IVm> lorie atibune WEATHER FAIR TODAY AND TO-MOBKOW. Te?ter*Jer's ToesoeeXor? : Hlfh. Ml lew, ffl. Fall report ?? Face ?. Btt?AXlV-. No- M.7T8. (Copyright. t?H. B> The Tribune AMmeletlon., NEW YORK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1914. ? * ? PRICE ONE /? Ta1 VT *? City ?' ?*?*** V?r'*. Wewarfc. fermer f'Hy e? V r.IM 1 EMCWHKIC TWO < ?>?. Kaiser's Armies Are Holding Their Own as Deadliest Battle of the War Rages; Germany Asks Peace Terms Through U.S. ASKS WILSON TO PUT PEACE UP TO ALLIES Germany's Chancellor An? swers U. S. Inquiry Through Gerard. KAISER HIMSELF NOT HEARD FROM Inspired Statement Indi? cates Exacting Attitude on Part of Russia. "WAR WILL GO ON SOME TIME YET" Count von Bernstorff Skeptical of Anything Coming of Overtures Soon. Washmgton. Sept. IT. Germany has, ?nested informally that the United gates nhooM undertake to elicit from Great Britain, France anil Russia * itsterocnt of the trim? under which the Allies would make peace. The suggestion was made by the taptrisl ttiatic- ilor, Von Bethmann- | JWlwee.*? Ambassador Gerard at Ber-j lia su a n -tilt of an inquiry sent by ! 1st American government to leavn ; ??ctiier Emperor William was desirou af discusiing peace, as Count von Bern*' German Amoassador. and Oscar Straus recently had re ?aSTied. No r. ade by Emperor Will? ihaself no? ?aid the Imperial Chan? cellor indicate whether or not he spoke an bel. monarch. Amba.'sa cabled I're.-ident Wil.-on Chanc?llor's remarks from rec-ol i re substantially as iaOr - : ??t.? n-...i appreciative of the Ameno . go? i rnment's interest and of lerof ;ry in-to make peace. Geraun) J d not want war, hut had it rare??! on lier. Even if she defeats Praae? -t likewise vanquish bath Great Britain and Russia, as all :'nre< have made an egreemeat not to ?.. hi ? xcept by comomn consent. ilv. England has announced thronga Premier Asquith and her di vloina? newspapers that shs "atend? I to the limn of bei assurance. >? view of that determina , ;.n ol Great Britain, the i .-?..??? ought to get proposai? ace from the Allie?. Germany fould accept only a lasting peace, one that would make her people secure again ' To accept ratdib- would be interpr-t-.-d by th< \ a sien of weakness on tbe part ol Germany, and would bs aisundtr.-t.. .1 by the German people, Sao, having made great bscriflces, had the righ' ?-.? demand guarantees of re tarit) " "?er- Was l<> Mediation. ' Ambassador Gerard ? u liia conversation. Be added only the brief comment that he hlmsell thought the way might pos d to mediation. President Wilson did not regar?l td? ?- ever, n? bringing ; :iy thing tengible. lie referred to the Cksn ?llor's conversation as non-commit'.il ?nd incidental to the acknowledgment ?f the American government's inquiry. fi* President indicated that he rather ?d a reply to the inquiry to be ?eat eventually from the Emperor him though In- realizes thut the ira 8*'ial Chancellor nay have consulted ?natch by telegraph before t-.lk formally with the America? Am ktudor. President Wilson took no action as ? Noah <>t' the meaaage, waiting to "*?r from Ambassador Gerard whether -??thing u! h more formal character ??aid be obtained by him which the {y*** States might communicate to ^?eat Briuii!, r ranee and Russia. It .?? understood to-night that neither "* Bntigh nor the French Ambassador, wn of *hom are in Waohington, was '"?armed officially or unofllcially by ^?rttary Bryan of the conversation r.ii " tne ?mperial German Ciian *V.or ?id Ambassador Gerard. ??v.',hn*n>'!\ P??"tion is that -he v. ill then v ?P',,,on on 'erms of neace ?n.1? . h** re?ived a definite state Pose,. 'tT the ?ll?M ?r thoir P? ST?L hi statement that Germany he, !l *??* *??". *>ut had it forced on laa'JL-. . ' "* tb? declaration that ??! ,?,th ?h? remarks which Sir Paaa u i **1 m*df t0 Ambassador *?" in London last week. The Brit A C*%*-?ee?l ?a page e, calasaa 8 AEROPLANE CHASED OUT OF ANTWERP . ?y ?-tie to The Tribune Antwerp. Sept. 17. A Taube aero . plane flew over Antwerp at 7 o'clock . this morning, coming from the west. It circled the city, flying low until ; near the gas works. No bombs were i dropped. The forts endeavored to bring it ??own, but their attempts were frus? trated by the machine rising to a great height. Immediately after passing the old i fortifications Belgian aviator.? gave chase, but the Taube .scaped in the di? rection of Wilryck. m ??. MAY SEIZE GOODS HELD FROM MARKET London Board of Trade Gets Power?Wheat Confiscated at Sydney. N. S. W. London. Sept. 17.?A proclamation wa. issued to-night authorizing the Hoard of Trade to take possession of any articles of commerce which are being unreasonably held from the mar? ket, paying the owners fair prices for them. A Reutcr's dispatcl. from Sydney, N. S. Wa, -ay.?: "The state govern-, ment, acting in accordance with the powers conferred upon it by Parlia? ment a? the outbreak of the war to prevent gambling in foodstuffs, to-day seized 140,000 bags of wheat which ts holders had refused to sell at $1 04 a hundredweight, the price fixed by the government." HOLLANDEXPE?D TO JOIN THE ALLIES Likely to Enter War Soqji. "as Germans Begin Their Retreat. I By Cable ?