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ALLIES ON RIGHT CHECK
GERMAN TERRIFIC ATTACK
Centlnned from ran 1
town and that he had a difficult tlma
to escape.
"Just before th forts fell," said this
fugitive "the arsenal was blown up.
Rather than surrender the remaining
guns to the Germans, the French gun
ners smashed tho breechblocks. The
German bombardment -was tho most
torrifle I have over heard. Thousands
of shells fell In the city ever' day. Thi
fire slackened at night, but did not dlo
out completely. All the monuments,
public buildings and churches In Jlau
ben go wcro bndly damaged. Tart of
tho city was destroyed by fire set by
German Bhells. Finally, the French
commander had to hoist the white flag.
'The Germans had mounted heavy
slego guns upon the roofs of factories
outside the town. How they ever lift
ed thoso ponderous cannon to tho top
of tho buildings Is more than I can see.
Tho buildings were first strengthened
with supports and the roofs wero cov
ered with a layer of strong cement,
two feet thick. This formed the baso
for the guns.
"It was discovered after tho fall of
Maubeugo that there had been a num
ber of German spies In tho city dur
ing tho siege."
A son of Field Marshal Count von
Moltke, of tho German army, was killed
in the fighting near Estcrnay, It waa
stated In dispatches received by tho
War Office today.
SIEGE GUNS DEMOLISH
MEUSE FORTS, STATES BERLIN
BERLIN (by way of wireless through
Payvllte, L. I.), Sept. 24.
The War Ofllce, In Its official state
ment issued today, declares that the
Germans are now bombarding the en
tire chain of tho Meuse fortifications
that extend from Verdun to Toul.
Among the fortresses which are under
nttack, and whose reduction is now
believed certain, are Troyon, Les Pa
rodies, Camp Des Romans, Llouvllle,
Commercy and Glronvllle.
It Is stated that the great siege guns,
with which Maubeugo, Liege and Na
mur were demolished, are being used
with telling effect here, and that they
are slowly battering the French fort
resses to pieces.
The War OtHce also announces that
the attempt of the Allies to envelop
the army of General von Kluk on the
extreme right of the German line has
failed.
An earlier statement said:
Despite the hardships that the
troops have undergone, because of
bad weather In both the eastern
and western theatres of war, their
enthusiasm is undiminished. They
are fighting for their Emperor, who
Is confident of success through their
efforts.
It Is reported from field head
quarters that a number of changes
In command have been made neces
sary. Tho Emperor and the Crown
Trince are In good health. The
Emperor Is in touch with the entire
situation.
In the eastern part the Russian
forces took refuge behind tho fort
ress of Kovno. This was shelled by
our troops.
In the Vosges cold weather has
followed the hard rains and there
has been a heavy fall of snow.
It also was announced today that ro
ports from the eastern front stated the
Russians were using dum-dum bullets.
An investigation Is to be conducted,
and Russian officers accused of having
violated the International laws relatins
to warfare will be shot.
Newspapers print stories from eye
witnesses, stating that the Cathedral
at Rhelms was only slightly damaged.
The German press calls attention to
the fact that the British troops attack
ing Delhi, In 1S57, did not attempt to
prevent damage to tho famous Indian
monuments, and that tho leader of the
Garlbaldtans besieging Rome threat
ened to bombard the Vatican.
The Wolff News Agency publishes a
statement giving alleged details of out
rages committed by French military
bicyclists in charge of an officer on
wounded German soldiers In two Red
Cross motor cars near Bcthenecourt.
The agency said that only two suc
ceeded In effecting their escape, the
rest being killed and robbed by tho
bicyclists.
Tho German press says that this is
another proof of the barbarious treat
ment that wounded Germans are re
ceiving at the hands of the French.
CAPTURE OF MAUBEUGE
UNOFFICIALLY ADMITTED
BORDEAUX. Sept. 24.
It was unofficially admitted hero to
day that tho Germans had captured
Maubeugo. The admission came from
an attache of the French War Office.
General Desseux, the commandant at
Maubeuge, Is reported to have been
badly wounded.
(The capture of Maubeuge and 40,
000 prisoners was officially announced
at Berlin on September 9. This dis
patch is the first from Bordeaux con
firming the Berlin statement.)
Minister of War Millerand stated to
day that the offensive taken by the
Allies continued to be successful. He
said, however, that the termination of
the great battle now raging -could not
be expected for several days.
