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claim the capture of a large nu
prisoners, the aggregate i? smi
compared with the immense f.?,
gaged. In addition, the Ruooi
apparently are well on their
the rear.
The Russians also are prepi
evacuate Riga, the port on the
that name in the north. The
??f the 001*80008 ten miles ?
that city already has been the i
'?he civilian population dcpartin
While ?\pre?Mtig the fulles
dence in the future, the Britii
tary eritic? made no attempt
little the achievements of the
or the effect their success Is 1
have in the Near Fast and the
Since earh in May the troop:
(?ermanic potters hod cleared t
?ians out o? Galicia, with the
tion of a narrow strip of terr
the southwest. have rcc
l'rzemysl and Lemberg. taken
Choi m and Warsaw and are i
tarv occupat-on .if virtually th?
of Poland. Whol their next m<
be is now a -.natter of intense i
Some military observer? belie
will continuo to attack H
in the hope of finally crushing
task which it is conolderoo
tared difficult by the fact tl
Ru??ians in heir retreat lav th'
try waste, making dt necessary
invader? to bring un every es
food required for their amv.
Others of the observers think
will be attacked. SO as to impr
Balkan States which remain r
while ?till othei? look for a I
feniive .?.gainst the Franeo-Briti
gian line in the west. All of 1
server? are of the opinion that
i ver the new operation .8 begun
be on a big scale.
The German? also have haii
successes ?n ihe west, having :
ured on the crest of the line
Vosges a portion of ihe trenches
the F-encn took from them som
ago.
"Gern.nn cavalry yemerdar
the day before defeated in C
land detachnunts of Russian
airy at points rear Genaue, B
nao Omskazhty. A total of ;
Kussian prisoners was taken.
"The Situation near and to
north ei Ivangorod remains
changed.
"Ti4^ campaign la be>pg cor
'jed Mlwoatt the upper Vis
River and the River Bug. Ger
cavalrymen bava entere i Wladii
Wolynsk, on 'he Bug River."
Lomza, Oatiov and Wyszkow i
th* northeast u". Woraaw. The
mentioned ci'y is 4S kilometre
reiies) from the Polish ea
18 60 kilometres (80 miles I nor
of Wyszkow, and Lomza is 45
metres ,2~ miles, north of Ootroi
san is -in kilometres 121 miles)
of Wyszkow.
After the announcement of Wai
capture the report from the G<
Army Headquarters issued to-d
Berlin says:
"The German armies under G
eral von Scholz and General
Gallwitz advanced in the direct
of the road between Loma, Ost
and Vyszkov and fought a num
of violent engagement?. The br
and desperate resistance of
Russians on both sides of the n
between Ostrov and Rozan \
without success.
Twenty-two Russian officers t
4,840 soldiers were taken pris?
ers. The Germans also captui
17 machine guns.
The War Office this evening i
public the following official comn
cation:
The long series of successes
the Germanic allies since the M
battle on the Dunajec in Gali<
and in Southern and North?
Poland and the Baltic provine
have now been crowned by the t
cupation of Warsaw.
To-dav the German troops of t
army of Prince Leopold of Bavai
marched into the capital of Russii
Poland.
"veen the Vistula and the Bi
both the of tiie allies ore odvancii
to the north in pursuit of the Ru
sians. The Austro-Hungariun ca
airy has reached Uacilug > on t)
right bank of the Bug, to the we
of Vladiralr-WolynssT), and tl
German cavalry Vladimir-Wolyns
Otherwise '.ho situation is ui
change?!
The Petrograd official report,
sides that given above, is us followi
In the direction of Riga tl
enemy, after actions on th? Riv?
Hiooa, fell back in great has'
toward ti iu, abondonii
in the trenches a large quantity ?
cartridges and munitions.
In the district east of Poni?
wesch the fighting continued, ar
the Germons succeeded in odvon?
ing a little.
On the Narew front the G?im
delivered attacks in the directio
k of Lomza and on the front of Oi
\ trolenka and Rosan, They took th
H off? naive in eom oree als
y on the ro?iii- toward ( i I
An extremely desperate battl
was in progress yesterday on th
sector of i ,r troop
vigorously counter attacked the en
?my, who crossed the stream a
several points.
West of Warsaw, south of th>
Blonie road, we successfully re
pulsed German attacks yesterday
The enemy, who surlercd cnormou:
losses, advanced up to our barbed
wire defences, but was stopped b*
our fire.
To the right of the Vistula, neai
Matzievitze, the situation generall
is unchanged.
In the Ivangorod district oui
troops, unmolested by the enemy
crossed to the right bank of tin
Vistula, blowing up the bridges be
hind
Between the Vistula and the Bug
late 1 ueaday evening our troops
drove back the Germans, inflicting
enormous loases on them.
At mniiy points these local suc?
cesses, ending with a short pur
sun, enabled our troops to occupy
the same night, without hindrance,
a new and more advantageous front
on the left bank of the Bug, a.? weil
as the direction of Vladimir-Wol
ynsk and Kovel.
