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vas torpedoed s denial is believed to I
be out of the question.
A justification, it is pointed out,'
would have to rest either on the ground
that the Arabic was endeavoring to es?
cape after being warned to stop, had
i ttempted to attack the submarine or
was being convoyed by war vessels.
1 he affidavits of American aurvivors,
how Steer, declare that none of these
circumstances was present and that the
attack was totally uniustifiable.
Self-defence Probable Plea.
The German statement that no infor?
mation has been received from the sub?
marine commander makes the nature of
the German plea, when information is
finally received, a matter of purest con- !
jecture. l'nless a complete denial of ,
the attack is entered it is thought prob- I
*able that Germany will plead that the ;
submarine acted in self-defence, be- |
lievirg itself about to be sttacked by j
the Arabic.
The affidavits of survivors testify |
that a torpedo was seen approaching !
the vessel at right angles, which would I
dispose of the theory that the liner I
was trying to ram the undersea boat
Persons close to the White House '
intimate, however, that tbe President
might be impelled to accept un e\- j
planation from Germany, prov-ded he !
was convinced of a sincere desire for ,
ful and friendly relations on the
rsrt of the German government. This,
of course, could not be done if the
Gorman explanation was directly re
fated by unimpeachable testimony
from eyewitnet
The prime object of the German
memorandum, officials think, may be
to open a diplomatic discussion that
might occupy several weeks, and. as
in the Lusitania case, give the Amen
can public time to calm down. Th. ad- ]
ministration, however, is determined
rot to be drawn into a controversy
with Germany, and after the receipt]
sf the German explanation will decide '
on the course it is to pursue without
?urth( r Bailey,
It || plain to officials, however, that ,
the attitude of the German govern- !
ment towaid the I'nited States has un?
dergone a creat alteration since the ?
las* note on the Lusitania affair, and :
officials are castin*- about for an ex
I lar.ation of it.
Notes Taken a?? Formalities.
It was --tated that until the "delib
fri'.tel?- unfriendly" note was dis
ratched, Germany had no idea that the
uiJ co to war T even
break off relations for a mere princi?
ple. Germany's whole concertion of
war, it -.s laid, is that nations under?
take it solely for Rain in some form.
and since the I'nited State-, could vain
nothing bv war with Germany it was
not col in Berlin that the
overnment were more
than mere formalities intc-nded for
lumption.
Th? intentions of the Vnited States
"vei, ? ?ever, in the
te, thai Germany was obliged
'o i ntions and to conclude
v might onen hostili
in promu.- of principle. This, it
? anxiety of the
fii ; ? ; mmj.
1' ' ? that Germany be
? - her fortunes are on the upgrade
reported failure of the Quad?
ruple Alliance t?? i-nlist Balkan aid
ngiiir.st Turkey, ni?! that Berlin is
hopeful of pence before the end of the
year. With the entrance of a new*
pointed out,
?he hone ' eenelusion
woul'l be materially lessened.
Summaries of the afAfaviti made by
American survivor.. ?.;. Araba
Pag<- ami Vice-Consul Thompson were
received at the State Department to?
day. No announcment of their con?
tents w-as made, because Secretary
Lansing was obliged to cable for ad?
ditional information on certain points
that were not made clear. The evi?
dence will not be given to the public,
it was stated, until it is in coniph'te
form.
Secretary of the Interior Lane called
at the State Department to-day to in?
form himself on the situation. He had
an h?-,ur's interview with Secretary
Lansing, who read to him Ambassador
Page's summary of the affidavits.
BERLIN PRESS
UPSET BY TUMULTY
Continued from \tmae 1
the sinking of the White Star liner
Arabic was caused by a torpedo will
be confirmed, because, the newspaper
contends, since the Lusitania disaster
only rarely have vessels of more than
.'.,000 tons been sunk by German tor
pedoea.
"It has been said with sufficient
clearness to the Washington govern?
ment in notes from our Foreign Office."
says the "Nachrichten," "that we can
in this war against a brutal enemv
like England renounce no weapon, and
least of all one of our most effective
weapone."
After remarking that "Germany's en?
emies hope President Wilson will lib?
erate them from the dangers of a sub?
marine war," the newspaper adds:
"It has not been proved that the
vessel was struck by a torpedo, and it
may have fallen victim to 'one of those
bad English mines' "
Admitting it may. nevertheless, have
been a German undersea boat which
destroyed the Arabic, the "Nachrich?
ten" contends: "The I'-boat acted
rightly, and even if American pas?
sengers on board sank with the
?teamer and some of them were
irowned. th.-n that serves again as a
warning that no one should light
heartedly enter the war zone or go
within range of weapons."
HAD NO WARNIN?
SAY AFFIDAVIT!
FROM CONSl
Arabic's Captain and P
sengers Testify for Ann
ican Government.
