EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA'. PBIDAY. SEPTBMBEB 25, 1013,.
CHINA, SUSPICIOUS
, OF JAPANESE MOVE,
' MOBILIZES TROOPS
COMEDY AND TRAGEDY FROM
GREAT EUROPEAN WAR DRAMA
Material Landed for Narrow
Gauge Railroad to Kiao
Chau Brings Protest to
Tokio.
' PEKIN, Sept. X.
There have hern extensive movements
of Chinese troops lit the const provinces,
hut the War Department announces they
aro designed only against possible revo
lutionary outbreaks and to prevent antl
foreign demonstrations. Whatever the
purpose, the CIo eminent Is n.elle In put
ting the army Into shape for contingen
cies. One cause assigned Is the possibility of
the .tnpanosi- constructing a tallto.nl on
tho northern coast of the rhlnese province
of Shantung to Klao-Chau, the German
leasehold on tho Shantung Peninsula.
Considerable suspicion has been aroused
among Chinese of!lclal3 by the supposed
Intentions of Japan because of the prece
dent of the Antung-.Mukden Hallway,
which became ultimately a permanent
broad-gauge line.
JAPANESE LAND MATEIHAL.
Reports received nt the capital from
Lungkow say the Japanese landed the
railway material from the transports
which brought the Japanese army to the
Chinese coast.
Ekl Hiokl. the Japanese Minister at
Pekln, Intimated to the Chlrrcse Foreign
Ofllee a few days ago the ncessity of
Japan constructing such a railway, the
lllnfater explaining that siege artillery
could not bo transported over the Chinese
roods. The Korelgn Ottlce replied the
Government hoped the Japanese would
respect the sovereignty of China
An undated German olllclal report re
ceived htre sas:
Governor Meer tValdeck. of Klao-Chau
reports the Japanese outposts hate cross
ed the frontier of the German leased ter
ritory The Germiins maintained their
positions. In the skirmishes between the
advance guards the Japanese, despite
their superior numbers, suffered great
losses."
Tho Government Is restricting the travel
of foreigners in the Interior of China and
Is especially instructing the provincial au
thorities to protect missionaries nd other
aliens established in the interior
The German authorities. It Is reported,
have been making efforts to transfer the
Tsingtau-Tslnan Hallway to the Chines,
but the Tekin Government ft-nrs to com
plicate matters with the Japanese.
A British detachment numbering sort
South Wales border regiment men and
400 Indian Sikhs were lunded near
Laoshan. China, yesterday. It is expected
the Anglo-Japanese attack on the first
line of the Tsing Tao defenses will begin
today or tomorrow.
"LEAVE NO FRENCH
LIVING," REPORTED
ORDER TO GERMANS
Rheims Again Bombarded
and Destruction of Entire
Forces Said to Have Been
Directed.
A four-leafed clover, pressed, dried and
scented tho same one carried by hli
grandfather 11 years ngo Is tucked anny
In a pocket of Kaiser Wllholm'a giay
greatcoat these days.
The little daughter of an old court olll
clal, Louis Schneider, plucked this leaf
In the Hoynl Park, Knbelsburg. In July,
1ST0. After the German victory nt Sedan
the child presented the gieen spray to
old King William.
Months later tho Schneider child and
her father were summoned before the
Emperor.
"Here Is your llttlo piece of clover,''
said the monarch. "It has won ino vic
tory. 1 give it back to you. my child,
ntul hope 't will brill.: ) mi iuck, too."
Tho Kaiser then cut off one of his white
curls and handed It with the clover to
the girl.
Years later Miss Schneider presented
tho talisman to the daughter of the
Countess Dohna as u baptismal gift.
When the war broke out In August last
the Countess, through the Empress, pre
sented the clover to the Knlsor.
fThe truth of this piece of news Is
vouched for by the German War Press
Bureau.)