On the upper Bug, the Zlota Lipa
and Dniester rivers there has been
no change in the situation.
Austrians Battering
Forts at Ivangoro
Geneva, Aug. *5. Telegraphing fro
Innsbruck, the "Tribune d'Geneve't
correspondent says of the lighting i
Polatio:
"The Austro-Germans, with moi
than twenty heavy batteries, are bon
barding Ivangorod from all sides, cam
ing great destruction. The Russians ar
resisting heroically.
'On August S the Russians attacke
Field ?arsh.il von Mackensen's force
on the Rodomno River. The tightini
was exceptionally heavy, as was showi
by the fact that within a few hours th?
battlefield was covered with 20,00?
bodies of men from both sides.
"The bumiiardment of Lomza hai
been begun by the Germans. Large
German forces continue to CTOOS '.In
Narew on pontoon bridges north ol
Warsaw. I . this region the Russians
have repulsed fiesh German attacks.'
DENIES CONGO CHARGE
Germany Says She Never
Planned Spoliation.
Berlin (by wiroleoa to Sayvi!!,-, L.
1.), Aug. 5. -The Overseas New? Agon?
cy ?ays:
"The assertion ma'de in the Belgian
??ray Look that Germany, four months
before the war broke out, off? ed to
divide the Belgian Congo with Frunce
and to str.' ' m fron I
of Indepenler.' eoun*iriea, is, pro?
nounced ofrUiallv to bt a ridiculous
Invention, without th? ?lightest foun-1
dation." I
MAP SHOWING GERMAN GAINS IN POLAND.
^a.44. W?tZm?jkOs *????? Ni
Battle L'Nt onJolvi
T 11'OS
1 AN LlNI
Baitli Linc ou August e?
This mah shows the extent of the
German gains since the inauguration
? of their last drive, which had two ob?
jectives, the capture of Warsaw and
the capture of the armies of the Grand
I'r.ke Nicholas. The first has suc?
ceeded, the second thus far failed.
The railways leading east from War?
saw are the vital factors in the Rus?
sian retreat. The Russian lints so far
have always held long enough to allow
I the orderly withdrawal of men nnd
; munitions, in spite of the tremendous
German attacks. The arrows show
where these have been pushed hardest,
and the German commanders arc: (1)
?Von Msckensen, (2) Archduke Joseph
I Ferdinand, i3i von Koeves?, ill eon
I Woyrsch, i 51 Prince Leopold of Ba?
I varia, (6) von llindenburg. i7) von
i Gallwitz, i Si von Scholts and i&> von
I H?low.
WARS A WS FALL MARKS
TRIUMPH OF "KULTUR"
Victory an Empty One, However, as Russian Grand
Duke Has So Far Saved His Army in Most
Gigantic Strategic Retreat in History.
Warsaw's capture is easily the m
j spectacular achievement of Gern
arms since the outbreak of the w
The fall of the Polish capital con
only after ten months of the nu
' desperate fighting known in histo
From October until the end of Ji
the Russian and allied Teutonic fott
have swung like a mighty pendulu
now through Galicia and toward t
heart of Prussia, now back agt
i further enst than the walls of Wi
saw. In number of men lost, in spi
tacular generalship, in hard, bitt
stubborn fighting, the campaigns
the east have far outclassed the t
tivitics in France and Belgium.
Thrice before this Germany h
launched a tremendous drive again
the Russian lines in the direction
Warsaw. Twice the Czar's troo
have fallen back at the point of tl
?est pressure, and by reason
their tremendous numbers have fold?
in behind the German armies, ha
outflanked them and compelled the
retreat with terrifi.- losses. A thi:
time, the Grand Duke Nicholas n
von Ilindenburg man for man and gi
for gun and beat him back. The four
drive has been too heavy, too we
equipped for the ammunition starv?
Russians wholly to check. It is
triumph of organization, of "kultur
I The Russians have lost Warsaw, hi
I they have apparently saved their am
| in the most gigantic strategic retrei
I in military history.
The whole German nation, of cours
will boil over with enthusiasm at ti?
n-port of the final attainment of the
tern objective. The victory i.? fille
h honor for the Kaiser'.? tumps, an
with little else. They have Wai a?
snd that is all. The city is an enipt
.hell as far as military importance i
i i-rned. Weeks ago it was gutted b
I the Russian? of everything that migh
I benefit their foes. So thorough wa
the dismantling that even telegrap
and telephone wires were wound o
.rums and carted away, lest the pre
cious copper full into Germany's hand;
laurels for Grand Duke.
Masterly as has been the German ad
; vanee, the Grand Puke has earned al
; most equal laurel? for the skill witl
. which hs has withdrawn his force?. II,
'hat his ill equipped troops coui<
, not withstand the enemy's splendid!;
I e?;uipped offensive. All the winter ie?
