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ie?N?d?rzyn line and retreated on the
Warsaw position?.
"The German troops which have
been crossing the Vistula during the
last few davs. near Maszievit/e. un
successfully 'attacked us. In the Ivan
gorod distr-ct Monday our troops con?
centrated ?-ri th? Vistula bnnk.
German Ketrrat Disorderly.
"Between the Vistula and the Bug
fighting continue?. On the WIOTPS,
rear Lake Draiov, northeast of IM
village ol Le? na. and between tholm
and Vladowa. the enemy yesterday at?
tempted to break through our front
The fighting reached slmost incredible
ferocity, and the infantry 'M"?"*;
which reaisted the cr-emy s pressure
during the whole day, particularly dm
tinguished themselves during the night.
Thev repu ** ' *,,M '
mans, compel? ng them to make a dis?
orderly retreat. . j?_?
"In the co.urer attack in the direc?
tion of tho.m our armored motor cars
assisted in our success.
-No sngngements took r'"(,<' ft,lon*
the Bug-Zlot? 1 ipa-Dnei?ter Moo.
"During ? "*? ,in>" th<> ,on"
?mv has made enormous efforts to dis?
lodge us from the ?ectoi of the Narew
K'ver from Ostrolenka to Lomsa.
"In the district of Je-dwabno the en?
emy is conducting trench warfare, but
in the exploding of mines we have con
tinualb held the upper band.
"On the Pissa and Skwa rivers the
v ?tUcked us. having
launched i reinforce?
ments brought from France Never?
theless we soon saw .. complete 4,er
man defeat in this sector, lor it took
th? enemy a week to drive back from
the village o<" Si i '' tho r,trnl
lank ol the Lissa our rear guard regi?
ment, while the battle for the P?
of the Narew, near Novogorod, hi
even begun. .
??Near the moutb of the Skwa the
enemy, thank? to the forests, sueceed
c(j ,n our side of the i ver.
but we successfully prevented him 'ron
bringing his artillen across the Narew.
-and m the po nt of the bay?
nihilatcd Fome forces which were de?
prived of the protection of the r
li ry.
Reinforcements .rrive from France.
"These failures compelled the enemv
to withdraw from this sector the rein?
forcements which had come from
i : send them ro re-.nforce the
??ozan armv. which was moving more
lly. ,. ?. ..
"This armv was considerably strength?
ened by other renforcements which
came to it from the left bank of the
Vistula. Nevertheless, all the efforts
of the enemv to make progress to the
east and west were broken by thi
Oje. , ,
-The enemy then changed the direc?
tion , tack and now on the front,
between the Narew and the Oje. is
making gnat efforts to advance in a
northeasterly direction behind Ostro
'During three days of fighting the
enemv repeatedly hurled large masses
of infantry eat trenches, but
while suffering .??vete losses he ad?
vanced oniy two or three versts (1.8
miles i.
"On August 2. our troops during a
-particularly desperate German attack.
Which we repulsed, saw tue enemy s
cavalry caught bv his own infantry.
who had been thown back in order
to force them to attack us gain. I he
German losses here were very great.
Artillery Smothers German Attack.
"In the soutbern sector of the battle.
near the village of Polshivnitza, the
enemv concentrated a large mass of
infantrv in order to pass across the
vallev "of the oie, but our artillery
pmothered his st1 the end of the
v .. forcing the Germans in this
region to disperse.
"Our losses were very heavy, hut our
troops are making ? valiant resistance
to the enemy's plan to deal a severe
Mow from the Narew line on the rear
of the Russian armies which are im- (
peding Field Marshal von Mackensen s ?
offensive in the Vieprs Valley."
A report from Berlin early in the
? ? Russian Legation at
The Hague h id officially announced the
, i ? ?aw os account of
the lack of ammunition, but the formal
abandonment of the city was not re?
ferred to in the Russian official com?
munication issued in Petrograd to?
night, nor has it been confirmed from
any other source.
The German Headquarters official
statement, as given out in Berlin to?
night, follows:
"In pursuit of the retreating enemy
our troops reached the district of Ku
pischki. east of Poniewies.
"North of Lomza the Russians were
pushed back to the advanced defence
positions of the fortr. SS,
"East Prussian and West Prussian
regirr' :-d afr-r heavy fight?
ing the Narew crossing, near Ostro?
lenka, which was strengthened by field
fortifications. Several thousand? of
Russian? wi re taken prisoner and sev
. machine gun? were captured.
Our pursuit of the. enemy is proceed?
ing.
Warsaw Defences Pierced.
"Before Warsaw the Russians were
thrown from the Blonie position into
the outer line of the fortress. The
army of Prince Leopold of Bavaria is
attacking the fofl
"The attack of the German troops
under General von Woyrsch, who
crossed the Vist :.g.
"An .an troops and the
army of General von Woyrsch are in
possession c' t .e western part of the
fortress of Ivangorod to the Visteis
River.
