THK - OMAHA SfXDAY NKE:- AUflt'ST- 30, 1914.
FRENCH HOPE IS
TO DELAY ENEMY
German Plan to Crush France by
Terrible Blow and Then Face
Run Being Carried Out.
ALLIES rUBXLY ON DEFENSIVE
Alwi4 Offensive Motrnrit Teey
Wr raraalaa on Frontier
Wwk Ago eek Ooly to
B1rk te Way.
LONDON. Aug. t. Friday has
been a day of momentous new.
News of the gravest character cam
from France, where In a single week
the aspects of the operations have
changed entirety.
Last week the allied armies mere
pursuing an offensive campaign on
alt the frontiers. Now, according to
official news received from Berlin,
Emperor William Is congratulating
his people on the success of the Ger
man arms In the task of putting the
"iron ring" around the allied armies
from Cambrat, Department du Nord,
France, to the Vosgea, while Lord
Kitchener, the British, war minister,
came into Parliament with the an
nouncement that troops from India
are being called to help the British
arms In France, and that the British
army la to be Immediately reinforced.
raat foaaolatloaj.
The only consolation offered the
British public was the testimony
from Field Marshal Sir John French
that In the heavy fighting against
tremendous odds, the British troops,
who suffered severely, bore them
selves with conspicuous bravery.
It la already realized that the ter
rible struggle Is only at its begin
ning, and that the German plan of
campaign, openly revealed to Blr
William Edward Goschen, then Brit
ish ambassador to Germany, by Gott
lieb von Jagow, the German foreign
secretary, as shown by the official
paper published yesterday, namely
to strike the swiftest and strongest
blow at France, regardless of Bel
gian neutrality or any other hin
drance, and then, when France l at
Germany's feet, for Germany to turn
its attention to the Russian attack,
la being carried through ruthlessly,
ParrJy on Defensive.
The offensive strategy of the allies
la abandoned.- The German army, in
vastly superior numbers, has Imposed
on the allies a purely defensive
strategy, which Is devoted to delay
ing as much as possible what now
seems to be an Inevitable advance on
Paris.
Little ran be gathered either from
British or French 'official accounts
of the great battle of the last week.
In fact more is learned from what
is omitted than from what U
slated. The only thing that Is clear
is thst the allies are fighting on the
defensive on ever-receding lines,
while It Is becoming increasingly
clear that the desire to make a bril
liant coup In Alsace-Lorraine was a
weak spot in French .strategy.
Seek la Ml Tint.
On the side of the allies, whose
efforts are devoted to gaining time
while the Russians overrun Prussia,
is the fact that their armies are still
In being and that Germany may run
some danger from their ever length
ening lines of communication. That
this danger is not negligible Is shown
by the newa that Emperor William
has ordered the mobilization of the
last reserves to protect communica
tions and occupy Belgium so that
the troops now engaged in this work
may be released to go to the. front,
where they are badly needed to re
place Germany's heavy losses In
killed and wounded.
The work of provisioning and sup
plying the Cerniaqrnsles Is greatly
facilitated "by tha,, Germans being
able to draw on Belgium for sup
plies. The British public la facing
the disappointing news with patient
determination. The Spectator aays
today la an editorial note:
'. Caase for A as let y,
"There is cause for anxiety and
there is cause for stern determina
tion; above all, there is cause tor
unflagging energy in military prepar
ation, but there is no cause for des
pair or evea despondency. Time ts
with us and against our enemies."
On the eastern battlefield the war
news continues favorable to the al
lies. The Rutblans continue to ad
vance in east Prussia and Poland,
neither the German nor the Australn
lorcea apparently being able to with
stand them.
No Trac e of Tornado at Sacred Heart .
VETERAN UNION GENERAL
DIES IN HOME FOR AGEO
CHICAGO.' All's. .-Brisadier General
Truman Hotchklas. breveted for distin
guished service Id the civil war, died her
tonight at th as of 82. Pine the loan
of the considerable fortune he once pos
sessed and tha death or Ml aun several
ear ago. tha veteran resided at tha
James B. Kins borne for tha seed.
BRITISH WOUNDED ARE
BROUGHT TO SOUTHAMPTON
SOtTHAMPTOIf. England. Auf. Ja
Tha first liospltal ship from France ar
rived here Iat Bin lit with SO British
wounded from tha first battle at Moos
Nearly all tha nsea were injured by shell
fire.
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today. Safe and aura. Mc and 11. All
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SEEK SOUTH AMERICA TRADE!
Agency- in Omaha to Cultivate
Latin-American Business.
MANY REPLIES FAVORABLE
la taswer te limmsi letters of
ftolteltatloa I. oral C oasmerelat
Men See PremUIss R r-salls.
Is to hold a meeting Friday at which the
matter of pushing the export trade to
f-otith America thrnush this channel Is to
be taken up especially.
Favorable replies have been received
from merchants In Brazil, Teru. Equador,
t'ruguaf. I'arafuay. Argentine, and
many other countries. Among others
from which answers have come favora
ble to establishing trade relations. Is
B'.ilgnri. Of course nothing can he dona
! In this relation until the European war
1.1 over.
