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HERALD
HOME EDITION
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EL PASO. TEXAS. MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 26. 1914.
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
12 PAGES. TWO SECTIONS. TODAY.
ALLIES GAIN; FOES FURIOUSLY FIGHT
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In Dang
First Chief Will Retire Now
If A llowed To Be a Can
didate For Presidency.
CONVENTION PLANS
TO OUSTCARRANZA
Zapata Delegates Confer
With Villa Before En
tering Assembly.
WASHINGTON. D C. Oct 26.
Carransa, eager for the Mexi
can presidency, is willing to
retire now II allowed to necome a can
didate in the forthcoming election, ac
ccording to advices Received by the state
department today from American con
sul Silliman. at Mexico City. Carranxa
further requires assurance that the
tenure of the provisional president will
be short
Carranza's attltuCe Is reported to
haie been outlined in proposals sent
to the Aguascalientes conference which
was scheduled to reassemble today fcr
the purpose of ousting Carransa from
his post as chief executive It was ex
pected the conference would take this
action todai or Tuesday
May Coniient To Be Ousted.
Officials here belie ed that while
Carranza refused to take the initiative
jn submitting his resignation, he vould
at id h the comentlons decision.
uld it ote to retire him E iden e
that -n is contained in, .official -ui-i
ices which -reported CarVanza raaSrtng;
no extraordinary mllrtapy: preparations.
Conflicting reports had been received
h the state department as to Carran
za s attitude.
llla'jf Commanders Deponed.
While no coniirmauon has been re
ef i ed of reported disturbances in
Mexico Citv. official advices told f a
general order bj Carranza deposing
maii commanders who were Villa ad
herents in the convention and appointing-
ot tiers n their places. Similarly a
decree was issued b Carranza inform
ing all chiefs throughout the republic
that he nas still first chief and ordered
them to obev only orders from him. Ihe
cnertton nas discussed tnat in secret
sessioa fcut no report of the result of its
deliberations has been received.
Zapata s delegates, pending the ar
rival of which the pottvention marked
tin-e reached Aguascalientes Sunday
after a conference with Gen. Villa at
Guadalupe in which the political situ
ation was thoroughly surveyed. It is
surmised. The Zapata delegates are
expected to throw their votes on the
side of Villa, alid the summary ejection
K)t Carranza from the post of chief
executive is believed certain of easy
accomplishment.
Who will be the choice for provisional
president succeeding Carranza, is not
known. Gen Vlllareal has been dis
cussed. He is president of the conven
tion To Consider Carranza", Retiren-ent.
"K ith the arrival of the Zapata del
egation to the Aguascalientes confer
ence Sundav or today, it was expected
to resume the sessions of the confer
ence today and consider first of all the
retirement of Carranza from the post
of chief executive. In other words, the
convention will cast about for a means
o' getting rid of Carranza, since the
first chief has not only not resigned, as
has been stated with emphasis officially-,
but has refused to resign He
considers that his proffer of resigna
tion, tendered to the previous conven
tion of generals in Mexico City, which
was refused, should be sufficient.
Mould Pentuade Ilim to lield.
It is understood here that a commit
tee has gone to Mexico City In an en
3ea or to persuade Carranza to yield
gracefully The situation Is interest
In" Washington keenl) inasmuch as
Carranza has stated his unwillingness
to abide by the results of the present
cc mention
Chief I, Deeply Offended.
The conention's assumption of su- (
prerre power in Mexico nas oilenoea
Carranza deeplr. Inasmuch as It tends
to take awar his own powers. Car
ranza has refused to uphold the ac
tion of the convention which acceded
to ihe demands of the United States
relitne to the evacuation of Veracruz
b mr-ican forces, and has referred
the decision back to the convention,
tatin 1ms unwillingness to issue a
trnelamotion on the subieot. though
w Ding- to Kire oral assurances to the
TTnited States that reasonable require
ments -would be met. The chief re
quirement of the Unltel States is that
importers who have paid duties to the
I nited States at Veracrux be not
obliged to pa new duties to Carranza
after th evacuation, in case the Unit
ed states turns over to the Carransa
o e-nment the duties already col
lected eir Complication (Arises.