I had locked the Baltic ports sgainst a
?istanes from the outside world. Tin
Turkish declaration of war shut off tht
supply of Monition? via the Ifoditerrs
nean and the Bosporus. The punj
Trans-Siberian Railway has proved ut
terly inadequate for drafting the sup?
plies necessary for the millions of mi r
on the Russian fighting front from th?
docks of Vladivostock, a qoarter of .-?
hi nisphers sway. These docks an
piled high with the guns, ammunition
j.ril clothing so terribly need?': on the
? empire's western border The mer
: ehandise la seeping into the country ?n
? pitifully small driblets.
When the ice broke in the Raltic last
1 spring, the army, which Russia could
feed bat not clothe nor equip, was in
excellent physical condition, but at ils
lowest ebb of effectiveness. At this
' time the marvellous manufacturing
; system of the Germans had supplied a
great army for a ?upretni drive on
Warsaw.
Doting the winter the Grand Puke
had spent most of his reserve store of
ammunition in th? drive sgainst the
demoralized Austrian? which gained
for him Prsemysl. He had ;! "nt; hi?
CoSSaCSS over tvn- hts of the ?Car?
ina snd dosrn into the plains of
Hungary. With thil victory, however,
he had como .o the i-rid of his re?
sources. Noting remained but to wait
for spring and endeavor to hold his !
line?.
With spring the chang? cam?. Con- '
tent with simply holding the tot I ?
many had ma.-sed behind her fightin;
lines an army, perfect in Its ?Uli I
elaborate!** equipped, and diligent,
hammered into fii.hting shape by voi
Mackensen and von Hindenburg. Weldr?
into the former's forces were the hith
erto ineffectve Austrians. When Ma;
had dried the roads and made it pos
sible to begin a campaign, German;
struck.
New Plan Followed.
The previous drives against War
saw hail been direct. In each of thee
the forces employed had not been suf
ticiently numerous to prevent outflank
:ng by the Russians. The number u
Germans who flung themselves again.?
the Grand Duke's troops this time
however, was too great to permit of i
repetition of this outflanking ma
n?uvre. The number of field gui
and siege artillery which backed up th?
Teutonic assault was able to ?moth
the weak fire of the Russian cal
many of them old and none of then
itely supplied with ammunition
The Germsn advance was platined upor
new lines.
While von Mackensen swept Uj
through Galicia, rolling back the Csar'i
troops and recapturing first Przemys
and then Lemberg, von Hindenburg il
the north attempted to shatter the Rus
sian flank, lying in the Baltic provinces
No direct attempt was made on War
raw. It was the intention of the Teu?
tons to push their armies through the
country to the north and south of the
city, until the men of von Markens? -
and von Hindenburg clasped hands at
the rear of the city, holding the Ru ?
sian army in a ring of steel from which
there would be no escape. The success
of this pian, however, was only par?
tial.
With the Germans delivering merci
le-, blow? on either flank, with his
nit n short of ammunition, with his mi
tillery hopelessly outclassed, the Grand
Duke Nichols? withdrew hi? unwieldy
army with consummate skill. Von
Mackensen captured Przemysl after It
had been rendered absolutely n
from a military viewpoint, by Russian
sappers, who destroyed all of the forti?
fication? behind the ? army
and robbed the city of everything of
value to the victorious troop.? before
th? y entered.
Russia'? New Line.
Lemberg was merely a repetition e>f
Prsemyal. Step by step both Germsn
armlet bent hack the Russian flank?
I until the battle line formed two tide?
of un equilateral triangle, with War
Raw inside it? epex. On the th i I
of the trisngle Les the Kovno :
Litovsk line, on which the grand duke
i,is planne.I to make his next stand
after the evacuation of the Polish capi?
tal. To this new line h? has withdrawn
? of his army. The details of his
Strategy are not yet known. It is cer?
tain, however, that never once has the
morale of the Russian? been ?haken.
Pew bodies of troops can retna: stead?
ily for two months without losing
hi art.
The Russiun soldier has proved him
self before now the in0 iblc "f
fighting men in rear guard nctions. He
can lay even ?trongci claim to th?
to-day. Not once has he broken. While
falling immer
blows of the twin German attack? h>'
has never failed to show that he was
far from a beaten man. Time and
b? has turned and, striking over
his shoulder, inflicted gnat lo?SfS on
his pursuers. To-day the Russian
battle line is intact, and German troops
will march into a city from which the
Russian? tied on a schedule as orderly
i.nd smooth running as a railroad time
table
From a strategic point of view, the
..n army is in a better position
than it has been since the outbreak of
Th? irregularity of the
empire'- eastern frontier ha- BSI
most difficult to defend. Between Ger?
many and Austria? Russian Poland
thrust.? in a salient Host Is territory
is ir fror.*, if it. Hostile territory
borders it tor 150 miles on eithei
An army balding the Polish bastion,
in the centre of wnich l? W?
must be bent forward at an angle,
which leaves it open on both siues lui
I SEES NEW RUSSIA
AFTER WARSAW
London. Aug. ?V?Speaking to 10,
000 Welshmen at Bangnr this after
noon before lie heard of (he fall of
Warsaw. David l.lnyd George. Min?
ister of Munitions, referred to the
situation in the east in these term?:
"I 4 lew || with anxiety, hut nnt
with dread. I can see a ray of hope
in the ?lark horizon?the regenera?
tion of the great people of Kusaia.