Preparations are being made for a
winter campaign. It is well under
stood here that the war will be long.
FRENCH FORTS ON RIGHT
WITHSTAND SHARP ATTACK
LONDON, Sept. 24.
That the Germans are making a su
preme effort to break through the
French centre between Argonne and
the Mouse is admitted at the War Of
fice. It is stated that for the last 48
hours the fighting has been continuous
night and day.
The Germans, heavily reinforced,
clearly are trying to force iho with
drawal of part of the French left, which
continues to push tho army of General
von Kluk backward, although very
slowly. Up to the present, it ts stated,
the French lines hao held firm.
The losses on both aides are enor
mous, eclipsing anything in the war to
date. The entire battleground at this
point Is covered with dead and wound
A significant note comes in the an
nouncement that the winter equipment
for the British troops at the front al
ready 13 being transported to France
This means there is to be no let-up In
tho struggle. The fighting will be
pressed until a decision is reached.
The German right wing has been
extended from Cambral by a screen of
cavalry, which extends in an arc of a
big circle north toward Arras and east
to lions.
Back of this fringe of cavalry, with
Us base at Mans, is the army of Gen
eral von Boohm, In a position where
it can advance to any point where the
new extreme right may be threatened
by the French.
The German army under von Kluk
ed men. neither side having been able j was unable to halt Us steady retire-
lther to collect its dead or gather Its , mem touay.
Injured.
The fighting Is also desperate on the
extreme left, although tho Allies havo
not been able to make any very largo
trains and aro still unable to drive tho
Germans from the Alsne-Oiso triangle.
Both sides are reinforcing. The Ger
mans have combed all of their Interior
fortifications for men to aid them in
the present conflict, while the entire
Trench second line, and all the men
who can bo spared from the army of
the defense of Parts, are now at tho
front.
BAYONET CHARGES MARK
SERB VICTORY ON DRINA
Austrians, Strongly Entrenched, Of
fer Desperate Resistance,
NISH. Sept Zi
It U officially announced that the Serv
ian armtfs. having resumed the offensive,
have now captured the cities of LJuboviya
and Srrhrmlua on the Drina near the
southeastern spur uf thv Konln Moun
tains The official statement as the Servians
encountered a desperate resistance on
tho part of the Austrian, who were
trong! entrenched It was only after
a series of baonet charges, marked by
Utspcrato hand to-hand fighting, that the
Hrv.atis managed to gain the victory.
It I almitttd the losses on both sides
v, f eporinnvs It Is alsr stated that the
tSe.viao tdvance into B( U continues.
m
Tho determined efforts which the
Germans are preparing to make to cap
ture Antwerp at any cost are belleed
here to be a part of a plan of tho
Katser to withdraw from his position
In France to a defense line along the
German border, with the Rhine forts
as his bases.
The forts at Llege have been rehabil
Itated by the Germans with the idea
of using them. Should a German de
fense line be formed through Belgium,
the possession of Antwerp would be
of Importance to either bide.
"SHE WAS. TO HAVE SAILED A MOJNTH AGO!"
FIVE SUBMARINES
CADSED LOSS OF
BRITISH CRUISERS
Death List Decreased to
1 1 00 as Fishing Boats Re
port Picking Up Many
Survivors.
LONDON, Sept. U.
Nearly half of the officers aboard the
cruisers Aboukir, Creasy and Ilogue when
they were sunk by a German submarine
attack in the North Sea lost their IKes.
This was revealed today when the" Gov
ernment Press Bureau issued a fum
mary of the casualties among tho naval
officers. It showed that 57 had been
killed and 60 rescued.
Twenty-one officers of the Aboukir were
killed and 17 saved. The Cressy lost 23
officer?, only II being rescued. Of the
40 officers of the Hogue 11 were killed
and 25 rescued.
Reports of the rescue of more members
of the crews of the three cruisers had
reduced the estimate. of the dead to
duy to about 1105. but the exact number of
saved und lost will not be learned until
the official reports have all been received
at the Admiralty.
Stories told by the survivors of the
disaster havo failed to cl'ar up many
of the cunfilcting points. The announce
ment in Berlin that the three shir were
sunk by one submarine Is contradicted
by the story told by Albert Dougherty,
chief gunner of the Cressy, who was
resound and taken to Chatham. Dougherty
declares he taw five submarines, mid that
he shattered the conning tower of one
of them.
