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THE SUN, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1915.
troop of Gen. von Worseh which
crossed the Vistula nre now advancing
further eastward amid stubborn fight
ing All counter attacks of tho Hus
Ian recnforccmcnt, whleji have been
moved up rapidly, have cumplelely
failed.
The enemy, dcslroui of offering fur.
ther resistance to tha armies of (Jen.
on MackinsLii, whK'h uro it,rl1elpat
In the pursuit on n Mne from a point
iiear Novo Alexandria, on the heights
of the Vistula, has passed Lublin,
which wfl occupied Friday afternoon,
tn a point exactly south of Chdltn.
The enemy has been everywricre at
tacked. '
SCENES IN WARSAW. WHICH AWAITS THE COMING OF THE KAISER
FRENCH AND ENEMY
FLIERS ARE ACTIVE
BRITISH HOPEFUL
FOR SECOND YEAR
PoHHciiI T.enteM ToTI f. g,
War Will Knil in Ti'iniii,, '
for Allies.
Child Killed by .tomb Dropped
From Teuton Aeroplane
on flrnvclines.
AUSTRIANS IN LUBLIN.
FJ?IllOUIifi IS ATTACKED
LASTING PEACH T1IK MM
tlrrhiliik Led Army !nn Cantnrril
t'lty, Vienna hrport.
Sp4clal Cable Detgatck to Tim S( .
Vienna, via Amsterdam, July 31. Tho
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand IitI (he Aus-trn-Ilungarlan
iirmy Into l.ulilln. on the
Wnrmw-Kleff railway Una, csteitlay
Afternoon, while the Germans,, above and
below lvamcornd, an tlilklng east, ac
cording to thn official statement Ismed
to-night, by the War oilier. It Is us
follows : '
; On Inn Russlnn front yesterday
afternoon the Archduke Joeteph Ferdi
nund took possession of Lublin. Dur
ing the pursuit our loft wing crosied
tie nystrltr.ii Hlver. Tho Germans ml
Vanrnl down the Vieprg Hlier.uud
npproachrd southeast of tha loan of
Cholm. The enemy again attempted
to offer resistance at many points In
jirrpnrrd portions, but he was every
'Where lepulsed.
Northwest of tvangnrod the German
'forces udvnnflng on the out bank of.
tlie Vistula repulsed violent attacks
'fit I he Husilnns. who suffered heavy
loisca.
' In Kastern Gallcla the situation Is
unchanged.
JWSSIA PRIZES CHOLM.
lAtielrnt Tits- Ihc Centre lor Prop
aganda Anions l'oles.
' "Washington, July 31 "Kholm, or
Cholm, as the roles spell It, has been
one of the most Interesting; of Polish
ttnvni under Hiuslan administration, for
from this quiet corner of subject Poland
the Government programme for the
lt,usstt1catrn of the Poles liaa been
directed." says a descriptive statement
Issued by the National Geographic So
ciety. r '-Just over th Russian border, sur
wunded oy endless acres of forest and
agricultural land, the whole region In
which It lies, possessed of but Indifferent
means for communication and so
sfcreened from the feverish, suspicious
-Lu.... m. '
centres. Kholm In peace times was a
strategic point of rare advantages for
the propagation of Russian Influences
"The Kusslnn Ideals, tha Itusslan
tnngue, Russlnn methods and the Hus-
Tin religion entered I Polaml by Wy of
Vhnlm ..nrt frx, h.r. Insinklns- errori
ere made to spread them among all the. w'h'ch J.'T1, ,U " ?r th" uns ,f.'e,X'
j!aaantry. The Husslan point of view nnd" Citadel to the north, and the fa
thf sought to penetrate by w.iy of the) ,T10U" in the cm.-
Kholm-Lublln-Ivangorod railway line of " . , ,
and fiom there, too. It has made Its way , Sltu.ited as It Is on a great navigable
suutu. even l.tyond the Gallclan oorders f'"1 lu.m'"on ,he, p'-
to thu great Polish city of I.emtjeri;. """ th Wleprz. which drain
Thus Kholm, which the Ilusslaq soldiers
defended so splendidly, was a Itusslan' r
.tronghold In more senses than one. It IT I DAD' MDM flUDDD
Poland.
''Cholm is the seat of a Husxlan I
Bishop. The national Greek Church. I
though it claims but few followeis envr ,
the Polish boundary, is here strongly
Uitrenrlud. The city supports u num.-
xtXr
';t' pous ."ttnjr '"a? x:-
Greek Church. The Husslan church haa .
based mighty efforts fiom Cholm for the'
aonverlou of the Poles to the 'Church of i
most of tho hlavs. Its success, how-
ever. Is still hanging In the balance.
"The city Is very ancient. It was
founded by Daniel, I'rlnce of Gallcz. as
business hpadqu.irtriu for rich fnmlly .
tales. It Is to-day a living specimen of I
Arclucology with the railway running
through It as one of tho few reminders
of the modern age. The shell fire of
to-day. shaking this out of date, time i
leepy city, must cause an uncanny reall-1
auun among n.t cuizens or me siriues
that the ages have made since Cholm
last came Into Immediate contact with
the outside world. The city, most of
which was built without a plan. pro.
vldaa a home for 20,000 people and he
fore the outbreak of the war provided
h arsenal, a quiet but powerful source
of RuKslflcatlon plans nnd sinews.
"Lublin, the Important manufacturing
tnwn of this part of Russian Poland,
lies forty-five miles west-northwest of
Cholm by the KlenMVarsaw Railway.
