Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 251, 1 September 1914 — Page 1

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FACING SIEGE BY GERMANS fciYench Cabinet Discusses Necessity of Transferring Seat of Government to Mar seilks or Bordeaux. $,000 Residents Depart and Rcfo& Trains. BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, International News Service Staff Cor '"n.,, respondent. PARISTSee..!.' Meeting In extraordinary session, 'the cabinet today considered the question of removing the seat of government from Paris in case the capital is besieged. The matter was left undecided ' because of an encouraging report from Minister of .War Millerand. If it is decided that the government will be taken from Paris, it will be shifted either to Marseilles or Bordeau. The latter town was made the seat in the Franco-Prussian war, but Marseilles is considered now because of the fact that the archives, if necessary might be taken to Algiers from there and remain on French -territory. At the conclusion of the cabinet meeting M. Malvy, minister of the Interior, said: "Things look brighter. Paris is now passing through a period of suspense unparalleled for more than forty years but is quietly hoping for the best. It will be a long war, and we must make the greatest "sacrifices, but we shall win in the end." Capital Looks Different The progress of the Germans toward the capital has led to striking changes in the, aspect of the city. Though dropping of bombs from aeroplanes over' the city on Sunday and late yesterday has failed to cause panic among the residents of the capital, it has, nevertheless, hastened the departure of women and children for the south. To facilitate their departure, the war department today turned over sixty trains. About one hundred more will be available by tomorrow, ,w Gaiety has disappeared :fromPaf isI Last night all street lights were extinguished by order of the government. ' By 8 o'clock the cafes were compelled to close. They were unable to serve their patrons in the darkness. Eighteen Thousand Flee City. During the last twenty-four hours Jiine thousand Parisians have left the city. By night It is probable that eighteen thousand more will have fled. Sixty trains furnished by the government will accommodate at least three hundred persons each, and all the places will be taken. The rush to escape the ordeal of the Biege began at 8 a. m. today when the gates of the railroad stations were opened up. Thousands of women and children had waited all night in order to be sure to get aboard the first trains out. Soldiers had herded thera into long lines that wound in and out in the streets about the stations. No baggage was allowed on any trains that left for Bordeaux. Scores left the lines when they learned that no lug gage would be permitted, but those who had anticipated such a condition had packed their most valuable belongings into small bundles that they could carry without trouble. OF FLEES TO BY BURTON L. FRAZIER. Ifitaff Correspondent for International News Service. LONDON, Sept. 1. Fleeing from fthe horrors that war has inflicted on her country, Queen Elizabeth of Belgium arrived hero at midnight, and is rtoday an honorcr guest at the home of Lord Curzon, former Vice-Roy of fjndia. The fugitive queen was accompanied by her children, Crown Prince Leopold, aged 13, Prince Charles, aged 11, and Princess Marie Jose, aged 8. The party travelled on a yacht from Antwerp to Folkstone, and thence by train to London, where the queen and her children were met by the Belgian minister, and escorted to the home of Lord Curzon. Queen Elizabeth was a Bavarian princess before her marriage to King Albert in 1900, and grieves deeply over the fact that the forces of her native land, and those of her adopted country are at war. BATTLE OF SEDAN 44 YEARS AGO It was Just 44 years ago today that the battle of Sedan was fought. It resulted In an overwhelming victory for the Prussians, and marked the real turning point in the War of 1870. After an all-day battle, which began shortly after day-break, the German forces forced the French under joint command of Emperor Napoleon III. and Marshall McMahon to surrender. Nearly 290,000 or 300,000 men laid down their arms and were made prisoners, together with the Emperor. The French loss in the battle that preceded the surrender was 17,000 dead and wounded and 21,000 prisoners. About 3,000 Frenchmen succeeded In escaping into Belgium. The German loss was 470 officers and 8,500 men killed.

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The photograph above shows a type of motor car employed by the Germans for field service in carrying and repairing aeroplanes. The armored body of a dismantled monoplane is shown loaded on the truck. Under the plane may be seen the ingenious field workshop where are carried the small parts and tools needed for minor repairs. The photograph below shows a type of heavy ?un now being used by the Germans as a field weapon. Note the "caterpillar" wheels, with movable "feet" with which the gun carriage is equipped, making possible the movement of the weapon across uneven and swampy ground.

