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VO^BERNSTORFF
UPSET BY FATE
OF THE ARABIC
Ambassador Worried Af?
ter He Gets News?Other
Germans Here Startled.
of the torpedoing of the
trday came aa a surprise ,
Md a ?hock to local Germans. The .
[j fount von Bern- ;
n Ambassador, had of I
. big ship was when a
i in front i
?ed -ut the news
? out to get a copy.
I lor skimmed over the
unconscious that
f curiouB obaei
. . - the lobby.
n>.- 'en']>' ?**" I
ing ui mai out page before I
' \ Up f ;?
eadasifin
? o cle
as cool and reserved aa ever.
ecretary do;?
' rp omarv
e a -olitary
he cool m rde, ??
,bie that he was preoccupied and
.,!. He att ' ";?* hn*u]>
?
-.train Tells on Diplomat.
close to the ambaasa
t was learw ? '*vt',>*'ht of
. * von *"rn>torff. The
., hi. face have percept.by deep
?? rra,*\ ST V(,i
pven way to a fixed
Kt n
? erve friendly re
States
.,1 plans to
SlaTta
1 ]CP ,s
. oy hia con
l ,] attacks made
him from I ?f hflVe ???
ed, but the attacks upon the
!r he represents
e false impressions which he_ be?
have been created through lack
tie understanding have
v upon him.
? ?
?ion of his
? ?on. ? Prussian cavalry
? mes wounded and is
r.ow be ng nuTsed by Ci
is adding considerably to
Frrdenrk Ldler, the am
* d to makp
anv comment over the te-lephor.e last
? Count von
torpedoing
German >ubmarine
. d tno
etween
.vas an uii
eenrrence from a diplomatic
same view was substantially
: by many Germans who war?
by The Tribune last night to
? the ainhing of the liner.
n which was invariably
???as:
??Were there any lives lost? Were
oard saved?"
\iereck Justifies? \? t.
"Tr, of the Arabic was a
-, imate act
? "The Fatherland."
easel, engaged in
f mui ind ?le
rmany.
i a large caigo of
of warfare
Mad she not been de
ould have carried another
' d within a
en lost
need!. to be regretted. I do
place any credence what
irt of the captain of
the A ? ?? ? el waa tor?
? - ' .
Round Trip via
WEST SHORE
Round Trip via
N.Y. CENTRAL
Niagara Falls
Over Labor Day
$1100
$1225
Very Low Farea also to
Adirondacks
Thousand Islands
Green Mountains
Lake George
Lake Champlain
NEWYORK
[(ENTRAL
K- LINES P*
Niagara Palla Desrriptiv* BooV'.rt flv?
tag fifty hotels and o* at lint bonSMaO?d
tine map. Free at tirkct ofBces.
New York 'Phone. 6310 Madison
Brooklyn 'Phone, 167 Mean
MRS. BRUGIERE
ON ARABIC LIST
REPORTED LOST
New York Woman and
Edmund Woods the
Missing Americans.
ONLY TWENTY NOW
UNACCOUNTED FOR
Agents Receive Word of Sailing \
and Sinking of Ship at
Same Time.
A revised list of survivors compiled
from cable reports received from Liv- i
erpool early to-day indicated that Mra. \
Rruguiere and Edmund Woods were ]
i-till unaccounted for among the Amer
lean passengers on the Arabic. They j
were mentioned as having been saved
in previous reports.
It is possible that some Americans ;
bearded the .liner ks she was i
about to sail and were carried in the
list given out by the White Star Line ?
as of other nationalities.
The names of American survivors as \
given out by the White Star Line here
last night showed all but three cabin j
and four steerage passengers of known '
American residence unaccounted for. :
were James Houlihan. Mrs. Jo- I
sephine Brugui?rc. of New York, and Fd- !
nnmd Woods, of Janesville, Wi.-., in
the cabins and Thomas Flniorc. Will- '
iam Hughes, John Kellett and John 01- I
sen hi the steerage.
Vice-Consul Thompson's report to j
Washington gave Houlihan, El more
Olsen as saved. Private cables from ?
Liverpool advised that Hughes and
Kellett had been saved.
At - o'clock this morning the While !
Star officials here reported that all but ?
twenty of the Arabic's passengers hau |
been accounted for.
The scenes of anxious inquiries for <
friends and relatises with employes
Maying late at night to answer calls'
for information, which have become fa?
mili?r in the shipping office district
,-ince the Titanic tank, to be repeated
when the l.usitania was torpedoed and;
called forth at every flying rumor of'
catastrophe sn.ee the war besan, were:
repeated yesterday and all last night.
at the White Star office;?.
