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THE SUN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915.
TEUTON ARMIES
CLOSING IN ON
BREST-LITOVSK
tronffhold on RaiiIm inner
Line (f DtftBM and Large
font in Phrii.
UKiA MENACED HY
BIG GERMAN FLEET
ml i bl4 IX' "' In a "i II
loNtnx, A US. 1!. At a late houi lo-
4hl ill teport from MM Kussian thra
, nf VM Indicate that the full of toe
(,,,.rr!.s of r.rest-l.ltovsk, the moat Im
irtrtsnt forlr on the Russian Inner
DM of defence. Is Imminent. The Oer
, , official statement to-day asserts that
V fortress 1s almoat enclreled by t he
,,uu-o-f lerman troops The railway
.. lli.iUlnl ... UrMl I MeMh
Minns iri.ni " "
. i Herman nanus. nussians
MM en male prisoners with Ha
esr'i'f
Meanwhile. "c iuuenucr or .mivo t na). T KrPncn nnvc wr, tleld
nmrgevsk. with Its garrlaon of more j potftlM of great strategic value from
than 50.""" llusslan. I generally co. tne UermBllp according to to-dayr, ofB
teM t" '" uiieatlon of but a few days. communl(luei WBWa Hdus that
If not noun. Two forts were atortned ' ,nrourhou, Wednesday night the Teu
yesterday, the Hermans taking 1,000 j to made vlolent but unsuccessful si
tu itonrra and i:.'. cannon. tempts to regain the lost ground.
A til1' drive umiii i! g.i ami n toicing
of the movement against Vllna are es
Nttd a the Immediate consequences of
UatUM 'wonty-four hours' developinenta.
Tht fate of the main Kusaiuu army,
thus far saved from the many traps
laid by the Teuton invaders, and atlll
intact and retreating In good order, la
DM , -rut re of diat-UHaion by all the mlll
rv experts. While the leading wrll-
rfl admit the situation to he grave, they
allow no signs nf abandoning hope for
the ultimate escape of the Russian main
force, basing their confidence chiefly
Upon llie oil leoicu Diimcij ui i"
liuke Nicholas.
The location of Brest-ldtovsk. on the
(dire of the maish district that stretch,
eastward for fifty miles and is traversed
b' ;ut one railroad and ia devoid of
h h iys of the lexist mllltaiy value, Is.
owcxer. full of danget to the at my de
Mi.lmg the stronghold Military ob
MM in r.svgnize that the escape of
IhfM troops will he practlcully lmMs
enie If the forts fall The fortress ia
ti I bombarded from the northwest,
west and southwest.
N.7UU I'rlionrra Taken.
The official statement issued In H'r
III! to-day gives the total number of
trlaonsra taken in Ul la:t twenty-four
hours as 8. "00. The statement ia aa
ftllOWl :
Arm grOtip of Klelil Marshal von
H ivlenburi I tn the occaalon of cap-
tiis us Kovno an additional thirty offi
c - and 1,991 men were taken pris
oner. L'ndcr nraaOUrO Ot t lie lOU of Kovno
h llliaalini wen- ub'.ixed to evacu.
l tholl poaitlCNM Op pool to Kalwarya
r ! .una'.ki. Our troops are pus-
u them ,
ru her to the south tjerman
tr I :u. d tile N n ew. west of T -In
it They captured X00 ftuaeiitns
Tie army of lien. ou (iallwita has
It prr ITOM In an oaatorly direction.
Soith ot Waiak our troops leached
.ix from Blaloatock to Ureat-
1. ivsli Three thotunnd Kussiuns
ei, ; . . i) prieonei a.
i.i the nm lliaoitam aaoiloai of
S',no Oeorgtavah our troops oapturad
tl . VVkrl eroaalng. Two forts on the
Bortll front war talMW by storm, more
t n 1.000 prlsonera and li." cannon
(all Itg into our hnnda.
A my group of Prince I.i opold of
Bavaria: The left winx drove the
(amy, rontlnuoiMly flahting. bef.ne
I and in the evening reached tile dls
ti.t west and southwe-t of Niele
joi)c The right wing, breaking for
ward acrooa the Itug at Melnik. drove
:v out or nil s:ronK liosmons
In .. north of this section, and I I
p Dgreaaing i urtnwi
Army group of Fteal .Marshal von
Ifackeiissni The crossing over the
Bu between Nlemirow and Jamoiv
I ii bew t.ike'i im.-.session of by allied
.. ips Hef.u .- llreat-l.itovsk German
trtx penetrated into outer positions
ot Ihe fortress near Rokltno. south
Ol I. mow. Soulii of Vladnwa our
tt duj SIS pursuing the defeated
enemt ITndei pressure of our ad-
v, the enemy evacuated the
ISili , i.nik of the Hug above and
kUW VI i Iowa. He Is being pursued.
fieri t hreatens It la.
T'ie Official statement issued at Pctio-
gi id to-tilghl araj u follows:
Our warship protecting the in
tra pc ln ihe Gulf of Klga yesterday
d m owing to the great superiority
of ihe enemy' fleet.
On lbs Itiga-Junovo-Wilna front
then is no essential change.
V Kovno the enemy continues to
develop Vigorously the success he at
t i ned He successfully established
himself in the adjoining district
which forms aai intimitis between the
N leu and Vllna.
t OsSOWleo during the night of
A IgUSI IT-IS and m t he course of the
f , ng day German attack on our
positions wsrs rspulssl by our lire.
On the Ossowlso-Brsst-Lltovsk front
and further south lighting continues
t i i cliarsotsrhMd In certain sec
t - bj extreme tenacity.
The i nam) displayed particular oli
s on Augusl I" and is In his
.,1 our troops on the lower
B. in the direction of Hiebdt. along
the i'i horemkla Railway and near
VYiuduwa.
Ul UN Galiciun front there I no
flili.ige.