BERLIN OFFICIAL ASSERTS ALLIES WANT WAR END Predicts England and France Will Soon Sue for Peace and Russia Fears Final Outcome. Holds Forts About Paris Open to German Demolition and French Army Practically Surrounded. BY FREDERICK WERNER, Staff Correspondent for International News Service. BERLIN, via Amsterdam, Sept. 1. Prediction that France, England and Russia would soon sue for peace was made today by a high official of the German government. He declared that the rapid movement of the German armies into Paris had struck terror to the French and British, and that the same terror would soon be felt in Russia. "We have suffered no severe reverses in East Prussia," he said. "We are holding the positions expected to at the outset. The main force of our offensive campaign was decided against the French and British. It has been successful. "The French profess to believe that Paris is impregnable. They thought tne same thing about Liege and Namur. Even if Paries does not fall, what will be the result? Without an army, the French will be unable to do anything. Along the frontier and through Belgium we shall hald a steel armanent that pone can scale. Don't be surprised if you hear that the combined British and French forces have been surrounded and forced to surrender. That will be the conclusion of it. "Then we shall turn our attention to the Russians. Our army and that or Austria are withstanding the barbarian hordes admirably. With the French and British eliminated, we shall be able to strike with full force at St. Petersburg. Then Muscovy will cringe." Asked what reparation would be demanded by Germany if the allies sought peace he replied: "We sought no war. It was forced upon us. Is it unreasonable to suppose that we would expect the enemy to reimburse us for our expense?" ONE GERMAN SHOT KILS 125 MEN BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Sept. 1. The Germans used a 14-inch naval gun in their attack on Liege, according to a story told to the Express correspondent. Failing to reduce the, Liege forts with tue ordinary siege guns at their command, the Germans sent to the Krupp factory for the huge naval gun. As soon as it arrived the Germans placed ic in position four miles from the nearest Liege fort. One hundred and twenty-five men were killed when the first shell from the naval gun landed in the mess room within the Belgian fortifications and exploded with ter-

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LONDON DOUBTS OF VON BUELOW Amsterdam Dispatch Says Famous German General Dead From Wounds Received at Haeten Battle. BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Sept. 1. A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam says that General Prince Von Buelow, of the German army, died today from wounds suffered in the battle of Haeten. This report is undoubtedly false as an official statement given out in Berlin named this general as proceeding against the forts in South Belgium recently. Prince Von Buelow, who is a major general, was born in 1849. He entered the Royal Hussars in 1870, and took part in the Franco-Prussian war, serving as Lieutenant in the army. -He later entered the German diplomatic service and became a minister of state, and secretary of state for foreign affairs in 1887, serving until 1900. Afterwards he became imperial chancellor, and president of the council of ministers. He served until 1909 in those positions.

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BY LIEUT. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT. LONDON, Sept. 1. Reviewing the campaign, Lieutenant Ashmead-Bart-lett, one of the. most brilliant and reliable experts in Europe, in today's issue of The Telegraph indicates the strategic moves of the Germans in their march on Paris. He writes as follows: "It is evident that the Germans have been compelled to abandon their attempt to outflank the left wing of the allies. They are now making a desperate effort to beat through the allied lines and to occupy a line running through Noyon, Lafere and Laon." (Noyon is on the Oise 58 miles northeast of Paris; Lafere is on the Oise 72 miles northeast of Paris; Laon is 75 miles northeast of Paris.) "That is to say they are trying to gain the shortest road to Paris. The reason for this is obvious. At Lafere, they strike the main road to Paris running by way of Noyon, Champiegne and Senlis." (Champiegne is on the Aisne, 42 miles northeast of Paris; Senlis is a railroad town 25 miles northeast of Paris.) "They would also command two main highways. One of these highways pass through Noyon, Kichampiegne and Senlis. and the other through Soissones." (Soissones is on the Aisne river 56 miles northeast of Paris.) "It seems they are endeavoring to drive a wedge of troops into a rough circle formed by Noyon, Champiegne, Soissones and Laon. The grand scheme of German strategy therefore become apparent. Three German armies are marching- on Paris. The most westerly Is that operating in the vicinity of Lafere and endeavoring to enter a rough circle formed bT,Koyon