?"' the 181 passengers aboard the
Arabic, twenty-eight were Americans, ,
' -one of them being in the first,
;?nd four in the third. As i-oon :
SI the local officers of the company I
could get into cable communication |
with the other side they sent an appeal
foi a list of Americans aboard and of
those saved. But the only inkling as
to who were citizens of this country ?
came from this side as anxious in- ,
1*1 a-.ked for uewi, giving the
names of those they expected had |
'1 on the ship.
The names of Americans among the '.
saved gleaned in this way included!
, Fred Burgess. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. A.
\ Collins. Mr. and Mrs. James Calmon,
[?her McTamney, of Trenton, N'. ;
.!.; John Nolan, Trenton; Claude Roode
and Miss F. E. Shrimpton.
Mr. Phillips, of 410 Ardmore Avenue,
Trenton. N. J., telephoned that his fam- ,
ily. consisting of Mrs. Annie Phillips,
Masters William D. and M.. and the
Misses Gwen, Agnes and Kathleen. ha?l
been reported saved by cablegram to
him.
The White Star offices here received!
word both that the steamer had sailed'
Wednesday and that she had been sunk!
almost simultaneously, the former mes
fe coming m the delayed routine;
way and the latter being a special dis?
patch.
The Arabic's Passengers.
The White Star Line list cabled from
Liverpool gave the names of the fol?
lowing Americans who were cabin pa.s
sengers on the Arabic:
Mrs. Josephine Brnguiere, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Burgess, Mr. Biuguiere, Mr.
Mrs. James (almon. Mr. und Mrs.
P. W. A. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Zellah
? ovington, James Houlihan, the Rev.
Dr. E. A. McAllister, Christopher Mc
Tammie, Leopold I*. Moore, A. Hulme
Mebeker, ?lohn I?olan, Claude Roode,
Jame- M. Rowley, W. E. Ramsdell, Miss
F. E. Shrimpton and Edmund Woods.
The following Americans were steer
ape p.-iv^engers:
Thomas Klmore, William Hughes, J.
1 Kellett and John Olson.
Other cabin pn.-sengers aboard the
Arabic, not of American nationality,
were am ounce?! by the White St?ii
i Line as follows:
' W. I.. Adams, Miss V. K. Alderson,
F. C. Allison, ?lam.-s Barnes. W. Bath
Urst, J. C. Boland. Miss M. E. Boland.
Robert Bond, Miss Margaret Boudet,
Michael Bradley, William Bullibant,
R ginald A. Burns, and Miss Gladys A.
?
Other? 'ere Mr. and Mrs. Le Bond,
Stella Carol and husband. Miss Kthel
M, Chadwtck, Miss Catherine ?"hristie,
' Miss Mary English, Patrick Fitzgerald,
Mrs. Ruth Goddard, Mrs. M. Greaves,
Mrs. Sarali Hill and inf.mt, A. Pr?s
! rott Tiller, Albert li.giam, (iabriel
Kangor, Mrs. James L. Kelk, Miss Dor
Kelk, Miss Olive M Kelk and An
thonj Lowagsky.
Al-o (i. W. I.vons. Frederick Mar?
tin. Dennis McCuff. Miss Ellen Molls.
Major ?I. L. Monoy, Cyril Monoy, Miss
Edith Monoy, Miss M. Christopherson,
John Critchley, Isaac A. Corra, Jr., S.
Cox. Mns Bridget Cox, W. Curumins,
Mra. Mary Dalton. John F. A. Day,
Miss !.. <;. M. Day, John Deidaton. Jo?
seph De Lorrimer, D. J. Douglas, Miss
Elisabeth Dunlop. Miss Mary K.
Eaton, Miss Evelyn Baton, Miss Man
Feenv. Mr-... J. Gillcnder. Ma,ter W.
M. (.'illeiidcr, Aubrey Gaugier. Miss M.
Harrison, Miss M. C. Prescott-Hiller,
Misi A. Hyde, R. V. Judd, Miss Ivy
Judd, John W. Kelk, Miss Violet Kelk.
others svere Charles F. Kressor, Miss
Isabelle I.obb. Miss Roy Duncan, L.
Lemoillour. William Mason. Sam Mea
doweroft, Miss Marie Mills, Misa Bnd
(-(?? Mills, Mis- Mabel Monoy. Alexan?
der N. Norton, John !L. Neave, Mrs.
Neuve, Wvn NogOB, Mrs. Nogus. Miss
Theresa ?VFarrel!, John Oschlowsky,
James Pearson. Mrs. Annie Phillips.
Also Master William E. Phillips, Mas?
ter M Phillips, Miss Owen Phillips.
Miss Agnes Phillips, Miss Kathleen
Phillips. A. E. Philip. Miss Bessie Por?
ter, Miss E. M. Randall, C. W. Pringle.
S Pryce, W. G. Randall, Mrs. Rand..!?.