-? Tlic Tribu .c The Hague, Sept. 17.- Publication here of a report that the Germans are strengthening the fortifications at Co? logne. Dusseldorf, Wesel and Duisburg ; lias given rise to much specw.a ? . While, of course, such a Step is only natural as a precaution againr. an in 1 vasion by the allied forces, yet Dutch i opinion to a certain extent is inclined j to credit it to a fear by the German : authorities that Holland will take- a ! hand soon in the great war. The four towiil mentioned are all dot east of the Dutch frontier. Despite the fact that any violation of Dutch soil must be far from the thoughts of Germany, Dutch troops ; still are massed on the frontier, and i feverish military activity is every ; where apparent. The belief is generally prevalent that i Holland will join the Allies once the German retreat to their own territory begins. SISTER SPEAKS OF SIR JOHN FRENCH ; Napoleon Has Taught Him Every Inch of France, Mrs. Despard Says. By ""able to The Tribun? London, Sept 17.- .Mrs. Charlotte Despard, interviewed to-day about her brother, Sir John French, commander < in chief of the British forces fightinr, in France, said: "My brother will be one of the hap* piest men in the field. The war game is his one passion. He loved it when ; he was a boy. Hattles and preaching i were his only hobbies. ".Napoleon was. i-tid is still, his hero. But it is Napoleon the soldier, i>??t Napoleon tue politician. Indeed. Sir j John holds very etronglj* that a soldier ! should stick to his sword. "That i. one ol his first axioms In ; life. My brother has made Napoleon , his hero, because the Corsican was the ! greatest tactician the world lias ever ? known. "In one curious way, his Napoleon cult has been unexpectedly useful. In pursuing nis hero worship, he has traced every hillock and hedge row ol the country over which he is now light j ing. He knew the Belgian theatre -i war by heart, through the Waterloo ' campaign, before he ever landed there. "War is the game the general best 1 loves. It is the game he has spent his I life in learning. He thinks it the ! greatest game of all, and when he is j in action he is the happiest warrior , in all the world." m ? TRAINING VESSEL FOUNDERS IN GALE Twenty?one Drown on British Naval Ship Lost in the English Channel. Londcn, Sept. I?. The Admiralty ?nnourices that the training ship Fis gard II, formerly the battleship Frebus. . hss foundered off Portland during a \ g_le in the English Channel, and that ?wenty-one members of her crew were ? ?jrowned. At the time of the disaster the Fis g_rd II was being towed by tugs through a heavy sea. Forty-four of the crew were rescued by the tugs. Boy artificers were trained on the vessel. Imported Bock Panetela. Fragrant und uilld. Mora excellent than ever.? Advt. GERMANY SETS FORTH CASE TO U- S ?Detailed Argument Given to Tribune by Foreign Office Dignitary. NOT DYNASTIC WAR, SAYS BARON MUMM Purely a Business Prop? osition with Britain, He Declares. FORCED TO SUPPORT BROTHERS IN AUSTRIA: i "We Shall Conquer Unholy AW anee," Official Tells Joseph Medill Patterson. I By .IOSFPII MKU1LI. l'ATTKRSOX. Special Correepewdeat of Tii?* Tribun??.j Berlin. Aug. 26. The following re? markable authorized interview *??? granted to-day by the German Foreign Office--comparable to the State Depart? ment in Washington to your corre spondent. -The?Interview -r-as held directly with Baron Mumm, ndvlser t- tbe Grtrtmtn Foreign Office in American. Chinese and Japanese affairs. Baron Mumm, who speaks English fluently, was secretary of the legation ; in Washington 1888-'92 and Minister pro tern, to the Vnited States in 1899. ; He was Minister to China 1900-*06. in the six difficult nnd critical years suc? ceeding the Bo:;cr rebellion, and Am? bassador to Japan 1906-'ll. When the interview was completed it was typewritten and submitted to the German Foreign Office- for approval. ! This approval was very hard to get. In fact, the German Foreign Office at first entirely disapproved of the article, lather on account of its* manner than because of its substance, which it was . acknowledged had been faithfully