Dougherty said:
Suddenly I heard a great cranh, an 3.
ionising in the direction of it, I haw the
ALntiltir heeling over and going down
rnpldlv. We rtima to the conclusion that
bad been strucK oy j lorpeao uuu
though the guns pegged at them, only
one man was hit, as for as I know.
"We sunk at 7M3, and when I dropped
into the sea, clinging to a bit of wood,
thoro wjr'o men all around me. Their
spirit was splendid. We shouted cheery
messages to one' another.
"I was afloat In tho sea for four hours
and then the destroyers hove In sight.
Numbers of men were near mo, all hold
ing to pieces of spar, according to the
captain's instructions, and I yelled to
them:
"Buck up; they're coming for us.""
NAVAL DISASTER SUPPORTS
BRITISH ADMIRAL'S APPEAL
Sir Percy Scott Contended That Eng
land Needed More Submarines.
The recent North Sea disaster Is re
garded aB supporting the claims mado
by Admiral Sir Percy Scott In his
reply to Lord Sydenham a few days
prior to the opening of the European
war.
At the time Sir Percy, while not un
derrating the value of the battleship or
cruiser, urged an Immediate increaso In
the number of submarines. The latter,
he contended, were of greater efficiency In
mancuvors requiring speed and secrecy.
He said also that they would prove In
valuable In attacks on commerce.
The truth of his contention he sup
ported by citing the success of the Jap
anese In their late war, when, equipped
with torpedoes Inferior to those now in
use, they forced the Russian fleet to re
tire to Port Arthur.
At the time of his speech Sir Percy's
attitude was severely criticised by em
inent naval experts of England.
GERMAN SUBMARINE
RETURNS UNDAMAGED
Official Report Says TJ-0 Alone Sank
British Cruisers.
BERLIN. Sept. !0 Official announce
ment was made today that tho sub
marine U-3 which, unaided, sank three
British cruisers In the North Sea, had
returned to Its baae undamaged. In
going to and returning from the scene of
action, the statement says, the submarine
travelled 4'0 miles.
As tho base from which the I'-D set out
Is Hupposed to be Wllhelmshaven, the
destruction of the British rrulserb prob
ably occurred near the British coast.
ih
i..nt n iinrn lookout for the cr.ift while north of Harwich.
learning to the assistance of the Aboukir. Complete returns on the war loan show
""Ihe Hoguo was also closing up toward ' that imperial bonds and exchequer bonds
the sinking ship with the object of atsUt- to the amount of 4.SS9.00O.0O0 marks (Jl,-
lng the crew WHO were ami jjiiik mm me i ,. ju,viu nine itch i,.
water wnen wj heard a seconu crasn. as
the Ilogue begun to settle we knew that
she also nau necu ian-u:u.
v drew near, ami at mat moment
Officers of the American relief mission.
headed by Major Ityan. will leavo here
tomorrow for England, whence, they will
go to the United States on the cruiser
GERMANS TRY TO STEM
INVASION OF SILESIA
Concentrate on Czeatochowa-Thorn-
Kalisz Line In Poland-Prussian
Campaign.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 24.
Telegraphing from Warsaw, the corre
spondent of tho Novoe Vremya says:
The Germans In Northwest Poland
lack horses and are unable to do
much rcconnolterlng. They are
strongly fortifying the Czestochowa
Kalisz line and also positions farther
north. Their nlm is to hold back an
invasion of Silesia as long as possi
ble, apparently planning to remain on
the defensive Tho German forces
that retired from tho vicinity of
Jllnwa have been strongly reinforced.
Reports from aviation scouts state that
tho Germans Intend to mako a strong
stand on tho line running south from Ka
llsz to Wiclun. There they havo con
centrated strong forces eaBt of Bleslau
while others are moving southward to
Cracow. Some heavy fighting already
has occurred about there, tho Germans
at iomo points falling back into Silesia.
Witnesses state that General Renncn
kempf's strategical retirement before the
German advance nl East Prussia to avoid
their turning movement has been splen
didly through slowly executed. His rear
guard has maintained a deadly Are di
rected at the enemy's van guard, and
masses of Germans have been mowed
down by the quick-firers. Telegrams to
the Novoe A'remya say that at Vllna and
Ixidz there were more than 23,000 Ger
mans killed.
The Russian continued to fortify and
flooded the coal mines, but the Germans
advanced and occupied Hlozcki. Wiclun
and other places on the western border
of Lodz, but they wero successfully with
stood by the Russians.