Joe Robinson, Miss Margaret Ross, Miss
S D. Roesall, Mr-. K. Smith. John
Stewart, Alfred Still. Miss Gladys Tat
,.!, Frank Tattersall. Mrs. rrank
Tattersall. Miss Dorothy Tattersall,
Misi Irene Tattersall. Mrs. and Miss
Tewksbury. J. Ediagton I --her. Mrs.
A. M. F. Van Schelle, Rev. Augustine
Waldner, Mrs. Beatrice White.
The list of the Arabic's Peerage r?as
-engers, not of American nationality.
whs ?mn unced by the "Ahite Star Line
as follows: Francis Carraher. John K.
Carlson, Katie Council. John Dohertv,
William D?ckers, Peter Dugal, Florence
Daves. Martin Flanagan. Katie ralhey,
, Dennis Falbes. Mrs. I.. Hermans, limo
ilaUai ?i*a?*Aa ?U?U> ?U>tH.
CZAR CALLS TO COLORS
MEN OF CLASS OF 1916
Paris. Aug. 19?The Russian Km
hassy announces that by decree of
the Kmperor. young men of theclaas
of It'll, hue been called to the ?ol?
or?, dating from August 20.
No exemptions whatever hecauae
of family connection? or of study
abroad ?ill be allowed, it is stated.
NEUTRAL RIGHTS
REVISION URGED
Prof. Kirchwey Says Ara?
bic Case Calls for a New
World Code.
While ? indignation was expressed
amont* well known New Yorkers last ,
ni^ht concerning the sinking of the '
Arabic, few of them would be quoted
until it was definitely established
whether any Americans had been
drowned on the torpedoed liner. Many
believed that when iull details of the |
disaster became known it would be .
found that Germany had not so en? |
tirely disregard? ?I President Wilson's
latest protest as would at present ap- j
pear.
George W. Kirchwey, professor of
law at Columbia University, con- ?
demned flatly the latest outrage of the :
Kaiser'i lubmariaea.
"The action of Germany may be re- !
carded as a reply to President Wilson's
note protesting against her submarine ;
warfare policy," said Professor Kirch?
wey. "It is not necessarily an inten
tionnl reply. Yet it shows hevond a
doubt that the Kaiser's government
has no expectation of changing that
policy in accordance with the demands
of the President.
"The torpedoing of the Arabic is the
torpedoing of the I.usitania over again
with this difference: The loss of life
is not as k.-reat nor the deed as shock?
ing to our sense of justice. In prin?
ciple the two cases are, according to
nil reports I have heard, absolutely the
same. In consequences they are dif- ?
f?tent.
"Aided by public opinion, the Presi?
dent must decide on the next step.
This need not and does not mean war.
There are a number of courses open to
him short of that. One would be the
interruption of diplomatic relations. '
A more drastic step would be to cut off
all relations with Germany.
"In my opinion the time is rine for
a conference at Washington of all the
powers to draw the line anew between
neutral and belligerent rights. When
these are determined the conference
should have the power to enforce them
1-y bringing about concerte?! action
against any power or group ?.f powers
refusing to observe them."
.lohn W. f'r'trgs, of Pateraon, former
Attorney General of the United St
and once Governor of New Jersey,
when asked last night to comment on
the sinking of the Arabic, said:
"To express an opinion in the ab?
sence of details of the sinking of the
Arabic seems rather premature. Of \
course, if American citizens' lives were
lost without their having had a chance
to save themselves, this case would
come under the same head as that of !
the I.usitania. If opportunity were given
the passenrers to save themselves, that
?a to the credit of the submarine com?
mander. Without details, however, it
does not seem easy nor is it quite
proper to express an opinion."
GERMANS SINK 2
BRITISH WARSHIPS
Torpedo Small Cruiser and De?
stroyer Off Coast of
Jutland.
Berlin, Aug. 19 I By wireless to
Tuckert:.n, X. .!.>. German destroyers
torpedoed a small British cruiser and
a British destroyer in an engagement
of small craft off the west coast of
Jutland, the German Admiralty an?
nounced to-day.
The announcement atlds that in the
aif rai'l on London Tuesday night im?
portant estblishments in the City and
on the Thames were bombarded with
good results.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The text of the statement says:
On August 17 at !* o'clock five
boats of one of our torpedo-boat flo?
tillas attacked a small modern
British cruiser and eight torpedo
boat destroyers near Hornsriff
Lightship on 'he west coast of Jut?
land and sank the cruiser and one
destroyer with torpedoes. dur
forces had no losses.
During the night of the 17th and
18th our naval airshipr again at?
tacked London. London City and
important Thames establishments
were liberally bombarded. Good re?
sulta were observed. In addition,
factories and blast furnaces at
Woodbridge and Ipswich were
bombarded, The airships suffered
no damage despite the heavy tire
and all returned.
1,000 PUT TO DEATH
BY FIRE, IS REPORT
Petrograd Dispatch Tells of Al?
leged Massacre of Ar?
menians by Turks.
