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WAR AND PEACE SIDE BY SIDE Belgian Peasants Reaping Grain in Sane Field in Which the Soldiers Are Digging Ditcher on the Outskirts of
Liege After the Germans Had Made Their Assault on the Forts.
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claim to have gained positive suc
cess sre in the Vosges mountains
and in Lorraine, where the German
are Bald to be In rntreat.
The statement that Emperor Wil
liam has gone to the Russian fron
tier cannot a yet be confirmed.
Independent views of the fierce
fighting now going on In east Prus
sia and in Ualirla are entlrelr lack
ing, so it Is a case of one taking bin
choice between the German, Austrian
and Russian versions of the battles.
(irnrrnl Haiti IUanr,
LONDON. Sept. 1 (2:45 a. m.)
Today la the anniversary of Se
dan, and It Is fully expected that the
German army in France will make a
supremo effort to celebrate In some
strikingly effective manner.
Fighting bas been resumed all
along the front, according to the of
ficial French account which admits
thnt the German right wing con
tinues ita advance. No other details
of this fighting have come through
and Jt Is not known whether the
British army tas again been en
gaged. According to the Farls Temps,
while the German forces are ex
hausting themselves by their tre
mendous exertions far from their
base, the French, by their superior
transport facility, are able con
stantly to bring up fresh effectives
bo as to prolong the struggle indefi
nitely and wear tne enemy down If
they do not beat them.
Aetroplaaea Cirri lit Sky.
A Times dispatch from Paris sneaking
ef the fighting In the north says:
"Throughout th fighting of the last
few days. swarm of aeroplanns have cir
cled tha ky.
"The enemy's supply arrangements sr
reported to have broken down and their
men in some rases subsisting on tha fleab.
of horses. The Urltish. transport la
working admirably. The spirits of the
British and French troops are excellent"
Sltaattoa la "talloaary.
LOKDOX. Hept. !.-( p. m.V-A dis
patch to the Renter Telegraph company
1 rem Antwerp glres the latest official
communication Issued there. It says:
"Tne situation throughout the country
is stationary. The Oermana have evacua
atad Aersrhot and railway communica
tion haa been restored over the greater
part of the Camplne country. Mallnes
was bombarded for an hour, although he
town was not occupied by fk-lglan troops.
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This was a frexh crime agalnat the civil
population. A dispatch to the Poet from
Antwerp says that the Germans have
I evacuated the province of Antwerp, pre-
aumatily as part of their scheme for tho
withdraws? of unnecessary troop, who
will be lined to replace those taken for
service against Tlusaln.
fiermana Leave Vlllaaea.
I1NIKJN. Hept. 1 (10 a. m.) A dis
patch to the neuter Telegram company
from Paris aaya that a member of the
French Chamber of teputles for one of
the northern department of France, who
haa arrived at the French capital, de
clare there are no Uermans at Mile,
llroubalx or Toureolng.
The group of town referred to are In
the department I Ml Nord and all within
twenty miles of tho Iielglun frontier.
lHspatche laal week aid they had been
occupied by Gorman troop.
Alllea Preiiare Hefene.
lXNION. ept. 1.-47:01 a. m.)-8everal
persons who reached Pari today from
northern towns, aay a Parla dlatch to
the neuter Telegram, declared tht Ihey
were much tmpreaaed by what they aw
on the way. No German were ae-n but
the preparations of the allies for a de
fenalve fight filled them with confidence.
The presence of German officer in
terned at Aurlllac to the south of Paris,
rsuBAd disorderly demonstratlona among
the populace during the night The com
mandant threatened rigorous meaaures In
the event of a recurrence of the disturb
ance. Parla Not Dlatarbea.
LO.rON. Bert. l.-(7:0J a, m.)-A die
patch to the Heuter Telegram company
from Pari elates that when the bomb
fell yeaterday in the Porte Bt. Martin
quarter from a German aeroplnne the
people In the vicinity, believing It due to
ar. exploalon of gas, ruahed from all side.
The fire brigade arrived promptly, as did
the mayor, the commlaaary of police and
representative of the French aviation
service.
As a matter of fact Parisian show no
dlapoaltton to be unduly disturbed by
theae bomb Incidents which are generally
regarded a a rather harmlea effort on
the part of German avlatora to create a
panic.
Two More German
Bombs Fall in Paris
PAIUS, Sept I. A German monoplane
dropped two more booths in the streets
of Psrle about 6:30 o'clock this evening.
