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THE SUN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1914. ONLY FEW GERM AN TROOPS LEFT WEST OF THE YSER In tti nelghhorhood' of Vnlliy, we retained our positions against a courtier attack, mid we strengthened our positions In the territory previ ously rccimUered by uh In the re gion of C'raonue ami on the Hrurtr liise farm. Our artillery succeeded In reducing to silence the cunnon of tin! .enemy. Several of their pieces wero even destroyed, We also madn fomn progress In the vicinity of Hcrry-nu-ltnc. In the. Argonne, In tho Woevre district, In Lorraine, and In tho Voegett tho respective positions tdiow no change. ALLIES RETAKE YPRES. (Jermnns llntcr t'lty, lull Are Driven Out Willi Untune!. II V IIA.NII, CI.AItKi:. Sperfat Correspondent of the London "Paly .Vail " Special Cable Despatch to Thr Sun Dt NKiiii;, Nov 1'.'. Throughout last night In real winter weather, with a high wind and torrents of rain, the Ger mans attack) d Ypres, which they have been attempting to tnko for more than a week. Tho attack was made by great numbers of the Germans, who were able to creep close to tho Allies' trenches without being beard. For a time tho defence of the Allies was Impenetrable, The Germans hurled man after man at the lines only to meet death. Hut numbers told In the cud and the Germans broke the lines and got Into Ypres for the first time. Their stay In the town was short. They wetv driven out belter skelter at the bayonet point. Hardly a man got back to the German lines. At break of daylight to-day the last of the In vaders were being searched out and killed or taken prisoners. The town Is Btlll In the Allies' hands and Is stoutly held. Tho storm abated during the morning nnd the guMlm ceased. Theru have ls?en heavy lottos on the Allies' side, but the Germans as an at tacking forco suffered tremendously. Tho pressure on Ypres for these seven or eight days has been tremendous, but It still holds out with tho utmost pluck and stubbornness. Two armored trains belonging to thn Allies were In collision at I'opei-inghe to-day. Spies had Interfered with thn railway signals. Noliody was killed, but ammunition was hurled about the tracks In frrent quantities. Fortunately none of it exploded. GERMANS PROGRESS. Official Stntrmrnl Tells of Advnncr Hast of Vprn, Rerun, via The Hague and London, Nov, II. Thp following ofllci.il state ment was Issued at army headquarters to-day: Thn enemy advanced from Nleu port as far as Lombaertzyde, but was driven back across tho Yser, Tho right bank of the Yser as far as the sea Is now clear of the nemy. Our attack across the Tscr Canal to tho south of Dlxmude M progressing. In the region east of Ypres we havo advanced further and havo captured 700 French sol diers, four cannon and four ma chine guns. YPRES BATTLE CENTRE. Shells rnntlntir in I'all on Tonn MkIiI and Day. Special Cable Detpatch to Tnr. St v ta.vnoN, Nov. 12. The nftlclal press bureau issued the following to-night: The operations of the Inst few das consisted mainly of heavy lighting north if the I.js, where the point of Interest was at first on the lelrck-Hendschoote-.Messlnes line. There were also severe encounters on the Zanv-cord-Frel.tnghclm line. The character of the fighting has been frequent, vigorous infantry at tacks on the Germans, accompanied by heavy shell tire, alternating with equally vigorous counter uttneks. Th general result has beep the main tenance of our line. There have been conilderahle looses on our side and till heavier losses on the other. Six machine guns and over 101) prisoner! were taken by uh on November II. The Allies' stiength has been con tantly maintained by reenforcements. Latterly the ttress has been In the neighborhood of Cheluyelt, to the north of Ypres, and Plxmude, The German nrtlllery tire has been practically continuous, the bombard ment being Intended to pulverize the . defence preparatory to an advance of Infantry, In the centre the struggle has been at Ypres, tho defence of which will certainly be reckoned In history as ono of the most striking episodes In th annals of the Hrltlsh army. For more than three weeks that position, which projects like a bastion from the enemy's lines, has been held under a rain of ehell which hardly ceased day or night. During this time thn enemy poured successive waves of In fantry agalnut us, only to them break to piece one after another. 