"The enemy yesterday aNo attempt?
ed to arrest the advanc of the army
of Fuld Marshal von Mackensen, but
h? again was .1. feated near Lenezna,
northeast of Cholm and west of the
Bug River.
"Since early this morning the de
-1 enemy ha treating be
"The relation between
the first and second di?
vision is like that?close,
but not cordial. ' '
The relation
between Hey
ifood Broun
.: nd other
baseball writ?
ers is like this
?he's a narra?
tor, but a
humorist, too.
?hc ?Tribtme
First ri I.list ? the Truth:
News--Editorials- Asiviriisrments
tween the Vistula and Bug rivers, in a
I northerly direction.
"Near and south of I'scilug, on the
Bug River, the enemy also is retreat?
ing"
The following official eommuni,
was leaned by the \ i? nn i War 0(1
"Between the Viatttla and the Rug
the Russians, who retreat step I" itep
have offered at several places renewed
resistance.
"North of the Dobienka-Cholm line.
OH the S'rnka. nn?! on ths line of
Lencznn-Nowo Alexandrin heavv battle?
took place.
"On many parts of the 'rout the en?
emy undertook short counter :"",k? in
order to check our pursuit, i ut at
midnight he continued to :.;??.it north?
ward.
"The western part of Ivangorod, sit?
uated on the left bnnk of the Vistula,
?8 iti our band?. The Ce-man (.as
ctanding opposite the mouth of the
' Radomka River, on the east bank of
the Vistula, have make progresa. Be
tween Wladimir-Wolnysk and Sokalour
troops dispersed one Cossack regiment.
I Southwest of Wladimir-Wolnysk great
! tires were sighted.
"There Is no n?'ws from Galicia."
Germans Plan Seizure
of Grodno-Brest Lino
Petrograd, Aug. 4. A race against
time for the line of Kovno, Grodno
r.nd Brest-LitOVsk, in which the Ger?
mans are trying to forestall the Rus
, sians and secure a foo'hold there while
\ the summer still favors military oper?
ations, is the view helil by local mili?
tary authorities.
Piroct operations apninst Warsa4v
are regarded at the moment as of less
concern to the Germans than the bual
ness of advancing their wingfl through
a country which, with the approach of
autumn, will become impassable.
It i? even suggested that the Ger?
mans do not desire to force nn evncu
i it.on of Warsaw, bul are benl instead
I on detaining the army there, while
, daily limiting the field of possibility of
I an orderly retirement eastward and a
?cation along the ttion
! tinned line
? ervers 'or in the German oper
? ations to the east of the \ tula River
I in the vicinity of Matzievitie a de
: sign to cut the railroad from Ivango?
rod to Warsaw an?l to draw a ring
about Ivangorod, compel the ?vacu?
?t ?oi ' : ess and open the w .v
?il von Mackensen to
the Warsaw-Brest-Litovsk railway.
Ivangorod op?ration is
.- the most important
at present.
A relatively early evacuation of
I Ivangorod is foreshadowed by the Rus?
sian pri s<.
The situation at Mitau. capital of
the Russian province of Courland, |
twenty five miles southwest of Riga, is
clearly understood here. The
"Rech" .says that, judging by the dis
in of the armies of both siiles. i:
may with certain probability be as
: sumed that the city has been aban?
doned by the Russians.
Russians Transfer Riga
Banks and Instituions
Riga, Aug. 4. In obedience to orders ,
for the removal of government institu?
tions the state bank already has been
tiansfirred from Riga to Tula, to the
south of Moscow. The other banks are
being removed and the educational in?
stitutions are being mainly trans??
to Porj,at. 1">7 miles northeasl of Riga.
The departure of workingmen from
the city has created nn emergency
which the Russian government ia meet
ing by establishing temporary employ?
ment agent and in interior i
places.
Riga is the seat of the Governor Gen- ?
eral of the Baltic provinces. It is the
capital of the Province of Livonia and
on the River Puna, about five
above its mouth in the Gulf of
and 312 miles southwest ?,f Petrograd.
? is the principal Russian sea?
port or. the Baltic next to Petrograd
and is an important commercial centre.
Its industries embrace milling mid
brewing and the manufacture of ma
ry, railway cars an?! tobacco. The
city has a population of about 800,000.
Austrians Near Piercing
Russian Line on the Bug
Austrian Army Headquarters (via
1 London), Aug. i News of the evacua?
tion by tin- Russians of tin- fort
?,:" Warsaw and ivangorod is expected
hire from hour to hour.
While general attention is cor.cen
trated on the impend;:.g evacuation,
of hardlj less importance are
taking place on the southeastern front,
. tue Austrian-Hungarian pa
.-age of the Bug River line and the
: advance againat Vludimir-Volynsk and
! Kovtl, in Volhynia.