Kovo-Goorglsvsk the enemy I
r . Ing the fortlflcaiions on the
i ii t bunk of ihe Vistula and on tin
Nan w with Increasing vigor. The
fighting is of most determined .hal
s ler iur wire entanglement are
lovered wiin heaps of German dead
Nvsithslsiss the German artillery
fir
i.-.. led 111 Hilcnclns our iiiiiik
emollshlng lbs fortliicatloni In
dor hetween Hi. Wkra and Ihe
'il
NareWi after Which our defender in
Spile of all effort tl iniike tand
Were ,. I, lined to fall hack to Ihe rlaht
hank of the Wkra. Thi enahled the
Germans to concentrate their suhwe
01. ni efforts on the northern Hector
between the Wkra and the VlHtula
BELGIAN EROS' T ACTIVE.
II I l; 1. 11 ii Hel l-'.ffectlvelr lo
liVMggg llonilinrdiiienl.
, I tbl hrepalrh In Till Sls
Ix.NnoN, Aug. It The Belrtan War
,1 Usvrs iMHticd the follownn
II its 1. tit to-day :
Afer bavins shown comparatively
1 aotlvll y In the course of the
night the enamy'a trtttlory iKmiiaid.,i
to day diffetent imlnts on our front
; inittintly, especially In tbe en-
i ni of biwnudo. Noordaohoots tnd
A lioilllghs, Our artillery replied SO'
n j. ii, ally and on several iK-caeioiiH
d -1- ined enemy drtai'hinenta In the
Hi tiny of Yer and north of Drie-
rrtirtlten.
'J'heie weit 110 Inroulry actions.
WAR'S DEATH LIST 5,089,000;
TOTAL CASUALTIES 14.493,000
ipetlal Cable lu, ,, to Tsa Sr
London, Aug. II, The following offlrlel lint of killed, wounded and
prisoners has been submitted to the French Somite:
Killed. Wounded. Prisoner Total.
Allies 1,739.000 2.580,000 1,136,000 n. 4(8.000
Teuton 3. MO, 000 S,86,OflO 1,796,000 8.030,000
To tale B.OAt.OOO . 474, 000 2,930.000 14,493,000
The figures distribute the nunitier of killed a follows:
French. 400,000: English, 180,000: HuMlana, 1,260.000: German. 1,630,
: Aii-mans. 1,610,000: Turks, 100,000: Helglane. 49,000.
FRENCH WIN GROUND
IN BATTLE AT ARRAS
'ptiire Position of tWUIN
Btnttflfl Value and Kopcl
Counter Attacks.
TAKE THEXCH IN ALSACE
Spt.ial CMt majgfat fo TM it
Paris, Auk. 19.-The region north of
ArrM ,)aj become the centre of
violent nghtlng. w hich begun on Wadne
In a furious and long continued bat
tle which raged over a Willi, section of
I ha front In Alsace, on the crest of
I.inge and on the heights or the Sclirata
maennele. the French remained vlctora
and captured a trench on the latter
heights. In the Argonne too the French
cored a success.
The night communlyin1 was as fol
lowa :
Intenae artillery actions continue on
the greater part of. the front, notably
on both banka of the tllae. In the re
gions of Pleasla, Hoye and Vlngre,
where our fire hit a train and some
Herman convoys, and In Champagne
and In southern Woevro.
In the southern part of the Argonne
the Germans exploded a mine on the
edge of Hill 25 without causing any
damage to our works.
In the Vosges the Germans have not
further responded to our recent suc
cesses except by a heavy cannonading
of our iiosltlona on the l.lnge and
Schratzmaennele peaks.
In the course of the action which
enabled ua lo gain ground appreciably
in Artols yesterday we took some
prisoners and captured live machina
gtina.
The afttrnoon communique was as
follows :
There was much activity last night
OR the Artols front An attack by our
forces made us masters of tin Junc
tion of the highroads batwoan lle
thune and Arraa and between Ablaut
and Angrea. where the German osi
t ii n consilium! a salient Into our ad
vanOO line. Severwl counter-attacks
on the part of the enemy were re
pulsed. To the noith of t.'arleul we wer
UCCOOafUl i i repulsing certain attacks
made with band gTenadea and Isjmbs
These at lacks were preceded by a
bombardmtnt at close range, and sup-
, ported by infantry fire.
In the region of Rerlea and Adin
! (or, in the Iepartment of l'as de
Calaia, trMonl infantry Hi lug was
continued yesterday There was also
; cannonading; batwon the I ise ami
' th,- Aisne, III the sector of I la i 11 v, as
I well iis on the plateaus .f (Juenne
j vieres and Nouvron.
In the Argonne our artillery put an
! end to the activities of the enemy bat
tel .os and bomb IbXOWOrn in the vi
clnlty of Kontalne-aux-Charinea, as
well as in the region of Marie Thermae.
In the Vosges there was yesterday
a violent and continued engagement
on the summit of Mount Llnge. We
took possession of another Germun
trench on the crest of the Schrata
mann i and made aavaral priaonortr
GERMAN TRENCHES WON
' Berlin Heporl ilmlls Kiirm,
rrssrs In Suua-hes Iteslon.
bkri.in. via Uondon, Aug I.- .Army
Heaihiuarters issued tile following staie-
menl to-day r garding the western thf
t atrc :
Uotaroan Angroi and Bouchai the
I enemy ,-arrled out an attack la-st
; night for Whaoh he prepared ilur
' i MR the entire day with artillery
I (ire. At certain place our opionent
penetrated our outermost trenches
and Mtlll hold that part of them which
occupies the centre of the attacked
section. On the remainder of the
front, however, they have already
been driven back.
In the iges the eneinv reiieweil
attack yesterday north of Mueaster
against our position on l.ingekopf
ami Schratrma uncle. Alter a tempor
ary advance into some of our trenches
on LlngOkopf the opposing forces
nearly ever, where were dislodged
from the poMilloiiH won. On Schralx
maiiiicle the lighting continue.
KAISER PLEADS WITH
THE KING OF GREECE
Beudi Pewoiial Tlgrtw 0f
firs Bapporl Against l'
mandi f AHIm.
ATiUNgi Ann. It. King Conitantlns
hag received a prntonal telegram from
the Kaieer urslng him to reject the
Alll-s' latest note 0 Greece in which
thiv aked that lie gbgndOR bst neu-
trality and er Into the war on ths
mile of the RntsniS rower. Thl was
SSSSrtSd on the hiKh l authority here
tu-dny.
