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THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair, and warmer to-day and to-morrow
moderate shifting winds.Si
Detailed' weather reports will be found on page 1 1,
VOL. LXXXL Np. 365.
NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1914. Copyright, 1911, by the Sun Printing and Publishing Association.
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FRENCH LEFT FORCED BACK; GERMAN DROPS BOMBS ON PARIS;
BRITISH, REENFORCED NEAR CAMBRAI, READY FOR NEW ATTACK;
NEW ZEALAND TROOPS SEIZE APIA, CAPITAL OF GERMAN SAMOA
Copyright tiy tlin Sun Printing Htirt Publishing Association hy npecl.il arrant; ment with the "Illiutrnted London News."
GERMAN RESIDENTS OF LONDON HELD AS "PRISONERS OF WAR" AT THE OLYMPIA
ALLIES REFORM
AFTER DEFEAT
AND ADVANCE
i
loss of 0,000 in Four Days
Made ITp Doubly, War
Office Says.
BRITISH TAKE
PORT OF APIA,
GERMAN SAMOA
An Expeditionary Force
From New Zealand Cap
lures the Town.
!pf Inl Cable Despatch to The Sri.
J.ONhON, AtlglPt
T1:p official press bureau nf the War
Office lsul tho following statement i
tc-day
"Iliirlug fmir day, from August 2.'l
tn Aliens "ti Inclusive, tho Urltlsh
troop, '(infornilnc to the general move
ment of tin French armies, resisted !
and checked tin. German advance and :
withdrew to new linos of defence.
"The liati'o licg.Hi at Minis last Sun
day u .h a stubborn German attack
tvhlch was completely cheeked on the!
HrltWi frunt, Tho Germans mndo vIk- I
0I'",,S efforts with superior numbers t
"n Monday to prevent tho wife with-;
iirawal of the Itrltlsh fom. and drlvo
v luto tin. fortress of Mnubcuge. Theso j
i efforts wore frustrated by the ste.idl-
HP'S awl sM!l with which the Hrltlsh 1
retirement wan effected. Very heavy
,.a, inuicteu on tne enemy, rar
exceeding ours.
"The cuetuy In deni fonuatlon nnil
enormous masses nmivhed forward
caln ami again to storm tho Hrltlsh
l.llHh.
"The Itrltlsh rellrenient proceeded on
August iTi, There was continuous llght
although It was not on a scalo of
'he two previous day. Hy tho night
f'l August iiu Itrltlsh hail occupied
"Hi! from faintiral to t.o Cuteau,
t0 Landrecles.
It had Iipph intender to resume
"i "fineiit on August but a Ger
"wn att. K. which no less than Ave
r,,iy l'rl's hit.. engaged, was so closo
""! so Here that It was lini-ossiblo to
'"rry It cut until the afternoon.
Hi battle of August '. waa one
i. Continued on Second Vagt
Special Cable Despatch to Tim Son. '
IJNUON, August 30.
Tho Official Hureiiu Issued the fol
lowing announcement to-night:
"The Colonial Office has received a
telegram from tho Governor of New
Zealand stating that Apia, German Sa
moa, Hurrendored at 10 A. M, on 8atu
day to an expeditionary force sent from
New Zealand."
TWO months ago Olympln was the scene of the International Horso
Show, In which officers of most of the nnnles of KuroH rompeted,
.nnd of the Nnviil and Military Tournnineiit. Now the nntiex of the build
ing Is used for the detention of (iermaiis susocted nf being spies. Iitmit
dlately after the declaration of war between Great Ilrltnlu and (iermnny, tho
London ixillce arrested 300 (iermuns In various parts of the city and took
them to Olympln, where detachments of the Grenadiers and the Irish Guards
took charge of them. Many have been released since on giving satisfactory
accounts of themselves, hut others are still under detention iieuillng further
Inquiries.
Tho prisoners .spend their tlmo In plnylng cards, rending the papers
and discussing the situation. At certain hours they are allowed to exercise
;lu the great open space of the central arena. Their meals are brought In
(from a neighboring restaurant and they are allowed to receive vMtors
dally In the presence of an officer.
The wholesale detention of Gcrmnns In Mngland was only n precau
tionary measure. Kcgiuuld McKenna, the Home Secretary, said In an
official statement: "The jiutillu mny be assured that the great majority
of (Ioniums remaining In this country nre jwiceful and Innocent persons
from whom no danger Is to be feared."