A statement by the British Olllclal
Press Bureau says:
"The Germans rely on concentrated
and prolonged artillery fire to shatter
our nerves, but the British soldier Is a
difficult person to impress or depress
even by Immense shells filled with high
explosives which detonate with terrific
violence and form craters large enough
to serve as graves for five horses. The
German howitzer shells are eight and
nine Inches In callluo. After Impnet
they send up columns of greasy black
smoke. On this account they are Ir
reverentlv dubbed "cnnl boxes." 'black
Marias' and 'Jack Johnsons".' Men
taking things In this spirit seem likely
to upset the calculations based on tho
loss of morale carefully framed by the
German military philosophers,
A Masonic sign, given bv n Belgian
i evident of I.ouvaln, nnd Immediately
recognized and honotcd by a German
oincvr, saved SO Belgians fiom death In
I.ouvaln. All had boon arrested charged
with shooting nt the Germans I
The Belgian Mason while facing the
firing squad gave a certain sign and the
Gorman olllcer Immediately engaged
him In conversation. He explained ma-
sonlcally that he was not guilty nnd i
that not a single one of the party had I
beon guilty of any atrocities. The Ger- I
man olllcer lmmedlntel ordered them nil
released.
Although he received nine wounds In
the chest and back and lost a finger a
few weeks ngo, Koznn Krjutchkoff. a
Cossack, who uttackd 27 I'hlnns single
handed, has returned to the front and
Is again with his regiment.
Krjutchkoff regarded his wound? In.
standing out ngalnst tho test when Ave
comrades came up and assisted him In
dispatching the others.
"The L'hlans thought I was cornered,"
said Krjutchkoff. "But I gave them no
time to attack me. An oftlccr tried to
cut mo down, but 1 hit him over the
head. Ills helniet protoctod him and
then I got nhgry and killed him. They
were charging me with lances, so 1
slzed one, too, and diove It In one after
another. I was tdo nngry to feel the
thrusts they gave me. Finally five com
rades nrilved and the Germans who
were not killed or wounded fled."
Belgians ate telling with great ptlde
many stories of Burgomaster Max, ol
Brussels, w ho Is now regarded ns one
of the national heroes, as a result of
his hnndllng of the delicate situation
piesented when the Germans marched
upon the capital.
One of these stories Is that when Max
met the German commander and It was
agreed that the Invading troop should
enter the city without icsistancc, the
German olllcer laid his revolver on tho
table an oss which they were to confer
with n great flourish. Immediately the
Burgomaster whipped out his fountain
pen. and, with a gesture oiually emphatic,
banged It down on the table, alongside
the revolver.
Eighteen-year-old Corporal Lupin, who
served III the regiment of Major Jeanne,
wounded during the heroic defense of
Liege, will henceforth hold a place In
Belgian history as high ns that accorded
any Individual. Corporal Lupin gave his
life to his country. The Germans to
whom he gave his life paid for It with
the annihilation of a batery of field ar
tllteiy. horses nnd men, and the decisive
defeat of nn attacking column of lnfantrv
Major Jeanne tells the following story of
Corporal Lupin's heroism:
"We were on the light bank of the
Mouse at Bellalre, In close touch with
the German battery. The musketry on
both sides was tenllile. All at once the
Germans adopted new tactics. Thev
seemed to withdraw from their position,
and we could dlstlnctlv notice their ranks
splitting ns If In great confusion. It
was only to bring up more nrtltlerv which
had beon rushing from behind. The move
was sninrtly executed, tho ranks closed
again, and for a time they seemed as If
thev woio going to have the advantage
over us
"But now again young Lupin had seen
his chance looming, nnd what he did
altogether changed the face of things.
Like n flash, the bov dashed off under
cover of a ditch to the left of the Ger
man battery. At ."Oil metres distance he
found shelter behind a wall. He took aim
at the battery In enfilade, and his Mauser
brought down In quick succession the
chief olllcer, the under officers and the
artlller.v men. This time real confusion
took place at the German battery, which
was nearly silenced. The Germans, think
ing that a whole platoon was now at
tacking them, directed their last piece of
artillery on the wall, and with a terrific
277 MILES OF SHIPS
OFF COAST OF ENGLAND
British Purser Reports Great Array
Near Portsmouth.