Cholm forms the south termination of
the strategic railroad that runs behind
the last line of Husslan defence in Po
land, that north and south line of the
Rug reenforced nnd continued north
from the Hug by the Cholm-Hrest-U-fovsk-llielostock-Odsowltc
rallwuy. Its
possession, Iherefurr, Is of great military
importance. The country nround Cholm
grows an abundance of grains and is
nlso very rich In Its production of other
agricultural products."
PfiO-GEEMANS DEFEND BRYAN.
ic InrirtMT ("arnrKU
.Mlss .lime Addaiii,
and
The Friends of Peace, a pro-German
organisation, tusued a statement yester
day ardently praising William J. Bryan,
Jana Addams, Charles Nagel, Andrew
Carnegie and others who in lovers of
peace, have therrf.ir been maligned and (
..II, i , u . . .
Mlllfleil, .the statement says, by u certain
.'..!?. new.k"a'";rsi' .. .. .,
i'n .1 l'.i.!,Tli .uf1 '.. . nnrt r,rt,!,lon '
-a.r''Tn
forts to Involve this country In the war
n - !
tjiat they strongly smack of a well or
ganlxed campaign of calumny"
., Mr, Uryan, compared to Washington,
Jefferson and Lincoln by the Friends of
Peace, was the first to fall a victim to
the "vile calumniators," tin statement
goes on, but Charles Nagel and Senator
and Cnnresnin .'have .uffr.rt !,,
-(. ".i7. . -
tow "ontl Ulf. the state me t ' '
iaa,.. . i " ; Ja"B I
Addoms, the noblest of American women,
lias been made an epfclul mark of their
-ending una vitriolic attacks."
GLASGOW FACTORY DAMAGED.
erernl Ilxplnalnna Fiillntvrd liy
-Fire Our Killed, I'.lren Hurt.
Sptelal Caltlt lleipatch to Tim Si v.
. IxiNl'ON, July 31. Several explosions
followed by a flic In the Arduer works
u.t Glasgow yesterday resulted In the
tlrath of one person and Injury to eleven
more, according to an announcement of
1)it oflicla! press bureau this evening.
Gen, run Klut'k Hack With Ainij-
Papis, July 13. According to a tele
t ram from Amsterdam Gen. von Klut'k, ,
who mnde the 'rush' on Paris .in ,S,p-i
temher and was Inlun 111 after the bat-
tin of the Marne. has r covered his
Vicalth and Is now In command of lilt
army In tha region of Pclsions.
fifteen Xnrlallsta litiprlaonril.
Special Citbli I'eipalcl. to The So,
AMSTMIMM. July 31. The S'onla'llst
titwstiaper Voricnei ( of Ilerlln Ml) 3
that fifteen Socialists have been Impris
oned at Katliruht for distributing
pamphlrts containing the peace resolu
tion adopted by the women' congreaa at
Btrri
r
From the outset of the war Warsaw
was the main German ubjeotlve on the
eastern front. It Is believed by many
tliat with the city captured the Ger
mans will not attempt anything further
In the east, but, leaving a aulllclont
force to control the situation, will rush
their surplus truope to the wst to at
titi'l't a big offensive there.
There are four good re.lsoiii why
Warsaw wns wanted. It Is tho princi
pal railroad emtio In Poland, and with
out h It will lia Impossible for tho Hus
cans to concentrate their forces ex
cept by lony and laborlouH marches. It
Is a most lniortarrt military depot.
Enormously rich, It will be able to pay
a war Indemnity as large as Antwerp.
Its capture establishes th prestige of
German and Austrian arms throughout
the Balkan Slates, wlverfng on 111
brink of war.
With Its 1,000,000 of normal popula
tion Warsaw Is the largest city so far
occupied by conquest In this war.
Third City of Russia.
Warsaw, tho capital of Poland and
third city of Russia, has or had l.Ovt,
000 Inhabitants. It Is splendidly situated
on the left bank of the Vistula, 3ST
miles from Ilerlln and CSS miles from
I Petrograd. It stands on a terrace 120
tn 130 feet above the river, to which It
descend, by steep slopes, Waving a broad
beach at the bnse.
I'raga, a kuburb of Warsaw, Is on the
right bank of the Vistula, which at this,
point Is from 150 to GfiO yards In width,
1 1. U ls ronmcted with Warsaw proper
' le il uriuge
ATTACK ON WILSON ?
.
Buohananitcs Applau.l Speech
h-1 ai Wnsh
iiiL'ton Meeting.
SHOW GERMAN SYMPATHY
WapimnotoN. July 31. Further at
tempts to attract attention to their P"-ace
programme were made here to-day by
Congressman Huchanan of Chicago and
former Congressman Robert Kowler of
Illinois. At a conference of tha so
called Labor's National Peace Council,
which wns organised by these two men,
It was dtclded to ask Jane Adiams If
she had presented u peace plan to the
President.
It was decided also to open a fight on
Dudley Field Malone. Collector of the
Port of New York, who has refused the
demands of the propagandists to prevent
the shipment of munitions of war
3 rolu'
A row developed at the night session
of the peace council between the Grunge
deleiratt'H and the Hhor chiefs Th
Xht tntlJ,
fatfrmeedn
or former Representative l'owler after
21$
nls Ta lor, former Minister to (.pain
i.. .v. .,.' Li " ..
nnd friend of William J. Ftryan.
Hnyn I'.ngtsnd Is Knvornl.
