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EVByiNG XjEDGEB-PEgTiAPfckPHIA, SATURDAY,, BEPfrgfoflER 19'llt
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ARiPIRIT OF ALLIES BODES ILL FOR AMERICAN EFFORTS TO END GREAT STRUGGLE
OLEMENCEAU RAILS
I, UHLANS CHALLENGE
' DEATH IN STALKING
ENEMIES' POSITION
1 German Horsemen, Gallop
ing Out to Draw r ire and
Show Opponents' Strength,
Have Small Chance of
Escape,
UOTTEttDAM, Sept. ID
Concerning the deiimiti Uhlans, of
whom so much has been hcaid In the
Euronsnn war, I-uIbI Batzlnl, a widely
known ltnllnn war cotte.siundcnt, B.iys
n the L'orrlcre Delia Seta:
s c nearctl a small station and the
train lessened Its speed We taw u small
troop of cavalry guarding the inllruad
crosaliis-a patrol of Uhlans. Their de
meanor was calm TllotlKh llioy wcie in
the eneniv's couutrj, thelt cutcfiee atti
tude gae the hnpicsslon that tlioy weie
jnciels In a inaiieuvet uamp.
'The swarms of cavalry which the Gcr-
comi mit ahead of their ndvnnce are
if to he found eveiy where on any highway,
B .... nih It Im their business to see us
much as possible They show themselves
tvrrvwhere. and they ilde until they me
firrd upon, keeping tills up until they have
located the mem Thelis Is the task of
riding In'0 ilcntli The entlie front of the
cnemv IS established by them, and many
kllle.il mill is a ceuaimy
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. 13.
According to officials nt the. war ofllcc
here today the combined losses In the
world'o greatest battle now raging along
the River Alsne In Northern I-'iaiico total
mole than loO.OOO. The liiltlsh casualties
In tills hattlc admittedly are greater thari
at any other time during the war. The
Ociman losses am terrllte.
IIMHMX (I5y wuy of Amsterdam),
Sept. lit.
Tha Oermun losses In the war as shown
by the lists thus far ghen out total 15,
937 In killed, wounded nntl missing. They
1119 listed Ihur: Killed, 7IS3; wounded,
:S,.Vsl; inlfslnp, 050.).
A list published todav, the twont.v
eighth that hns been Issued, gives the
following: Killed, 10JG, wounded, 40J),
mlpilHjr, tOW: total, B10I.
The German nvlntlun coips wuffcred a
Sic it loss In the death of Lieutenant i
vvernei von Vrniillcu. lie wai Bhot on
September I while scouting over the en- '
emy's lines, but managed to guide his
The observer
who accompanied him on the tilp was
unhurt and secured valuable information. I
ihe lieutenant died two days later.
Captain Kredorlch I'. linii'chmldt, of
I'ouith Foot Guards, was killed In
! reneli near Chalons
the
n battle with the
on September 13
nt I hem are
thev race -ow nnu men, nuwbim, i aeroplane back tu safetv
t or tliem iiniiams tu eouaiit: w mmi, mr
& i..r,r,.inllmi tiltnirlr iwhleli otherwise Is
ulitalned bj olllccii in their tear making
otseivutlotisl
"The (ire with which the Uhlans aie le
celvul permit of a fair estlmnte of the
ttrmstli of the enemy, for they know
that usually all Ihe soldleis shoot as foou
m the envmrv of the enemy shows Itself.
The German Uhlan Is employed entire
ly foi leioiiiial'sance purposes and what
It known as 'screen' and contact work.
"In 'screen woik' the Uhlan Is used to
tour Inlanliy oi aitlllerv ndvances, tak-
? Im j uo'ltlon on the Hank as soon us
this has been accomplished.