A new complication arose Saturday
nicht when RafaeJ Zubaran Capmany,
ie?cl of the Constitutionalist agency
in ashington, issued a statement say-in-
that the Mexican government
must henceforth not admit nor author
ize the validity of any of the acts of
ran Cisco Urquidi while consul general
at New York "
T rquidi had been called upon by
arranza to resign, but in a statement
Saturda he refused to resign, saying
he took orders only from the Aguas
calientes contention which had as
sumed supreme power in Mexico
Commnnlcatlen In Cut Off.
Telegraphic and mail communication
with Topolobampa has been cut off, ac-
(Centinned on race 9, CoL 3). i
Don't Forget That the Other
erf Carranza Plans C
ANGRY
7fl UliC
iimn lifid
SEMT HIS REPLY
Aguascalientes Peace Meet
ing Resumes, With jNo
Promise of Peace.
The Aguascalientes conference, which
has been practically adjourned, pend
ing the arrival of the delegates of Gen.
Zanata. was scaeduled to reconvene
Monday. According to advices received
here the 26 Zapata delegates arrived at
the convention city Sunday. Tney were
accompanied by Gens. Obregon, Chao
and Castro, who acted as an Invitation
committee. Gen. Obregon, leader of
the Carranza delegates at the conven
tion, has with him the reply of Car
ranza to the demands of the conven
tion. It is understood that the conditions
upon which Carranza will retire as
first chief in charge of the executive
functions are
Demand A Ma, Retirement.
First that Villa sever all connections
with- the army.
That Zapata turn over his command
to a man to be named bv Carranza.
That the "plan de Guadalupe" be
jised as the basis for drafting a new
protocol which will be called the
"Plan of Aguascalientes."
If these conditions are not carried
out. Carranza is understood to make a
veiled threat that he will be forced to
use force to drive Villa and Zapata out
of the republic.
Carrancistas here have received no
definite word as to the contents of this
reply. They express the opinion, how-
ever, that Carranza will make It plain
to th. invention that b will strictly
live up to the plan of Guadalupe and
will continue to hoM office until, a reg
ularly elected president takes office.
Much resentment is felt b Carraacis-
"faa regarding the assumption of su
preme power by tne convention.
Lul, Herrera Reported Wounded.
Carranza agents here declare that
the attack on Parral by the Hen-era
brothers was not a breach of the arm
istice declared by the convention. They
point out that Herrera has never been
notified that an armistice was In ef
fect and that any military movement
he may have made was done entirely
on his own responsibility A rumor
that could not be confirmed was in cir
culation Monday to the effect that Luis
Herrera. who was reported to have led
one division of the attackers, was se
verely wounded and that it was only
with great difficulty that he was re
moved from tne town wnen tne iler
rera forces, fled.
Although- views regarding the out
come of the convention are not being
expressed by officials of either fac
tion, there is a noticeable lack of op
timism. Both sides are still charging
bad faith. During the whole conven
tion ammunition agents have been
kept busy at conferences with purchas
ing agents of the two factions and
purchases of war material have been
as large a prior to the convention.
Hostile movements of troops are also
Ireely cnarged by both sides.
Many Secret iVgrnts Here.
El Paso is overrun with secret agents
of both the Villa and Carranza fac
tions. It Is stated that Villa has no
less than 54 agents, both Americans
and Mexicans, on this side. A form of
persecution by these agents is charged
by the Carranclsta agents, who de
clare that the recent arrest of E. J.
Lopez, lice consul, is directly tracea
ble to the activities of Villa's secret
service. Villistas, on the other hand,
charge that Carranza spies have Keen
extensively operating in Juarez and
that attempts have been made to dis
rupt the border town garrison.