In hi lelenniin the Kaier further
rsqUSStl that OkseOS refuss to ced.
KSVSlS to HulKarla. and aun.s Klnn
ConatgntlM that tht Teutonic empire
will Hive energetic upport to Greece if
ui, nhoiild be drawn Into the war
I throufc-li her refusal to acede to the
1 aiiim' dgmgndt
I lie nswspapsr wssiin says i".i
reaaon for thS delay In the formation of
the new Cabins! I Vonlltlol'l de!re to
Invsatlgato whether the polity purtutd
by M tiounariB. the former Prime Mln
ller, had not rendertd the International
Hltuatlon such that his own policy
henceforward would be nnpolbl of
aplicatlon.
It la understood the new Ministry
will not be formed until next week. M
VtnlMlOg, who accepted the KIuk'b ln
' citation to rorm a new HDin I. ' in
' almost cnnllnuou oonfarsncs with his
1 party leaders.
The Urlllsh and Rutgtgn Mtnlaters
.. im , ...I v . , .1 11 liv K ;n- I 'nil
UntlM i'd M. Vinlselo attended ths
conversation. Diplomats of other bel
llforant countries nlo .ailed on Vsnl-selos.
J
TURKS FEAR FOR
THEIR CAPITAL
Neutral Warships nt Constan
tinople Are Shifted Embas
sies Lack Protection.
NAVY short OF cow,
Special i able Drtpalch lo Taa ji v
Home. Aug. It, It Is reported hire
that owing to the scarcity of coal two
munition factorlea Installed by the Ger
mans at 'onatantlnnple are now working
without electric light. Street car ser
vice I expected to be discontinued
shortly. The Turkish fleet I reported
to be ueless through lack of supplies.
The situation Is conceded to be critical,
and Europeans are alarmed, especially
Ince neutral warships, including the
American gunboat Scorpion, have been
ordered to change moorings, probably
owing to fear of a bombardment.
These ships have been shifted to places
whence an exit I moat difficult and
where the landing of crews In case of
emergency will be delayed. The neutral
Ambassador vainly protested against
the order of the Turkish authorities. The
diplomats now are beyond the protection
of warships belonging to their Govern
ments. TURKS REENFORGED;
HALT BRITISH ATTACK
Hani Fighting Taken Place on I
QnlllpoU Peninsula. With
CMUnlty List lliizh.
LOKOOK, Aug It. Although more
troops have been landed at Suvla Bay to
recti force those already fighting the
Turks in that section of the Gallipoll
'eninsula. the War Office admits tii.it
the British advance has been halted after :
many hours of sanguinary fighting The
1 Turks, It is Midi have been considera
1 bly reenforeed.
The War Office statement follows:
The reient operations on the Gal
lipoli ponlllgttla consisted of attacks on
the enemy's positions along the suutli
trn and 'Anxac' lines and included the
I fresh landing of a strong force at
I suvia Bay,
! There is evldeii.e from prisoner'
statement that the Turks had been
considerably reenforeed with a view
to heavy attacks on us and that ours
forestalled the enemy's by about twenty-four
hours. Cofiooquently the tight
Ing was very severe, and on both sides
tli,' casualties w,re very high.
The landing at Suvia Bay was well
planned and carried out by the navy ;
but. In spite of the fact that the Turks
d. vetoped their greatest strength in
the 'Anxac' region, our troops from
Suvia could not make very satisfac
tory progress before the enemy was
'able to move up considerable forces
from Ins reserves and bring our fur
ther advance at this point to a stand
still. Within the past week the positions
won have boon consolidated at all
points. The gpllil of the troops is
e ellent.
SERBS HOLD BORDER.
Mir iifi- tiihlrlmi lift i i i I on l.-ft
Hnnk "f Unnuhr.
$p0til ' tt'-t DfMt(A " 1 Hlt N
LowooMi A u-r. 1 1. Tht following of
fli-la. Miatenifiii iMUOd 0 Ihe Serbian
War OAVO WM forWAfdOd to-ila frniu
NISH :
On Tuemlay our artillein' nnmbanl il
an iMnrny convoy at Tchernl, Oppoo-
it VorolonovOi on the JoMolnltM
Ornnva mad near BolgMUlO. Our ar
tillery lllonotd an enemy hatlry
Ifhtch ill dlfOOtlnC a boinharilmeiit
from 1 vawvo. n- of OUT hat t pries
Interrupted the erection of fnrtiflod
works on the Si a rche vo-l'antrhovo
line
Theit- was an ;iriillery dUl oppooltO
th ' POUthoni nd Of the inland Of Star-
chovo, Tha onomy Mtlllory waa re-
dliood to Hilence.
( in thl MltO ly one of our lat
toHM UCOflllly humha rded etu'iuy
dotAchmcnti ingttiftd In fortifying tho
left hank of the I'anuhe, near Ada.
We ghto hollod a large convoy pro
oding in thi dlvoetton of OKovn,
NORWAY MAKES MAIL PROTEST
Hrm! 1 if 11 u McmiaKP to Genua n y
(in llMHkou II, Welaure.
t'HKisiiAMA, Aug. 1 J. The Oovern
ment "f Norway haH prOtSStsd to ier
many itgaiuft the halting yesti-rday of
tta- Norwsglan mail itsamahlp Haakon
VII. and haH demanded the n-turn of
the maiiH sllegsS to have been sstssd
hy ths Oerman eubmarlns whh h itoppsd
the iblp. The llaakou Vll was hound
from Hergeu to Kngland.
aii Isttsrs and remittance money dss
tlnsd to Kngland, France. Ital or other
DOUn tries hoHtile to (lermuny were tttksu
aboard i be subtns rtns( ths commander I
if which also ordsrsd the stilaonlng t
all prlpted matter ami pgoksgSS dea-
tlnsd to thone count rit'H, aooording to
the report of the POStmSStSrQsni Pal.
Tin' muil Included Hcven Bin Uh from
penmarki
Norwegian nswsDSDsra are greatly I
aroused over what they term the "mall J
theft." The AftrnbUuli't nnys :
The neWl Will bS received with hot
indignation and hitternen8 hy Nor
wegians from North Tape to the Naoa.