I Americans Let Short End.
. Th figures of 1912 shorn- thst of Latin-
Through tho International Commission ! American Imports the t'nlted States fur
agency, just organised In Omaha, manu- i nished only one-fourth, while Germany
fmturer and Jobbers hope to develop hss a larre share over the trade, and the
giving; them control of tha Isthmian rall
way.
On ot the many pronounced vasarlee
of the tornado was at tha Academy of
the Barred Heart, Thirty-sixth and Hurt
streets, where the wind leaped over tha
big; building; from the southwest and tore
off the facade on the north, badly gut
ting; the structure. More artistic than
the former front la the new entrance and
apartment, which now make the bu'Iding
bitter than before.
Tho Academy of the Bacred Heart Is
situated In one of the most beautiful resi
dential apots of Omaha. It la a typical
school home, facing the residence of
Bishop Scannell. Its grounds are plo
turesque, wide-spreading and templed
with tree of many varieties. Park
1'la.ce" Is a name most appropriately se
lected, for the campus Is a veritable park,
most Inviting in Its quiet seclusion.
LOUVAIN BURNED
AND CITIZENS SHOT
Belgian Seat of Learning; Despoiled
and Residents Put to Sword
by Army Corps.
fugitives Jell tales op ruin
Clergy asea Shot Dow a aad Naaa
Forced to Flee from Their
Cloisters noaaha I'sed '
lo Wreck dir.
(Copyright. 1HI4. by Press Publishing Co.)
TERNUZED, Holland. Aug. 29.
(Special Cablegram to the New Yerk
World and Omaha Bee.) Louvaln
was sacked Wednesday night by the
Germans and a great part of Us peo
ple was massacred, Including women,
children and clergy. Their nation
ality did not save thera. English
and American clergymen, alike, were
slain. All the noble public buildings,
Including the town hall, library and
university were destroyed:
8m U is the tale of horror disclosed
at Malines by fleeing refugees and
confirmed by the procurer and by
escaped notables from the destroyed
city. The atrocity seems Incredible,
but there is no reason to doubt Its
truth. - r .. - .
Fire oa sr Owa Mea.
What was the cause of this sudden
outbreak 'one cannot as ye; say. The
refugees tell only of the horrors;
they can give no reason, but what
seems to have happened Is that the
German army , was defeated at Ma
lines the previous day and fell back
upon' Louvaia in some disorder.
Reaching the town in the evening,
the German fugitives - were fired
upon In error by their own troops.
Rage at this misfortune and cha
grin over the defeat seems to have
Inflamed the soldiers, who set about
systematically to massacre the popu
lation and destroy the city, whose
monuments belonged as much to
civilization as to Belgium.
Slaughter Beg I as.
It is not possible to put' on paper
the accounts of the fugitives. They
were given In gestures and broken
exclamations rather than In sen
tences. The purport was always the
same, that their population had done
nothing, but last night returning
German soldiers began to arrive.
Suddenly the Germans becam an
gry and began to slaughter, pillage
and destroy. None fct tha horrors
of the worst Incidents of barbarian
warfare seem to hare, been lacking.
City Lira la Balaa.
From what was told me, nothing re
mains of Louvaln but ruina, nor of its
population but fugitive. It la possible
that when tha full atory comes to be
told ft will be found tha horror was not
quite so great, for all accounts are from
people fleeing for their Uvea, but among
those people, were four clvto dignitaries
who were In the city during the night;
snd who were actually, n the hands of !
the Germans but escaped.
They are Inclined to think It was the
German rasa at the defeat at Mallnea
which aet aflame the barbarian passions.
They declare emphatically that sine tho
unopposed occupation of Louvaln by the
German a week ago the civil population
had given no cause for offense.
The attack upon tho unarmed popula
tion came suddenly, tho Germans firing
In the street, going from houaa to house,
pillaging, ravishing, murdering and set
ting the houses on fire Neither age nor
sex was respected. Almost all the clergy
were shot, including one English and one
American clergyman., The monstroua
work continued throughout the night, and
In the morning those officials, wbo bad
taken refugu In tha church, were dilv n
out of town at the point of Layoneta. but
not killed, the fit of murderous raira hav
ing evidently passed.
Fleo Cloisters.
On the road from Louvaln to Antwerp
crowds ot pitiful refugees could be see a.
Nuns fleeing from their cloisters, prtngta
from their churches, the alck carried oa
their beds, the aged tottering along with
tha help of their children, all who could,
carrying" some poor article of household
furniture. In one cart were collected
seventeen children, evidently of several
families, then la another handcart s-a old
palsied woman waa pushed on by her
grandchild. All were fleeing to Antwerp
as tho city' of refuge, tho city which
shudder in the darkness throughout the
alght at the fear of midnight bomb.
Among tho train of fugitive were am
bulance of the Belgian army la which
are carried soilrltloualy the Genua a
wounded to the hospitals.
MILLIONAIRSjCRY FOR FOOD
Such is Observation of Nebraska
Woman in Paris During- War.
MONEY CRISIS WAS GREAT
Mlse Fraacea Lsag of Madlsna
Write Parents of DlfflraKy to
Get Aaaerlraa Paper ex
changed for Money.
