Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, September 19, 1914, Postscript Edition, Page 3, Image 3
Jpn'i - i-"?-1 'S1 tefl"f A'"" "'s 'innmyipiit'jii-i rofww'" EVENiyg LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 191 3 AR SPIRIT OFALLIES BODESILl FOR AMERICANEFFORTS TO END GREAT STRUGGLE IHLAH5 CHALLENGE DEATH IN STALKING ENEMIESJOSITION German Horsemen, Gallop ing Out to Draw hire and Show Opponents' Strength, Have Small Chance of Escape. JIOTTEKDAM, Sept. 19. . - tti German Uhlans, of ! i. i.n Urtfiti tienrrl In tho llZn war, I,uIrI Bnrtlnl.a widely inown Italian ... ... ..... rvirrlflro Delia Sera: U As wc ncarcil a smalt station find the il train lessened Its speed wo Baw a smaii Jfltnop of cavalry gnardlnB the lallroad ,iotsln-a patrol 01 un..,. ..:.. u..-- ncanor vas calm xnouun nicy were in ! ,v'fl country, their carefree attl- 'ttdc gaye tlio Impression that they wero 'merely hi a maneuver camp. ..ti, nw.irms of cavalry wmen tno ucr- Uns sem ollt nhefll1 of thelr aavnnco nrn to be found everywhere on uny niBiiway. !.. mill It Is their buslneuH to see as jpuch ds possible They show thumsclveo ,rcrywlierc. and they rldo until tney nic fired upon, KcopniB mm ui' l""-" l,":' '.'" , F...1J i ,hr ineniy. Theirs Is tho task ot I Jlillnff Into death Tho entlro front of tho Mntniv Is established by them, and many VF"c".. ..,.!. I .I.... la r. norln titv Of tlicm are mm-u-u.k --" ' t. -... ,..wi it, An hnwnver. one my iace. '"""--"".--.-j-' . cithern manages to csci.u ,u u...,a ... k . ., .l..tt..lf Itvhlfll ntherWlHC 1H obtained by olllccrs In their roar making observations). "The flro with which the Uhlans are re ..1....1 ,.pmii ,,f n fair estimate of, the itrrnglh of tho enemy, for tlioy know that usually all tlio soldiers snoot, as soon ts the rnvairy of the enemy shows Itself. ml. !-!,. mi t'lilnn Is emnlovcd entire ly for leeomialssnnce purposes and what ll known as -screen una romuti num. or. .Bn..An vv.uk' flu. TThlan la used to ill OV.VL., ..w.-- -- --- cover Inlantry or artillery advances, tak- lns a position on tlie nnnK as soon us tlils has hwii accomplished. ,.T ..nntnnf wnrlc' th Uhlan rides In small bodies until he has drawn the tire of tho enemy. Insf-ad ot retreating its le may do In oullnary leconnalssanco r i. n,iiirt.v.iiu tri ir.ni'i thn front of the enemj, riding parallel to it-usunlly ...in tl... l.iet . (a shnt ilnwn. Tho I lllllll U1U l" ." '"- "--" 'contact action has meanwhile been close ly observed from tlie uorman irnni. uiiu the advance and attack of the Infantry Is governed liv tho Information gained at the expense of the Uhlan, for whom there Is no hope as soon as ho Is de tailed for this duty, hut who, from all accounts, does not seem to mind this part ot his work." RUSSIAN NEWS REPORTS INCREDIBLE, SAYS DUMBA Austrian Ambasador Denies Truth of Stories From Petrograd. I XIJW YOHIC, Sept. 19. T)r. Constnnlln Dumba, tho Aumo-nungaiinu .mus,i dor, exasperated by reports of extensive Russian victories in Oalicl.i and Russian Poland, has given out a statement char acterizing tb lepoits ns absolutely falt.o and misleading, and designed to inllu r.ce puulic s-entinierit against Austria. Ambassador uumua's statement reaus. I am coumelli'd to protest most cm- bhatleally urf.ilnst tlio false reiorts sent kla Iondon from Itome. Milan, Geneva, Copenhagen and St I'etersbuig about the Austrian campaign in nussinn i-niann and Gallcla. To quote some of these re ports purpoitlug to come from ofllclal sources: CAM.S STOUT IN'CHKDinr.E. '"The Auhtrinns lolst since tho battles f Lemiierg SM.000 men, dead and wounded mid 100.000 urisoners.' I have renil this Inermlllilx 11 nt leiist twenty lltlmes hi big headlines, icpeated even In ruie same paper several union, iiul w: hear that Immediately afterward 'the Austrian Generals, Dankl and Auffen lierg, who had to retreat from Russian Toland. succeeded In unitlnir und rally- Ins for a new llmj.' I do nut think Hint anybodi endowed with a llttlo common sense tan lor .me moment believe that an army of 1,000,000 having lot 150,000 men Buuum ui. uiiiu