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THE SUN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1915.
south nf llrlgrade Mid Scmcndr!.-! by UM
army Of Field Marshal von Maekenseii
with the capture of 4r.i prisoners and
three guns. The InVSSlofl of Serbia by
ths Bulgarieai also is announced from
BSrllll, with the rapture of heights rorti-
ndl k mountain ues between Itel-
i railjlk and Kujazevl
Tin following repurt was Issued by the
QMUM War office IhlM afternoon :
The anny group of Field MarKhal
von Mackenscn Is continuing on Its
ourse according to the prearranged
planv Smith nf Belgrade and Hemen
drla the (Serbians have been driven
liark further. 1'rtsoncrs Co the nuni
ber of LiO attd three hums one of them
a heavy gun. have been rnptuml.
The works on the southern front of
1'ossrcvao were Mormed laat night,
and the fortified town thereby fell into
our hand.
The Utilitarian First Army has
begun Its attaek over the east Serbian
frontier. It took possession of the
heights of the passes between Helor
radjlk and KuJaEerle.
Merita Knreed Rack.
Vienna announces officially thAt Ati-ti-o-tjennan
troojm have foreeil the
Kerbs haek over the Hollelrn. an affluent
of the Haiub. The Austrian, official
statement follows .
Austrn-Hungarlan ami t.ermati
troops have advanced rtrro the plain
of Brim and ltrdo. driving the Wet ti
tans over the BottolOB stream, which
flow Into the lianuhe near VItxiu.
ilerman troops have advanced along
both batiks of the lower Moruva and
have captured I "axa revsc.
Tlie Itulgrlan nrmr attacking the
Serbian eastern frontier captured tins
passes and heights between Helo
gradchlk anil Kniashevatt.
In an official statement issued at Sofia
to-tdght the Utilitarian War office an
ROUnoM that Serbian attacks at stra
tegic points on tti'- Bulgarian side of
the frontier, attending the road to Sofia,
were repulsed, hut that the fighting con
tinues, tiie statement indicating that at
these sints at least the Serbs are on
the offensive. The statement says :
The Serbians last night attempted
.in incursion at several jsiinta In the '
district of Kostendll and t'iu llosglle-
grad, aimed at Bulgarian strategic
point Wllch defend the road to Sofia.
They were repulsed. To-day our
troops succeeded In driving off the
Serbians, but fighting continues at
places.
our losses were IS men killed and
lo Injured.
The heights around Belgrade are Mill
In the hands of the Serbs, according to
an Athens dispatch to the Times, the
ricrhlau force being only a mile and
three-quarters from the city. The nan
despatch reports that railway eomniuni
eatfona have been cut near the Bulgarian
frontier and thMt Serbian refugees are
beginning to arrive at Halonlca.
A desjiatch received by the Faris
Tr in p t front Nlsh estimates the ustrn
'lerman losses oil the northern front in
Serbia so far at 10,004 killed and 4t,t00
wounded. The estimate is based tm in
formation recelvgd at the Serbian Army
HeadQuarteri at Nlsh,
The correspondent says :
"There has been severe lighting along
the northern front. According to the
latest report received at Serbian head
quarters the AusTro-i lerman troops or,
the i ibretai-Vati-I! igi adc-Senu ndria
Oradllhtl front have lost S0.OM killed
atnl tb.inin wounded. A wireless mes
sage from treovltEa to the German Le
gation at Sofia . dmlts great losses and
says that the Serbian resistance ex
. eded expec'.atious.
i
I
I rm', Halcnrs to Action.
' Another wireless message
ipher. t
which m Intercepted and decoded, and
Wax supposed to lie sig'.ed by the Ger
man Kmperor or by Field .Marshal von
Meckenaen, urged Bulgat ..t to begin op
erations ggatnat Serbia without delay.
"Deeplte furious attacks and agalnwt
envy iwids, the Serbians are malnUitn-
ing their poaitloni along the Drlna, Save
and Danube. The Serbian fon.et. boa -aver
appanr to be seriously inanaced by
' lerman rvenforcemente, estimated at
four divis.ons. rejsjrteo in the lielihlat
secUoni north of the Danube, and it is
feared that the Serbian army, which is
heroically maintaining the Poggrovac
ront. will be cut in two and thrown
hgok toward the Humataa frontier.
"Deoptte heavy losses, the Serbians
ere prepared :o make all eecrlAce. They
..re urgently demanding that Anglo
French reenforeetnenta be sent in time. '
The resleUUK o of tlie Serbians ha
prevented th Oonnang from advancing
more tin in four miles south of the Ii.cn
UtM ai any point, according to a .Nlsh
despatch t. the Parti 1 of iii, In aptti of
of the fact that the Germans are at
tacking in great force near I'assarowitx.c,
camman.lliig the lower Morava vallei
At
the same time on the eastern front
:he herbs have held the Bulgarians in
i he Tlmok valley A new notion is now
in progress along this front.
Tlie Serbian Government, Nag) des
liatohaa say, will be moved u Mitrovitna,
close to the Moiitenecrin frontier, and
connected with the Ninh-galonjca raii-
ro.cd by a branch line from I'skub if
the invasion Should menace Nlsh.
To Ovatnalae MneegoMlani,
Btojis have been taken to Organtas the
male inhabitants along the Macedonian
frontier of Serbia in:.. Irregular band.
The Serbian Government has made the
.Mayors of Village In This section officers
in the Herb! an army, with instructions
to Organise bands w-hlch w ill b equipped
with Mauser rifles.
A despatch from Bucharest to the Cor
Hen delta Hera of Milan suy that tne
Bulgarian Government has practically
closed navigation on the Danube, laying
mines all along the Bulgarian side of
the rher, Which alone Is navigable
Sewn barges laden with wheat in route
from Russia to Serbia have been selred
by the Bulgarians at Lorn Palanka The
three tugs which bad them In tow were
..so seize I.
According to Bucharest newspapers
t ie Bulgarian have now If.u.uOO troops
on the Serbian frontier, the rest of their
forces being held In reserve to guard the
ItUluanian frontier and to await the go
i.on of the Kniente allies. The Bulgarian
Ida of the Dobrudla and the Buatehuu
section ale bring fortified.
Th French Minister g Bona, m. d I
I'ep.itieu. quoted by a correspondent I
of the I'arls Journal as attributing the
swinging of the Bulgarian people u, the
side of the Teutonic Allies directly t0 u,6 .
Russian retreat, exploited skilfully by i
German agents.
m de Psnafleu opntlnuM!