NO EFFORT MADE
TO RAM SUBMARII
Cannot Raise Question of Mi
tions, Mounted Guns or Di
guise, Assert Line Officials
(By OSMt te Iks IMba-tr, 1
London, Aug. 24. Official eonfir
tion of the accounts of the sinking
the Arabic were forthcoming to
when the American Embassy announ
the gist of affidavits made by six Am1
can passengers which were cabled
Washington last night. All six ag
on two essential joints, that nob
aboard the Arabic saw the submat
nor was warning ofany kind given,
was any attempt to ram the submai
made.
Captain Finch, who took the unus
cour-e of making an affidavit beforr
American Consul at Liverpool, adde
further point to the effect that ever
he had wished to ram the suhmar
there had been no time for him to
tempt to do so."
In the ?Oten affidavits the depone
state that the Arabic was pursuins:
peaceful course, and that she was i
warned. All of them declare eit)
that they saw the torpedo or hei
shouts that a torpedo was coming; a
that the Arabic made no attempt to ?
cape nor to ram the submarine.
Captain Finch especially emphasiz
the la.-t point, saying that it would.
the first place, have been suicidal, a
in the second place, as he did not I
the submarine, he eonld not have i
tempted to ram her.
The depositions in full will be mail
to-morrow.
White Star Statement.
The managers of th" White Star L'i
at Liverpool to-day pave to the new
paper;? the following:
"At the time of the Lusitania to
pedoing many misleading and untri
statements appeared regarding the ve
sel. Simili r statements are btginnii
to b? hinted at in connection with tl
Arabic, which are equally untrue. F?
this reason we thought you would lil
to have one or two definite facts thi
had better be published at once
t order to prevent peoph from hazan
ing opinions and finding excuses f?
the torpedoing. These facts are:
"Ther" is no doubt the Arabie wi
struck with a torpedo. Captain t-'inc
did not s?e the submarine, but ui
douhte?lly saw the torpedo.
"There is no question of the Arab
having tried t<> ram the submarin
because it WS B from tr
hrid'/e.
"There i? no question of the Arab
having tried to escape, except the ver
proper precaution of having put th
helm hard over when they saw the toi
pedo.
Sunk Without Warning.
"The Arabic was undoubtedly sun
without warning. She was in peaceft
trading, with various nationalise
aboard. She was outward bound, s
there is no question of munitions, an
she was not disguised in any way no
had she any guns mounted
"The statement has appeared in th
pre-s that .he was off he south coas
of Ireland, which leads some people t
.think she was near t h ? eoast. As
matttr of fact, she was over sixty mile
o ith of Ireland.
"With respect to precautions tnker
were very thorough and ver
i proper, having regard to all that ha
taken place in the danger zone. Th
captain ha?! life jackets on hand fo
everybody. Rafts were unlashed an
deck lifeboats opened up. and both raft
? and deck lifeboats played an impor
: tant pa?t in lifesaving, as well ar th
lar lifeboats."
GILBERT WINGED
j 5 GERMAN AER05
?
French Aviator, Who tscapec
from Prison Camp, Made
Hero in Paris.
Paris, Aug. 24. Eugene Gilbert, thi
French aviator, brought down five Ger
; man aeroplane? before he was com
I polled, by an accident to his motor t?
| land on Swiss territory last June. Sine?
his escap?' from Switzerland Hnd hil
' arrival in Paris on Sunday night h<
! has been treated as a popular hero.
When first interned in Switxerlan?
Gilbert gave his word not to etten.pl
j to escape. The enforced idlenesi
'preyed on his mind. He took back nil
promise and seized the first oppor?
tunity to get away. A friend provided
a disguise, and he made his way tn
i Lucerne and Geneva, and thence to An
' nemasse, in France.
Adolphe Girod, a member of the
?Chamber of Deputies from Doubo, who
had been active for some time in ama
? teur aeronautics and who has been
? decorated since the war began with the
Legion of Honor cross for his services
| as an aeroplane observer, has just been
? breveted as an aerial pilot and in
' trusted by the Ministry of War with
| the inspection of aviation schools.
Maurice Dutrcil, Deputy from .Mayenne,
?also has received a military commis?
; sion in the aerial branch of the service
and will soon join an air squadron at
the front.
Six other Deputies Louis Puech,
Jules Breton, Paul Bignon, E. Laurent,
, Compere Morel and Louis Turmel
, have son? in the aerial branch of the
army. Fx-Deputy Joseph Python, one
; of the youngest members of the last
j Chamber, is now serving as a military
I aeroplane pilot.
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GERMANS PLAN
TO STRENGTHS
ALSACE FORCE
Build New Railroad fro
Strassburg to Forts
East of Vosges.
FRENCH AVIATORS
BOMBARD NOYO
Drop Eighty Shells on Station
Zeebrugge Undamaged,
Says Berlin.
London, Aug. 24. The German.? i
preparing to send more troops a
supplies into Alsace, according to i
ports from Basle, Switzerland. Rccet
I-, they completed a second railway li
between Strassburg and Puddlenhei
and have begun the construction of
double-track road from I>uddlenheim
Molsheim.
