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EVENING- LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBflB 22, .1914.
RUSSIAN MILLIONS MASS FORCES TO CRUSH LAST LINE OF THE AUSTRIAN RESISTANCE
havo iiad. to fight hard to gain and to
hold every foot of conquered territory.
As a fresh position Is sained, It Is Im
mediately fortified. Thl Is trying
work and deadly work, for the Ger
man artillery keeps up Us steady rain
of shells and the sappers aro com
pelled to face this flro while stretch
ing their earthworks.
Tho weather was reported to be
slightly Improved today. But thero
can be lltllo permanent Improvement
expected at this season of the year.
The entire battle ground Is a quagmire
and this naturally has hampered move
ments of artillery. Hut according o
General Galllenl's headquarters thero
Is not a single Important point along
the entire battle front where tho heavy
French artillery Is not now In action.
SORTIE REPULSED, LORRAINE
TOWN TAKEN, SAYS BERLIN
BERLIN, Sept. 22 (by way of Am
sterdam). Official denial that the Allies have
forced General von Kluk to retreat
eeven miles Is mado by the War Ofllcc.
Tho statement adds that the right
wing Is standing Arm at all points, al
though the Allies have been heavily
reinforced.
Further announcement Is mado that
attacks by the French and British
forces on the German lines are dimin
ishing In strength, and the German of
fensive Is growing stronger at all
points.
An ofllctal statement Issued at mid
night announced tho capture of the
heights of Craonno and tho town of
Bethany (near Rholms).
The offlclal War Ofllcc statement Is
sued today reported on uninterrupted
Bcrloi of successes against the French.
It eald:
Tho attack of the German troops
on tho line of fortifications south
of Verdun continues uninterrupt
edly. Cote, In Lorraine, which was de
fended by the Eighth French Army
Corps, has been occupied, tho Ger
mans now holding this point.
A sortlo of the French troops from
the northeast front of Verdun was
repulsed.
Fortresses like the heights of
Craonne have been taken In battle.
In tho advance against Rheims,
which is now afire, the vlllago of
Betheny has been taken.
The enemy shows signs of weak
ening as a result of his continued
attempts to capture our positions.
On the contrary, our troops, fight
ing from well fortified points, have
had a rest and are taking a strong
offensive. Their attacks are grow
ing stronger at all points.
Great valor has been shown by
the enemy's troops. They have
charged repeatedly In an attempt
to silence our artillery, but have
been as repeatedly repulsed.
The statement issued at midnight
paid:
The strong, hilly positions at
Craonne have been captured. Ad
vancing on Rheims, our troops oc
cupied tho vlllago of Bethany.
Wo are attacking the strong
forts on tho line south of Verdun
and havo crossed tho east border
in the direction of Lorraine, which
Is defended by eight French nrmy
corps (320,000 men). A sortlo
from tho northeast of Verdun has
been repulsed.
The French troops camping to
tho north of Toul (13 miles east of
Nancy) havo been surprised by
our artillery.
In tho rest of tho French war
theatre there havo been no en
gagements. In the Belgian and Eastern (East
Prussia) battlefields the situation
Is unchanged.
Tho statement that the French have
eight army corps In tho Lorraine
region Indicates that the Allies' right
wing Is trying to turn the German left
With the heights of Craonne held by
tho German centre, It will bo possible
to withdraw troops from there to
strengthen both the right and left
wings 1' they are threatened.
No details of the situation at Rheims,
beyond the fact that the town has
been bn ibarded, have reached Berlin
The belief Is growing here that the
war Is going to extend Into tho winter
In fact, preparations for a winter cam
paign are being made. The news of
the rapid advance of the Germans
after they entered Belgium had caused
tho people of Germany to expect o
quick triumph, but he fnlluro of this
expectation to be fulfilled has caused
no alarm.
It Is stated that the movement to
take Rheims, and with It the eight im
portant railroads, especially sought
from a strategic point of view, pro
ceeds uninterruptedly and with every
prospect of success. In this connec
tion it is added that Verdun has been
Isolated. This strongly fortified position
Is now being bombarded from two
sides by the German heavy siege artil
lery and every effort is being made
to take it.
It Is understood that the present
movement has for its object the sepa
ration of tho allied armies, and espe
cially the piercing of their centre.
This movement is slowly but surely
succeeding, it is declared.