Considerable foiccs of the enemy near
Mlava, on the northern border of Poland,
a short distance west of Chorzelle, have
retreated to the northward.
The enemy, with fresh reinforcements,
la fortifying the frontier line between
Thorn and Kallsh.
tome one shouted 'I-ook out, sir, there's I Tennessee. They are. distributing tho
COLLET'S AVIATION EXPLOIT
MAKES NEW ENGLISH HERO
Raid of German Frontier Relieves
Gloom Over Naval Disaster.
LONDON. Sept. !l.
Lieutenant C. H Collet is the hero of
England today HU action in success
fully leading a aquad of Ave British avia
tors across the German frontier and drop,
pins bombs at Duesseldorf has lifted a
little of tho gloom caused by the sinking
of England's three big cruisers
Lieutenant Collet, who originally was
attached to the Royal Marine Artillery,
ranks as one of the most daring and
skilled aviators in England, although he
ook up ning oniy a little over
a suom.irine on jour pun i.
"I saw her. She was about Vft yard's
awn) ,Jnl her periscope hhowed above
the a.ee I toolt careful aim at her with
a i:-pound shot, but It went oer her by
about two ards. That gave mo the
range.
"I nrfd egaln and hit the periscope
Then the submarine disappeared. Up she
came again, and this time her conning
tower was visible, so I rtr.-d my third shot
4nd smashed in her tonnlng tower.
"The men standing by shouted: 'She's
hit, sir,' and then they lei out a great
tiller as the submarine sank. and. while
she was going down two Gorman sailors
floated up from her. both swimming hard.
"After that we shot a truwler which
was about 1000 yards away, and evi
dently a German boat In disguise di
recting operations She must have cov
ered the approach of the enemy's sub
marines. We trained our guns on her
and bit her with tho first shot, setting
her afire. I don't know what her fate
was.
"By this time we already had been
struck by a torpedo, but the damage
was not In a vital pot and we could
have kept afloat all right. We saw
another submarine n our starboard
tide and we mad" a desperate effort to
get her. We failed and her torpedo
g.-it us In our englneroom.
"Then the Crcisy bepim to turn over.
Our captain was on the bridge, and In
those critical moments he spoke some
words or advice to the crew:
" 'Keep tool, my lads, keep cool.' ho
said In a steady voice 'Pick up a spar,
my lads and put it under your arms
That will help to keep you afloat unti'
the destroyers pick you up
'That was the last l saw or captain
funds now remaining among
Consuls throughout Germany.
American
CAILLATJX IN FRENCH ARM
LONDON Sept JI.-M lalllagx, former
Prime Minister of Franre, whose wife's
acquittal on the iharjfe of piurderlng (he
editor "f the Figaro occurred but a. short
time bofor the war began, is servln in
th-loop and has comDlete masterv of I with drowninz men. Although!, person- the place was built, three ycara ko. were the pay department of the J rneh army.
his machlm at all times. lly ebstrved nv ubnuirineJand al- In the House-jqf PUnUon u' aon. .accoraing io a ui'ratch to the Mail.
a little over n tear
ago. He was one of the first men in Johnson.
England to make 1000-foot spirals In a "The Germans were discharging tor
heavy biplane. He Is expert at looping- pedoes at u while the water was thick
FRENCH LEAVE ADRIATIC
AFTER FRUITLESS PATROL
Vienna Announces Abandonment of
Assault on Cattaro,
VIENNA. Sept 21
The French fleet has left the Adriatic,
according to an official announcement
given out here today. The statement
follows:
"The Freneh fleet appeared on Sep
tember 10 off Cattaro. and bombarded
the forts at the entrance of the harbor
for an hour. The lleot later steamed to
Issa, where It bombarded the teinaphorc
station of the lighthouse, doing but little
damage. Later It steamed In a south
westerly direction. Keerul ships of the
fleet returned to I'elagosa, after the licet
had left that district and bombarded ihe
lighthouse, destruens the signal station.
Then the fleet left the Adriatic."
WAR HITS IMMIGRATION
Only Ten Aliens in Detention House
at Gloucester.
War conditions In Europe hae so af
feited immigration U the I'mttd States
that officials of the House of Detention, at
Gloucester, N J , find their Jobs a sine
cure and are enjoilng a lone vacation.
From 100 to SCO aliens usually were ac
rnmmnitittil. The dIici Is deserUd today.