With this new line it will be po
sible to move troops quickly into tl
fortifications at Molsheim and Mutz!
on the line of defence behind tl
Vosges. Severe fighting has gone on
the Vosges, with the French rcportir
.-orne gains and the Germans concedlr
some losses. The activit" in Alsai
means the strengthening of the froi
behind the Vosges and the territoi
invaded by the French forces early i
the war.
Paris reports the holding of all pc
sitions won in the Vosges, despit
vigorous German attacks. Violen* er
counters are reported on the height
east of the Fecht. Berlin admits th
loss of a trench on Barienkopf, bu
says enemy assaults on the position
north of M neuster failed.
Commenting on the attack on Zee
yeste**da*r, the German officia
statement says the British fleet fire
from sixty to seventy shots at th
eoaat fortifications. One soldier wa
killed and six wounded, but Berlin de
clares no material damage win done.
French Aeros Shell Noyon.
Seven French aeroplanes droppec
more than eighty bombs on the sta
tions of Tergnier and Noyon, startinf
several lires. All the flyers returnee
safely. Ber'in tall: of the winging 01
s French biplane near Dixmude bj
German battle aviators.
FRENCH OFFICIAL.
The War Office at Paris to-night
made public this official communica?
tion :
The artillery again to-day on both
sides showed marked activity in Bel?
gium, in the region of Boeingat, and
in France, in Artois, in the sector to
the northeast of Arras, and between
the Somme and the Oise.
The enemy having dropped a few
shells on Montdidier, our batteries
intervened and silenced the German
guns.
In Champagne, on the Perthes
Beaus?jour front, and also in the
Argonne, almost continuous lighting
t>> means of grenades and bombs has
taken place. Cannon of various
calibre also took part in the fighting.
Nothing of importance is reported
from the other parts of the front.
A squadron of seven aeroplanes on
the night of August '?'?-'2i shelled the
stations of Tergnier and Noyon,
dropping more than eighty bombs.
.Several fires were started, one in the
Tergnier station. Every aeroplane
c im ? buck home -sal'ely.
Gun Duels North of Arras.
The afternoon statement said:
Last night saw some artillery en?
gagements in the sector to the north
of Arra?, between the Somme and
the Oise, and also in the Argonne.
In the Vosges there were yester?
day some very violent encounters on
the heights situated to the east of
the River Fecht and to the north of
the Schratsmannale. In spite of sev
iial counter attacks, the enemy fourni
it impossible to recapture the ground
they had 1??sl Equally on th?- Bar
renkopf we retained the advantages
won during the evening of August
am
The Germans hav?. delivered an?
other Bttark against our trenches on
the crest of Sondernach. hut were re?
pulsed.
GKRMAN OFFICIAL.
The statement given out by the Ger?
man ni my staff read:
During yesterday's visit to Zee
brugge the British fleet tireil from ,
sixty to seventy shots at our coiistal I
fortifications. We have to deplore j
on account of this bombardment the ,
loss of one k.lled and six wound*?,
la ed?lition three Belgian inhabitants
were wounded bv si ray shells. There
whs no material damage.
French Attack Karrenknpf.
In the Vosgr-s Mountains, n?.r-h nf
Muenster, lighting ws m p. tided
throughout the day. but the French :
?gain attacked our po.itmns on Bsr- '
renkopf and to the north of that ?
place in the evening. The attacks
WCN repulsed, and ?se.ik detachl
of the enemy which neiietrated our ,
positions were driven out again. A
few mountain chasseur were taken
prisoner. During the battle which
we reported yesterday a section of
the trench on Barrenknpf remained
in the hands of the enemy.
At Loo, southwest of Dixmude. ai
French biplane was ?hot down by j
one at our battle aviators.
(K)V?RNORSWn.L
SUPPORT WILSON
Resolve to Support All He
Does in Behalf of
Peace and Honor.
Boston, Aug. 24. Resolutions of con?
fidence and support were sent to Presi?
dent Wilson to-day by Governors of
nearly a score of states attending the
annual conference of Governors in this
city.
The resolutions, introduced by Gov?
ernor Walsh, of Mnsr-achusetts, said:
"The Governors of the .several com?
monwealth:? of the nation, in confer?
ence assembled, desire to tender to you
an expression of their confidence and j
support in this hour of deep interna
Uonal concern, and to assure you of
their readiness to follow your leader
ship in all matters which you may deem
best to promote the honor and maintain
the peace and welfare of the nation
and the whole people."
A sharp division of opinion was mani?
fested at the conclusion of addresses by
Governors V.'itliam II. Mann, of Vir?
ginia; Robert L. Williams, o? Okla- i
homa, and Moses Alexander, of Idaho.
They urged the extension of the powers
of the Governor. Kx-Governor Alva
Adams, of Colorado, took advantage of
the opportunity for discussion afforded ,
by the progi.imme.