"Htranded millionaires came arid aat In
the court yard of the hotel and cried be
cause they had no money to buy their
breakfast," say Mis Frances Long,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Iong pf
Cadleon, Heb., In a letter In which she
describes the experience of herself and
other tourist In Pari during 'the four
days of greatest excitement since the war
broke out. The letter haa Just been re
ceived by Dr. and Mrs. Long, the first let
ter from her lnce the war broke out.
Wis Long 1 conducting a party of
tourUt through Europe. She has made a
number of trips abroad and haa picked
up enough of German and French to be
come a competent guide.
"Tho money crlsla was great." ah
wrote of the situation In Paris. "The mil
lionaire and school teacher were In the
same fix. We had check we could not
cash and th hotel would not take peo.
pie who could not pay. Cook's agency
discounted their own check 33 per cent
Finally the Amilan Express company
cashed check at' pr in French paper
money."
"At the Palace hotel the Americans
finally met to devise way and mean ot
getting themselves home. It wa very
exciting there all afternoon with so many
other Americana, all of tho rich and poor
alike In trouble," write Mis Long.
"Each one had been through some har
rowing experience. Th party stood In
lino twelve hour at the office of tha po
lice commlsslar to register to get per
mission to stay In Paris. Sunday. Au
gust I; Monday and Tuesday nights fol
lowing, th Avenue U Opera wa a Con
tinuous line of solcler and equipment
passing. By Turaday night all wa peace
ful o. nth streets. Friday taxlcabs were
to b had on every hand as of old. Poo
Pie even began to alt out In front of tho
cafe and have their drink. Money
reenied quite easy that day, and many
shop reopened."
The party had reached London when
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Miss Long wrote her parents. They were
to sail for home on tho Donaldson line
from Olawgow to Montreal on August 29.
Bee Want Ads Are Read and Used by
Ambitious Men nd Women.
a large eport business with Fouth Amer
ica, and in fact with all the world as
soon as the wars are over. While the
wars are in progress, however, the Bouth
American, or I.atln-Amrican trade Is to
be especially cultivated. It la the be
lief of the Omaha manufacturers that
while German and English trade Is cut
off with Foutu America, American trade
rhould gain a greater foothold than It
ever hnd before.
The new commission agency haa written
t'nlted Kingdom of Great Britain has
the largest. France also has shipped a
great deal of Its goods to South America
ss well as many other countries from all
over the world. On account of the proxi
mity of the t'nlted States and the added
facility nf the Panama canal. It la felt
th t'nlted fetale should be furnishing
a great deal more than Imports for Latin
America. On the other hand the figures show
that Americana get one-third" of all that
Censors Won't Pass
One Another's Stuff
FAItl", Aug. 3.-The English and rronct
eenroip appear to be as busy on news
psrsed br one or the other of the allies'
official news burenu as on th dispatches
of the newspaper correspondent Tht
Hiltish censorship stops part of official
communications lucd by the war office
in Pari, and the French censors appeal
to have delayed, on two or three occa
sions, announcements made In th IIous
of Commons regarding the situation of
tbe armies. The French censorship, how
ever, seems lee sovere than that In Eng
land on new originating in Franc.
out hundrede of letters to South Amer- I.atin-Amerira exports. In other words.
lean and European merchants with a
view to soliciting business for Omaha
made goods. Many replies have already
been received from merchant in foreign
lands who hope to begin to Import from
America. The work In Omaha Is con
ducted with especial facility, due to the
fact that W. J. Do Winter I doing the
foreign correspondence for the commis
sion firm. He Is a Hollander by birth.
He ha been a student of language all
hi life. Today he speaks, reada and
writes fluently six languages, Knglish,
German, Dutch, French, Ppanish and
Italian. He Is the foreign correspondent
for the Woodmen of the World, and haa
been doing the letter writing to foreign
lands for th commission men on the
side.
Th Omaha Manufacturers' association
the balance of the trade with South
America Is against the Vnlted States, and
the manufacturers seek to change that
condition.
FIGHTING IN STREETS OF
MEXICO CITY IS REPORTED
VERA CRL'Z. Mexico. Aug. 2. -Private
measgea from Mexico City says there was
fighting In the street of the capital
again ysteray and that several persons
tvere killed. The censorship there makes
It Impossible for Mexican refugee here
to get any details. Passengers from !
Puerto Mexico says that General Rlncon j
and his garrison of ) men there have re
volted and Joined the former federal sol-
dicrs who -revolted at Salinas Crux, thus j
Dn.Btn.1 F Bail v
Sanatorium
This Isstltrjtlon ts the only on
In the central west with separata
buildings situated m their own
ample grounds, vet entirely dla
ilnct. and rendering It possible to
classify cases. The one building
being fitted for and devoted to the
treatment of non-contagious and
non-mental diseases, no others be
ing admitted: the other Rest Cot
tage being designed (or and da
(.cd to the exclusive treatment
of select mental cases requiring
for a time watchful care and aptv
M-il nursing.
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FIN
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during the next few days so that room can be made for new
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