"In 'contact woik' the Uhlan ildes in
iimall bodies until he has drawn the Hie
of the enemy. Instead of letteatlng us
he. ma do In oidinniv icconnalssanco
work. Ii endeavors to truce the. front of
Ihe eiiomv lkllng pniallel to it usually
until th" lust man Is Miot down. The
contnu action has meanwhile been close
BORDEAUX, Sept. 19.
It was ofllclally stated today that let
ters found on dead and cnptuicd Gciman
olllceis pioe conclusively truth of the
cat Her tepoits of teirlblo mortality in
the German ranks, 'specially among the
ctllcers.
In the tenth and Imperial Guard corps
theio Is said not to have been a. single
high lanklng ollleer who was not either
killed or wounded.
All of the companies of the first bat
talion or me I'nibslan guard are now
commanded by volunteer olllcers of many
MAUBEUGE CAPTURED
BY GERMANS ON SEPT. 7
lv obeiei. fiom the German front, mid '"'.8 '" pe wnii ave lUKen me, places
the advam-e and at tuck of the inf.mtiy "l u,oso ,K'"C ' -""-"meious companies or
I. miiemed hv tlv- infoi inatlon calned German Infants, which consisted of L'jO
at the expense of the Uhlan, for whom ' men, have been reduced to sixty o-
theie. Is no hope as soon as he Is de- ! seventy.
.... ... ....... t.... ...t. f. ..... '
laueu lor in. a uniji, uuu wuu, uumi
all accounts, does not seem to mind this
part of hi3 work."
russian1jews"reports
INCREDIBLE, SAYS DUMBA
Austrian Ambasador Denies Truth of
Stories Fiom Petrograd
SCW VOItK. Sept. Ill Dr. C'onstnntln
Dumba. the Uhtto-Huncuiian Ambassa
dor ej.i8pci.ited by repot ts of extensive
Russian victories in Gallcla and Russian
Poland, has given out a statement chut-
acteililng the reports as absolutely false
and misleading, and designed to lnllu
tnce nubile "ciitimcnt against Austtla
Ambas'idoi Dumba s statement leads:
"I ani compelled to piotest most em
phaticallv against the false lepoits sent
la London fiom Rome, Milan. Geneva.
Copenhagen and St Pelcisburg about the
Austiian campaign In Russian Poland j
and Gallei.i. To quote some of tliese re-
porta puipoithn to come fiom otllclal ,
eources
CALT.S STORY IXCRUDIBLK.
"'The Auitrlnns lowt since the battles
of l.embeig ril.OL'O men, dead and
bounded and 100,000 prlsoneis.' I have
read this inci edible lie at least twentv
times In big headlines, lepeated even In
the same paper several times. But we t
hear that Immediately afterward 'the
City Suffered Severely From Bom
bardment of Week.
LONDON, Sept. ID.
The Times conespondent at Iioulogno
announces the fnll of iiaubcuge in the
folowlng dispatch:
"Jfaubeuse fell on September 7. The
lmestment began on August -'3. On Au
gust 'Si the tiiat shell was fired. On Au
gust 27 the main attack was concent! ated
on the forts to the noith and cast of the
city.
"Forts de loussols, dcx Ussaits and de
Cotfonulne and the onttlnvoiks of Roci
were destioyed by heavy aitlllery,
"The town suffered severely from the
liombaidment. which continued with
sieat violence for 12 dav3. Mole than a
thousand shells fell in one night near the
lailway station and the Rue de I'lnnec
wns p.mlallv destrocd. The los-s of life,
lion c or, was comparatl ely slight.
"At ll.'oO o clock on the morning of
Septcmbei 7 a white llag was holfil on
the chinch tower and tiumpets sounded
'cease llring.' but the firing only ceased
.. . '. ..'..In. I. ,Ln .. ....n.... I !.- ,.n..
, ... , , . . 1 ...M.. '.. " "WH. HI... ... LI , t.UVJJ I. .,, ... .llCltll'
mmna, uonera.s. wariKi unu i ,mo the greate. pait of the sairlson sue
berg, who had to retreat fiom Russian . . ,..,...,'.. . ,-.