iiuint'iuateiy iu juiiy . a new tight. "According to ottlclal (V) Vi tro Erad nnwri, th' Austilans, while receding and both niiisupri tn T.pintif.i'17. had ftl- uady but ..bunt :W,0o0 nieu. (Theic was ramiy am mie h-ll to tell ttie tale.) The steel fnitu of 'tho first claSis fortress tit Mlf.tmll.... uV 1....I I....... olUk.nA.l fl.wl -- v. ...u.,.. i. on .,... ,i:i iiiiiii.i ...... Uormcil with ineivdible bravery by the Russians ' In n .illty SUehallowsk Is a kmall village with !W Inhabitants, where thA At.lrll.. f.J..u linil nH.1i. 1..1 .ip,.rt - ..,, ,i,, ,.,uii, l,i, l . ri I'll ,.. slonal field tienehes. The lepoits spoke of M0 Austrian Hi m i;uns and 1UXI heavy 8uti3 laptnred, (Nobody knows the whertab uu of tbem mj tblcal in') heavy wn's, ns no Austrian fortress has been taken.) "Then au.un: 'The haeitbone ot tho Austrian army in Clallcla was utterly woken afttr the fall of I.emberg.' It practicallv no longer existed, so that tne drejiled t'osRucks had their choice t!5ecn a lllsn tn "'"'ni'est to Join hands Uti the ., rbs and the announced on sught tu Herlln via Hreslau." fAI.LS NnWS FANTASTIC. COUnt Hcrelltolll tin. Aimlrlnn Vfiratir.i Eecretan, sent the following dispatch by fr'ss d,nln' Hussian reports: After ti. i.iiin n r i ,..- ..... p, . " "...' w IwCIIIWCIn n. mu ll, ,llu.S31'l"s news agency published as wuai fai,t.,atu. -news about an ulleged Jictory t Ule Itusbluns, giving tho num- im,K ""ao'"'rs tauen as 20,fflo and the lumber of apt u red guns us W0. It 1 nlr.mtl M. itnr. .1. ..""'" lo compare witli this ,,.. J"leial ""nuuinlque of tho rtus about m"1u! 'St'"!' llau"1 September 11, hai V """' "ro the numbers runs 6U-'.!r UuW" to im Prisoners und 30 Cenerair. "'"""""'lU" admitted that Poshion UnlTn"W " '" a ver' erltlral Mansut'ni.lWBIa "ffcat "nly aflcr ' uVll'1. ,at ,a" a3t0'"sl'lug that HU3 aaneJi'i ' U hUMv concentrating Lfsutlous u, i ",; , ri'uri; mil uio woes u, , ' " hU"h thl3 ls J"' 't ; vitn, Ul!,t u , "n ii, .ii , :,", "" ""' j"jrw me ruiiit lonlldence." VIENNA POPULACE RIOTS, ATTACKING WAR OFFICE Utbleak Indicates Public Feellnjr Against the War. SiDi!n . 1.0NI(ON, Sent 1 fnsSto,aaS ,j;okl " in 'Vienna. L i uL pan .frt"" ,to,"- lUiSa ' ul ' wonl ha. ?. "ut'k ' ' , "m.?.,fw' Vienna that fvlndow ,r of Wr. breaking all of the l' l0catlv?Vr,rurra Thursdai. and Pj.owira the wftr pl'ular -l"ff there 150,000 MEN LOST IN BATTLE OF AISNE, LONDON ESTIMATES British Casualties Admitted ly Are Greater Than at Any Other Conflict of War. LONDON, Sept. 19. According to officials nt the war office hero today tho combined losses In tho world's greatest battlo now raging along the Itlvor Alsno In Northern Franco total tnoro than 150,000. Tho British cnsualtles In this battle admittedly are greater than at any other time during tho war. The German losses aro terrific. HHItMN (Ily way of Amsterdam), Sept 19. The German losses In the war ns shown by tho lists thus far given out total .15, 067 In killed, wounded and missing. They arc listed thus: Killed, 7483; wounded, 23.5SI; missing, D900. A list published today, the twenty eighth that has been Issued, gives tho following: Killed, 1033; wounded, WJD; missing, 1020; total, 6101. Tho German aviation corps suffered a great loss In the death of Lieutenant Werner von Vcaulleu. lie was shot on September 1 whllo scouting over tho en emy's lines, but. managed to guide his aeroplane back to safety. Tho observer who accompanied him on the trip wa3 unhurt and secured valuable Information. The lieutenant died two days later. Cnptnln Frcdcrlch P. Lannschmldt, of tho Fourth Foot Guards, was killed In a battlo with the French near Chalons on September IB. BORDEAUX, Sept. 13. Tt was olllclally stated today that let ters found on ded and captured German officers prove conclusively truth of tho earlier reports of terrible mortality In the German ranks, Especially nmong the officers. In the tenth and Imperial Guard corps there is said not to have been a slnglo high ranking officer who was not cither killed or wounded. All of the companies of tho first bat talion of the Prussian