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NATION OBSERVES
PEACE SUNDAY
Prayers For Peace In Europe Are Offered
Up In Churches Over the Entire
Country.
ALLIES ARE SLOWLY GAINING
At Aisne—Rulers Os Three Warring
Nations With Their Troops
At The Front
While the voices of thousands of peo
ple assembled in the churches through
out the United States was lifted in
prayer on Sunday for peace among the
warring nations of Europe, the titanic
struggle on the European continent
continued with all its fury. It is re
ported that the rulers of the three na
tions at war have gone to the front.
Kaiser William of Germany is said to
be with his troops attempting to stem
the progress of the Russians in East
Prussia; King Albert, the Belgian king,
is leading his troops against the Ger
man armies, and President Poincare
of France has gone to join his soldiers
in the north of France.
It was announced from Paris that
President Poincare’s mission to his
soldiers was not to direct the fighting
or to interfere with General Joffre's
plans, but to deliver to the soldiers
hie personal appreciation for their he
roic efforts in repulsing the German
Invaders from French soil. Kaiser
William is much alarmed over the con
tinued successes of the Russians In
East Prussia, Germhn Poland and Ga
licia. Vienna fears that the Russians
will endeavor to take the Austrian
capital. The Germans up to the pres
ent time have been unable to check
the progress of the czar’s armies in
German territory.
Slowly but surely the allied armies
of France and Great Britain have
been pushing the Germans backward
out of France into Belgium. The bat
tle Une Is now elose to the Belgian bor
der. The fortunes of war have been
flaying fickle with the contesting ar
mies in the north of France. In some
places the Germans gain an advan
tage, while at other points along the
150-mile battle line the allies have the
better of the argument.
Belgians Reinforced At Antwerp
The little Belgian army is again
bearing its share of the attack of the
German armies. For the past week
the kaiser's soldiers have been doing
their utmost to crush the defenses at
Antwerp and capture the city. Ant
werp is one of the strongest fortified
cities in the world. The British are
watching the attack on Antwerp with
much anxiety, as the capture of thin
important city would render possible
an opening to the North sea and a
future campaign in England. The Brit
ish have hurried their artillery to aid
the Belgians in the defense of the city.
Austria Agrees To Italy’s Demands
For a time it appeared that Austria
and Italy would become entangled in
a diplomatic struggle which might end
in the declaration of war by Italy on
Austria, but this was happily averted
when Austria agreed to the demands
of Italy to remove the floating mines
in the Adriatic sea and to pay an in
demnity to the families of Italian fish
ermen who were killed by the destruc
tion of a fishing boat by an Austrian i
mine. It is expected that shipping on |
the Adriatic sea will be resumed as
soon as Austria gives notice that all
of the mines hitve been removed.
German Victory For Africa
In China the Japanese troops have
been extremely active in their cam
paign against the German colony in
China, but they have done little fight
ing so far. It Is said that China com
plained of the Japanese violating their '
neutrality, but the Japanese have paid
little attention to these complaints and
have moved their troops by the most
direct routes. They were not molest
ed by the Chinese soldiers. There has I
been somewhat of a lull in the fight-1
ing between the British and Germans 1
in South Africa with the exception of !
one small skirmish in which the Ger
mans were the victors.
In an earnest desire for a hasty cul
mination of the war in Europe, Presi
dent Wilson issued a proclamation set
ting aside Sunday, October 4, as peace
day and requested that* prayers be
offered up by the American people all
ever the United States for peace.
Germans Routed By Russians
Petrograd.—The official statement
from general staff headquarters issued
reads:
’’The. battle of Augustowo ended Oc
tober 3, in a victory for the Russian
arms. The German defeat is com
plete.
"The enemy is in a disordered re
treat toward the east Prussian fron
tier. The valiant Russian troops are
in close pursuit, the Germans aban
doning in their desperate march trains,
cannon and munitions, not having even
time to gather up their wounded."
Washington.—Prayers for peace in
Europe arose from all parts of the
United States Sunday. Clergymen of
all denominations read President Wil
sorfs proclamation, itself a fervent
peace prayer; and congregations gath
ered to sing peace hymns and take
part in peace services.
The president attended the Central
Presbyterian church here and heard
Rev. James H. Taylor pray that the
United States might be instrumental
in restoring peace to Europe and thbt
Mr. Wilson might be given wisdom and
strength in his mediation proposals.