Poland, succeeded In uniting and rally
ing Im a new lint,-' I do nut think that
anbod endowed with a I It tie common
fcensf .a for me moment leliec tliat an
aim of 1 00O.W1 halng lf'bt 450,0(10 men
should be able immedlatel to rally for
a new fight
"Aceoidmg to ofllci.it C) IMrn
svacl mis, thj Austiians. while reredlng
and hoth piusued to J.omberg, liud al- ,
lead, h ,( all jut '.W'.WO 'inui. iTIieu was I
hardl am .me U ft to tfll the lale.)
Tho steel foits of "the first cla.Tfoitiess
of Mlchallowsk had been silenced and
stormed with Inci edible bra vet y by the
Husslans ' In ip.illtv Mleliallnwslc is a
mall illage with 307 inhabitants, wheie
tho Austiian troops had erected piovi
elon.il field tienches. The icpoits spoke
of a ustilan field guns- and 10)d luav
euns captured (Nobody knows the
whereabouts of thebu mythical lWO heavy
ceptled In leaving the town. The German
forces matched In at 7 ti'clock thut eve.
nlng."
euni,
taken i
Th.n again 'The backbone of the
Austrian arnu in Gallcla was utterly
broken after the fall of T.emberg.' It
Practical!) no longer existed, so that
the dreaded Cossacks had their choice
"teen a rush to Budapest to join hands
hh the Serbs and the announced on
lau,jht to Berlin ia Bresiau "
SCULPTOR OF MARTIAL
HEROES KILLED IN WAR
Frledrlch Pfannschmidt, One of Most
Famous European Artists.
' NRYV YORK, Sept 19,-The death In
, battle of Krledrlch l'fannschmldt, as nn
nounced In today's dilbpatehes from Ber
lin, removed fiom the body ot Kuropcan
.sculptois one of its most famous mein
bus. l'fannschmldt, who was a member of
the Senate of the German Hoyul Academy
no Austrian fortress has been I 0f Arts, and president of the Association
of German Sculptors, was born In Berlin
In 1S51. Among his famous works wuro
statues of Field Marshall Von .Moltke,
General Von Dcr Tann Ttathsamhau'sen
and Paul Gerhardt For his skill In theso
works he was decorated with the I.udwlg
Ciotlj of the First Class and made a
member of the Bavarian Michael Order
and thu Order of Meilt for Arl3 and
Sciences
CALLS NEWS FANTASTIC.
Count Berchtold, the Austrian Foreign
Eecretars. sent the following dispatch by
lreless denjing Russian reports:
. After 'he battle of I.embetg the offl
ciai Russians news agency published as
usual fantastic news about an alleged
victor, of the Russians, giving. the num
r of prisoners taken as 30.100 and the
number of captured guns as W0
.. l 'nte'estine to compare with this
ory the official communique of the Rus-
Ihn1 .Q.tneral SUff' 'Jnte'1 September II.
"out the same battle. Hero the numbers
r B0" "own to 5000 prisoners and .:o
a!, , t0Iniu!iUme admitted that
Domn BlU3sllo wus in a verj critical
harrt nf.na e3caI'ei' J'eat only after
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GERMANS SEEK NEW WEAPON
TO SHATTER BRITISH NAVY
French War Office Reports Experi
ments With Aerial Torpedo.
BORDEAUX. Sept. 10
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the Geinians are experimenting with a
new weapon with which they hope to shat
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- A VICTORY AT HOME
.
SACK OF LOUVAIN
LIKE TRIP IK HELL,
EYEWITNESS SAYS
Citizens Shot Dead Like
Rabbits and the Torch of
the Firebug Invader in
Every Direction, Is Story.
UOTTKRDAAr, Sept 19
Stories of the Fucking of Ivjuvaln. which
aie :iiuiut tiiibt HcVDblo In their, horror,
leached her.. fom the frontier.