GERMAN COMMUNICATIONS
ON RIGHT THREATENED
LONDON, Sept. 22.
The renewed pressure of the British
and French along a ten-mile front be
tween Cambral and Lecatelet has
forced the German extreme right back
to a point where further retirement
will enable the Allies to cut the
Kaiser's railway communication from
Cambral through Maubeuge to Namur,
and to threaten the railway line from
St. Quentln to both Maubeuge and
Mezleres.
One of the developments of the day's
news Is the report received by a news
agency here to the effect that General
von Kluk has been transferred to
Mons, In Belgium. If the report in
tends to convey the meaning that the
entire staff of the German right has
been sent back across the Belgian bor
der, It foreshadows a further and Im
mediate retreat of the German line.
Another meaning read Into the report,
however, Is that General von Kluk has
been relieved as commander of his
nrmy on the German right, which lias
been forced bacK before the attacks
of the British and French forces.
The army under the German Crown
Trlnce Is said to have prepared a sec
ond line of defensive workB to the rear
of Its present position and to be ready
to drop back to them. The whole Ger
man line has constructed a series of
elaborate intrenchments and small
forts, which virtually reach from
Noyon to the German border. On the
heights pf Fommierij they have con
structed bomb-proof shelters with sub
terranean passages, affording commu
nlcatlon to the rear. From these
heights their guns are bombarding the
French line.
The failure of the German rein
forcement i sent to aid General von
Kluk to break down the British
French opposition emphasized, the ex
perts say, tho fa-t that the Germans
were at the "end o their hiring." To
day this belief U confirmed by the an
nouncement that the German right
wing Is being pushed back at a rate of
nearly four miles a day. This speed is
expected to be accelerated now that
the Germans havo beeni driven from
tiiUr strongest trenches.
Much attention is being paid to a re
port that tho Germans have prohibited
Dutch shipping traversing the Rhine.
Heretofore. Dutch steamships have
been permitted to come up tho Rhine
into German territory. The British
military experts declare this action is
naturally due to the fact that the Ger
mans are strongly fortifying their
Rhine defenses preparatory for a final
stand there, and that, of necessity,
they are keeping all curious eyes from
beholding their work.
It is declared by all of the military
experts '"re that the most credit to
the Allies can be attributed to the
weight of their bayonet charges. The
British and the French Algerian troops
have terrorized the enemy by the force
of these attacks. They carry a bayo
net blade longer than that of the Ger
mans, and they havo shown an eager
ness to resort to cold steel that simply
has terrified tho German outposts.
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BELIEVED TO BE AT HAND
BORDEAUX. Sept. 22.
Despite all efforts on the part of the
Germans to diminish the pressure on
their right wing, the allied turning
movement continues. General Joffre
declares In a report from the front re
ceived by Minister of War Millerand.
Not only is the army of General von
Kluk retiring, he said, but there are
indications that ha German centre has
reached the high tide of Its resistance,
and that it also will soon be forced to
retlro to a new line. The army of the
Crown Prince Is reported to havo estab.
lished a new line of defenses across the
Jleuse River. Indicating that it will
hardly hold Its present positions much
longer. All along the line, the reports
received by the General Staff indicate
the Allies are succeeding.
It is stated that the complete retiring
movement may take some days to de
velop. But that it has tet in, is the
official declaration made by Minister of
War Millerand himself He declared
that the extreme left of the French
lines has been the scene of the fiercest
fighting In the present war, the bayonet
being resorted to time after time In
cleai ing the Germans from their rifle
pits.
He renamed the battle of the Aisnc
tho "battle of two rivers," because of
tho fact that It is now raging along
tho Olse as well as the Alsne. Ho be
lieves that the result will not be defi
nitely known for several days, but has
no doubt that the decision in this great
death grapple will go to the Allies.
"It Is probable that the great battle
of two rivers, which is being fought
with unparalleled fury, will continue
for several days," he said, "although
the Allies are making conhtant prog
ress. A now stop in our advanco on
the extreme left wing Is marked by
Its arrival at I,aslgny, ten miles west
of Noyon. This movement Is of ex
treme importance. That is why the
Craonne region has been the centre of
violent conflict and bayonet charges
"Tho Germans are making desperate
prions to diminish the pressure on
their extremo right wing, but have,
nevertheless, been forced to glvo way.
"By completing our lines from Al
sace to the Argonne forest, wo havo
deprived the German centre between
Rheims and Souain of Us scope of
movement. It is against a steel wall."