London, Aug. 20. A Reuter dispatch
from Petrograd says:
"Almost unbelievable details of
Turkish massacres of Armenians in
Bitlis have reached Petrograd. In one
village 1,000 men, women und children
are reported to have been lo?|;ed in a
wooden building and burned to death.
1 "In another large village only thirty
six persons, it is -aid, e.-caped mai
aacre.
"In still another instance it is as?
serted that several scores of nun and
women were tied together with chain?
an<l thrown into Lakt Van."
FRENCH CABINET
WINS OVER HERVE
t.ditor of "La Guerre Sociale"
Drops Opposition to the
Minister of War.
I'ans, Aug. If. Gustave Herv?, ed
I itor of "La Guerre Sociale," which has
; been active in advising a change in
j the Ministrv of War, announced to?
day that he would support the Cabi?
net.
It had been expected that the Radi?
cal?, and Radical-Socialists would for?
mulate criticisms to-morrow in the
' Chamber of Deputiea of the Cabinet's
; conduct of the war. but the indicationi
are now t.'iat while a debate will lake
1 lace when appropriation for the of
oi the two Under Secretaries la
-he Ministry of War again comes up it
?oui be ?uce itua? a|peiiu?a.
ARABIC HUNTED
ALMOST A YEAR
BY SUBMARINES
!
, U-Boats Lay in Wait for
Big Munitions Carrier
on Eastern Trip.
SKIPPER FINCH
ELUDED TRAPS
Fires and Dynamite Also Used
in Attempts to Destroy
White Star Liner.
When the White Star line.- Arnbic
dropped under the surface off the Irish
coast yesterday forenoon the German
Admiralty had accomplished a feat it
had l.een striving for ever since last
October. The Arabic had been a thorn
in the side of the imperial government
as a successful and elusive munition ,
carnei ever since she replaced the
Cedric in the Nesv York and Liverpool ,
service ten months ago.
Captain William Finch, the vessel's?
portly commander, was a thinker a re?
sourceful skipper who could not be i
caught either going or coming bv the
underseu craft that hud been laying for
him at every point in the war zone
where he was supposed to fetch un to
get his bearings.
German? After Finch.
It was known in the shipping district
that the Germans wanted to get Finch.
He knew it himself, but the game
amused rather than annoyed him. He
is reported to have said once that if
they ever got him it would be west?
bound, when he didn't have anything
on board that the Allies wanted very
badly.
That was the way they got him. west
bound, with a comparatively small
passenger complement and cargo. On
the eight or nine eastbound trio* of
the Arabic, when ^ie was laden to the
plims??ll with 10.00(1 or 12-000 tons of
lighting material. Finch never showed
up where he was expected or when he
was expected, and the vessel got
through safi I)
The Arabic was cither ahead of
schedule or behind schedule. Some- ;
times she would niai-e the land and
sometimes she would lay well off the
Irish coast, nosing over well to the
east near the Bristol Channel and the
Welsh coast, or to the south, a little
northwest of the Scillys.
Undersea attack was not ?he onlv
means employed by Germany to sink
the Arnbic. <>n her his? eastward
passage to Liverpool an effort was
made to explode dynamite on board.
On the night before her departure
from here two sticks of the explosive
were found at midnight in the women's
lavatory and turned over to the Bu- :
reau of Combustibles. The lind was '?
kept secret until August ?S. when the
vssel arrived safely in Liverpool,
after which the White Star officials ?
confirmed the statement issued by Po
lice Headquarters.
Fire Also Tried.
Fire was another form of destruc- ,
tion directed upon the Arabic to get
her out of the way as a menacing am?
munition carrier. While in Liverpool
early in June six tires were discovered
on board in vario? places, but were
fought successfully. They were enough
to frighten travellers away, and the
few that did cross on her to this port
on the trip ending July 11 were
startled by false alarms of lire in mid
Atlantic.
Early in February, when British pas
I ?enger c?rrier? were resoiting to the
, use of the American flag as u protection
p ?gainst attack, the Arabic steamed bold
, ly up the Irian iee flying a big British
ensign and jack.
The Arabic had been for almost a
, year a floating arsenal on each of her
i eastbound trips from this port. She
was a s-hip of 15,Kill ton? gross, and an
enormous cargo could bo stowe?! a\vaj?
in her hold. Her decks were usually
congested with uutomohile truck? and
aeroplanes. She was fiOO feet long and
had .. beam of ?i.'i feet.
Submarines were trying to get the
Arabic in May when the Lu?itani,i was
sent to the bottom off the Old Head of
Kinsale. Finch heard the ame warn?
ing? that were sent rut to the Lusi
?aiiia and, heedinir them, escaped.