"The event coincided wit.i n visit
of the i uike or Mecklenburg, w ho found
a ready tool in King Ferdinand, u blind
believer in 1 1. nfian victory. Th 'ham- I
nagne success c.une ton lute to restore
the balance. The Bulgarian people!
understand nothing of dlplomatii o. I
rutatlons: thiy only see .Macedonia to
bn conquered Certululv If the Bus-I
s.an Hag appearid at Varna or Burgas
t might arouse ti.e mentoring nf thsit
Inmost soluls, hut Interest onus before
sent Intent
"It would be premature to express
n opinion for at least a month about
tha possibility of a revolution. The
Bulgarian people are embarking upon a
iislcv adv.nture without Joy, Out It is
beyond i Jem Ion that if they tlnd out
tiny l ave been dee. i veil they will seek
out and punish tin' guilty ones. The
ruptur .f diplomatic relatMni stupefied
the Bulgarian. Kven aiien we went
o get on. pgagportl no one In Sofia
believed we were solng. We were
treated with the greatest cordiality and
our Journal o Dedssgltch was without
incident."
FKIIRS ACCUSE HULGARS.
aa inrylur t Macks, I'lrsi of War.
tt ere Trenclierolis.
Nism, oei 1 1 (dsli
illllliunlcal ion issued
cl I 1 I
to-day
mnrui
y Ihe
ar i lltl. e sayi
"toie r 11 tiie Itulgarians mad
WOMEN HAGUE DELEGATES
SEE PROSPECT OF PEA CE
Convinced After Visits to the War Capitals That!
v ti! iir i i a. r i r.
ucniKereni ruauons woum
Neutrals Movement Started Abroad.
"We ham been convinced that thai
novernments of the belligerent nation j
would not be hostile to the Institution of.
...
such a common channel for good offices
la pence nonfatal ICO of neutral nations)
and that the Governments of the Kuro-
pean neutrals we visited stand ready to
oojierate with nthct- In mediation. ll-
viemlng the situatio n, we believe that of
me, me Bluiuyean nentrall three are;
I ready to Join in sui h a conference and
i that two are deliberating the calling of'
, such a conference. Of the Intention of
the L'nlted Stales we have as yet no evl
I dence ."
This la the crux of a statement made I
j public yasierday here and In Amsterdam
I by the international t'ommlltee of j
J Women for Permanent Pence, which til
appointed at the International I'ongres
or women at The Hague In April last..
The statement is based upon the ri ports
of two groups of envoys, ono of which ,
vented the belligerent countries and Bol- j
land and Switzerland and the other Bus- I
sia and the Scandinavian countries.
Miss Jane Addams Is chairman of the'
committee and those who signed the!
statement with her are Dr. Alette Jacob
Of Holland. Miss t'hrystal Macmlllan of
Great Britain, the aelll Hal J Mm..
Ilosika S. hwlmmer of Austria-Hungary 1
and Prof Kmlly Greene Batch of
Welbsley College. rr Jacobs and Mme.
Sihwlmmer are vice-chairmen of the
committee.
o nae to onferences.
Not only was it possible for the women
who
line from belligerent and neutral 1
nations alike to meet in the midst of I
war and cany forward an exchange of
question and answer between capital
that were barred to one another, but a '
uu unomcial ueieaatlun tliev hail an
audience with the I'ope and the Cardinal
Secretary of State on the auhject.
Tlie envovs drow op their statement
In this CMintrjf! "far removed from the
stress of the conHicI," and it was put
forth "a our united and deliberate con
clusions ' lr AM: i Jacobs, who called
the "!' isnurreas at The Hague, sailed
cm October I, taking with her copies
of the stateiiieut that was given to the
Kurojrcitn work! in Antator dam.
After enplnlnlng that their mission
w.uc to place before belligerent and neu
tral niillons alike the reaolutlon of the
International Congress. cf Women and
eapeclally to place bOforo them the ilefl-
nlte method of a conteronco of neutral
nations ac an agency of continuous
mediation for the ending of the war, the
committee mm It made thirty-five gov
ernmental visits at fourteen capitals.
Would Consider Neutrals' lotion.
I "ur visits to the war capitals." the
statement continued, 'vjonvtnoad us that
the belligerent Governments would not
be opjHieed to a ismference of neutral
I nations, that while the belligerents have
rejected offers of mediation by xingSI
neutral nations, and while no belligerent
.could aak for medial Ion. the neaaBUMi nt
continuous conference of neutral na
tions might provide the maobiner) which
would lead to peace
"We found that the neutrals, on the
other hand, were concerned lea- . ailing
such a conference might Is- Considered
Inopportune i:, one ot othor of the bellig
erents. Here our informal am from the
a surprise attack on us at Korttaa
and Olava. The attack was repulsed
Tiie same day the Bulgari occupied
the positioti of Kits, and advanced
Iwo-thlnl of a tr.ie into our territory,
in the llth they attacked our (Kisi
tlons at Ivm.iovra gnd Llvada, but
were repulsed Thg same ggy they
attacked, without result, our positions
at Plstgia. Boukva, Ratovatl, Kanon(
Virahoulinovi and Qolocht, On the
13th th) attacked the line ..f Tsrwenl-
Kanengrad, repulelng one of our de
tachments Jn the whole Tlmok Bp. er
section the Bulgars opened tire on
our position!. V made no reply.
i m tin- nth they attacked vartoua
points N'ear k ivapa lanka the) at
tacked Ravnomn lvo Fort, and also in
the direct ton of Radlocneyg and in
the Strumitra "alle.
Bulgaria thus began war agalnit
us troacheroul)'i as in lllti by sur
iirNe and without declaration of
BULGARS WITH KING.
llr. lllllon gaga Heporls of I'on
slllle Itecoll re t ufoundeil.
Hgerill C6 ftfsMteA " Tin Si
Lonpon, net. IS. Or, B. J lilllon,
special corrMpondenl of the Dollg Ttt
gruph, tiligrraphi!
"The hope that the decision of Kuik
Kerdinund of Bulgaria wlllbe disavowed
by the Bulgarian army ami by the na
tion at large is positively dangeroua
The reports thai mutiny and tumult!
have been produced by popular resist-1
snce to kiiik ssrdlnand's personal p-.i-'
Icy are mostly unfounded,
"The Bulgarian i pie and their Klni
are one respecting th" politioal i.hje,
to be attained. Kimr Kerdlnand and
the Catctiet alone nr,. n sponsible for
the means adopted, and they will he
duly disavowed by the people, who will
appeal to their beloved Slav brother'
the Russians, if and Whin failure demonstrate-
th. Unwisdom "f the policy
followed ; OtherWlSS til. will he mate
fui n. King Psrdinand ami will show
thimselvsi magnanimous toward da
tinted Russia."