'DLXMUDE A DEATH TRAP.' Tiitvn Occupied h,- (ii-rmans Almost Surrounded liy Wntrr. Special Cable Despatch to Tns flt-v, London, Nov. 12. The correspondent of tho Times In West Flanders, telegraph. Ing Wednesday, says : "The Germans again have assumed the nfTenblvo on the Yser at tho only two points where operstlons nro still posslblo Nleuport nnd Dlxmude. All the front between these two points has been mado Impossible for fighting by the floods. "News had been received that German troops were being concentrated between ni.xmudn and Thruiout. This forco was brought Into action In tho morning, Tho German butteries opened a heavy flro on tho Ffinch positions nnd kept It up most of I ho day. The cannonade was a pre lude to a violent Infantry attack on the outskirts of Dlxmude. The attack was met with gallantry nnd very heavy light ing ensued, with the Germans In over whelming numbers. Toward evening the Allies re compelled lo retire and fell hack into the town, destroying two bridges In their retreat. The Germans thus won the brldgdiead. Next morning strong re enforcements we e brought up by both fid's and thn fighting continued In and nhout the town. In tho course of the af ternoon a force of Germans succeeded In penetrating Into the town after u des pi rato struggle In the stieets "The capture of Plxmude, or a part of It. Is of no great advantage to the Ger mans. The town Is almost entirely sur rounded by water. More than once Plx mude has proved a death trap for tho Germans and will proe such again," BATTLE PLAN COSTLY. Attack and ('iiiinter Attack Kept Up hy Grrniana. II W. lin.W'II TIIOM ts, Special Correeponilent of the London "Daily Mall " Special Cable lietpatch to Tns Srir, NniiTimr.N Franck, Nov, 12. Tho ter ' hie battle still rages from Dlxmude to Arras, Churches lopple down and fac- torles burn with every fresh explosion of a shell. No tower which might bo used for observation Is allowed to stand. Kx plosive shells aro fired at these observa tion points and Incendiary bombs are dropped on factories. The nature of the fighting Is still criti cal. Thn aeroplanes are utterly unable to face the weiterly gales which have fol lowed the period of mist that made them almost useless and helped tho attacking force to conceal Its place of concentra tion. At the same time the armies in general come nearer to one another than at any period so far. The tactical fighting has brought out quite unexpected, strength at particular points of support. Owing to tho very small detachments Into which the troops am divided the ground offers natural places of concealment and with the pro tection of a wood or a quarry a battery or two mny find Itself unassailable. At tacks can be organized Indefinitely until thn place becomes untenable by reason of an advance In force by either side. The Germans have never shown more amazing skill in thn discovery of such positions than In the last few weeks. Their attacks from such centres are de livered with great bravery. That they havo not yet made advances Is the best sign that they will not, but even In re sisting attacks they have almost always .used the method of counter attack by 1 night und by day should tho weather be nne. This costly and terrible method ha re sulted In this that every town occupied by the Germans ami Allies In turn has ben battered and destroyed, Nleuport, Dlxmude, Itoulers, Ypres, Armcntleres, 1,,'iventlo and Arras, some of them with priceless historical relics, lose day by day In this fighting one beauty after another, ran Lille escape? It Is to-dny the sallnt between the battle's ferocious Intensity, to be held or deserted as