Fedrrnl, Again tetlTr.
Federals along the border are again
reported as active. The principal Jun
tas are located at New Orleans. San
Antonio. Galveston. EI Paso and Los
Angeles. Charges have been made by
Carranza agents to the state depart
ment at Washington that active re
cruiting by Villista agents is going on
at Laredo, with a view to placing a
Villa force in the heart of the Car
ranza territorj Maytorena Is accused
01 recruiting men in Los Angeles and
other coast points.
Reports from Vam anri & Tr4ta
Monday stated that all fighting had
come to an end. but that the Mayto
renistas were making active prepara
tions looking to a large increase In
their supplies.
HERNANDEZ ASKS FOR A '
CORRECTION OF REPORT
J D Hernandez, consul in EI Paso
during the latter part of the Huerta
regime, has issued a statement denj
tng the charges he says were printed
In "El Liberal." of Mexico City, that his
occounts were not correct when he
turned over the consulate to Rafael E.
Muzqulz, Constitutionalist director gen
eral of consuls According to E1 Lib
eral." he was responsible for 40.009
pesos and turned over but 30,000 pesos.
Mr Hernandez has sent the following
telegram to Jose Ugarte. editor of El
Liberal "Constitutionalist consul Jorge
Orozco has telegraphed regarding the
transfer of the consulate, furnish ample
proof of the mistake in your notice of
the embezzlement. As a matter of im
partiality. I wonld request you to con
tradict this report"
MAYTORENA RELUCTANTLY
REMOVES DEFIANT YAQUIS
Washington. D C. Oct. 2, The war
department today received from CoL
Hatfield, commanding American troops
on the Arizona border, a message say
ing that governor Matorena of Sorona
was slowly and reluctantly, and the
Yaqui Indians defiantl, leaving the
vicinity of Naco
PnQDnl
ALLIES THREATEN TURKEY
ILL FIE UPON
GEEPiS IN
OPEN SEA
Vigorous Ultimatum Follows
Departure of the Cruisers
Goeben and Breslau.
FLEET Of RUSSIA
STARTS TO PURSUE
England Is Also Ready to
Shell and Sink Former
German Warships.
T OXDOX. Eng Oct zfc A vigorous
threat which may succeed In
definitely aligning Turkey on one
side or the other, probably on that of
Germany, in the present war. has been
delivered to the Ottoman government
by both England and Russia.
A dispatch from Home. Italy, states
that the Russian and British ambassa
dors at Constantinople have Informed
the porte that the allies will promptly
RresUu the S.T",?! .h 1- "
?"-. 5. next Uro. ."r emerge
""'": "l" ?Prus, wnicn tney are re-
ported Just to have entered in haste.
fleet Pursue the Crullers.
The Russian ambassador mtainAA
to the porte that the movement of th4
ivasetan neet in the direction of the
Bosporus was due to the fact that the
Breslau and Goeben had left Turkish
territorial waters.
The Goeben and Breslau were Ger
man cruisers which entered Turkish
waters, escaping the allied fleets, and
were reported to have been purchased
by Turkej. though the German offi
cers and crews were retained. Tht
Turkish government refused a demand
of the allied powers for the repatria
tion of these men.
Tiik enpreme efrort, of the
flchllnc men of five nation,
hnve failed to turn the We
of the battle aloni; the Franrn
Belslan border. Latest report o
lnr were that a strncgle of unpar
alleled fury rran still In pregre,n
nlonc the North sea. where the
fiermans vrlth rccLIm bravery are
flinglnc their troops agalnat the
allied forces.