NEW YORK, Sept, 25.rWhen the noyal
Mall steam packet Mngdnlena, which ar
rived hLre from Southampton, left the
latter plnce a few days ago th'ere were
277 miles of ships moored In the Solent,
stretching from north of Notley to Ports
mouth, according to C. W. llarty, purser
of the Magdalona.
The purser aald soldiers, sailors, army
nurses nnd British scouts were permitted
to ride free In the trains In English cities,
and that the scouts were doing useful
work carrying dispatches. Only three
trains were run dally between Southamp
ton nnd London, and passengers Were not
permitted on the platforms until tho train
came Jn. Persons In automobiles wero
tdopped by the military and the machines
sclaed for war purposes.
Five of the big royal mall liners In the
Brazil trade, tho Amazon, Arlanza, Avon,
Aragon and Asturlas, have been comman
deered by the Government, two for hos
pital purposes and three' for transport
work, Harty said.
GERMANS RODTED
BY BELGIANS AND
FORCED TO RETIRE
CARNEGIE DEFENDS
KAISER'S EFFORTS
TO MAINTAIN PEACE
Calls Him "Most Sorrowful
Man in Europe" "Mili
tarism" in Germany
Blamed for the Outbreak.
Armored Train Captured
With 800 Prisoners Al
leged Peace Proposals
Again Rejected by King
Albert's Government.
fllcted by fhlnn lance", with contempt. I clash the wall came down, burvlng th
wave I'orpornl Lupin. The hoy's bravery
had weakened the German position, and
it did not take us long to scatter them
against whom he fought alone and wa.- j and put another tctorj on our list''
'They are not wjunds." he Insisted,
"for the Germans cannot fight."
The Cossack killed 11 of the T men
BORDEAUX. Sept. 2S.
German artillery is again bombarding
the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Hhelms,
according to an official announcement Is
sued at the War Offlc- today. It stated
that the bombardment was resumed last
night
A statement Issued at the Foreign Of
fice declares that General Stenger, com
mander oi the Fifty-third Brigade of Ger
man lnfantrv. issued the followln; order
to his forces:
"Take no prionrs. Shoot all who fall
Into your hands, singly or In groups Dis
patch the wounded whether armed or un
armed. The Germans must leave no
French behind them."
AUSTRIANS LOSE HEAVILY
N MOVE AGAINST BELGRADE
Retire After Six Hours' Bombard
ment; Also Defeated on Save.
NISII, ServU, Sept. '.
Annthet attempted invasion y tne Aus
trtans has been reprised after Woody
fijrhtlng according to an official an
Tiounement of the Sirttan War OfBe
today. Belgrade was tne Austrian objec.
tlve
Violent fl;btlng took place all day Tues
day along a battle line extending through
Zvormk, Loanlua, Mitrovitia and Sha
ba U.
fAll these towns are in northwestern
Eervia. on the Austrian frontier Zvormk
Js on the Drina River, about TO miles from
Belgrade. I.osnltza is also on tho Drina,
between So and TJ miles nouthwest of Bel
grade Mltrovltza is on the Save River,
from 40 to 45 miles northwest of Bel.
grade Shabats lies up in the Save, about
AO miles from Belgrade, at a point where
tne river maki3 a deep bend.)
The official statement fol.ows
violent fighting occurred on Tuesday
on the Zvornlk-Lodiitza-MUrovitza.Sha-bats
fronts. The situation continues fa
mrable. On the Save Biver thw enemv
commenced an artillery and infantry at.
tack, but was repulsed. On Monday. Aus
trian artiller bombarded the forts and
clt of Belgradf for sU hours, also the
quays on the Save Then tho Austrians
attempt. 1 tu cri'ss the Dan-ibe near Pel
Trade, but vim rtrlwu back '
&JJANS LOSE 30.000
jfefT VERDUN, SAYS REPORT
in
Do's Terrific Fire Works Havoc
Among Besiegers.