Everybody Reads Bee Wsnt Ada.
Steamer Reaehea Boatoa.
HOSTON, Sept. J.-Th. steamer I,o
nlun of the Iyland line arrived from IJv
erpool t.Kiay will, ito im.engere, prln
dually Americana who fled from Kuroiie
after the outbreak of the war. On paa
aenger aald he waa compelled to remove
an artlflclul leg to aatlafy ofnclal on
the Ir ranco-Hwtea frontier that ha had
concealed nothing that might aanlet the
enemy. ,
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BERHSTORFF SURE
KAISERWILL WIN
France and Britain Defeated on
Land, Asserts Ambassador
to United States.
TEUTONS CANNOT "BE BEATEN
Uermaa tr Iatendeil Simply a
(oaat Defence, Hather Thaa an
Inradlaar Power, aya
Mlnlater.
HI I.I.ICTIN.
LONDON. Sept. 1 The corre
spondent of the Express at The
Hague wires his paper that Emperor
William has gone to the Russian
frontier.
NEW YORK. Sept. 1. fount Johann
van Hernstorff, the (Jermttn ambaaandor
to the t'nlted Htatee, received from Kerlln
two mora mcanagoa which were made
public hero tonight. One of them told of
the capture of about 30,000 Kuaalan sol
diers and many high' officer, as previ
ously announced by the German embaaay
at W'aahlngton. The other meaaage read:
"Rotterdam newapapcr correapondent
wa an eye wltne of the perfldlou at
tack of the population of Ixtuvaln on Qer
man troop. Officers of general staff
found with throata cut. In I,onawy ma
chines for the fabrication of dum dum
cartridges were found"-
Teal (iarble.il.
Hero the text ol the mcHRge became ao
garbled aa to be unintelligible. The words
"evacuated" and "French garrison" and
"00,000" appeared. IHecuasIng the con
flict the ambaaaador aald It was "the war
of the (lerman nation, man for man."
"Oermany did not begin tho war," he
aid. "It did not want war; It I and al
ways haa been willing to have peace."
France and Great Ftrltaln are defeated
on land, the ambassador declared, and
have only recruits or volunteers to send
against the Gorman.
"We cannot be beaten," he aald. "That
la hy we have taken about 40,000 men
from the weatern border to the eastern
border to precipitate against the Rua
alana." Can Cope with Allle.
Count von Ilernstorff aald that Germany
haa more than enough trained and thor
oughly equipped men still on the weatern
boundaries to cope with the combined at
tacks of the allies, even with their re
plenishment of reservea.
lie aald that the winning of the war on
land waa the all-important thing alnce the
defeat of the German navy by a greater
navy was not unexpected, the German
navy being Intended slmly as a coast de
fense rather than an invading power.
EXCURSION BOAT .
. RACES WITH FIRE
(Continued from Page One.)
truck the breakwater. The paaaenger.
most of them in their night clothe, were
lan ed and the flame were aubdued
after a three-hour fight by the fire tuga.
The burning ateamer settled a few feet,
but It will be possible to rehabilitate it. It
I said.
(aptala Avoid Panic.
To avoid a panic the passengers who
were asleep in their state rooma were
not called until the boat waa near tha
breakwater. The paaaenger were
unanimous in their praise of the work
of the ahip's crew.
The City of Chicago belonged to the
Graham A Morton Traneportatlon com
pany and had been In uae since 1W) ss
an excursion boat. It left Benton Harbor
late last night bound for Chicago.
Captain Chariea Carland of the life
axing aervice tn k charge of the rescue
work. He and Captain Bjorck ssld the I
paaaenger had acted with remarkable
coolness. Women and children were given!
the first opportunity to reach the pier i
Stationing himself at the side the
boat, Captain Blorck shouted that not a
man waa to leave tne amp until tne
women and rhlldren were afe.
Mont of the passengere rushed to the
upper decks when they learned of the
fire and nearly all of them were clad
only In their night garments when they
left the boat. No effort waa made to
aav personal effects.
Among tha puasengers reacued were
George Col and slater Porothjr pf Wa
ve rly, la.
The wtreteae of the City of Oilcago
failed to work. Its bow was sustained
by the pier, but the stern settled In th
comparatively shallow water. Fir tugs
and other craft xtlng-ulshed the flames
In Its cabins
Bar Baraeal Near MaarMlta.