"You would have us drift away from I
democracy; from the policies of ,
Thomas Jefferson, to those of Alexan?
der Hamilton," he stated. "It is an
idea rntirely contrary to our ideas of
democracy. It is a power that belongs j
to a monarchy."
Francis E. McGovern, ex-Governor
o' Wisconsir. differed from Mr. Adams, i
He said the people were demanding in?
censed powers for the Governors that
they may be more efficient. He ex- ;
pressed the belief ihat the Governor's
powers might well be increased with- '
out encroaching upon the legislative ?
branch.
At the suggestion of ex-Governor
Franklin Fort of New Jersey, who was '
presiding, Governor Janus S. Fielder '
of New Jersey told of the operation of
the short ballot in his state, and said i
that not only were the people satisfied. ;
but they would be better pleased if it
were shorter.
Governor Robert L. Williams of
Oklahoma urged that a law should be '
enacted neekiag ? Governor inelijcible
?lining his term of office and for six ?
months afterward for candidacy for the
United .-?t?te- Senate or for Congress
or for state cfficc, ,?o that all tempta- '
ions for him to use his office for po- !
liticil advancement might be removed.
At the clou? of the discussion Seere
ary of the Navy Daniels invited the
.overnors, with their wives and (laugh?
ers, to board the dreadnought Wyo
ing to-morrcw for a trip to Glouces
r, during which th.- North Atlantic '
c> * of twoscote ?hips will pass in re
iew before them.
GERMANS PRESS
NIEMEN ATTACK
Continued from pace 1
by the Czars as a preserve for the van
ishing European wild buffalo. In such
a region the German heavy artillery
Will be at a disadvantage, and the
special qui'litieis of Russian ic.-is.Unc?
will have wide scope.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The official statement ??sued by Ber?
lin to-day says:
North of the Niemen River there
are no changer, in the situation.
Army giou'/? of r'ield Marshal von
HindenSurg: (?n the remainder of the
front of this army group progress was
made. During battles to the ea-t
and to the south of Kovno our troops ;
Caiptired nine officers and 3,600 men
and took eight machine guns.
Arm;, group of Prince Leopold of
Bavaria: (tn the plain i?) situated
to the northeast of Kleszezele and in
the forest district southeast of this ,
place the enemy yesterday again ?a?
defeated by our troops, the pursuit
reaching the Bailowieska forts. The
enemy lost rno'e than 4,500 men in
prisoners and nine machine guns.
Brest-Litovsk Hill Taken.
Army group of Field Marshal von
Mackensen: Before the at'nek of the J
German and Austro Hungarian troops
advancing across the Pulva and Bug
rivers, to the east of the mouth of
the Pulva, the enemy evacuated his j
positions. Our pursuit continued.
On the southwestern front of Brest- ;
Litevsh a hill at Kopytow was taken
hy storm. Our troops are advancing
through the marshy district to the
northeast of Viadora, pursuing the
enemv, whom they defeated yester- j
day. '
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
The follow.ng official statement was
isstted to-night at the Aastrian War
Office:
Northwest of Brest-Litovsk th*
enemy, who is resisting in the dis
trict of Wicrchowtce and Razna. wa i
repulsed again yesterdav and forced ?
to retreat. The number of prison- j
ers taken bv the army of Archduke j
Joseph Ferdinand in the last bat- ,
ties was 1,300 men and four officers, j
Northeast of Vladova our allies ,
again repulsed the enemv and gained i
ground. Austro-Hungarian and Ger- ?
man cavahv, in pursuit of the en?
emv, entered Kovel ? forty mile?
southeast of Brest-Litovsk) and now
are advancing northward.
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL.
The following official statement wa?
issued to-night at the headquarters of
the Russian (ienersl Staff:
In the Riga district there has been
no change. In the direction of Ja?
cobstadt and Dunsburr. toward the
west, on Monday there was fighting
in places, with alternating ? uccess.
In the district from Kovno to Vilna
on Sunday night and the following
day the enemv continued to exercise
pressure on our troops, who were
holding back his offensive movement.
Fsll Qack on the Bohr.
Between the Bobr and the Narew
we have fallen back from our gen?
eral positions on the left bank of
the Robr. In conformity with this
movement we evacuated on Sunday
evening the fortifications at Osso
wetz, which forms a sector of these
positions.
During Sunday night and the fol?
lowing day veiv stubborn attacks by
the enemy continued in the region
to the east of Hielsk and along the
sectors of the front of Kleshtshele
Zwytsoka-Brest-Li tovsk-Orlia. Some
of these attacks, notwithstanding the
numerickl superiority of the enemv,
were repulsed with great .success by
our infantry, supporte?! by cavalry.
We captured some prisoners and
?luick firing guns. These actions fa?
cilitated considerably ?ur occupation
of new positions on the right bsnk
of the Bug.