The injury InAlotSd Kngland hy seis
ing ths mails Ik immaterial Compared
with the damage done to our COUIltr)'
The theft of neutral mallfl II not tic
Osnl warfare"
Uvery inlet to the Imporlsitl Nor-
wegiun ports ll hring OlOSSly WStOhSd
by ( terman Huhmartnen, It ta nald.
CLASS OF 1916 CALLED.
sar's llerree slliinrs No Kseiiip
llon I'rniii Service.
I'ahi. auk. it. The RiiMlan Bm
bans.! annOUIIOM that by decree of lilt
Knipcror miiuik men of the ulasa of ittt
have been culled to the color. datiiiK
from AuriihI 20.
No exemption whatever by reamin of
family connection or of ludy abroad
will be allowed, ihe announcement
stales.
SAYS BRITISH PLAN
TO COERCE RUSSIA
(erniau Chancellor Declares
Sir Edward tJrev Hinted
at Scheme.
CONFIDENT OF victory
Hum. in. Aug. 19 (via the Hague)
Dr. von Hethmann-Hollweg, the German
Imperial Chancellor, In opening to-day's
Reichstag aeaalon dwelt al length upon
what he tennod attempts on the part of
the varlou Government of the natl'-n
nogr at war with Germany to keep tha
real truth of the situation from their
resaieotlve peoples.
Ha charged the diplomats of the
Entente Powers with giving Incomplete
Information to their reapectlva Parlia
ment and contrasted with thl thj
ltuation In Germany, where, he Bald,
"nothing la concealed.''
The Chancellor reviewed again tha
cventa leading up to the war and then
ills, ussed the happenings aii.ee the
great conflict begun. German .cceosea,
he aald. Justify the German people in
"looking into the futuie proudly and
without fear."
A feature of the Chuncellor's speech
Wile his discussion of Poland's1 future,
I., the course of which he said
rhe nresent oecui.it . i of IVIand I
la the beginning of an evolutto i which j
will lead the country, freed rioiu Uia
Kusalan yoke, toward a bri ;h, futuie
and put It in a imsition to develop and
cultivate its individual and national
character."
This passage is generally .nterpre
ted here a meaning that Germany pro
poe to hold Poland, but to rehabilitate
that country to a kingdom ' ccrporatel
In Ihe German empire.
Telle of letorlee.
The Chancellor aaid :
"I never have concealed anything from
the lepreaentativea of the Germa.. na-
tton. I have never had inching t The puhhsheu tetter ,r... -conceal.
MoI-M to Ihe effect tha t Mr. teLMJ
Since you
assembled at the last
thtHCl have happenea.
.session great
Main all K.ench attempts to n..t r
our west taint nave iaii.... .-f"-
of the contempt for death and tne
reckless waste of lnimai, lives of the ,
Irene tl
"Italv. our new enemy
no tnougni
that she could easily tuke her . eighbor's
coveted gooxJs, has been iplandidly r.--pulaed
in spite -" a numerical peili.
ity, and has made immense sncrificea
in liuinan live.
"Unshaken and unshakable stand tna
! lardiinelles front.
"Proudly and without fear we lo k
into the future"
Ir. von Hethmann-Hollweg laid by
Keeping rlie truth from their people the
Kutente i.overnment weie in- ti.uk
"hiBvy blood guilt " He denounced what
he termed a "campaign of calumnies"
conducted against Germany by t -e
AUIat.
Ir. von Rethmann-Hollweg quoted
wools which he declared Sii Kdward
Grey spoke to the German Ambassador
to London when Wie latter kk w
of the British Foreign MinJmer after
1 the bSginnbig of the war In August. 1914.
"Sir MSSSIO irey, MM uie t nan-
cellor, emphasising his word, "said that
ihe war between the two countries woum
make it possible tliat at the conclusion
..f neace be could render us more " I
j a1le services than 'liud Kngtand re-
nuinni neutral "
i'he c'bainiior egpV.. ! :' it he In-
ISrprstSO tnese woras to :ik-.io iii.h r.nn- disloyalty to lilt' c,iuiui wo..w r'v
i land desir.-d the friendship of a beaten ,0n an, hoiqiltality I enjoy and deeply
1 and weakened Germany a a counter appreciate and which I have In no way
: Influence Mgamet imwerful Itussia. Kng- abused or Infrlnio-i
'land would lie ready to use such a Get- - i have, however, lived here long
man, l WSgdt OOUntry, without Industry I snOUgh to have learned that although
I and without a navy. our DSOPM are at time dlspoeed to
The I'hain ellor reisvrt of this sct-ne jump to hasty conclusion on Insuflioi
in London caused profound sensation ; em tviderp-e thete Is loo nuuh of tlie
in the Reichstag.
I'ommentinir uiuc rc entlv nublishe I
documents declared to be secret reisirts
of Belgian diplomat, the Chancellor
declared the, proved that Germany had
been attacked after long and careful
prtporntlon by othora for war. He re -
viewed mi Bttotnpi (O arrive at an un-
den-tandLnfr with KnKland after the
I Moroccan criri, utatlnn that Bnglglld
hud derllneJ ;ermany'n ousfirest 'on for
an unconditional mutUHl neutrality, hut
I had offered to promise to make no at
i tin k uiKii 'iermany without provooa
I tlon. and hftd given nsfurancea that
Bngland had entered into no ennaae
i mem to attack Jcrmny and would not
I tntar into one.
"Benevolent enf mllt .
The chancellor fvild he had nua,aeHtHl ;
"Rnaiand therefore will ObvlOIWty oh
jene benevolent neutrality ahould war
he forcetl upon Oerm any." Thin, he
said
than
Bngland fla'ly rejected, fearing
it "would have endanxered her
rrlondahlp w ith other natrons." Tola I construction and that the two position
fact, tits ChallOtUor RddSdi had never r(. nitirelv consistent, althoiixh in ijlnt
vet bOtn communicated t.. the Bngtiah 1 of fu,i ihere has been M rsl no pur
nation Premier Asqulth in hi speech , cnasS made, contracted for or arrnnaed
at Cardiff on fiotohen- 2. 1914. the I'hnn- 0f Hnv munition or other factory and
.ellor lidded, said lie had srouted th ,. in In , oliteninlalioll.
