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THE SUN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1914.
GERMANS IN BELGIUM UNDER FIRE OF BRITISH SHIPS
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Allies Have Reoccupied
Lille, Says
nttompl to lircak tlirotich, nt Cliuultx-s
hut were repulse-il nml lost ground.
Alotil? tln fortlllcd ce-ntre, on the
ClituiiMKni' Mills, there Is ele-.-tiiltory nr-tllk-ry
ihii'llliiK'. Neither mIiIo Is Htronn
enough, niipnn'Mtly, to nunnci norlotisly
tho lpfoiiVLg of tho other; ouch lit wult
ItiK tho Issue In northern I-'nitu-e. In
tho oust the .French lire uilviitte-lii on
tho rlRlit bunk of the Mi'iise. In Alsace
they have niiiele jirocre- jitnl strong
forces nrr active nil iiIoiir tlio Imrrler
fortrcHi line.
GERMANS REPULSED.
llrltlsh. .Icilmitron (lives ItfTrctlve
. lit In HrlKlAim,
Special Cable tietpatcti to Tns Sew.
Paiiih, Oct. 19, Generally encourag
ing to France ns the Government report
Is tn-nlfrhl there is ono Item that is of
thrllllntr Interest, the presence of a
llrltlsh fleet off the HelRUn const and
actively itsslsllnir In repulsing the Oer
mano. The nllle-s have made prepress
In Km nee. The text of tho cottimtinliue
given out at II 1'. M. Is ns follows:
Hc-IrIum German utt.icka he.
tween Nleuport nml nixmutle havo
been repulscil by tho llt-lKlnn army,
which wn.i aided effectively by a
Hritlsh squadron.
Hetwcen Arrus and Hoye we havo
made MllKht progress at several
points. Our troops advanced an far
an the barbed wire defences of tho
enemy.
In the neighborhood of St. Mlhlel
we have walned ground on tho rls-ht
banl; of tho Meuse.
On the rest of the front there li
no Important news to report.
The report of the afternoon Indicated
that tho Germans have been driven
northward Horn tlie ltlver Yer and thai
the Helk-lan army has imaln Klven
notable aid to tho ullles. In Delirium
and France Gen. .lolTre'.s tronpn are
koIhr forward, Knlnlni; rtroutid In thu
region of Lille and east of Arras. The
report was the most definite yet re.
celvod of the .steady progress of the
allied left wlmr. Tho communique was
made public at 2:Bi 1'. M. and was as
follows:
In HelKltun tho heavy artillery of
the enemy has cannonaded, but with
out result, thu front from Nleuport
to Vlasloo, to the cast of Dlx.ntttlc.
The forces of the allies, and nota
bly the ItelKlan army, have not only
repulsed further attack on the part
of the Germans, but havo advanced
as, far as Houlers.
)n our left wlnK, between tho
River I.ysj and the Canal of la
Iiassce, wo have advanced in tho
direction of I.IIIe. There hns been
very stubborn IlKhtlnK on the trout
from I,a Haswo to Ahlaln-St. Na
tnlre. We are advancing from
house to houso" In these two places.
Abhln-St. Nazalre Is about clKht
miles north of Arras and about ten
miles east of Ia Hasse-o.)
To thn north and to tho south of
Arms our troops have been flKhtlns
without respite for more than ten
days and with a presevcrance and
spirit which never for u "moment
have been relaxed.
In the region of Chaulncs we have
repulsed a strong counter attack
delivered by the enemy, and have
won corno Kround.
On tne centre them Is nothlnp to
report.
On our rlcht wins In Alsace, to
the west of Colmar, our advance
posts are on tho lino between Hun
homme I'ass and Hulzcrn. Moro to
the south we still occupy Thann.
LONDON OPTIMISTIC.
Cinmr, lloncter. Keeps Itensnn
I'rnni 1'olillcntlnn,
fprdnl Cable DmpntcK to The Svv
London, Oct, 19. The strong note of
optimism In the reports from corro
spnndentu In the north of France Is nde.
quately explained by Information at
hand here, but tho censorship does not
think the publication of tho detalla ad
vltahle. The authorities merely allow the publi
cation of the statement that tho position
of the allies Is regarded by tho-so on the
field a eminently satisfactory.