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ONE MAN KILLED, TWO HURT
IN COLLISION OF CARS
Crash on the Line of Wilkes-Barre
Railway Company.
WILKES-BARRE. I'a , Sept. 22 -Edwin
O Km in, r, oars old, Miperlntendent of
th tiansportation for the Wllkth-Barie
Railway fnmpati), was so badly Injured
thut he died, and James Cunningham and
Helbert Peter., miction company em
llopfi, were severely injured when a
dual nnubnem. fTtf nnA n (W U'n rl
car came together in a head-on collision
on a orancn 01 inn company s iiucu near
Harvev Lake today. Eight passengers
escaped intijry
Ei win wqs aboird the passenger train
bound for Harvey's Lake. He took the
place of Motorman Peteri. In order to let
Peters eat his lunch. While rounding a
slurp cuivo the passenger car and the
worU car came together head-on while
both were traveling at fair speed. The
cais n-lweoped, and Erwin and Peters
.. K...tAri in tho u rprkaire Cunning-
ham, who was running the work car, was
also burled.
Jt was some time before help reached
them, r-rwin's right leg was cut off be
low the knee and he sustained an ah
domlnal puncture Cunningham was
severely cut on the head and body, and
Petets has man) taceratione ami a broken
hln Thr injured were brought to a
hospital her and Erwin died upon reach
ing the Institution.
VON BOHEN'S HEADQUARTERS
ESTABLISHED AT MONS
May Explain London Report of von
Kluk's Retreat.
OSTEND, Sept a
General von Hohen, commander of the
(ierman army sent to reinforce the west
ern side of the Kaiser's forces, has eBr
tabltshed his headquarters at Mons, ac
cording to advices received heie today
The foregoing; dispatch probably ex
plains the report received In London
that General von Kluk bad beeforced
to retreat to Mens. f
sag:
AUSTRIAN MASSED
ALONG CRACOW LINE
FOR FINAL STAND
Main Russian Army, En
veloping Przemysl and
Jaroslaw and Cutting Com
munications, Presses Westward.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 22
That the main Ituwian army has
pressed on after enveloping tho Przemysl
Jaioslaw line along the San, and Is mov
ing against tho chief Austrian positions
as tho substance of today's War Office
statement. It announced that the opeia
tlons were of necessity ilow, but that
there has not been encounered any op
position that has required any change
In tho original plan of campaign.
It is considered certain that the leal
resistance on a large scale will be en
countered along the lines of the Cracow
fortifications. There the Austrian re
serves have been massed and heavily
reinforced by the German landwehr corpa,
which have been especially detailed for
set vice in Austria,
The Russian forces are moving slowly
westward through Gallcla, awaiting the
arrival of at least a portion of tho nrmy
of 900O that Is proctedlng through
Poland to the front.
FIVE FORTS DESTROYED
Five of the 23 forts at Jaroslaw havo
been shattered by the Russian guns, but
eighteen still hold out, It was stated at
the AVar Office. The bombardment of
Przemysl continues, but no breaches have
jet been made In the walls of the forts.
At the request of the Austriar com
mander at Przemsl, General Von Col
rad, an armistice of five hours waa de
dal ed late yesterday to permit of the
departure of tho non-combatants who
v,ished to leave. Many decided tu re
main. The forts at Przemysl are among the
strongest In the world. It Is understood
that the garrison has supplies sufficient
to last two years
While part of the Russian forces are
investing Przemysl and Jaroslaw the
main part of the First and Second armies
continue their operations west of the
River San and south of the Vistula. The
Austrians defeated at Dobiecka have
fallen back in disorder to Jaslo. on the
Wistok river, and the Russians nave
occupied Uzeszow.
The seizure of Rzeszow severs railroad
communication between the Austrians In
Jarotlaw and Premsl and thoso in
Tarnow and Cracow. It Is understood
that German reinforcements are Joining
the Austrians at Jaslo, and the next
great battle may be fought between tho
San and Wistok RUers In the foothills
of the Carpathians.
The combined German and Austrian
forces will b In a dangerous position
there, as It would be possible for the
Second Russian Army to flank them by
a sudden movement along the line ex
tending from Ranizow to liaranow.
Unless the Austro-German troops give
battle to the Russians about JjsIo, It
would be Impossible to prevent their
escape to Cracow, as they have a num
ber of railroads at their service.