WARNS RUMANIA.
i.okniniifciKer ' Says aaad
Aisiu'i Rgasla slaal lie Made,
fgSefgl II'' I" pnl' h ttt TWI Si
Amstkih.a.m ria London, Oct, II,
Qsrmany is rattling the sword at Ru
mania. The Qovirnmml controlled Bsr
lln ttofentanisisw asks what Rumania
will do if the Russlana go thr. lugh her
territory to hllp the Herb and assure-
Rumsnln that tf shs "linltntis Or si
d tiler-ly
proi i sis t in i iirmanit
I'oiv-
ers oanno) remain indifferent.
"Rumania." tni artlols continues,
"must tltersfon . fiooss quickly ami un
hssitatlngly "
Comnuntlng on King Pirdlngnd's
manllesto, ths LogaloaMiigsr lays;
"The Rulgsrisn nation would have
b. en glad to ..mtlriue it t pegcg If her
Ill-disposed neighbor had sllowed II. but
war wui fori a upon her."
GREECE BIG FACTOR.
Tlmrn" Mil I'rr mlrr'ffi tlltnilt
I it pi i i r i' m I 'i Una t Nlinnic,
Sjtrvi'.il ' libit Ufftpatth t Tnr Si v
I"M,on, lot, HI Sutiinlay). Tin;
Tim say thin morning)
"Tt ultltuilo of Clraaoa hai bcromi
tin linportftfll factor In Ihu wlioli' Ruro-
paaii PonHicH. Wpi who itajtad all upon
i an Uai bftVt the ajhl to know upon
wh ic)i viola tins factor I to i. iaat.
TIm- answi'r mail hy Pramtar ;unih lo
s' it'ii h HummuiiH fur mt promiaad
oy y 1 1 ut mutt be read with dluup-
Accept, uooa umces 01
belligerents, themeelve gavn aesuru.nce
that eu.ll initiative would twit I., re. !
1 seuted.
MSHH7 wviisi live iiiiii an)-
. thing unfriendly In such ac tion by tha 1
I neutrals.' was the assurance given us by
the Foreign Minister of ono of the groat
iieiiigerenis. 'M uovernmeni would
place no obstacle In the way of Its in- 1
all tut Ion.' aald thn Minister of an oppo- i
In nation. 'What are the go trail wait
ing for " said a third, whose name ranks
high tuit only In his own country, but ail
over the world.
Man serloiislj IH.cn-. ..I.
"It remained to put this clarifying
Intelligence before the neutral countries.
A a result the plan of Marling nmdlu
Uon through the agency of a continuous
conference of the neutral naMonei Is to
day being seriously discussed alike In
the Cabinet of the belligerent and neu
tral countries of Kurope and In the pnws
of both.
"It has been argued ttact It Is not the
time at present to start such a proceac
of negotiation and that no step slaiuld
be taken until one, or lis? other party
has a victory, or at least until some new
military balance Is struck The anwe-
we bring I that every delay make more
difficult the beginning of negotiations, j
more nations become Involved and the :
situation U-ootnee more oompllcatod ; j
that when at time In the oourae of the!
war such a balance was struck the
neutrals acre unprepared.
The opisirtunlt) paused. For the
forvcec of peace to be unprepared when
the hour comes 1 a Irretrievable as for
ti military leader to lie unready
conference to be called at anv tin., when
one i.i h. mat ,, , .. n,nn.,n. ...!.. I
tage would lie to favor that side The!
a tUtUfl U'A llHnff t thai Iho lcrcamau.1 .
,-onference would start mediation at a I
higher level than that of military ad-
vantage.
"It has leen suggested that such a
conference would bind the neutral Gov
grnmantg cooiH ratina; In It. The answer
, we bring is. that, as pronoaasl. such a
! i-onferetH'e sltould consist of th" ablest
person of tlie neutral countries, a
signeil not to problems of their own Gov
ernment, but to the common service of
a supreme crisis The situation call
I for a conference cum in a new and
larger mould than those of conventional
dlplomacyi the Governments landing to
: it iiersons drawn from social, economic
and sclent MV fleld who leave had
genuine ltitertiatlon.il experience.
ballenae to Action Wlfll
"We an hut the conveyor of evidence
which Is a challenge to action by the
neutral I Jovemments visited by Den
mark, Holland, Norway. Sweden, Switx
ertend and the United States. We in
turn bear evidence of a rising desire u:id
Intention of vast compan.es of ieop!e in
the neutral countries to turn a Uirreu
'llMlnteresiednees Into an active good will.
In Sweden, for example, more than ton
meetings were held In one day culling
uin the lovernment to act.
"The excruciating burden .if tesion
slblllty for the hflpillaai continuance of
this ra no longer regtl on the will of
the belligerent natron almie I: rents
also on the will of these- neutral Govern
ments and pouulc wtio have been spared
Its shock, but cannot. If they would,
1 absolve themselves from their full atiare
I of reaponiiUltty for bhe contliruanoa of
tlM war "
polntment and shame by all who r-spe. t
obligations and national good faith. If
lie wihIm have another meaning, the
'rr.ii) and the military convention Which
accompanied it were con. lurieil to meet
tlie exact cae which has ariaon.
"It Is ImpoBslbll for the Allies to
acquiesce in M. SalmtS'l Interpretation
of a perfectly plain obligation. They are
materially and directly ooncemed in
learning forthwith whether thsy can
trust the good faith of the country ai
Whom request they landed troops on its
soil The Kngllsh and PYeni h forces
were sent to Halonlca at the invitation
nf th.- then Premier, M. Vmlselos. The
chanse whl. h Kins I'onstantlne thoii(rht
nc to insK,. in tn- premiersnip cannot
ane. t in,. ret. ir the i ; reek ilovern
ment contamplgtei the abandonment of
I me poucy on me sirsngui or whh h we
were Induced to despatch ships and sol-
diers to the flreek port we have the
right to an exact, clear ami unamblgu
I ons announcement of this terglversa-
i tlon."
illuming thai tlie Allies will tnke
tpl to convince the Qsaggi of the
advantages or accepting the invitation
to cooperate, the Times continues:
"The dominant Mediterranean Powers
can apply Mronit Incsntlvsa to the flour-
tsnini maritime mnl iomnier.ini state
ii favor of compliance with frlendl)
representations, Thut thou, reprsasnta
ions will I..- firm, as well as friendly,
we have no doubt. The situation do. s
n.t admit of imif measures, uncertain!)
or .lilac Tiie fate of Or sec ami Hel
lenism ul over the Near Kast Is In
ihe hands of th,. Qreek modIs as well
nt tm- liit i-a i li ivs-rii m.ui t Tiuo
! ,,w. and must remember 'hat
the dsclslon .ll he Irrevocable."
In I
I
HACK RONE SPLIT."
He rll n
nper Sees Ilia I. I.,, ,
VIornvH Valley,
kserlai I obit ftetealcA la Tnr i
U STSgPAM, via London. Oct. 1
. iteriin t.nt.at'inz'iijrr sacs th
I the
n.e i runners oi nervi a nave i.een
i raised .t more than a dosen point I
The most important advance, it says,
has I.een mad! by lien, von Oallwlll !