IAK1AN. la.. Sept. 1 (Special. V-The
Krank Hill farm alfalfa barn, two and
one-half miles east of Magnolia, was
atrjek with a bolt of lightning and de
stroyed by fir at ( o'clock yesterday
morning. It was a large building and con
tained ixty ton of excellent alfalfa. The
lora la aald to be partially covered by Insurance.
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French War Office
Along Various
PARIS, Sept. l.-The following official
statement was issued by the war office
tills evening:
"The situation In general la v tually aa
follows:
"First In Voagee Snd In Lorraine, It
muat be remembered our forcea, which
had taken the offensive at the beginning
of the operation and driven the enemy
outside of our frontiers, afterward un
derwent serious checks, liefore farre
burg and In the region of Morpagno,
where they encountered very solid de
fensive worlis, our forces were obliged
to fall back and to reform, one part on
Cotironne do Nancy and the other on the
French Vosges.
"The Germans then assumed 'the offen
sive, but our troops, after having thrown
them back upon their pualtions, resumed
the offensive two days ago. This attack
continues to make progress, although
slowly. It la a veritable war of sieges, as
BELGIANS BRING
WORD 0FH0RR0RS
Commissioners Arrive in London
Carrying; Message to the
United States.
SAY PEOPLE ARE MADE SLAVES
In Addition to Suffering I.oaa of
('Idea and Proprtyt Peaaaats
Forced to Harvest Ger
man Crop.
(Copyrighted, 1914. Presa Publishing Co.)
I-ONION, Sept. 1. (Npecal Cable
gram to New York World and Omaha
Bee.) bringing a message of thanks
from King Albert to King George for
what Kngland has done for Belgium the
commission or high officii,! appointed by
tho king to visit America to Inform tho
people of the United States of Oerman
atrocities arrived here tonight. At noon
tomorrow they will be received by King
George to present their message.
They will depart for America In a few
days. Their plana are not fully ms.de but
they will go to New York, thence to
Wellington. Their mission la entirely
official and the facts from their aide will
be placed before the government at !
Washington.
Hope for Out bn rat.
Although Belgium now contemplates
no 'requeat for American action, feeling
that In view of the American declaration
of neutrality thia would be Improper,
there is no eercret they hope that when
the American government and also the
American people learn the full truth
about what happened In Belgium there
will be a snonUtneoua outburat of Indig
nation which may bring some definite
result. If it doea not. the officials feel
that merely laying bare their facts will
have a splendid efefct on the ultimate
settlement of the war.
Members of the mission make no effort
to conceal their indignation and are un
able to find word to express their bitter
condemnation.
The latest phaae of the German
wrong-doing, coming after the Zenuelln
exploit at Antwerp and the burning of !
louvaln and other cities, is the German
seizure of hundreds of Belgian peasants I
and forcibly taking them to Germany,
where they are forced to assist In hsr
v eating.
Count de Lochtervelde, secretary of the
Belgium prime minister and now secre-1
tary of the American mission, comment
ing upon thia phaae, aald tonight:
"It la a return to savagery. Our peo
ple are bring mad alavea and forced to
work in German fields. It I whst they
did In the dark ages."
He aald a'ao that the story which the
mloslon carries t.i America is horrible.
and added: "Belgium Is not looking for
sympathy, but wants the full truth of
German atrocities known"
Rich Belgians Have
Guaranteed War Tax
Levjed by Germans
LONDOM. Sept . 1. (MO a. m.)-A dla
patch to the Kipreea from The Hague
aays the four richest men In Uelgliun
have guaranteed the payment to Ger
many ot the war tag which tha Germans
levied agalnat Belgium. The four man
ara Ernest Bolvay, tha ''Alkali king;"
Baron Lambert the Belgian representa
tive of the Rothernlld. Kaoul Uarocque,
the mine owner, and Baron Empaln, the
railway magnate.
"Had not thia guarantee been given,"
says the correapondent. "Bruaaela woud
probably have been treated as Louraln
waa. Big guns were mouated In front
of th palace raady for bombardment.''
i 4S p. m An Oxford undergraduate
Describes Situation in General
Battle Fronts at Considerable Length
each position occupied Is Immediately
fortified.
"This explain the slowness ot our ad
vance, which Is, nevertheless character
ised each day by fresh local successes.
"Second The region ot Nancy and
southern Woevre alnce the beginning of
tho campaign in this section, between
Metx on the German side and Touland
Verdun on the French side, haa not beon
the theater of important operations.