Our enemies do not understand what
they are doing in the east. Their
mighty cannon are shattering the
rust> bar? that fettered the ?mil of
Russia.
"Look at Warsaw! What la hap?
pening behind that? The Russian
people are shaking themselves free
of stilling debris, their mighty limbs
preparing with new spirits and new
hope for a new land.
"Austria and Prusaia are doing to?
day for Russia what their military
ancestor? did for France?they are
hammering a ?word that will de*
atFOJ them."
the danger of flanVIng movements. It
WOS in an endeavor to straighten out
this line thnt Russia struggled to:
gain a foothold in East Prussia and.
Galicia. The Czar's force? have been,
in a cramped, unnatural position, from
which defence was difficult and of- I
fence almost equally as hnrd.
The whole Rtory of the eastern front i
campaigns' has been concerned with
the effort of the German? to outflank I
and destroy the distorted Russian j
battle line, coupled with the struggle]
of the Czar'.- troops to attain aj
straighter and more secure front.
Last October Germany penetrated to '
within nineteen miles of Warsaw when
a Russian flanking movement nipped
bar. ?She was almost caught in the:
jaws of the trap, but struggled free j
With a tia-ineu.lulls l088.
Shaken; but not beaten, she later
tried again. Russia held her along the
Warta ami Vistula rivers and flung
troops in an encircling movement about ,
her flanks. Two German corps were
completely surrounded, and but for the
negligence of certain Russian generals
would have been annihilated. The
Kaiser's forces were again driven back
an dthe two armies intrenches along
the famous Rzura-Rawa front.
After ?iriving the (zar's troops out1
of Last Prussia, von Hindenburg made
another attempt on Warsaw in Feb?
ruary. Ho captured Przasnysz, but
??.-is driven from that city by a steady
hammering attack, which forced him to
give up any immediate hope of taking
the Polish capital. ,
Warsaw Les on the Vistula River,
826 miles from Petrograd, 320 miles
from Berlin and about the same dis-,
tance from Dantzig. It is the third
city of the Russian Empire, and in
times of peace numbers its population
well .-.hove iiOO.iiOC. Probably at least
half of these have now left the city.
Germans Already Plan
Civil Administration
Berlin, Aug. 5 ivia London, Aug. fi).
Details of the full of Warsaw have
not yet n-nehed R? rlin. The newspaper
correspondents, before Warsaw have as
yet had no opportunity to send dio?
and the German General Staff
I; i- no details beyond the brief phrase
in the middle of the day's official re?
port.
The new? of the occupation of the
Polish capital was received h^re quiet?
ly, almost without enthusiasm or dem
ition, dispatches from abroad
and the doily war bulletins having pre?
pared the people for the actual fact.
The Berlin newspapers did not even
trouble to issue extra editions, but an?
nounced the news in their regular edi?
tions. Flogs immediately hegan to
make their appearance in the streets,
( and by -1 o'clock in the afternoon the
whole city was decorated.
So sure had the authorities been of
the fall of the fortress that prepara?
tions for the appointment of a civil
governor mid the installation of a civil
i.ilministration centred at Warsaw are
almost complete, and will be announc?-rt
in a day or two. The governor will,
it is understood, be a prominent Gor?
rona magnate. Some difficulties over
questions of precedence may arise, as
the civil governor necessarily must act
under the military commander, but
' outrank him. These questions,
however, may perhaps be settled by
, fctio'i of a member of the royal
house for the latter post.
"SEMI-AUTONOMY"
FOR POLAND HINTED
Kaiser to Confer with Leading
Germans and Austrians on
Proposed Proclamation.
Ill? ?a!,l? to The Tribune. 1
The Hague, Aug. 15.?Dispatches re?
ceived from Germany state that the
Kaiser will return to Berlin on Sun?
day to preside over an important con?
ference, which is to be attended by
the leading members of the Cabinet,
the heads of all the German states and
tivo Austrian archdukes.
It is understood that the object of
the conference is to discuss a pro?
posal to issue a proclamation declaring
Poland a semi-autonomous state and
placing it, together with Galicia, under
the joint rule of Germans, Austrians
and Poles. The proposal is to be pre
: to the Reichstag, which meets
1 on August 17.
a ?
IMPORTERS UNITE
TO BACK PRESIDENT
Committee of Fifteen Calls Meet
ing to Indorse Administra
tion's Policy.
The committee of fifteen, represent?
ing American importers, who recently
presented a petition to Secretary
Lansing asking relief from the British
Order in Council which prevents them
from receiving mercnandtse of German
and Austrian origin, met yesterday
afternoon ut the Hardware Club. It
adopted a resolution inviting all im?
porters affected by the English ruling
to participate in a meeting at the Hotel
Biltmore in the near future to indorse
the efforts of the administration in
bringing relief from this order.
