VTVn y J--"J - o.-rt ?'"'' TnSe , 2 EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA,-TOESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1914. ".1 i . ; t mr 't o 1 RUSSIAN HOSTS, 1.000,000 STRONG, TURN MIGHTY WAR MACHINE TO SIEGE OF BRESLAtfi GERMAN FLEET CAN BE CRUSHED FROM LAND, EXPERT SAYS, fighting has' exhausted tho troops of both armies, but tho Germnna havo suffered worse than the Alllc- Oermnn prisoners report tho most tcrrlblo con ditions prevailing along tho lines. Some German regiments havo been com pletely wiped out. In many Instances a, new regiment has been foitned In tho 1 dful of troops left '-nm regiments which havo ;en In tho forefront of attacks. Tho Prussian Guards havo suffered most heavily because they were thrown forward against the enemy to lead many of the assaults made around Rholms. Whllo no authentic figures are ob tainable from military hendfluarters, ofTlcers who are familiar with tho sit uation declare the German casualties In the Battle of tho Alsne, now believed entering Its decisive stage, total fully 180.000 In killed, wounded and missing. The losses of the Allies, they say, prob ably will bo 100,000, Inasmuch ns at many points of the line It has been found necessary to deliver frontal at tacks on heavily Intrenched positions. In the case of tho Germans It is snld they havo a far higher percentage in dead than tho Allies. The British havo lost heavily, but all of the gaps In their forces havo been filled with the membprs of thr latest expedition to reach France. A lull seems to have fallen over the fighting in the Woevre district, due to the thick fog which made it impossible for the troops to undertake any opera tions for fear that friend would attack friend. Prince Adalbert, a son of Emperor "William, is reported to have met his death upon tho battlefield from a Ger man bullet. According to this rumor, the Prince, who was in advance of hid troops, was shot by mistake and not b design. French mil' .. authorities deny that the Germans have weakened i"v of the forts south of Verdun. On the con trary , it is said, the German troops li that d'trict are menaced on three sides by th' French. More optimism was felt her toda than at any otv time since the battl-. of the Aisne began despite tho silence Imposed by the French Go- rnmont. In the opinion of competent authorities big movements are under way on the part of the French and British, which accounts for the stricter censorship. These movements, it is believed, will terminate the fight in favor of the Allies. Tho Germans are reported to have been driven from a number of the stone iiuarrles which they occupied near th" conlluence Of tho Olse and the Alsne In fie vicinity of Complcgne. However, a number of these natural fortresses aro stltl In tho hands of the Germans, rim quarries nro so Immense that each is capable of holding about a thousand men and n considerable quantity of ammunition and provisions. They nro connected with subterranean passages which have been utilized as u ell as the main chambers. A telegram front Geneva says that n battery of German artillery was sent across Svlss soil In an effort to secutc an advantageous position to tho south of the French right wing, but the men were captured and disarmed. They proved willing captives, not having eaten anything for six days except some raw vegetables and a little fruit A picture of suffering is brought from the German lines by prisoners, most ot whom pass through Paris on their way to detention camps tu the southwest. The Germans are camped In miles of underground trenches and galleries along the Aisue River. The autumnal weather, with its warm sunshine In the day time, damp nights and bitterly cold dawns, is extremely trying to tho men, who are compelled to spend every minute In thr snme section of the dump, dark, depressing