The message, which was in code, was
rent out from the Admiralty's flagship
in Queen-tosvn Harbor and, deciphered,
read: "Submarines active off south
coast of Ireland.''
The skipper ?aid he caught the mes?
sage Wednesday night after leaving
Liverpool, and although he intended to
give the Irish coast a vide berth he
changed his eourss suddenly to the
southe?i?t toward Bristol, going thirty
live miles out of his course. Then he
encountered fog and had its protection
until out of the danger zone.
Gun Club Aboard.
The Arabic has frequently come to
public attention, and recently her name
was associated with the question of
arming merchantmen for defensive
measures. On her arrival here July 2'.\
passengers talked freely of the "gun
club" organized by steward-, stokers
and sailormen. ?
It was said members of the gun club
were equipped with high powered rifles
that could put a submarine out of com?
mission and that they practised it a
target towed a thousand yards astern.
The Arabic's -tern during the last four
or five trips has been well banked with
sandbags to protect her steering gear
in the event, of her running away from
B submarine.
GERMAN WARSHIPS
MENACE RIGA AGAIN
-
Petrograd Says Russian fleet
Has hallen Back from
Enemy in Gulf.
Petrogr.-id. Aug. 11?. German war?
ships again are menacing Riga, the,
Russian port on the Baltic, an official
communication issued here to-night in?
dicated, it
Our wai-?hips protecting the en?
trance to the Culi' of Riga yesterdaj
drew closer in owing to the great su?
periority of the enemy's fleet.
ITALY PREPARFS
TO FIGHT TURKEY
< ..niiniie.i trema page i
pressed a ?le i; '?? iee the Russisn
Minister, PHnec Elim Demidoff. M.
Veniselos visited the i Inistjr? of the
Entente power, and had a long con
venation with them.
Serbians Agree to Meet
All Bulgarian Demands
Paris, Aug. 2". li'lO a. m. A dis?
patch to the Havas Agency from Berne
says :
"According to information from
semi-ofticii.l Serbian sources, Serb'.:,
has accepted the condi'ions of the
Allies and will consent to the occupa?
tion of Macedonis b) the Allies in ex
chatige for a section of the Dalmatian
coast and adjacent islands and tn1
partition of Albania with Greece, ex
cept Valona, which will remain Ital?
ian. When this is accomplished th?
Allies will transfer Macedonia to Bul?
garia. The plan only awaits the ad?
hesion of Paly."
BREST DOOMED.
AS FORTS FALL
Continued from pat?- I
Hindenburg: On the occasion of
capturing Kovno, an additional
thirty officers and 3,900 men were
taken prisoners.
Under pressure of the loss of Kov?
no. the Russian.? were obliged to
? ?? icuate their positions otnosite
Kalwarya and Suftalki. "ur troops
are pursuing them.
? ?ermans Cross the Narev?.
Further to the south. German
troops crossed the Narew River, west
of Tvkocin. They captured H00 Rus?
sians.
The armv of General von Gallwitz
has made progress in an easterly di?
rection. North of Bielsk, our troops
reached the railwav from Bielostok
to Brest-Litovsk. Three thousand
Russians were taken prisoners.
In the northeastern section of
Novo Georgievak, our troops captured
the Wki, crossing*, Two forts on the
north front were taken by storm,
more than 1,000 prisoners ami l-?r>
cannon falling into our hands.
Army group of Prince Leopold of
ICr-aria: The left wing drove the en?
emy, fighting continuously, before it,
and in the evening reached the dis?
trict west and southwest of Niele
jozyee. Th<- right win?', breaking
forward across the Bug at Melnik,
drove the enemy out of his strong
positions in the north of this section
.and is progressing further.
Army group of Field Marshal von
Markensen: The cro.-sing over the
Bug between Niemirow and Janow
his been taken posseaaion of by the
allied troops.
Before Brestl.itovsk German troops
penetrated into outer positions of tue
fortreai near Rokitno, southeast of
Janow.
South of Voldava our troops are
pursuing the defeated enemy. L'nder
preaaure of our advance the enemy
evacuated the eastern bank of the
Bug above and below Voldava. He is
being pursued.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
The official statement issued at the
Austrian War Office says :
Austro-Hungarian troops under
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and Gen?
eral von Koereaa have forced pas?
sages across the Bug north of Janow
and Konstanynow. Niemirow and
other places en the north bank were
stormed and the enemy, who was
thrown back, now is being pursued.
The troops investing Brest-Litov-k.
in whose midst are the divisions of
Field Marshal von Arz, snatched from
the enemy tome advanced field posi?
tions.
.\t Vladimir-Volynskyid and in East
Galicia there is nothing new to re?
port.
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL
The official statement issued by the
Petrograd War Office to-night says:
On the whole front from Rif*a to
Janow there has been no important
change. At Kovno the enemy con?
tinues to develop vigorously the suc
eoaa he already has attained. He
succeeded in occupying the town
I, advancing further, has estab?
lished himaclf in the adjoining dis?
trict which formt the i-thmus be?
tween the Niemen and the "i", ilia.