The news that de'.lghts Franco Is
the Government's announcement that
tho BrltlMh navy l.s now tn a position to
nelp the nllled armies withstand a tier
man advnnce against Ostend and Calais.
Powerful warships, not men, now hold
the extreme left of the allied line. It
Is believed Impossible, therefore, that
thn Germans can meet with success In
their new offenslvii along the neacoast.
Tho Germans aro likely to llnd Ostcnd
too hot for them to hold.
A secret kept rigidly for the past
few days was given to the public to
night In tho Government report, which
said that British warships are cooperat
ing effectively with the Belgians, who
hold tho Urn nf N'lpunnrr. Rolllcru ;mrl
Tpres. It Is not too much tn assume
that the British have now along tho
coast a squadron of Mg warships able
to command the coast llne-fnr tlvo miles
with long range guns. British torpedo
boats and gunboats are telleved to be
In the canals near Nleuport, giving In
valuable mipport to the gallant Belgian
army which Is fighting at the Hlver
Yser and to the French forces who hold
the canal west of Ypres.
That the Germans realized the ne
peril to their forces advancing In Bel-
glum In Indicated by the attempt of
their four destroyers, sunk by the Brit
tsh cruiser Undaunted, to mannnivro
westward from their bawc. It was un
doubtedly the German plan to forestall
tlw Prltlsh j sending oestroyers and
possibly submarines to OUend and the
important points southward along tho
coast, The victory of the Undaunted
wrecked tho plan. With the main Ger
man fleet bottled up at Kiel nnd Helgo
land the Brltl.sh are In the position to
maintain big gun ships nlong the const
-.nd drive the Germans from tho lit-13,-rfl,
In the region nf Nleuport thera
is a system f canals wherein light
draught warships could operate. This Is
undoubtedly the plan which Is Udng fol
kiwMl by the British.
rtn interesting featuro of the news Is
the advance of the Belgian nrmy from
tho ltlver Yser to Haulers, southeast
of Dlxmudc, from eight to ten miles
northeast of their battle position yes
trda. A" Him days pass every Government
"port is more encouraging, slsr.lfylnt;
hat the allies are steadily calnlnir
round iti northern France, winning
London Report
new advantages nlonir thn old hattlo
line and always ob'.o to check tho Ger
mans at the cast, nlunK the fortrcsj
barrier. Military critics now believe
that tho decisive phase of tho campaign
Is nt hand.
Thero Is a report that tho allies' ad
vance against the German right wlnn
haa compelled the Germans to evacuate
Lille. The report Is that the Germans ,
were unaoie io nom iMie ann ino piain
between that placo and Hnze-hroiick
after tho allies recaptured
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Katalres and Armentleres. N
correspondents near tho front telegraph
that the allies aro pushing: forward
everywhere atonic the German west
flank and that tho Germans are giving
way because Gen. Joffre Is exerting
constantly Increasing pressure. It np
pears that Gen. .loffro hns sent heavy
reenforcf monts to northern France.
FRENCH IN LILLE AGAIN.
(iertimn llrnnrtrit llrlsrn From City
Third Time.
special Cable tietpitci to Tnr Sex
London, Oct. t!. A correspondent of
the Mil) (Vironlrlr says :
"The Herman have been driven fioin
t.llln after they occupied It for the third
time. They retired to a safer place on the
lelnhts east and southeast. They hae
been forced to abandon Courtrnl. They
aro bi'lng flung back in crowded mnsers
uiwn a line which they must hold or die,
the road from Tournal to Valenciennes
and thence to e'atnbral anil Nt, Quentln.
"Thu allied left h,is approached very
nearly to this ro.id, and the fighting In
the mining district Is savaae and In
cessant So far as strategy goes, the
Germans have been badly beaten. They
haw been driven from ground they oc
cupied at the cost of thousand of lives.
Against all ruls of their toxtbe. ks, they
have been forced to crowd tark upon
narrow lines They haw failed to en
velop thf forces In lUlglum anil failed
always In attempts to break through In
France, vast and formidable as their
numbers are, so that there Is always
the possibility of their being crushed at
some point of weakness.