The French offlelal statement In
dicates that an attempt to ent off
the German right nlnir has mnilr
some projtTe. If. n In said, the
allies have extabllnbed tbelr front
from "1 pre, to Itoallrrs. the German
line ha, been thrunt bneU In a sbarp
ancle, the point of nhlrh I, conM
erhly to the northward of their
force, on the shore of the ortb
sea
The German movement ncro,, the
Aser which prevented a menacing;
axpert to the allies, ha, been
cheeked, the French war office
TOLL OF LIFK KNomiOlS
All neeount, ncrre that the Soil
of human life exacted In thl, cru
cial struggle I, cnormouu Three
meadow, near Ontrnd. n Ilritl.li
correspondent, report, are heaped
with f.erman dead.
From the remainder of the 1aG
line of battle, stretcblni; to the
ionth and ennt aero,, France to the
edse of Switzerland, there la no a
word, tpparently both side, nre
nwnltlnc the outcome of the con
fllet to the north, upon which de
pend, future plan, of eampalimliic.
although It 1, probable that heavy
flcbtlne I, In progress to the north
of Aerdnn. where the army of the
German crown prince I, mal.Ing an
effort to pierce the French line.
GUI: IT IIVTTLE miCDIG
Iteport, from the eastern frant
Indicate thnt the greatest battle
of the war In that nrea I, Impend
ing. Vustrla, In Its latest official
statement make, the claim to hav
ing thrunt strong force, ncro,, the
Carpathian, In the face of determlurJ
re,t,tnnce. German and tuntrinu
forces. It I, said, have now a strong
wall of troop, along n well estab
lished line which stretche, from
the northern spur of the Car
pathians before the long disputed
fortress of I'rarmysl and on Into
the dlsttriet of I'lock. Defore thl,
line I, arrayed the army of the
Rulan,, now said to hnve been re
inforced by troop, from the Cau
casus. Mberla and Turkestan. The
Anxtrlan, claim auccesse, In en
gagement, to the northea,t of
I'rzrmynl and on the lower an.
CLVIJI (.EIUIINS mrrilCVTI'NC.
Latest dlnpatchr, from l'etrograd
say that the German, nre contlnn
Inc their "precipitate retrenf and
haie etnrnated I.odlr.
BVTTLl: VT TMNG TVl
o word ha, come up to early
nfternoon of the fighting nt Tlnc
Tau. where a small garrison I, nt
teniptlng to stand off attack, b
land and sea from the comlilnrd
Japanese nnd British force,. He
eent report, that relation, between
China and Japanr,e were helmr
strained were strengthened b .
word from IVkln that the Chinese
foreign minister bad demanded the
surrender of a Japanese torpedo
boat which entered Chinese water,
I Tne War At a Glance
I 1
RUSSIAN CZAR IS HIS SOLDIERS' GOD
Czar Nicholas is the head of the (.reek Orthodox church n Rusia Hi V pi-jf i t ie T? i i' ami ln person is
sacred. The cult of the saint- is very prominent in Russian reltn i uli i i - u im I'ylit. wur-iunul by
the members of the houseltol 1 Eves the regiments have their respective ikons and twice a day all the soldiers amrraMc
for prayers and kneel when tue sacred ikon is presented to them. Religion as naturally nsed as a mfi of deretopin;; pa
triotism and loyalty to the ifahl fcaiue. The oar knows that as long as his soldiers regard him as their spiritual as
wdt as their temporal leader he can depend on their devotion
Herrera Repulsed, Returns
and Takes Parral,
y-tEX Madovlo Herrera is in pos-
6 -j session of Parral. Chin., accord -"
insr to Mexicans w ho arrived from
the captured cfty Sunday night. Beaten
off by the Villa garrison m the first el
tack last Friday morning, the lxM men
under Herrera returned Friday night to
the city and by daylight Saturday
morning were in complete possession of
the town. The arrivals from Parral, a
Mexican and his son. stated today that
Herrera captured ana executed 4 pris
oners. Herrera Repulsed at First.