Sunday night we stopped sn st
tempt by the enemv to resume an
offensive in the direction of Kovel.
in the Pushcka region. A battle
which began on Monday continues.
L,ondon Thinks Kaiser
Is Shuffling His Lines
[B)r C.bl? In The Tri'rn? )
Petrograd, Aug. 24 'dispatch to "The
Morning Post." London?. There has
been a marked slackening in the rate
of the German progress in the last few
days. One of two things is happening:'
Either the German bolt is shot and the
Russians are beginning to turn or else
another great shuffling of forces is
going on behind the German forward
lines. The probability lies rather with
the latter presumption.
The Germans are now very near that
vast area of impregnable marshland be.
tween Brest-Litovsk, Smolensk and KirT,
on which they will rest their right ??ing
in further ma'chr- Their left must
rest on Riga and the sea, but thaf part
of their programme has been put back
indefinitely by the Russian sue ?
By both sea and land at present the
northern section of the general advance
i- standing at attention. On the whole,
the Germans continue to move forward,
but it is very noticeable that their
progress is becoming much slo??.er.
The essence of that strategy which
Russia has always adopted to meet in?
vasion lies in the complete assurance
that somewhere at some time a point
must be reached when equilibrium of
forres will be I tab] -he?l. Wherever it
may be arul whenever it ;.- readied the
Russians Will as-ume the offensive and
make modern Germany acquainted with
the full meaning of those terrible word?
which ancient Germany, alone of all
nations of Europe, never heard from
ancient Rome. In this war the tone
has bran set by Germany, ?nd to an ex?
tent never before known in history it it
the terrible one of "Vive victii."
VISTEA ROUTE
USED TO SUPPLY
GERMAN ARMIES
Fall of Novo Georgievsk
Opened River for
Kaiser's Barges.
HUGE SIEGE GUNS
MOVE ON QUICKLY
As Last Forts Fall, They Are
Headed Away to Batter
Other Strongholds.
Novo Georgievsk, Aug. 21 (by courier
to Warsaw and London, Aug. M). By
the capture of Novo Georgievsk the ?
Austro-Gcrmans have opened the great;
Vistula River transportation route into
the interior of Poland. German steam- !
era are in waiting at Wyszogrod, a few
miles below the fortress, an?! within a I
day or two tows of barges laden with j
ammunition supplies for the army and.
coal and provisions for the occupied re- :
gion of Poland will be heading past i
Wart-aw to the Galician frontier.
The capture of the fortress also'
opens a highly important railroad line',
from Germany by way of Mlawa to,
Warsaw, north of the Vistula, whereby i
rail communication can be established
with Eastern Poland and the present j
military front without awaiting the re- ,
building of the great bridges across the
Vistula at Warsaw, which were de-|
stroyed by the Russians before their j
retreat.
The importance of Novo Georgievsk,
for these strategic reasons, presumably
"explains the Russian decision to at-J
tempt to hold this one Vistula fortress
after their retreat. It is too early yet J
to tell the size of the besieging force??,,
but, as at Antwerp and Maubeuge, it
Bra mall compared with the captured!
?arrisan. The prisoners taken seem to
include not only the regular garrison,
but also many soldiers and units which
had gone astray in the Russian retreat, i
Russians Fired Fortress.
Novo Georgievsk is purely a fort- j
res?. Its buildings and budges are ,
virtual?** all of a military nature. The i
town was fired by the Russians just be-1
fore they capitulated. The walls of j
flame rising on every side, spitting
from the embrasures of the citadel and I
the military storehoui.es, and the great |
pall of smoke floating down the valley j
of the Vistula made one of the most
spectacular scenes turntshed by the
war.
At the summit of Citadel Hill a mas
bIvo building, with a Red Cross flag
floating from Its staff, rose above the !
city. In the shadow of the flag burning
Storehouses of small arms ammunition I
provided an uninterrupted fusillade as ?
the flames reached one depot of cart?
ridges after another.
Along the railroad track were long
rows of freight cam loaded with shells I
and other supplies, to which the Rus- ?
sians applied the torch before their
surrender. These explosives would
have made the entrance of the Ger- j
mans highly-dangerous had not the |
siow burning powder merely blown out
the fuses, instead of exploding the
shells.
Broken Bridge Altered Plan.
These munitions apparently were
loaded on trains to be carried away.
with the retreating army, but the
breaking of a small railroad bridge
within the fortress under the weight '
of a flat car loaded with a heavy mor?
tar prevented the Russian* from sav?
ing them. This may have been a con?
tributing reason for the Russian de?
cision to defend the fortress.
General von Beseler's siege opera?
tions were directed chiefly against the
northeast front of the fortress, where ',
the approach is least hampered by
swamps and rivers. The fate of the !
fortress virtually was sealed as soon as I
the heavy siege guns were brought into '
position. Behind the covering infantry
these big guns were pushed forward
within range of the first of the outer
forte, and then of the inner girdle.