"They have not been strong enough
so far to resist our offensive. Kvery day
for the past live days they have yielded
ground, Hxhaustlon Is hurting them more
than death. It la weakening their num
bers faster than bullet and shell can do.
The German prisoners 1 saw yefterday
were miserable men, half starved, weary
and suffering from enteric fever, which Is
rife. In the Germany army. It Is making
a horror of the trenches, lr takes the
stiffening out of the hardltst of regiments.
Morally and physically, so far as one can
Judge from the prisoners, the Grrman
army Is In a bad way. It Is hardly likely
that such men can retrieve the disasters
of the past wtek In France, which has
seen Vi defeat of the whol.i German line
from the llclglan frontier to the centre."
FEW GERMANS ON COAST.
Scared Oft, Is llrllrf, by (lie llrltlsh
Flee.
filifutl CatA PrtpjtcJi to The Si'v
London, Oct. 19. A despatch to tho
7)illy Telrgraph says the Germans are
not occupying tho nelglan const. There
nre only a few I'hlann In Ostcnd. Tho
news Indicates that the presence of a
British fleet off the roast hns mnde Ilel
1 slan ports untenable for the Germnns.
There l.s a report from Bordeaux that
tho Germans are massing a new nrmy
of 1,000,000 for tho Invasion of France.
but the rumor In not believed. Fresh
troops hurried by the Germans to the
hattlo line are mnde up of reserves who
are taking: the plncei of troops killed or
wounded. The German regimental de
pots aro heavily drnwn on to fill such
sops.
War News in Brief
UKIXIU'M.U Is reported In f-ondnn that
the allies have retaken Ostend. Brltleh
warships are ofllcially reported to have
Klven effective aid to the Belgian army
against the Germans between .N'leuport
nnd Dlxmude. Thn German cavalry
fruitlessly cannonaded the Belgian front
from Nleuport to Bladslno. Hast of
Dlxmude tho Belgian army not only
drove back the German attack, but
puhed ahead as far as Houlers.
FRANCE. Tho official communique Issued
last night reports the advance made by
tho ullles along several points of th
battle line. It reports the slight prog
ress between Arras and Itoye, and also
ground rained In the region of St.
Mlhlel, on the right bank of the Meuse.
The afternoon communiques reports en
gagements taking place on the front
from Le Das.'en to Ablaln-St. Nazalre,
und a ten days engagement to the
north and south of Arras. In thn
region of Chaulncw the French repulsed
German attacks and won eome ground.
RUSSIA. A vanguard of ermans. ac
cording to reports from Home, was
lured to the rat bank of the Vistula'
and cut to pieces by the Russians.
Tho Russians are rushing 500.000 troops
to prevent the German dash toward
Warsaw, A despatch from Rome says
that I'rzemysl still holds out and thu
the AustrlaiiN are endeavoring to ad
vance their line by supping.
TURKEY Turkish participation In the
war now appears Imminent. The Bus.
slan Ambassador lias transferred tho
archives of the embassy from Con-
tantlnople to Odessa, and a Turkish
fleet, cleared for action, Is cruising In
the Black Sea. A tralnlo.nl of 160
carloads of artillery, ammunition and
war material on their way from Ger
many to Turkey has been seliml by
the Rumanian Government, The Oer
msn envoy at Bucharest made a protest,
which was unheeded.
BOLLANO.Charles Gould, a Canadian
Dimness man arriving In London from
BritsmUi, says that the feeling among
the Uulch people Is that Holland will ti.i
ni" iibi io enter into the war, It is
believed that the Kaiser will drar Hoi-
land Into the war owing to the refusal
of the Dutch to permit the Germans to Wll,nt" withdrawal of Rrand Whit
break the neutrality of the country i 1 , aM Vnitti Ktates Minister to Bel
through the use of the Hlver Scheldt I Klum "nd subsequent recognition of
JAPAN. It Is officially announced nt
Tnklo that the Japanese cruiser Take
chlho was sunk by a mine In Klao-chnw
Hay en the night of October 17. Only
eleven of the crew were rescue-d out of
311,
ailHMANV. It Is announced In Berlin
that the attacks of the French to the
west and northwest of I,tlle were re
pulsed with severe lomes to the French,
The fighting eouthwest nf Warsaw may
be regarded, t li announced, as the
euniiorucmnim oi u ueclslvn
eniTAlre-
mcnt. The Germans are advancing
under miserable renditions, the ronds
bring almost Impussubls for guns and
u.iii.u-ro' nccnuni or ino neavv
rains.