Repulse Ossowetz \ttarkt.
1 At ?.'?.till. dur.Dg the night ui
Augus* 17 and in the course of t
following day German attackl on o
positions were repulsed by our fii
On the front from Ossowets to Br?
and further south the lighting co
tinues. It has been characterised
certain sectors by extreme tenacil
The enemy displayed particular o
stinacy on August IT and 18 in h
attack on our troops in the directi?
of Bielsk, along the Tcheremkl
Railway, snd near Vladova,
On the Galicien front there h
been no change.
At Novo Georgievsk the enemy
attacking th" fortification? on tl
right hark of th? Vistula and on fl
Narew with increasing via. ? !'
?ghting i- ?f b ni".-' determin?
character. Our wire entanglemen
are covered With beapi of Germ?
dead.
Nevertheless, the German urn
lery. which developed a maximum ii
tensity of rire, succeeded in silencit
our guns and demolishing *he fortil
cations in the sce'or between ti
Wkra and the Narew, after whic
our defenders, in spite of all in?
efforts, were obliged to fall b
the righl bank of the Wkra. Th
enabled the Germans to concentrai
their subsequent efforts on th
northern seetoi between the Wki
and the Vi I
Russians Forced Back
on Defences of Bres
Berlin, Aug. IP. The continued ad
vanee of the Genua', ro Hun
ganan tro"p.- on trie listb in the move
ment to encircle Brest-Litovsk is de
scribed by the correspondent of tb
"Allgemeine Zeitung" at Austria
press headquarters. The desperate re
sistance of the Russians was broken a
many poin's, and they were forced t?
retire to prepare,1 defences in the ira
mediate vicinity of the fort
The right wing of Field Mai
Mackensen - forces pressed forwan
i from the South. An Austro-Hungartai
army corps wai pushed scrosi the 3ui
east ?>f Dobrynka. Archduke Jose
Ferdinand's troops advanced fron
Janow and narrowed the circle.
The Russian retreat from Poland n
reported to be attended by indescrib
, able misery among ?he civil population
German officers returning to headquar
ten report that thousands of Pole- ar?
returning in utter want to desl
villages. Thousand! <>f wagons an?
refugees block tie roads from th?
Vistula to the Bug.
Reports from Bes-arabia, K).
Podolia and South Volhynia indicat?
that the Russians are planning to evac
uatc this territory soon. Harvaatini
and thrashing are going ahead fever?
ishly, but no efforts are being made tc
plant winter crops. ,
Russian Guns Mow Down
Turks in the Caucasus
Petrograd. Aug. 19. The following
official statement was issued to-day at
the headquarters of the Army of the
Caucassu?:
In the direction of Olti our scouts
drove Turkish outposts acro-.i the
Tchoruk I.
In the Passlae Valley the Turks
kept up a cannonade all day and in
the evening began an advance a.
our Tarkodpa position. We a.
them to approach *.o within a short
taaee of our l,ne, where we re?
ceived them with an inten-?- machine
gun tire, and then put them to dis?
orderly flight ?rith a iwift bayonet
attack.
In the mountain region ol Khoch
mongan all attacks o? the Turki were
I repulied, _#_
BRITISH LAND
MORE TROOPS
ATSUVLABAY
i
Turks Place Stiff Line in
Front of Invader on
Gallipoli.
ADVANCE HALTED
AFTER HOT FIGHT
Both Sides Suffer Big Losses
Progress Unsatisfactory,
Says London.
London, Aug. 19. Additional troops
have been landed by the British at
Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, accord?
ing to an official announcement this
afternoon.
The War Office admits that after
heavy fighting, in which no satisfac
tor** progress was made, the British ;
advance was halted. Losses *_n both
?idea were very large.
BRITISH OFFICIAL.
The text of the statement follows:
The recent operations on the Gal
lipoli Peninsula consisted of attacks
on the enemy's positions along the
southern and Anzac lines and in- :
eluded the fresh landing of a strong
force at Suvla Bay.
There is evidence from prisoners'
-taternents thai the Turks had been
considerably reinforced, with a view
to heavy attacks on us, and that ours
foreatolled the enemy's by about
twenty-four hour??. Consequently the I
fighting was very severe, and on both
mides the casualties were very high.
The landing at Suvla Bay was well
planned and carried out by the navy,
but in spite of the fact that the
Turks developed their greatest
.trength m the Anvac region our
troop- from Suvla cjiild not make .
very satisfactory progress before the
cnt'iiij was able to move up consid?
erable forces from biJ reserve and
bring our further advance at this
point to a standstill.
Within the last week the position?
won have been ronsoliilated at all
point.?. The spirit of the troops is
excellent.