One of the mot lvjil Is that of nn bb
slstant In a hleyel" shop, who, though a
Dutrhmnn. was plven stieclal facllltloB for
escape owing to his lirlnK mistaken for a
Gcrmnn "At midilny last Tuesday," ho
begins, "a fearful uploar lnoko out In
the Htieets while we weie at dinner, and
the crackle oT tniisketiy was noun folloW--fd
by thu ronr of artillery near nt hand,
"dealing sliileks from tho inhibltants
of oui slicols,I rushed to tho window and
saw that seveial houics woic ulready in
flames. Soldlois wrrn smashing tho shop
windows and looting In nil directions. As
tho people rushed into the stieots from
tho binning houses they were shot down
like ialiblt. Willi tny govomor, his wlfo
and little hoy, wo lied to tho cellar,
where 1 and tho boy hid under n pile ot
tlr'c. wlilla the manager hid under a
chest and hN wife got Into a drain, whero
she stood with water up to her waist for
many hours.
NIGHT MADE HIDEOUS.
"Xlght fell and tho sound of shooting
In the streets became brisker I rropt
out of my hldlng-placu to get soma watur,
and peeping out of my window saw to
my horror that almost tho whole strcot
was In ruins. Then we found that our
own nniie was alight, and it was neces
sarv to choose between bolting and being
burned to death where we were. I decided
t i make a dash for It. hut the momnt I
was outside the door three Getmani hld I
me up with revolvers and asked mo where
I war soipg My reply was that I was '
a German, that my mnter and his wife I
wrre Getmans who had' been trapped in I
the burning house.
" Apparently mv German wns good i
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. 19,-Georges Clemen
cerui's patriotism finds vent In an iron
lent criticism In his paper L'Homme
l.lbre of the alleged quixotic attitude of
the hospital authoiltles toward the Ger
man wounded In large numbers, espe
cially toward their hospital assistant
who are nlloWfd to accompany them, M.
Plemenectitt says:
"When I hear tho question discussed
as to whether or not beds should bo re
served for tho German nurses, white
our own aie half dead from fatigue and
Ha on malting In corridors, 1 confess'
that I refrain from Interfering with great
dllflculty. The whole thing beats my
comprehension.
"The German wounded appear to bo
fiee of any great surferfng Judging from
their appearance In front of bowl3 of
steaming soup, stuffing their fill, under
tho survoillarce of a. bespectacled major,
talking and joking in tliolr hoarse gut
tuials, which make our men squirm aj
thoy He silently under blankets, and at
this moment I say to myself:
" "How many of their comrades ar
finishing our wounded on battlefields?
Them should bo a limit to such stu
pidity. "In the hospital under notice 1 saw yes
terday h. smiling young miss offer clgais
and chocolate to wounded Germans. By
all means let us respect and attend to an
cnemj who has been wounded by our men
when thev were endeavoring to encom
pass our ruin. This is well and good. But
when one of oui men seeing these dainties
pans him asks sadlv: Then, is ail for
these gentlemen? Is there nothing for"
us"" It does not seem right. The French
soldier added- 'It is a little hard to slva
fine's lite on the battlefield and then se
those rewarded who tried to take If
I invite the Government to reflect on
I eunuch In nmt.n flmu. l.f.ll.,. .. .......
! tion I shall al vnjo remember an a walk i,i,n cm, ,... .u, .: " .V ..
th.oanh hell. The beautiful town, with "" '" "" l",s ,a "us.
a sea of flntnt.. ,
WAR DRAMA'S SHIFTING SCENES
FROM GREAT THEATRE OF STRIFE
1000
feet, cairylng on experiments.
Wicker woik torpedo cases aie lowered
Into the water attached to ropes The
eMdoiioii which follows is teiritlc
Tho Germans eildently hope to lino the
North faea coast with these enqlnes anil
perhaps to shell the British fleet with
them.
