Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1914 — CZAR DEALS VITAL BLOWS TO AUSTRIA [ARTICLE]

CZAR DEALS VITAL BLOWS TO AUSTRIA

Russians Reported to Have Crushed Enemy in Galicia. ITALY TO WAR ON TURKEY Nation Has Army of 500,000 Men Ready to Enter Conflict If Porte Attacks Greece—Fleet Is Also Prepared, Rome, via London, Sept. I.—The Messagero publishes a telegram from Sofia, Bulgaria, which says ths Austrians have suffered an irreparable defeat at Zamose, in Russian Poland, 50 miles southeast of Lublin. St. Petersburg, Sept. I.—Official reports here declare that the fortresses of Thorn and Graudenz, on the Vistula, have been Invested. The Russians have heavy siege guns in operation. The second Russian invading army has reached east Prussia to reenforce the first. Fierce fighting has been in progress about Koenlgsberg for three days. Russian cavalry pressed the pursuit of the retreating Germans into the outlying defenses, which they' now hold. Another report says the Russian troops have smashed through the Austrian left army near Zamose, in northern Galicia, and have routed it with enormous losses. Thousands of prisoners have been Taken, together with many cannon, machine guns, and munitions, according to an official statement issued by the war office.

By C. F. BERTILLI. Paris, Sept. 1. —Italy is on the eve of entering the world war. The Paris Temps says that Turkey, spurred on by Germany, is ready to attack Greece Ln order to regain her lost islands and Salonika. An Italian war declaration against Turkey must follow inevitably because Italy would not tolerate the alteration of the Mediterranean equilibrium in favor of an ally of Germany and Austria. Italy’s Fleet Is Ready. Italy’s fleet is ready for immediate action and she has 500,000 men in arms. ,~ When, four months ago,- Franco made her a big loan Turkey professed peaceful intentions, but she has played a double game. This was first unmasked when Turkey obtained possession of the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau and appointed the German, General Limon von Sanders, as commander-in-chief of her army. This throws her aggressive plans in bold relief. In the coming new Turko-Italian war Roumanla will prevent Bulgaria from taking a hand. Bulgars to Aid Serbs, Rome, Sept. I.—According to the Messagero, the Bulgarian government has informed Servia that if Roumania will abandon her neutrality in favor of Russia, Bulgaria will do likewise, so that all the Balkan states, with the exception of Turkey, will be on the side of the triple entente. The terrific battle which has been raging for several days along the Austrian frontier is now reported to be extended along a fighting line 420 miles long. There is fierce fighting also through east Prussia, Germans resisting the Russian advance at many points. Concerning the Russian army of the center, operating supposedly against Posen, the general staffs of all nations are silent. Kaiser Goes to Prussian Front. London, Sept. I.—The Dally Express has received a dispatch from Rene Velpelman, its correspondent at The Hague, containing the news that Emperor William has left the western headquarters of his army and has gone to the Prussian front. Berlin is terrified at the news of the progress of the Russians in Prussia. Americans arriving from the German capital tell of the alarm. They say hundreds of thousands of refugees from Prussia and Pomerania are pouring into Berlin baggagelesa and starving. The Berlin Red Cross society is unable to cope with the situation and ac-. commodatlon for these exiles cannot be found. Radical Russophobes are adding to the alarm by saying that the Cossacks will lay the German capital in ashes, as the Uhlans have done to Belgian towns. A genetai exodus has commenced. Everybody who can find accommodation on the train is departing for Norway, Denmark and Switzerland.