earthworks. If the mm step from their trenches to level ground they do so at the risk of their lives. At night the chance if an unexpected attack from the Allic ' Is so great that every German soldier , must be at his post in tho narrow ditch, which is his home and defense, sleeping the best he can with his ritle at hi" side. He must bo able to spring up any hour of the night to repel an attacking force whosp cold steel gleams at hi throat. Most of the nights are dark, and the sentries, whoso nerves have been tried to the breaking point, often fire their rif s nt the most Innocent sounds, bringing the whole advance post up at the double quick. Such alarms occur every night, bringing fresh wonrlners to the already ox hruted soldiers. German soldiers aro suffering fright fully from the insanitary conditions In their trenches and from the lack of substantial food. The German trench system Is elabo rate. It constitutes a whole subter ranean town with main thoroughfares, side streets and a telephone system. There thousands of men cut and sleep so well concealed that men at the foot of the slope can see nothing but tho bonks of earth. PRESENT GERMAN Uj-LE f ' .-' 1 NAMURWsf line. MM V -- 'Mote ygygsF3&Z i EXTREME LINE. .s p joi&KjiT I ANGLO J"eNCMv OOUAT0 :s'f, ' .Tje&L IEL ' - - 4a RMIES jT&t ' 9T i i t4tK&feMfc -A &a a.-tfVV , V - '- ft- scau& of miles li 'f fooiNAiN v 2 rta'WET r i . 1 Paris to laoN ts'm. 0JliRAb ' Jp folSQUCHAiNj V. V'vi I V J n-fvw?& I ' ;- - , - N&Rgpw A ' V fa- - mwtr tIL ' .- - U i&ixZ J) oA ' - sfc''' BBtw4rZtfc74' Co,. x A V CfCOMPIEGNEU 'ssoJ&CX. JgS&g"? FK Xl I Despite the censored news, the situation along the battle lines in France is believed to favor the Allies, except possibly in Vcrdun-Toul region, where the Germans have broken through the line of forts at St. Mihicl. The French, however, claim to have prevented their advance here from taking on the character of a flanking movement against the French rear. On the western wing, the fighting is of a most violent hand-to-hand character, but it is believed the French troops have taken position far to the north of the Aisne and near the Somme and to have rcnulsed Von Kluk's attack near Noyon and Ribccourt. Further north the reported attacks at Bajaume, north of St. Quentin, arc believed to marl: a French movement toward the Belgium frontier, which may be the reason for the reported burning of Mons by the Germans. RUSSIANS CHECK GERMANS i flMPJ 0U TWVASI0N IN STORMING POLISH FORT ! ilMUOn UH ADIUfl OBJECT OF KAISER'S Kaiser's Offensive Ends With R' pulse in Suwalki Province. PETtlOGUAD. Sept 2 rtuslan troops urc rapidl pushing thu.r cffcn&ivi movement In tne lorcsis GAINS ON MEUSE, RIGHT IS FIRM, BERLIN DECLARES BERLIN, Sept. 29 J of irulcrs. destroyers and torpedo Ttu War Office, In its official state- , boats but scaped under u.ver of dark ment today, dtclared the opc-ratiuns in ness. France had settled down to a general It is reported from the front that artillery duel. Interspersed with fre quent assaults at the vital points along the line. The report says: While the fighting is general, it is not apparent at any line of the battle that the conflict has entered Into deciding stuges. The German right has been subjected to severe pressure, but every uttempt to penetrate It has been repelled with great loss to the enemy on the centre there has been no decided change for nearly a week, while on the left the lighting con tinues uur forces continue to make gums along the lines of the Meuse. In an earlier statement the Govern men' emphatically denied the British contp; tlon that more than one subma rine took part In the attack on the cruisers Oessy. Aboukir and Hogue The report of the Cressy's o'1crs that she fired on the L'. are characterised as false Not a single shot was ftrl from tht three cruisers