At Heine. Switzei land, n telan-t nr., ,.,.,
' U la not at all astonishing that Uus- ! tliat overy nUllt a 1,UEe "ePPelhi hovers
ians used nnrlv .i.ninni.. ,. over lako Constaneo nt n beicrlif nf tiwvi
m. ..---.. t.n.vtii; L-uiiLunii.iLinLr . - -.. "
Ki for"" 0t,?ut ,orces '''''u Im
cauti sP'ahiiK false reports, but tho
o! S.hWr '" whlch tl11 ' J"i.e heat
-erve ihe f,jiieat tonltdence."
VIENNA POPULACE RIOTS,
ATTACKING WAR OFFICE
Outbreak Indicates Public Feeling
Against the War.
Rlotn .. . I'ONDON. Sept. 13
TtlegrLn ,, Ulsr,aUh the Kxchange
''enVel?'1' f,,3tes ,hal wo"l
. I .w'Uw in Home f,r.m in. .u...
U0b itH. 1, i al -... i ivium mat
W?llh,i or w bu.Udln of U,e Aus
lod0wi : f Var' breallnB all of tho
BODIES POISON PARIS WATER
Corpses Heaped Along: the Mnrne
Contaminate Capital's Supply,
PARIS, Sept 19.
Parisians have been warned that be
cause of Ihe battles on the banks of the
Jlarne which Is the largest tributary of
the Seine, the water of the river here
must not be uted for drinking purposes
without bUng bolhd
Philip Rader an American volunteer
aviator nho has just returned from n,.
'vvMdTh lne uP"hir feeling there ailej vl in- Meuse, sas that corpses
"e war. ne hCanH Up on the banks of the rivJr
lnaicatK!ak,"urre(1 " Thursda and
'w,.j "e the UODUlar reellnir Ihpra
Tho name of Mmo. Adrlenne Uuhet,
head of tho Dames du Bacic Coeur, ap
peals In a long list of names of those
killed on a battlefield.
She waa struck by u bullet from a
Geiman machine gun as she was rais
ing the head of a wounded .soldier.
A ragged group of eight arrived at
London on a ship fiom Uoulogne, plainly
showing they had endured hardships In
tho battles In Fiance. Thev woie thu
garb of French peasants. One had a
corduroy Jacket, trouers much too short
for him and bathing shoes. Unwashed,
and with two or tluee davs' gtowth of
beard, they walked out of the Harbour
Station.
As they passed talking I caught a
bioad Irl.Mi broguo nnd a iti.sponfo in an
equally pionounced Scotch dialect.
"Who are jou'.'" I inquiietl,
"British soldiers, guv'nor!" wan the
reply. "Lost our regiments, borrowed
these 'eru togs, came through the Gor
man Hues, lunched Uoulogne at last and
now wo ate going to Shorncllffe to re
port. Then wo .ire going hack again,"
How two Hi Utah soldiers, a captain
and a corpoiai ot tho Dragoon Guards,
escaped fiom a convent hospital, where
they wero held pilsoneii. by tho Germans
after being seriously wounded, wns told
by one nf tlieni when they arrived at
Folkstono trom Ostend.
Thej had ciosbed SO miles of country
occupied bv tho enemy and got safely
by their outposts. Tho coiporal told the
story quite casually, us, If It weio an
ordinal y adventure,
"With tho icst uf the wounded I was
taken to n. convent Inside the German
lines. I found my own captain there. A
shrapnel shell had exploded In front of
him and tho fumes had sent him off,
and he had p 3llght wound on the fore
head. "They left the convent unguarded, be
ng confident. T suppose, that wo could
lot escape tluuugh their lines. Wo had
ueen there ;i day ur tvo when we saw
them tending up a guaid.
" 'This is tho time to escape, and we
are going to,' said tho captain.
"Wo got out without dllllculty, and
lay for ten hours in ambush behind a
hedge. Then we set nut to get tluough
the lines. The captain had a map of
the country and a damaged pair of com
passes, which wo patched up with dough.