First reports brought to the border
were that the Herrera Brigade had been
repulsed in a five nour battle lasting
from 5 to 10 a- m Frida) morning
Latest arrivals from the scene of the
fighting say that this was true but
that Herrera forces returned in fore
Friday night and drove the Villistas
from the town. Details are meager It
Is estimated that the killed and wound
ed on both sides will total 300. not
counting the 49 prisoners executed by
Herrera.
The first attack was delitered In the
same manner as ilia captured Juarez
last tear, when he rode quietH into the
border town with a trainload of lu0
men and captured it with hardly anv
trouble Parral was Just as unprepared
IS.CilHT
Jury Disagrees; Case May
Not Again Be Called to
Trial, Is Belief.
New York. Oct. ! Mrs. Florence
Conklin Carman, who was on trial in
Mini ola all last week, for the murder
of Mrs. Louise Baile. was released on
1-5 000 bail b lustice Charles II VTel-
My in the King's courty suprero court
in Brooklyn, mis aiiernoon. Accom
panied b her attorneys, sne started
immedlatel for her borne in Freeport.
Mrs. Carman was admitted to bail
pending a second trial or a dicision to
quash the indictment against her
There Is a strong sentiment that 'she
will not again be brought to trial.
Defendnnt Collapse,.
The Jury which tried Mrs. Carman at
Mineola could not agree Sundav and
was discharged It was said the jury !
stood ten for acquittal and two for
conviction.
Mrs. Carman, disheveled and openly
nervous collapsed when the jury re
ported its inability to agree, and was
carried fainting from the court room.
and attempted to tow away the
wreck of the torpedo boat beached
by the German, to escape destruc
tion by the Japanese.
ION MOLTKB IWTHIJRVUS .
V message from Ilerltn confirm,
recent report, that Gen. on
Moltke wo, no longer acting n,
chief or German general staff.
Owlag to hi, Ulnens. It wa, nald.
hi, place wa, being filled by Gen.
A on Falkenhayn.
!
Fellow Has Rights
omoromise
rttPZRQB OFRVS5IA AJtONC HIS TROOPS
w hen Herrera's troops slipped in to the
city shortly before da light. Americans
who brought the story of the first at
tack to the border said
Nearly Took the Town.
In a surprise attack carl !at Fri
day morning Itaclovio Herre-a. com
manding Carranza forces, almost r ip
tured the city of Parral. At the end of
three hoars of house to house fighting,
in which dynamite hand grenades
played a leading part. Herrera was
rooted and fled to the mountains to the
west of the city
More than 100 men on both sides
were killed in the fight. Herrera los.
200 in captured and a number of -Machine
guns. The battle was witnessed
by an merican mining man who ar
rived here Sunday He watched the
fight from its beginning until the Her
rera forces (led. lying all the while be
hind a stack of bullion bars on a car
ttack a Complete nrpri,r.
"Parral was absolutely vith-jut
warning of an attack." the Americin
said. "Herrera evidently expected to
take the town In much the same manner
that Villa captured Juarez. His m'n,
who had been encamped a short dis
tance outside the city, were loaded on
to flat cars with the machine guns i n
limbered. and' the whole force rolled In
to town before the garrison had any
idea that an attack was imminent
"The first shot as fired at about S
a. m A mom nt following there was
a crash of rtfle and machine gun fire
IIS IK
Atlanta Man Charged With
Murdering Girl Makes
Unusual Plea.
Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. :( Argument on
a motion to set aside the verdict by
which Leo M. Frank was found guilty
of the murder of Mary Phagan on April
26, 1013. was begun before the state
supreme court here today. The motion
waa based on the contention that the
defendant was not present in court
when the verdict was read. Frank was
convicted August 2. 11 S.