Mr. Taylor's HPnearance In the meet
Ing was rather unexpected to the public.
and his speech was evi.it more nu, Hy (
Implication he crltlcled the Admlnlstra-
lion's policy In maintaining neutrality W1,r munitions und for Government
arid declared that Kngland had been ownership of war materials pl.,nts.
favored by the United Mtates, while tier- knowing the strength that would como
many had been treatrd unfairly. M. f 101,1 ucl 11 '"Urce, but that they torn
Tajlor likened the foreign policy of thn , I''tely failed In their attempt.
ii i, ti in i , in 1 1 in uu- i-HKf oi ft WOUIU-
be peacomalter between two nersnnnl 1
helllgorents, In which the peacemaker
patted one of them on the back npprov-1
" "ni.d Hie nthar to behav., !
in s iirnnnnt innri nnr. .ma r-n.
Herman American delegates, who pre
dominated at the meeting.
"1 would say to Great ltiiiuln that in,
less she permitted the cotWn and other (
I'ghcultural products of the United
States to go to Sweden and the other
neutral countries Congress should dr.
" " Vl'"" " '"." """'
Miiuiuuons oi war to tne Al es.-' sa d .Mr i
T,,l,or - -H'gales appiauded .The
l''ker plainly showed his sympathy
with his patron, ex-Secretury Uryan. The copfeience ndJourne.! at 11:30
The whole purpose, apiwrently, of the ! o'clock to recouvem. nt ID o'clock to
profeonal labor elemrnt In the meeting I morrow morning Thero was cery In
was to put through a resolution In favor dlcatlon ut tho close of the meeting
of having the Government take over the1 n.m .h L-rr.-.. .i......
nritti rl iti til t l.m c. t -
ii. i.. i u. r '"!lu"t" ul tne.uiaw to-morrow and that
-VII.. r niiiiT. nun i uu tnein ns i.overri
in. 'in in.iitutlous
It was at thin iu.
lutlon that the Grangei' element bnlked
The professional labor men nnd the old
Anti-Trust League promoters, Schultels
and Martin, former associates of David
l-imar. weie In favoi of taking the muni
tion plants of the country away from
their owneis and administering them un
der Government ownership.
lint the meeting of the commit!
resolutions lmike up In a row, nnd after
thn door were closed speeches so vigor
ous that they could lm heard through
the corrldoii outside ih assembly room
wt rf ,nade far inio th mm Th
piestnco of n mnjorlty of German
presence of n mnjor tv of Gemi,i
among tne usiegaios plainly indicated
the pro-Germaii charucter of the as
sembly Germans In Majority,
The most plcturriqitp and outspoken
of these was William Relehart Of Chi
cago, who admitted that he ! president
of the Teutonic Horn of America In
Chicago Thli korlety, recording to
Itelchnrt, contributed a considerable sum
of money to "the Labor's National Peuce
Council,"
"Wo did not do it directly." he eald,
buts'ii gave It to tlit KlUilaUd or-
southern I'oland, and above Its conllu-ihops wer Important financial cither
enco with the Hug and the Narew, which1 Ings of the jear.
tap the east. Warsaw from earliest Tho nm (.lyrical reference to War
times has been a grea commercial evn. Ktw wa. ,,, , nnh ntury whn t
ire. In modern times six railway mime ,vas noted that Conrsd Duke of Ma.ovla.
Ines have supplemented the water- haJ preclf(, a .. at , ,,
borne trade. T.iey before the war kept WJs fortltlcd In the eleventh century.
It always In contact w th lenria. Klefl Warsaw, because of Its commercial nnd
and southwestern Russia, with Moscow, Btrutegcal impjrtance. has had a tur.
,
Dlvrralllpit IniliiM rlr.
One railway connected it with Lodz, j
called the rittuhurp of Poland. Ioiik 1
since In German hands. It also Joined
It with tho mineral region of Plotk w
and Kielce. which made the city a centre
lor an Hinim oi manuiaciure. Warsaw
pcs:ies In addition to Iron nnd steel
Industries, Including railroad equipment
and machinery factories, millinery,
hosiery, gloves, tobacco, sugar, house
furnishings ajid llnlshlnp', hardware.
and a distinct corn, coal and !eithr
trade, while Its two fairs for wool and
gamtatlon, the 'Friends of Peace,' but
It found Its way to the latior council."
Relehart aald another society working
along tho same lines la the embargo
ouncll, In Chicago, which hns n mem- i
bershlp of a.000 "antl-Hrltlsh thinkers," ,
ns the speaker described them. I
j Fowler denied later that the labor I
i council has received uny money from j
proresxionai uermau societies sum .."
Itolchart had described. It was Reich- '
art who gave out u sensational story
to-day about the failure of Mlsa Jane
Addams's peace efforts because Presi
dent Wilson refused to act.
Relehart did not try to conceal his
German sympathies. When asked If In ,
the event of war between Germany and ; merce with "illegalities on tlie high se.is
the United .Stales, the "Ttutonlc Sons j Mich as have not been witnessed elnce
of America" would enlist fo- the United I the days of Napoleon." Dr. Taylor sug
States. he replied that tln-y would not ' gted that Congress should retaliate
unless It was clearly shown that Ger-lwlth an embaigo of all exports
many was the aggrtnsor.
Wini't I'ollutr I'. ..
"The senti-'icnt about following the
country whether right or wrong Is beau
tiful In nfter dinner iieeches." s ild he.
"but we would not follow tho United
States If she were wiung
The so-called National Coun II of
Labor, which Is promoted by Herman I
Schultela and Henry .Mai tin. former co-
adjutors of David l.im.ir In the old
Anti-Trust League, has arutally been re-
pudlated by the American Kedt.rttunicnui.es for war where Germany had
'Tur;s(tn.(l member, of
the National
'cunt' than It was expected It would. They
,
mo Invitation of Oliver Wilson.