BOMBS DROPPED
INTO PARIS BY
GERMAN-FLYER
One Kalis Near Railroad Sla
; tion. but Does Xo
Damage.
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF
Two-thirds nf Samoa camn Into posses
sion nf Germany an a lesult of the supple
mentary negotiations which followed the
partition treaty of 1S!, wheieby all east
of tho meridian of 171 west longitude
became. American and the larger
Islands west thereof wore divided
between Germany and Great Britain. J
To Germany wan assigned tho Island
of Upolu with Its outlier? of Man-.
ono and Apollma, to Great Ilrltaln fell'
Savall, tho largest Island In the archl-1
pcHgo, The United States accepted lts(
poriion oi ruiuua nnu me smaii una re
mote gioup of Manua, comprlslnR tho
three Islets of Tnu, Ofu and Olosenifa.
Then Great Ilrltaln ceded Huvall to the
Qerinans and received In compensation a
freo hand tn tho absorption of the king
dom of Tonga, certain rights In .South
Africa and tho cession of the southern
Islands of tho Solomon group In the west
ern Pacific whereby the boundary of the
Itrltlsh and German possessions was drawn
between the Islands of Ilougalnvlllo and
Cholseul and the Shoitlund group.
Upolu Is the only Island the archi
pelago which has economic value. Its
mountain chain reaches the height of 3,000
feet only at Mount Tafua In tho went
and Mount Kiio, which overlooks Kan
galoa Hay, near the east end.
Apia harbor, and tho same Is true of
all tho others, la dangerous during tho
southern winter, from November to
.March. It was In this time of bad weather
Continued on fourth ragt.
KHANCK The Itrltlsh and French
forces, after being driven back, llghtlnit.
f:om August 23 to 2C, have teformcd
their lines and resumed the offensive.
The Ililtlsh loss Is reported to have
been 6,000, but 12,000 men have been
sent to tnko their places. The battle
line of the allies now runs through
Labercles, I,e Cateau and Cambral. Tho
Germans report that their forces havo
reached 8L Quentln and are advancing
from there toward tho fortified Hsltlons
of Iu Kcre. The Mayor of Iloulogne de
nies that that city has been taken by
tho Germans. According to a despatch
from l'arls a German aviator passed
over that city In an aeroplane and
dropped bombs whlcjj did only trilling
damage.
TUKKHV. Wushlngton reports that the
Mist olllclal Information received that
Turkey may becomo Involved In tho war
was contained In a statement given out
by tho German Kmbassy. This Informa
tion Is to the effect that Turkey may
at any moment Join the Kaiser, and that
a declaration of war against Great
Ilrltaln Is believed by the Germans
likely tu Inflame the Moslems against
the rtrltlsh In Kgypt and India. In
formation from the Ilalkans Is to the
effect that German naval and army of
ficers are being hurried to Constanti
nople In the expectation of war and that
tho situation within the Halkan area Is
becoming most serious.
HUSHIA. Two Ilusslan armies arc now
reported to be engaged along the fron
tiers of Germany and Austrtt. On ii
operating north of Thorn, Germany, and
tho other around I.emberg, Austria.
Tho Germans report that they have won
a decided victory over tho Hussion
troops thirty-two mlleu from Koenlgs
berg. The Germans are rcxirtcd to bo
rushing troops from Ilelglum across
Germany to meet the Russian Invasion.
Yestcrduy, to tho north of I. It-go, a
largo force of Germans was seen mov
ing along the Mouse toward Germany,
and It was reported that It was bound
for the eastern frontier.
GHI2AT IIItlTAIN The Hrltlsh Ad
miralty reports that 'tho naval light
off Helgoland had for Its object a
rtwecplng movement of a strong force of
destroyers to cut off the German light
craft from their home base and then
engage them nt leisure In the open sea.
Only two of the German destroyers
were observed to sink, but most of tho
elghle.n to twenty boats engaged were
rounded up, attacked nnd well pun
ished. They saved themselves by sc:U.
tered flight, The Hrltlsh report their
loss nt fifty-nine men and the Iimh of
the Germans at 800.
IT'S "PARIS ON SEPT. 2" NOW.
Geriimn Sen immts f'onndcntly
.MnUi Another I'rt-illctlmi.
Special Cable Detpntch to Tin: Scv,
CnrKN UAiiKN, Aug. 30,-J-Tho German
newspapers nre confident that the fler
inans will bo' In l'wls on September 2. s
Special Cable Heipatei to Tim Pes,
I'Aiits, Aug. 30, Three bombs wero
dropped from a German aeroplane (ly
ing over Paris tills afternoon. They fell
nenr the Gare de l'Ust und did no dam
nge. Tho neroplnne was 0,000 feet over
the city.
