Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 256, 7 September 1914 — Page 1

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BRITISH CRUISER IS SMASHED BY NORTH SEA MINE Heavy Casualties Occur, But Admirality Refuses to Disclose Number of Sailors and Officers Slain.

Navigation Ordered Stopped for Fear of Further Disasters From German Mines Planted Along Coast. - - (BULLETIN 3 P. M.) LONDON, Sept. 7. The destruction of the British cruiser Pathfinder by a mine in the North Sea was attended with slight loss of life, according to the following announcement from the government press bureau this afternoon: "One officer is dead. Eight are missing. The captain Is wounded and one other officer Is seriously wounded." The Pathfinder was blown to atoms, the shock being felt by a trawler ten miles distant. It was . believed that the death toll would prove heavy in view of the terrible force of the explosion. LONDON, Sept. 7. Heavy casualties are believed to have occurred when the British light cruiser. Pathfinder was blown up by a mine in the North Sea. The only official announcement given out says that six Junior officers and two petty officers are missing, and this indicates that the loss of life among the sailors was severe. Though Captain Francis M. Leake, the commander, was wounded, he was rescued. The Pathfinder was the second British cruiser sunk since the war began. As a result of the Pathfinder disaster, and the sinking of fifteen fishing boats by German warships, the admiralty has ordered navigation in the North Sea to stop. This indicates that the British fleet is preparing to attack the German fleet. Sow Many Mines. That the Germans have sown mines over a wide area in the North Sea is shown by the fate of the Wilson Liner Runo, which was sunk about forty miles off Shields, Saturday afternoon. That only 24 of the 23S passengers aboard were lost was due to the rapid work of fishing crews who, disregarding danger ran close to the scene of disaster and picked up the survivors. Among these was John Ray, American Consul at Odessa, who had sailed for Archangel, intending to travel thence southward to his post. He was slightly injured.

COUNT WITTE SAYS KAISER HIDES PLANS

BY LEASED WIRE. PETROGRAD. Sept. 7. Count Witte who was recently in Rome, has re turned to Russia, and at Odessa gives the warning that Russia must expect heavy fighting. The german plan of campaign, he says, has not been fully disclosed, nor is Germany's full strength known. It is the prevalent belief here that Germany's back will be broken before the winter campaign sets in. The sweeping victory at Lemberg fenables the czar's army to refuse to be drawn farther south than its own Strategic plans dictate. Moreover, the feffect of this smashing blow to Austria is expected to be djre in its effects upon the .war policies of the Balkan states, and particularly Routnania. ''.

ITALY USES' TRAINS FOR MILITARY MOVES

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 7. AH railroad traffic between Italy and Switzerland was stopped today. It was stated that this was due to action by the Italian government on the ground that the trains were needed for military purposes. Passports properly vised are now demanded by the Italian frontier guards.

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LONDON, Sept. 7. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily News telegraphed today that two German officer, now prisoners at Antwerp, estimate the total losses of the kaiser's Armies up to September 4, as certainHy 200,000 and possibly 300,000 in killed, wounded and missing. The Observer's Antwerp correspondent states that aluminum identification checks toent to- Brussels show that 62,000 Gersaans nave been killed.

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KAISER LEAVES FOR NANCY TO INSPIRE TROOPS Decisive Action Expected Between Main German Army and French Between Argonne and Nancy. BY HERBERT TEMPLE, European Manager of the International News Service. LONDON, Sept. 7. The official announcement in Berlin that the Emperor has gone to the front and has joined the army of Crown Prince F-ederick William that is proceeding around Nancy was taken here to mean that the Kaiser has evidently gone to the theatre of war to urge with his voice and presence the German soldiery on to victory. . Members of the German general staff are also reported to have gone to the front to join that section of the German host, which is trying to

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WOMEN AID DEFENSE OF SERVIA'S CAPITAL

BY LEASED WIRE. NISH, Sept. 7. Women are in the ranks of the troops resisting the attempts of the Austrlans to capture Belgrade, according to an announcement made by the Servian war office today. The people of the capital, the statement adds, have pledged themselves to fight to the death rather than surrender and allow the Austrlans to enter. The situation at Belgrade has been one of the real mysteries of the war. Early in the war the Austrians announced that they had taken Belgrade, but for several weeks the Servians have claimed that it was still holding out.