DRINK
WiiteRock
f The Mineral Water Deluxe
BELGIANS DRIVE BACK
ENEMY AT NIEDPORT
Vigorous Ocrninn Assnult on
Dlxmiido Also Repulsed De
fenders Full of Kiierpy.
DELKGATKS TO l S. HACK
Hv Tti Sen's and tttt Indo "Daily MnlFi"
K'ar Stn let.
Spreitl Cublr lttfitch t Tnr. Sen.
Haviik, Oct. 19. The Belgian Govern
ment received Information to-night that
tho German who "attacked N'leuport
yesterday Hero repulsvd by tho Belgian
army.
The announcement was made that the
Germans who attempted an energetic
assault on Dlxmude on flundny were
vigorously repulsed and that a further
attack In thu sajiiu region at night was
beaten back by tho Seventy-ninth Bel
gian Brigade.
Thn Belgian nrmy Is still full of en
ergy nnd enthusiasm.
l'aul Hymans, for fifteen years pro
fessor of International law at Brus
sels nnd n member of the Chamber
of Deputies, who went to the United
States on tho commission which pre
sented Belgium'! protest against Ger
many's alleged atrocities, said In an In
terview to-day that he found nrdent
sympathy among Americans on his re
cent visit despite the fact that thu prop
aganda of Ambassador von Bernstorff
and former Secretary of Colonies) Bern
burg wan being presented with tho most
Intense vigor.
Mr. Hymans said that tho utmost In
dignation had been aroused In the United
Stales and Canada by the wrongs done
to Belgium, peulally In tho matter ' I
the treaty violation and the "disregard
of her pledged word of which Germany
was guilty."
Kmll Vandervelde, Minister of Stute
and ulso leader of tho Socialist party In
Belgium, replying to the iuctlun of the
Temp as to what he thought of tho
attitude of King Albert In his country's
crisis, remarked that as a republican
his evidence would havo moro weight.
"Tho King ho.s been admirable, most
calm and most firm," he wald. "I be
lieve that If Belgium were annexed to
Germany the passive resistnnco of the
Belgians would make Germany learn
that she had actiuiresl a most dnngerous
present,
"I am profoundly convinced of tho1
absolute necessity that the war be
prosecuted until Prussian militarism is
destroyed. The North German Junkers
have tho greatest responsibility for tho
war.
"Despite their neutrality tho great
majority of Americans, except those of
German descent, sympathize with the
allies, especially with the Belgians, The
violation of Belgian neutrality nnd the
destruction of Louvaln and Hhclma nf-
fected American onlnlon to the. c-reat.
est extent."
GERMANS HURRY AID.
fipmal Cabli linpatrh to Tits Sc.s.
Am htkrdam, Oct. 1U. The TvU'uranfs
correspondent nt Has von Gent, on the
being taken In that direction.
Other reports Indicate that the Ger
man officers at Ghent nro growing ur
easy at tho developments In tho situa
tion. AERIAL CHASE IN FOG.
Pnrle Aviators Put (irrmnn Tnnbe
to FIlRlit Despite Darkness.
Sperlnl Cable Dupatch to Tut Sin.
Paiiih, Oct. 19.- Tho new system of
guarding Paris agulnrt attacks by Ger
man airmen proved a success to-elny,
. . -. T' . ,.. . ... .... I . .1 V. .