Into the Morava alley, "tvhlrh
tlcally split! Rsrbll's backbone "
pra. -1
I
HARD To HELP SERBIA. !
tlnjnr VI or III of Itrrlln Thinks t-
lies' Relief M ill ( iimr Too I. ale, I
HSSIdn, via London. Oct. 18. Major
Morallt, Hie rggltldll'l military ex-I
p. rt. discussing tun Serbian campaign,
cmes to th. conclusion ti.at any help
the Allies may send to Serbm will com.
too I. it He lays .
"An Angiu-i'iciicii igpedlttonary force
Would he id value lo bard pressed Serbia
if it arrived in time to partlclpats in
til! deciding battle, but this Is most
Improbable, A single military train on
tie Balomkl-Uskub line could t most
transport only one Infant r btittnllon,
a squadron o( cavalry, or oni battery,
tnie infantry division without supplies,
w .iild require forty trains, ind one with
supplies would requiri slghty.
"KVn asSAUnin! no interruption to
traffic on the two track line, the mili
tary! train could not make more than
fifteen miles an hour, It would easily
take three or four day to bring one
division from the landing plurc to the
point whin Its participation In the
i.K'ii would is. utit. Bvsn with uninter
rupted traffic, day and night, Ii would
Hike ar least three or four weeks to
bring ten division, pay Km, Hon men. to
help the Serbians. Itcmeinrbering that
It Is only ir.h mile between llelgrnde
ami Pi rot, Hint Is UstWSen Hie llulgar
and Aiistro.rn'rmaii armies, one reallSSa
that tin- inems help win he most prob
leouiUeal. "Hul it is most unlikely that traffic
on thl Important strategic railway will
io undisturbed. "
GERMAN LINE NEAR
DWINSK IS PIERCED
,, ,,,,, n ,,
Through at Third
Attpmpt.
HF.RMN ADMITS REPULSE
LoNPON.
Oct. II, Tlie Hussian.
twice repulsed, succeeded at a third
attack In penetrating the German ssl
tlOM over a front covered by "lie bat
talion, northeast of Wessolowo, In the
fighting around Dalnsk, aooardlng to
tne official reis.rt Issued by tho German
War Office b.-duy. The statement make
It plain that the Kitsslan are attacking
all along the Una In this region, and nut
a single gain Is c laimed by the Germans
In the struggle for the Important rail
road centre of Dwlnsk.
HepeatiJ Hussian attacks were re
pulsed with "unusually heavy losses, "
the Germa:. War Office asserts. A Ger
man counter attack 1 now In progress
where the Cx.ir's troops snored a suc
cess. To-day s statement, as those of i
the whole ween past, Indicates that thai
German lines in western Hussia have
been considerably thinned by the with- :
clruwul ..f troops for the Balkan theatre
An aerial lr mhardment of Mlnk Is
re.rted by the German statement.
which say "Ave loud explosions were
heard" and one large fire was observed.
The official German statement follows:
Army group of Field Marslml von
Hlndenburg; Southwest and eouth of
Dwlnek the Kumluu made repeated
attacks yeaterday South of th
Dwink-Novo AlexRiidrovek line they
were repulsed with unusually heavy
losses. Two attacks northeast of We
nolowo algo broke down. At a third
atuick the Huaalan suceedesl In tne
trating our isjwltlons over a width of
one battalion. A "Ounter attack is now
In progress
One of our ailvMpi droptsd bombs
freely on the station at Minsk, where
lerge numbers of troofia Wore entrain
ing. Five loud expliwloti were heard
and one large Are wae observed.
There is nothing to report conoer
Ing the army group of I'tlnce leopold.
RUSSIANS HALT TEUTONS
I'etruarrari
s uceesse
Knu narrate
on Ksvtrrn
Heverat
Front.
.see,a( t agH Beaegfe to Tin: tea,
I iTKisiHAo, via London, Oct, IS. The
Russian War Office Issued the following
statement Isle to-night !
Around Dwlnsk there Is continuous
lighting
West of lcke Obole the Biissians
captured the village of Bavrantti ami
the cemetery northward of Stavrely.
in the Biipet the enenic' was re
pulsed near Nobel. Near the railway
west of Tamopol the enemy was
driven back to the Btrypg with great
losses
At Galvorntika. on the Htrypa nnd
Westward of Trlmhnwla repeated
gnomv attacks were repulsed.
The war Office issued the following
Statement tonight with reward to the
hghting in the Caucaaus !
In the Caucasus, northwest of
MelSsagher, the Turks ban heavily
and lied to Khopal.
South of Van we expelled the Turks
from the Vstnn Pass The enemy
lost tM in killed. We ogpturad guns
and prlHoners.
Austrian Hall Hussian
Hacks.
VtaKKA
War lifti.
statement
Ku.ssla :
via AiiiHcrriam, CX't. 15 The
e iM-ued to-day the following
reKar.iinic operation against
The Russians yesterday attai ki d
our posltlOna west of Tamopol. They
stormed In three flics, but were re
pulsed with heavy losses, There is
notion; else to report.
ITALIAN ATTACKS REPULSED.
! una TaJla f Ww Via ht car
Iflicrnilh.
IjMOM ' f l"llt' h ttt Till M
Vienn'a. VU .m-Jlrr.im. Oct. 10. Th-
w.iv ttrw iMtiad tho foIloWtns utat
manl racardlng ih Italian tho;itre "f
wur :
StrunfC I till I an ..r:.ll-r lire ron-
t.nurH on tha Tto1 frtmr Itfttlan In
f.tmrv MtajCki eUptlnai lha PUitaau of
VtalgafUth durlnfl 1 1 ninht wrt T4--pllltad
after a nhort, lltroa flvht. Ha
nvaad Hltat kx In lha t.uh inornn u
iUao wara rapulaed.
The RltttftUon la uti hunueil on (lie
Carinthian ami coaatal frotus n
Italian datachntont which tfiivancad tu
tha bordar of tha plateau, naar Pataanoi
was repulcM, w':h heay toaaai
I tm I In ii OffVi) I !
laaoiaj Caafi 'rput'-i to Tnr si v
ROMS, Oct. 15. The War Office n.Mie.1
the followlni official aUitamani tonlvhti
Yestenlay niornltif our ir'ops Opar-
itlni in tha Mount Alnotaal zonn auc
caadod m occupy Ins :,n advanced tn.
tion atoni te northern llopei f the
niuvint .tin
ITALY BUYS SOUTHERN PINE.
Order for HtiOOfMMMI I'eei of l.uui
tier a Itecord I iinlracl.