AUSTRIA CLAIMS RUSSIAN DEFEAT War Office Asserts Czar's Troops Lose Near Zamost and Lublin. VIENNA, Via Berlin and Amsterdam, Sept. 7. In the longest statement that has been issued by the war office it was officially stated that General Auffenberg and General Dankel were steadily winning success over the Russian troops opposing them in the vicinity of Zamost and Lublin. (The general staff last week announced the defeat of the Austrians marching on Lublin and Zamost, and received a report that the two Austrian generals named above as wounded.) The statement admitted that Lemberg has been taken by the Russians, but it denied that the Galician capital had been taken after a desperate fight. "In reality," said the statement, "Lemberg, which was not fortified, was abandoned without fighting. This was done for humane reasons as well as strategy. Our troops withdrew without offering fight, and have takeu up strong positions to the west."

GIVE TROOPS REST. LONDON, Sept. 7. The Daily Telegraph's Rotterdam correspondent wires that an American who had just arrived declares he had a conversation at Cologne with a wounded German officer, who said the success of the Germans was due entirely to the troops never being kept day after day in action. The army corps work in relays, so that men taking part in a fight have several days' rest before going into the firing line again.

JAPS VOTE BUDGET

BY LEASED WIRE. TOKIO, Sept. 7. By practically unanimous vote the house of representatives, the lower branch of the diet, today endorsed the action of the government in making war on Germany, and voted an appropriation of $23,000,-

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RUSSIAN ARMIES INVADE HUNGARY 200,000 Men Begin Movement to March on Capital of Germany. BY LEACED WIRE. PEROGRAD, Sept. 7. Two Russian armies are marching to Invade Hungary from the east and porth. while a third is forcing back Austrian and German forces that are trying to avert a march on Posen, thence straight to Berlin, according to an announcement made by the general staff today. The two Austrian corps that fortlfield their positions in the hills about Gerdok were compelled to retreat after a bombardment and fell back upon Przemysi after suffering heavy losses, says a statement issued by the war offices. The entrance into Hungarian territory probably will be made through Bergon and Uszko passes in the Carpathian mountains. The way to these was cleared by the capture of Czernowitz and Lemberg. The forces that will proceed through Bergon pass are said to be five army corps (200,000 men), and those headed for Uszok pas, 320,000.

BOMBS ON BELFORT

BY LEASED WIRE. PARIS, Sept. 7. A dispatch from Geneva announces that an aeroplane dropped three bombs on the city of Belfort Sunday, one striking the Red Cross hospital and severely, injuring soldiers already wounded.

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BY LEASED WIRE. TIEN TSIN, Sept. 7 The German forts at Tsing Tao opened heavy fire upon the Japanese warships today and

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2,000,000 MEN SENT TO FRONT AGAINST FRENCH German Success Due to Rest Given Each Army After Each Engagement and Day of Fighting. BY FREDERICK WERNER, International News Service Staff Correspondent. BERLIN, Via Amsterdam, Sept. 7. The armies that Germany sent to fight the allies in the west numbered 2,026.000 men, according to figures furnished by railroad officials in the department of Cologne. It is probable that the forces confronting the allies in France number at least 2,500,000 men. For fourteen days the German troops were passing from the to the west bank of the Rhine over five bridges, about every third train carrying commissary, horses, guns and ammunition. Though the general staff states that Emperor W7illiam is now in the vicinity of Nancy, it is reported that on Wednesday evening he was in Brussels where he conferred with General

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the city, at Hotel Bellevue, and on the same night Crown Prince William gave a banquet. The war office announced today that there has been little change in the east, the Germans continuing to hold back the Russian attacks without difficulty, while other forces are co-operating with the Austrians to good advantage. The Reich's Post, which usually voices official German sentiment, says that Bulgaria and Turkey are likely to take the field as allies in order to throw off the Russian yoke, and stop the growing power of Servia.