Only ten aliens, the mllt nvnbar llc
U-9 CREW DECORATED
FOR NORTH SEA SUCCESS
Iron Crosses Reward for Chief Offi
cer and His Men.
BERLIN (wireless, by way of Saj vllle
L I i, Sept. 21.
Lieutenant Commander Weddingen and
all tho members of tho crew of the sub
marine t'-a have been gHen the iron
ross for sinking three English crBrs
n the .North Sea It is announced that
the vruUer I'at'innder. of the British navv
was bunk by the submarine l'-;i which
escaped unhurt It had ben. reported
that the Pathfinder hud struck a mine
It is officially announced tint the rnltr.
reboot (submarine l'-9. commanded by
Lieutenant Commander Wedding n which
sticiesbfully torpedoed and sank three
British nimored cruiser. In the 4or7h
!f,L" 7"tT'aU "cnped u""1"-t t"m the
panving destroyers.
a, com-
SEARCH FOR SEGAL'S ASSETS
Bankruptcy Hearing Postponed at
Request of Counsel.
The healing In bankruptcy to trace
mining hi,u of Adolph Segal. .ky,ock,t
IliiqiieUr. m.w In the Norrldtowii Insane
Asylum. WI,8 ,s,I)QmfI tna In(,rlIllf,lm.,
-Monday when It waa ivpon.d that ""v.
eral Mtlorneys rcpn-setuinrf trtdltuis
could not be piesent. Hl "
Joseph Mellors, the referee In bank,
ruptcy. wajuq UI), Jon1 Hparha k
once Mgals lounael. appeared and ask.d
for a postponement, becauso his attuniev
could not attend the htarlng.
Fra-ik O. . Andiews. whose rrti)t wu,
caused b f-tgal last Januarj on a chaise
of cnnsplricy. and who roprcoents several
of Seual'u creditors, waa the only other
person present when Mellors announced
the postponement.
Tho hearing will he held Monday morn
ing at 10: V Phjjkluns are expected to
testify to Segal's condition befoie he wos
taken to Norrlslown.
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
STEADY; AUSTRIANS
RALLY ALONG Y1ST0K
Heavy German Reinforce
ments Aid in Attempt to
Check Movement to
Cracow.
PETnoGRAD, Sept. 2.
Rallying their forces behind the Vlatok
Illver, the Austrians are giving battle to
tho advancing Russian troops along a
curved line extending from, tho foothills
of the Carpathians east of Jaslo to Doblc
on the Vlstok River, nccordlng to advices
received at tho War Office today.
Supplementing previous announcements
of the fall of Jaroslaw, the following
statoment was Issued at the War Office
today:
On September 21 the Russian troops
took by storm the fortification of Jar
oslaw on tho right bank of tho river
San. The took twenty cannon, even
though tho enemy offered heavy re
sistance, and blow up tho brldgo over
the San.
Tho Russlnn cavnlry Is pursuing tho
retreating Austrian tear guard and Is
Inflicting heavy losses, although the
Austrians destroyed many bridges.
Every day the number of prisoners
and seized cannons Increase. The de
moralization of the enemy l shown
by the pillaging and the panicky re
treat. Prisoners assert that tho ma
jority of their officers are killed or
missing and that tho soldiers feel the
loss keenly. The newly formed Rus
sian regiments have covered them
selves with glory, fighting side by
side with the veterans.
The Austrian troops have, been reln
foiced by largo forces of Germans, and
the combined armies are offering a dos
pernte resistance, but the Russians are
advancing steadily, the General Staff
states.
It 13 expected that a few days must
elapse before a general battle ensues.
The Russians are occupying Rzcsiow
as their base, and troops arc being rushed
to that point from Jaroslaw, while the
big siege guns are keeping up an un
ceasing bombardment of Przemysl.
WOULD CUT PRESIDENT'S
SALARYT0 SAVE MONEY
Senator Shcppard Introduces Econ
omy Measure.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2I.-Prcsldcnt
Wilson's salary will be cut JOOOO, while
the salary of every other Federal em
ploye who draws $100 a month or mora
will be reduced, beginning November 1,
for a war economy measure, if a bill In
troduced today by Senator Shcppard, of
Texas, Is passed.
The proposed cut begins at $1200 sal
aries at 2 per cent., scaling up to 12 per
cent, on all salaries In excess of $6000, so
that tho full effect of the cut would be
felt by Senators, Representatives and
Cabinet officers. AH army and navy offi
cers would also be affected by this cut.