that were sunk The l'-: was In a' lion V minutes, and after the three cruisers had been sunk wub uriied until n..'h'fail bv i fleet the Belgians, during a sortie from Antwerp, occupied for a time the vil lage of I.Jnden, near Louvaln. In that village is a castle belonging to a Dutch family named Van Blankenhagen. This Dutch family, out of goodness of heart, had turned the castle into a temporary Hed Cross hospital. L'pbn the roof both Dutch and Hed Cross flags were floating. Inside -to Belgian soldiers were undergoing treatment. The Belgians fired upon the village and the castle was burned. This is attributed to the unger of the Bel gians, who accused the Dutch Gov ernment of allowing German troops to cross Dutch territory. A mass-meeting of leading financiers, business men and others was held here, when a resolution was unanimously adopted providing the success of tho recent war loan- Those attending the meeting stated tbfir readings to make any sacrifices to !..e that the Get man Government ha sufficient finances to carry th war to a successful conclusion. it of was Aupustow in Suwalki province. oilictiillv announced tod:i. Tho attempt by tht Germans, with the aid of lingo siege guns, to capture the fortr fs of f ).fowetz haa been checked. "The offensive mcwinont of th Kus slans In the forest of Augustan-, Kuslan Poland, province of Miwnlki, Is belnn pushed forward iapidlw" sas the olilclal Stat mert. "The Girmuns aro using heavy siege urtilleiv in the bombardment of the fort ess of Ossowetz. Attempts by the Gel man infantry to clo?e In on the fortress have been checked A report tmm th. Beilin War Odice, -.-ottvver, states that Kiuslnn attempt to take the Initiative in Kast l'ruvelu have been a failuie. It is stated in Tetrograd that the Ger ntun i-iinv. whiLh advanced in nn iffon v rut in two t'i, f'-:ce3 of Gene: ill Iten-n- nkumj'f "ind rVvelop a wide drive south ward th:oi"4h Po'aiid. has met luavy op position fir-n the HussiLin. TM.irch-s f',m the fiontlei- Indicate, that the Gummn are prepailng to letlre. BELGIAN ACTIVITY U. S. OFFICER WHO CENSURED GERMANY RESIGNS POST Case Capture of Mechlin and Siege of Antwerp Forerun ners of Carrying War Across the Channel. A.NTWCni. Sept. 20. Persistent German operations hi Bel gium aie interpreted as a plan of the KAISER MUST BE SCOTCHED Secretary of Presbyterian General Assembly Opposes Militarism. ATUAjN'Tl'- t ITV. N. J . Sept. S -"The Kalsei nniM be bcotcheii foi the futuio presersatlon of the world's race. lie personifies militarism, and militarism must be eliminated from the world nt whatevei cot," declared Ditvld McCon aughy, secretary of the Joint o.ecutlve tommittee of the Prosbyterlan General Asemblv, repiesentinB nearly a million and a half communicants, here today. Jlembeis of the joint committee aie of the same opinion. The nv. John Timothy Stone. Pitts burgh, denied the great war spelled failure for rellKlon. "The g- neral denunciation cf the waste of human life throughout the woild is r!isln victory,' he ar retted. " 'Peace on earth, good will to iren,' have been decreed. The critics forget the pieliniinary Injunction. 'Glory to God In the Highest.' When all men glorify God there will be no more war." VON KLUK WEAKENING, IS BELIEF IN LONDON IiNP"X pt " The Government Prw Bureau today issued a statement ayinB that te position of the British in France is gjod u makes particwjUjr mntlon uf an aeroplane victory. Field Marshal bir Jhn rFench believss that the Ut j nwn defensive positions along the Aisne were clwwen whU tlw oeiusJv operations of tho UerHUMJ wer still 111 progress. Meagre teiesrama which th cnQr have allowed tu filter through (rum tho French theatre of war indicate that the Germuns tmve been forced from part of their strong nowtiuns along lh Alsne. The censors refuse to alluw correspondents to mention