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sarily ?lack?? the mar?* of the Cennan eastern mng, and the west ***. ofa?MiM utm? probably deatkted for this purpose.' ? Taondon. Sept, 10. 2:50 p. m ? The official press bureau to-day gave out the following statement : ? "The battle continued yesterday. The enemy has been driven back all ?long the line. Sir John French reports that our first corps has buried A?0 German dead and taken twelve Maxim guns. Some prisoners a-lso were taken. "Our second army corps has captured .350 prisoners and a battery. The Germans suffered heavily. Their men are stated to be very exhausted. "British troops have crossed the River Marne in a northerly direction." The following dispatch was received to-d.v from Berlin by Marconi w ire "According to London papers, lighting luis been proceoling since September 7 east of Paris, on a line between Antcuil, Meaux and Vitry le-Francois. Early French reports of a. victory have since proved to be [ exaggerated, for the allie? do not appear to be able t?i maintain the former | ? success of their offensive movements. No news of this battle has been j received from the German side." The crucial battle of the war in France has not yet reached any de? cisive result. Notwithstanding the report of Sir John 1 rench. military experts expect that it is too early to anticipate the result of a battle ex- j tending over a front of nearly a hundred miles. Three million men is the number estimated to be engaged actively and as reserves, and three grcU ! battles, at least, are in progress Probably the fiercest one is against the French centre, between Rheims, ?, and Verdun, while the British army is contesting the second hard-fought ' engagement against the German right. The Germana are believed to be i ?till attacking the French right, from Verdun to Nancy. Lesser fighting is in progress in Alsace, from which province the Ger? mans appear to have drawn away part of their army, and the French are taking advantage of this opening. The great battle must continue for days, when it is remembered that I smaller operations in Manchuria, in which hundreds of thousands only ' were concerned. la>tcd a fortnight. The German western armies have been lighting almost continuously for twenty-five day.-?, and until the la>t phase of the campaign on the of- t ?ensivc. Field Marshal French's view that they are becoming exhausted nnds ready credence among the military experts here. From Holland conies the news that 60.000 German reinforcements arc marching south. These troops may have an effect upon the tide of the battle, but there is reason to believe that the allied armies arc receiving a counterbalancing accession of strength. AMPLE BRITISH FUNDS FOR WAR LOAN READY "Chronicle" Says Germany's "Crafty Raids," Long Be? fore Hostilities Began, Were Foiled?Bank of Eng? land's Return Shows Country Prosperous, i By Cable to The Tribune.) London. Sept. 11.?"The Chronicle" ?ays to-day: "In view ?.?i the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that >t i-, the la su hundred million pound.- which may win the war. il-.c Bank of England's return issued yesterday U of special interest. The weekly' figure? of the bank du not represent absolutely the wealth of the coun-j try, but they give a good guide to it- position. Long before the war, when a crafty raid was being made by Germany on P.ritish capital, a i ft-mcndo'is amount of ?stock was held here which should be paid for in i?s to t'nc Germans, and other operation- were indulged in with the idea oi reducing over supplies of cash. "These, like other methods ?-? the Germans, have tailed because they did not understand the great system of this country and did not realbc j the power of the government to grapple with the problem. The reserve of the Bank oi England dropped in price ?17,000,000 in the first week of j i August. 