In their arguments. Frank's counsel
alleged that while the Jury was delib
erating "the air about the court room
was surcharged with mob violence
and that the trial jude had suggested
frame be ansented when the verdict
was returned
Solicitor general Hugh M Dorsev.
for the stite. contended that the waiver
of Frank s counsel, in which he held
Frank acquiesced, of the defendant's
right to be in ourt when the verdict
was returned, was legal and binding
and barred the setting aside of the ver
dict on the grounds stated in the mo
tion. OMSHUM) CVIt KKI'HKTKI)
YlRKCRKl) MS1K I.s Oil CBS
An Overland automobile was wrecked
at a point about four miles below Las
Cruces Sunday afternoon, according ta
a report receied here The car is said
to hate fallen down an embankment
without injuring the machine or the
occupants.
e
Is Report
as the Herrera troops dashed up the
street from the station
Cuartrl, Captured: 4 Killed.
One of the large tuartls was sur
rounded and captured, the doors being
blown in b dynamit hand bombs. In
this ruartel were 4 men who had. re
cently been disarmed the Parral
commander as he believed that 'hev
were Herrera st mpatbizers. Many of
these were killed in the fighting at the
4uarteL Twelve, howeier were led
out after the cuartel had surrendered
and were shot by the Herrera troops.
"One of the first men to be killed was
Capt. Soeo, a trusted lieutenant of Her
rera. He was shot a moment after the
troops detrained. By S 30 the attack
was in fall force, with fighting general
throughout the cit There was a per
fect rain of bullets around the station
where I was watching the fight.
ilia Troop, Rally.
" f ter the first shock the Villa troops
rallied and the attack developed int3 a
house to house engagement. Great 4a-n-age
resulted to the iUistas from tr
use of the hand bombs, with which tne
Herrera men were will supplied. Ex
cept for these and the damage caused
b hullrts. the town suffered little, as
no fires were started
"The battle lasted for three hours. Af
ter a desperate resistance the cuartel
was recaptured and the Herrera forces
fled. I think that most of them got
.. ,.,, ..,,.1 i. nmno, n 111.1 c nit y UAU
left a strong guard
Demands that Japanese Ves
sel Be Given Up For
Violation.
Fekin. China. Oct. 27 The Chinese
foreign minister has demanded the sur
render of a Japanese torpedo boat with
its crew which entered Chinese waters
and substituted the Japanese flag for
iht Chinese dragon and attempted to
tow awa the wrecked German torpedo
boat S-0.
SB'S VTB RRSCIn TR.fFKR
OP VVriVHRP CONML GENER II.
Washington. D C. Oct 26 It was
disclosed toda that the senate in
executive session, just before adjourn
ment of congress Saturda). rescinded
its action confirming the transfer of
consul general Harr W Diedrich from
Antwerp. Belgian, to Barcelona Spain
in place of consul general Carl Baile
Hnrst, transferred to ntwerp
Rescindnig of the transfer was satd
to be based on the fact that the Ger
mans had taken Antwerp since objec
tions were made by Belgium against
Mr THedrich because of his German
ancestrj
BRITISH OFFICER. K411 KRRY
TO I1LKE. LAI IN HATTLB
London. Eng. Oct 2C News is re
ceived from Oswestry that Capt. T. H.
Rivers Bulkeley. equerry to the duke
of Connaught, has been killed in ac
tion. tear a?o last spring Capt.
Bulkelev marrud Miss Eveli n Pelly,
I 1 id In waiting lo the duchess of Con
1 mught
As Well
mmm quip
CHINA DEMANDS
ricDPn v
MLliljLU
The Germans, Hurled Bacli
Attack Again and Again
With Reckless Bravery.
DEADLIETHICK
ON BLOODY FIELDS
Accurate Fire of Fleet Deci
mates German Legions
in Battle,
LONDOV, Ens., oet. 2t-What pro
wess if any. the German right
has made since crossi g the Tser
betsrean Meuport and Oixmnde. in Bel
Siusa, on Saturday, today stood high
above all other questions asked In Eng
in,i.COnc?rmn(? the sttion of the
m! ,.tr.mJes; "J" dn"tcd the Ger-
t5,..kI,u wi"e has ben Poshed back.