This operation renders the position
i of the Ruaalan left wing in Fast Ga?
licia precatious, and will probably be
the determining factor In forcing the
i retirement of the Russians from the
Bug, Zlota Lipa and Dniester line, and
! in freeing Galicia entirely from the in?
vading army.
destination of the Austrian
i wedge, which crossed the Bug River
between Sokal and Krylow, is appar
Kovel, an important railroad
on, on the southern edge i
Rok :no swamp-. The effect of
this advance w;ll !<?? to cut communi
bi tw? en tin Rnaaian a
.operating in Poland and Southern R
d accomplish what Field Marshal
Baron Conrad von Hoetzendori
1 Field Marshal von Hindenburg hither?
to have been unable to do -drive a
I complete breach in the long R i
| battle front and leave one set of
i armies operating to the northwest oi
the impassable swamps and the other
to the southwest of this region, with?
. out the possibility oi rig re- '
i inforcements from one to the oth?
by a long circuitous railway
: journey through Central 1: .
I l;e Russians may, therefore, be ex-!
'
to the.-e opw Bti?
RUSSIANS STARVING
OUT TURK CAPITAL
\Vars!iips Have Destroyed 900
Vc sels in Black Sea Carry?
ing Supplies to City.
tn?- Cal lata?, ?
Petrograd, Aug. 4 i dispatch to "The
London Morning Poet" Russian de
is in the Black Sea are continu?
ing their devastating work on th?
sels carrying supplies to Constanti?
nople. Altogether neai iindredj
enemy vessels bave bien bur',
sunk since the beginning of t!,?- w.,r,
among this number being several large
steamers and a dozen sailing shi]
thou
Most oi the i-hips sunk were sm:i|l
coasting craft which i
insign ' ? ? scape thi
of the Russian scoul 4?, re
i?unk at sea, but th? r were
burned ?t anchor or within easy reach
of the shore. Care l as b? en taki -
-troy all shipbuilding yards along
the coas; so that the small vessel I
on which Coi le is largely do
riendent for necessaries, maj
y be regarded as extinguisl
Iron Cross for A. Ballin.
Berlin, .Aug. 1 ?mperor William
has conferred the Iron Cross on Albert
Ballin, director g? neral of the Ham?
burg-American Steamship Ci'iupany.
BRITON'S VIEW OF WAR
DETACHED, IMPERSONAL
"Business as Usual"' Still the Favorite Cry in England,
Whereas in France the Great Conflict Is
the Nation's Only Care.
I'aris. July H. The most -
thing about Tuns to day is that 1
is a country at war seriously a
It is worth while mentioning
Prance is seriously at war for th<
of th? contra?! between Paris up?
don. England also is s country a
but at the presctit moni. nt. about ;
months nfter the beginning of thi
tlict, there is a vris- difference be
France al war and England at wai
When I left England, ten dayi
the War Otlice was putting out I
recruiting poster, which read: '
you? holidays in Frunce" Thi? i
beginning of the annual holiday
ron in Fngland, when the city
takes his regular ten days at Ms
or along the Norfolk liro. .1 . A
train roiled into Folkestone I sa?
hug? posters on the railway ai
reading, "Hu liness ss usual."
On the Moulevard llaussmann yi
day I passed a store closed and
the iron shutters fastened tightly
the windows. Above the dooi ?
notice which rend: "This store is c
because the owner and all the c
are at the front."
Detached View of War.
The basis of the difference lies,
haps, in the fact that Prance is a C
try invaded, with her richest provi
in the hands of tile enemy, while
laud is a country taking a del.-..
impersonal view of a war a.-r.. is
Channel. When England is invade
?lie ever is, it may be that her pe
-,% ii wake up to what is gwilig o?
th. ir immediate neighborhood and
will hear no more of jnO.OOO W
coal miners K"ing on strike and t;
-.IP the supply of ammunition for
men at the front.
And there is no doubt in the mi
of the British government of the (
ger of invasion. Four weeks ago
intelligence departments o? the H
ish War Office and th,- Admiralty
ceived information which led them
expect as ?in imminent probability W
had before been looked upon ?is a
bataille possibility. The informat
v.a that when the Germans had
?shed their great drive against
Russians they would transfer the t
phalanxes to the west and
peal against the Hrit-sh what had b?
accomplished against the Bus?
With the result that they would plot
their way through to Calais, and 01
?1 ? alai- would cross into Kngland, a
"Gott strafe Kt.gland" woui I
be a joke.
It was on a Saturday afternoon tl
ihe War Office intelligence departnu
suddenly stung the headquarters .?t
into action, and Sunday morning t
Royal Engineers wen- inisy laying o
two concentric circles around Loridr
one close in not as close in as t
Zeppelins got to the Hank of Englar
but, still within easy reach and t
other several miles further out. Tl
northwest sector was then <-lirnitiat.
from tiu- calculations, for if tin- Ge
mans ever got around to the northwe
London was gone, and the rest of tl
eountry in between the two circli
plotted out into sections one mi
s |uare, into each of which were put si
men from the Rojal Engineers to leai
every tree and house that would ha.
t.. come down in ease London was bi
sieged.
For Defence of London.