The personnel of the committee is as
follo4vs :
Lee Kohns. of L. Strauss i Sons;
Carl W. Stern, of M. J. Corbett & Co ?
If. B. Schmidt, of B. Illfe'.der & Co.;
Emil Strobel, of Strobel & Wilkin Com?
pany; Theodore Bach, of Snow's United
Express Company; William J.
Whittcmore, of the American News
Company; George J. Hunken, of the
Emil Majerl Company; Dr. Curl Amend,
o'' Eimer ft Antead; J. M. Klaess, of
Dieekerheff, Raffloer & Co.; Henry F.
Sams- ft H ildi i Broth
era; Ainslie Walter, of Butler Broth?
ers; H. W. '..raun, of Habicht, Braun ft
Co.; E. Stratmann, of the F. A. Koch
Company; L. A. Repp, of the Hovt Repp
Company, and Philip J. Cunningham, of
I Dezell & Helwig. |
WARSAWEXOD?S
CALM, UNHURRIED
CITYSWEPT BARE
Polish Capital Denuded of
Everything of Mili?
tary Importance.
FDIBLES ADVANCE
150 P. C. IN PRICE
Half Population Entrains for In?
terior Points- Half Remains
to Greet the Victors.
London, Aug. 6. -When the Teuton
forces entered W?r?aw they took over
a city ?lenuded of all things of military
importance. The capital of Poland is
a shell, nothing more. When the last,
files of the retreating Russian army '
passed through the streets, concluding
the most orderly evacuation of history,
they turned their calm, unhurried back*
upon a city stripped of all military
stores and denuded of at least half of
its inhabitants.
Not even German thoroughness could
have conducted a more orderly retreat
than that in which the Russian de- '
fenders crossed the Vistula to Praga, a
suburb, and took train for the new line
of defence in the Kovno, Rrest-Litovsk
district. No hitch occurred at any stage
of the withdrawal.
Several weeks ago the government
had appropriated all the rolling stock
of the railroads for the use of the ar?
my. When the army needed them they
were made up into long troop trains.
Each regiment was assigned to a cer?
tain platform. Fach arrived on time,
entrained and pulled out for the new
defences on scheilule time. There was
no confusion. The whole evacuation
was the work of a well-oileil machine.
No Panic This Time.
Warsaw should have become used to
investment and capture by now. The
blind panic which seized her people
last October when Von Hindenburg
came to within nineteen miles of her
defences was not repeated. Perhaps
one-half of her population had left the
city before the first Germans entered it.
Inder the supervision of the army men,
women and children passed from the
threatened town, were provided free
with third class tickets for any desti?
nation in the itnerior of Russia, and
started on their flight with the smooth?
ness of an American suburban railway
service.
For weeks past the staff of the Rus?
sian army has regarded Warsaw as a
lost stronghold, Before the sound of
German cannon could be heard the
work of stripping the city had begun.
Prom the mo t outlying suburb to the
centre of the Polish capital all that
could be of comfort to the Teuton hosts
was either destroyed or removed. Fac?
tory after factory was robbed of all
machinery. This was either sent by rail
to the rear or broken up and cast into
the Vistula. The buildings themselves
in many cases were shattered by dyna?
mite.
With the thoroughness of locusts the
Russian destroyers ?wept through War?
saw, conscientiously depriving her of
everything which could make capture
worth whi'e. All military necessities
were confiscated. Kven the post boxes
were removed. What food remained in
the city was not touched, but this was
scarcely enough to support th# lives of
those who remained. Edibles have ad?
vanced 160 per cent in price within the
last few weeks.
University Professors Leave.
When the city had beet, swept bare,
th army turned its attention to the
removal of all government institutions.
The University of Warsaw was declared
transferred to Moscow, All the profes?
sors and instructors of the institution
and as much of its equipment as could
be moved were entrained. The Univer?
sity of Moscow, it was understood,
would shelter its sister seat of learn?
ing.
The state and all private banks f?l
lowed in the exodus, taking all their
fund? with them. Ten days ago the
police department depart?,!, together
with the judges and all court officials.
The managements of the Russian state
theatres followed.
of those whom the government was
pledged to bring away, only the Rus?
sian priests remained. The latter stuck
firmly to their posts, and vowed they
would leave only at the last moment to
avoid capture, Then the bombardnn nt
of the city began. It is estimated that
at least five thousand buib iga in the
city have been more or less damaged
by the German tire. Thirty non-com?
batants were killed in the first week.
Automobiles Requisitioned.
Orders were issued for all automo?
biles and horses to be brought over to
Praga, on the east bank of the Vistula,
and turned over to the army. All civil?
ian males between the ages of iifteen
and fifty remaining in the town were
pressed into military service. They
a:i!?-?i m the work of demolition, helped
with tiie transportation, repaired road?
and streets and dug trenches. Fach
man received '?0 cents a day and his
board.
As the garrison was driven in on the
: city, all the suburbs through which
they passed were utterly destroyed. To
: gain Warsaw the Teutons must have
] marched through miles of blackened,
uninhabitable land, covered with
smouldering embers and the rubble of
overthrown buildings.