Issr oerman suggestion, ropresenting
that i Iermany bad .iked Knal ind to
remain nautral in the event of German.
I.eina emraaed In war.
Till vernlon of the rSqUSSl was un-n-iic.
the fhaiK-ellor declared Not If
"engaged In war." he said, hut "if war
was forced tusin i lerniauy," was what
ilecmanv' asked.
A short time afterward, the Qban
cellor continued, letters were exclumcnl
transforming the Triple Bntsnts into a
defensive alliance, which, be declared,
th. llritlh and Krench lieneial Staffs
and Admiralty had transformed Into mi
offeneivr alliance, eonooaiing me lux
nolo inr i.iiHiini rwHSM ii,..nr,,,
until August 3. lilt,
INDIA FACES BIG DEFICIT.
Mirplii of l.asl Year t'hnnaed to
DaM of a.THT.Hi.
,r fal ' obit llrnitalrl. In Tlir S
UONOOMi Aug If. The India Office
announces thai ihe war ha converted
the surplus of (t.SM.KM f IMtl.SM)
for Itl4-ltli Into u deficit of Ct.TtT.tOO
(Ill.ttO.OOO). The budget for IHHi
tlt, it is . Htimated. will create a dsfl It
of tt.tlT.lOO (llt.Tlt.tOO).
EVENTS IN THE WAR
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY
AiJOUST 20.
Herman cavalry OCCUPlsS llrussrl.
the Ile'.glnn army withdrawing to
Antwerp
Hulan capture (iumblniii-n, I'.ast
rruasla, twenty mile from the ftoti
tier. Jtulan defeat Auatrlan arm, at
Krasnlk, south Poland.
Krench reoccupy Muelhauser. Al
sace, after MVtN nnhtiim, anil take
Huebwiller, In the Vogca.
China lno,ulros what the Amarloan
attlludu would be toward the cea-
Hion ty Qarmany ol Klaa-ohow to
in- I'nlted State lot Immediate re
turn thereafter to Phina.
German Privy Councillor
Denies Conspiracy in U. S.
Dr. Albert, Whose Letter Portfolio Yielded Interesting
Documents, Asserts Kaiser's Agents Have Right
to Buy Control of Arms Plants.
ACTION MADE KNOWN TO STATE DEPARTMENT
rr. Helnrlch F. Albert, Imperial Ger
man Privy Councillor, Issued a state
ment yesterday which purport to be a
complete reply to the charges In regard
to a aecret German propaganda In the
i nitcii Htatea.
Dr. Albert ays the purchase of am
munition plant In thl country I Justi
fiable, argues for an embargo on arms
and ammunition, charges Great Britain
with piracy on the high sea, denies that
the German Government financed the
FatArrlnnd and asserts that the German
Government has not atarted any under
cover newspaper campaign In thl
country.
lr. Albert's statement follow:
"In view of the wide publicity that
has been given the documents and
memoranda that were Btolen from me,
and the whole false and unwarranted
deduction that are sought to be drawn
.from ihem. as evidenced by new com-
nieiils and editorial. 1 have concluded.
in Justice to the public and lo tha cauae
1 represent, aa wen aa 10 mi-i . ,
present a brief summary of the fact :
"It la Inevitable that all sorts of wild
and Irresponsible offer, proposal and
,i . should be addressed from
everv conceivable nuarter to one holding
the official position In which I am placed
as an accredited agent of one of the
great nations engaged In thla un
r,,riiiinte worldwide war. That is the
..h,.encfr of niOSt of Hie 'doClinieiltS
thai were contained In the portfolio that
was abstracted from me.
Takes l'l Strike Keatore.
ti. onhlislied letter from a Mr
has a plan lor anosiwai -
automobile
-u ., oe o ... ... .. . .... ....
" -. ., ooo' Is a fair II
- worthless sort of Junk'
"irai on ' ..,..,reH,n,atives of my
ion which the representatives
, ,.hr..,t with conspiring
- - industrial peace of
till
nununlty Mid hip wugtii to htid up
to public reprobation.
document of this son
fiom strangers with whom we have had
.....i,, ... .,e communications, and
vm identity I unknown to us
are paraded under blinding headlines as
1 though they cotsjtnuteo pi any
.... i ,ran,ioti with us or were rrmt-
, lot s of which we wvre cognliant or for
u'hl,.h we are responsioie
I. li nnvwhere auKKesled that t.l-
.iiBhtest attention was ever paid to that
or ajiv other letter of like Import or
iht inn.000 or DO cents waa ever po'.d
r in- I to be oald upon an such en
terprlas? Yet it la upon that aort
of 'evidence' and that alone that we
Hud one of our leading meiroiKjinsn
I papers edttorally Indulge In me un-
,ngihT false and reckless charge
L-,jnp tha. accredited agent of a friendly
rlnvarnmefll with iniylug suikes ana in
Lqitrlsd. turmoil, inciting aeditlon against
,:,,. ninx nt and organizing treason
, .hat every crank who
imma t,, r:te a letter containing any
,,f wj or dreiiutalle PIUPOMI
i. .. to make hi ridiculous
,lroosnl the basis of chargltut me with
spirit of fair poxy among them lo pei-
t nut of vour forming your final Judg-
m.-nts on such manifestly false and
slender premise, when vour attention
, called to the fact It is because of
thai oonrktlon that I take the liberty or
! nomtrng out tho fllnwy nd unreliable
iharactcr of th,-e publications and ot
the implied aocuiatlon on which they
are based.
Piracy t haraed lo Britain.