the uume of any town aloug the uis and Alsne where tlithtiriK is in progress unless , Ann,.lnBrf It. tll.ial ut ilpim-nlil hot t OofUoiI the press dispatches point strongly to the fact that Generar von Kluk RELIEF FUNP GROWING Will Be Used to Aid the Belgium Iloii-combatants. The Belgium lelief fund for noncom- batants ii. growing rapidly, tSSu)' having ieen donatrd during the several dayn of j its existence. This fund Is to bo used I in the aid uf elsia4w rodred dnstitute j by th- iVinnan oeeut(itiO'n "of Kelgi no ' tJnl those who are noneontoaU'i'S 'H be dlded, a thA waundeU ami sick Mill ' be taken cure of by th.o.RI i'riss So. cleiv The funds iai-d here will on sent j to lUlum al loiivetdtnt times I Iioiiatiotis should be sent to Paul Hage- mans, t'onsul weal "f U'Ul'im. i; j Walnut tlitet; Edward Hoi. 'mlU pul. lishlng omijany. and C i Hiiiisu.i. Jr than any et made, are believed to bo under Wit. Thus the 5Sth day of the oar seems to find the Alli in .,.. ,. I lS-tte liuilding. Fifth and CljeatllUt ,..,,., gjree man any iney nuve uccupie, and the ITth day ( tlghtm in th great Aistio battle point to a -onfiisUn of th en agtient before the end of the preiont week, Jn an omeial statement coming tmxt ' 5IAIL BAGS ARE RETURNED Two Reported Stolen i Camden found lay Roadside, two null tags reported aglejt from tho Public rvii t-'erpurattuij of I'umden iimiiiav were returned today by the the field headquarters f FieW Jap ftader who id h had comt,ai4-0S8 thro in the bU ne :tio oiitw ruu near tlie place where they were first UTf!gd stated that the British received rem i vuth the but to a teii trolley ut Uh forceroenu last wek, enabling units thnt had been continuously uujer txr to get u rest. shaJ Kir John French, commander of the BriMefc trewp In France. It Is Kaiser to cross over to England The neuttality captuie of Mechlin and the piesont siege of Antwerp, as Well lis the ndvnure of Cierman forces northwaid from several directions arc taken as forerunners of the seizure of Ostend as u buae for tlie in vasion of Croat Britain. The Belgians havo mocd against tho Invading force and a big battle Is to ported waging now, not far from Ant ueip. NEW FORCi: OF GURMANS. A foic of Oeiman uuviil reseives. de clared to nuinbei' ij.ou1!, taken Into Hcl- J mum ftom Mel aim llanilmjg, Is ie porteu to lie iijtendei by the tiurmans for a selge of Antwerp. Private advices ftom Ocimnny tecontly have intimated that the Kaiser Is detei mined to capture Antweip. It is believed by some, however. Hint the naval reservists have, been biought into IirusseiH to gnirlsou the towns occu pied bv the Germans, unci release tho military detncluwnts for active lighting as-'altjst the Allies, i.'nnflrmation of ttm iippioacli of a new allied army ftom tho west is alto seen in the. sending of the fleet .reservists for fl;;htlns on land. of Medical Corps Lieutenant Now Considered Closed. WASHINGTON, Sept C9. The icsignatlon of Lieutenant Louis Llvineston Seaman, of the Army Med- I U-nl Corps, one of the observe! s with I the lied Crois abroad, today reached -"' ejctnrv of War Giiiiis-ou. lAcnuee Doctor Scanian's lesign.ition aute-ditcd Picsidcnt Wilson's demand for an explanation of hU unnotitial statemtnt nbioad. Seciet.ny Ganlson stated th resignation would bo accepted and the incident closed. Dr. Seaman was criticised sevciely by Government ofilclals for statements at trlbuted to him tn the effect that German atiocities were uncivilized and barbarous. The statements wue given out after Secietarv Garrison bad forbidden army olllcers to discuss thr war and President llaon hnd Issued his remiest for striLt DIRECTOR PORTER POSES ON "FLOGGING TRIANGLE" and Federal streets which was to carry , HIGHLANDER QHIEP QAPTMVE LONDON'. Sept -(.'olouel Frederi k of ih.