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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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