strategy dic tates. Will Ilrusels escape amid this appall ing ruin? One begins to despair of the safety of any of the architectural glories of tho wealthy factories hi which the French and Flemish In Flanders excel. BIG FIGHT AT BETHUNE. Allies Hunt (Irrmnns ami Capture Four inns. Sprout Cable Detpatch lo Th Son Ixjndon, Nm. 12. A correspondent of tho Timet, who telegraphs from northern Franco near Hethune Tuesday night, says the Allies have won a brilliant vic tory In that region. He reports thnt fie Germans advanced In the early hours of the morning, taking advantage of the darkness and mist. They found their way barred by barbed wire entanglements. The Hrltlsh Infantrymen responded with heavy rifle fire. Artillery was then hurried to the front. Hhell, shrapnel, machine guns and rifles mowed down the (Wmans, cut ting lanes In their ranks. When the order was given to charge the Hrltlsh advanced and drove thn Ger mans back at the point of the bayonet, capturing four small howitzers and a large number of prisoners. SUPPLIES RUNNING OUT. tieriiuuis Appear to Hp Miort of Am munition nnd ClnthlliK. n i:ii.i:st m wi-aiihu.v, Special Correspondent nf the London "Dattti ltatt. Special Cable Detpatch to Tut Scs. NottTit France. Nov. 11 (delayed). Kvery Item of news from the front tends to show that the desperately fouirht strug gle in west Flanders has not yet reached the conclusive stage. The enemy effected in entrance Into Dlxmude. but h a nos - tlon there Is thought to be very Insecure. rno ircrmans are exhausted by their exertions and must under the circum stances be driven out again under coun ter attacks by the Allies Ilvldence Is accumulating that the Ger mans are already suffering from a short age of field gun and small arms ammu nition. Shell cases picked up on a battle field were found to bear date of October, 1J14. This Indicates that the reserve supplies of artillery ammunition are prac tically exhausted. A circular found re cently on the body of a German officer contained an order to the Infantry to b economical In the use of cartridges. The quality of the artillery ammunition ap pears to have deteriorated, OSTEND GARRISON .100. Special Cable lutpatch to Tnc Sex. IxiNpoN, Nov. 12. A correspondent of tho Jolly .if nil at Houlogne, telegraphing Wednesday, says that a Frenchman who left Ostend last Saturday got Into Hoi land and has finally reached Houlogne by way of Folkestone. The Frenchman reports that Ostend Is g.irrlsontd by about 300 men of the landsturm. All wounded soldiers have been removed and supplies havo been taken away. Inhabitants of the city and of nearby towns and villages havo gono Inland to Ghent or havo fled to Holland. GERMAN SHOT AS SPY POSED AS CHICAGOAN Carl linns Lody Und Tnssports Ucloiiffinrr to Charles A. Inglis. Chipaoo, Nov. 12. Carl Hans Lody. tho German spy executed In the Tower of London, who used tho name "Charles A. Inglls" In his English operations, travelled In England under tho passport of tho real Charles A. Inglls, a Chlcagoan, who re cently returned from Europe, Tho story told by Mr, Inglls has been reported to thn Htatn Department In Washington, He was In Herlln when the war broke out and took his passport to the Gorman Foreign Olllce to havo It ap proved, At tho Foreign Ofllcn he handed the document to a clerk, expecting that after It had been through tho usual rou tine It would be returned to the American Embassy It was not returned, and after he had failed to obtain any trace of It at the Foreign Ofllce Mr. Inglls obtained a second pnsport from the American Em bassy, This was approved without ques tion. It Is said here that the description given of Mr. Inglls In the document also nn swered roughly the description o, Ixdy, TURKS TAKEN TO ODESSA. llnaslan Steamer Arrives With Two of Sultan's Generals, Special Cable Despatch lo Tin Sex, Pkthoiihap, Nov. 12. A Ilustlan steamer which escaped from Constanti nople before war started hns arrived at Odessa, bringing two Turkish generals and several otllccrs who had taken pas sage