- Gordon tlnrhl.inri.r .i . was report-J to h.ue been I ill-, , u . Generar von Kluk has i l,on ' n lRe ' ""tment U a ,- ne. m been pushed from some of his strong- ermtmy Ja-nea u Gerard, the -n r- holdM. I '" duiMJuuur u oernn. touav pi'nt I.. .,.m.nl m Inurit " . - .v wi uuiwhi UlU. 4 4VV, WVIVH4tllWi r --&fr them to NtrMail They (topped to talk to friend on the road ana ajjrmg me lOBversation the bags disappeared. It is supposed some jofcer hid them in the bushes Revision Assistants Named A Loiiiinltt of fWe to ii.-i-i.-t tin Hulld i is I'ommis- 'n in tbe tevision of tb I i.iidioii ' '" '.ii)t)' ii v. a uiinuon-C'i t-xia by J aim t, li- rtitt preide.nt of the City r-uii-i r.iey are Rilph. D i hildrev, flar'es M Stewart rafhmati, IJ, hraim frmllnson A- ilatttr. UTILITY COMPANY FILES PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY 'Atlantic Gas and Electric, a Holding Corporation, Unable to Meet Obligations. NEW YORK. Sept ." A voluntary pe tition of bankruptcy was tiled in the I'nitod States District Court today b the Atlantic Oas and Ulectrlc Company, which was incorporated on April 3, J8j;', undti the laws of Connecticut, to acquit t control of established gas and electrjo propertiek thiuugh tile securities of cor porations owning the utilities. The 'company controls the following properties; Kastrji Pennsylvania Power Company, of New -Jersey; -Gaston Uus Works; Jntcrurban 'Gas Company, Penn sylvania I'UUUes Compan , Hlnahiimton Liu lit. Heat and Power Company, Sayr Kiectrlc Company; t The Jeisey Corpora tion, und tho chmuiig Land Compntij. Tho assets consist of mateiiat and sup pllos in the possession of the Pemisl vunla. I'tilltieg Compn, of Kaston? Pa.. with stock, bond and note claims against subsidiary comiianlia amountlus to J5.AJS.. Tie The bunkiupt t.umpaiiy held in its treasury bonds und stocks of subsidiary -ompules totiillng Jl.lU.M;, ond of its own stock und bonds ilio company still retains it",6ttj. included in the assets uie u!o stoeH, bonds and a noto of the Pennsylvania Utilities Company totaling $.,.2lT,A The liabilities- include senutd elulnui ..mounting to J.UAWtt. and unscuied ii.-unB or ;.i)-i. 'trie Atluntit- Gas and l-.lecinc company 'omaanies $&'-&. and the terien "A' bondholders il.6&uj, face value of the secut'itieti beins K.Sil.l. .Senes "F" bondholders'' claim's amount to JoM.GGo. Photographed When Private Party Visits Convict Ship "Success." Dliector Potter had a taste of the "dogging triangle-' today when he visited the pii.son ship "Success," now anchored off the Market stieet wharf. Sticlt-hed out on the trininsle, "a very uncoinfoi t abie position," as lie eultd t, pliector Poitet posed tor a photograph, a symbol of the triumph of modern penal methodj ag.ilnst the Inhuman ways of old. With Dlnvtor Poitei were the Boa id of In spectors of tho Kasteni Penitentiary. Woiden Robcit J. McKenty, of the peni tenllnry, and u number of fi lends. The party was Invited by Captain Smith of the Success to view the ship privately. They weie so impressed with what tboy saw, the Instiutnents of pun ishment, the colls, the solitary contlne ment deck and the gencial atmosphere that pervades the "ocean hell " us the Success wus called when In commission that they euteted and le-entered the tells in an endeavor to got closer to tin experiences of suffering and horror to which human beings were subjected as late an forty years ago, when tho ship and four sister ships used for tho sjine I ill-pose were abolished. When some one In too paity commented on the fact that the ship typilled tho most horrible example, of man's Inhu manity to man. Warden MeKonty de eiared, "1 can show "-tu things Just an bad in this eountrv," which biouht to mind the fact that there ar yet many things in the way of prison refoirn to be acccinpllshcdin this country. In tho partV. besides Director Porter and Warden McKenty. wore Robert