'Other deposits,' which represent credits of joint stock banks " ?t the Bank of England, then stood at ?5o.000,0?0. while to-day they amount to the tremendous total of ?130.000,000. "Thi- was brought about by the relief which the government gave to money market in respect of bills of exchange, while the is-ue of notices j farther improved. Circumstances have placed the country in a position which will be strong enough easily to find that la-t ?.H)U,iXm.i,uUsJ. ?"The war loan is to come?perhaps several loans?and all will readily be found by the public. The dosing of the Stock Exchange has left the : investor almost without a field for his funds. The government will find that it is overweighted by subscriptions when it- tir-t war loan i- issued. | Not only from patriotic reason-, bin because the supplies of loanable i capital at present will only command about -" .? per cent, and the deposit rate is 3 per cent, with the prospect oi its being lower. C"iisuls yield at ? the present price ?3.13.6, but when the war loan is i-siicd it will be a patri- ? otic loan, although not called by that name, and the whole wealth of the country will be available. i "Treasury returns show the war expenditure to date has cost less ^ than one-third of the first million sterling which wa- voted. The money ' market is abundantly supplied with funds, and the Stock Exchange is of I the opinion that the sooner the war loan comes the better, as it will stir ; up business. The previous war loan associated with South Africa was for i ?30,000.000. It was i.--ued m March. 1900. at 98'?? per cent and repaid ' above this figure in 1910. "The war loan which now has to be issued will probably be arranged on ? similar basis. It will be patriotism and business combined and tlie Kingdom is eagcrH- awaiting the issue." i BELGRADE AGAIN UNDER HOT FIRE Austrians Resume Bom? bardment of City with Increased Fury. London, Sept. 10.?The bombardment of Belgrade has been renewed with in? creased fury, according to a Nish dis? patch to the Kxchange Telegraph Com parv. Considerable damage has been done. Th?1 Servian batteries are replying to the Austrian tire. Nibh, Servia, Sept. 10. -An official communication issued here to-day de? clares that large numbers of Servian troops ?Tossed the River Save, which marks the boundary between Servia and Hungary from Belgrade to the Hosnian frontier, on September 5 and 6, and are advancing satisfactorily into the? enemy'? territory. One detachment while attempting to cross the Save encountered strong re? sistance from a force of the enemy n-i'ich superior in numbers and was compelled to retire. Tart of this de For Instant Heat A "MlUer" Oil Heater i l la m necessity in ?very homo. It ?rtvee you in? tent? heat just when and wtitr? It'? wanted and for e abort or Ion?- tlms. They are I'erftotly Sal?, Hinok? Ifm. An -xtingulsher put? out the light, one will pay (or it??lf in saving ce?I before It'? time to ?tart the ? Inter's Are. I>enler* ?hould have "Miller" OH He?U?r* fee sal?; if not. ?ie-st talk? * mob~ ktltulat. Me ?an eup 9m. fe net 1er get It ? ??aira ?Me ef thU. Qiweri iHMfcr ft Ce., -_^?__i_^??_*ia?4. 99 week Turnee. Meet VerU. T?**_ treta Weetmetth Bulldl_g. ___JL_ 1 .M __ aasiM ?MT Sa-trtwa EXCURSION. JUiftitUe City I \T *\ NOW. mm?*m*.*mk ? ' tachment was captured, together v. j r. smal! amount of war material. Ne Belgrade another small detaHimc ; crossed the Save into the enemy's t< ; ritory. Servian and Montenegrin arnves, t ; report continues, have taken Fo-cha, Bosnia, thirty miles southeast of Sai ? jevo, und thrown back the enemy ; the lefi, bank of the Drina. The attempt of the enemy to ero i the Drina near its confluence with t Save lulled, the Austrian? suffer'u heavy losses. Petrograd, Sept. 10.- The movimc in Rumania favoring the Triple I. tente is causing irritation to the llu ? garian government, which has forbi den the teaching of the Rumanii language in Rumanian schools Transylvania. The Rumanian journal "Dreptat; i savs that in the districts bordering o : Rumania the people are in sympath with the Russians, and expresses tr , belief that the Rumanian troops \vi i march with the Russian troops 1 ! strike "the tricky Austria." . Austrian prisoners who have arrive at Poltava bring reports that the fit i ancial condition of Austria is bad I that the people are discontented wit j the war, and that a general panic i ? spreading through Hungary. GERMAN STOSfToF ZANGW1LL ARREST Famous Novelist Urging Jews t( Aid Allies Said To Be Jailed for Pro-Kaiserism. IBs- Cable to The Tribune. 