PARIS Sept. Reliable reports
learning Paris tida. whuh have not
yet been i.fficialK confirmed, state that
the Germans lost 30.'O men in assaults
against the forts at Verdun, VX,t'(i of
these being killed and 30.0"O wounded.
The Germans suffered the heaviest
Josses n fighting which has followed sor
ties of the French army from the torts
eu'roundlnc the city
Tbe fort are keeping up a heavy ar
ti try "re In reply to the German bombardment
GAS-FILLED SHELLS j KAISER, CONFIDENT
KILL GERMANS BY j OF CAPTURING PARIS,
SCORES, IS BELIEF i HAD DRASTIC PLANS
American Says French Have ' Spanish Correspondent De
Resorted to Use of Tur-, tails Dream of War Lord
pin's Terrible Invention to
Destroy Foes.
A possible explanation of the terrible
slaughter among the Germans has been
furnished b a prominent American, long
resident in Paris and widely acquainted
in Government circle
A dispatch describes an entire mmpany
of Prussian Infantry lying dead as If sur
prised by the fire ; officers with playing
cards in their hands ; a group of 60 dead
lying around a haystack , a trench a mile
and a quarter In length, beyond the
Ourcq River, filled with dead for Ita
and Reproduces Alleged
Proclamation of Triumph.
PARIS, Sept. K.
Gomez Carllln. the Paris correspondent
of the newspaper Ltb-ial, of Madrid, de
claies that he has it on Indisputable
authority that fhf plan of Emperor Wil
liam, after taking Paris, waa to capture
President Polm-ate, the members of the
French Ministry, tlw British and Rus
sian Ambassadors, the presidents of the
Senate and Chamber of Deputies and
all the bank directors; then place an em-
"ii u uii in.- imnK or f ranee, nnu, mi, ,11,
ANTWERP, Sept. 25.
It was officially announced today that
the Belgian nrmy had taken the of
fensive ngalnst the Germans after sal
lying from the Antwerp forts and had
defeated tho enemy In a sharp fight
louth of here, forcing tho Germans to
withdrew toward Brussels. Tho Bel
gians took SCO prisoners, nn armored
train and three guns, It Is stated. One
hundred and eight Germans aro report
ed killed.
' Picmler Dc Broquevlllo announced to
day that Germany had made fresh pro
posals for peace with Belgium, but de
clared they had been rejected. He said:
We understand the purpose of Ger
many, but they can never be accom
plished. Tho barbarians, nftcr burn
ing our cities and outraging our
people, now want to make peace so
they may send their troops from
Belgium to France. Wo have In
dignantly declined to treat with them
and shall continue to do so.
It was also officially announced nt the
War Office that two uncxplodcd Zeppelin
projectiles had been found nt Wacrcg
ham. The description of them given out
said they contained picric acid and were
nbout 8U Inches in diameter and about
four feet long.
The pcaco proposals from Germany are
reported to have been transmitted -by
Karl Llebknlcht, leader of the German
Socialists, who Is said to have been tour
ing Belgium. The Antwerp newspapers
say he has been at Louvaln, Tlrlemont,
Aerschot, Dinant and Namur, and rep
resented himself as horrified by the
scenes he had witnessed.
One paper quotes the Socialist leader
ns saying he would proclaim throughout
Germany the outrages the Germans had
committed and provoke a revulsion of
feeling that would soon terminate the
war.
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 25.
The Germans are destroying all bridges
In the vlcinlt of Liege which might be
of strategic value, according to persons
arriving from the south of Belgium at
Maestrlcht.
whole length, and on none of thefce ' to detn.n mini-runs prominent statesmen,
corpses was there the slightest mark if
a bullet or piece of shell.