One bomb exploded near tho Military
Hospital. In tho district nro several
large public buildings, Including the St.
I.nzare Prison for Women, the Church
of Ht. I.aurent. the Gare tin Nord, the
I.arlbolslere Hospital and the splendid
Church of St. Vincent de Paul.
London, Aug. 30. A Paris despatch
to the Kxchange Telegraph Company
says!
"A aermnn aviator Hew over Paris
this afternoon nnd dropped six bombs,
which fell in the most populous quarter
of the city. In ono enso two women
were wounded.
"One bomb fell In front of tho Hhop
of a baker and wine merchant at Ituo
AlUmy and Hue des Vlnalgriers; two
on the Qual do Vnlmy, ono of which
did not explode; the other struck the
walls of the Night Hefuge, behind St.
Martin's Hospital.
"Two others dropped In tho Ituo des
Uecollets and Huo Mitrcln, neither of
which exploded,
"Tho RVlutor, who signed himself
Lieut, von Heldssen, dropped mani
festoes on which was written:
" "Tho German army Is nt the gates
of Paris; you can do nothing hut sur
render.' "
Tho llonnvt ll'iupc, commenting on
tho aeroplane Incident, says;
"P.iriilans, It Is the saluto of the bar
barians to the city, Courage! Con
fidence! Tho salute will bo returned."
FIGHTING IS RESUMED IN
LORRAINE AND THE VOSGES;
FRENCH LEFT IS CHECKED
One Regiment of Kaiser's Troops Almost
Annihilated, Paris Reports-France
Calls Out Her 1914 Class of
200,000 Men.
Special Cable, ret)iatch to Tn Sex.
I'Aitis, Aug. .10. -The Ministry of War
Issued the following coinniunliiiie at mid
night :
"The situation in Its entirety Is the
same as this morning. After a lull the
conlllct has been resumed In the Vosges
and' In I.nrruluc.
"On the Mouse at Sassaye near Pun,
a regiment of German Infantry which
had nttouiited to cross the river has
been almost entirely annihilated.
"On our left the .irogress of the
German right wing has foreed our sol
tilers to give ground."
The Ministry 'f War announces that
It has been divided to call out the class
of 1DM, which will gh- at least ".00,(100
additional troops, and also tn cull out
tho active reserve nnd the eldest class
of the territorial reserve.
DESTROY PARIS SUBURBS.
IIhIIiIIiiks llcntrii) ctl to fJIre Forts'
l'l re Clciir I'leld,
II y HAMILTON I'Yl'i:.
Special corretpomlent of Tin: Sun and Ms
l.omtvn "Daily Mail "
Special Cable Despatch to Tns Hes.
Paius, Aug. 30. A noise of explosions
as If a thousand houses, shops und fac
tories within an area of sixty miles
wcro being blown up wus heard hero
to-day. The buildings were destroyed to
fcivn a clear Held of lire for tho Paris
forts.
80,000 GERMAN SOLDIERS
WITHDRAWN FROiVI FRONT
CIIAS. K. MATTIIIWS DI.SKS.
tl K. illltli bt. Complete vttlce outlltter. Atv,
lly JOHN MOON,
Special coiretjonjent ot Tin: SlN and the
London "llailv .Mail "
Special Cable Denpatch to Tnr. Hex
OSTKNII, August 30.
An Kngllshmnn whose Information
can be. relied upon has Just arrived
hero from Hrussels nnd 1ms furnished
mo with an necount of n conversation
bo had with a German cuptuln, The
latter said the general Impression Is that
the Germans may bo a good way Into
Krnnce, but that they will never get to
Parls;thnt the Germans are being com
pletely encircled by the UelulaiiB and
French and that they will have to with
draw their troops from the French bor
der and Alsnco to deal with tho Hus
s'lan avalanche tn Fast Prussia
The Germans, this otllcer said, are
making frantic efforts to inflict a. smash.
Ing blow on tho allies, particularly tho
Fngllsh forces. Notwithstanding tho
success which has been nchlcved by tho
Germnn army tho feeling among many
of the troops Is that they are lighting
against ton great odds.
Although every effort has been mnda
to conceal any mention of Hnsslan vic
tories, the progress of tho Hussion In-
i