1 London, Sept. 10.?One of the quaint? i est bits of "news" making the rounds : of the German press is that Israel | Zangwill has been arrested by tlie British government for alltged pro German sympathies. A rcceitf issue ?i ? the "Hamburger Fromdenhlutt" con? tains the following dispatch: "The Jewish paper "Egyanloeseg" I learns from London, via Switzerland, ?hat the well known author. Israel i Zangwill, founder of the Jewish ter? ritorial organ ?nation, has been arrested i by tbe English government. MIn line with the bulk of liberal : opinion in his country, Zangwill | started an agitation against the war i on the ground that free England was , hurrying to the aid of tottering czar ? ism. During the week Zangwill held ! three mass-meetings in London to mu? test against the war, while at Leeds he addressed a mass meeting at which he denounced the attack on Germanv and demanded, in the name of culture, that England ut once abandon the war. "As he returned tu Luiidun ai' er I ihih meeting, he was arrested by order of the Ministry." PARIS GETS HINT NOT TO SHOUT YET City, Buoyantly Optimis? tic, Told Germans Have Lot of Fight Left. DEFENCE PLANS STILL IN HAND Free Trains for Refugees as Trees Fall to Balk Inrush of Uhlans. By GEORGE DKL. ?Sptvial (o'reipondeiit of The New Y ora. Tribun?? ami "London Standard.'?1 Paris, Sept. 10.?The buoyant opti? mism ol the population of the French Capital, due to the successes of tha last few days, has suggested to the militar?, authorities that a note of vsarmng against premature rejoicing nnd excessive confidence may be neces? sary. The Germans have been driven back, hut not yet decisively defeated, and tlicy are bringing up reinforcements with all possible speed. Moreover. their retreat has been slow and stub? bornly contested, so that the fighting capacitiss of their forces are still very fcrmidable. This warning ?should not be inter? preted as detracting in any degree fro.n the success achieved since the be?in ning of the week. The progress made by the allied armies has been slow, but only because it is being carried on iys- , tematically and in such a way as to i keep the advancing lines intact. Ground for Moderate Joy. It is necessary in some places to hold back portions of the allied armies v> hich could have progressed more nip idly. Their too rapid progress would" tans? embarrassment to troops further eastward, whose progress is not so speedy. There is every ground for rejoicing in moderation. The British and French troops have excelled in every bran.'h. Their artillery has proved superior to German artillery, their cavalry to Ger? man cavalry, their infantry to the Gor iran infantry. The allied forces nr? also inspired by a greater enthusiasm. | German prisoners confirm the repoits] that supplies, botli food and ammuni-, tion. have been running short in sonic o!" the divisions of the German arniv. With every step forward the spirits of the British and French troops are ; rising and in some cases the French have had to be restrained from pur? suing the Germans with an impetuosity which would have been inadvisable. Disappointed Air Is Worn. With the new? that the enemy has ? abandoned its forward march on Faris, the city wears n distinctly disappointed air, as of one who has bought a ticket , for the opera and then learns that the . prima donna has a sore throat. Interest, however, was somewhat re-; fired at the sight of the preparations for the defence being made at the vari- j ous gates of Paria Those who took their usual after- ; noon stroll in the Bois de Boulogne to- ? day were delighted to see, placed ! across the roads, thick piles of chopped j down trees, behind which men were busily digging trenches. There arc also rows of spiked iron barricades, and the big central gates are closed and have heavy iron bars screwed right serosa them. For this work many hun? dreds cf civil engineers, builders, ma? sons, etc, bar* volunteered their ser- : vices, an?] for the present the military suthoritics annoonce they cannot ac? cept say more. No Taube tomes No*. French aeroplanes armed with ' mitnfilleuxes, which are continually circling about in the sky, are regarded , with intense satisfaction, but the non- : arrival of the German Taub?, is a little , ??^appointing, too. Every one woul?l , like it to he punished. Th? Military Governor of Paris, Gen- ! oral Gallieni, has announced f< r the '. next live days a series of free trains ) is>r taking away ihe people from evaeu- ' attd homes either in the zone of the fortifications or on the line of march of the German ainiy. These refugees! hav? been fleeing inlo Paris on foot, on ' bicycles, by carriage and train and i have sat along the ?,idc-s of the Streets j on packages wHitinfr for the next move. I With tHs announcement, many thou? sands of seats in (ruins, v ere lo be had merely for the asking. They all eag ',-rty availed themselves of the offer and are departing happily for clearer skie.