The map enabled him to know exactly
nheie we were.
"We lay low all day and traveled by
night, coveilng 27 miles of ground each
night by crawling almost li.it and rtin
nlng bent almost double when wo found
cover. Wo had no sleep for IS hours,
"Onco we attempted to swim, but found
out clothes tou hev to carry, so wo
made for a bridge It was guarded by
21 Germans. We came nejier and looked
up ery c.iremuy. ino sentr on our
side of the bridge was asleep. We crept
past him ami ovei the bildso. The whole
guard was asleep. The secord time wo
ciostcd the canal was by a pontoon whUh
they had loft unguarded
"Once wv got clear of their lines we
had no further dltllciiity. The Helglans
assisted us all they could to pet (o
Ostend."
Former Senator t'hauncey If Depew's
side whiskers, loiisj a familiar adorn
ment, served as his passport on his rail
way trip from the Swiss border to
Paris Frenchmen thought none but a
Hilton could wear whiskers like Mr
Depew's and past.engers cried "Vive
Entente Cordiale'" when the noticed
tho American Mr Depew arrived In
New York yesterda on the White Star
liner Baltic and said ha heard the Kaiser
had boasted he would hang bis hut on
tho l"ine( Tower on the nmuver-ai ji
Sedan, He oppeais w havu b"en row-
taken in
Senator.
tho date," added the former
Last week a proposal was publicly
made in London by Mrs. Edwatd Lyt
tlcton that there should be a general
token of mourning for those who In the
glorious exploits of British arms In
France and Belgium have died for their
King and country. This proposal was
to tho effect that those families who
lose loved ones In tho war should wear
a purple armlet bearing in gilt letters
some general phrase, such ns "For King
and Country."
Tho Duchess of Devonshire, Lady
Lansdowne and other ladies h.ivo an
nounced that for those of their relatives
who die at tho front they "will not show
their sorrow as for those who come to a
less glorious end." Their outvaid signs
of mourning will bo lestrleted to tho
weailug of a plain white band on tho
sleeve.
The suggestion of this unpretentious
mail: of mourning, whether the band bo
white or purple, is generally approved.
Some distinctive token of the kind If
made uniform for high and low aliko.
is worthy ot adoption. Its simplicity
will bo ever so much moio explosive,
of the nation's grief and tuititudo In
adversity than the wearing of fombro
black mourning attlie.
One brave French mother has learned
that her three sons were nar victims, ono
dead, another mlsslns and tho third
woundrd. She guescd fiom the demeanor
of tlio priest who tailed that one had
been kllltd, and repeated Mmo. Castel
nnn's famous question, "Which?" The
mother's name was Mme. Salut, and her
three sons had left school tu fight along
the frontier.
A London soldier, who was In the
general engagement around Mons, says
the Germans screened the advance by
holding French women and children in
front of them. The Germans did not
diive the defenceless non-combatants bo
fore the column, but carried them. "Of
coiitse." the Ihisllsh soldier ndderf. "our
gunners could do nothing a was worso
than qnj savage warfaro I evor hmi
Imagined.' Another man, back from
Fiance, tecoiinted un Incident of the Ger
man occupation of u village. Ho says
tho ic-tors thieiv . French soldier, whom
thy had captured, on homo embers hihI
buined him alive.
,.J?Mi'crn,l"' Ult reconi vislt of Kmperoj
William with Princo Oscar near Loiigwv,
tho Rotterdam correspondent of tho Lnii.
don Dally Teieginpli says tho JJaluer in
fcpected the jnachlno guns there and then
said to a gunner:
"Von havo fired many rounds, Hum
many hit?"