Comparatively few shots were needed
to finish the work.
Some of the surrendered forts were I
scarcely disfigured. One of the inter-1
mediate works, an inside fort, visited
by The Associated Press correspondent
did not show a single shell mark.
Huge Guns Do Not Halt.
General von Beseler's sie,.c park In?
cluded several of the famous "foriy
twos," of both German and Austrian
make, together with Austrian 12-inch
automobile mortars, whose mobility
and power placed them in a class with
their bigger sisters, and batteries of
German mortars, to which the Krupps
have given an ingenious carriage, mak?
ing them easily transportable as siege
artillery. It took scarcely an hour to
demount one of these guns which a few
hours earlier had helped pound the last
Russian fort into submission. A little
while later gun and mounting, on great
caterpillar wheels, were well on their
way to a new scene of operations.
The celerity with which the siege
park was headed for other, fields was
one of the features of the siege. The
Russian flag barely had disappeared
from the last two forts, which for a
time were inclined to disregard General
Bobr's capitulation and conduct an in?
dependent resistance, when the great
guns were headed away from the fort?
ress. The officers and men did not even
visit the stronghold they had helped to
take.
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TEUTON AND SLAV
ALIKE TO WARSAW
City's Life Goes On as Usual,
Despite Capture by Ger?
man Forces.
Warsaw, Aug. 21 (Via London, Aug.
24?. Warsaw shows few signs of its
recent capture after a siege. The life
of the city g0ei on much the same as
it did under Russian rule in time? of
peace. The* ruins of blown-up bridges
hanging drunkenly athwart the Vistula
and the presence of German soldiers in
the streets are the only surface indi?
cations of the gigantic military cam?
paign which resulted in the capture of
the Polish capital.
Polish and Jewish citizens have re?
ceived the invaders without the slight?
est evidence of hostility. The German
garrison in the city Consists of only
three regiments, who have little to do
. xcept to provide sentries for the vari?
ous military and civilian headquarters
to keep in order the crowds seeking
permits of all kinds, ranging from
ra-.se, permitting them to leave the
city ?o licen?.- for the sale of cheap
cigarettes. Soldion also regul.i'e traf?
ile on the potitoon bndg?ta aeras the
Vistula.
Military patrols are not called on to
maintain order within the city. This
work has been in the hands of civil
isns, who now are being relieved by a
German police force under Chief of
PoHce Von Glasenapp.
GERMANY PUTS
330,000 MEN
ON TWO FRONTS
British Estimate Father?
land's Capacity in Troops
at 8,000,000.
1,800,000 IN WEST,
1,400,000 IN EAST
Limit of Faquipmont Possibility
Already Reached, Is Belief
in London.
GERMAN CASUALTIES
TO JUNE 30.
Killed . 806421
Died of disease. 16,806
Mi.ssing or totally dis?
abled ....... 540,72.'.
Wounded. 80i'.790
Total.1,672,44 ?
The killed, wounded and miss?
ing; since June .',0 will bring
this total to more than 2,000,000.
London, Aug. 24.?A statement from
an authoritative British source on Ger?
many's strength in men and her losses
was made public here to-day. The
statement asserts that about July 31
the German? had 1,800,000 men on the
western battle front, and 1,400,000 op
the eastern front ? total of 3.200,000
on the actual lighting line, while there
also were 1,120,000 Austrian? opposed
to the Russians.
There were besides a large number of
German troops of various fiasses in
garrisons, fortifications and on lines
of communication in addition to con?
valescents, invalids and others.
"It is impossible to say," the state?
ment declares, ."how far the reserve
troop? have been armed and equipped,
but the fact that the total number of ;
men on the two fronts is only .'1,200,000 |
appears to show that this is about the ',
largest number the Germans are able ,
to put fully equipped into the lighting j
line.
"The Germans from a date shortly |
after the outbreak of the war sup- i
plied the losses in their first line and
reserve troops from the second and
even the third line, so that it is safer
tu regard all the German troops in the
fifhting line a? of much the same qual?
ity as in the first few months of the
war.
1.115 Recruits I'sed.
"It is calculated that the first line
troops lost about 50 per cent in casual?
ties and the reserves about 25 per cent,
their places being taken by recruits
from the 1914 class and from other
categories and reformed units, includ
ing the 1915 class of recruits.
"Since, then, they have again lost '
about 50 per cent- in casualties, so ;
probably there remains only about 25
per cent of the original first line troops, i
to which must be added the men slight?
ly wounded who have returned to the
nghting line.
"The German casualties in killed,
wounded and missing reported to June
30 totalled 1,672,444 men, of whom 306,- I
12a were killed, 15,808 died of disease ?
and 640,723 either are missing or pris?
oners or are so seriously wounded as !
to put them out of action for the re?
mainder of the war. Since June 301
there has been hsavy fip-hting. prob?
ably bringing the total loss up to 2.000,
000 for the year.
.More Than 400,000 Killed.