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ARMY OF KAISER HISTORIC DAY PRESSES FRENCH War Office Admits Left Wing of Allied Army Compelled to Give Ground to Germans. BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK. PARIS, Sept. 1. Exactly forty-four years after the battle of Sedan, the German army is pressing relentlessly upon Paris today from the north. The war office issued an official statement today admitting that the left wing of the allies had been compelled to give ground, but asserting that the French had gained new advantages in the Lorraine region. A battle has been in progress for twenty-four hours along the center, but thus far neither' side has gained the advantage, the war office says. The official statements follows: "On our left the Germans have gained ground. In the center the fortunes of battle have not been decided. There has been no change in the situation there. "In Lorraine we have gained new advantages." Champiegne, Soissones and Laon. The central is that which is endeavoring to seize the main road by way of Rethel and march on Reims." (Launois is in the French department of Ardennes. The former is 18 miles east of Paris; the latter is 6 miles northwest of Launois. Rethel is 110 miles northeast of Paris, located near the Aisne river. Reims is 73 miles northeast of Paris.) "The third army is that commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William, which is also endeavoring to converge on Reims by the way of Montmedy, Stenay and Mezier. (Montmedy is a river town 150 miles east of Paris. Stenay is on the Meuse 158 miles east of Paris and 30 miles southeast of Mezieres. Mezieres is 130 miles east of Paris on the Meuse.) "Of the position of the allies to resist these three attacks we know but little, but with the immense forces which should be at General Joffre's disposal, tnere should be little difficulty in holding back the entire German force. "A victory has been won at Guise, but nevertheless, the German have been progressing in the region about Lafere. "This would seem to point to an undue weakening of the center of the allied line to protect the left wing, which is no longer menaced. "Apparently the German defensive Lorraine, which assumed threatening proportions last week has been completely checked. The French advancing have seized the right bank of the river Mortagne. It may have been that the German offensive In this quarter was nearly a blind to stop the movement of the French corns toward the north," .

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BY LEASED WIRE. PARIS SepL 1. Three German spies arrested within the French lines south of Amiens were mobbed when they were brought to Paris today. The squad of soldiers guarding them had great difficulty in driving the frenzied-crowd of men and women that shouted "death to the spies" and tried to wrest the prisoners from their captors at the Gare Du Nord. The German prisoners were captured last night at Boauvais by Cavalry after they had made their way through the French lines in disguise. BELGIANS BLOW UP GERMAN TROOP TRAIN LONDON, Sept. 1. A German troop train has been blown up in South Belgian, according to a news agency dispatch received from Ostend today. Many soldiers are reported killed. RUSSIA ADMITS SEVERE LOSSES FROM GERMANS Kaiser's Defense Stiffens and Invaders Lose Heavily in Invasion Movement of East Prussia. War Office Claims Capture of 17,000 Prisoners and 122 Guns From Germans and Austrians in Fights. BY LEVELLE MURRAY, International News Service Staff Correspondent. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1. The general staff admitted today that the German troops opposing the Russian advance into East Prussia were putting up a hard fight and inflicting severe losses on the czar's troops, but asserted that though the progress of the invasion was slower than last week, it was still progressing favorably. "The German defense has stiffened," said the official statement issued at the war office, "and we have suffered heavily, but the foe has more seriously losses. Arrival of fresh troops has strengthened the German line, but it will be unable to withstand our attack. "Our successes in Galicia continue. The Austrians that invoded Russia have re-crossed the Vistula, but not without heavy losses. The Russian cavalry surrounded an entire regiment and forced it to surrender. REFUGEE LAYS DOWN $7,000 FOR CABIN BY LEASED WIRE. NEW YORK, Sept. 1. Two more refuge ships, the Holland American liner Ryndam and the Italian steamer Principessa Marilda arrived today from Europe with 1,673 passengers on board. As much as $7,000 had been paid for the passage over in a cabin de luxe on board the Principessa Marilda which had been chartered by John E. Jones, the United States consul at Genoa. John W. Blodgett of Grand Rapids, Mich., headed the party of Americans, who guaranteed the charter price of $184,000. 'More than 1,000 Americans were on tae Ryndam, of which 700 were penniless. The Weather FOR INDIANA Showers and cooler tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy. Cool south and east portion. Temperature Today. Noon 84 Yesterday. Maximum , 78 ... ....... ... 4

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French Center Holds Against Kaiser's Attack Great Britain Takes Over Marconi Stations on English Channel "for Naval Purposes" Action Portends Flank Assault on the Germans or General Attack on Opponents' Fleet Antwerp Claims General Pan Defeats Enemy Germans Take 70,000 Men, Commanding Officers and 300 Officers, and All Artillery at AUenstein. LONDON, Sept. 1. The censorship was suddenly tightened at noon today without any warning. Numerous dispatches relating to the operations in France and Belgium were held up by the government's orders. The government has taken over the high power stations of the Marconi Wireless company in the British Isle. They are to be used for naval purposes.