for Slnope, The Turks tried to recall thn steamer hy wlreles and appealed to the captain to land the officers at Hlnope, He paid no nttentlon to thn appeals. KEEPING ARCHANGEL OPEN, Ire Breakers From Canada at Work In Arctic hen port. Special Cable Hetpatch lo Tns Sck. HotwiAirx, Nov, 12, The Russian Gov ernment Is making every effort to keep the Arctic port of Archangel open to navi gation, The White Sea already Is almost entirely frozen over. Three Ice breaking vessels are constantly at woik, nnd a fourth, of 1,300 horse power, lb expected hhorlly from Canada. TURKS REPULSED IN ATTACK OH KOPRIKOI Driven Hack o Cniteiisiiin Moiiii tnins by IttiHsinn In fantry. (WHAT LOSSES IlKPORTKI) Special Cable Despatch lo Tnr Sit I'ktroorao, Nov. 12. The following has been Issued from headquarters In the Caucasus : "Tuiklsh attacks on Koprlkol yesterday were repulsed with great toss to tho en emy. One of their columns attempted to turn our left and csme under a cross artillery fire. They were then attacked by our Infantry. Tho Turks withdrew to tho mountains In complete disorder. Tiny ore being pursued by our cavalry. 'Thn Turks under thn protection of fortified positions cintlnue. to concentrate troops at r.rzerum. They are apparently receiving reenforcements via Treblzond. They wero defeated on November a In the Khanessur Pass, on tho road from Azerbaijan to Van, anil retreated In dis order, abandoning their dead and wounded." TURKS LOSE WARSHIP. Torpedo Hunt llrporled Sunk III .nurnn ."en Near Dardanelles. INPON, Nov. 12 The Athens corre spondent of the Kxehangc Telegraph Com pany says that a Turkish torpedo boat which had escaped from the Dardanelles has been captured off tho Island of Tene dos, five m'les from tho coast of Asia Minor, In the Aegean Sea. A despatch from Athens announces that a Hrltlsh destrojer has captured two Turkish sailing vessel off Tcnedos. "Tho town of Herat. Albania," the des patch adds, "has been pillaged and com pletely destroyed. Anarchy reigns at Av lona nr.d that region of Albania Is given over to civil war. Partisans of Kemal Hey. numbering 1.300. have forced thn Governor to haul down the Turkish flag and replace It with the Albanian ling. Thereupon Kssad l'asha pent S00 troops, thn inhabitants were disarmed and tho Turkish Hag was restored." The Kaiser has ordered all Mohamme dans taken prisoners from tho nllied ar mies to be sent to Constantinople to serve In the Turkish army, according to the Amsterdam correspondent of the Cen tral News. The correspondent forwards a despatch from Hucharest, Humanla, which says that Halll Hey, uncle of Hnver Hey, the leader of the Young Turks, has arrived In Hucharest on a special mission for the Turkish Government. PUT BLAME ON ENGLAND. Herlin, via London, Oct. 26. The Ger man press expresses astonishment at re- i ports sent here from neutral countries in tho effect that Turkey had been "bribed" 'by Germany to enter Into the war and that there had been no provocation for Turkey's participation. Many newspapers are Inclined to create the Impression that I Kngland forced the Porte Into the war; that, If Turkey had not acted when she did, England's "long and carefully pre pared plans against the Porte" would have been carried out successfully. As early as September 30 the llerlinrr Tageblatt printed a report from Its cor respondent In Home that the Ixmdon Dailv Malt had announced that l'ngland was planning an Invasion of Palestlno, starting In Egypt. On the same day the I'mnkurtrr XMIunp printed tho following report from Constantinople, purporting to come "from a highly reliable source very close to the Khedive" : "The Hrltlsh Ambassador when received by the Khedive yesterday demanded In the name of the London Cabinet that the Khedive leave Constantinople at on;e. The Hiltlsh Government, the diplomat said, was offering the Khedive n residence In Naples, Palermo or Florence. The trip to this residence, he added, must be under taken by sea. "The Khedive replied he did not have to take orders from Kngland. This