^. With the departure of these refugees, following on last week's departure of the more Hysterical ?lenient of the population, Paris is perfectly serene. Children are at play in the gardens a?gain, and the well known churmer of , birds in the Gardens of the Tuileries is ! once more at his post daily. "The sparrows and pigeons are very in,happy; no one thinks of them nos?.," he suys. "In 1870 I was young enough to carry a gun, but now I am of no use bul as the friend of the birds, and mv \ place is with them." And opening his arms, he cries, and all the birds fly to him. Dares kaiser to Harm Paris. London, Sept. lO. "The Daily News" correspondent at Paris sends the fol? lowing dispatch : "Fear of immediate bombardment has vanished, but the enemy may still attempt a forcible entry of the city. But if he succeeds and destroys the i capital, of which there is a chance,' though it is growing more desperate ? every day, the civilized universe will be outraged." "Let them dare," says Arthur Mayer, "to lay their impious hands on a single one of the monuments which arc our pride and form part of the patrimony of art, which is the common property ' of mankind, and there will not be left a human being on the face of the earth who could think of shaking hands with a German. Force lias its rights, no doubt, but beyond the privi? leges of war are the inalienable rights of the human soul, seeking through the ages its ideal of beauty and grace." Riehepin Wilt Fight. "Light days ago," says Jean Riche pin, the famous Academician and playwright, in a letter to the military governor to-day, "I was discharging1 my duties as a country Mayor. Here I am now; with my wile and tsvo little i sons. My eldest are under fire already. It is here in Paris I propose to stay i under your orders, for I know that Palis will hold out to the end." There are doiens of British soldiers passing through the city nowadays, and only an occasional one who is wounded. The populace is always over? joyed when it catches sight of them. Cheers are raised, refreshments of? fered and an eager audience tries its hardest to understand the story that is being extracted from them. Highlander Kisses Nurses. Thi? morning a magnificent Gordon Highlander attracted instantaneous at? tention at the Gare du Nord. He was in line humor, altho ,gh he had been s'.'ounded in the ?ids In lighting on the Marne. Ile had a syord in his baud, and explained that he had cap ! BRITISH UNSUPPORTED: FRENCH GET BLAME Londoi* Military Critic Holds General Staff Imperfectly Understood Situation and So Ejcpos-ed Expeditionary Army to Wholly Disproportionate Conflict. fBy Cable to The Tribune.] London, Sept. U. "Thi Pallj Now.-?" milltury expert say?; "The field marshal throw* off the tinn-BcesMiiry clonk o( mystery in which the War Office lui? eho-eii to shroud lila pi-weeding*, ami Juat tolls us in plain language, without any blnnks. Uie ?tory of one of the most glori? ous feat1? of uni)1! ever performed by the British urmy. The dlspntch Uke? us up to Anglist 28, on which dny the Hrltlsh nrmy reached the line Noyon I.a Per?, baring thrown off the weight of the enemy's pursuit after a f?Hir ?layt-4* butilo. ivli|.*l) began lit MbBI M .Sunday, the Bd, and ende<l on thai night of the _<Hh. when Sir Horace Smlth-Dorrion extricated the 2- Hrl?* Tonis and the 4th Division from their perilous position on the line La Oiteau Seranvlllers. "The magnitude of ihe Operation forced on Sir John Fr?*n?*h may be un ilerst.xHl when ?re know that ho wilhdrew u force of tfti\000 men some seventy mil?*-** or more In l?-ss than six days, vigorously pursued the whole time by the enemy h for??1 three times his strength, and suo?*e?ided, by a suc ??onsioii of ratr guard lights, to bring in his force on the sixth day of his re? tirement liitaet nnd unshaken Into the valley of the Oise. "Why, in the Urst pl.*u*e. was th?; HritMi for.v left ??n l.ali' <>n August -.'.. unsupported and misinformed-.' No responsibility attaches to Sir J??hn 1'reinli for this, since he was only carrying out what he undorstiMxl to be i tieneral .lofTres plan. Bat it would certainly seem as though the French , (ieneral Staff Imperfectly understood the situation ?is it existinl on the j morning of tlie 'J.'id, and in conseiiuence allowed the Hrllish army to bear; the whole force of the blow, wholly disproportionate t?. the numerical j Btrengtb of the British troops. "At ?3 |>. in. <>n the 23d, when he ?aus heavily engaged, the field marshal was iiiforincd by General Jot?re that the ?'orinan for?