"They may be ranK'-d under four
head :
"I. It said that the documents
indicate that the German Government
1 1.. , I. ........ I. . .... . . t
, ZZSL war' ..7e .a
while at the name time It or Its ally has I
been insisting upon and supporting
PP-- -or Ot an e,r by
arm and ammunition. 1 hi la chara'd
to be an inconsistent attitude and as
evidence of had faith.
i -i inlt that it is oaBablg no such
"Whlla Usrmany and Austria. Hun-
k.A honed that there would bo such
an SmbargO, and have been exiiectlnn
that the action of Qraat Hritain in
e,7.illK control or tne e,i. anainsi neu-
iral pountriM, and in dMtroytng neutral
commoreo In violation of International
law, would result In prompt reprisal of
1 that character, we have ntill considered
I It our right and duty, while Ureal Hrlt-
aln continues its piracy on the lilsh ee.is.
i to endeavor to protect oursslvss against
this cour.-e of in lei nat ion il hriK.-induKe
fcj s(i l1llllS ,ic eaportatlon of war ma
tsrlalg tii the Allie wherever it can be
I a0Compllahed, whether by our purchase
f factories or of war materials, even
inouKU ' H....w.i . v..-
! lime to make luriner use or i
It-Ill ,11 UUI
im n defence.
"i am unaMt to understand on what
' theory our action In that direction
should 1"' "'e Mlhject of i lilli ism if We
had the means and the opportunity we
would buy every munitions factory In
the United States if In that way we could
keen munition from the enemy.
"We should, however. Mtlll earnestly1
u,ue and Insist, a we do. that It is Un
lust to rSUUirS us lo protscl ourselves
In that way, if II were HsslblH to do o.
which it i not, and that your ilovern-
ment ahould protect it commerce with
u and should not peimlt its cltlMM to
1. made the chief Instruments of the
wholesale slauKhter that Is now da-
Vastatlng Huron.
"lf there Is anything in the nature of
bad faith or Inoonstsl -y III that at-
tltuda I c onies to tieiim ton obtUHS
to be abl to appreciate It.
"A further evidencing I he utter
WorthlaaanOM and mlslaadTni character
of tht publications of which i complain
1 beg herewith to quott from an offlolal
document Hied by the Herman Knibaasy
with tl"' State I lepai'tmeui on June 13,
f 5, from which you will nott that so
far from our then contemplated pur-
chases of war material having been
secretly COndUOt Od i our intentions wers
fully explained to the State Depart -
mrnt. aecomnanlod by the offer to reell
lo the I tilted Mates i .overnmeni 'any
or all of the material iurchaed ' "
if the Uorgign Qnvarnmani during
tha couihc of tht war should consider
It advisable to purchase arm, am
munition or other war material In
the I'nlted State It could do so for
no oilier pin pone than to prevent It
from falling in the hand or the Al
lies, her enemle.
The right of Germany to effort, such
purchase coU tot be queatloned.
Such purchaaes could not form a dan
ger to the United States, but would
to aome extent serve aa a limitation
upon the raaualtlea of war, thus serv
ing hum. nut , euoh purorsuea would
furthermore serve the particular In
terns of the I'nlted State. For It
must be remembered that If the tier
man Government ahould ever consider
It advlnable to purchase war ma
terial In the Xnlted Statea It would
do so knowing that delivery In Ger
many could not be secured and that
no use uf the purchased material
could be hoped for during the war.
It will readily be understood, there
fore, that the German Government
would at any time be willing, and In
deed glad, to sell and transfer to the
T'nlted State Government any or all
of the material It had purchased. In
stead of depriving thla country of any
part of her resources purchases by
Germany would Insure the retention
within this country of any material
It might purchaae.
From the German point of view
purchases at this time by the German
Government of war material manu
factured In the United States, while It
would involve the nacrlflce of large
sum of money, would be instilled
alone by the conaideratlon of the hu
man effects such purchases might ac
complish In the saving of the live
of the German soldiers who, In the
hands of the Allies, this war material
would wound and lay
"Inspired Press I ampalaa."
"Thl statement was prompted by the
simultaneous appearance at the time of
article n leading newspajiorK in varl-
ous parts of the country that were al-
most identical in language in which they j
refer to an alleged 'German plot to get
possession of the plants making war
materials in order to embarrass the t undertaking.
t'nlted Statea In the prosecution of It I "For every dollar that it ha.s expended
policies ' J In BdVMOtnf that praiseworthy object
"The articles were evldentlv part of J "ale to sav thai thousands of dol
the inspired pre campaign lo einbar- ! r" ,M" expend, d by our enemies
raas the Herman Government in Its re
latlons with your Government and were
of course mlschievoun fabrication.
"The criticisms directed against our
negotiation looking to the prevention
of exports of liquid chlorine to the Al
lies by buying the product seem
strangely out of place, having regard
to the fact that the British Government
has from the beginning of the war con
cluded contracts In this country whereby
"(a) Kvery American manufacturer
of rubber goods and of woollen goods
ha beu .svmpelled, as a condition of
securing the crude rubber or raw wool
required In hla business, to aell Ins en
tire product through a British agency
and has been prevented from suiiilying
any part of it to Geraisttiy or Austria
llunsrarv or from dealing with any neu- I
trnl nation except through the British .
agsncy i J
"Ibl The copper produra ol the j
country have been required to deal with i
their output of copper In like manner;
(r) The g-eat packing imlmirl-5 Of
AftMliCS have llkewlae lieen Compslled
I to withhold their product from neu-
tral OOUTttrlSS,
well as from the
enejine or lirrat Britain, except to
the extent to which Orest Britain,
through its own agents. ma permit such
sale ;
"(d) Kffott In the ame direction are
now being mude to tie up the entire
cotton crop.
"Doe the world regard thla course of
action on the part of Great Britain a
the meddling by a pretended friendly
Government with the domestic effalrs of
the United State"
"it would be difficult to conceive of
I more high handed practices or more fl .-
grant violations oi me spun ami
in-
tent of your anti-truM Uw than are
embodied in then.- a rruigetnenta. i et
when the German QovornanMrt endeavors
to eui Hintrol of the output of a
tun gin factory, its entirely legitimate
action 1 widely donoUOOOd us amount
ing to a proparanda lnvolWng the
nitcd States in the complications of
the Buropoaw w'.'