Rcctnt rab??' dispatches indicated
that th" French and British have de?
termined on a great elTort to force th"
Dardanelles as speedily as possible.
London reports say that this is being
dont for a ?louble purpose to influence
th.- wavering Balkan States with a
-how of force and, if possible, to assist
hard pressed Rusaia by forwarding to
her supplies through the ?traits.
On Augur-t fi this effort was inaugu?
rated with the landing of British troops
near the Bay of Suvla, to reinforce
which the new landing party apparently
has been sent. F.nver Pacha, Turkish
Minister of War, told The Associated
Preai that about 50,n00 troops had
been landed, but a wireless dispatch
from Bethn later said that the >and
ing operations were "relatively unim
poii int.'*
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
RATIFY WAR LOAN
Members in Reichstag Will Vote
for Credits Asked by
Government.
Amsterdam, Aug. 1". The Socialist
partv in the German Reichstag, ac?
cording to the "Vorwaerts," has de?
cided to vote for the war credits asked
by the government.
The proposed new loan of $2,500,
000,(100 is one of the principal matters
before the session, which opened to?
day.
Any opposition was expected toc?me
from the Socialist members, but recent
reports indicate that the government
leaders believe none will develop.
Berlin, Aug. 1!* 'by wireless to Tuck
erton, N. ?!?>? The Overseas News
Agency saya:
"The Progressive faction in the
Reichstag has decided that the time is
not yet ripe to discuss peace conditions
publicly. In principle it approves of
the r-onquering of territory necessary
' ro the safeguarding of the future in
tere-ts ami strength of the empire, but
opposes unlimited annexationist ideas.
"It trusts that the government, in
commor with the people's representa
will at the proper time open the
matter to discussion, so that a decision
as to what is necessary may be
reached. Until that time the main ob
(ect, the I'rogressives believe, is to
maintain, as has been done, the un?
. hakable unity of all class. ? "
ITALIANS ATTACK
T0LMIN0 IN VAIN
Vienna Reports Repulse of Six
Attempts to Take
Bridgehead.
Vienna, Aug. 19 The Italians
launched six attacha yesterday at the
rolmino bridgehead, commanding the
n ad to Gorilla. All were repulsed, ac
?ording to the War Office.
?U8TRIAN OFFICIAL
? Th" official communication say?:
Italian heavy artillery tire was
continued yesterday and last night
against our Tyrolean fortifications.
V i-tack by two hostile battalions
against our advanced field positions
mi the Folgaria Plateau was repulsed.
Vigorous lighting continues in the
northern sector of the coastal front.
A -'long ettael* against Arzli failed.
like all previous attacks against the
southern portion of the Tolmino
bridgehead.
The Italians attacked unavailingly
six times during the afternoon and
evening, and there also was bitter
lighting during the night, but the
bridgehead is as firmly in our hands
as hefore.
In the Gortzia district the usual
artillery fire continues.
FRYE NOTE BEFORE
BUDGET COMMITTEE
Berlin (via London), Aug. 19.?
The last American note to German)
comerning the sinking of the Amer?
ican ship William P. r'rye ??as the
subject of discussion in the Budget
Committee yesterday.
The discussion ?as confidential,
? nd it has hcen impossible to obtain
information concerning what ?as
said or ??hat action was taken.
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FRENCH WEAKER
GERMAN. WEDGE
NORTH OF ARRA
Capture Highways
Apex of Angres-Ablain
Salient.
London, Aug. 19. -The Germ
wedge into the French line north
Arras has been loosened.
Despite the vigorous attacks of t
foe. the Kaiser's tr.iop? have clung
the salient between Angres and Abl?
with its apex ai Notre Dame
I.orette. That front has now be
broken and the French are masters
the jiinction of the highroads betwe
Dethune ami Arras and betwe
Ablain an?! Ancre.'.
The gain, which Paris calls "ve
appreciable," was won after a st
tight. All day yesterday the artille
prepared the way svith incessant rii
Then, last night, the French infant
attacked, and penetrated the Germi
trenches. Counter attacks by the I
"my failed to regain the lost gioun
Paris tells of the capture of prisone
and live machine guns.
Berlin admits 'he loss of groui
in Artois. The French, it reports, toi
the outermost trencnec on the saliet
and still hold that part in the cent
of the position. On the rest of tl
front, it claims, tne enemy has ?
ready been driven back.
In the Vosges the French claim tl
capture of a trench on the Schrat
manr.ele crest. A violent engagem?!
took place yesterday on the summ
of Mount Linge. Berlin admits tl
fee made a t,emi'('rary advance in
the (ierman trences, but claims thi
he was dislodged nearly everywhei
from the positions -von.
German Guns Silenced.