*e In front of hhn i and on his left flnnk was not less than four con?.*. ? id he was also told that the French on his right had retired OH the _2d from the Sambre. It comes to this: he had lieen allowed to stay twenty-four hours longer in his ? position than be would have known it would Ik* prudent to do luid he been iiif,?rnicil on the arenlng of the 22d what he was only told on the evening of the 2.'!d. Another *>olnt. (ieneral d'Aniade. with two French divisions, was at Arias on the '_7th. and was presumably there on the 23d. "On the _7th be moved dowi to support Sir John French. I'.ut why i did he not support bin on the 24th and _"tli, particularly on the 20th?| Arras Is only twenty-live miles ('rum S?-i*.invillers. where the 4th IMvision was lighting on the critical day. Again, it la not clear why General Sordet. who had three French cavalry dhlslons at Avesnes, only ten miles from fand recles, withheld support from the field marshal, who personally asked him to help him on the 24th. The French general sai?i his horses wen tired, and made the same excuse on th?* 201-, when Sir John French again appealed t.? him for help. ' That I'eiH'rul Snilth-Dorrieu should extricate hi*- throo divisions from their -?osition on the '_iith on line Le ('ateaii-Cainlry-S?'i-anvillers. under the I circumstances detailed by Sir .John French, with no one's help except-his own and that of his heroic.troops, Is loMiuuniy t?> all that the Held marshal says about the skin and d?cision of this distinguished commander. On the critical day in ?"liest Ion he saved the left flank of the British army from living rolled up. But be ?li?i more than this. He saved the whole alli?*d armies from a disaster which, bad it occurred, would have lmd Irreparable conseQitn?ices on the fat?* <?f tin* campaign.*1 -m KAISER DID NOT EXPECT GREAT WAR TILL 1916 Thought Russia and France Would Not Be Prepared to Par- ' ticipate Until February or March?Potsdam Council Secrets Revealed. I By Cable to The Tribune.] Rotterdam, Sept. 10.?An important dispatch giving what purports toi be the inner history o? thr private negotiation! at Potsdam when \ustria and Servia were alone implicated has jn-t reached here from Berlin from the correspondent oi the "Xteuwe Rotterdamsche Ouirant." who has ap parently tapped some valuable private ?ource* of information. When tin ?.ustrians declared tin-ir intention of sending a punitive ex-1 pedttion t.. Servia a*, thr only way of ending an intolerable situation, they asked if they could rely on the assistance of ?Germany in case Russia aided Servia. "Tin.*." writes the correspondent, "was tin question discussed at the Pots'lam Council, and military men liiere strongly recommended very ? decided action. "The ?Emperor was strongly against anything that might lead to war, but at Ihe same time thought something ought to be done against Servia. Ultimately it was decid? ?1 to give Austria th,.* assurance that she could reckon on Germany if lur action with Servia brought any consequences. Neither the Emperor nor the Chancellor believed there was any danger of a general war so great, because thej considered the danger period was February ??r March, 1916. The**e were llicir reasons: In lf>lo the strategic I railway* in Poland could be ready, an I although the Russian lie'd artillery ; was in g? "1 order, their siege equipment world n?it for a year and a half b?- in sufficiently good condition to attack the heart of Germany, protected as ii -??a* by great fortresses. The French, they believed, on the other land, would in th.* course of 1015 reduce their deficiency in long range ar? tillery till 19lb. Therefore, that was their time. 'The months <?i February an?! March, it was anticipated, w??uld be? chosen by th< enemy, because at that time the must damage could b?. done! t?? growing crops. N"o.v the harvest already is nearly finished. "On thc*e grounds, the military participants in the council were in f. v< r of very strong action being taken by the German-Austrian side, as they expected it would entangle the reckonings of their opponents. "Everybody believes the ultimatum wa* deliberately framed in such a way that Servia could no, accept it. As a matter of fact, it was nearly! accepted by Sema. The intervention of Russia seems to have prevented i thi.