.mat the Germans crossed this bar
rier is admitted 1 v both sides ut
whether the h he.- able to pi,T
forward or nheth the ha-r- ui i
opposition frim i ih in" F .-
armtts as to be r 11 ' na swa is:
ond the we--eri hir i et to be
re. orded in oificial statements.
The fight in this canal webbed sec
tion of Belgium to penetrate which, and
gain the channel ports. Germany has
" sacrificing so many men. covers a
comoaratlvely tln area of the whole
oattlo line in France and Belgium, but
here unquestionable the dead he thick
est This fact is due. not only to the
determined rush of the German forces
but also to the accurate fire of the Brit
ish and French warships.
Await German Fleet.
England is now speculating on when
the Germans will attempt to bring their
navv into action off the Belgian coast
German submarines hae been dodgins
here and there off the coast during the
past week, so far with no successes. It
would not surprise the British if the
sea phase of the struggle became mr-
general and more pr nounced in the
nar future, though nothing liKe a .i
eral naal action is expected
Fight Fiercest Over 3S Mile,.
There has been no marked change 'n
the situation since the latest official
communications were issued. The -on
tending forces were at each other s
throats todav. prmcipallv along the "
mile line stretching from XieuDOrt t..
J the rier Lis. A struggle, violent but
perhaps less actixe is raging thence
southward to Arra
Confirmation fro-n Paris that tlie
German extreme right no longer is be
ing manipulated by Gen Von Kluek
came as a distinct surprise here M
was said last week that he had .yen
superseded bv Gen Von Arnim. but t le
latest version has him rema'mnr "n
the Visne wmle grsnd duke lbre-h
of Wnrtemburir and others are gu' !
ing the destinies of the armies in F. 1
gium
Prepare ntwerp For Defence.
Of the dispatches unfavorable to the
Germans, was one saMng that nt to
was being put in a state of defence n d
entrenchments were beirg prepare
. protect the road to Prunes.
protect the road to unices. mon
the reports held here to be rldlcM'i -.
was that uerm-inc was ouuuiiix -i
submarine tfansocrts with which she
hoped to land troops on British soiL
Thrust Germans Back.
The aHied armies according to a
irAnh Affleisl statement issued th
i afternoon have thrust the German right
wing in Belgium far oaca a no -n le
nient says the allies have estiblished
their lines from Ypres to Kouliers
which indicates considerable adance
against the German lines.
Terrific fighting, the heaviest of the
war l still in progress, todai and
aU reports indicate that northwestern
Belgium has been turned 1-to a sham
bles. Despite anv temporary reverses,
the Germans, with reckless braven
are hurling their lesr.ons against the
French lines in an e'fort t urive their
way through into France
Farther south, to the north of Ver
dun, the armv of the German crown
prince is making a supreme effort to
pierce the allied lines.
Allies Holding Ground.
The French official communication
gien out this afternoon in Paris sas
that Sundav the French line between
Nieuport and Dixraude was maintained
The text of the communication fol
lows "During Sunday our front along the
general line between Nieuport and Plx
mude wns maintained The German
forces which crossed the Tser between
those two towns have not been able
to progress.
"Our front was held also in the re
gion between Ypres and Ronliers. be
tween Ammentieres and Lille, to the
west of La Bassee and of Lens and to
the east of Arras. This line is con
tinued to the south b the line which
alreadj has been indicated in the offl-
! cial communication
"The Germans seem to nave sus
tained considerable losses.
nespernte Fighting In East.
"Russia To the north of the Pillcia
nur the Germans hii-e been forced
back on Low ic? Smierniewlce and
Riwa, which hat been captured at the
bayonet point by the Rnsslans.
"To the south of the Pilicia there
has been a life or death engagement
(Condoned en rase 9. CoL 1)
As Dutie