Most of those who remained to greet
the German victors wen Pole's, count?
ing, pi ihaps, on the Kaiser's promise
to restore them to nationality,
for a time assumed entire control of
the civil government of Warsaw, .
to them since the revolution of Im'-:!. A
citizen police force and a Polish hos?
pital, together with the beginnings of a
postal system, were in existence when
the Germans entered the town.
DEFENDS NECHES SEIZURE
British Say Holding Cargo Is
Absolutely Legal.
London, Aug. I. Learning from the
comment on the recently exchanged
correspondence between the I'nited
State? and Great Britain that a mis?
apprehension has arisen with regard to
the British note concerning the steam?
er Noches, which, it was asserted, had
been interpreted as stating that the
cargo of the vessel had been seized as
a reprisal measure against Germany's
submarine policy, th? Foreign Ornes
explains that the misunderstanding
arises from the brevity of the note.
The seiure, the foreign OSes says
was not meant in the nature of a re?
prisal, but was based on the British
ontention of the absolute legality of
he Orders in Council, as explained in
he note of July -'3, to which the
eches note refers.
Th? Poreign Oflee e!ao explains rhat
that the British govern.
ment do.s not yet know what ?teas
ave- been taken by neutral power?
inst the Geiman submarine policy
t did not mean to include the I'nited
'tates, which, it say-, lias made public
s protest against tais form of war
THE WORLD WAR A
YEAR AGO TO-DAY
Austria-Hungary declared war
on Russin.
British cruiser Amphion struck
a mine and foun?lcred, with a loss
of 1.11 live?.
First German assault on Li?g?
repulsed.
GERMAN JOY HERE
AT WARSAW'S FALL
Hussia Beaten! Must Make
Separate Peace! Shout
Teutonic Crowds.
BERNSTORFF SMILES,
BUT KEEPS SILENT
Issues Order Against Members
of Embassy or Consulates
Making Statements.
"Warsaw has fallen!" From the bul?
letin boards in Park Row where the
cry was taken up yesterday by Ger?
mans and their sympathisers to the
hundreds of German gathering places
in the city, these three words ex?
pressed volumes. If the Kaiser had
been crowned Czar of Europe the ela?
tion felt among Germans in this city
at the occupation of Warsaw could not
have been greater.
"This is the beginning of the end of
the Allies!" yelled an exci'.ed Teuton,
towering a head tall above the crowd
on Park Row. "Now watch 'em put
the screws to the Czar. And then it's
England's turn" ? But he got no
further. The crowd yelled and hur- j
rahed and ended all discussion.
"Warsaw has fallen!" Heavy, black,
three-inch letters spread over the en?
tire width of the front page announced
this achievement of German arms in
the German papers. The whole nage
WOS bordered with floral designs, as if
a victorious peace already had been
signed in Berlin. The German papers
announced that 200.000 Russians had
fallen into the hands of the victor.?.
This increased the enthusiasm among
, local Germans.
"Warsaw has fallen!" was the much
I toasted motto in the German caf?s and
restaurants. While there were no pub
' lie celebrations, the private celebra?
tions were all the more thorough.
"Stimmung" was everywhere, and
everybody was proud of the Father?
land.
"This is the end of Russia. She will
now be forced to make a separate
peace soon," said a veteran major,
pounding a table. "This will go down
. in history as one of the greatest
, achievements of the waHfare of all
times," he continued. "The victory in
itself is a severe shock to the Allies,
but the moral effect among people and
troop., alike cannot be estimated. And
think of the enthusiasm which will
sweep through the German lands!
Wunderbar) Phenomenal! Prosit!
Here goes to the valiant German
boys! "
If Count von Bernstorff, the Ger
? man Ambassador, felt gratification at
! the news o? the fall of Warsaw, he
did not betray it at the Ritz-Carlton,
?There he arrived yesterday morning
from Washington. After spending the
v hole day in his apartments in consul?
tation with attaches and other Ger?
man officials, he took a little stroll
into the lobby last night.
At the newsstand a flaring headline,
announcing the fall of W.irsaw,
caught his steady, steel-gray eyes. He
stopped a whimsical smile was
tiaceable around the corner? of his
mouth. But it was momentary.
He refused to express his opinion
on Woraaw'a fall or to discuss the
Story that he and Capta i Roy-Ed.
his naval attache, had conspired with
Genero! Huerta to launch a revolution
in Mexico to sidetrack this country's
controversy with Germany.
Later it developed that, at Count
von Bernstorff's express direction, no
more statements will be issued by any
member of the German Embassy or
the German consulates. Not even the
ctunt himself will talk for publica?
tion in the future?that is, not di?
rectly.
a
GERMANY PUBLISHES
"SECRETS" OF BELGIUM
Tries to Prove Double Dealing
by Diplomatic Excerpts.