A. llalfour. Charles ('uivei, Dr. ( 'barbs D iart und John L Haiiifen. mmpilslpg the iioaid of inspeetois of the Kh stern Pemtentiarv. tho Rev. Thomas W. Davis, Judge A. fa'carle. Judge Mori Is A. llar-rt-tt, Lieutenant Commander li h. f,an derberger I'. H N, Mujoi Mu.loii Pick eting und otheis. PRINCE PILLAGED CASTLE OF RELICS, BARONESS CHARGES Kaiser's Son Personally Led Plunder of Archeological Collection of Baron de Baye, Is Accusation. UORDKAL'X, Sept. 2 Tho German Crown Pi luce personally pillaged a valuable archeological collec tion at the homo of Biuoncbs Do liaye, during tho two dajs that he made his hcadiiuinters at her chateau near Champ nil Bert, uccoidlng to u letter from tho Baroness which was published in the Mutin. The collection was made by Baron Du Bayo during 25 years of his travels In the Caucausus It Included arms, jewels, medals and vases, n'nd also piesents from the Cxar. U.uuness De Baye declaies that the Pilnco hlmselt destroyed pm traits of tho Cz.ir and Czarina In tho chapel ot tin chateau "My husband had a splendid archeo logical museum." said the Baroness. 'When tho Gut mans took possession of the estate, tho Crown Piince smashed all the glass cases with the butt of his re volwr. The Jewels that suited him he put Into ids pocket. Gold cups and other raic and vaiunoie ni tides weie can led pouuers weie culled In to pack vases, nil. took tapestries and other articles that tne inncy oi tho Cruwn Prince, "Owing to the speed with which tho Germans retreated they weiu compelled to Ieavo behind much of their loot 'Just bofoie they left thtv toie down signed portraits fioni the Russian Czar and czarina and tiampled them under toot." PRESIDENT WILSON WILL SUPPORT GLYNN AND GERARD Defeat of Hennessy and F, D. Roose velt Has Not Changed His Attitude. tiUiIJI Olll KlAH- 1'III.IItl-IIIMil.NT I WASHINGTON, Sept. :'j -President Wilson will suppoit Mm tin II. tiljnn for Oovernor and James V. Gerard, Amer. leun Ambas-ador to Berlin, for United States henuloi In Nuw York. This word came from the Wnite House this morn ing after it became known there that John A. lleniKSsy, lamlidatu for Uo. 1 1 nor, und I-'iaiiblln D. Ituosevclt, can. didato for Senatorial nomination, hud bon defeated in the Democratic primary Tbioushmit tlm cimpalyn tin Piesident' displt" the mail appeals made to him by friends of liennossy and Iiooe.vit who were muking a tight as anti-Murphy t-iiididatcs, ninhltatned a neutral pusi. tlon. He believed the- direct primary law In New York gave the voters of that Mate a chonco to bslect their own candl. dates, aud hi refured to be drawn into the contest. When Ambassador Gerard was ihet sug. gested for the Senatorial nomination, leaders 111 the State opposed to I'lmrlt V. Muiphy. the leader of Tttinniqny Hu, urged Mr Gerard nuto enter the- contest a-ainat l-Vunlilln L. Jtois;ovelt, Assistant hecritarj of the Nav. who was described ss "t.-.e poritoi u cholcij of (lie President ' It bfiame known today fot the tlrst time that the Pr.sident sent a cable menage to Ambassitfor Ueiaid Intoimlng him that he we. neutral In the N. w Voik p.imary cont.it. t was artei tne iccelpt of this metri-ve from the Prekldent that Ambas sador Gerard agreed to permit the use uf his nam? In the pilmary. GERMANS AT BRUSSELS OSTEND. Sept. 20. A traveler Just returned from liruwels tepoits the town full of German troop This bis leu to the laniur that tliu Uer nun aun In France has bejun o re treat. Iph. D . building of power and heating plants and , -as to his sanity JI wad found Sane, but J A report from Ghent sayB five viiin George ' making other Imp ovnnenU at the In- incompetent IIanrn thCn, quit his wjfe are In flames near there and that a 52n SUIT PENDING TO ANNULL HANSEN-REUTTI MARRIAGE Grand Nephew of Lelaml Stanford Eloped With Vaudeville Actress, Nf.W V'JRK. ept i-.Su.t is pending here to am ul the minl.ig. oiitiacu-d jn Plllladtllihla. November 3. YJVi, between Walter Lathi up llmuu and his young wife. II" is a giamlnephew of tin late C'ulif-irnia inillluiutie. I.ilund Stanford, und she is knenu on th.