*. If Servia had politely submitted then, the Austrians would have de manded thai they occupy Belgrade till the conditions were fulfilled." In the remainder of the message the correspondent gives the German attempt to fix the blame ? n Rusiia. I tured it from a Uhlan directly after the German had struck him with it. and that he had shot the invader liead. Some women or the French Red Cross, just off t?> the front, caught sight of the Scotsman and hurried up ? o see if he was badly hurt. An ani? mated conversation followed. The Highlander, anxious to express his gratitude to the French Florence Nightingales, hesitated h moment and then kissed all of them on the cheeks. The crowd cheered delightedly and the nanas were not in the least abashed. People in by train from Coulomniers this morning say the fighting in the neighborhood of the Grand Morin was emphatically in favor of the allies, who were pushing the enemy east? ward and preventing his movement further south. t BRITAIN PROUD OF SOLDIERS' BRAVERY _ Sir John French's Story of Big Retreat Arouses Wild Enthusiasm. I Ils ? 'able trs The Tribune. ) London, Sept. If. "Th.- Chronicle" military correspondent says I "Sir John French's dispatch describ? ing the course of operations from the , landing of the British troops on ! French soil to their brave but difliculi I task of falling back from the C'ambrai . I.e ( ateau-Landrecies line is a model I of what such a dispatch should bft and will ever remain enshrined in an hon? ored place in our military ordinances. It depicts one of the hardest fought engagements in ?shich the British army has ever taken part and it pays the right j trih.ite to both officers and men land to the splendid services of the army corps commanders. "Throughout the whole of the opera? tions the British troops were many | times outnumbered, but they n?'ver -rave the- enemy a rest until they could hold on to the pursuit no longer. I he German advance was exceedingly tupid and in great strength, and the , French staff had been unable either to anticipate or discover it. "Sir John French had received in? formation from General Joffre lead? ing him to suppose that little more than one. or at most two, of the enemy's army corps, with perhaps a cavalry division, were before his posi? tion, and his own patrols and aero? planes saw nothing to arouse any suspicion of the enormous forces that v ere coming forwurd. The British troops had, however, but just arrived on the scene, and it perhaps was not | surprising that Sir John French had not fuller information. "Our troops bore the brunt unaided, for the French could not at first as? sist them. The British troops were therefore placed in a very dangerous position, and the story of their retreat, in which they suffered so heavily and extricated themselves with the highest military skill, will add another brilliant page to 'he annals of the army." The story of the splendid retreat was almost the sole topic of conversation in London to-day. F-erjwhere it has ' aroused the keenest enthusiasm for the arm??-. King George left London this morn? ing to spend the day wi'h his troops at one of the great military' depots. He was m uniform. 1,200 TRAP OF BELGIANS Five Hundred Captured and Others Are Either Killed or Flee. FOE FORCED BACK FROM ANTWERP Termonde Destroyed in Revenge ] for Not Getting Money, Says Correspondent [?v Cable to Tin?. Tribun?. I London, Sept. 11.?The Amsterdam' correspondent of the Central News ; telegraphs the following: "Belgian troops trapped 1,200 Ger- ! nan .soldiers near Aerschot yesterday, ! capturing 500 prisoners. The rest | either fled or were killed. The Ger- ? mans belonged to the Burg Land? sturm. "A provision train drawn by a Ger inun locomotive was seized. "The prisoners were taken to Ant were- and confined on a captured Ger- i men liner." I Amsterdam, Sept. 10. -The Belgians' continue a vigorous offensive in the province of Antwerp and Fast Flan? ders. They reoccupied Termonde, driv- j ing the Germans from the neighbor? hood of Aerschot and Dicst, taking three hundred prisoners. The Belgian ermy at Antwerp has driven the Ger? man right wing back to near Louv.un. The ?lestruction of Termonde is prov'cd to be the revengeful act of disappointed blackmailer-?. When the Germans entered the place they de? manded i'10,000. The town council had ! fled, and, unable to obtain money from , the officials, the Germans sought out M. Van Der Tongeren, a millionaire ironmaster, and demanded this sum ? from him. He replied that all his i money was in England. The Germans then said they would destroy the town, and this threat they carried out after seizing