On account of the many swamps In
Ga.llcU west of the San it Is expected
that the progress of tho Russian troops
U1 necessarl!) be much slower now,
SERBS OVERWHELM
AUSTRIAN INVADERS;
SARAJEVO OCCUPIED
One Army Wins Four Days'
Battle on Drina; Another,
With Montenegrins, Cap
tures Bosnian Capital.
LONDON. Sept. 22.
A dispatch to the Star from Rome
says that tho Servians and Montene
grins have occupied Sarajevo, defentlng
the Austrian garrison with great loss.
(It was In the Bosnian town of Sara
jevo that Archduke Francis Feidinnnd,
heir to the Austrian throne, and his
wife were assassinated. Tho double as
sassination brought on the war).
NISH, Sept. 22.
Complete defeat ot the Austrian army
that Invaded Servia was officially an
nounced here today.
The offlclal statement describing the
rout of the Austrian forces paid:
"In a four-day battle near Krupanl
(near the Drina River) the Austrians were
overwhelmingly defeated and fled in dis
order. In our pursuit we took "000 prls
oners and K guns.
"The Austrians are attempting to rally
their forces across the Drina, but our
pursuing troops are marching on Svornlk
(a fortified Austrian town on the Drina)
and continue their success.
"At Shubats another force of Austrians
was defeated with heavy Joss. These two
victories will prevent any Interruption In
tho campaign against Sarajevo."
Aftor routing at Kuplnava. just across
the bonier into Shivonia, the Austrian
urmy of '.'SO.OOo, which w.is threatening
Servia from the north, the ScrvK.ns re
crossed the Sae and one body Is hasten
ing westward to Join tho Montenegrin
force operating In Bosnia.
Servia now has In the field nearly
2no.O men Most of them weio In the
forco which attempted an Invasion to tho
northwest from Belgrade and Semlin and
met the Austrian force of four army
corps.
AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT
ARRESTED AS SPY AT AMIENS
A. J. Rorke Narrowly Escapes Esecu-
tion by French.
LONDON, Sept. 22.
Alfred J. Rorke. a i.'entral v-,.c
clal correspondent, has been ariesterl In
Amiens by the French on a char?e of
espionage, and narrowly escaped execu
tion. A. J. Rorke was special correspondent
of the Central News in Vera Cruz. He
was arrested by Huerta's soldiers, but
mado his way to Mexico City. Imme
diately on his return to New York he was
dispatched to Europe. He was In Bel
gium for several weeks nnd has been In
northern France for the last ten das
BELGIAN TOWNS DESTROYED
BY GERMANS, IS REPORT
Dinant, Jumet and Tnmines Said to
be in Ruins.
PARIS, Sept. 22
It is reported that the Belgian towns
of Dinant, Jumet and Tamlnes have
been destroyed. Details of the reported
destruction are lacking snd the remain,? J
unconfirmed.
KING ALBERT KILLS
TREACHEROUS AIDE
TO ESCAPE GERMANS
Chauffeur Was Bearing Bel
gian Monarch Close to
Foes' Lines, Declares Story
From Lille.
TARIS, Sept. 22.
King Albert, of tho Belgians, escaped
capture by tho Germans recently only
by shooting tho chauffeur who was driv
ing him rapidly toward the German
lines, according to tho newspaper Pro
gress Du Nord, published tit Lille.
Describing tho narrow cscapo of tho
King, tho paper saya tho Incident oc
curred while His Majesty was making a
tour of Inspection of tho Belgian forts.
Ho noticed that his chauffeur was tak
ing him near tho German lines and
ordered him to stop. Instead tho chauf
feur put on full speed and headed
straight for tho enemy. King Albert
drew his revolver and shot tho chaurteur
dead. Papers were found on his body
showing that tho Germans had promised
him J2OO.O0O if he was successful In de
livering the King into their hands.
RUSSIAN HORDES
BAFFLE GERMANS
IN FIERCE ONRUSH
Avalanches of Troops, With
Terrific Cossack Raids,
Overwhelm East Prussia.
Celerity Marks Moves.
AUSTRIAN LOSSES MORE
THAN MILLION, RUSSIA SAYS
Slavs in Army Gladly Surrender to
Kin From Russia.
LONDON, Sept. 22.