"Assuming that 500,000 men were
only slightly wounded and recovered,
the effective loss is assumed to amount
to 1,000,000, in addition to which prob?
ably 500,000 men are wounded who are
absent from the front on leave in hos?
pitals. This makes the total net loss i
for the yesr 1,500,000, of whom from
400.000 to 450,000 men were killed.
"The Germans, it is calculated, had
at the beginning of the war 8,000,000.
! men available for military service, and
?that number might be increased by
,1,000,000 or 1,500,000 if every man of
! military age gave hi? service.
"The only reasonable suggestion,
? therefore, for the fact that the Ger
1 mans have only 3,200,000 men in the
. fighting line is* that they are unable
to supply more than that number with
, equipment. From the total of from
i ft.000,000 to 9,OOO.iino men must be de?
ducted the 1,500,000 net loss for the
jjear and the same number of men re?
quired for making arms and ammuni- '
tion."
TRANSPORTS SUNK
IN RIGA BATTLE
Germans Lost Three, Petrograd
Reports?London Celebrates
Russian Victory.
[We CWMi io Th? TrttwM *
London, Aug. 24. Led by a delega?
tion from the Stock Exchange, a crowd
I gathered in front of the Russian Em?
j batsy to-day to celebrate the Russian
victory in the Gulf of Riga. Throngs
collected on all sides of the spacious ,
' square, cheering and waving flags
; Count Benckendorff appeared on the
, balcony and said:
"God helping as, we have won sue-'
cess, and more successes will romo,
I bringing peace to Russia, England and
' the whole world."
The band played the Russian na-I
tonal anthem, ending with cheers for
the Czar and the King.
From details of the attempted land- '
mg in tho Gulf of Riga last Saturday ?
{?tiblished in the "N'ovoe Vremya," it!
appears, says a dispatch to the Ten?
ir*! New, Ag.-ncy, that three largo
transnorts tilled with troops ap?
proached 'he shore under cover <.f i
German squadron. The German ships
were allowed to come close to land ,
; before a terrific artillery fire was
( opened by the Russians.
A duel between the cruisers and
I Share batteries continued for two hours
before the last transport was sunk
Only Sr f>w crowd??*! boats then re- ;
mained and these were soon smashed to
pieces by the Russian fire.
The German squadron managed to
destroy some house., with their long
re?ir? gun?. Iiuring the attempt to
land ai Pernoff the Germans ulso de- ?
scended on Gainash, to the south
lighter* Piled with troops were Bunk*
by Russian shells on attempting to
reach the beach.
The German Admiralty to-day an?
nounced thst a German submarine had ,
torpedoed and sunk a Russian auxiliary
ship at the entrance to the Gulf of
Finland.
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Assortments are small, but values are wonderful
for those who can take advantage of them?
Last of the Summer Hats at $3
A Few Remaining Parasols at *3
"Clean-up" of Summer Blouses at *3
A Group of Summer Suits at$ 10
?.A mere handtul of suits fr?m various lines >
$95 to $ 125 Remaining Suits?$25
All that is left of our most desirable ?-summer Sty'.es
suitable for between season wear.
A Few Coats at $ 10
White and .-olored ?doth ?oats, also a few linen, mohair and
Gloria ?ilk Dust Coats.
$35 to $55 Dresses?*<* cw, at $12
Of net. voile, organdie, and batiste, also a few odd dar.? ?
dresses and a few silk street and afternoon styles.
$65 to$95 Afternoon Dresses?$25
Of chiffon, ui"f?:ta ami light Summer silks, also In combina?
tions of silk wltb chiffon.
$95 to $l 75 Handsome Gowns?*50
Laos ?(lid hind-embroidered Lingeri.- ?.own? for Garden-Parte
Wear, also Re eption and Evening ??own?, the remainders of their
Unes but s ?*orj "?"ood ?election.
?45 to *95 Silk Wraps?* 15 & *25
Suitable [or afternoon, re? eption and evening we.ir a elosng
out of remaining lines.
BULGARS MOVE
AGAINST CABINET
Continued from pa?e 1
tacked a British detachment near
Akike, on the Euphrates, indicting
heavy losses.'
Liman von Sanders Sure
of Victory in Gallipoli
Turkish Headquarters on the Galli?
poli Peninsula, Aug. 23 ivia London,
Aug. 25.--Absolute confidence in the
Turkish troops and their ability to hold
the peninsula, even should other Allied
reinforcements arrive, were expressed
to-day by the commander of the Fifth
Army, Field Marshal Liman von San?
ders, Pacha, in an interview with the
Associated Press.
Field Marshal von Samlers's remarks
were punctuated by the crashing near?
by of exploding shells. His praise o
the Turkish soldier was unstinted.
"Bravery and frugality and physical
en?l mental stamina," said the Pacha,
"make the Turk an antagonist really
to be feared, as our enemies already
have discovered. A? a result we are
able to face the future without misgiv?
ing, even should the enemy increase."