several of the wealthier inhabitants as hostages and giving the rest of the people two hours in which to get out of the town. A' the end of that period artillery and Manie destroyed the house??. Then be? gan the flight of the people along the roads, and another of those scenes so frequent in this war, of pitiful, helpless refugees hurrying to escape ar terrible death, was enacted. Women and Children Victims. These terrible streams of ruined ref Ogees seem to be the chief glory of the ' German army. Women carrying bun- ; dies of household goods trudged wear? ily with hungry children clinging to their skirts and crying as their tired little feet staggereil along the road to make another Germ?n triumph. It an- . pears to be dawning on the Germans that to shock the whole civilized world by such acts as the burning of Louv-ain ' is poor policy, however gratifying such : vandalism may be to boasted Prussian ; cultur'rr A liliiidbill printed in Dutch is being distributed broadcast in Holland by the German government giving its version. | It is an amazing docume.it, for after many Louvain treasures were saved it admits that the famous library and 130 ? houses were destroyed and tho cathe? dral damaged. The tone oi the docu? ment is that of ?i man accused of a hundred murders confidently demand? ing an acquittal on the ground that he only murdered ninety-nine, some of those only children. The same handbill al!<-?-os the use of dum-dum bullets by the allies, and says that the French store o? the-c cartridges was found when Montmedy v as taken. The document ignores the fact that the civilized world no longer accepts the German's word since he ad? mits it is "only a scrap of paper." London, Sept. in.- An Osten?! dis? patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com? pany says: "According to information from a re? liable source the Belgian army at Ant? werp has assumed a triumphant offen? sive movement, driving the German?' right back ?o the environs of Lou? vain." A Renter dispatch from Ostend saya that according to soldiers who have arrived then It would appear that an engagement is in progress between the Belgians and the Germans. The Ger? mana are withdrawing toward France. Countrv Is Flooded. An official dispatch issued in Berlin and received here this evening by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company says: "In an engage nent at Oordeghcm, on the railroad between Antwerp and Ghent, the Belgian troops withdrew. "The country ?outh of Antwerp has been flooded by the Belgians to prevent the Germans marching into the town. The area covered by the flood is sev? enty square miles. The water varies in depth at different places, being from a few inches to several feet." Another official Berlin dispatch says: "While Louvain was burning, (ier man officers carried pictures from the Cathedral to the Hotel de Ville for their protection. Ghent Stores Seued. Telegranhing from Ghent, Ueutcr's correspondent says: "The shop windows in the city dis? play placards inscribed 'Long live our Burgomaster!' in recognition of the Burgomaster's services in saving the city from a German attack. "ft now appears that the action of the Burgomaster in entering into nego? tiations with.the Cernians and consent? ing to grant their requisitions for stores at first was opposed by the mili? tary authorities, and that only when the Germans were within a few hours of the city did General Olooteii give orders to the Belgian troops that the cit> should not be defended. "Before leaving Ghent the Germans took possession of all the stores that had been requisitioned." A Central Newa dispatch from Am? sterdam says: "Reports from Futten, in the Nether? lands, near the Belgian border, indi? cate that skin.'ishing, in which the ar? tillery is engaged, has occurred to .he northeast of Antwerp. Many houses rear I'nttcn were demolished by the Belgians lu i rovide an unobstruc*. .?.1 tield for the artillery. "The inefficiency of the forts at Antwerp, through the failure of tho Krupps to carry out their contract, has been made good ahd Antwerp is now considered nearly impregnable. "It is understood that only 20,000 German troops are between Antwerp and Brussels, mainly from the Land? sturm. Prince Dies o( Wound. "Prince Baudouin de Ligne died in Antwerp yesterday as a result of wound?' received in lighting. He was i.