John Ward, the Labor Member c
Parlament, now Colonel John Wan
Commander of the navvies, was calle
on to furnish a gang of navvies read
to report at an hour's notice to each o
the ?ix men in each district, while o
Tuesday morning he furnished men t<
begin preparing the gun emplacement
for the defence of London.
A? imminent as that did the Hritisl
War Ottice regard the invasion of Eng
land a month ago, and they calculate?
that th? Germans would be in the sub
urbs of London within four months oi
not at all. For if Mackcnsen and Hin
denbiirg could finish up the Ru
in four months they would find 750,00t
British soldiers in Flanders without
shells anil cartridges to hold their lines
and i.?oii.i ii i; i men m knaKi in England,
two-thirds of whom had never handled
a rifle. Hut they hoped in four months
to be able to supply tin- army in Flan?
ders with the means to keep tiu- Kaiser
from Calais.
Yet. great as the danger is, and thor?
oughly a? the government r?
a].prec?ate? it, the people o! England
are still only half awake, ?till only
playing at war. 'l hat is he difference
between France and England, between
Paris and London. The English people
aie playing nt war, and their motto is,
"Business as usual." Six week ago
the Hishop of London said: "Not L'O
per cent of our people realise that jun.
across the Channel Fngland is taking
pari :n the greatest war in the world's
history, a struggle for the nation's
life."
In France, on the other hand, war i
i".t mal] the work of the governmer
'? it the bnainoaa of every man. woaaa
and ehlld In the eountry. There is r
"bnainoaa aa usual" here. War is th
? U mess of France.
On July *J I talked to an Knglishm?
who knew the condition? in his cour
try, .?bout the preparations the govert
nient was making for the defence ?
London, und he said to me, "But won
Franco help w out?" A week later
t.ilkid to a Frenchman on ths ?am
subject and he said: "The German
tviii nevei get to England by ?ray ?
Calais. If the English can't hold thet
tac?? from Calais the French will."
The two sentiments are typical, an
they typify, also, the difference b(
tween London in war time and Pari
in war time. In London, 'o he sur?
une ses the streit? full of men i
Thej are everywhere, in th
eta, m the hotels, caf?s, theatrei
tearooms, saloons. Companies, battn
ion and regiment? nie marchin
through the streets all the tim?
usually wiiii i'.uoi al their boada an
seeking recruits. In the beginning o
the war one saw regiment nfter regi
ment of recruits in mufti, but now on
recruits comparatively seldon
That is only natural after 2X00,00
men hnve been recruited by voluntar
? n?st ment.
But the feature that one notices al
the time in London, ami after month
of it it becomes Intolerable, Is tha
rarely doejj one see a company or regi
ment marching with rifli-s. When
battalion does appear with rifles it i
. (eel ui univeraal comment. Ove
in the eourtyard of Boaaeraot Rovm
h. on? ean watch nil ?lav long me?
drilling with the dummy wooden rifle
the Ulster Volunteers were beim
trained with a year and a half ago b
resist Home Tiule.
Walk London Streets.
In Paris one also sees the men it
in. form everywhere. There are fa
muii oi them than there were befon
the war, but f.n- fewer in proportioi
than. i London. Franc?' ha
more men with the colors than ha:
England, but France's soldiers are un
der am.? ;., tiie iront, while England'l
nie walking the streets of London, stil
waiting for rifles after a year of war
'i I,?-ti one meets men and officers ii
khaki in every saloon and bar in Lou
don, but in Paris there is a notic?
postcil in each caf? and on each ter
that soldiers are not allowed tf
inter them between 10 a. m. und 5 p. m
These soldiers of France are wort!
talking about, too. It would be a dull
spirited creature who would not grow
enthusiastic over the regiment of Zou
avoa I saw in the Champs Elys?es or
the 14th of July. Bronzed and hard?.
veterana they were, with red fe/.es
blue tunics, leaving throat and neck
bare, baggy red trousers, soiled and
war worn and gathered in tight arouml
the anklea, and over their shoulder?
their rifles, ending in eighteen incite?
of cold steel la Rosalie. They paaaed
at the quickstep the Zouaves always
adopt on the march, and their chins
were thrust slightly forward, as though
they were eager to get into the tight.
. hail formeil part of the escort
for the ashes of Rouget de lisle, the
author of the "Marseillaise," from the
Arc de Triomphe to the Invalides. It
was the only official celebration of the
great national fete of July 14, and il
i a celebration both pathetic and
inspiring inspirit!?? ns illustrative of
the spirit of the French in this war.
I went with the crowil along the Rue
de Rivoli and across the Place de la
Concorde to the Champs Elys?es, thence
to the great place where the Avenue
d?s Champa Elys?es joins the Avenue
Alexandra III, leading to the Pont
d'Alexandre III ami the Invalides. But
ti ist we stripped before the statues of
id Strassbourg, side by side in
the Place de la Concorde.