It wa suggested that the Germans
might have been killed by the shock of
the explosion ; but the American referred
to Is Inclined to believe that In reality
the damage was done by shells filled with
a. new explosive invented by Eugene
Turpln, the inventor of melinite, which
liberates deadly gases that asphyxiate all
within range of the shells.
At the beginning of the war the Paris
newspapers mentioned a new explosie
of Turpln's invention which had just been
tried out. and predicted that It would an
nihilate whole regiments. Bombs charged
with it were dropped from aeroplanes
upon a field containing several hundred
sheep, and. according to the report, all
the animals were killed by the fumes
So deadlv wns this explosive that the
hrem-h Government at first hesitated to
us it on the ground that the slaughter
would be too terrible
S'me of the Part p.peis said at that
time that if the Germans ever attached
the city there would be unheard-of
slaughter; so apparently It was supposed
that these shells which, presumably, ore
used in the 75-millimeter field suns
would be reserved as a lat resnit for the
defense of the capital Hut now, i cord
ing to the theory, the French have at last
overcome their humanitarian scruples and
decided to use the shells.
Military explosives which liherate dead
ly gases are not altogether new They
haie been a favorite weapon of the fiction
writers, rhlef among thorn II G Wells.
who In on- of his earlier no. els. "The
War of the World," mentions aomnhlng
of the sott in connection with an imaaion
Obf the earth by Martians. One of the
weapons employed by the invadeis was a
projectile filled with "black smoke.-' a
heavy gas which brought certain death
to every one whom It reached. In actual
warfare such shells are less lomtnon than ;
In fiction, but almost all high exploshrs '
have some asphyxiatory effect, mid sum
of them--suel as lyddite -are almost as i
deadly in this way as by means of the
fragments of shell which they scatter
Another variant of this oxnedient was '
the old Chinese stinkpot, a boirth , har-d
with substances which upon explomoo '
produce the effect suggested by the name.
Thfrse weapons, however, were not usrd I
so much to kill the enemy as to repel i
them bv a stiong stench and give them !
something else to think about at a criti
cal moment of battle
bankets nt d authors, 1( list of whom was
lomolltd at the Gviman Embassy before
the German atm was mobilized.
This n'-complished nn army of 600,00)
was to keep order In eastern and northern
France, while 25 army corps were thrown
against Russia. The German plan was
to have an army In Paris nnd another In
Petrograd by the middle of September or
the first of October.
The Spanish correspondent adds:
"So confident was th Kaiser of Ger
man x Icton nt tho battle of the Marne
that he drew up a mesxage to his peo
ple before the t-nd of the struggle "
The following is alleged to be a rough
draft of the proclamation:
Thanks to the help of Almighty God,
thank t' the Empeior, who is the fa
ther of our armies: thanks to the heroism
uf the immortal, Invincible army this da
in given to us c onclusive victory, such
as we had a right to expect as worthy
sons of paladins, who cteated and main
tained our Klor. Before the magnitude
of oir vli tory, after a struggle of the
Mtfgest :n niies the world has even seen.
German hearts mav well be transported
Willi noble pride. History has Rlreadv
tns rlhed upon Its memorial tablets the
date before which all others pale."
MONKS PRESSED INTO WAR
Germans Said to Have Called Trap
pists in Alsace.
LONDON. Sept 25 -The Germans are
a ii to hae ailed up SO Tr.ipplst tronks
i in Aliai-e as part of their last iesrita.
according to a dispauh iceived by a
i.'Wj ,i.jein 'rotn H,ts.ul
NORWEGIAN HIP SUNK
Strikes Mine in North Sea British
Save Captain and Crew.
LONDON, Sept. 25.
A South Shields dispatch says that the
Norwegian steamship Ilesvlk has been
destroyed by striking a mine In the North
Sea.
The chief engineer and one of his as
sistants were killed, but the captain and
the crew of 14 were rescued by a British
warship nnd brought to South Shields.