.Master of Him N'ntionul llriinL.e uhnii
ohina Is at Peoria. Mr. Wilson presl.led I
at the night public meeting. It was ex-
l''aled for the few Grunge delegates'
I"1'"1" 1,1111 they came ut t ho invitation;
? the Master of tha. National Grange.'
-"r, wnon, not Knowing Just why tliry
'W"e c",k,i' m,t in an effo to learn
wna w, u Q . . . .. .-,. i
nhemne?'.ol"
present. None of iliem rommii.ea .h.,. 1
present. .None of thein committed t hem
elves to the programme and tho
speetlies were ror tho most part mill.
German.
Tho belief here Is (hat the agencle
of tho ao-calleJ Labor's Peace Council
malc an erfort to pull the granges Into
movement for putting an embaim
...i-wii iihui.iuni; u-
nounced by .everal of thot, ntteiidlng
the I'.mco Council confeu nee l eciu.e of
ll " f ' 'i to Germany.
'llm -ere made that ,ho p,e,ent
ivinrnrnicii ti u seiui nniiL or mirr until
S.oon.ouo Wilms in the country
Many are wondering where the money
for "Labor's National Peace Counoll" Is
r",nlnK from. Mr Fowler, w ho during
. nervlce lu Congress lived la one of
Washington's modest boaidlng houe,
M now stopping nt tha oust expensive
' "'"T" " "
roomii aim arr of aks stunts .Mart u
and Schultels are hi, chief counsellor, l
here.
-m nu111"
the l.alior
Peace Council would past n reioliitlon
after Us own way of thinking The
gi angers asked to-nlht tlt.il the factory
ownership rrsolutloii should lie repotted
and allowed to go over to give time for
reflection,
One of the active men lu thu con
ference was Frank S. Mount, former
Attorney-General of Ohio, who was nc
tlve. lu the renolullons committee alllll
ated with tho Labor Council
lliiniils I n lor Crltli'lsi-s Pollc .
Following the meeting a copy of the
iqieei'h uf Lr llannls Tnlor was glten
oiu to win press. nnrr .inieriing to
the attitude of President WnxhliiKtou
In 17li'J at the time of the war between
Fiance and Great Hilliiln lu which
Washington rejected tho views of Jef
ferson and maintained u strict neu
trality. Mr Taylor snld :
"All the difficulties in our present
Hllualloii have grown out of our fn'luie
to observe the fundamental prinulpM
upon which Washington toumltil our
system of neutrality we have nut been
Impartial "
He charged that Great llrlliiln had In
flicted "flagrant violations" of our lights
ujyon us and hud burdened 5ur com
View of Krasenski Place.
, .... ... n w nrv. -, iiiw-nvji it nan pmrrKPfi
i unscathed Its founders, the Dukes of
Mazovla, held it until ir:8, when It
becamo by the union of Lithuania and
Pola'd the capital of Poland It had
100 jcirs of peace thereafter, but then
John Sobleskl Just saved It from tha
Invasion of the Turks after bloody b.it
tles. Thirty years later, however.
Charles Gustavus of Sweden took the
1 city by storm. He held It for n year
The Poles recoveied It and held It for
fifty vtars against all the world. Charles
I of Sweden reappeared then and for
I many years thereafter the city paid
I tribute to Sweden. One again the Poles
EVENTS IN THE WAR
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY
AUGUST 1.
Germany declares war on Russia.
France orders general mobiliza
tion. Italy notifies Triple Alliance of
her decision to remain neutral.
of all munitions of war to the
Allies. "We should play no fa
vorlteji. we should not make tlsh of
one and fowl of another. Mr. Uryan
was right when he Insisted that we
should listen to Germany when she pro
posed that our differences with her
I should be subjected first to the processe-
which her peace treaties provided.
which her peace treaties prov
People are beginning to awaken to the
fact that Mr. llryan was right."
Dr Taylor declared that Great Drlta'n
had given the United Htates thirty
lUDTODVfT R 1T1T PADDU
. WEISSMANN SORRY
FOR UNITED STATES
Xllt SlIl'C That Gct'Iimny Wotlld
'
Evi'll Welcome Country
as an Enemy.
Henry Welsmnnn, returning to his
home nt 391 Fulton street, Rrooklyn
yisterday from the convention of the
Germau-Aniarlcnn Alliance ut Utlca.
N Y., where he was elecled to the presi
dency of the orgnnlxitlon, gave out a
reply to those who ciltlclscd tho speech
he made at Utlca dealing with the pres.
ent negotiation of this country with
Germany.
Mr W'elfinann was reported to have
suld that President Wilson Is a "political
bankiupt and the dupe of Wall Street,"
This quotation, he said, "was not used
in the manner reported,"
1 1 o lelturiited Ills endorsement of the
L'tlca convention and the resolutions
paxseil by It, and said that It 300 dele
gut's voted not as pro-Germans but as
" .....
A'. TI
lie iluiiiiclfrlz.M
The President's lust note
I us "practically an ulti
matum which hits hi ought on the gtavest
ciIhIh In our nation b history.
"I'very Ameilcaii who loies our
peace," he said, "and the lasting har
mony among tho elements making up
our nut Ion must appreciate our posl-
Hon,
and for the sake of our future as
it linniOKeneoiis and happy national fani
lly should Join In arresting tho hands
of thosd whom acts und speech make
for war
"I did differ with and protest against
Mr. Wilson sending the last note and,
falling attention to thu stntement of
Piof. llannlK Taylor, our former Am
liitsMidor to .Spain, lemnrked that Mr.