In the Argonne the French repo
further successes with their artiller
They tell of the silenciig of Germa
batteries and bomb-throwers net
Fontaine-aux-Charmes and in the r?
pion of Marie Th?r?se. Near Hill 2'
the Germans exploded a mine, but di
no damage. ArtilWy fighting ????es o
without pause along most of the iron
FRENCH OFFICIAL.
The War Office in Paris this ever
ir.g made the following official con
munication:
The artillery fighting continues IS
t?-nse on the greater part of th
front, notably on both hanks of th
Oise in the region of Plessis-dc
Rove and at Vingre, where we hi
an enemy train and convoy, and als
in Champagne and in the souther
Woevre.
In the forest of the Argonne th
(?ermans exploded near Hill 285
mine which did not disturb ou
works.
In the Vosges the enemy confine?
himself to violent cannonading oi
the positions of Linge and Schratz
mannele.
During an action yesterday whici
enabled us to reali/.e in Artois I
very appreciable ?rain we took pris
oners and captured five machitv
guns.
Artois Front 1? Active.
The statement issued in the after
? noon said:
There was much activity last nig.,
on the Artois front. An attack bj
our forces made us master* of thl
junction of the highroads betweei
Bethune and Arras und betwr.i;
Ablain and Angles, where the Ger?
man position constituted a salier.i
into our advanc- lines. Seven.!
counter attacks ?.n ?iie part of th;
enemy were repuised.
To the north of Carleul we wei?
successful in repulsing certain at?
tacks made with hand grenades and
bombs. These attacks were pre?
ceded by a bombardment, of close
range and supoorttd by infantry
I lire.
In the regKin of Berles and Adin
fer, in the Pepirtment of Pas de
Calais, violent .nfantry tiring was
continued yesterday. There was also
???-.r.nonading be .seen the Oise and
the Aisne; in the sector of Bailly,
as well as on the plateaus of
Quennevieres and Nouvron.
Sharp Fight in Vosge?.
In the Argonne our artillery put
an end to the activities of the en
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emy batteries and bomh thrower., il
the vicinity of Fon*.aine-au\
Charmes, as well as in the region ?jf
Marie Th?r?se.
In the Vosge.? there was yester?
day a violent and continued engage
ment on the summit of Moun'
Linge. We took possession of an?
other German trench on the crest
of the Schratztninnele atid made
several pnsonei .
GERMAN OFFICIAL
The Maternent ieaued by the Ger?
man Army Headquarters says;
Between Angres and Souchez the
enemy carried out an attack I**?
night, for which he prepared dutin>:
the entire day with artillery tire. At
certain places our opponents pene?
trated our outermost trenches, and
still hold that part of them which
occupies the centre of the attacked
section. On the remainder of the
front, however, they have alreidy
been driven back.
? In the Vosges the enemy renew. <l
attacks yesterday north of Mac -
ster against our position? on I
kopf and Schratzmanrele After i
temporary advarc? into BOOM of ?Or
trenches on Lingekopf the opposng
forces nearly everywhere were d:s
i lodged from the rositions won. <>:.
Schratzmannele the lighting con
, tinues.
allieTagree
cotton shall
be contraband
Date of Proclamation and
Several Details Not
Yet Decided.
ffrahingon, Aug. in. "The Alli?e
! governments," ?.aid a statement I ?? ?
Hritr-h Embua*"* to-day, "have ...
in principle that cotton is contraband
of war. The e- act d;ite when this an
i nouncement shall be made is ?till un
d"t ?onsidvtation, as well as other di?
ta1! connected with the proclamation?."
A- soon as tue official announcement
is made it wili be disclosed also that
th.?? All:en gov? ninients have prepared
I to ?-fand behind the mark," to prevent
1 ruinous depression of prices and mini
I mue bariaaijps to plantera.
Ihe Americtn government wa
1 forme?! severa: days ago unofficially
r but authoritatively of the intention of
the A!!i" i govi inmenta to make
? contraband, an? they would claim a
leo-l right for 'heir action.
I- wa, explained to-day that th??
1 Allies refrained from marking cotton
? cot.tisband at the outset of the war
because of e?ieditioni in the Unite?!
Statca, where a large crop had been
planted, and a contraband order then
would, in their opinion, have been far
more serious
***ew, t? e Abies contend, the cotton
st'.tes have been prepared for a . hai.g
? in policy by reduction? of acreage.
Some of the cotton interests, it is
acknowledged, may be affected by the
chinge. and f^t that reason it has
? been decided t?i .?tand behind the mai
Ket to !i-? 1.1ni/*? ?mhonaaament and to
avoid a perma-itnt decrease in A met
icar cotton plait-ting , ohich would be
reflecte 1 in the industries of the Allied
countries.
The main reason for declaring 0O*
I to" contraband is that it is one of th?
pi-iictpal sources of smokeless powder.
1 Hew the Aliie? intend to support the
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