in? terpreted. But the way in which the interview was written, in American newspaper style, caused some of the older Secre : taries of State, accustomed to the for? mal phraseology of less hurried and more elignil'.ed days, to gasp. However, liaron Mumm, with his deeper knowledge of how things are done, written and said in the United Btatea, persuaded his confreres that I the infor nility of the 'conversation as : reported would, if anything, cause it to be more widely lead in America. On that plea the Foreign Office finally and in considerable perplexity assented to the interview, stamped it with the official stamp and it appears herewith. One-Sided Stories in V. S. 1 first explained to Baron Mumni that the American public had so far heard little but the Anglo-French side of the ctita-tronhc now taking place in ' Europe, owing to the cortrel by those governments of the Atlantic cables to the United States, the control by the Rnaaian and Japanese governments of the Pacific cables to the United States and the practical stopping of mail from Germany. The answer was that the Geimar. government un?!erstood this situation ' perfectly and regretted it greatly, be I cause it was its wish to have the estire ; facts in the matter laid freely before the American public. Baron Mumm continued that the Ger? man government realized that the im- \ pression had been spread in Amcrice ? ? that Germany and the German Em- j 1 pcror had wished for thi?? world-wide war, provoked it and precipitated it, whereas Germany had made every pos? sible effort, first, to keep Russia from fighting Austria; second, to keep : France neutral in the event of a Russo German war; third, to keep England , neutral in the event Germany found itself forced to light at two frontiers, :ind fourth-obviously-il hoped that the Japanese would be able to restrain ?hem-elves from the raid on Kiao Chou, in China. "Germany is not a.sane.' declare 1 Baron Mumni vigorously, "and unless | ... 'hink us insane how can you be? lieve that we wished to light the worid just for the fun of it? No, the Em? peror's quarter century of peace gives I the lie to that impossible conception. Russia fought us because we are the i outpost of the West and she is tbe oui- ! Ceatln-**! on tiefe 9, colunia 4 I TWO KINGS PRAISE VALOR OF TROOPS Albert and George Exchange Felicitations on Conduct of Men Under Arms. London. Sept. 17.?King George re? ceived the following telegram to-day from Ihe King of Ihe Belgians: "I desire to congratulate you most heartily on th-_> splendid action of the British troops at the battle of tne ! Marne. In the name of the 'vhole ! Belgian nation, I express to you our ? deepest admiration for the stubborn ' courage of the officers and soldiers of your army. "God will surely help our -irmies !o avenge the atrocities committed on peaceful citlssas and against a country whose only crime has been that she re? fused to be false to her engagements." I King George, on receipt ofathc tele? gram, sent the following ii>plv to King ; Albert: "I thank you most sincerely for yowr kind telegram and for your appreciation for the services of my troops. I orn estly trust that the combined ?p^ra tions of our allied forces, in combina? tion with your brave army, whose heroic effort* are beyond all prai=e, will meet with continued SOOMSMJ and will free your much tried country from the invader." ITALY MAY JOIN WAR IN FEW DAYS Call of Reservists for Sep? tember 28 Supposed to Indicate Time. , :: i sbl? to i:-- Tris rae. Rome, Sept. 18.?Italy's call t?> the colors of all reservists for September ?6 is believed to*indicate the time set for a deolsration of war against Aus ?tri?. and, Ger raapj?. ?Jubila?* Va*, hv been going on in the mean time, nl ' though the customary announcements have been withheld. The Italian military attache at Ber? lin has been recalled, and the German i military attach? at Rome will be with ' drawn." It is understood that the Ital? ian attach? whs insulted in an official salon by remarks about Italy's action in connection with the Triple Alliance an?l that he replied vigorously before taking his departure. The insistence of the people, how? ever, has been the deciding factor, per? haps, in inducing Italy to throw her lot with the Allies. Refusal to 6ght Austria, it besan t?