reply left no room for doubts and thn Hrltlsh envoy retired with visible embarrass ment from thn audience room. A reply In such definite form had not been ex pected. "It Is further learned that England had planned to kidnap the Khedive and his wife as well as the princes and prlncesi.es In his suite und take them as hostages to Malta." TAKE EL-ARISH FORTS. HrmiN, Nov. 12, by wireless to Ssy vllle, L. I. Thn following ofllclal state ment was Issued to-day regarding thn Turkish operations nnd the situation In the eastern theatre of war: "Turkish headquarters report that tho Turks have captured the fortifications of Kl-Arlsh, in Egypt, close to tho Turkish frontier. They also became possessed of four English field guns and certain tele graph material. "In the Caucasus the Turks havo In flicted further defeat on the Ilusslans. who lost numerous prisoners. "The Arabians of Nejd nnd Mecca aro mobilizing ngalnst thn English, "Tho Austrlans havo surprised and de. feated thn Husslana north of CzemowltE ; In this fighting tho Itusslans sustained heavy losses." SHELL HITS GOEBEN. Petroorap, Nov. 12. The former Ger man battle cruiser Goeben, now flying the Turkish flag, was seriously damaged In thn recent bombardment of the Dar danelles hy tho Anglo-French fleet, ac cording to n Constantinople despatch The report says that a shell penetrated the big vessel at thn waterllne. DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AT FRONT. Special Cable Deipatch In Tns, Sft, HoxpRAirx, Nov, 12, The Dukn of nrunswlck, son-in-law of the Kaiser, who was reported to have been wounded and about whose whereabouts concern has been expressed, left Brunswick on Novem ber fi and returned to the front. I Alter. ITMPI.OTI'Ira THANKSGIVING or CHRISTMAS' avncacy 10 vnair vorwr ar In vl lad tn ffnivaanAnil uIil IF. A. FERRIS & COMPANY 262-272 MOTT ST. NEW volut in regard In the FERRIS Delicious , Tit a nr. MiitK HAMS and 1 nonilett Kreiklist luicon, SAYS BRITISH TREAT ALL PRISONERS WELL Report of Offieinl Investigator Disproves Charges by Germans. CAI'TrVK OFFICERS PAID Special Cable penpatrh to Tim Sr. London. Nov. 1? Th. h7 prints thn full text of the report of Chandler P. Anderson, former counsellor for the Department of State at Washing ton, on the condition of German prlonis In Great Hrltaln. Mr. Anderson made tho investigation under orders from Wash Uigton following Germsn charges that aemian prisoners were 111 treated Mr. Anderson's report entirely Indorsed the statements of Chandler Hale, former Assistant Secretary of State and now In charge of tho Austrian branch of the American Embassy, and disprove,! the al legations made by German newspapers of bad treatment. The commandant of each camp allowed the American Investigators to go every where and talk privately with the pris oners. Nobody complained of III treat ment. On the contrary, thn prisoners spoke appreciatively of the commandants and tho military guards, with whom thev were on good terms, rood was plentiful and the cooking, sleeping and bathing arrange ments were found to be satisfactory. The olllcers arc kept In s-parato quarters nnd have servants nsslgncd to them. They receive hnlf the pay of nfllccrs of corre spondlng r.mk In Great Hrltaln. A library of German books Is accessible to all and correspondence Is allowed sub ject to censoishlp. Money may be received by the prisoners. GERMANY TO RET ALIA TE. Will Treat Prisoners i Enemies Do .Moratorium Aunlnst Allies, Special Cable Detpatch to Tut Stv. P-nts, Nov 12 An ortlclal note pub llshed In the .Votfi t7rrson (lascttr of Herlln says ; "Iteprlsals by the Imperial Government, which wero effected when similar meas ures were taken by the hostile States, have been certified as enforced. They amount to measures of a moratorium against the Allies. They provide for th. sequestration of Allied enterprises In Oer many, as has been done In France and England against Germany, forbid tho payment of English or rFench creditors, and the goods of nationals of the Allies In custom houses havo