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Indications Point to Flanking Movement of British and French Troops Against Kaiser's Right Germans Advance in Separate Columns Invaders Throw Oat Extreme Western Wing in Northerly Direction to Present Front to Heavy French Force Along Marner River. PARIS, Sept. 7. The greatest battle of the war is on. It began Sunday and is still raging. The French, British and German armies are engaged. This was officially announced today in the following statement: "The biggest battle of this war began yesterday (Sunday). The front goes from Nantemil-Le-Haudouin through Meaux to Verdun. The French and British armies are engaged. -

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All along the front the Germans and allies are engaged for 160 miles. From Nantemil-Le-Haudouin to Meaux it extends in a southeasterly direction. From Meaux it stretches eastward in a crooked line to Verdun. The idea of the German commander in throwing out his extreme western wing into a northerly direction was evidently taken to present a front to the heavy French force stationed along the Marner river from Meaux westward to Paris. Thcbattle was evidently opened upon the extreme right flank of the German line which had taken up a position north of the Grand Morin, a tributary of the Marne east of Paris. An early statement gave notice of fighting there stating that the allies had come into contact with the west wing of the German line in that region. The French were said to have begun an offensive operation, pushing northward to the Curcq river at a point above Laf erte-Sou s-J ouarre.

Maux is 23 miles east of Pans. Rheims (which city the Germans claim to have occupied on Saturday) is 58 miles east by northeast from Meaux. Verdun, which is given as the extreme eastern of the battle lines is 63 miles east by southeast from Rheims. Nantemil-Le-Haudouin lies on a line drawn straight through Chateau-Thierry and Senlis in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction. It is 12 miles from Meaux and 23 miles northeast of Paris. According to the indications there is fighting along the valley of Marne. In their sweep toward the southeast the Germans moved in separate colmuns, each a big army in itself. Near Laferte-Sous-Jouare, about 33 miles east of Paris, is a German column facing the allies lying on the great Morin. - Another army is southwest of Rheims. Between Rheims and the forest of Argonnes is another German force. Another German column lies southeast of Chalons. All these columns are supposed to face the south. There are indications that the French and English are trying a flank movement. Field Marshall Sir John French, commander of the English expeditionary force, was said to be in active command of the troops that have been pounding away at the Germans right flank.

BRITISH RENEW CONFIDENCE IN FRANCE. LONDON, Sept. 7. Emphatic denial was made at the foreign office today of reports that the signing of the Triple Entente on Saturday was due to fear that France would yield to the Kaiser and leave England and Russia to carry on the conflict. "We have every confidence in France" said a high official. "The pledge that no one shall negotiate for peace without others consenting was merely to reduce to writing an agreement that already existed." He declined to make any answer when asked if the signing of the treaty took place at this time because Russia was making such a successful campaign and looked to be the superior of both Germany and Austria.

PARIS FEVERISHLY PREPARES FOR LONG SIEGE. PARIS, Sept. 7. Although the main German army which swept southeastward passed this city and is giving no indications of starting a siege, the work of strengthening the defenses goes on feverishly. Heavy guns have been brought here from Calais, Boulogne i (Continued on Page Three)

Watt er son Condemns War's Grim Savagery

BY LEASED WIRE. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 7. Henry Watterson publishes today the following pen picture of the war: "The heart of man as he surveys the slaughter from afar grows sick and stops its beating, the word he fain would speak passes silent from his lips and dies upon the empty air. That is why the poets seem so insufficient the very Kiplings . limp and stare the singing drowned by the wailing. Christ! that any many should gloat before such appalling savagery. Wolf of the world and yellow-footed kite alone are gleeful, nor out from the tower of Braces, acroaa the low.

country to the dome of Cologne, by Ghent, where the peace treaty wa made, and Aix, where Charlemagna sleeps, the dreamless sleep, and lege, the immortal and up and down the vales of the beautiful river now sound any ringing of bells, nor shouts of glory; only moans over the dying; and mourning for the dead, from the white hoods of Flanders and Rheinish maiden; from palace and cottage; tho smoke of Louvain ascending still from earth to heaven even to. the throne of God in awful, awe-inspiring indictment. To your prayers, yea fools of warrior birth and blood, to your pray' ersl you know not what jroa do.' J