Belgian frontier, snys that on Katiirdny Brrnt numnn solidarity of soul, all of "''V ""'c,,'t r "T l"''e '''V been logical
G,rman troops of all arms were movlt.; wnlch u now worlln(? ,n ,,. evolution , nl '0'f a S'JJrT
steadily toward the French frontier. whlch ,s eoln(f on , tho smll of brines ! " I uve "bee co "
Heavy guns drnwn by many horses were America nnd of which Mr. Gardner's 1 irfBre,t tn .h n, J,..,. Vi ."1-
In the diMance? nailed to ' pre-entatlve, Gardner last
ters from Complegne nnd speedily WPfk. wl,lcn ,lrcw from ,no u 1,1,0
forced tho hostile machine to seek House to-day the comment that It was
safety In Might. entlredy proper ns mental exerclRC, was
In spite of a dense fog. tho aerial Joined In later by Secretary of the Navy
recnnnolssance work over thn city was j)nn,.!S
sr.1 zfx ssh3 rnrr,,,,n wr r rc-
was made worse at times by rain anil Ived tho Impression that any propa
hall, hn-1 many hairbreadth escapes and f,""'1'1 ,,,okln,; un unusual Increase of
unusual experiences. , """amenta of the United States
Twn m..rU i r.n will not be regarded favorably, This
emerging from a fog bank found them
selves only fifty yurds above Macro
Oo-iir on Montmarte. Two other olll
cits ran Into a fog which was? ns black
ns night,
The public has been Invited to send to
the military Governor, Gen. Galllenl.
...... I-.... ...'i...L...i 1 vjciuieiii,
any letters or proclamations dropped
from the Taube, which flew over Cllchy'. , 1 , '"""" .VJT5
on October 1" '"y took occasion to reply to a published
"I article criticising the navy for Its lack
TlfnrBT fiTnPV nv flVWWAW otjw of a f'n,ral Mufr 1,1 "ntrol of strictly
JJOUiJI 01 UK I Of GERMAN PLAN, naval questions and charging that the
American navy was deficient In sub-
vtnsntnBioii un. nt ii,ord of marines. Mr. Daniels asserted that tho
Sebi-mp t Annex llrlulnm, spirit of Amerle-an Institutions de
Wasiiinotov, Oct. ID. President Wll-' rnunrtH a clvlllnn In control of tho navy
son and acting Secretary nf Kit i.nn. ' and voiced his opposition tn tho creation
"xl,r'""'d doubts to-day of the truth
,.nu '.'""""''fl reports that Germany
' twicr oi iieiKium. notn
declared Germany had not made such
requests to this Government,
BOTHA SEIZES MORE REBELS.
Forly Surrender Volun tnrlly to Doer
Leader.
Kv Central $eu$,
London, Oct, 19. A despatch from
Johannesburg states that Gen, Botha's
forces ha'M cnntnrrl Min,n m..ra
. . V. . . ""'v,,,n
m tne forces nf Col. Marlts.
,nn rol"', commander. Forty of the
rebels surrendered voluntarily,
i inese captures are n add It nn in
those mentioned In previous reports.
Gardner's Appeal Wins
High Praise in France
Gabriel Hanotaux, Former Foreign Minister, Says It Shows
America Is Awakening to the Danger
,of German Ambitions.
SEES BIG CHANGE IN
Jiweta! CabU Dttpateh to Tm 9c.
Paum, Oct. 19. The appeal of Con
gressman Gardner of Massachusetts for
a state of preparedness for eventualities
In tho United Htnte.s has excited con
siderable comment here. Gabriel Hano
taux, former Minister of Foreign
Affairs, In an editorial In thn Figaro
snys:
"This speech Indicates n certain
evolution In America from two months
ago. Furthermore private letters from
tho United States show clearly that SO
per cent, of American citizens fnvor the
allies. A similar situation exists In
South America.
"Thesu opinions were, won first by
I.ouvaln and Itheltns and then by the
realization that America's own Interests
In tho war demand such sympathy. And
these opinions now form a counter
movement to tho campaign conducted
by Ambassador von Bernstorff.
"England cannot forgive herself for
remaining neutral In 1S70. If she had
Intervened then she would have averted
trouble later. There l.s a parallel In
this for tho United Stutes, How can
that country have any Illusions us to
the consequences of a German victory
In this war?
"Germany does not conceal her deslro
to ruin England and dtsmomber France.
The first result of her victory would
ho the destruction of the English flee'
and tho possession of one or moro
French nnd English ports on thu At
lantic. Then America would llnd her
self a maritime neighbor of tho colossal
emplro whose object beforo everything
Is economic triumph.