been confiscated. The same measures will he taken against Itussl.i If It Is established officially that the Hussion Government has taken simi lar measures. "Nationals of the Allies In Germany who are liable to mobilization In their own countries will be treated In Germany henceforth the same as Germans In the countries of tho Allies." NO VON BERNST0RFF PROTEST. A mliassailnr and llrjnn II nth l)en llpports IteunrdliiK Wnr Miiiiltlmta. Washington. Nov. 12 Ileports pub llshed this morning to the effect that Count von Hernstorff. the German Am bassador, had protested to Secretary of State Hryan against the shipment of munitions of war from this country to Great Hrltaln were denied by both Count von llernstoiff and Secretnry Hryan to d.iy The reports denit I hail It that the pro test was based on leports that the Kore Itlver Shipbuilding Company had received a contract to hulld twenty submarines, costing Jll.00O.n0O. for Grent Hrltaln, and that Charles M. Fchwnb. who has Just sailed from England for New York, was bringing with him contracts for vlrtuallv thn whole equipment of thn new Hrltlsh nrmy I In the final analysis the only things that count in this world are the homespun virtues. I No philosophy has ever improved upon the Golden Rule, and the most gorgeous tapestry of trickery looks like a rag alongside the simple beauties of a square deal. I We have never exploited Saks clothes as offering more than you are legitimately entitled to receive for your money, nor made a virtue of the fact that they are honest values. 1$ We aim simply to interest the man who seeks clothes which combine the virtues of a square deal with the added accomplish ment of an individual and uncommon style. Saks clothes are essentially for the man who has an eye for the cut of a garment as well as the cost Suits $17.50 to $50 Tuxedo Coat & Trousers . . . .$25.00 to $38 Dress Coat & Trousers $28.00 to $50 Events in East Threaten Fall of Hapsburg House Partition of Austria Is Already Undrr Way Behind the Seeiics Oalicia Is Good as Lost, and Allies Hammer at Cattaro. U'liii muse e.tv Immediately interest the observers of the great war Is tno iyw ntvm Ansiiin ni inn crusmng uu- rent nf rn-nt d.iva In Poland and In Gailcla alike. Petrograd alreafly opens tho question with the suggestion that (hem Is a break between Austrlnn and German high command, that Austrian arm havo refused to follow German str.' .y further and that In Vienna there Is b.t.cr censure of the German Invasion of Poland. it is nm neeessnrr to credit all or much of this. Yet it Is perfectly plain that Austrian conditions, after brief amellora- ,.nln IteeiitrlM Well ntell des. perale. No hotter Indication of this can bo demanded man inn ucsp.ucn irom 1 1 a . .1.1. M.n,ln rutin. Itlllll II Vlentl.l official statement which, In sum, concedes tho return of Husslan troops to llukovlna and western G.illcla. This admission means mat two Aus trlnn provinces havo been for a second n,nlele1v eVnCIIAted. HaVS iiiiiv iwiuv-" ' --' for tho Invested fortress of Priemysl, the passes of the Carpathians and the Im mediate environs of Cracow. Gailcla and llukovlna are now In the hands of tho Czar. . . ... I in Itsnlf ennsMpfflhle. Tho combined area of Gnllcla and lluko vlna Is 31.000 square miles, or xnree limes that of Helglum: thn aggregate popula tion 5.00O.00O, against 7,r00,000 for Hel glum, and perhaps l.BOO.OOO for the dis tricts In Franco now occupied by the Germans. Hut neither population nor terrnory measures the eMent nf the disaster to t,....i. inmeiu Inelilent to thn coiinueit of his eastern provinces. In the various operations his armies have three times uffered terrible ueieai, hi i.orre in u- i.,,. Atvm nt Itfcwnriiska. Jam Slav. Tomaxov In the later days, and now finally htfore Ivangorod and along the .Han. Whatever the maximum possibilities if the recent German Invasion of Po- i i ........ nn tnlstfiltltltr the mltll- laini, llieiu mum. It was plain from the outset that ... i ntittutt tvs to relieve ores. sure upon the routed Austrian hosts which wero llcolng west lowaril v raum- mm o recall the Cossacks from the Hunga Li iii.i.. At ll,n leant the Opnnini might hope that In the breathing spell allowed them tr.eir .usirian Hiues couin fflclentlv to defend their own threatened frontier. Worse Than on September 12. Hut now, not only has the Invasion failed, brWlng with It Husslan Incur sions In East Prussia, even In Posen. but November 12, to-day, thn Austrlans are In a worse position than on Sep tember 12, nnd tl" Husslan tidal wave has set a new mark. Meantime, looking south toward S'er vla. what Is the situation' On July 2f Austila declared war upon Servla and almost Immediately Austrian cannon began to pkty on Helgrade. Hut now, with four months nearly gone, Helgrade still holds out. On August 21 the Ser vtans brought to a close thn battle of the Jednr hy routing four Austrian army corps, Tills morning Austrian despatches announce that th'lr armies arn making successful progress on this same battle field and the Servian despatches deny It. In this time tho fighting hns been mainly on Austrian soil. In Hosnla and Heriegovlna. Montenegrin troops have penetrited nearly to .Sarajevo before they were checked. Rervlan troops have taken Hemlln nnd Fntcha. At the end of four mnnihs Kervln. far from helnc crushed. seems to keep the field In full strength. ' Saks on The Homespun Virtues Broadway at Thirty-fourth Street. In a Halkan winter now begun there Is little piospect of a successful Invasion of the Servian mountains. On the Danube and tho Vistula. Aus trla has failed, Meantime, he- neigh bors, Italy and Humanla, continue to look with unmistakable Interest upon Austrian provinces populated hy those who speak the Italian and Unman tongues. Palma tla, Trieste, the Trentlno, Transylvania, these are prizes to bn had almost for the taking now, It would seem. A fow weeks ngo Humanla seemed on the point of Joining tho Allies. Petro grad frankly said that Huknvlnn, then In Husslan hands, would be the Immediate reward. Hut promptly thereafter tho Ger man invasion temporarily changed the fac. of the eastern situation. Only tem porarily, however, for to-day Husslan troops are In Czcrnnwltz. llukovlna Is being reconquered, Will Rumanian roy alty lie able to withstand the prcsure of national ambition much longer? Looking toward thn Halkans It Is pat ent that Allied diplomacy Is busy nnd not unsuccessful, Turkey has entered the war on the German side. This was next to Inevitable always, Hut Hulgnrla re main neutral, nnd there Is frank rumor that Russia Is busy settling the outstand ing grievance between Halkan Powers preparatory to reestabllthlng th alliance that crushed Turkey. What Ilalkatis .May .Concede. Thus Hervla Is to concede to Hulgnrla a portion of Macedonia Inhabited by Hill garlans. In return for proportionate gains In Hosnla, Horzegovlna and southern DhI mntla. The Allies aro to guarantee to Ferdinand Adrlanople and bis lost con quests In Thrace. Even Rumania, with llukovlna In hand and Transylvnnta In sight, may relinquish her Hulgar acquisi tions of the treaty of Hucharest, In pirt at lenst. A real partition of Austria, then, is already proceeding behind the scenes. It has begun, In fart, for Gailcla and Hu kovlna aro ns good as lost, nnd there are Servian troop In Bosnia and the Allied fleet Is hammering at Cattaro. From Rome comes the suggestion that Russia and Italy are negotiating ona minimum "window on the sea" for the southern Slavs, which shall Include Dalmatian coasts from the mouth nf the Narenta to Albania, thn balance of Dnlmatla to be Italian. All Austria's neighbors must profit by her ruin. And the Slavs within her bor ders haw almost equal Interest In her de feat. The report of mutiny among the Ciech regiments does not down. The en thusiasm of the Ruthenlans of Lemnerc for thn Invader Is well attested. Italian speaking towns of the Trentlno nnd Istrla have beckoned to their brethren of thn peninsula to complete the making of Itnlv. These circumstances combine to give to the latest