- vaudeile st'ige us lUnrKtta Iteuttl. The aiuiulmetit n-u-icidlngs weie Irouaht by Mrs Almee J.atliiop Ueiiseii, tht juiiu man's inml-,- owea it suosiUiaj ' "'' tiie iiiines as defendants hri sun, hu wue sou fuaM 4- tnipey wru was legally .'ippointed a commlueu of yuung Hansen's person and prcptrty. Before th mania,. Mis Hansen enter. tuind MiM r.tfutli, givli.e the impioktlon that she was fond of the uctieas. Tho son was then a cout'tisoit beii to t-Xh.nU) which the mother now lontiols. After the pi'r l"'i)ed to Pbilaib Inhia to be mui-li-d. the mothei cut oft h-1 vuiit allon aiie He sued her t.j obtain the J-'iO.mjO legacy left him by h- tat ir In 191 Mis. I'anS' n then h d joung t!ur--ii examine Funds for Heating: Plants City Solicitor R5-an ha- undned an opinion san.ctlotlli)j. the- uc oi JluT.iiOW fiom the accumulated .xt- h, the sink lug fund for reapproprlativn b Cuii ib Tie funds obtained from the trtns f r wid bo appropriated oy Councils for bmrdlng of power and heating plants and . s to his sanity j and Gen-i stltutlons for the Indigent and feeble srd she sued the elder Mrs Hansen few I pelln balloon flew over Alos, , , ?& I atawsd. a ifoaacslatra -and Byberr J, ' 000 for alienating Jus affecUons. ", bombs- ' 'i. aropping - , . mmUMma&mmmmmmmm Japanese Tactics at Port Ar thur , Would Destroy, or Drive to Sea, All Kaiser's Ships. LONDON, Sept. . The overwhelming strength of (he nrn." lsh navv Is sumclent reason why that 0f Ucrmany should seek refuge In harbors " and within the Kiel Canal. In these cir. v cu instances a great sea oonnict between the two Is most unlikely; but If the vlet ' ot Lieutenant Colonel Roustam Rek, a7 prominent Russian oniccr, bo correct there Is a possibility of tho Kaiser's fleet being destroyed by bombardment from ' the shoic. Writing In the Dally Express, tho RU8. slim olllcer piesents un aspect of tho sit uallon which Is decidedly new and as d cldcdly Interesting. During the Russo Japanese war thero was given, lie sasi, an example which It were well to bear' In mind now. That wus that the Rus slnn fleet In tho bay of Port Arthur was coiriplctelv destroyed, not by the encm'3 battleships or by torpedo bouts, but slrn. Ply by the tiro ot ll-lnch moitars from the shoie. It wus not cownrdlcu that kept the Russian licet In tho harbor, but the ceitnln belief that tho Japanaso could not destroy It MU that It would remain Intact until reinforcements arrived from Europe. Hut, Colonel Rck points out. the Jupnne.ve showed that this supposi tion, hnsed on old doctrines of strategy, was a false one. After the capture In Novembsr of 203 Metro Hill, the Japanese used the hill ns a lire control station for the mortals placed some distance fur ther away from the harbor nnd abso. lutely destroyed all the Russian battle shlpi In the bay. NIGHTMARE I-'OR THE KAISER. "' According to Colonel Bek, this historical example Iuih become n nightmare for the Kaiser within -the last few wcek, and ho fears for his Meet a fate similar to thnt which obliterated tho Russian at I'ort Arthur. Ho never supposed that the Russians would change their con servative strategical methods and take the offensive. Since tho army of Gen eral Rennenkampf Invaded the provinces of East Prussia with great success and enormous speed the fear of a repetition of the 2u0 .Metre Hill process has been continually with the Kaiser. He real ized what a gieat danger could arise from such an advance by the Russians, who, being masters of Memcl. Koenlgs berg and Danzig, could without much dirtlculty contiiiiic their march along the i shojo westward, besieging the most