"Germany wants to conquer thf
economic world by first ruining It
through her armies. That Is thn real
meaning of tho Kaiser's phrase 'Our
future" Is on the sea."
"How could the United States inaln
taln first her economic and then her
political Independence' If she founel her
self facing ulono tho greatest military
and naval Power known to the history
of the world? There Is no iiucstlon
that tho moment Is too lutu for pacific
protestations. How much would they
be worth after Belgium?
"A German vloteiry means that thero
will bo no placo In the world for any
thing but brute force, pitiless and un
checked. It would bo extraordinary If
tho advocates of peace, laboring under
a delusion, should thus come to be the
humble ervnnts and blind accomplices
of absolute militarism.
"It is thus they aro reasoning In err-
tain ejuarters In tho Unltrsl States,
President Wilson Is not unmoved by
these considerations. Despite his firm
determination to preserve! the neutrality
of his country ho understands the
gravity of the situation and thu
enormity eif the task that confronts
him In the eyes of history.
"Tho Germans do not hide their In-
tentlon to strike at I-ondon now that
they havo taken Antwerp. If Loudon H
touched what Anglo-Saxon soul can fall
to bo touched anil stirred? rresldent
Wilson has already ah that any future
action looking to pence would lx no
child's play. Perhaps still other pre
occupations nro nlready agitating his
soul which has been moved by tho senti
ment of the mennce to his country's In
terests nnd n profound sense of the
resolution Is n symptom. Mr. Gardner
told Congress tbnt he believed God
would elefent Germany.
"Thnt Is very well, but might not he
add. by way of comment the, old
proverb, 'Help thyself and God will help
thee.'"
NO INCREASE LIKELY.
Ilnnlrls SiitinrrtliiHtes sfnvnl I'lnn to
"HlKlier Considerations."
Washington1, Oct. 1?. The discussion
of tho state of the national defence-',
attitude, taken in connection with the
very strict embargo on discussion of
military matters In public, by ofllcers of
the nrmy and navy because of tho war
In Kurope, Is regarded as foreshadowing
a very ono sided consideration this
IV"1" "J , "Pi'ropntmonH ,ur
tlH nec(jB ()( U)0 urmy and nuvy.
In the navy of a iienoral staff organlza-
, tlon. The general board of the navy,
sr:
WW
s
MPiimm3skwnMimM
PI'IIMC OPINION I1K1.E
which has no nuthorltv of lis own and
which acts only In an advisory capacity,
Is, he continued, nil that Is necded to
enable the civilian Secretary to arrive at
conclusions its to naval development
policies. At the name lime, he as
sorted, larger considerations often
prevent tho- acreptanco eif tho general
Imnrd's recommendations, thus ap
parently recognizing the fact that the
continuous policy worked emt by tho
board never has been nccepted both by
the civilian Secretary und Congress
That this Is In all prebablllty to Ik
the case again this year watf learned to
day. The general lard will recommend
tho construction of four battleships, with
proportionate subordinate constructlem.
but thero is little chance uf lu rtcom
aendatlona being favorably received. It
Is understood that the lust the board
can hope for la that Its recommenda
tions, with the reasons therefor, will
bo made public.
Ilonril srrU. J'ulillclt .
Tho board Is anxious to have Its find
ings made public, as tho distinguished
officers composing that btidy are e-oti
vlnced that If tho American public un
derstood the principles on which tho
hoard's naval programme Is based they
would readily support appropriations
for naval development. In view of thu
embargo on tho officers Imposed by
President Wilson they ure of thu opin
ion that publicity for their annual re
port Is their only htipe of gettlrfg tho
facts of tho situation before the people.
Of tho general board and Its opera
tltms, Mr. Daniels said In his statement:
"Sine 1900 the general board has fur
nished n consistent and continuing pro
gramme; It has fully recognized tho
Importance of destroyers nnd subma
rines; It has hlncu U07 consistently
advocated tho policy bf four destroy
ers for each battleship; it has annually
recommended submarines anil tenders
for submarines In the proiKirtlon ef one
tender to six submarines and tenders to
destreiyers In the proportion of one
tender to sixteen elestrtiyers.