WIUuii In sending his ultlmatunt ex
ceeded j tn Taylor opinion, which I
quoted as thnt of an expert, his con
stitutional authority.
l ccit.ilnlv aiirted nnd would teller-
a(a
jinn vit-iiiiy nun rrcnineni s policy
mm i-it'iiifii ii viiiiiiiiun wnicu means
w.u If another American Is killed"
As to Wall Street, Mr, Welsmann said
ho hud ,isertcd tint the lluanclcis In
promoting tho sale of arms "nnd drawn
tholr tentacles around the White House
In order to pievent Interference with the
tnii-l Immoral of ull acts since this war
hi'g.iu," lle then said:
"My feeling for or Interest In Ger
many dues not prompt my actions. Ger
many Is victorious and can do without
us, and I urn not at all certain that the
Germans m.iy not prefer an open enemy
lo one who has been a unneutral aa
our coun(ry In thl war,"
revolted, threw off tha yoke and se
lected their own Icings.
Russia In the meantime had emergid
from barbarism and waxed strong, Hhe
cast her eyes upon Poland, and War
mw particularly, .She succtvded In
having Stanisluus PoInlatuWikl chosen
K!n In 1703. .in,l twmtv.nne venr
biter, after the capture of Ppjga by "or,h ' the city hut a pirt of It. This
mirprlee, he compelled the city to sue J Powerful fortress guarded the bridge
cumb. Then followed a series of revo. acrcs tho river, the other end of which
lutlons nnd revolts, famous In story and ""'"r the guns of Kort Sllwlckl. Then
verse, and ther revolts were eontlnu-1 two circles of forts, thlrty-four In mim
ing when In l0ii Napoleon tcok tho city. her, surrounded the city In addition
only to relinquish H a J'r later by there were the arms f letories, magaslnes
the peace of Tilsit. and arwnnls. Kurthflr out wan t
It then ti-Kima the capital of the great chain of fortified river towns, te
Duchy of Warsaw. Austria took It In gir.nlng with Osrowlec to the north
1109 and held It about tww months, and ending with Novo Georgevsk. To
when It became lndependeu afiiln, th siuth were the protections of the
finally to fall to Russia In 1S13. I fortified town of Ivangorod, nnd to the
T'lere were numeroui great revolts of . t i-clcted defences of Hlonle, nil
tf'e Poles after that time, down to and of which, standing In the path of tho
Including l'.H'r. nnd 1901. All thwe in-
turrrctlons wcrw sternly represieil, and
POPE'S PEACE PLEA !
FAILS WITH ITALY!
Message to Uclliperents He
ceived With Respect, Ac
cording to Newspapers.
NOT TOSSIBLE TO COMPLY
fptrlal Cah!t nnptlrh to Tnr. Scs.
Rome, July 31. The press of Italy,
while commenting extrnslvely on Pope.
Hi-nedlct'e letter to the belligerents, decs
not believe that It will bring about, or
even hasten, a settlement of the general
conflict.
The assertion
that the war Is dls
honoring Europe Is generally Interpreted
by the Roman papers to be directed!
against Germany and Austria, while the
rnings mat oppressed an. numiuaien
l" "6'un .rbU.
Generally the newspapers tme re-
Mlved the Pontlflcjil utteiam-e with the
rnirinnaj trtnii nni 1 i r rnuon in rtrri
greatest I expect and the declaration that
It was Inspiied by the gentlest and moat
altruistic motives.
The Carrier drlln Srra, at Milan, re
marks that any Intervention In favor nf,
peace will be met by an Insurmountable
i obstacle In the fact that victory must
tome to the Kntente Powers.
, 'Sre" "s Pf'V,"
I possible at n time when Germany occu-
.I'lf - IWflum a part of France and
Russian Poland.
"It is ueless," says thli paper, "to1
speak of rights ami Just aspirations, aa
j the Germans do not understand. They I
Know only the arguments or forre. with l
which they must themselves be thrown
back within their own frontiers, reduced
to Impotence,"
PAPAL VIEW REJECTED.
London Press llecelti's Pence Me
snge In Had Part.
T.ONnotf, July 31 The Pope's plea , I
for peace, based on an arrangement of i
aspirations among the nations at war, l '
received In bad part by the London I
pres. The coinment.itoi-n ate Inclined
to i eject the Implication they II ml In '
the Pope's words that nil Powers arn
engaged In a fratricidal struggle and i
that all are equally responsible
"Vic had no choice lu Hit, matter,'
sayi the H'r.if nijiufrr daielta in Au
gust, 1911, "and we hao no choice in
the matter now There Is no conceiv
able arranging of aspirations uhicli will
meet our view, short of an lu which
will make repetition of tlieno events
ImposKihln In the future."
Tho i'lill .lfnll tlmette si): "Until
victory definitely rests on the banner of
our alliance the Pope's wish canimt bo
realized without tha deepest wrong to
the cause of right and liberty und
paace "
Pope Hns 1,1 It It- Hope.
Special Cable lletinitrti to Til Si t.
Lonpon, July 31 The Italian com
mentators on the Pope's letter appealing
lor peace, despatches from Home say,
consider that In composing the letter the
Pope hnd no leal hope that It would
enjoy mi Immediate result, hut that ho
was unwilling to permit the nnnlvoisiry
of the war to pass without Fending a
message nf peace to tho belligerent na
tions. NO PEACE YET, GERMAN VIEW,
Mlirrnl Lender Snv I:iiuIiiimI'm
Power Moat lie Smashed.