Im poitiint ports of Germany and cuttlnj off the German navy nliko from Its BaJ tic bases and from tho army. "Supposing." continues Colonel Bek, that tho Russian north army should succeed in accomplishing this task, what would happen then? Great siege mor tnis of largo enllbie co-operating with aeroplanes, which nro numerous In ths Russian aimy, would force the Geiman , navy hidden In tho harbors to leave them . and put to ea, wheic It Is unxiouslv ex- . peeled by the brilliant Dritlsh fleet,' and undoubtedly an engagement, with all its ' deplorable consequences for the Ger ' mans, would take place. ' "That part of tho German navy which 'as in the Baltic Sea would be cut oft ' fiom the North Sea by tho British fleet. ' and. in case of losing Its bases and coal- ' ing stations, would be obliged cither to ' challenge the Russian fleet or to reach ' the neutral ports of Sweden and Dn- ' maik, but there I think the commercial ' inirigues ot ucrmany, such as succeeded with Turkey, would not be so easy to fix ' The Russian urlin, la ...,.,.n.i .,,,i. . ... .u,,ti,t IIIUUDU to admit that these aie only suppositions ' which can be lalsed for discussion, but the energetic measures which tho KdUer Is taking to clear East Prussia of the ' Russians chow that tho War Lord I places a hU-h value upon the coasts of the Baltic Sea. Slle-sla has been gradually Invaded by the Russians, nnd soon the Invaders will be In possession of tho i Idlest coal mines of Germany. Austiln's Gallclnii oil J plains aie ulrendy Russian propeity, and these fuels must produco somo effect on the supply of the uciman navy with oil nnd coal. In anv case, tho sltiiitlnn li becoming very serious for Germany. NO FANTASTIC PICTURE "In this article," Colonel Bek con- ' Unties, "I du not try to indicate th lutuie operations of the ftcrman navy or tho measures wlil-.h the Britsh and r Russian fleets will taka against ths enemy. I simply draw u picture of a ; ( possibility of military co-operntion which , ,- I should think is not a fantastic one. f Besides that Germany must not forget ' that In the Baltic there Is nuite a new Russian squndron, with numbers of sub- ,, marines and torpedo boats, all under the it command of experienced olllcers, whJ J with their own blood anil the lives ot ' thousands of their comrades hae pur- 4 chased knowledge, of sea fighting and naal strategy. Nobody cm understand how much, morally, tho young Russian naval oflicerb suffered after Poit Aithur nnd Tsushima, how hard they have worked riiice. and how much pio,-res they have made In the last 10 ears. c-ieatiug the new navy based alike on modern scientific principles nnd old tra ditions of the Stbastopol heroes, of Ad mlruls Nuliiniolf and Korniloff the prin ciples of telf.hacrlllce. for the Mother land." THE RUSSIAN NAVV. In Colonel Hck's opinion Germany does not re-alizo what resistance she will meet on the fca from the small but strung and reorganized Russian naty. Just us she had never eNpccted to meet the Russian army on her teriltoiy matching on Berlin "I do not think." lie suys in conclusion, "that In her present condition Germany pi eposes to tiy aguin an offensive nuiel) Into Russia a march on Moscow us tn KaUcr said to his legion. It Is too late, and If uch a moe- b tho War 1-id has bun Intended to divert a considerable pottlon of the Russian forces now i-per atlng In Gallcla, he will get them. M tause part of the Russian troops are free now, haing accomplished their task an1 beaten Austiia." GOLFERS DINE TONIGHT After an enjoyable, day of golf tb Golf Association of Philadelphia will 60 its fourth annual dinner at the Mert"" Cricket Club this evening. Covers w be laid for 2W. and the affair will L ? Strictly informal dinner. I 1 - -ft IMl tmm - ms.K -'."H1 . "" . ... ivmi Mmmtmtmt
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