"Third in the direction of the Meuse
between Verdun and Mezierea, it will
be remembered the French forcea took the
offensive In the beginning towarcs
Longwy, Neufchateau and Pallaeul. Thg
troops operating In the region of Spin
court and I-onguyon have been able to
check the enemy's army under the com
mand of the German crown prince.
'In the regions of Neufchateau and
I'alineul, on the other hand, certain of
our troop, have received partial checks,
which obliged them to retire upon the
liw roicu Mi'iii ill,- wi iiihii iiora iih
arrived In London' after a trip through
houvain and Brussels, lie aays the Hotel
De Vtlle. the beautiful f.fteenth century
structure, had not been set on fire or ;
damaged by the Germans. In fact, the
officers said It was their Intention to
save the building.
The cathedral however, he says, was
not allowed to go scot free, as all the
windows were knocked In. The fabric
wa still Intact when he left, but was
filled with refugees.
FIERCE BATTLE IS
FOUGHT NEAR MONS
(Continued from Page One.)
warned us that the German Infantry was
advancing.
"We had hardly extended ourselves
along the grass when patches of blue
and green were seen on the sky line and
soon battalions of the enemy were made
out following each other at regular In
tervals. "Our batteries let rip and gouged holes
through them. "Bravo," was Bhouted by
the pi at toon commander as he watched
through his glasses.
Aviator Dlrevet Cana.
"Now the order was given to fix
bayonets, d Before the enemy arrive.
the artillery fire had Increased until It !
w as an inferno. German aviators were !
directing their guns and at time we
fired on aeroplane, but our shots
were Ineffective. Our gunners had an
awful time aa the German cavalry got
behind us and charged right up to the
gun. Very few of the German es
caped, however, for whole platoons
ruahed to tho rescue emptying their
magazines at they ran.
Kalaer'a T poo pa Mowed Down.
."A moment later the Germans were on
us from the front. We let them come
until their breasta rose above the neigh
boring hillock and then we declminated
them. They fell back In confualon and
dropped to the ground.
"Scorea of machine gun were turned
on us and we were ordered to prepare
to charge. On the word of command we
sprang from the ground as one man and
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Meuse, without having their organisation
broken up. This retiring movement haa
compelled the forces operating In the
neighborhood of Splncourt to withdraw
also toward the Meuse.
"During the last few day the enemy
has endeavored to apread out from the
Meuse with considerable rapidity by a
vigorous counter-offonalve. They were
repollcd with great losses. In the mean
time, fresh forces oY Germans advanced
to the district of ltocroy (In Ardennes)
marching In the direction of Rethcl.
Now a general action Is taking place be
tween the Mouse and Rethel and It is
still Impossible to see definitely the Issue
of this.
"Fourth Operations In the nor'h: The
French and British forcea originally
took up positions In the Dinant aftd
Charlerol country and at Mons. Thvy
endured several repulses and the forcing
of tho Meuse by the Germans near
Given."
with yell after yell charged the advanc
ing Prussians. As we neared their rsnks
wo fired indiscriminately and only a few
remained to cross bayonets with us. The
remainder rushed off and were shot in
the back as they went. They left more
than half their regiment on the field In
killed and wounded.
Fond Scarce la Drnsaela.
A Belgium business man, who has Juat
arrived in London, said that food waa
already very scarce In Eruaaela.
"Only about one person In a hundred
can afford eggs and milk," he raid. Peo
ple who arc rich enough to have milk
twice weekly are considered vry lucky.
The Germane have directed the auburb of
tt. Gillies to supply to the military 400
bottles of w ine dally. Brusaols proper had
to contribute daily 70,ftl0 pounds of bread,
while tho suburb of Audonghem supplies
40.000 pounds of meat."
GERMAN ADVANCE j
CHECKED BY THEIR !
TERRIBLE LOSSES
i
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Ostend sayg Independence, a local '
newspaper, declares that the Orruan
governor of Brussels hag ordered the
expulsion o the British resident !
within twenty-four hours. The Eng-'
llshmen have lodged a protest with
Band Whltlock, the American am
bassador. The Germans are ortlfylng the en
virons of Brussels and they have
transformed the cemetery Into a re
doubt. Queen of Belgium
Arrives in London:
I-ONDON. Pert.. l.-(4 0 a. m.)-Queen
Elizabeth and her chidren who arrived
In London last night, were met by the
Belgium minister at the station and pro
ceeded almoet unnoticed to tie residence.
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