Special Cable HupalrJi to Tim Sl'v
Hsru.iN, via The Hague, July 31.
Herr Ernst ll.ihsermaii, a member of the
Reichstag, declared to-day ut a banquet
to the Rhenlsli National Liberals that
ih German people nre firmly decided to
gain fiom the war all that the army and
nuvy can accomplish, and not to rest In
the struggle until Kngland'a world
li btisii '.enllvl? bioken.
Tview of palace in Lazicnski
Park.
the nuislans Inflicted terrible punish,
ments. Tha Polish language was abol
isne4 for everything except private
conversation and Polish schools, con.
vents', monasteries, newspaper, books
and names were banned. The name of
Poland Itself was oxpunged. Yet it
continued to grow In population and Im
portance. Its inhabitants, however, be
came most cosmopolitan. Russians,
AiiKtrlnns, Germans, representatives of
foil ut less races from the neighboring
States all came In. Its theatres tnd
jpeiu becamo famous j ml Its wealthy
and orilcl.il rbs.i maintn.ued an almost
exclusive society of societies.
I he military defences of Warsiw ren-
. tred around tho Alexander Citadel, to ,ne
j Germans, leu or rouna tncmsejvis in
vested.
AUSTRIAN LOSS ON
ITALIAN LINE 80,000
Heavy HeciiforccniPiiN Hushed
to Isonzo in Effort to
Hold Goritz.
1XVADKHS rUOOHESSIXG
Special Ciitil' I) f nrteh tn Tnr Pcv
Home, July 31. The Austrian losjes
In the Italian campaign are tstlmated
at S0,000.
This explains the rerorti that Mrong
. reenforcenients are being rushed tn the
Uomo front. Some detpatches have It
that six divisions ure on their way to
Goiltz,
Thw nrJt nl, m4j,V ror individual
brQV,rv rttt?rt by King Vi.tor Em-
i mamJ(1, for whlcM all it-nn .0!dlers
"Vc Mrlv:,,R' ""s ,wnrM ,0ay
to Porpora! llobblno of S.ilerno. In the
t,,lt, (lf lrio Carso Plateau llobblno was
at ticked by nine Austrlani while sepa
rated from his comrades lie succeeded
In killing seven and capturing the ie
ivmlnlng two.
The ulttcl.il statement Isiued to-night
by the War Olllce tells of continued Ital
ian successes. It wak as follows:
On the night of July 30 the enemy
renewed hu lucuislon against the
ltlfuglo Garibaldi positions in Val Ca
inonlcu. Our uulpoits icpulfcd this
attempt.
On the Mima night strong contin
gents a I tuck t ii twice at Fieikofel Peak.
In the Montu t'roce di Carnla itgtoil,
beltiK repulsed euch time. Tho next
d iy our Infantry, suppoited by ar
tillery, comuer attacked, conquering a
ttoiig line nf Intronchnielitk Tho
crenij 'H losti s weie heavy In pr s
oners Toward evening tho Austrian,
reenforced, icHttackcd near Pal Pic
colo hut were iepulcd
On the Isonzo the operations for
the enlargement of the Plnva brldg
head continue with success Wo have
fully gain,"' the ground lit the foot
of Mount Kuk, near Zngnra.
On tho t'arso platcm our advance
line Is now facing the second line of
Aut.trl.in defences ea.t of that already
completed hy ut We attacked yes
terday on the centre nnd made con
siderable pioKie,' taking 331 prison
ers, Including fifteen otllceis, nnd a
number of mitrailleuses, rifles nnd
sum" tmmunltlon
Vienna !iii.ia ttnlliuia Were
He.
pulsed ,rr (iorll,
Special Cable VnffcA fo Tnr. Si n.
Virs.VA, via Amsterdam, July i.
Tho following ofllclnl Bluieninut relating
to the Hltuutlon on the Italian front was
made public to-night by tin, War Oilier. :
Attael.h by llallan Infantry In tho
legion of GorlM eterilay wero com
pletely it-pulsed. Tho enemy has ex
ponded a eiv l.tigo amount of ar
tillery ainniunltlon agalnt our posi
Hon on lliii eilgo of tint Chiko plaleiiu.
On the Cannthian fmntlor a iiuni
lier or violont attacks occuned.
Thice Italian battalions after a vio
lent homli.inliiieiit of aitlllery at
tacked our ihi.sUioih .it Pal I'U'cuIn,
The enemy sueci eibd III piek!ig for
waul Into an advanced trench, but
nfter hea y lighting was driven out
W It II hCI OUt. IliSM' ,
Tint forwnrd moienient of the Ital
ians' netr l.oilimis I'asx, northwest
of Paularo. was repulsed by .trtlllct)
fire iril hand grnnade.-t.
On tho frontier Miuth of Mnlbor
ghetto mm of our adiamed iletaili
nteiitH t'Mii'uatcil .in ob'eivatlon i,..,
lufoio superior forces of tho eneniv
Tho Ittllnn (Uti'leiy frultlesBlv
boyibarilfd the Folgarla-Lav.iiorie
plateau. An attack of a small force
of the enemy In the region of Morito
Crlsp.ilo was lepulred with aar.gul-n-ry
losses to them. i
iptctiit Cablt netMtch to The St.
Paris, July 31. It has been a day of
calm on the French front. The Germans
made several ferial atacks. notably on
aravellncs, where a child wae killed,
while the French have retaliated by
dropping bombi on the railway station
nnd aeroplane factories ut Frlbourr In
llrligau. There were no Infantry en
gagements, although at several polnte
the artillery flrs wa very hot.