Senator Shcppard has been particularly
displeased by the cut In the river and
harbor appropriations on account of the
war emergency, and ha feels that nil
divisions of the Government service
should nlso economize.
HOUSE MEMBERS CLASH
OVER "WAR TAX" BILL
Debate on Administration Bill Be
gins TJnder Alleged "Gag" Rule.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21,-Launchlng
In the House at noon today of the Admin
istration's "emergency Internal revenue"
war tax bill was tho elgpal for opening of
bitter bombardment and defenso by the
Republicans and Democrats respectively.
Passage of the bill tomorrow intact
without any amendments, except minor
ones coming from the Ways and Jleans
Committee, was certain.
This was shown by a test vote of 221 to
13J to limiting debate. Eleven Democrats
voted against the so-called "gag rule"
as follows: Burke, Church, Detrick,
Uonohoe, Lee (Pennsylvania), O'Shaun
etsy. Raker, Sims. Stevens (New Hamp
shire), Stout and Wlngo. Republicans
forced another rollcall on the adoption
of the rule Itself.
The Senate will take up the bill late
next week, but time elapsing there beforo
final enactment Is problematical.
The opening clash on the war emer
gency measure came when Chairman
Henry, of the Rules Committee reported
the rule to limit debate on tho tax bill
to seven hoiirh, three hours longer than
originally planned, as a concession to
ninny members desiring to speak, forty
minutes of debate only was allowed on
the rule, which the opposition terms a
"gag" rule.
U. S. S. NORTH CAROLINA
ORDERED TO TURKEY
Battleship Will Protect American In
terests in Ottoman Empire.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2I.-The battle
ship North Carolina, after transferring
her cargo of gold to the yacht Scorpion,
today was ordered to proceed to Beirut,
Turkey, to protect American Interests
In the Ottoman empire.
The Scorpion met the North Carolina
at Brindisl and now Is on her way to
Constantinople.
DANIELS ORDERS CLOSING
OF SIASCONSET WIRELESS
Drastic Action Follows Marconi Com
pany's Resistance to Censorship.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2 -Secretary
Daniels today Issue orders for tlm
closing of siascoustt wireless station at
noon tomorrow.
The draMIc action was taken because
of thi falluro of Ilia Marconi Wlreleso
lelcgraph Company to explain. tts han
dling of partisan m-nuges. or to clve
n.rance of Its Intention In the future
t. obsere tho Government regulations
.secretary Daniels nlud Instructl-Jiit. to
hnilsn Nlxmi. nav censor at Slasconset,
to rec that the station waa (.ompletih
closed at noon tomorrow.
John W Grlegs. former Attorney Gen
eral, und president of the Marconi syvtem
had mado no rtpl) to the becretari ex
cept a brief telegram, requesting suspen
sion of action, pending tho tiling of suit
by his company to test the riht to op
pose wl-elus censorship. It Is expected
his first move will be an application for
an inlunction to restrain the navy from
closing ta station.
7,000,000 HINDUS
LOYAL TO BRITAIN
READY FOR SERVICE '
Millionaire, Leader of East
Indian Mohammedans,
Declares India's Hope Is
With England.
LONDON, Sept u.
"Germany mado a mlslako about India
ne It did about, Ireland, and anybody
who counts on India to bo false to Eng.
land will come a cropper,"
In these words his Highness the Aga
Khan, tho recognized temporal leader
of 60,000,000 of East Indian Mohammo.
dans, sums up for the "World corre
spondent the Indian Empire's status In
tho world's war.
Tho Aga Khan has directed the
Khoja Moslems, who alone number sev
crnl millions, and of whom ho Is th
spiritual as well as tho temporal head,
to placo their personal services and rol
sources at tho disposal of the Govern
ment, and has volunteorod to sorve him
self so a private. In any regiment of
Infantry of tho Indian expeditionary
force.
Tho Aga Khan laughed heartily over
the suggestion that the Gormanistto
propaganda might undermine tho loyalty
of Groat Britain's Indian subjects. Ho
remarked smilingly:
"Many of my follow countrymen havo
boon In Africa and havo seen tha Ger
man administration In tho German East
and Southwest African colonies. They
know what Germanlzatlon of India would
mean, and they know, too, that if Eng.
land wcro driven out of India, Germany,
should sho ba successful In this war,
would stop In. Tho thinking element
among Indians of all classes realize that
our country, divided as it is Into hun
dreds of principalities, each Inclined to
be Jealous of the others, could not hop
to Btand alono, oven If British rule wor,
withdrawn. '
GERMAN PURPOSE KNOWN.