"About m per cent." the gunner
replied.
us nonie huihllngs. was
Dead bodies lay thick in the streets. BRUSSELS FEARS FATF
I're.iillu cries came frnm ,., r t. unu'Jduw TCHnO lH I C
! h"Tfcwa, M. on Wednesday morning SUFFEREDJY LOUVAIN
when we reached the railway station. ' ,, ,. , .,, ,
Mildiers were even then still going about i fcoolhouses Filled With Straw
the stieels with lighted brands and ex- to Await Toi-., Belgians Sav.
Plosives in their hands setting a light to ONDov7
i imy build ncs that still remM.i i.,. LONDOIs, bept 13
In the parks they had already begun to courier who ai rived from Brussels
buiy the dead, but in many cases o shal- , w,th dispatches says the Belgians expect
eachVo'tseTunSvt!srblea """ ' ' w" Ei.rUSSela t,eaW aS LouVBln Wa'
' , before tho Germans evacuate the city.
A HARROWING SPECTACLE Ho says all the important pubbtti'
"it tho railway station we witnessed Incs. inelu.llnr th it .. t,... JC-
"en," ho th'Jnpn f rr,ctacl' ftycltl- the largest and mou imposing pHiata
brmlghfl'on'rtheusesTn Z , ? ' -SIdenceS. alteadv have been mined by
me ucimiiiu as tnough to blow them up,
while schoolhouscs and mati other build
ings are tilled with straw tcad fur the-torch.
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
JiAhEL, Switzerland, Sept. 1
Xews fiom Alwice filters slowly
tl.w. .) .. I. ..a...... .I-.. ...n ..r .... ..
..l..'....... I. I i.LI , CI Llll- Llll II ... fl I'll!..
The Impiesslon hero is that this stricken i """ '" "r lon V,ri of them would
province, the population of which Im, ,', l I ho wretched people tohbfl
.......s nini nanus ana fell on their
knees, hut thev ml, in as well have ap
pealed to men ot stone Ten hv ten, ii
the iiisht wore on, thev wee" brought
ftoni the ranks and slaughtered befoio
tho ees of thOM who irnialned.
soldleis swoie that shots 1m! iim n,i
They weie lncd up in the street, pro
testing with tears In .their eies that
they were innocent. Then cajno a tiring
squad. Volley follower! vnllo,. n.i .i,7.
rull J W,XCr ,hf Bt00cl-" Th0 courier also declares that the Ger-
. enrien ,?i?J. " ,co,rrobora'ecl b' an iude- ' mans have mined all roads leading into
111!,' f?m ? V"10'1 Jurnast I BruM!. but that the Belgians think
wn n'nZii. 0t Uowain on ''' ! tIlev ln,ed make their principal stand
He s,!d ,?,. i, n. i " thB 'amur-LIege line, as the forts and
ovenli near thJ Uu" " J' Tuenday other defenses re being reconstructed
enin near i ne railwav r.itinn nt t.i, ' o,i u. ,. i. i.. i ,. . . .
vain, talking to a n,.,..' ."? " ",."'" "."" " "1K " '"c an "a-
l. ."...... . " " nii'-u
nu una Mironciv nrlvlverl irx ....
Um
spot owing to tho great clanger.
A group of some 500 men and women,
described as hostages, were lanlted in
tho open spaco by the station, and they
were infoiined that for evn...- .i.it.
ThO Germans also have been nrennilntr
for a strong defense on tho Valeneienne.i
lino Acoidlng to the courier the Gei
mans now seem to be using Luxemburg
for their principal line of communication
for thtlr aimies in France.
It Is repotted that since the torrinnlns
of the war tho Holland-Ainericnn steam
ship line has hat) bcnrculy enough shhii
to convey to the United States ail the
Americans straudecl in Jfolland There
nrn now mount.iln of luggage on the
Wllhelmlna whurvea awaiting; tranfeporta
ti.m to Amerita in order to cope with
tho gigantic demand the companv hat,
chartered several ships from other cqun
tiles. German newspapers have received this
teegrani today from fiown I'rlnce Freil
eiick Willianr
"I'lease collect and forwaid as carlv
as possible vvoolen underwear and wick
for my soldiers. Greetings
"WJLHEI.M, Crown Prince"
The "rown Prime n few duvs .ig.. t. It
grajihed to a Beiim nww.ip i u i nil ir
rH-l lo t, k t tvbuvtu and t aio f0, .
th- fetdicrs of iila atmj
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.suflettd In full the miseries of war, there
una been no lighting of moment, although
tlie sound of artillery duels near Mul
hniiSHii for the last week has been easily
hen id in IJnsel.