Austrian defeat n value not yet discoverable In the German re verses, Internally Austria Is Incoherent, undermined by rivalries and disloyalties. It Is toward Austria, then. In thn next few weeks that attention will eo directed. Outwardly them urn signs that lolnt almost utinlstnkahly to the crum bling of the Hapsburg edifice. It was the mission of Austria in the strategy of thn Austro-Oerman alliance to hold Russia while Germany crushed France. Austria failed ; her failure insured the German failure at the Marne. Now again thn problem for Berlin Is posed can thn Kaler save his venerable and shnken Hapsburg ally, Francis Joseph? From The Evening Sun of ytttcrilav. Topcoats Overcoats Raincoats MAY FORFEIT TITLES BY FIGHTING BRITAIN M. P. Would Deprive Cunilier Innd nnd Allinny of Their EnprUsh Distinctions. HOME SECRETARY QUIZZED Ixinoon, Nov. 12. The "Enemies In High Places" discussion Is to be raised In Parliament by It. W. Newton, Unionist member for Thanet, who hss offered a question to the Home Secretary Inqu'r Ing into the undue leniency said to have been afforded to wealthy and Influential Germans since the outbreak of wnr. M Newton Instances the case of Haron Hrunn Schroder, member of a wealthy firm of bankers, who has been granted letters of naturalization since tho outbreak of war Considerable public Interest Is srnue,i by Swift MacNelll'a question concerning the status of the Dukes of Cumberland and Albany, cousins of King George, who although they bear Hrltlsh titles, are actually In arms against this count is Mr. MscNelll, who Is among the mu' prominent Nationalists, desires nn assui ance that they will be deprived of their Hrltlsh titles and of their seats In the House of I.ords. The Duke of Albany, who Is better known under his German title of Duke of Rixe-Coburg-Ootha, Is the nephew of the Inte Duke of Edinburgh and a grandson of Queen Victoria. He Is In his thirtieth year, was educated In Kngland, and holds an honorary commission In the Hrltlsh army. The Duke of Cumberland Is of some whnt remoter descent, being a second cousin of King George nnd thn heir m tho kingdom of Hstiover, held by the English kings until the Salic law put an end to the connection when Queen Vic toria enme to the throne. Tho house of Cumberland has long been famous for lt hostility to the Holienrollerns, which w.-.s. however, terminated by the mnrrlg m the Kaiser's daughter to the Duke of Brunswick, next heir of the Cumberland house. Thn Duke of Cumberland, wh" was born In lstf., holds tho rank of General In the British army. SOUGHT TO BLOCK SUEZ CANAL. Grriunn Ofllerr Planned (n niow I'p Steamship. Is Ilrpnrt. Rome, Nov, 12. According to a des patch to the Dully Chronicle, Lieut. Mors, tho German officer recently sentenced to Imprisonment fqr life for espionage at Alexandria, had been sent to Egypt to block the Suex Cannl by blowing up t steamship, thus preventing the passage of Hrltlsh reenforcements from India an! Australia. The Dntlv Chronicle's Information Is to thn effect that Mors was sent to Egypt five years ago by the German Government to stir up rebellion among the local na tionalist princes nnd obtain their assist ance for eOrmnny. He succeeded In getting nn nppolntment as Lieutenant ,n the Egyptian gendarmerie. When he was arrosted two dynamlt" bombs were found In Mors's lodgings and accurate maps of the canal and detailed Instructions for sinking ships so as to block the passageway most effectively wej found In his fez. Tho Daltv Cnroti Mr says that Mors confessed to psrtlcl pntlon In the plot and said that he re ceived $50,000. lays Kaiser Spared Cities. Paris, Nov. 12. Tho Temps publlhes a despatch from 8alnt-Omer saying that a map prepared by tho Gorman General Staff was found In the possession of a German officer recently made prisoner. RoubaJx and Tourcolng are specially marked by means of a red pencil. Ths ofllcer said the Kaiser had ordered that these rwo cities be spared. Both are Im portant Industrial centres. $15.00 to $38 $17.50 to $60 $7.50 to $38 ,