"Germany's twofold purpose In strlv- !
lng to create dissension In India Is first I
to glvo trouble to England, which might
cost her victory In tho war; second, to ,1
seize India as part of the Kaiser's dream
of world empire.
"This scheme Is as well known to
India as at Berlin. India will need no j
assistance from England to frustrate It, "
because tho Indians fully comprehend tho
peril of being crushed beneath the mailed
fist of Prussian militarism."
Tho Aga Khan's manner became more
grave as ho continued:
"After all, the ono hope of India lies
In the King and Emperor and his Gov
ernment. There can bo no united India
until England has lllshcd her work of
knitting together Into ono strong natlonf
the confusing Jumblo of races, religions
nnd castes sho has governed so suc
cessfully for 1M years.
"An apt comparison Is American
domination of tho Philippines. But
there exist now between England and
India affections and sentiments arising
from their long community of interests
which are not yet found between Fili
pinos and Americans.
BLAMES GERMAN VIEWPOINT.
"Such feeling I beliovo to be Incom
prehensible to the Germans. It seems
to mo they totally lack a senso of pro
portion, arising from a sympathetic un
derstanding of tho needs of another
people. It Is Incomprehensible to them
that Belgium should have resisted their
advance Into France. Apparently they
fall utterly to understand the feeling
that, for instance, would actuate an .,
American If aj- alien nation attempted
to send an aVmy through the United
States to attack Canada.
"Personally, my antipathy Is not to
ward the German people, who posseis
many fine qualities, hut against ths
Prussian school of Bernhardls, Nletz
scheB nnd the Kaiser's General Staff-
a school designed Dasicany lor tne
crushing of liberalism and Independence
of any kind, whether manifested
Germany or abroad."
"Will Indian troops be able to stand
ngalnBt the German army, considering
they have never .before been permitted
to fight white men?"
"I think so," the Aga Khan replied
with a unlet smile. "If need be thers
can be 700,000 or 7,000.000-that wouldn't
be n great number to offer from our
33),000,000 population. No. Pcsplte the '
effusions from Wllhclmstrasse, you ma;
rest assured that there Is not the slight-
est doubt as to India's loyalty to Cng
land."
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ARGENTINE SAILORS' BEER
HELD UP AT NAVY YARD
Boston Commandant Enforces "N f
Xiquor" Order Against Visitors, i
WASHINGTON, Sept 31 -The N1? j
Department today received an account"
of an atempted Invasion of the Helton I
Navy Yard by the "forces of runi," an '
its successful repulse.
A van load of beer yesterday drove
to the gate of the yard. The .entry held
up the consignment. The matter
referred to the ofllee of the day ami M
him to the rommandant of the ar'
The driver demanded entrance, js tM
beer waa Intended for the cre' ot th4
Argentine battleship BlvldaMa. 1 Ins a
the ard dock.
The commandant, after a hasty peruiai
of the "no ll'iuor order" of Se,.retary
Daniels, effective on July 1. forbade ln
entrapce. Ills action was approved Vf
the Secretary
It developed later, however, that t
crew of the Argentine ship of war uf
fered no deprivation. A Hat t'"- "
focurrd, and the precious kcs loaui
aboard by this means.
MAN'S CONTROL OF RAINFALL
PREDICTED BY DR. THOMPSON
rtml -Hic-h Professor Thinkt
Earthly Mystetles Can Be Conqueied.
"In a few years man will c'1,,' '"."
weather conditions und tause rain
fall at will" . . ,,
In an uJdicss befoe the sci.lur -"
at the Central High School Doctor n"
crt Elllb Thompson made this I'
tlcn. ami In the couist of his "'""' .
also declared that man was put " J
earth to conquer all Ita my"1'' hal.
called attention to the fact that n'
. . .mTIH to all 1JI?
sior'iis nav uccu iuiiii-"'- ",rt4
ii.iu tnr con in time, and . '.
in ",r
of ltalv for soma time,
that still further surprise are
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belief In Mic use of science u e.J ,
tlile M'-HI dchng He b'' "
th. --i . . .inrtineiit one ft ""
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