Argentina Ambassador Named.
Bl'ENOS AlItES. Sept 25. Doctor
Itomula S. Naon has been appointed
Ambassador to the United States, the
first under the recent action of this
Government in elevating the legation tu
an embassy.
NEW YOBK, Sept. 25. Andrew Carne
gie arrived this morning on the steamship
Matiretanla from Liverpool. Mr. Carnegie
said he was glad to get away from Eng
land. "We must maintain our neutrality
strictly' said Mr. Carnegie. "Wo are a
great nation, It would make us too vain
to realize how great we nrc. The Kaiser's
action has tipset me terribly. I know him
well. The Emperor went for his holiday
around Kiel when ho was Informed of the
trouble. Ho started back to Berlin, but
the mischief had been done. Sir Edward
Grey said tho rlRht thing when ho said
'We are not fighting the German people.
We are fighting the German militarism.'
Militarism In Germany has enabled that
country to take the action It did In the
Emperor's absence. The military clique
Is not the Emperor. He Is the most sor
rowful man In Edrope."
Mr. Carnegletwns asked about tho Em
ptor's holdings of Krtipp stock.
PITY FOR THE EMPEBOH.
"I know nothing nbout that," ho said,
"hut I do know tho Knlsor has done all
he could for pence. He found Germany
under Bismarck an uncivilized nation.
Ue dropped Bismarck nntl mado wonder
ful reforms In Germany. He stopped duel
ing nnd provided pensions for the aged
and the poor. I pity tho Kaiser from
tho -bottom of my heart. He Is not only
a great man, but a good min. Wo have
abolished slavery the owning of man by
man. The next step Is to abolish war,
the killing of man by man."
Mr. Oarnegle said that he would not
volunteer a prohpecy ns to the longth of
tho wnr.
The Mauretanla carried U0I passengers,
most of them Americans. Among the
passengers .were Sir John Forbes-Robertson,"
the English actor, who will make a
tour of the L'nlted States, beginning In
Detroit; Antonio Scottl, tho Italian bari
tone, and F. W. Whltrldge, president of
the Third Avenue Railway of New York.
ACTOR SEES LONG WAR.
"We are fighting with clean hands and
we are fighting to the finish," said Forbes
Robertson, who added that the war would
last much longer than Americans sup
pose. Scottl said that even If Italy went to
war he would not have to go because
he was an only son, a condition which
permitted him to escape war service.
Scottl said Caruso had a brother who
would enlist in his place, should tho
famous tenor be called for service.
1376 BRITISH LOST
IN NORTH SEA FIGHT
Admiralty Jleports 830 Officers and
Men Saved.
LONDON. Sept. 25.
The Admiralty today published a. list
of 770 petty officers, non-coiiimlssloned of
ficers ana sailors rescued after the cruis
ers Ahouklr, Cressy and Hogue wero sunk
by a German submarine attack In the
North Sea. A list of 6rt otfeers who were
rescued was made public yesterday. The
total number of survivors as given in the
estimates. Is 1376.
According to estimates made, from the
latest assignment lists of the navy, the
three -hlps carried 2217 officers nnd men,
The total number lost, according to these
estimates Is 1378.
The 779 men ofllcinlly listed today as
saved Included 352 from the Hogue, 237
fiom the Abouklr and 1&0 from the Cressy.
GERMAN DIPLOMAT SLAIN
BY DISGUISED JAPANESE
Patrols at Tslng-Tao Adopt Chinese
Garb in Making Reconnoitres.
PEKIN, Sept 23.
A letter received here from a German
In Tslng-Tao says that Baron von Elsen
bach, formerly Second Secretary of the
German Legation at Pcgin. was killed by
a Japanese patrol dressed In Chinese
clothes.
A dispatch from Tekln sent on Septem
ber 19 said Baron von Elsenbach had
been killed before Thlng-Tao on Sep
tember 16 In a skirmish.