Savannah. !a , Oct, It. An onler
for 51, ,000 feet of lumber, principally
yellow pine, has been placed by Italy,
according to tho snuthirn Lumber
JoUntal The order is said to have been
handled through a Georgia lumber com-
pany with New Vork connection!.
Tlie contract calls for ,000 feel ,.f
i I. ..an is. i... ..mi. i re. i ot t iiniiers. rang-
In in - ie from ' ' I to 1'Jvl'' i.i,l.,.w .....l .
1,600,000 feet of railroad cross ties, sayi
the magai which terms n the largest
slngl 'der SVr placed In the Llnltsd
Stales The lumber is ev te.l i e.,n.
chiefly from Clsorgia, Florida, Alabama.
Mississippi. Louisiana. TttgSS, Missouri
and ' iklahoma
TURKS BLOW UP ALLIES.
Bess bs,
Hen t y
Vrlllleri Bad Mine Inflict
i.oss, ggys i aaaaatlaagli
Constant! norts, via London, Oct. it,
-The latest official Turkish state
ment Igsusd ia-t nlghl follows:
Near Atinfarta ntli, le.l
heavy
losses on the enemy by the
bombs. Our fire damaged an
aeroplane, which foil west of
god and final)) was desWoccd
srtlllir)
use of
enemy
Tuala
by our
Our artillery dectroed an enemy
machine gUII position near Ari Hurim.
Our observation ditaolinients near
Secld ul liahi' inflicted heavy losses on
ti nemy'l right wing after a sur
prise attack with hand grenade! Tun
day night. A mine exploded before his
hfi wing dsstroysd i oonsiderabls
part of tiie s nemy'l tranches
Mnemy torpcio boats and coast bat
teries vainly bom bard sd our artlllar)
Near Held ul Hahr our artillery forced
torpedo boats, which win bombarding
our left wing, to leave the Narrows.
t.frsimi Desertion. Increase,
ieeefgj t ibli Hsigsfs tn tub si n.
LoNtioN, QCi, It, Thl liOAlU Trie-
fro)$k'i rorrnuondini in Amtrdnro
says the uumher of ilerman dOSartSTS
who have arrived In Mollund tins greatlv
Inereassd of late Tits norrast lent
adds that the number would he Mill
gi eater if Ii were not for the fact that
ilerman officers Inliinldatt the men by
declaring that cifitnany ma. occupy
llollund
EVENTS IN THE WAR
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY
OCTOBER 11. 1114.
Ureal battle In progress thirty milea
west of Warsaw, where Germans ar
attempting to make a stand analnst
tho advancing Itueslarix. Bombard
ment of I'rxemyal continues, the Bus
sians drawing closer to the Austrian
fort res
Marquis dl Han OluIIano, Italian
Foreign Minister, u prominent advo
cate of peace with tho Central
l'owcrs, dies In Home.
French troops occupy Uaventle.
east of Kstalnes. in the direction of
Lille.
Holland-Amerlka liner Noordam,
from New York for Rotterdam,
strikes a mine In the Kngllsh Channel.
SOLDIERS IN HOLLAND
FIRE ON ZEPPELINS
One of Four GmtM Airships
VU lng Over Ditch Terri
tory Reported Hit.
BoTTgROA St
wx-re sighted
over Holland
morning and
Vt. Jn. Pour
flying toward
Zeppelins
Gennsny
lerrnory early yesterday
lie n .in oveic- onrn.
narament from the Kutoh eentlnel. Olio
or the huge airship. Iiearlng the number
Is believed to hay., tieen hit
and badly .rippled. The squadron Is
thought to he the mm which bom.
harried tha London area on Wednewdac
night.
At Nlspen l"0 shots were Hred at one
of tho Xa(.pelln before It diKipveureri
toward the German frontier. The I.
insaiits-arssl moving rrtlcallv and
paremly In great dtstreaa.
ap-
NEUTRAL ONE WAY.
London aya Zeppelin Heapect
Holland Only on Way to lintclnnd.
tseoigi en ltpatc tn Tnr. teg,
London, lirt. 16 t Saturday) The
Tunn correspondent at Amsterdam. In
referring to Zeppelins civssing Hol
land, says:
"It was the most Insolent violation
of DtttCh neutrality which tiie Ger
mans have yet perpetrated, The regu
lations of the Dutch Government forbid
telegraphing to England an) warning
of approaching Zeppelins unless they
actually pass over Dutch territory.
When tl.ey.are only seen from the coast
ail telegram legarding them are de
talned six hours, a sufficient length of
time to make a frlendl) warning to
England impossible.
"When going west the Germ.ui air
ships are Careful to keep outside the
Dutch limits, but returning no penalty
attaolie to a violation ot Dutch neu
trality
airships
till' susc
Therefore the homeward Is.und
c inhibited
total disregard of
I'CC lllltw a I.I ill If tilt V ..( If,. -
, , i, , . , "
imiiiK x. erniiient. 'louniles
wisely, sets too (crest itore on the nialn
tsnanoa of neutrality to tx-rmit nny-
tiiiiiK to provoke a rupturs with iier-
niany. out UM feeling of the Mut.h
pao
pic is ii.tolisely bitter.
"Hie Hrltlsh nres and
verunieiit
should
now inHrtt tin The iihriurution rf
Hi.-
rule prewutirrtf the HHllriff of w.iriv.
Ing of
ral lit Hial aim) srwiter tutlvltv
on thl
l.irt or lha sVatharlanda
ties with a v.ew to the prevention of
corstraband trade with Oartnany, which
uis Dooome a scandal. In l
nth ;u lions
. .ii nave tho sympathy
of the Dutch people.
and support
CLEARS ADMIRAL SCOTT.
Ilrltlah lyMtaj sj Blasae for All
Hnlda. lays l oinion NewaskaBe.
fsecfef ia'.lr 0as3cA l.. Tnr s
toNnoN, ict n; (gaturday).
fm;y Ktprtst sxonerstss Admiral
Thl
Sir
..i.y nreii from Diam for :
l ill re to
neao ..tr neppslln attacks and
When he arat appolt t.-.t
says :
nonth aa
,-ir rercy ncott round
existence a
rami wnicn, inouicn planned with the
ben Intention! and manned by volun
teer enthusiastically desirous nf do.ns
their bsst, w.i wholly Inadiquatl to
meet the menace of an aerial Invasion,
it ha iieen nacasaarjf to reorganlis the
ste:n from the bottom up. Klaborati
defence msasures which it would ba un
wise ipacHlcally io mention had oi..
to I..- put to hand and expert gun crews
bad to i. called into txfitsnco.
"Until the organlgstlon is comptetei l
ne nuit suff.r In patience XUl fault
Ilea with the characteristic Hrttlsh 1
policy of nec-er preparing and never I
looking ahead '
HAS ZEPPELIN LOCATER.