"Htciuv! of his Intimate knowledge of
the policy or the Administration, the de
mnnrls of other departments of the Gov
eminent and t. Lite of the country's
finances it has i . been possible for the
Secretary of the Navy to adopt In toto
thn general board's recommendations, nor
hits It been possltde for e;0ngress to pro
vide always the ves,s which tho Secre
tary of the Navy has rc'iiimni nded.
e noures, Hns Ii( Word.
'There are many opinions ns to what
constitutes un adequate navy and the
proportion of vessels of one type or
another. The ultimate decision as to how
many vessels nnd how mnnv of etch type
shall bo provided rests with Cemereis,
Neither the Secretary neir eht
hoard dtrmlnefl upon nnnronrintinri
for the navy, which mattfr ts niip,.i,. in
the hands of Congress, the court of last
nsort ln expressing the desires of the
I'eple."
submarines Mr. Daniels slid :
, ,hF "un''er e.f submarines
,...,, " " h'T- "'i. " .. '"""V?
r ,(bout seventy-live lit service and
probably nine building ; Germany, twenty,
four In service and seven or more hullil-
Ing; France, sixty-seven In service and
nine or more building; Japan, fifteen In
"l'"" "". ,w" "' poxstniy more build-
Ing, while In the United States navy we
have' thirty-six In service, fourteen build
ing and eight about to be contracted for.
Roughly, there are built or building .is
follows: England, 8t; France, 70 ; United
States. Dl ; Germany. 31 . Japan. 17.
As far as the submarines themselves
are concerned It is believed that ours are
on a par with any In the world. The
, the lust Congress two types for the first
, t'mu were Inelmled, one of high surface
i "P"1'1' to accompany the tl.-.-t and on
I '"I! co;l"t "' narl""- defence,
..'.W .SJK E
ot tll0 ,;ermrtn submarines In the
(present war Congn-ss will rcnlve itself
i Into a council of naval strategy and an-
jI"oprlnto for a disproportionate number
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ALLIES NEAR LILLE
LOSE, SAYS BERLIN
Kiipmv Suffers Hcrtvy Losses Ac
cording to Germ tin Official
Announcement.
(MEAT HATTLE IX EAST
Rerun, Oct. 19, via London. The
following announcement was given out
here to-day:
"Tho attacks of the enemy to the
west find northwest of Lille huvc been
re-pulsed by our troops with the Inflic
tion of nevero losses. In tho eastern
theatre- of war thn situation remains
unchanged."
It Is ofllcially announced ulso that the
Germans have reached tho neighborhood
eir uunKirit. ami mat tnero is ne-avy
fighting nt Dlxmude nnd llou.ers. It Is
Ha.d that the Inhabitants of Dunkirk
and Boulogne are fleeing.
Yesterday there was no Information
given out hbnut the operations In the
western theatre of war. This has
usually meant that troops wore being
transferred and Inrge movements wero
under wuy.
U Russian Poland the fighting south
west of Wursaw may he regardi-d. It Is
HtAted, us th commenepment of a do-
clslve engagement Tho German ad
vunce toward the Vistula has been made
under miserable conditions, heuvy rains
converting tho roads Into tjuaginlrcs,
through which It has been hard tei elrai;
guns ami transports. Occasionally tho
roads have been abandoned und pas
sage's e-ut through the forests. Desplt"
this the morale and physical condition
of the soldiers continues excellent.
It is stated that Utiislan troops from
Bessarabia have leen sent to tho Cuu- j
VTt W-r" VOlt,S 'T" u,d Ul 1,.?V"!
. . , . '""" iiouuiN
dlfllculty In forming new military or
(ranlnutons. Doiplto their numerical
superiority ofllcers and non-commis-sloned
eifllcers are; tacking at Warsaw, It
Is said here.
THINKS INDIA IN REVOLT.
Ilerlln e'tirernt li- ItrporCeel
Trnublrs of the llrltlsh,
Berlin', via Sayvllle, I.. I., ot. 10.
Annotince-inent made hero to-day eif
"Great Britain's cry for help to Portu
gal," the- "chaotlo condition In Mouth
Africa" and the "revolt In India" Mil
tend to ralso the confidence- of the
public.