Berlin, Aug. ? i By wireless to
Tuckerton, \. J.),- "The Nor,(deutsche
meine Zeitung." according to the
Overseas News Agency, has published
further documents purporting to be
?ecret Belgian diplomatic report*
found in Brussels by the Germans, cov?
ering the period between l'j05 und
1014.
The Belgian Minister in London, un?
der ?lute of Jan. 14, LMt, as quoted,
insisted that England was ready to as?
sist France even in case of war during
the Moroccan crisis, which was then
acute.
The Belgian Minister in Berlin, on
April 5, 190?, wrote as follows: -Th?.
English pre?? did everything to ob?
struct the results of the Algeciras
Conferrr.ee ami was more irreconcil?
able than the French. The?? napers
never cease to discuss German plans
of aggression which do not exist."
The Belgian Minister in London un?
der date of March IS, 1907, wrote:
"The who!; force of English diplomacy
is for Germany's isolation."
On March 28, 190?, the Belgian Min?
ister in Berlin reported: "Fr?ncn ar?
rogance is now as it was during tho
worst days of the Second Empire.
. . . This arrogance has increased
one degree since the negotiations he
uv.-en London and St. Petersburg. '
FORESEES SWEDEN
INVOLVED IN WAR
Loctor Declares Nurses May Be
Needed Any Day for
Own Army.
Copenhagen, Aug. ft.-A dispatch re
ceivedhere from Malmo, Sweden, says
that Dr. Bauer, head physician of the
Malmo Hospital, has denied an urgent
request from the Austrian government
for six doctor? and fortv-eight nurses
to be sent to Munkacs, Hungary Dr
Bauer in replying is declared to have
said:
"I regret that I cannot spare a single
doctor or nurse, as our country may
now need them any day for our own
army."
The Equitable Building puts
120 Broadway on the map
Henceforth I 20 Broadway is established secure?
ly as the location of the most famous building,
on the most famous street in the world.
There is no side street obscurity about 120 .
Broadway, or the building which stands there?
it is the biggest, busiest, best known, business
spot the length and breadth of Old Broadway
And it joins to the glamor of its fame and loca?
tion the last-minute contrivances for the con?
venience, the comfort, and the general well
being of those it serves.
Equitable Building Corporation
120 Broadway
m_
3 _ _!?L1
Summer Apparel at Final Closing Prices-?
DRESSES ?*????.. m $8> $15> $25
SUITS ForLari" ?35?? ?95 $15 and $25
COATS EZtfffriss $15, $18, $25
($45 Smart Shantung Coats at $22)
WRAPS R^^af?T $10 to $25
HATS ??AAT?3 So to $10
$22 to $45 Silk Sweater Coats at $15 to $35
$8 to $15 Sheer Summer Blouses at $4 and $7
$15 Awning Stripe Outing Skirts at $9
$18 to $25 Cretonne and Silk Parasols at $5 & $7
FRENCH COUNT GAINS
IN GERMANS, NOT LAND
With Trench Line Almost Impregnable, JofFre's Task
Now Is to Demoralize and Hold Bulk of
Kaiser's Forces in the West.
Paris, Aug. 5. -An explanation
why so litte progress is being ma
j in the French and Bel?-ia-i war zoni
' so far as actual ground gaining
concerned, is afforded in a stateme
from unquestionable authority,
which the almost insurmountable d;
, Acuities of the present struggle a
set forth.
"During the last six months," sa
this authority, "from the North 8?
to the Swiss mountains, there h
been veritable siege warfare alorg tl
length of the broken line of trench?
In this warfare all strate?
manoeuvres are absent, becau
manoeuvres are impossible on groui
whets every square metre is marke
and swept by artillery fire. The on
alternative is a frontil e.ttaek. Sui
r.n attack la ?mashed to ".?ces in 01
part or t-nother against the ?ormidab
organizations of defence, 'n which a
the resources of art artd science ha?
been employed by the two adversarle
"In concrete subtetranian work
aimored and casemated, arme?.', wit
rapid-firers and mortals, and linked 1
one another by marvelliusly concealc
communicating trencties, which ai
i protected by the tire of heavy ba
: teries, dwell the infantry, abundant!
? provided with rifles and hand grer
ades. To take possession of one r
I these works, it is first necessary t
dismantle ?hese trenches ?nd destro
the material which th?y shelter. Thi
is the artillery's task.
Trenches Almost Impregnable.
"N'o one before the war could hav
imagined the vast amount of shell
required. Several thousand shell
fired during a few nours on a H
Btrietod space snnounc-' an attack fo
. which this preparation is boing mad?
"But, no matter how r.unsroui th
heavy guns or how well ditected thei
fire, it often happens that the props
ration has been insufficient. One o
two rapid-tin-rs mow down the troop
i who climb from the trenches read;
' for the charge, and, after sufferin?
heavy sacrifices, the attacking part;
arrive at the tirst line of trenches o
the enemy. The opposing artillery
, with a literal wall of 'ire, effective!]
prevents any reinforcemei tts from ad
Ivaneing to their support. Tih-v MUSI
fortify the captured trench?-?., beinj
subjected the while to a much mon
accurate bombardment, a? the enimj
knows the exact range of their for
' nier positions.