"Sureiy no reanon.ng mind oan le
misled by MOfl manifat evidences of
blind iTllaan-lup,. unfalrnee and
natn-
oertty. I douut wnotner rue worm naa
ever witnessed a publicity canwlgn or
I -J-J3B5 ol
that which is maintained In thla country
I by our enemies
I
Inference Haed on Letter. I
"2. In snswer to ihe InfaMnat bassd
on ceitaln of the letters, that 1 or an
one connected with the ISernion Qovsrn- I
ment h,m heeu concerned In foment ins
j or tnoouraging strikes In factories man-
I ufaoturing war matarlaloi ' have only
to nay that there In no basis for any ,
suoh aasertlon or insinuation. So such
transaction or negotiation aa i' sug- '
(Mtsd by the gbOVe mentioned letter
from Mr Pen ken to Mi Mallow or by
the M latne letter ever occurred,
"While it i true, ks above mtei,
that all sort of offer and proposals
were and a IS being constantly made to
ms (aa thoy arc doubt ISM beiiiK made
to the repic,-nt utlve of the Allie in
this country I upon that anil every other
cm tvnble subject by people unknown
to u. Whom ora never took the trouble
to answer or InVMtlgatS and to whose
proposal we paid not the Hllirhtest at
tentiui such transaotlon as has lieen
. . ,l.11,.e.l from Ihe one-
...
. ...i correspondence that
has been
printed ever took plane.
-i in r only offence, on the face of these
letter. I that of having permitted tin
kniovii people to write letter to us and ,
of having tucked away the letter In
Stsad Of COnaigntng them to the waste
basket
"" . """ew-"
"nwl w,,h "",',,,"(' romances of
. our lUtempt to foment labor troubles
i " iiich 1 am glad of the Opportunity to
'"! at real. It I quite on a par with
the baseless and ridiculous assertion thai
'the large transactions of licrmnny eug-
get a weekly expenditure of 12. . ,
i Thea sensational false.lio.idis follow ons
1 another so thlkk and f.ist that It I Im-
possible to deny them if one were dl-
DOMd to do so
"I. A to the Watkti load
"No agent or representative of h
i lierniHii Ooverntnent hie or ever had
I directly or indirectly, any control over
or voice In the organtnatlon, pramulga-
' tlon, publication, inanogement. ollcy or
' affair of the h'alhcrlniul The paper
j waa In existence and had, 1 nm Aid, .1
I widl circulation a a public itcjti Of
; avowedly pro-llermgn synipathiet! long
1 before Ih'. nernburg or 1 or any of u
I came to thl country
I "It so happen in it the transaction
. referred to In Mr. Vlereck s 'elter of
July I, II1S (which was entirely legit
imate and unobjectionable), was never
OS triad out for the reason thai Mr
Vleres'k refused to sulwcribe to the con
dition set forth in .hat letter. I ex
plained to him that we were not In
svrraisthy with Ills uttacks upon the Ad
ministration, and esnrulalK upon the
President, end that we would lend no
substantial anpport to the publlcntlon,
notwithstanding any claim to which It
might otherwise be enUtled because of
It pro-German attitude, unlera we could
have a sufficient control over Its edi
torial policy to prevent auch attack.
"I did this notwithstanding our de
sire to assist s puhllratlon that would
place th motit of the German point
of view before the American public. Mr.
Vleneck declined to permit hla pollcle
to be In any way Influenced by our
wishes, and much tha he has ald In
hi pap.-r has been against our vigorous
and persistent protest.
"4. Aa to the so-called German In
formation Servs-e and the alleged newe-
paper propaganda :
"It Is not true that an effort has at
any time been secretly made to influence
American public opinion. The existence
of the German Information Service waa
publicly announced to all the lending
newpaper of tha country upon lto In
auguration In October last and has lieen
well known to the public ever since.
It was founded for the purpose, as then
stated, of counteracting the parttaiui
news service that up to that time had
been coming via Bngland. In which the
happenings of the war anil the condl
tiona in Kuropean countries were being
grossly misrepresented to the Injury of
Germany.
The embassy, which haa a natural
and legitimate Interest that reliable In
formation regarding Germany ahould be
made available to the press of this
country, has rtlways openly assisted that
tvIo by giving It access to authentic
new Items and official reports. Ger
many I ami ha been avowedly and
anxiously seeking and will continue to
seek for its cause th,' moral support of
America and of Ihe other neutral ooun
trl of the world
"It believes In the Justice of It cauae
and will leave no effort untried to place
the merit of its oause before the world.
notwithstanding the stupendous obsta
eles. It will lie reriulred to overcome In
order to secure a fair hearing at the bar
of enlightened public opinion
Yi n evury means of cubic and al
moat every other form of communication
In the hands of Its enemies, with all the
powerful financial interest of the coun
try arrayed again! it. with a proas
bureau umsjualjed in the annals of his
tory for efficiency and imagination work
nig night and day, year In and year out,
manufacturing the most revolting tales
of atrocltl" to poison the public mind. I
fall to see nnythlng reprehensible In the
desire of Germany to get ita qaae be
fore the people whose friendship It has
had in th.- past ami wuose good opinion
I and aymiwthetlc Interest It Is anxious
to retain
"Thl effort it has made In the open,
and in this It will persevere, notwith-
standing the discouragement put in ita
way by this latest attempt to Uiat4rt Marl
hiotlvcl and to attribute ma'.tgn pur-
poses to legitimate and praiseworthy
in subsidising the sources of Information
by means of garbled and censured re
potts and by the many subterranean
OhJknnela that are op- n to them, through
Iheir control of the news, their vast
expenditures and the far reaching fluan
i oil interests that are behind in. in
"It is bsCUUVS w-e are frankly solicitous
for the good opinion of your people and
resentful of these basslsSS attacks upon
our integrity and the use we have made
of American hospitality that 1 hav
taken the liberty of trespassing to this
extent upon public attention."
THE WORLDS' REPLY.
as
tr. tibrrt's BagdJaanHoas
Are I ns ii flic I en l .