guard aro now commanded by volunteer officers of many year's service who have taken tho places of those killed. Numerous companies of German Infantry, which consisted of 250 men, have been reduced to sixty or seventy. MAUBEUGE CAPTURED BY GERMANS ON SEPT. 7 City Suffered Severely Prom Bom bardment of "Week. LONDON, Sept. ID. The Times correspondent at Uoulogne announces the fall of Maubcuge In the folowlng dispatch: '.Maubouge fell on September 7. Tho Investment began on August 25. On Au gust 2fi the first shelt was fired. On Au gust 27 tho main attack was concentrated on the forts to tho north and east of tho city. "Forts do IJoussols, des Kssaits and do Cerfontalne and the earthworks of Rocct were destroyed by heavy artillery. "The town suffeied severely from tho bombardment, which continued with great violence for 12 days. More than a thousand shells fell In one night near the railway station and tho Ruo de Franco was partially destroyed. The loss of life, however, was comparatively slight. "At 11:50 (i clock on tho morning of September 7 a white tlag was hoisted on tho church tower and trumpets sounded 'ceabo firing," but tho tiring only ceased nt :i o'clock that h.ternoon. In the mean time the greater part of tho gnrrlson suc ceeded In leaving tho town. Tho German forces marched In at 7 o'clock that evening." SCULPTOR OF MARTIAL HEROES KILLED IN WAR Friedrich Ffnnnschmidt, One of Host Famous European Artists. NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The death In battlo of Friedrich Pfannschmldt, as an nounced In today's dispatches from Rer un, removed from the body of European sculptors one of its most famous mem bers. I'fannschmldt, who was n member of tho Semite of tho German Royal Academy of Arts, and president of tho Association of German Sculptors, was born in Rerlln In 1MI. Among his famous works veto statues of Field .Marshall Von rUoltke, General Von Der Tann Rathsamhauen and Raul Gerhardt. For his skill In theso works he was decorated with the I.udwlg Cros"H of the First Class and made a member of tho Bavarian Michael Order nnd tho Order of Merit for Arts and Sciences. GERMANS SEEK NEW WEAPON TO SHATTER BRITISH NAVY Piench War Office Reports Experi ments With Aerial Torpedo. UORDEAIX. Sept. 19. Woid has i c.i '".led the War Ufilce that tho Germans aro experimenting with a new weapon with which thejvhopo to shat ter the British navy. This, weapon takes Urn form of an aeilal torpedo. At Heme, Switzerland, a telegram says that every night a huge Zeppelin hovers nu'r Lake. Constanco at a height of 1000 feet, carrying on experiments. Wicker work torpedo cases aro lowered Into tho water attached to ropes. The cplus!ou which follows is torritlc. Tho Germans evidently hope to line the North So.'t to.ist with theso engines and pcihapg to shell th Uritlbh lleet with them. BODIES POISON PARIS WATER Corpses Heaped Along the Marne Contaminate Capital's Supply. PARIS, Sept. IS. Parisians iiavo been warned that be vauno of the battles on the banks of the Marnrr which Is the largest tributary of the Peine, the water of the river hare mut not be used for dtlnklng purposes without being boiled. Philip Rader, an American volunteer aviator, -who has Just returned from th valley of the Meune, says that corpse.) He heaped, up on the banks of the river. I i" ii n ill n ll ! "' i mi i Him i mini i iim mm i i i ' . A VICTORY AT HOME WAR DRAMA'S SHIFTING SCENES FROM GREAT THEATRE OF STRIFE Tho nnmo of Mine. Adrlenno liuhet, head of tho Dames ilu Sucre Cocur, ap peals in a long list of names of those killed on a battlefield. She was struck by a bullet from a German machine gun as sho was rals. lng tho head of a wounded FOldler. A lagged group of eight arrived at London on a ship from Boulogne, plainly showing they had endured hardships In tho battles in France. They wore tho garb of French peasant. Ono had a corduroy Jacket, trousers much too short for him and bathing shoes. Unwashed, und with two or thrto days' growth of beard, they walked out of tho Harbour Station. As they passed talking I caught a broad Irish brogue