time of the engagement, and first hand information concerning the de- talls of the engagement were re- | celved by Skelley both from English naval officers and from the wounded and captured Germans taken from | the vanquished cruiser Maing. “For the first time in the history of | any navy, ao far as I have ever heard, an admiral scouted for himself in one| | or the submarines of his fleet,” said) Capt. Skelley. “For three day e went doing overything possible to make a | plan for successful action by our | veasels. Hig unusual conduct was admired and praised by every officer of the fleet, though he was cautioned often.” ‘The mystery urrounding two damaged cruisers which put into Kiel was cleared by Capt. Skelioy, who sald the English learned that two cruisers had both been in tho battle of Helgoland, and both were severely damaged. The carnage wes described as fear- ful. One German crew tried to re- volt against continuing the battle captain, they said, after they became English captives, shot those who protested. “The report that one boat of Eng- lish, rowing about to pick up Ger- man survivors, was left behind and rescued by a British submarine, is quite correct, They thought they were abandoned, but suddenly from the water beside them a great hulk bulged into view, the round ateel hatch unscrewed, and every man was drawn to safety below.” The San Lorenzo sailed from Gal- veston early in the war with 16,000 Sea Fleet. The tank steamer was six going from one to another of the great ships discharging oll throug! specially constructed siphons for use at sea, “Admiral Jellicoe did a daring and unusual thing when he spied out the scouts,” said Capt. Skelley to-day in recalling the facts of the only serious naval engagement between British and German ships. “He took per- sonal command of a submarine and put out from the fleet for the bight of Helgoland. “The submarine went emack into the mined territory of the enemy, crulsing most of the time submerged and with not even the periscope showing. Admiral Jellicoe fetched to the surface once, to find himself | equarely in the midst of the German | naval scouts lying behind the high- lands of Helgoland. He got his reck- shore, then submerged and felt his way back to the fleet. He then de- epatched his cruisers and destroyers on a mission to go in and sink the Germans. “I talked with several wounded and captured Germans after the fight. They sald the effect of the English fire on the German cruisers was terrible b yond description, but that the Germans had stuck by thelr guns until the last bits, Two hundred German men-o'- war of all classes were bottled up the Baltic and North Sea, they sal Capt. Skelley reported at Quaran- tine that the Carmania, the former Cunard liner now converted into a scout cruiser, was cruising off the Scotland lightship when he passed in this morning, Only rentersey It was reported the Carmania had sunk the converted German merchantman Cap Trafalgar off the eastern coast of Bouth America on Sept. 14, A HINT FOR THE GIRLS. (Prem the Atohison Giobe) Girls who insist on giving it the ), back and forth between our) Meet and the position of the enemy, | several days after the naval battle) after their ship had been riddled. The | tons of fuel of! consigned to the North | weeks with the English battle feet,) positions of the German advance) oning and the position of the ships! of the enemy in their relation to -he| man of the gun crews was blown to| “conceals ne Guring the street Austrian province of Bosnia. The Austrians, the corre- | spondent says, have been overwhelmingly defeated, {It was at Sarajevo that Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, heirs to the crown of Austria-Hungary, were shot to death by a student whose crime, Austria charged, had been in- stigated in Servia. The shooting occurred as they left the City Hall, into which they had been taken shortly after a bomb had been thrown at them, missing them, but injuring members of thelr suite, Bosnia and Herzegovina, parte of Turkey in Europe, were seized by Austria only a few years ago, causing great bit- terness among the Servians, who believed they should have had the provinces.) NISH, Servia, Sept. 22, via London [Associated Press).— The battle which has been in progress for several days near Krupani, on the Drina River, has, according to an official announcement made to-day, ended in complete disaster for the Austrian army. The announcement declared 160,000 Austrian troops were engaged. The fighting was very sanguinary. The Austrian attempt on Shabats was repulsed with heavy loss. GERMAN REPORT ON RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. BERLIN, 1a Rome, Sept. 22 (United Press].—All tele- graphic and telephonic communication with Breslau sud- |denly ceased to-day. It is feared that the Russian centre ; may have pushed forward and be attacking the city. {Breslau !s 180 miles southeast of Berlin, sixty miles due west of the Russian border and 145 miles northeast of Cracow, Austria, which the Russian forces are now investing. If the re- ports be true that the Russians have approached so close to Breslau as to cut communications, it {s probable their battle line now extends from Przemysl to Breslau, a distance of 200 miles, and that their object is wift drive toward the Kaiser's capita) as soon as they have disposed of the remaining Austrian, forces. There are few fortresses of great importance between Breslau and Berlin. Posen, another of the fortification chain in which Breslau {s @ part, is ninety miles north.) | RUSSIAN REPORT OF THEIR CAMPAIGN. PETROGRAD, Sept. 22'|United Press].—It was stated at the War Office to-day that at the request of the Austrian commander of Przemysl an armistice of five hours was granted, during which time all of the non-combatants left | the city. It is stated that the bombardment of the five main forts which furnish the chief defenses was then resumed. It is admitted here the Austrians are putting up an ex- cellent defense and it will be a lengthy task to reduce the forts by bombardment, it being admittedly impossible to take them by direct assault under present conditions. That the main Russian army has pressed on after enveloping the Przemys!-Jaro: Austrian pos: It announced that the operations were of necessity slow, but that there has not been encountered any opposition that has required any change io the original plan of campaign, : It is considered certain that the real resistance on a large scale will be |encountered along the lines of the Cracow fortifications, There the Aus- trian reserves have been massed and heavily reinforced. They have come from the German Landwehr corps, which bas been especially detailed fer service in Austria, The Russian forces are moving slowly westward through Galicia await- | Ing the arrival of at least a portion of the army of 900,000 that is proceeding |through Poland to the front. |SERVIANS’ REPORT ON AUSTRIAN CAMPAIGN. PARIS, Sept. 22 (Associated Press)—In a despatch from Nish, Bervia, dated Sunday, Sept. 20, the correspondent of the Havas News Agency eays the Austrians have been forced to retreat along the entire front between Lioubovia, Svornik and Losnitza and that they are Velng hotly pursued by the Servian forces near Kourlatcitsa. The Servians destroyed the bridges over the river Drina, and after suffering heavy losses the Austrians succeeded in gaining uss opposite bank. The Austrian attempt, the correspondent continues, to cross the river Save between Mitrovitza and Shabats has failed. In Bosnia yesterday the Servians occupied the heights west of tnitza, peat Tues oy free i 880) UIT JELLIES-— “A- & TED ER of crystallized Uy sty New bad aver, ey ce it eiconnk ie be an Choice sonnat compl rae alle 10¢c dainty, | Bwrest month Van. mah 1d p.m. iy. ‘The specified weight includes the eontaimer in each case, \