A \?ar of war and instead of regain
ing Straasbourg the French hnve los'
Lille. But no, the French do not ad?
mit that they have lost Lille. Th
? of Lille was banked with flow
ers and crow:.id with a great French
flag, while tiie symbols of mourning
ha\ e . , red from the statue of
Strasabourg and in their place are the
of 'h.- Allies above the familiar
d with i's motto, "Vive la France.
Quand M?me." And through the crowd
ran the murmur, "Quana M?nie." as
? ? and Wreaths W? re heaped
tatue.
Then on to do homage to Rouget de
I'Isle, after 125 years once again a
national hero in another war for lib?
erty. That was France's celebration
m" July 14 to reincarnate Rouget de
I'Isle, as the nation had been reincar
nated 4vith the old spirit of the "Mar
seillu:
All Paris was gathered for the occa?
sion, all Paris not at the front, but it
i strangely different crowd from1
THE WORLD WAR A
YEAR AGO TO-DAY
German arnii?-* began the at?
tack on Lii'ge.
The (.ernian mine lnycr Koe.n
igm-I.uise was sunk by the Brit?
ish cruiser Amphion.
Karl Kitchener ln-canio British
St'i-ii-tary of State for War.
those one is used to in Paris. I re
j member one Mardi Gras in the Chnmps
' Ely ?de?, th" air thick with confetti ami
| the ground covered with bright little
paper disks like sand on the seashore,
the shouts of laughter as men, women
, and children, old and young, pelted
! each other and bandied jokes. Bui
1 this crowd was a different matter. It
, had serious business on hand. It ivas
there to testify to th? national spirit
and the national unity.
Aeroplane? Far Overhead.
El ery cross street added its thou?
sands, every footpath its hundred? to
the silent, steadily marchiri* throng,
i One could easily imagine the sans cu?
lottes gathering f,.r the taking of an?
other Hastile. They only paused to
gas? skyward nt the war aeroplanes
circling far overhead for their proti-c
' tien, and they took their places in quiet
orderly precision in the densely packed
masses that lined both id? of the
' route from the Arc de Triomphe to the
I Invalides.
As the little oroec.ision passed
through the silent ranks of this strange
| Paris crowd, the tricolor-drapeil collin
; on the caisson and the President of the
I republic bareheaded and on foot a? th?
'chief mourner, the cry "chapeaux"
I went ahead, and every hat cam.- off
until the last man had gone by. And
! then they wait.-.I n ?ilenC? again until
? the ceremony at the Invalides was fin?
i bed and tin- President drove back,
I this time in bis state carriage, to the
[Elys?e Palace. The eh.. i? brok?> out
then, and President Poincar?, with
I General Gallieni by his side, rods
through a madly shouting multitude.
The crowds are ?obere.I and steadied.
There are too many women in black,
too many men on crutches, too many
I with an eye gone, too many bandages,
too many uniforms for the old life to
go on. Truly, Paris ii a city that has
? the enemy at ths gates and too
brief a time ago to forget it yet,
Boulevard Bccnes LncUag,
As on. sits on th? terras?? of th?
Cafe de la Paix one m isms many fa
miliar features. Th? old man who sold
maps ?>f Paris is no longer worrying
you with hi; wares, not is the other
old fellow who offered picture post
' cards, nor th<- chap with the latest
popular songs, nor tin. Imitation artist
from the l.atin Quarter With his al?
leged pictures that he will si-*n I
; your eves, and, sacre nom d'un chien,
of all the half hundred "guide?" who
, formerly insult. r who
d th? Placa .!?? l'Op?ra only one
i left. War is not all horror.
But there is something else missing.
What has become of that parted and
powdered, lace gowned and high heeled
processiop with pencilled eyebrows and
carmined lips that used t.. walk the
beat from Rue Scribe to the Ru? I
hour after hour, until some young and
h American or, better till, ?ore ?
I Id at .1 silly dotard ended the day'?
agony? I see two .>r the old guard and
half a dozen recruits, hut the brigade
????ems to have been di ibanded. And
t any night one can walk from the Place
dfl l'Op?ra to the Madeleine v.
being Strangled With S fea'her boa.
i Hut one must, not trv to walk too :
; late, for at 10 o'clock at night Paris is'
dark. London think? that her si ? '
are unlichted at night, but com? ?
with Paris they are brilliant. This
V;"',k11t'-ss o{ ,,ar?s t-'(,f>s back to the
Middle Asre* It means block
block of Cue grand boulevard? with
S lamp, and side streets ?long
' ?P,cn ?nc.must ?almost feel one's way
there are no rah rank? waiting here1
the nicht through, so that one never
has to walk more than ten minul
; fore finding a taxi. There is no 1 si
Square, Coventry Street and
lllly Circus through whose ?fl .
, battalions of pelicans and sniper? one
! must fight one's wav at midnight In
I sns every blind is drawn by 8 o'clock i
? r ? e sergeant of police will know
the reason ... h v. and th? re
gleam ot light to eheer. There is no
, music in the restaurants. By 10 o'clock I
the nightbirds have sought -heir roosts
aid the late wayfarer prowls ? lonely
path, hoping vainly to meet a v
; drawn by a kn-c-sprung bless? to help
lnni on his way.