-nly eighteen years old." Dispatches from Berlin say that til? ii corporation of Belgium a.? a part ?f the lierman Empire already is being Heated as an accomplished fact by a large part of the Berlin populace. Otli cials says that it Vill at least be in? cluded in the Zollverein? the German CARDINAL DESCRIBES BELGIUM'S SUFFERING What Has Taken Place Not War. He Says, but Outcome of Hate?A\ts?r Statue? Used as Torches to Light Way to Deeds of Violence. fBy Cable to The Tribune.) Paris, Sept. m?The "Tempi" prints an account of an interview gjvn to a French journalist by Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Mulines, wbe. at Rome, in which his eminence paints a terrible picture of the mi?eri* suffered by his unhappy country as a result of the German inva?.?<,n "I do not know how I ever managed to arrive Iirre," ail the (ar(jjna| "? can't shut my. eyes without seeing, again the bodies of Belgians, desolat towns, villages, and blood everywhere. I wanted to stay among my ptittu and remain with the holocaust of innocent victim*, of llie savagery of th (?ermans. I called my chapter together and was ur-?,?<l th.it my : rst ?Jut? v as to go to Rome. "As I travelled through Rclgium the spectacle of it- t'nhappjn*,. seemed to bear me back to my devastated M.ilines to tin -:<i< of my Kin? and ?.uflfragau of Liege, to-day a hostage, to-morrow perhaps ? martyr All along the roads I could see unburied bodies nnngle?l with th? rarcaisei' of horses, and I could reeognue some of th?' face-, fier? lay ?ne of m? fellow students, and there was a tine young fellow whom I had c?jn(irme?L NOT WAR, BUT REVENGE. "What lias taken place in Belgium is not war. but tl ? >f ?hate. The Germans arc taking their revenge ?or the stigma attached t-j them a? violators of neutral territory. They imagine history, tcrriried by therr orgy oi blood, will forget their 'hameless infraction of the treaty?the* savages who dare at every step lo invoke the name of God and not on]? attack harmless creatures, but wage war even against the divinity. "In undefended towns, after having bombarded the house?, they ha?-, given the churches to the flames and have used the wooden statues on the altar.? as torch??; to light them to their deeds of blood. In M alines, * peaceable, undefended town, they made a target of the Church <>;' St. Roa. bold, and Louvain has been burned by the Germans umier the pretext that the inhabitants tired on the soldiers, but at this time, ??lien holiday? htn emptied the university, there would not be ten ritk-* m the town, which it mostly peopled by priests, old housekeepers and widow MAKING WAR ON GOD. "These bomb carrying Germans wanted t?> strike at | ?.?, gium; they wished to raze to the ground the Uclgians' intellectual capital throwing into flames alike the contents of laboratories and libran?. Ought not the word 'Droit,' standing out in letter? of gohl .?n the oM buildings, have made them ?liuddcr "German (leed? in Belgium have nothing to ?in with war. either in the old day? of chivalry ur in its modern and scientific form. It i- an irrup? tion of barbarians int?.? a prosperous, honest and industrious country; it if. a blind ebullition u\ rage again-t God'.? temple?, against art, >acred or secular, and stiil more against God in the massacre of helpless women and children. "When the lake <h b\ond left by the German? in Belgium lias dried np it will be necessary to look for a slab of ?tone large enough to he a record of these crimes against the rights alike "f heaven and humanity, hut I do 'not wisli to lose hope, rielgium is brave: she will rise from her bed of ashes. I shall see that resurrection from the tomb where I -hall soon be laid." Customs Union ?to which it is also sug- ? AIITU7I7 DD TlICTDIT?ST% gested Austria may be added. ?/111 1 fT Ea-Rr 1/131111/313 Rotterdam, Sept. 10.-A "Courant" AMERICAN CONSUL dispatch dated Breda, Holland, reports, _ that a heavy engagement took place [By AVo to Th? TrIUiM.] yesterday at Aerschot, Belgium, nine Londun> Sept. 10. -Th, Amer-c.nU miles northeast of Louvain, when th* I . Belgians attacked the garrison there. I g&tion in Brussels is about to tov-ja As a result of the fighting the Ger? tigatc rumors regarding th* attitugl mans evacuatcd the ^"'/"/.^^ of American Consul Diedrich, at A*i gians hoisted their colors and liberated ? ' twenty-six priests found in a church. . ver p. which hau arou.sed unfavorib% - comment. Washington. Sept. 10.?The German , On account of his German nam? tsd Embassy received the following wire- c-rtain affiliation?-. 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