The afternoon statement of the War
(JfTlce waa as follows:
German aviators this morning bom
barded Pol-eur-Mor and Oravallnes.
At the first place no damage was
done; at the second a child waa killed.
In Artols, In the vicinity of Houchez
and of "the Labyrinth," there wai In
termittent rifle fire and cannonading
last night but no Infantry tngago
mont. In the Argonne, at the enisling of
the road from Servon to Bagatelle
with that which rum from Layon to
Hlnarvllle, the explosion of a German
mine yesterday was followed by a
fairly spirited fight, In the course of
which we succeeded In occupying the
, excavation made by tha explosion.
Home bombs have bean dropped by
aviators of the enemy on Nancy. Tho
material damages were Insignificant.
One of the German machines, struck
by shells from our artillery, waa com
pelled on its return to come down be
tween tha French and the German
lines. The aviator succeeded In es
caping, but the aeroplane was cap
turtd near our trenches.
Schlucht Mountain Is being bom
barded. The night communique wai ai fol
lows :
There were no Infantry engagements
to-day.
Some bomb' were dropped upon
Dunkirk by ruroplanes. Tha damage
wau Insignificant.
In Artols, from Angers to Arras,
there was the usual artillery activity.
Or.o long range gun fired nine uhclls
Into Compelgne. Only damage to
property Is reported. A tire was
started, but wns quickly extinguished.
In the Argonne, in tho region of
1 La Fontaine aux Charmes mid the
1 Four ile Paris, the bombardment of
the trenches on both sides lontlnues
almost without cessation. There was u
' ery spirited camiouude at Le Pretru
1 wood.
In the Vosgon the Germans bom
barded our position from Hill C.'7
to L:i Fontenello and the village of
Metieral.
Thli morning certain of our aero
planes bombarded tho railway station
and the aeroplane factories at Frl-hourg-iu-Hrii-guu.
One of tint ma
chines In returning was forced to
alight within tho German lines, ow
ing to motor trouble.
LOSE VOSGES HEIGHTS.
Freiifli IlrUrii From .'clirntx
loenele, llrrlln .til).
Special Cable Petpatch to Tur. Sin.
Rerun, via Amsterdam. July 31. The
following official statement relating to
the situation In the western war xone
was made public to-night by the army
administration :
We stonned the houses on the west
ern outuklrts of IIocko (Helglum)
whlrh have remained In the posesslon
of the HrUlsh since our attack of June
3. On Friday morning we stormed a
point of support on the Ypres toad.
The counter attacks of the enemy were
reputed during the afternoon und
night.
The French, using hand grenade's,
made vain attacks near Souche.
The stubborn tlghtmg for the Lingo-kopf-Ilarrenkopf
line in the Vosees
his come to a standstill. The French
still hold a iioi t. on of the trenches
occupied hy them at Llr.gekopr.
Schr.iUmenele and liarrenkopf. after
having been temporarily lost, are
again In our hands,
Tho damage csused hy the aviators
of the enemy Is unimportant. A French
aeroplane was shot down near Frei
berg by our anti-aircraft guns.
HINT GERMANS SUSPECT U. S.
.Vrvtspnper Liken Feeling to Thnt
To mini Knitlanil a Year Ago,
Special Cable Peipatch to Tnr Sc.
Iki:i.in, via London. July 31. The
.VortA German Onxrttc says to-day thnt
Germans iely on American forbearance
and pcntefulnen Just as much now, at
the end of a car's war, as they did a
year ago upon the forbearance and
peacefulness of F.ngUnd.
The political result of this war are
Just as mighty, says thl paper, and the
moinl results ure Just as sicred as
thosH of the American civil war The
paper then wonders whether or not
President Wilton may send for docu
ments relative to the rlill war to test
L'hgluth assertions icgarding the policy
of his predet esjiors
WANTS CONSCRIPTION.
London tniiarrvvr" - (i.vveni.
lilt-lit Most Cnftirce It or Full,
Special fable ftttpalch to Tils 8cv
LiiNnoN, Aug. 1. Commenting on th
war situation the Oba'rxrr comes out
n.itrootetlly for compulsory service, de.
during that a Ministry not brave enough
to face that action must give way to on
tlut will.
At the outset of its edltorlsl leader,
tho Obscncr sys that tho eventual re
sult of the whole struggle undoubtedly
will bo tletei mined between now snd
Chrlstmnt by the adequacy or otherwise
of Great Hrltaln'N output of munitions
and her new mcanine with regard to
mon.
"Tho certain condition of sunielent vie.
tor ' It adds, "Is that u should have
I.O0O.U0O mm under arms by Christmas
and that , uilieh ami m neutrals
should know once f,)r all nf our Inten
lions In that respect.
"It is doubtful whether anything but
obligatory niillt.it service can provide
H.o tieercsao nunibeis with the neces
sary speed. .ii---
"Wo hope and pray that the present
.oveniinent has facid the Irksome but
nevitahli! duly of providing a far
larger fighting force with minimum de
la und that It will neither llmrrh nor
tuny. If by nlh.ip It does then Its
stronger and keener members, must not
allow their fat,, to , hound up with
tl.lt llf Die ltlll!es .irill ll'n,),.. ... ......I
I 111 .V.I V
that would Jcop.iMl,ze not only their own
futuio Put thai o tho country ami tho
cause.
"In that oaso another Government ex
cluslvcly constituted for waging and
w'nnliig tho war would have to be
formed after the Parliamentary recess."