The Post publishes an estlmato from
Tctrograd that the Austrian losses in
killed, wounded and captured In the cam
paigns In which they are tnklng part
against Servia and against Russia havo
been 1,X),C00 men. Tho tremendous losses
In prisoners taken by the Russians Is
attributed by the readiness of the Slavs
in tho Austrian armies to surrender to
their fellow Slavs.
ROME, Sept. 22.
,A dispatch from Vienna reports that tho
Austrian AVnr Offlce has admitted a tre
mendous list of casualties In Gallcla and
that a number equal to a complete army
corps has been captured In small de
tachments by tho Russians since the re
treat toward Cracow began.
GERMAN REVENGE SWIFT
FOR CIVILIAN ATTACK
Belgian Towns Razed and Inhabi
tants Massacred, Alleged in Ostend.
OSTEND, Sept, 22.
It Is stated here that the Germans, In
revenge for an alleged attack on them by
civilians, nave completely destroyed the
towns or ilerve and Bettlcc. The Inhabi
tants, It a stated, resisted the demnnds
of tho Germans to pay a line and furnish
certain quantities of foodstuffs.
In the fight that followed the Germans
lost heavily. When they finally conquered
they forced BO of the male inhabitants to,
bury tho German dead. Afterward they
made them dig a pit and stood 4S of them
on the edge. All were shot and tumbled
Into tho pit, after whlcii the two survivors
wero compelled to bury their companions
and were then detained ns prisoners.
AUSTRIAN ATTEMPTS LIFE
Man Brooding on European War Be
lieved to be Insane.
Brooding over tho horrors of the Euro
pean war caused Jacob Rofrltch, AS years
old, an Austrian garment worker, living
In the rear of 233 North Second Htiect,
to become mentally unbalanced and ns a
result he made an attempt to end his
life this afternoon by cutting the arteries
of his right wrist with a razor.
Tho groans of the man wero heard by
neighbors who found him lying on the
floor of his humble quarters. The police
of the Fourth and Raco streets station
were hurriedly untitled, and after .1
quick run In the patrol wagon to the
Pennsylvania Hospital, physicians man
aged to Join the severed arteries and
thereby save the man's life.
For the last two weeks neighbors state
Rofrltch hus seemed depressed. Ho con
stantly talked about the war In Europe,
and of the terrlblo loss of life and
siausmer aauy being reported.
ARMY WORM MOTH. VISITING
HERE, A HARMLESS INSECT
Housewives Need Not Be Alarmed
Since Stay Is SJiort.
The army worm moti. has arrived In
Philadelphia. Many remember the visit
of the army worm several weeks ago and
the excitement cauted by the millions of
Insects. .Several housewives of German
town have discovered the new member of
the army woim family, and no less an
authority than the gardener at Horll
cultural Hall, In Kalrmount Park, admits
It hac arrived,
But before vou start making ready for
battle with him, wait. This member of
the family Is harmless, positively harm
less. He comes about six or seven weeks
after the visit of the trouble-raising mem
ber of his clan, and disappears in less
than a week after his arrival. Since
many of the alleged farmers who toil on
their lawns during Juno, July and August
have again returned to the city to give
battle with the janitor for more heat, the
only pei sons expected to get alt worked
up over the new scare are dyed-lu-the-wool
farmers.
PETROGRAD, Sept. JJ.
Such success as has come to the Itus.
slan armies against tho Germans in East
Prussia has proved a welcome surprise
to many of the veteran troops of th
Czar who, at tho beginning of the great
Europcnn war, still smarted from th
effects of tholr defeats by the Japanese,
Thero has bcott a change in tho condl.
tlon of things on the Russo-Gcrmnti
frontier that might surprise even per
sons familiar with tho Russian plan ot
campaign. One Russian officer at least,
who may be regarded as a. reliable au-'
fhority, hns been much surprised by tht.
rapid progress of the Russian advance.
Originally five Russian army corps
woro ordered to tho Austrian frontier
for tho purpose of delaying the Austrian
advanco If It should bo directed agnlnit
that line. Howover, tho Russian Gen
erul Staff was quite convinced that th
mnln attack would aim at Warsaw
through Poland, nnd to meet that at
tack two new army corps wore sent for
ward, and at the same tlmo tho cavalry
on tho loft flank (Chotln and Klelce),
was stiengthencd. j
Tho Austrian Invading army met only
weak opposition In Poland, and the two
Russian corps appeared to retire.