The Field Marshal spoktt also of his
efforts in perfecting the organization
of the Turks.
"The Gallipoli forces are better off
in that respect than you suppose," he
said. "At the first glance the machine
here may look somewhat cumbersome,
but such is not the case. Owing to our
excellent officers we have the means
necessary to carry on operations in a
most modern manner. This and the
fact that the Turk is really fighting
for an ideal defence of country, race
and religion- make the task of the
Allies what it has been "
The Paeha is a man of unusual
physical vigor.- He works generally
eighteen hours a day, spending more
than balf of this time visiting the
positions.
"The Allies," the Pacha continued,
"have been here four months, less
three days. During that time they have
accomplished only what their prepon?
derance in naval artillery made it im?
possible for us to prevent. What
ground the Allies have thet* hold by
virtue of their naval gunfire super?
iority. We have every reason for view?
ing the future without worry."
SUGGESTS LORD READING
AS ENVOY TO NEW YORK
Noted Jurist May Visit Here to
Deal with Exchange Question.
ill? Ctb.e f> The Tribune 1
Lndon, Aug. 25. -Those newspapers
which sssaneed that Lord St. A!d-??vn
was the "ex-Cabinet Minister" men?
tioned as having been suggested as one
of the English envoys to New York for
?I-'.?ling with the exchange are cor?
rected by "The Times" this morning
as follows:
I "The refer?.nee was to a quite dif?
ferent person from the ex-Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and there can hardly
be any objection now to our saving
that it was to Lord Reading, if, as we
hope, it should be found that Lord
i Reading can be spared temporarily for
loch a mission as one of Sir Edward
i Holdep'a tv.u principal associates."
BLAMES RUSSIA
FOR WORLD WAR
German Paper's "Revelations"
Describe Pan?Slavist
Agitation.
Berlin 'by wireless to Sayville, K,
Y.), Aug. 24. The "Norddeutsch*
Allgemeine Zeitung" has published
further extracts from secret document?
' found by the Germans on taking ***?>
; session of Brussels. The latest imtsl
, ment deals with the period of the Bal?
kan wars. The Over-seas New? Agesey'i
summary says:
"Concerning* Russia's policy, th* We
gian Minister to Berlin, Baron Beyss?,
in a letter written on October 24, 1912.
repeats statements made by Jules
Cambon, then French Ambassador *t
Berlin, writing as follow-.: 'The French
Ambassador, who apparently has ip<
cial reasons for speaking ai he does.
I told me repeatedly that the grestest
1 danger to the maintenance of Euro*
1 pean peace was the lack of discipline
, and the personal conduct of Runis"
l diplomatists in foreign countries
I They are all ardent pan-Slavists, and
? they have largely to carry the burden
? of responsibility for present events.
' They will, without doubt, secretly in?
stigate Russian interversi?n in the
i Balkan conflict.'
"The same ambassador wrots on
i April 4, 191.'}: 'The arrogance and con?
tempt with which the Serbians receiv*
j the complaints of the Vienna govern
, ment can be understood ?mly by res
son of the support they hope to ?"nd in
I Petersburg. The Serbian charge d'af?
faires here said recently thst ill gov?
ernment would not have maintained its
attitude of the last six months, with?
out regard to Austrian representation!.
if it had not been encouraged to do to
by the Russian Minister, M. Haitwi??
; a diplomatist of Iswolsky'-. school.'
j "Concerning France, the Beigisn Min?
ister at Paris, Baron Guillaume, wrote
on February 14. 1913; 'M. Pom-are
I was collaborator and instiga'-r SI ?
Millerand's militaristic ?Mile**.1 0n
February 21, 191?, he wrote: 'In th?
troubled times which Europe no* et
periences the greatest danger is "''?"??y
, by M. Poincar?'s presence in the "??'
j ace of the Kly-?e. I'nder his rule the
: mrlitaristie and slightly chauvini*'.
I instincts of the French ns'ion awoke
I His infl'ience hs? been visible in tsi*
change of mind.' "
. m -
, BRITISH SHIP SET AFIRE
AngWv-Californian Carried Horses fo"
the Allies.
Montreal, Aug. 24. Fifty men.moi'l*'
city firemen, were overcome hy irnos?
while fighting a fire of un**10*" 0,r??r
on the Britiih steamer Anglo-Cali*o"
nian her* to-day. The bla? wai e?'?
' guished after the steamer had Ptitlmw?
considerable damage. - --^
There were more than l.(W?) ho?*'
aboard, intended for -ajvslry uis by ?"
Allies. Eight were kiTled by ?mok? ??
flames. . mw.
The Anglo Californian narrowly *"""
caned from a German -ubmsrine
, July 5 last. Eight members of the cr* ?
1 including two American?, were ???"??{!
I the attack. The steamer was ?????"??
? damaged, but managed to mas* <?*?"?"??
! town. ?j,