and a re.sponso In an equally pronounced Scotch dialect. "Who aie you'.'" I inquired. "British soldiers, guv'nor!" was tho reply. "Lost our n'Rlmonts, borrowed these "eru togs, camo through tho Gor man lines, t entitled Boulogne at last and now wo ate going to .ShorncllfTo to re poit. Then wo are going back again," How two British s-oldleis, a captain and a corporal of tho Dragoon Guards, escaped frum u convent hospital, whero they weia held prlsoimrs by the Geimans after being f-eiiously wounded, was told by ono of them when tlioy arrived at Folkstono from Ostcnd. They had cros.sed r.0 miles of country occupied by the enemy and got nafely by their outpohts. The curporal told the story milte casually, as If It weio au ordinary adventure, "With tho rest of the wounded I was taken to a convent Insldo the Germun lines. I found my own captain there. A shrapnel shell had exploded in front of him and the fumes had sent him off, and ho hud a slight wound on tho fore head. "They Wl the convent unguarded, be ing confident, I suppose, that wo could lot escape through their lines. Wo had oein there a day or two when wo taw them sending up a guard. " 'This Is the time to escape, and wo .re going to,' said the captain, "We got out without dllllciiltj, and lay for ten hours In ambush bolund a hedge. Then we sot out to get through the lines. The captain had a map of tho country and a dnmaged pair of com passes, which we 'patched up with dough. The map enabled lilm to know exactly whero we were, "Wo lay low all day and tiavcled by night, covering 27 miles of ground each night by crawling almost Hat and tun ning bent almost double when wn found cover. Wo had no sleep for 45 bourn. "Once wo attempted to swim, but found out clothes too heavy to curry, so we made for a bridge. It was guarded by 25 Get mans. Wo cumo neater and looked up very carefully. Tho sentry on our side of tho bridge was asleep. Wo crept past him and over the bridge. The whole guard was asleep Tho secord time w crossed tha canal was by a pontoon Which they had left unguaided, "Unco ve got clear of their lines we had no further dllllculty. The Belgians assisted us all they could to get to Ostend." Foimer Senator I'lmuucoy M. Dcpew's side whiskers, long n familiar adorn ment, served as his passport on his rail way trlti from the Swiss border to Paris Fienchmen thought none but u Briton muld wear linkers like Mr. Depevi and passengers cried "Viva Kutente t'otdiale'" when they noticed tho American Mr. Pcpew arrived in New York yesterday on the White Star liner Battle and said he he.rd tha tvalscr hdd boasted he would hang his hat on the I?J'c' Tower on tha unnlvtrsary of Sedai, lie iM-ysats f '''iv l'ci mis taken In tho date," added tho former Senator. Last week u proposal was publicly mado In London by Mrs. Edward Lyt tlcton that there should bo a general token of mourning for those who In the glorious exploits of British arms In Frunce and Belgium have died for their King nnd country. This proposal was to the effect that those families who lose loved ones In the war should wear a purple armlet bearing In gilt letters some general phrase, such as "For King and Country." Tho Duchess or Devonshire, Lady I.ansdnwne and other ladles hiivo an nounced that for those ot their relatives who dlo at the front they "will not show their sorrow as for those who come to a less glorlouB end." Their outward signs of mourning wilt bo restricted to the wearing of a plain whlto band on tho sleevo. The suggestion of this unpretentious mark of mourning, whether tho band be white or purple, Is generally approved. Soma distinctive token of the kind, if made uniform for high and low allko. Is worthy of adoption. Its simplicity will bo ever so much more expressive of tho nation's grief and fortitude In adversity tlinn the wearing of sombre black mourning attire. One brave French mother has learned that her three sons were war victims, one ih-ad, another inlsblng and the third wounded. Sho guessed from the demeanor of the priest who called that one had been killed, and repeated Mrno. Cutel nan's