It Is announced that Great Britain
has sent three active battalions from
Mnltn to India.
GERMANS WANT CABLE TO U. S.
.liny ttritr
Line tu AmerlrH
Wnr llnels.
W lie ii
BinLiN, via London, Oct. 6. The Iter.
liner Tairblntt h.nts that after tho war
ii movement may bo launched to uvge the
United States to lay an American trans
atlantic cable directly to Germany, This
will bo the only way. tho Tnnrblittt sjys.
to prevent a repetition of the Isolation of
Germany from the outside world as
caused by Knglanel's cutting of the Ger
man cable at the beginning of the war.
Dr. Richard Ilrnnlg. writing lu the
tVriajfiofc, says that the action of the
British In cutting the German cable In
neutril waters was a violation of the law
of nations, his argument being that Great
Britain, hail a right to cut the German
cable only tn German waters tft Borkum,
oft Iome In Togo, or oft Duala In
Kamerun.
Dr. Hennlg points to the precedent set
by the United States during the Spanish
American war, lu 183S, hf says, tho
Unltel States made It a special point to
avoid damaging the cables which were
serving Its foe on the high seas, making
a rule to cut cnbles only within Spanish
waters (Cuba or the Phlllplnes).
GERMAN PRODUCTS FOR U. S.
Amerlenii Steamship to Urine; Dye
stuff nnd Other Imports.
Bur.LJN. via London, Oct. 19, As the
result of Instructions sent to American
Consuls In Gormany cargo of dye
stuffs and other exports Is on the way
to Rotterdam for shipment on nn Ameri
can steamship.
French Society ICiprls Teutons.
Sptcial Cable DnpatcK to Tut Svv,
Paiiis, Oct, 19. The French Archteo
logical Society has expolled all members
of German and Austrian nativity.
do with old letter.
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BUMPER CROPS IN GERMANY
I'nllirrlnnil Well I'repnreil for Mm, l
Times, Sa Cerniiin n,.,t,
"Cable messages received from ,
many," says M. It. Clausscn, a ii,
agent here, "convey up olllc.al st itr
Just Issue, by the Gel man n ut .
Council, a semi-official IkxI.v sIiowir t
the crops havo turned out better than tn
average yield and th.it the eo,it-
nine to feed Itself for a year 1., .
confirms n similar stntein-nt
i cently cy CknioiMt Dclbru(vk, Inrn a
Secretary of the Interior
ani
Chanc llor jf the Kinpire
"In the rme manner .is lrrnur u
mlllttry p.-vpai.itlons It carefully . oi
sidered the iuestlon of fe'rl.ng ,t- . ,
navy und people at home elurlng ,i ,
ble war. Prof of this is the errrT. . .
port of grain In recent yiars Oe-miny
In 1013 prexlueeil nlmost IS.S'tO.o ,
' ami l.fififi.Gi.G tons of wheat It
"Dl" to export a million more w, ,f r
u'ln . " '""I01"'"'- "',lllr ' '"). i o
xce' 1 ,," 'M,m by t., ; ,
"T-klng these two kind, of i,.-e...Muft
i together, the home supply la. k'-d .
than a million tons of muting the
ment of home consumption tm-, s o
ness ut the present time Is being i .
by feeding cattle w.th oats .n pl.t 1
usual mixture of rye and o.its ;r- n
exported In ricent years four mi.
tons more of oats than It Imported fr.in
abroad. Germany also has a large -.,
plus of potatoes and by prei.lu, t .
potato culture nnd of sugar from .it
boot sugar Industry
"Although the crops tins se ison
heavy they have been gathered dur.-ig t'i
past two months as expeditiously
times Of peace. This work was etTeet vfl
aided by the action of the students 1
universities, scholarh of the lower s h,,o.
nnd women from the Industrial centres,
who went to the cuuntry districts t- .
slst In the garnering of the crops"
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KtNOSTos', Jamaica, Oct. 11. -As a re
sult of the war the Government la to
make a note issue nf 4,00(1,000 (120.
000,000) In an elTort to relieve the s'tus
tlon.
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