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GERMANS CAPTURE 70,000 MEN AT ALLENSTEIN. BERLIN (via wireless to the International News Service via Sayville, N. J.), Sept. 1. An official announcement issued here today says: "The German victory at AUenstein proves greater than expected. The Russian forces, consisting of three army corps, were entirely crushed, resulting in the capture of 70,000 men, commanding generals, 300 officers and all artillery. "The French army advancing at Combles in a flanking attempt was completely repulsed by Gen. Von Kluk's army. "At St. Quentin an English infantry battalion was captured by General Von Buelow. "The Crown Prince, advancing, has captured the garrison and fortress of Monemedy." A previous official announcement from Berlin had stated that five corps of Russian troops had been taken by the Germans. AUenstein, the scene of the fighting in East Prussia, lies on the Alle river, 65 miles south of Koenigsberg. Combles is in the department of Somme, 20 miles from Cambrai, and 75 miles northeast of Paris. Montmedy is 150 miles east of Parish St. tjuentm lies in the heart of the theatre of warfare in northeastern France, about 80 miles from Paris.

GERMAN RIGHT WING ADVANCES. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. "Progress of the German right wing continues," was the news contained in a brief dispatch from the French war office to Ambassador Jusserand here today.

FRENCH LINE IN CENTER HOLDS LIKE BULLDOG. PARIS, Sept. 1. "Our line is holding like a bulldog in the center," said Minister of War Millerand today as he left his office after a conference with General Gallien, military governor of Paris. He refused to make any further comment on the situation, but he showed no trace of anxiety.

ANTWERP REPORTS FRENCH VICTORIOUS. LONDON, Sept. 1. Reuters correspondent at Antwerp sent the following dispatch today: "It is reported that General Pau has been successful in a brilliant engagement at Peronne and that 50,000 Germans were killed and wounded."

HOLLAND CLAIMS TWO GERMAN CAVALRY DIVISIONS WERE DESTROYED. ANTWERP, Sept. 1. Wild rejoicing was caused here today by reports that two German cavalry divisions (12,000 men) had been destroyed in Belgium, and that French forces under General Pau had won a great victory over the Germans near Peronne, east of Amiens. The war office states that it has no information as to the campaign in France. The Germans that evacuated towns north of Brussels have fallen back to Aerschot and are constructing intrenchments.

FORTRESSES OF PARIS LAST HOPE OF ALLIES

BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Sept. 1. Colonel Repington, military expert for the Times, maintains today that the outcome n northern France is still to be decided. He holds if the allies are forced to give ground, the strength of the fortresses at Paris loom up as an important factor. He says: "As obscure as the positions of the front are, there seems to be no doubt that the German advance is being pushed forward. But we have some reason for hope that the German troops are on the point of exhaustion from hard marching and fighting, and that the fresh troops brought forward by the French and English will be able to arrest their advance. "On the other hand, the closing up of the German right toward Lafere tends to show that the envclopmln movement of this flank has not. been adequately met and that the geenral outcome of the fighting in the north is Btill in doubt. If the allies thrust back the German advance, or if both sides maintain their positions, the situation is clear enough, but if we are not so fortunate and further retirement is necessary, then our positions become most difficult, and the strength of the fortresses around Paris looms up as the roost important factor. "Paris was defended in 1870 and 1S71 by a ring of detached forts, and

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highly significant. Operations in German fleet. men and a mobile force. Since then there has been added to the old fortifications an exterior line of fortresses, and on the line of these new forts the active defense of the city will rest. "The perimeter of these forts is about thirty-four miles. The new line of forts makes Paris a fortified province. If Paris is invested the line held by the enemy will not be less than one hundred miles long, and if this line is held in the same strength as it was in 1870. no less than 500,000 men will be permitted to occupy it. Such numbers will materially weaken the German army to such an extent that it is possible that instead of attacking the-whole line of the French deefnse the kaiser's forces will concentrate upon some section of the line which they think is the weakest. If the Germans can breach the line and get their artillery close enough to bombard the city, they will have accomplished an important part of their campaign against thecity. They will be able to get into action the gigantic howitzers which played so much havoc with the Belgian defensive works at Liege and Namur. -s ....... "The garrison of Paris, or a large part of it, must contain first line troops if the defense is to be aa active as will be reoui' t keen tb Oar