famous question. "Which?" The mother's name wan Mme. Snlat, and her three sons had left school to fight along tht. frontier. A London soldier, who was (n tha genet at engagement around Moris, say the Germans screened the advance by holding French women and children In front of them. The Gormans did not drive the defenceless non-combatants be fore the column, but carried them. "Of course," tho English soldier added, "our gunners could do nothing. It was worse than any savage warfaro l ever had Imagined." Another man. back from France, recounted un incident of the Ger man occupation of a village. He says the victors threw a French soldier, whom they had captured, on somo embers and burned lilm a'.lve. Describing the recent visit of Kuiperor William with Prlnco Oscar near Imgwy, tho Rotterdam correspondent of the Lon don Dally Telegraph says the Kaiser In spected tho muchlno guns there and then said to a gunner: "You have ilred many rounds. How many lilt?" "About 1W tier Lent," Hit. gunner replied. It H it-ported that slnco the beginning of the war tho Holland-American steam ship line has had scarcely enough ships to convey to the United State nil the Amerlrans stranded in Holland. There aro now mountains of luggagu on the WUhelmlna wharves awnltlng transporta tion to America. In order to cope with tho gigantic demand the company has churturod several ships from other coun tries. German newspapers have received this telegram today from Crown lrlnc Fred erick William. "Please collect and forward as cart as possible woolen underwear and socks for my soldiers Greetings. "WIMIKtM, Crown Prince" The Crown Prince a few da ago tele graphed to a Berlin newspaper a similar reque-t to rolle-t tobacco .and ilgara for t' c s!llcra et his, armv SliiibIi.:.... I ALSACE SUFFERS REIGN OF TERROR, IS BASEL REPORT Prussia's Iron Hand Felt by Natives, Though Proved Innocent of Wrongdoing, Correspondent Charges. By JOHN CAMERON BASEL, Switzerland. Sept. 10. News from Alsace filters slowly through, whatever tho turn of events. Tho Impression hero is that this stricken province, the population of which has suffered In full tho miseries of war, there has been no lighting of moment, although the sound of artillery duels near Mul hausen for tha last week has been easily heard In Basel. It appears now clear that after a brilliant notion on September 9 the Freiuh did not enter the town of Muel hnuson, but contented themselves by oc cupying strategical positions in the vicinity. The retirement of the French after their Initial occupation of Muelhausen at the opening of the war was followed by a reign of terror which constitutcb one of the blackest oliapters of tho war. Always suspicious of tho attitude of tho people of the conquered provinces, the Germans needed only an excuso to wreak rngeancti and terrorize the population Scores of tho wealthiest citizens o' Upper Alsace have either been put In prison or have suffered grave punishment. Harboring of French boldlers Is consider ed sutllclent Justification for bloody re prisals, the strange theory of the Ger mans being apparently that the man whoso house I'M invaded by troops, who lire from the windows. Is tespiuihible for their acts. It may bo truu that some were consenting parties, but main weia helpless. An Inquiry Instituted at Burteller. near Muelhausen, where the village was burnt d, shuwrtl that flvo inhabitants were executed on a charge of harbotlug Franctlreurs, although that thete were none of them with the I'ltneh army lias been proved The inquiry failed utteib to establish tho charges und pioved eiu phattc.il!) the innocenco of th vu tims. All the wounds with which the German soldiers ufterwards were inflicted from tho houses wore certified b the doctors to havw been caused by piojecttles used only by tho Germun nrmy. Tt is now understood that the alarm and the subsequent fuslllado by which Ger man coldlers were, killed b German tire was caused by ' I'hlans shooting a wounded charger behind a brick kiln on the outskirts of the town. The priest of a village not far from the Bhlne told mo the