Or. de torrsl Hen, lie. London To
il vtiih Protect I v Device,
Dr. Is' de Kciresit, an American In
ventor, whose home is In tin ,ct. Is du
to arrive Iti Isindon this mornini; to
show the Britlah Government ofHclali
how to looata approaching aaspsHna be
fore they net near enoush to their oh-
ItWilYt tn ili am hnt'iti
I r de Forest's 1
I lOVioe will ri-iti'l th.' all
WilV. S In ,,
by th aiproaMiiii(f tfiOppelinO in inu.'li
i he tame way that 1 he microphone
now uiii by th Brttlah navy rrtxis
tin approach of a ubmarine
lie is tho In von tor f tii anitnn am
liiirtcr, b which faobla aloctrlo w;ivi
Bra inafrnirltnl unUI they are of aufft
f'teiif forof to ba rpa Hiorrit That In
vantton wan an ji'lapt ion f thr eanatidaa
.mi: eiwtrh' iiaht Tha new gappailri
h ater la an atUaptlon of the a-rnphiit-r.
BRITISH GUARD GOLD SHIP.
I.cort Hie Lapland, With ft(
BodiOOOi fin" iite tm raast.
The White Star liner Utpland, in
I yesierday from Mvsrpool, was sscortld
about fiiift miles from Llvsrpool by two
. British destroyers to protect her from
Herman submarine attaek She sightld
f... undersea crafl
1'og here forced her to anchorage
twice cm her wa to her pier, a.nl at
though she was reported off the Hook
early In the morning she did not ile.'k
until .1 Un o'clock in the afternoon She
brought in lo r strong room $1,600,000 in
gold, consigned III J I' Morgan Ai Co.,
in payment for munitions already d
live red in Bngland.
W. K. Johnson, an American aviator
who has been In llussia selling biplane!
lo the Itusslati army and Instructing
ouiiers now to manipulate them, ur
rived by the Lapland
GERMANS SEEK FOOD HERE.
KCtll
of
Klrma
sk for 1
l.erard Help.
BssmNi via London, Oct. 1.1. Rsprs-
ssntatlvil of American food tlnm asked
iVrrfbissador Qsrsrd to-day to take steps
toward snsibllng them to ni. oontrsots
which 111)' Mid had been offsrsd by the
Last Prussia Food OontPSny for ulmost
unlimited supplies of foodstuffs The
1 rpresentii lives said that the toOt thus
imported would be used exclusively for
the uttering, olvll population or ths Rug.
sian territory occupied by the Germans
Ambassador Qsrsrd laid his cullen
that he did not believe that an agree
ment f.i- such Import. it.ons couhi be
legchsd In view of the failure of the
Kocksfsltsr Ki ller Commission to secure
the nsoeSlgry agreemeat foi impoit of
f.Kiil fir Poland
TAKES RECRUITING
OUT OF ARMY HANDS
Lord Derby AnnouncosSclionie
(.Jvlnsr Civil Bodlf". Fill
Control.
TO AVERT CONSCRIPTION
. prUal Cahlr DnpalrS tn Tns C.
Is-inisn. Oct. II (Saturday). Lord
Derby's new recruiting; scheme was an
nounced to-night. It main points are
that th recruiting is to be conducted
entirely by civilian organisations, th
work being taken out of the hand of
the military authorities. It ts hoped
thus to obtain a euftVlent number of
voluntary enllatmenta to make recourse
to conscription unnecessary.
liorri Derby described the new system
at a private conference with the Par
liamentary Hocrultlng Committee, and
Joint Labor Itecrultlng Hoard this after
noon. I "The change that J propose mak
ing." ho eald, "have not been neces
sitated by any shortcoming on the part
of the recruiting staff, tiut by the esl-
i g-rn)i,.B of
the present wltuatlon, whtoh.
to my mind, require entirely new meth
ods cif dealing with the subject
"In tho past recruit l uce been found
by the military authorities, aaatated by
civilians. I propose to make civilians re
sponaiMu for bringing raw material In
the shapo of wrults to th military
authorities for theim
eoulp and train.
to enlist, doth.
Thl can bo rendered possible only
tf some thoroughly representative
civilian body tie willing to make itself
roaponsthle for the work, and my mot
grateful thank are due to the two bod
ies the Parliamentary rcjcrultlneT com
mittee ami the Joint labor recruiting
committer which have made themselves
Jointly responsible."
To I s "t tsnoat Tac."
Tho much riiinunited "pink form" will
I.e used in canvassing, but In conformity
with Instructions prepared which. Lord
Derby declared, would reeult In the oe.n- '
vaaslng being "conducted with the ut
most tact and discretion."
All the existing recruiting committee
will 1h utilized ami the municipal and
civil authorities will Is? aked to co
operate. Kvet y eligible man will receive a let
tr signed by Lord Derby, stating briefly
the situation which makes an Increase j
In the army necessary. In order, as ex- ,
plained by Ixirri Derby. "That he may
have a direct appeal and be unable to
say in the future that he was not called
Upon to Join."
Thl Daily Afciil says editorially:
"The tension In the Cabinet on the I
i .1 a . t U.
. iUItihih .l i l I i : Mllll llir- i..i,ni. .
situation continue The recruiting ft-- 1
nres from the various centres In the last I
few days have tieen of such a nature
and there has heen so much ahllly shal- I
lying on tlie part of certain members erf
the i lovernment with resrard to lr !
Darby's scheme that the more virile
member! of the . oaflt.cn Cabinet are ex
pected to take ileftnlte ttteps althln the
next few day.
secret leak Out.
" s t.i tiie minor - auses of disagree
ment, they have not Iieen diminished by
the fact that the Identity of a member
of the i lovernment who has Iieen com-
munlcating the tenor of the proosedtngf
at meetings t.i a radical newspiper cor
respondenl has becotne known tu 'his
collssguss.
"At llrst it was believed the Itnhngt
v. as thro'iKii or... of the minor members
. f tic Cabinet, but nee it nai iieen dis
c.vered t.i.it the offender is one of the
Premier's closset sdharenti it is under -StiHKl
that the IcHkagc has been cheeked.
The milt KjrpreMMt In an editorial
printed in tns type, milk
an appeal for
national unity.
"At tins crisis, awful in its danger,
Inspiring ill Its possibility." the erii
lorlal saj s, "the nation 1 rent unit
weakened by controversy, Intrigue, dis-
agreement ami petty, sPwh discussions,
t'nle.ss we swiftly repent we Insure de.
fea and ., shameful national death
Itisunlnn has been stimulated and en-
rouraged by a few doctrinaire! and in
i guen The nation, united and sagsr
fur any aid . very sacrifice, looks to
:t- ladr! to be united, resolved and
enthusiastic in the pursuit of victory "
10 GERMAN SHIPS HELD UP
tellrltl of Rrlllah iubinarlnr
Urals llea HI....
gis eial Vablt Psspsici f' Tm 9t n
rINPON, Oct IS - The ;my IfOil'l
porrespondenl In Copenhagen, telegraph
inn under date of October It. sayi ten
Herman steainshlPS laden with re have
been held up in Stockholm as a result of
ti i nativity ..f British submarines ge
signed to tie up maritime tfsdl
bel ween
uerman) nnd tn Scandinavian count rtsi.