It is so with many of the old fan, -
ar features of Pan.. My window
looks down over the Trocadero
across tl ?? Seine to the Tour E fl
Champ de Mars, the Kcole Mil
the Invalides, Notre Dams and all the
Rive Gauche, while away to the <
left rise? Sacr? Cn-ur on the B tte
Montmartre. Looking down so,
the same Paris, but I know that when I
go down into the streets I will find s
different city, a city sobered and in- '
tensified, a people at war, united -n ,
thought and heart for the .?acred cause '
of la patrie.
VOSGES FIGHTING
STILL CONTINUES
Quiet in West, Except for
Skirmishes in Argonne
and Mountains.
DESCRIBES GERMAN
FLAME ATTACKS
liritish Officer Says Men Die
from Suffocation Caused
by Great Heat.
London, Aug. 4.?Except for the
usunl round of engagements with hand
grenades in the Argonne and the
Vosges, the lines on the western front
? were quieter last night than for sev
1 eral weeks. Berlin had nothing to re?
port, and the Paris officiai state?
ments chronicled only minor trench
skirmishes.
The French War Office night com?
munication was as follows:
"The day has been calm. On the
we,t,rn portion of the front the ac
| tivity of the artillery has greatly
; slackened, except in Belgium, in the
sector of St.eenstracte and Hetsas; m
Artois, in the region of Roclincourt and
between the ?somme and the Oise.
"In ;he Argonne there has been fight?
ing with grenades and petards, in the
region of Mane-The;ese and St. Hu?
bert, and a violent cannonade in the
Forest of Apremont, at Fontenelle and
on the heights of the Linge."
Kartier in the ?lay the following re?
port was issued:
"From the Artois district there was
reported last night nothing more than
engagementa with hand grenades at a
point to the north of the Chateau of
CarleuL
"In the Argonne the night was full
of action. The Germans delivered two
attacks, one between Hill No. 213 and
the ravine at La Fontaine-aux
Charmea. and the other in the region
of Marie Th?r?se. (?ur assailanta were
. thrown back in their
trenches by *he tire of our infantry
and artillery. At Pour ?le Pans ami
in the direction of Haute Chevauch?e
there was laat night incessant rifle br?
ing between the trenches.
"In the Vosges, on the Lingo and at
Schratzmaennele there were engage
with hand grenade.- and bombs,
which resulted to our advantage during
one portion of the night. At Barren
kopf we repulsed a German counter
attack."
t
$100,000,000 WAR
ORDER REPORTED
Canada Car, with Confirmation
Lacking, Rises Four and a
Quarter Points.
[Bi T ?erase la The TilSaai 1
Montreal, Aug. 4.-Although the
rumor ?a generally credited in the
market hire that th? Canadian Car and
Foundry Company has practically closed
a deal lor munitions orders approxi?
mating $lu0,00(),000, the directors re?
fuse continuation. W. W. Butler, vice
president of the company, insisted that
he didn't know anything about it. Sen?
ator Curry, the president, is in New
York
?'anadian Car opened nt par on the
.Montre;,I exchange to-day and rose four
and a quarter points on further buy
ing from New York and Toronto though
the sales were not heavy as on any
day last week. Scotia I'ommion Steel
Corporation and Steel Company of
Canada were loaders on the Montreal
market to-dai.
-.
APPEASE KRUPP WORKERS
All Demands of Threatening
Employes Granted.
Geneva, Aug. 4. Advices from Essen
say that all the demands of the em
ployea of the Krupp works ha.ve been
granted and that a serious strike has
thus been averted. The German mili?
tary authoritiea brought great pressure
on the Krupp administration to this
end.
Many of the skilled workmen during
the early part of the troubles, refused
intinua at their machines, some of
them entered the army and were sent
to the Russian front. Others in the
ammunition ?lepartment were replaced
by women.
There was no strike among the en?
gineer.? and draftsmen. The serious
on, which was admitted even by
the "Frankfurter Zeitung," seems now
t?; bave "nein pa
SAYS COTTON IS STRONG
W. P. G. Harding Finds Wa'
Slump Is Ended.
Washington, Aug. 4. Tb? cotton in
du?rry is recovering from the wai
.?lump of Is ? year, aceordii g to si
analysis bv W. P. G. Harding, of th?
v.- Board, in the cum I
era! Beserv? Bulletin '
on of eott m to-day i?
er financially and othei
tions arc much better than a yesr sgo
in Mr Hard.-.g's opinion. If tl
ple of the South do not weaken on
I ion by on ? : . they
h
"It nould !"? remembered," he say?,
"that the President owes a
duty to the South, to the ?rhole coun
?nd to mankind, it this juncture,
that: the establishm n1 of c tton
values. Serious complications bet
try and an' great foreign
would certainly not enhance
valu? Thi !'? ? dent may b?
trusted to do his dut. si he
regardless of private appeals or pub?
lic clamor."