MAT TAX AUTOMOBILES
WASHINGTON. Sept 25.- Senan.i Sim
mons, chairman of the Flname Com
mittee, said today that a strong dispo
sition had grown up on the part of some
Senators to tax automobiles instead of
taxing gasoline, an in the House war tax
bill.
000 Americans Leave Copenhagen.
COPENHAGEN Sept 25 The S'andl-nsvlun-American
imer Oscar II sailed
Thurday with &00 Americans. The
exodus from Denmark U about over.
New Grapefruit
Indian River Florida
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9000
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die annually
from preventable causes."
Board of Health Report
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ATTACK SO SUpDEN GERMAN
SHIP COjULd NOT ESCAPE
Former Cnptnln o tho Kaiser Wit
helm Describes Loss of Liner.
NEW YOniC, Sept. 25.
Captain Adolph Meyer, navigating
officer of the North Gorman Lloyd liner
Kaiser Wllhclm der Orossc. tho con
verted German cruiser that -was sunk by
the British cruiser HlRh Flyer oft the
west coast of Africa on August 27. and
who has arrived hero from Kingston on
the Santa Martn, gave tho first au
thentic account of tho sinking of the
big morchnntman. Captain Meyer Is 63
years old, and owing to his poor health
ho was placed on parole by the British.
Ho Is depressed on account of the loss
of his ship.
"The High Flyer came upon tis so sud
denly," tho skipper declared, "that wo
were Unable to escape. Wo wero being
coaled by the Hamburg-American liner
Bcthanla. wnen mo ivaiser was sinn
ing we transferred all tho crew to the
Bcthanla nnd escaped. The High Flyer
did not pursue us, Wo headed for an
American port, but we were captured
by the British cruiser Essex 21 miles
southeast of Charleston, S. C."
KAISER, CHEERING
HIS MEN, BECOMES
ILLSAYS REPORT
Emperor Catches Severe
Cold From Drenching on
Battlefield, According to
Dispatches.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 23.
Beports declared to come from a re
liable source stntc, that Emperor Wil
liam or ticrmany is seriously 111 nt the
headquarters of tho General Staff In
Luxemburg nnd that a specialist has
been summoned from Berlin to care for
him.
His Illness Is snld to have begun with
n cold that he caught when he visited
soldiers In the trenches during a heavy
rain to speak words of cheer to them
nnd was himself drenched. The cold ag
gravated the old affliction from which
he has suffered for many years, accord
ing to the reports here, and ns the
rhyslclans of the Red Cross were un
ablc to give him relief a specialist was
called.
(A dispatch from Berlin on Thursday
snld it was nnnounced thtye that the
Kaiser was In good health and spirits).
It is said that tho Emperor Is suffer
ing from seveie fits of coughing that
prevent him getting any sleep.
LONDON, Sept. 23.
From several points the- news was re
ceived today that the Kaiser is under
the enre of the Imperial physician, suf
fering from n severe cold. Tho corre
spondent of the Chronicle, wiring from
Geneva, says the Emperor spent a long
time In the trenches around Verdun,
and waa thoroughly drenched by the
heavy rain. He failed to change his
clothing nnd was later forced to remain
In bed while his physicians took steps
to prevent an attack of pneumonia.
AUSTRIANS IN REVOLT,
SAY ROME DISPATCHES
Country in Upheaval, According to
Diplomats in Borne.
ROME. Sept. 25.
Smoldering discontent among the
mixed nationalities of Austria has bu,rst
Into open flames, according to advices
received by diplomats here today. In
Bohemia, Austrian Silesia and Crotla
revolts already have broken out,
Itlotlng Is snld to have been in prog
ress at Prague for muny days. A num
ber of Americans wero recently in that
city and efforts are being made tu
learn whether they left before the dis
orders broke out.