It appears now clear that after a
billllant action on September 9 the
Fienth did not enter the town of Jluei
hausen. but tonteuted themselves by oc
cupying stiuteglcal positions in the
vlclnltj.
Tho letirement of the Flench after
thill" inlt'al occupation of Muellnusen at
the opening of tho war wus followed
by a reign of tenor which constitutes
one of tho blackest jhnptets of the war.
Alwajs suspicious ot the attitude of th.
people of tho conqueicd provinces, the ,
Germans needed onlv un excuse to wreak j
vrnceance and teiiorlze the population j
Scores of the wealthiest citizens ot
Upper Alsaco have either be. n put In
ptHion or have suffered grave punishment.
Harboring of Fir noli soldiers is consider
ed sullieiciit .iiiHtiritation fur bloody ie
Plisals. the btrange thtory of the Ger
mans being iippurclitly that the man
whose house ft luvndcd bv truups who
lire fioin thi windows, lt i. punsiliU tnr
their acts It may be true that some
were consenting parties, but .nunv neiu
helpless.
An imiuirv Instituted at Hutaweiler.
near Miieljiauaeii, where the village vvas
hut nod. showed that five inhabitant weie
feeuted on a ehaige of liarbning
Franctireurs, although that there wore
none of them with the Flench uiniv has
ben piovtd The Inqtlll v tailod utteil.v
to esta' lUh 'he charges and moved eni
phu,ticall.v the innocence of the vh hum '
AH the vvounds with which thn Oerman
iuldifij .iftei wards wt-ie inrlii ted from the
house were tertliieil bv the dot i.n. io
have Iwen 'aued by puiieriil.i nse,i nniy
by the German arni. i
It Is now understood that the alarm and '
the suUeiiuent fusillade U which lief,
man SMildlers were killecl l Germiu fire
u euus-rj bv lliluim khoutlng u
womid-d c'laiprr behind a brh U kiln un
the uuts-klit uf the town.
The piiest of a village not fat fiom
the Ithiue t"ld me tht following iiuinue.'
A shot vv in heird one uight hi hla vil
lage It asi thed from the inn Tioop
nurinunilf 1 the buiUiing and ildlled it
with bu'leU Kinall. they took it bv a
vault, when its sau'lsuu was found to
ctuuiUt of two llavailjii so'dleis who
puiiK'-tru kn at the sound of i shot
fliod in the night, tired their rtile.1. i-iu-Itiing
tlieuwelves besieged b the l'ren li i
The weie di.iused fiom the i uiu m '
vhlch the weie hiding and even thii
ovvn clrcumatanttal ettuy fulled in at
isfy the ottliere, wht proceeded to shoot
all male Inniatt of the inn. The cause
of tho panic bus dlcoveri.i In n so'dler
steeping In a neighboring loft, vvh had
accidentally nrd hl iltte.
These aie a few instances of Incidents
of dally oceurionv whiih have cdused a
deep impivaion un the pinole ,,( the
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f il'lil ' i i l the I!
tti i' i I i t i,
POINCARE DECOHATES GENERAL
HOUDEAl'X, ' fept I. President
Poincaie raised Genei il de Catelnuu to
day to tho rank ot grand officer of tho
Legion uf Hoiim Tlie luinor wad be
stowed on the lecoinnn nd.it on of Gen
eral Joffie eonim mil. i -m-thlef of tho
French arm'CR in the Held.
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