ANARCHY NJ ROME,
AUSTRIANS TOLD
H> GORDO!. GORDON-SMITH.
i. ? .
Genos Aug. 4 The expedients to
which the Austrian press in ri
are significant, The "Neue Tageblatt"
of Vienna, publishes a long i!
to-daj declaring that anarchy re .
. that a furious mob ia marching
through the streets denouncing war,
- have been
out to prevent crowds from
? the British embassy to pun?
ish England for having luted'Italy into
is war snd that Pi
? i mil dont
? ?
m? for fear of being Ij m
ra in the pay of tin- Allies.
The .; mich, pub?
lishes similar stories ami lays revolu
. . loi
Milan and other centres, a
ditions in Boms and "' ?
were never mor? calm, tl e.-e r?
are < ridently m?
.- . ' rag? of the Germ in and Aus?
trian bcunl?.
U. S. WILL REJECT I
VIEWS OF BRITISH
( iinlinneil from \>:mr I
hold representations until the legal
remedies had bean exhausted.
In view of these precedents, and the
obvious inconvenience of resorting to
imberaome machinery of diplo?
macy, when otler ntul more direct
means are available, there is a feeling
that the point should no longer he
disputed, hut that the cases should ,
pass through the priz?- cours and be,'
appealed, if neeeseary, to the Privy
til. In the event of :: ?i. c lion
8 to American interests, diplo
? ould then be resor*'-,i to .
?in the other chief point of diff?r?
ence, however, officials are unanimous?
? ',?? attitude originally
taken, that neutral coast?- cannot law?
fully be blockaded. In effect, the view
of the United States is that goods
shipped to neutral ports nnd thence
b] rail to enemy territory are not
strictly the "sea-borne commerce" of j
the enemy, but are rather inland com- :
between the enemy and the ad?
jacent neutral.
Weak Point in (ase.
The weak point in the British de- j
fine- of the blockade, it is thought
! ere, is that I no mi ana of de
nng the ultimate destination of
cargoes uni? pool are of such
nature as to be valuable only to the
enemy, A shipload of cotton cor
to Holland : ,, not hav? G r
many as its actual destination.
?:. the absence of means of determi?
na)*, Great Britain
Mould have difficulty in maintaining
an effectiv? blockade, even nndfr her
own tules, without doing grave injury
nocenl comn erce It would be
incumbent on the British government
to prove, not tl '? can goods
v. i re being or might i i aed by
ny through Holland or Denmark,
but that the actual goods seized were
? d for Germany. This is almo-t
impoi the gre iter part of
such go,,,l- are not ?hipped sti
try, but an
-ra't'd in the commun stocks of
from which shipments
Germany later.
Flaborate statistics have been as
J by the State Department to
refute the British assumption that in?
creased export?t mil? from I
States to Holland and Scandin
countries indicate that some of I
goods ar? finding their waj into Ger?
: iany and Austria. Thi ?? .1! be
included in the draft of the replj
presented to President Wilaon.
A -u.i-, >f trade condition? between
ihe United states and neutral Euro?
pean countries has been mad? by 'lu- l
State 1?? p?riment and im ?
of Scandinavian and Hutch tiud.- I ?
the Department of Commerce. A re?
port from Consul General Skinner ?t
London also has been received on the
foreign trad? of Great Bl 'am for the
six month-, ended June SO. It show?
that SXDOrtS '-o tin- Scandinavian coun- ,
tries and Holland have Increased
the war began along the same II
American exports t.. ti.o?.- i
The State Department will contend
that there can l*.- > - n ore assumption ;
that American goo.:? ?ruing -..
neutral eountrie
many than that Brit . ids exported
there will reach Gnat Britain's en?
emies.
The London report showed that while
Great Britain's exports dect
terially in the first s:x months of 1916,
compared 4vith the same period of
l!il4, imports Increased. Re-exports
during June, the first month during
which the Hriti?h Order in Council was
fully effective, showed an increase of
|2,>W,8S8.
In cotton, one of the much dl
art.cles in the trade. Great Bl
imports increased by 1314,592 cent:.!?
of 112 pound.- each Of ?
of cotton Co: u! Gen ral Sk ? nei
"Holland and Swede)
five times as much cofon in June,
1916, as in June, lull, and during -he
last half year Sweden received 142,643
c-ntals and Holland 259.82S cental? of
cotton, as
1 ",785 cental a the sume
period of 19] t."
British Press Supports
Grey's Blockade Plan
London, Aug. I Editorial comment
on Sir Karl Grey's notes generally de?
fends the British position on th?
test of the United States against inter?
ference with neutral I -
tion is held to be wholly justified under
the peculiar conditions ?
ilarly those created by Germany
through what are ter- illeled
methods of warfare. Statement
oearrng in some newspapers aie in
clined to admit the illegality of the
British procedure, but justify it on the
ground of necessity.
It was pointed out to-day that the
British government does not plead ne
alone, but insists that its course
illy legal from all points of view.'