By Vnlt'd I'nin
Lonpon. July .11 The Vn.ie '
asked Hrltlsh statesmen ulul Ira ,e a n'
thought for a "message to Am ,
be printed on August 1. the c
of the day when Germany t.e
on Russia ami the great wai w tl
In. Here lire bOiiic uf the lis,
lly THU ItlGIIT llll.N. II. II. n.
Ut'll'll.
Prime Mlnlslir.
I have been asked to seinl a ir
to the United States of ,t
the end of the first yenr of i
The reasons why wo tire 11-
known in America. Tho w. r..
Judged and will Judge nut cm v
but our actions. Tht quest i. i
U not of our hopes or our c.t. j.
but of our duties. Our tl ,.
we shall fulfil Is to coutit. i"
end In thu couiso which w
chosen and "to do ull win. ..
achieve and cherish a Just and .
peuce."
.9,
. )
n.
ii'. n
lly Vlht'Ot'.NT JAMI1S llltti:,
Formerly Anilinssnilor to tha
t'nlteil Mutes.
In reply to your quest. on, t .e n
Just one thing I feel moved t. .!,
because It Is well that neutral n.i . . i
should understand why the II, .-ti
people are so completely un k i ,n
their resolution to prosecute th w.ir
with the utmost energy. It .s
causo they see the German Gcit-m-ment
violating every principle of
manlty In making tho war a wir
against Innocent civilians, This, si
shown In the treatment of Utlgljin.
In the dropping of bombs upon our, ,
villages und In the sinking of r
Lusltanla, Is n return to thc.a .i,e
methods of rnst nges that Is n
less than a challenge to civ 'it r , .
Wnd. Our people feel that tl.- jt
against It we ate lighting r r
Justice, faith of treaties ai I
of small nations, but t hi.
luelf.
lly Tin- Itrv. G. C ltPlli:i.l unit.
;i., ii. it..
Lending t'oiiuri-untloiial lllnlstei
nf (ireai 1 1 r 1 1 ii I n .
The faith that sustains t e L t..h
Umpire In tln.s strugg.e n
Jf
our unshaken cntlden e '
mate victory of the prln .pies
tlcc and tiuth, uf mercy w i
passion.
Our unpreparedness for w.ir
demonstration of the fa t t'.
no tleslie for war Seeing r.i
been forced upon us, i y n. is i
Ideals to which I have refe
Is no question that the w .
bound together by thee pr..'i
vlctlons. mil put forth the s'
of Its strength lu vind .-.it
a
id
e
ALLIES STRONGER NOW .
Pari Tennis" !u llnl I roia
Ilerlln Dttei. IVitn 'Intl. loin,-.
Special Cable I'erilrl, to Ti.r
Paris, July 31 Specla' u.t
the newspapeis mark the ct.
the rtrst year of the war ,
su.is editorially:
"German:' after n year i.f t
and st lfought war ef v
purpose was the sat'sfi .
pttltc for conquest and
attained no declslie n-al: .i
hnustlng herself on ei ft.
suit of victory, whl!. A'
lentlugly tleielop m.iteitni .
The article dcclaret tha- a
Illusions of public opli. oi, .n
her dllectlns cl.is real.ze '
fulled and therefore she see. - t- f
In Switzerland. Hollar. I i ' '.
knns to obtain peace
"If our ntlor hud no' g e r
more positive advantages :l . ' v
after it ear pacific e'.g.s ie
only from ili'riiian. ,imI i i.r f
II n und Vicuna start n. i".r
tho mediatorial ainbltioi.n w .
have found In the V.i:
refuge, would lepiiscm ..
gain 111 Itself. ' It en, la i, .
"Nothing dljitra. ts us f
suit of our object with i i.p
The foiegolng Is Hie i" v
to tho Pope's peace wii..
the afternoon newtpap, is
er-
if
1
HUNGARY SAYS "NO" TO KAISEH
Won't tftle nn Inch of t.iniiiul t"
It inn ii in , I tin- It . i r t
Special i able V .a . ' .
ItoMK, July 3I - ll s ' ,
malic circles tint tlie K ,
to Umperor Francis .!.- -him
thu ntcesstty of oi . il
concessions tn Hiium .., ,.
neutrality, us t,eriii.u
send aid to ,utr..i u, .
Serbian frontiers, m u u -niaulan
frontier, ll tr m r -there.
The Kaiser Is said . .
that Germany saiel 11. n
Rutslnu Invasion m,.l i. - '
the duty ot the Dual .i.
sacrifices to uvt rl .in A .
feat. F.mpernr Fr.n.i t J. - ,
have been deepl .mpr.ss
but Is powerless .lo . J
Hungarian . urn dite-i
an Inch of their tt-i .' I
CARDINAL'S HOrE FOR I i E
Might t'nnir Tliroiiirli ll IN
The Fnpi- .li llui; I .,. t
RorniAMi'Tov. I. I . I
nal (ilhlwint, wlio m
spend his nnnual i - it
nf the Chutt-h of ti .
Jesus nnd Mnr . t.il ,. I
Mexican revolution, t' . I
and the putting i.i dr
Heckcr.
The Cnrdlnil said he
President Wilsmn ii'.l '
together for peace T
plea for peace he
"beautiful."
Speaking of llei'lte- e
he could "lift h'o Imw i
go fo Ills deJth lem '"a '
and w.th such pio'em . -nocence
and he guii'i '
Count I'lerro tit- IcM ii. '
motetl .
Special fable lie. pa
I'aiiis, July 31 - -' .
C.istel, who m.'irr . 1 t
Ripley of New V-. k
to a captaincy f r 1 s
,1ml
on the lleltl of tn ' c
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