following instituct A shot was heard ono night in his Mi lage. It was fired from the inn Troops surrounded the building and rid lied it with bullets. Finally, they took it by as sault, when its garrison was found to consist of two Baturlnn soldiers who, panic-stricken at the sound of a shot lired in the night, rlred thtlr rifles, imag ining themselves besieged bv tho French They wer dragged from the room in which they wero hiding and even their own circumstantial story fulled to sat isfy the officers, who proceeded to shoot all mule Inmates ot the inn Tha cause of the panic was discovered In a soldier sleeping In a neighboring loft, who had accidentally tired his rifle. These are a few Instances of m.-idents of dallj occurrence which havj caused . deep impression, on the people of the city of Basal If, In 43 years uf pea e. the Germans have failed to wu the at fectlon of the Alsatians, th lat lew weeks must bay had the erfc-t of re moving furtlA KUn er tne p. ,-sii.. itw it vcr Joint fu. fW-i-3n:-qrasH..4Mjt.w, SACK OF LOUVAIN LIKE TRIP IN HELL, EYEWITNESS SAYS Citizens Shot Dead Like Rabbits and the Torch of the Firebug Invader in Every Direction, Is Story. JtOTTEIlDAM, Sept. IS. Stories ot the sacking of Louvaln, which are almost unbelievable In their horror, reached here from the frontier. One of the most vivid Is that of an as sistant In a bicycle shop, who, though a Dutchman, was given special facilities for escnpe owing to his being mistaken for a. aermnn. "At midday last Tuesday," ho begins, "a fearful uproar broke out in the streets while we wero at dinner, and tho crackle of musketry Was oon follow ed by the roar of artillery near at hand, "Hearing shileks from the Inhabitants of our streets, I rushed to tho window and saw that several houses were alieady In flames. Soldiers were smashing tho shop windows and looting in nil directions. As tho people rushed Into the streets from the burning houses they wero shot down like rabbits. With my governor, his wifo and llttlo hoy, wo fled to the cellar, whete I and the boy hid under a pile of tires, while tho manager hid under a chest and his wife got into o. drain, whero sho stood with water up to her waist for many hours. NIGHT MADE HIDEOUS. "Night fell and the sound of shooting in the streets became brlsko.. I crept out of my hldlng-placo to get some water, and peeping out of my window saw to my horror that almost tho whole street was In utlns. Then we found that our own nnue was alight, and It was neces sary to choose between bolting and being burned to death where we were. I de.cltW to make a. dash for it, but the mornont I. was outside tho door three Germans held me un with revolvers and asked me where I was going. My reply was that I was a German, that my master and his wlfo were Germans who had been trapped in the burning house. "Apparently my German was good enough to make them believe my state ment for they promised to give us safe conduct out ot the town. Our walk through tho streets to the railway sta tion I shall always remember tut a walk through hell. Tho beautiful town, with Its noble buildings, wns r se.t of flame. Dead bodlps lay thick in the streets. Ureadful cries came from many of the houss. "It was 5:30 on Wednesday morning when wo reached the railway station. Soldiers were oven then still going about the streets with lighted brands and ex plosives In their hands setting a light to any buildings that still remained Intact. In the parks they had already b.'gun to bury the dead, but In many eases so shal low were the graves that a largo part of each body was still visible. A irABP.OWLVG SPECTACLE. "At the railway station we witnessed a truly harrowing spectacle. Fifty cltl iiens, both men and women, had been brought from the housca from which tho soldiers swore that shots had been tired. They were lined up In the stieet, pro testing with tears in their ove.s that they were Innocent. Then came a firing squad. Volley followed volley, and the 50 Ml dead where they stood." This story Is corroborated by an inde pendent dispatch from a Dutch Journalist who