> be feared, would result in an uprising at honi". The ; streets of Rome, Milan, Turin and Na? ples are crowded daily with an army o? unemployed which blames Germany for its condition and cries for vengeance. These riots have been suppres-ei1, with great difficulty, and arc spreading ; to all parts of the kingdom. The "Messagero," returning 'o ihe i subject of a grand ministry, compris? ing men of all parties, under Signor I Salandru, who enjoys the nnhrersal j confidence, openly accuses Berlin and ; Vienna of i-mploying much i,">l?l in Rome Is pt'ipagate their reniions o? the war. "If Austria wins." says this demo ; cratic organ, "our Adriatic-Balkan ! equilibrium will disappear in smoke, lor in that case the coming congress ; will make her mistress of the eastern shores of the Adriatic and Balkan ' r.cninsuUi. Every one admits that Italy can never oppose Kngland, but Will not the always difficult policy of maintaining good relations with Kngland simultaneously with the Triple Alliance* be absolutely impos ? sible after the rancor caused by the i war? "Italy must therefore choos either , to be with Kngland's friends or with : Kngland's enemies. If the latter, th<-ii I how can Italy manage Libya, Eritrea i and SomalilandV" The Austrophile "I'opolo Romano." ! which, However, has a small circula? tion, taki-s the opposite view, advocat injr scrupulous maintenance of neu ' Irality to the end, describing Italian ; participation in the war as the vilest, i most ignominious action that can be ' taken. London. Sent. 1".?- In a dispatch fiom Par,.- the correspondent of "The Daily Telegraph" says fiat the Italian re? servists in the French capital have been called for September 28. They believe, the correspon nt says, that this means Italy's entrance into the war. a ? GEN. DE LA REY'S DEATH AVENGED Johannesburg, Sept. 17. The gang of d.'Hperadoe?, under the leadership of a man named Jackson, who were indi? rectly the cause of the killing of Gen? eral Jacobus Hendrick De La Rey, the noted Boer general, came to a dramatic ending to-day. Thev took refuge in a cave on Ka?t Rand, and the police sur? rounded the cave and called upon them to surrender. The desperadoes offered to give up their arms to Jackson's ??rife. :>he en? tered the cave and JachaOtl -hot her. Jackson and hi" two accomplies then commited ?uicide. AMERICAN FACTORIES UNHURT IN BATTLES Boideaux, Sept. 17.--Word **- r - ceived here to-day tha.t two America.! factories in France?the International Han-ester Company, at Lille, and the Weeks Company, at St. Just-en-Chaus a?e-near Amiens, were not damaged during the recent fighting in that vi? cinity. BRITISH ARMY DASHING.SAYS AN OBSERVER Half of Soissons Gained in Night, After Long Artillery Duel. TROOPS CROSS AISNE ON PONTOON BRIDGES Report of Field Marshal French's Officer Covers Sept. 10 to 13. CITY OF RHEIMS GOT DIRE WARNING Proclamation Threatened 81 Leading Citizens. Held as Hostages, with Hanging. London, Sept. 17.?An account of the operations of the British army in France and of the French army in im? mediate touch with it during the period from September 10 to 13, written by an officer attached to Field Marshal Sir John French*! stsiT, was issued to-night by the officiai _. -as bureau. The ac? count fellows: "rtineo Thursday, September 1?, tee British army made steady progress in its endenvor to drive back the enemy ' in co-operation with the French. The country across which it had to force its way and will have to continue to do la undulating and covered.with patches cf thick wooel. "Within the area which laced the British before the advance commenced, right up to Laon, the chief feature of tactical importance is the fact that here are six rivers running right across the direction of the .ijvance, at all of which it irai possible hat the Germans might make resistance. These are, in order, from the south, the Marne, Ourcq, v e?l?', Aisne, Ailettt and Oise. "The enemy held the line of tiie Marne, which was crossed by our forces on September 9 as a purely rear guard operation. Our passage of the Ourcq, which here runs almost due cost and (feat, was not contested. The Vesle was only lightly held, while resistance along the Aisne, both against the Preach and 'hi- Britiaha has been and still is of a determined character. I.iltle Opposition Met. tin Friday, September 11, but little opposition waa met with along anv part of our front, ar.d the direction of the advance was, for the purpose of co-operating with our allies, turned . (lightly to the .lortheast. The day was .-p. in rushing forw; rd and gather? ing in various hostile etachments. By night lall our forces had reached a line north of the Ourcq extending from Ouchy-le I'hateau to Longpoint. '?Vn tins day th e n also a gen ?ral advance :! the French along their v lu?!* line, which cnd-M in a substan tial success in one porti.n of the field, link- Albrccht >[' Wurtcuiberg's army, being driven *. :k acrods the Saul- and elsewhere the while of the j 'corps artillery