"Such offt-nsive movements could not
?be multiplied nor prolonge I indefinite?
ly, as much on account of the moral
i and physical effort which they demand
i of the men as on account of the loases
? which they involve. NeitBOl can such
offensives be improvised, Before be?
ginning an attack large nuantities of
material and projectile? muet be gath?
ered in one place previously appoint?
ed by the commander, advanced forti
i locations dug, and the ground minutely
' studied.
"If, despite these difficultUs, the
French army renews an offensive
at the price of a bloody sacr
is with the conscientious mission of
holding large enemy force? on the
western front. By the Marne victory
| it stopped th?- invasion and ruined the
first German plan, which was, Bist, to
shatter France and ' return then
against Russia.
"By the victory of the Yser, with
the aid of the allied armies closing
the line of defence, it effectively pre?
vented the enemy from getting a foot
; hold in Pas de Calaij.
"By continuous offensive action*
I from February to July in Champagne,
j the Argonr.e and Artois, it demoral.z?,'
I approximately 2,000,000 men ai d cant
ured an enormous amount of .naterial.
Without allowing the enemy an in?
stant's respite, it forced the German
General Staff to utilize on the west- !
em front reserves in barracks and ar-1
son?is.
1 "It would be s ?erious mistake to
I measure our effort by the ground con?
quered. The demoralization and weir?
ing down of the German army i? th?
I real goal.
"Wo have attained this ?foal, ?ire? it
has been proved that during these id
months the enemy has suffered heavy
losses, and, taking everything into con
i'ion, he can only remove front
cur front 8 per cent of his totsl ef?
fectives.
"The great battles on the western
front were fought in Champagne dur?
ing the month? of February and March;
between the Meuse and th? Mose!!?
? during the month of April, and ir- Ar
, U-is during May and Jute
"In Champagr.- ? taken the
. enemy's defend if th cl from
two to seven kilt wo one ar,<?
cne-third to four and one '.hird miles"
which repei . . counter at
racks have not been able to recapture.
Between four and five German artny
i corps have suffered heavy leoooo, two
! regiments of the Guard I
destroyed. On the captured ground
nearly 2,000 German de..! were count
1 ed. We took 2,000 prisoners, rapid :lr*
i guns an?! a large number of trer.c.i
cannon.
Les Eparges German Graveyard.
"Between the Meuse sr.d the Mosell?
we now occupy the Eparges crattr,
, which was very strongly fortifie??.
There two Bavarian division?, harinf
; received orders to hold out at all cost.?
: left heaps of bodies.
"To this great success most m
added the success in the Bo?? d .VHJ
and the Bois !e Pr?tre, which the Ger?
mans call 'Bois de la Mort.'
. "In Artois more than S.000 prisoner?
cannon o.' al', calibres, a hundred ?line?*
! tirer? and bomb throwers fell into our
hands.
"Along a front of ten kilometres
?more than six miles) we hav? ?<i
v.mced from two to four k>'o mitre1
and cap'ured the villa.-es of kft,K?
Nasaire, Farr-ncy and NelvlW ? -
Vaast. transformed into fortress? 0!
<ur adversaries, who brought up to
stem our victorious offensive il*ttf*
an divisions, one company being
reduced to four men.
"li, ... three prncipal or
'? tions. operations of r'iTl?.
permitted us to take at Tout
? of trencher and at Q
2,1500 metres. v
"The capture of Vauquois, if <??
Argonne.ami Metzeral and Hartstnann?
W . -, the Focht Vol!? " "? *iav;
?tuted brill.ant victone. for ojr
troops. Judging from the deeper*?
character of the fighting, the amoun.
i rf munitions expend' I : "mly
ot forces engaged, th """'?.
were veritable ; ''p"
ration and realization ? ' ?*?'?*
sacrifices. v
"But even when no engagement? ia??
place the life C? the tl
trenches is a continual battle, sm
, : infantry, only a few metre
?iistant from i,t
Single minute of quietude. It i?
the constant
bunting shrapnel, bombs from >?'"*
throwers, and there is continual I??
cf subterranean mil
"The infantryman Bsusl re man con?
tinually on the alert occostons
the smoke of aephyoiot ng tor?t.a
hold himself ready at .-very m-meni ??*
I repulse an attack, r?
remove obstructions that bo?e tsum
into the trenches and live la tM c?n
! tinued presen??- of death. SOt*? ? '?
nds continual activity on the P ?
I of the oificers, calmness on the p?'1
men, patience and bravery at ??
! times. . , . M
"The French army has game?! from
its long sojourn In the tre.-u-h*s m?r
?it en.lurance. It ha? !o?t notait?.
of its eagerness and confidence., >?*
fi.ith in the offensive remain* :n-?^
Its morale is the admirat-on of ttie?
who command it. This moral.? i? j"
best gauge of final victory, by wn'K
our territory will be liberated, e-ure??
freed and peace re-eatabluhei.