happened to bo at Louvaln on his way to Brussels. He said he was standing on Tuesday etenlng near tho rallwav nation at Lou vain, talking to a Gorman oflk-er. when ho was strongly advised to leave the spot owing to the great danger. A group of some COO men and women, described as hostages, wmp ranked In the open space by the station, and they were informed that for every soldier tired on in the town ten of them would be shot. Tho wretched people sobbed and wrung their hands and fell on their Knees, but thy might as well have ap pealed to men of stone. Ten by ten. as the night worn on, they were brought from the ranks and slaughtered before the ejes of those who remained. CLEMENCEAU RAILS AT HOSPITAL CARE OF GERMAN WOUNDED Bitter in Criticism of What He Calls "Quixotic" Atti tude of Attendants, While French Soldiers Bleed on Battlefields. BORDEAUX, Sept. IS. Georges Clemen coau's patriotism finds vent In an lion leal criticism In his paper L'llomms Libre of the alleged quixotic attitude of the hospital authorities toward the Gel man wounded In large numbers, espe cially toward their hospital assistants who aro allowrd to accompany them. M, Clcmencenu says: "When I hoar tho question discussed as to whether or not beds should be re served for tho German nurses, whll our own are half dead from fatigue and lie on matting In corrldois, I confess: thnt I refrain from Interfering with great difficulty. Tho whole thing beats my comprehension, "The German wounded appear lo b free of any great suffering Judging from their appearance in front of bowls o sWmlng soup, stuffing thlr fill, under the survelllspce of a bespectacled major, tnJIcing and joking In their hoarse trill turnjs, which make our men squirm as they He silently under blankets, and at this moment I say to myself; " 'How many of their comrades arw finishing our wounded on battlefields ?' There should be a limit to such stu pldiu. "In the hospital under notice I saw yes terday a smiling young mlf.s offer cigars and chocolate to wounded Germans. By all means let us respect and attend to an, enemy who has been wounded by our men when they wore endeavoring to noom pass our ruin. This Is well and good. But when one of our men seeing these dainties pass him asks sadly: Then, Is all foi theso gentlemen? Is there nothing for us?" It does not seem right. The French, soldier added: 'It Is a little hard to giv one's life on the battlefield and then s tho&c rewarded who tried to take It.' "I Invite the Government to reflect on these words of a French soldier. "To crown all, I learn that the be spectacled major heretofore mentioned Is allowed, to leave tho city In civil cos tume. Comment on this Is needless." BRUSSELS FEARS FATE SUFFERED BY LOUVAIN Schoolhouses Filled With Straw to Awnit Torch, Belgians Say. LONDON, Sept. 10. A courier who arrived from Brussels with dispatches nays the Belgians expect to see Brussels treated as Louvain-ft-. beforo tho Germans evacuate tho city. He says ail the Important public build ings, Including the Palais de Justice and the largest and most imposing prlvata residences, already have been mined by the Germans as though to blow them up, while schoolhouses and many other build ings are filled with straw ready for th torch. The courier alio declare? that tho Ger mans have mined all roads leading Into Brussels, but that the Belgians think they Intend to make their principal 3tand on the Namur-Llege line, as the forts and other defenses are being reconstructed and th work is going on night and day. The Germans also have been preparing for a strong defense on the Valenciennes line. According to the courier the Ger mans now sofin to be using Luxemburg for their principal line of communication for their armies In France. POINCARE DECORATES GENERAL BORDEAUX. Sept. 11. President Polucaro ralsetl Geneial de C.istelnau to- ! day to the rank of grand officer of the ! Legion of Honor. The honor wat. be i stowed on the recommendation of Gen- eral Joffre. comniaiuln -m-i hief of the French armies tn the fli-ld. 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