CriWI of ilei-tn-in steamships which,
wire sunk express satisfaction, tlie re
tort adds, at the treatment Recorded i
them by the Hrltlsh submarine com-j
man. Ier. who helped the men tuv their)
belonging! before sinking the vesseli
KiVI ilerman steamships halting from
Hamburg ire re port sd to hue psaisd
th Soun.l e-ter.ii lieAded for Sweden:
an i convoyed by tisrman oruisers from
tlie intranci of (ha Kill t-'anal to the
Sound.
Atiot er desnatch from C?aantiaan
says nfteen Osrman itiamihipi havi
been s'.itilt by llntlsh lubmarinn
JEWISH CONFERENCE OFF.
N o M lislltnutotl I. II I he rl n . l.ol
.real Meellnu Here. 1
it w.ifc announced yesterday that the
Jewish i , inference, which was to have1
boen hem in Was'i.ngton on October lit,;
has been abandoned Th conference!
was sailed by tlie American Jewish Oom-
inilllee to consider the .lew, ah
problem,
and especially what Amei'hiui .lews shall
I do wlien ih war ends to get that
problem before the world, included in i
the problem are Ihe Zionist movement,
I property and political rights of Jews
and the cue of Jew who have uffered
I through the war. The chairman of the j
I Amsrloan Jewish Committee i ixuis j
: Marshall of thl ulty,
. Almost immediately after the Wash-!
' inginh confirsncs was called oppoeiuon
to it developed This opposition was led 1
ti 1oviih i ksrnnqala cm Hoaton. II waa1
I ituu 10 a ionvivtlon that a pulit.y iiffort
that a polit.y
in ij.uuu.uhu .,,,. ouirni to lie fhoafn
by all JfWH, not by a sii'leoted few, ajiri
tho multitude haa won
E. H. T0WNSEND TO WED.
Yorker I
win Ha spy
1 lied Cms Service
llelgian Itefnaee.
I'AKIS, " SGl
It.
kid WSrd II Townsend
of New TOTai who has been eiiraged In
smbunwoa work r.ir the FrencJiAmarl-oan-Rilglan
Red Cross, is to be married
to Mil. Yvonne Tei link of Itrussele Main,
Mr TpwnSSIld went to New York re
cently 10 obtain the consent of his
mother, Mrs. Junes M. TownsciiU. He
is i-w hare Mils Tsrlink ui-
Bian refugee J
t
BRITISH SUBMARINE
SINKS A DESTROYER
Disposes of One Herman At
taeker and Puts Two
Others to Flight.
T0RPE00 BOAT SI NK, TOO
CopttfHAor.M, Oct. IS. A British sub
marine torpedoed and sank a German
destroyer to-day In th course of an
engagement In which the submersible
appears to have been stone In a light
against a cruiser and two torpedo boats
The hostile craft manmuvreri In circle
around thn undersea boat while trying j
t)' sink It, but when a torpedo struck
on of th attacking craft, which ank
after a great explosion, tha others re
treated. Th submarine then rose to the
surface and remained for some time be
fore leisurely disappearing from the
scene.
This unique - tnlatur naval engage
ment occurred this morning at the I
southern entrance of the Oer Hound, a (
narrow strait osiaeen ienmara ami
Mwedn. connecting the Baltic with the
North Sea Reports concerning It came
from Kalsterbo, Sweden.
The entire crew of th German de
ItfOger I believed to b lost.
Late reports to-ulght say (lie uhma
rlM was th E-IR. and add that a Ger
man torpedo boat also wim sunk near
Kaxe. off the Hani, roast.
The Baltic Is now said to be cleared
of German yel. Of tlfty German ore
carrier, thirty-seven are reported In
ti rned in Swedish ports.
, SUBMARINES BUST IN JEGEAN.
t'rewe of Three I'reneh Merchant
men Tell or Torpedo Attacks.
Mamiili.ii. Oct. is. The crw of
three Krench eteamehlps attacked by
submarines In the .Keean Sea were
0mu(ht here to-day by the liner M ssoiil.
from Halonlca The vela are the
Tunan, rrovervnla. both sunk, and the
Halnte Marguerite, torpedoed but towed
Into port
Officers of the lrovencla assert their
vel waa attacked by an Austrian sub
mersible without warning.
On tlie Yunan eight men on watch on
deck were kllld and Hve wounded by
th explosion of a torpedo Thl attack,
too, wa made mlthout warnine;, th crew
decilargs.
ALL TRACE IS LOST OF
KR0NPR1NZ OFFICERS
Fiv Ballon Also Escaped on
Pm( Vnt'ht rrobablv
KoiiihI for Kiiropt.
Noaroi.K, Vo., Oct It. At least rte
sailors from the Interned Osrman auxil-
itivcruiser Kronprins Wllhelm escaped
""ciTCTie half doien missing officers fioin
that vessel on tlie yacht Eclipse, gom
since Sunday, acconllng to new dll
clOSUm here to-day.
It Is also said that other officers and
men of the Kronprins are necking to gel
out of the country for neutral Kurope. in
ports In the hoi f makitiK their way
to Qernvany, The i;ciipe was well pro
visioned when she left here and may
have had nuns aboard. Seafaring men
say that she could mane her way i' rosi
the Atlantic with favorabl weather m
from ten to twetvi days.
The six mining officers, a- ennounced
lo-liiitht. are Lieut. Hoffman, chief naci-
giit.ii of the Kronprins Wilheltn, ami
Junior Oflloers Ruidebach, Rlekmann,
Pontrinter, Lusifltd and Fischer, whose
ranking .s about fie same j. thut nf
American snslgn.
Tin invest. gators hae learned that
tlie Eclipse a as provisioned Sunday at
Bewail Point To avoid Enqulrlsi the
Osrmans bought si. .ten ;n small lots
and carried then, to the pier in auto
mobiles Kor this reason it was a dtttl
ult matter to trace their steps. In their
haste to get awa tne vessel grounded
and a passing fishing parte aided In re
floating It.