Suddenly tho Russian cavalry In th
South, that is to say, on tho left wing,
based on Klelce, took tho offensive. At
the same tlmo the Russian army wai
ready to pour her enormous masses Into
Prussia from the northeast frontier.
The great Russian mobilisation was
ready several days before Germany had
expected, and Just at the moment when
Germany should havo made her decisive
blow at France and been able to spare
her first lino troops for meeting the Prus
sian attack. This plan became a failure.
Now, Russia has more than two an!
one-half million troops in the north-east
corner of Prussia alone, and the Cossack
cavolary number 130,000, In seven battle
divisions. The German defence against
this avalanche consists of second Una
reservists, not more than 800,000 strong,
already retiring to the row of forts along
tho Vistula between Konlgsbcrg. Marlen
burg, and Torn.
Howover, this line will bo dlfilcult to
forco by an invading army; it will bs
moro difficult for the reservist arm,
which has only 510 guns and about COO
Maxim guns, to defend.
The effect of this heavy Russian at
tack is noticeable everywhere in the east
of Prussia, and over Berlin is a cloud of
stern pressure. People are leaving their
homes In fright of the Cossack hordes,
who are spreading with an enormous
celerity.
There are still about 20,000 Russians In
Germany in a distressful plight. More
than 10,000 of tho German-Russians havs
left during the last two weeks to return
home by way of Sweden. All of them
wero lacking the ordinary necessaries of
life, but the Swedish people everywhere
have tried to lessen their sufferings, and
at the main railway Junctions, where
the special trains stopped, Swedish ladles
have distributed food and rugs, etc.,
among the miserable people. They all
tell the most appalling stories of the
rough treatment they hnve met with at
several places in Germany, but at th
samo time they tell many stories of Ger
man courtesy and chivalrous behavior
toward tho female fugitives.
BRESLAU BESIEGED
BY CZAR'S FORCES,
FEARED IN BERLIN
Communications With Capi
tal Suddenly Cease Indi
cating That Russians Have
Penetrated Silesia on Way
to Berlin.
BRITISH REACH KIA0-CHAU
TO AID JAPANESE TROOPS
South Wales Regiment Helps Assail
German Leasehold
TOKIO, Sept. 22.
British Iroops to c, -operate with the
Japanese In the attack on Tslng-Tao
have been landed at 1-ao Shan Bay.
The Germans havo made several
sorties against the Japanese and a num
ber of severe skirmishes have resulted.
There have been numerous casualties
en both sides.
Reports that a Japanese destroyer
has been sunk by a German cruiser off
Klao-Chau are current here, but tho
Admiralty has given out no Information
confirming them.
Transports conveying tho British de
tachment which is to take part with the
Japanese on the attack on Tslngtau,
left Tien-Tsln on Saturday. This de
tachment consists of one regiment, the
South Weles Borderers.
BERLIN, by way of Rome, Sept. 23.
All telegraphic and telephonic commu
nication with Breslau suddenly ceased to
day, it Is feared that the Russian centre
may have pushed forward and be attack
ing the city.
It seems almost Incredible that the
Russians could have penetrated In fores
to Breslau so that they could have cut
off communication with Berlin. Breslsu
Is one of the links of the chain In the
Oder line of fortifications.
After Berlin It Is the second largist city
In Prussia, and is the capital of Silesia,
It occupies an lmpoitant strategical posi
tion on the Oder, and Is a city of gieat
historical Interest. It has been piepared
for a possible laid by the Russians, and
the last reports available from there
stated that there was a veiy strong Ger
man forco between it and the eastern
frontier.
GERMAN ENVOY INDIGNANT
AT VANDALISM CHARGES
"Preposterous," to Call Destruction
of Cathedral Intentional.
NEW YORK. Sept 22.-Count von
Betnstorff. German Ambassador i th
United States, does not believe that the
German ormy intentionally destroyed th
cathedral at Rheims.
"It is preposterous to state that trie
dostructlon of that magnificent building
was intentional." he said today.
-Personally." he added, "my sympa
thies aro more aroused by the killing and
wounding of the men who fought than
by the damage to the building."
James Spejer. the banker, agreed wltn
Count von Bernstorff that whatever harm
was done to the Rheims cathedral VY
German shells was u"lnt"tlo"ali,udiB,
"It la a pity the magnificent ""'W'"
was damaged." he said. "It can ner
replaced. '
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