The WorU asserts adHorlslly thl-
niorning ihat Dr. Albsrt's sxpianatlona
are Insufllciem. It say:
"In his reply to the World disclosure
regarding the German priagatida
I tha I7nltkl Bta-taa, Dr. Albert .iskn if It
is anywiieie i-uggemeil that '$5",mmi or To
cents waa ftVai paid' or agreed to ie
paid to bring ubout a strike m the muni
tion factories of Dsrtolt, Cleveland and
CtnolnnavIX
"Tin Wot ij bsa no avldenoa aa yet
whether money iiaa actually Ueu paid
bj the Q or man Qovspnmani for this
purpuae. Hut we di know that ii pro-
iKmai for luon .i strike was tranamltted I
from one 3srRian agsnt to another Gar I
man agint . that Mn- rirM f lermun agent 1
sxpreaaed t he ine.iuf t lutt Mvooordlng to '
our astlrastaa it oould be done for ai-out
ISisOOO; th.it this oorraopondanoa waa I
MMtt to tin Qermsn lOmlaa In Wash I
Ington and etamped with th oflUnal
st snip of the embassy ; thai it was then!
forwarded lo Or, Albert and was among
the dOOUflWfttS W'hoee hss has caused
the ler man propsga nds ao mu h ,
trouble.
flo much for fr Allien 'k dSjCla rations
.f innocence In ih.it tn-itier'
MAY Hi SORE LETTERS.
l Inritev - l.eiiern I end Prrnidenl
num.. GSPSSajl nocumrnls.
Wasiiivc.ton.
General GreRor,
Auk it. Attorney-
spent an hour to-day
Hear what
dictate ?
Certainly. Whenever you want to hear
all, or any part of what you have dictated,
you simply reverse the "dictate" lever
and listen.
And your typist has it just as easy when
she is transcribing your dictation. She can
hear you repeat words or sentences forty
times, if necessary, without any embarras
ment or annoyance.
Just another angle to the convenience of the
Dictaphone. Call Worth 3272 for the whole story.
83 Chambers Street
THE
MTflPWAE
( This advtrtx$ement
I
with the President In going over Ihe evi
dence which ha been laid before the De
partment of Justice by newspaper and
gathered from other Houreos in regard
to the activities of German diplomatic
officer and other German agents In thla
country.
After the conference the Attornev-
General aald he had not seen any evi
dence which would wuri'int proceedings
on the part of the Department of Jus
tice for violation of neutrality law.
Thin statement hy the Attorney -General
confirmed the opinion that many
other official In Washington have ob
talned In regard to recent newspapet
charge and dlmioures. They contend
that the dlscloaure oontnlned no evi
dence that would make possible the
prosecution of any Important Individual,
and that the value of the disclosures
consisted chiefly In Confirming Ihe Im
pression that Washington already had
gained of Ihe extra diplomatic activity
on the part of the members of the Oer
man Kmbassy staff.
it hna been contended here that th.
evidence at hand I sufficient to enable
this Government to make representations
to Germany If It desire to do so. I p to
thl time, however. Ihe President and
his advlaer have refrained from taking
uch aotlmi. although there waa ample
provocation before ihe recent iiewapaper
dlMcloBure.
They have felt that the wlaer course
waa to any nothing while nhe relatione
between thl Gvernnient and Get manv
were strained over the aubmarine W
ente. No tndhxitlon ha been given as
to what-- course they will putwue In the
future.
Aooording to Secretary Ionising, no
representations have be. n made r, the
State Department vy fount von Bern
torflf, the Gen uioii Ambassador, rela
tive to recent charges made in the
pre. Sccrwtary Ijiinslng Isi not lieen
ndvlsod that rapt von Papen. military
attache of the emhnsy, has been rrt
to Washington In behalf f Coumt von
Bernstorff to enter a denial of the
OtefgM against German officials.
So far as can be learned, t'apt win
Papen I not In Waidilngton. alt hough
he la reported t. have left York
for thla Hiy last night.
ITALIANS MAKE GAINS
IN DRIVE ON GORITZ
ProgreH on Cargo Platcmi nnd
RepnlM Counter kttek In
Tolmtno ltefiMi
fgetSsI Ctssfe D'Mpit' 'i to Tm si
Romk, Aug. 19. The DJOVSmsal of
Italian troops agSJnat the Auatnan
HtronghoU) of Tolmlno, on the upper
ISOnSOi and against QorKl ih maklngj
prOgrSHi -onrl1na to to-day o( Tibial
war bulletin. Austrian aviatorv are de-
v eloping gn at ai ttvtty. rurt their opera
tions have been effectively neutralised by
Italian artillery.
The official statement giMi out by
the War Office waa a folloWl
In the Tonale zone laouthnentern
Tvroit our artillery graved) dsmaggfl
the fort domlinttlng tiie hetfrb! of
Possl. The enemy was forced t" aban
don his operations on these height
lu th Oordsvole Valley the enemy's
butteries after unsuocsssfully trying
to dishxige our troops from thslr po
itifwu bombsvrded the village of lievs
isivinallongo, causing a oonflsfratlon
in the Rtefti Valley we hsv nude
cimHiUerabh- progreaa, capturing a
redoubt on Monte Pater and trenches
near lbeixtiiiienmiette. SS WSlI a some
prisoner
Near Tolmlno on August 1 a routv
ter attack by Uie Ausi i lans was re-
pUlSed n the fSfSO plate. u our
troofN progressed. t.iklnK prlsonstg
ami nuw hine guns
The enemy le ahowlng great aero
plane activity Our aviators, aided by
our artillery, are, however, frustrating
his effort!
AMERICAN FIGHTERS MISSING.
Of llfie.-n In I nr. ian l.ixlnn Six
Are In Hospital,
,.' i able Drepillrl, S Till. It
I'ahi. Aua l( - Headquartsrs of the
Porsign laglnn al Uyo report list
there are fifteen imsrlvam on thi roll
of the Kim Regime ni six nf mess
have he. n wounded ai d arS in hospitals,
six are fill at thl from, and three,
whose nnincs afe not obtglr.able, nr
missing.
it is undersl I thai the second
Ragtmanti arte- n.-iiin r ganiMd win
he mt to Mom Americana who
volunt eared for servles in Pranes win
he Hllowe,! to i,e inilHtere.l out or he
roine Kronen C1i17.cn and Jem ihs
rcsulnr at tnv '
you
sxauTxsco
was dictated to the Dictaphone)
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