Publication of oftlclal lists of the dead
riid wounded In the Gallclan cajnpalgi.
revealed that the greatest losses were
buffered by Czech and Croatian troops
who, because of suspicion ns to their
loyalty, have been put In the first line
of the soldiers opposing the Russians.
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RAID BY ZEPPELINS
ON ENGLAND MAY BE'
NEXT GERMAN MOVE
Attack on Ostend Believed
to Have Been Primarily to
Test Wind Currents.
Dirigibles Assembling.
ANTWERP, Sept 25.
Attacks In force by a great fleet of
Zeppelins on England are predicted hen
it is saia mat these German aerial bi.
tleshlps are being assembled for a flight
across the English Channel, with a, thick
ciirtnln of fog to obscure the movement
It is known that Count Zeppelin, ni
ventor of the giant dirigibles that bear
his name, has volunteered to lead a ne(t
of thtso vessels over the Chunnel and
across the city of London,
With tho coming of the foggy autuma
season the danger from this cause (
certain to be acute, and the British are
already making preparations to forestaft
such a raid.
A number of tho officials of the Brit
Ish aviation squat) have been at Ostend
for the last week, and It Is understood
they have a fleet of armored biplanes In
readiness, prepared to take the offenilve
when the dlrlBlbles nrc sent into nttlon.
It Is believed that last night's raid ea
Ostend was a trial cruise to ascertain tht
prevailing wind currents across the chan
nel. It Is also stated on good authority that
virtually all Zeppelins have letlred from
active assistance In taking fortifications
and are centred around the North Sea,
where thty ats to assist In an attack on
t,hc British fleet. Tho outcome of such a
buttle will be highly Important, for It will'
determine whether ii dirigible can meas
ure up against a warship. If It can, the
German fleet will not be greatly outnum
bered In the conflict about to take place,
for the British fleet Is Insufficiently sup
plied with balloon suns, only a few of
these being in existence.
The bombs used by the Zeppelins an
said to be 12 inches in dlamater and 2 feet
long. The damage they can do Is terrific
Houses In the neighborhood of the ex
plosion collapse as though made of cards,
and they can tear up streets for a dis
tance of scores of yards.
BOMBS FROM SKY AT NIGHT
CAUSE TERROR IN OSTEND
Zeppelin Attack, However, Does Lit
tle Material Damage.
OSTEND, Sept 25.
Hundreds of the residents of Ostend
fled from here today In terror, follow
ing a raid by a Zeppelin airship, that
dropped three bombs in the southeastern
part of the city last night Panic pre
vails everywhere and an order has been
Issued to burn no lights later than S p. m.
hereafter.
No extensive damage was done by tht
aerial bombardment, which is believed
here to be the German reply to the chal
lenge of the British aviators who flew to
Dues3eldorf and dropped bombs on th
Blckendorf nerodrome, headquarters of
the Rhine Zeppelin squadron.
One of tho bombs dropped by the Ger
mans partially wrecked the bridge oa
the Avenue Smet do Nalcyer and shat
tered the building occupied by Hans Wil
liams and the (lsh market, nnd the third
dropped In the harbor. The bomb that
wrecked the Williams building also A- .it
agod surrounding houses and tore up tht
street, breaking electric wires and plunr
Ing that section of the city Into dark
ness. The Zeppelin made Its appearance
about 9 o'clock In tho evening, comlnf
from the direction of Thourout. Th
first news of the raid came In a met
sage to the burgomaster from a houit
near the Canal de Terlvatlon. This re
ported that a bomb had been dropped
from the Zeppelin, then at a height ef
about 500 feet, upon the Smet de Ntleyer
bridge over the canal and that the air
ship was traveling north.
A few moments later came the news
that a bomb had dropped In the Mlnqu'e,
or llsh market. After this the Zeppe
lin turned to the east, dropping th
third bomb In the Avant-Port. part of
the reconstructed harbor.
The last seen t the great airship It
was disappearing In the darkness In
the direction of Thlelt. Its startlnf
point Is believed to have been Bruiseli.
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