Stress is laid here on the suggestion
of recourse to arbitration if a settle-,
i- otherwise unobtainable.
The government hns not evolved any
definite plan of this character, but is
ly willing to refer the whole dis?
pute to some tribunal if necessary. Inn '<
the meantime pressure is growing to
make cotton contraband. The Manches?
ter City Council has passed a resolution
urging action. From many other quar?
ters where present methods of stopping
cotton are considered illegal there is
similar pr?s ture on the ground that if
such a stop were taken Britain's policy
would then be indisputably lega!.
"Great Britain la fighting for her ex
? ?. and has been compelled to
modify some of the accepted rules "be?
Germany has deliberately broken
rules," declares "The Westmin?
ster Gazette." which is backed up by
"The Daily Express," which says that
to admit the claim of the I'nited
States would be to make a farce of the
British blockade. "The Daily Chroni?
cle" suggests the influence of politics
in America's stand, and states:
"It should be frankly recognized that
the correspondence represents a much
i to Anglo-American
?riction than ha? been visible in diplo?
matie documents since 'he war started.
ibtidly there are large trad rig
ta in 'he I'nited States which
nereasingly against their Inabil*
into Germany and sell
them there at top price, and some of
these interests, for instance, the South?
ern cotton growers, have great weight
in 'he Councils of the Democratic par'.y.
"The Democratic press has taken to
tty fiequently the idea that
Al.es do not let cotton or meat
?o Germany the I'nited States
i prohibit the export of muni
It ia, of course, quite arguable
:' the threat ever materialized it
' have quite the effect Intend?
: Germany would lose more by
her completer deprivation of cotton and
cot per than we by our loss of Ameri?
can ! . .
"Some surprise will be caused," says
Daily Expresa," "by the claim of
that Germany should
be free to send her goods to neutral
ountriea and thence across the ocean
\ rlcan ships. To admit this
claim would be to reduce the British
blockade to a farce, for Germany is
covered by a network of railways and
watorwava wiv.ch enable her ctTuamexc?
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new building at Madison
Avenue ?f Forty-fourth
Street
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Are Closing Out?
High-class Summer Apparel, especially
suitable for week-end trips
Summer Dresses?$8, $15, $25
Formerly $25 to $45. Of net, crepe and linen.
White Coats?$1 5 and $18.
Formerly $35 to $55. Outing and semi-dress styles.
(Special groups of Colored Cloth Coats at $18 & $25)
Linen & Cloth Suits?$1 5, $25
Formerly $35 to $95. Tailleur and demi-tailleur styles.
Town * Country Hats?$5 * $ 10
Formerly $10 to $25. Outing, semi-dress & garden styles.
Silk Sweater Coats?$1 5 " s35
Formerly $22 to $45. Fashionable shades and weaves.
to pass ati conveniently through port?,
in adiacent neutral countries as
through her own.
U. S. Plans to Make
Test Case of Dacia
Washington, Aug. 4.?Announcement
from Paris to-day that a French prize
court had confirmed the seizure of the
American steamer Pacia as a fair priM
found the State Department preparing
to protest the decision, which carries
with it forfeiture of the vessel. It is
planned to make this a test case of -he
right of a neutral country to grant reg?
istry to a belligerent owned merchant
?hip.
The Dacia's cotton cargo is not in
rolved. Before the vessel sailed from
Galveston last spring for Rotterdam
Great Britain announced that the car?
go, consigned for Bremen, would not
be detained, the announcement being
Hnding on France. The French gov?
ernment purchased the cotton through
a special appropriation, and first pay?
ment* to its owners wer? made to-day
at the State Department.
The issue in the Pac?a case is the
right of the I'nitcd States government
to permit registry under its flag of a
vessel formerly owned by the Ham?
burg-American Steamship Company, a
German corporation, but declared to
have been sold to an American citizen.
The British government, which has
sanctioned such transfer? in wartime,
could tiot consistently seize the Dacia.
France has tlway? hel?i that the |
f.?r of a merchant ship to a neutral
power must have been effected at least
thirty days !.. fore the outbreak of hos- '
t.lities to obtain recognition by bel-j
ligerents.
At the beginning of the war the
United States served notice on the bel- ]
ligerents that as they had not consent- !
ed to observe the unratitied Declara-'
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tioi.s of London as a whole, this gov?
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lut would stand on the general prin?
ciples of Inte la** !n deslinf
with question '",ts. Tjt?
against eondemr.atn
Dae g will rest on thos?
At the office, in this c:*y. of Edward
N. Bieitung, the steamship
?it no Of?
ficial advice had b??en received from
the French government regarding tft
confirmation of the seisurs of as
steamship.
A repreeentativ? of Mr. Breitunf ???
sorted that uj I ne adviees ire m
their attorneys in Paris indicated tnst
the Dacia migh' be turned bsek to tier
owneis, possibly ui ruaraawe
? it she would not again I
in transatlantic trade during the war.
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