The efforts of two Qertnans to ship
n a liutch steamer winch left Newport
News to-day for Rotterdam aroused
CollSOtOr Hanttlltonf and steps have been
taken to prevent any of the interned
men escaping In this manner. Cisarancs
p ipers of all neutral steamers will he
held up hereafter until naval officers
have satisfied themselvsl that none of
tr.e dormer, officers or sailors is aboard
n'AgHINOTON, Oct It All leave nf
absence for tiie men of the Oirman aux
iliary cruisers Kronprins Wllheim and
PrltlS Bit!) Prlsdrloh, interned at the
Norfolk Navy Yard, hts been revoked
by the Navy Department until the dis
appearance ,,f 'he olflcnm "f the Kron-
prinz Vi'ilhitm i.as i.een satisfactorily
sspiainsd.
EMDEN OFFICER ESCAPES
Slerlln Iteport ins l.tenl. Lauter-
liach Is Home tgjalNi
Sprciai Cobb) Pl&palcA tn TS! Si
LONDON, Dot. la An aerogr. in. from
flerlin lite to-night states that L'eut
Lautorbaeh of the iJerninn cruiser Km.
den escaped from a llrltish prison in
Singapore and nnlved In iirrmany after
tvlng
(.rough great danger
(.reek Heeervlsla tall,
1 ilreek Lint, steamship ':is. .;
I Conitintlnui, which had heen held at
vjuar.iin. tie several nays w.tn SOD cabin
ami J.nno steerage passengers, more than
?.?00 of whom an lirssk reservist!,
sailed last nishl for PlratUI, pssslng oul
of the Hook at '.i -','. o'clock.
Correct
superior
have a
clothes.
Ml
fashion, exclusive desitJii. and
workmanship are things you
right to expect when buying
No combination of any two oi these
sential qualities can be sufficient. All must
be evenly balanced, each must be present
For without all, clothes are not what they
should be.
Our showing of Fall suits anil overcoat- ein
bodies all the foregoing essentials plus value
Brokaw Brothers
Astor Place & Fourth Awnuf
Subwnv Station at Ucsit
ONCE AGAIN
0nc again, we wish to drive
home the obvious truth that
Eromiscs don't amount to a
ill of beans unless they arc
made by those who are both
competent and disposed to
fulfil them.
The only real merit about a
Thompson-Stairett promise to
give an Owner efficient and
economical service consists in
the fact that wc are C0inpt
tent to keep that promi- und
will keep it without quitfcti
or question.
THOMPSON-STARRETT
COMPANY
Building Coatstractioo
GERMANS KILL NURSE
WHO HARBORED ALLIES
i v.
s. Envoy Inform Brittii
of Execution of Mi
Tiivt'll of Rnixsr-ls.
'if raj t ifilf T)riiti'h to Tnr
I iinoos, Oct. in. The Amci i
hassador lias Inforn-.'d th.- 1
Office that Miss Kd th Cavell,
i bead of III Mursea School in Brj
I has been I'SeCUtsd 'y the Qertl c
! thoritlcs.
It Is understood she was ehnrgfd
' I. AT boring furtive allied sod s
. assisting them to escape. 1 i i
no charge .f ssplonagi agalnsl I
It III
')
nnd
gag
VON KLUCK 50 YEARS IN ARMY.
Vrteran i onflHfut ili a. iiMnnf
Ureal (irrinnn LlMri
Hfri.i. let. 1 I i via Isitel
10). "I do not believe the A
break through the Qerman i n
Oen. von Klu k to-day. The pr
the Allies to net through our
ot.
M cat
" sail
i. M I)f
rilfferent from ,.ijr problem lasl Ms
breik through the Russian llnei
ieti. von KlU' k Is rsllhratlni
the fiftieth nniverry of hi- -
Into the army. Asked Whether
soldiers at the front hate the ei
as do the civilians at home. "No
replied, "the soldier bites onl) i
barbaritlas are practised bn tiie en
It t Impossible to prevent barbarttli
war. Any larg arnic i- bound to
such case, though tne nun. -less
than It was in Belgium
"The llelgian campaign in , I
phases never i.!' be known. Much
got into the newspapers, but noi
remember alien I was in tiOUVnltl M
before it was destroyed 1 '.'i'l i :'
in the hospit.it that it was scandi
that they didn't control their
lie merely ihrUggSd his iho i rll
was the same story In thl Pranco-1
slati war. but this time th..- lv
acted differently "
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BRYCE TALKS ON MASSACRES
Sags
Nenlrnl Opinion Vlnsl I inn
. pel nevmato
LownoK, Oe
io
lll I urU's llllnd.
i". Viscount i
Bpeaklns to-. lay at i meeting hi
Mansion House for the lird
I Ii th
Ma)
.
fund to aid the Armenian sufferer.-.
thai only one Power coul.l stop I1
mi man atrocities, and that one I
wmr
i Qsrmany, He said that th.- 'y
remedy was to bring publl opinion,
ttcutarly In natitral countries, to
Herman)' and force her to tags l n
to end the atroeittes. Viscount
proposed a resolution condemnin
atrocities and said that ttiey .! "t
so much the result of religious I lb
rlstn as of businestt Jsalousy,
sir Bdwln Hiara isM thsl the '
cutlon was not lanctlnnrd h t " 1
hamtnedan faith ami that ihs m
ires were deplored I.-. niasi :W
Turks.
BRITISH GRIP STRONGER
Ir Joint I'rencli Sag! Post
Booth of anal tie luapro
ggSHgl Vobt trttpotch i" Tn
( London, i let 15 Held Mart
, John French, referring lo to..i , . .
-Ur
'!l
ly
Herman statement. a th.it tin
change south of La fctassie r.
further improveniei.t ,.f tr.- I: Itlsh ,
lions, lie reports that the Hohi -!
redoubt and other i I gained
I tobsr 1:1 m e held
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REJECTS DUL3AR HOSOES
Duke
nf
lo
Orleans I
lake Tin
lis i rrriln
in Unci..
.nd
Pasig, Oct. IS - a b it. i- of s: rm
biike to King Ferdiimnd "f Bulga
which the Duke of Orleans requi
niotianh to (ake k Ills Jewi
tnllgjgiign orders w pub shed '
day. It was sent several day- agi
was not to be made puulll utilil t
on which Bulgaria entered the
the side of the Central Towers
Another letter, which tiie Iniks
to ismperer Francis Jos, ;.ii of t
at the outbreak of the w.... I pu
Iteierrmg to his marriage to I
dUohSSS Maria Oorotl . n "t...
tune of my life." the 1 1 , ak
Irian ruler to t.ik, r. the few.
the tinier of tie i lolden r'k.
DUt
i iy
0
Frince ismis i
and pretender n
ss married
Dorothiu 't a.i
Vanibir, ic..;
I lippe. I hike o
tin throni of
AruhdUc4ies
cnii at Vienna
List year tlie
oucness obtained a sepnrat ion
Puke us t lie , umax to rtomi
f PS1 ice ahi, h mo) lasted for i
IMIUH refused to gram a dlvor.
Ferdinand a igoUior was a i i
the II. ills, of OrlganS. S'.e .1 .
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