The church was packed. After the
services a large crowd' waited until
the president had taken communion,
to watch him ride away in his auto
mobile.
May Bring Lasting Peace
New York. —Hope that the European
war will be the last object lesson of
the horrors of strife and that after it
the efforts of man will be devoted to
production rather than destruction,
was expressed Sunday by Secretary
of State Bryan and Oscar S. Straus,
former secretary of commerce and la
bor, at a special peace day service at
Carnegie Hall. The meeting was one
of many held in this city in accord
ance with President. Wilson’s recent
proclamation, designating Sunday as a
day of prayer for peace.
"Today, when a number of nations,
all our friends, have been drawn into
the vortex of war," said Secretary Bry
an, "our first duty is to use such in
fluence as we may have to hasten the i
return of peace. There will be ample ;
time afterward to discuss ways and
means for preventing future appeals
to arms.
"Our interests are so entwined with
the interests of other lands that no
nation can live or die unto itself alone.
If we had no higher reason for encour
aging conditions conducive to peace,
we should find ample justification in
the fact that the burdens of war no
longer are borne entirely by its direct
participants.”
Success For Allies At Aisne
Paris. -The official announcement
issued by the French war office re
ports progress in the region of Sois
sons, where several German trenches
have been taken.
The battle on the left wing is in full
swing without decisive result. The text
of the communication follows:
"First—On our left wing the strug
gle is in full swing In the region of
Arras, without decision having been
reached. The action has been less vio
lent between the upper valley of the
Ancre and the Somme, and between
the Somme and the Oise. We have
made progress in the region of Sois
sons, where some of the enemy’s
trenches have been captured.
"Second—On almost all the remain
der of the front, the lull already not
ed, persists. In the Woevre region
we have made some progress between
Apremont and the Meuse and on the
Rupt de Mad.”
Vienna Hospitals Are Crowded
Venice. —Vienna hospitals and all
temporary asylums for sick and wound
ed soldiers are fearfully crowded. The
city council has decided to build addi
tional wooden barrack hospitals, which
will be furnished with ten thousand
beds. Buildings of the University of
Vienna have been given over to the
wounded soldiers.
The army of destitute and unem
ployed in the Austrian capital is in
creasing daily.
Thousands are threatened with star
- vat ion.
The authorities estimate that it will
I be necessary to provide free meals for
100,GOO persons daily.
Owing to the rapid advance in the
price of meat and the shortage of live
stock, the city council has asked the
government to permit the importation
of 1,000 tons of At gentine beef.
French President With Soldiers
Bordeaux. President Poincare, ac
companied by Premier Viviani and
Minister of War Alexandre Miiletand,
left for the battle front. The presi
dent goes to the battle line not to
I take part in the strategy, but to eon
i gratulate the troops personally upon
’ the bravery they hive displayed in the
I long and stubborn lighting.
German Victory In Prussia
London. —A dispatch from Amster
dam says: "The German commander
i at Koenigsberg. East Prussia, has an
! nounced officially that the Russian ar
! mies in the battles of October 1 and
1 2 lost 3.000' prisoners, eighteen big
guns and many machine guns.
German Women Give Gold
Rome. —The women of Germany,
1 according to reports received here, i
are busily at work preparing woolen
’ garments for the soldiers in the battle I
1 I line. The reports also state that a i
’! committee of women has been formed [
for the purpose of inducing the worn-!
en of Germany to give up their gold
■ ornaments with the idea of transform
! ing" Qiem into money with which to
'! buy arms. Each woman receives in
■ I exchange for her gold ornaments an
1 : iron ring inscribed with the words ”1
| gave gold for this.”
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General Victor Dankl Is the Austrian
' commander whose army has been un
successfully opposing the advance of
the Russians in Galicia.
Germans Claim Victories
Berlin.—The following official an
nouncement was made:
“In the siege of Antwerp forts Wa
vre, St. Catherine and Dorpweld have
been taken and Fort Waelhem invest
ed. Termonde, an important strate
gical point, has been occupied.
"On our western wing a new-
French attempt to encircle our forces
has been repulsed. The French have
been ejected from their positions south
of Roye.
“Sorties from Toul were repulsed
with heavy losses."
Mine Sinks Dutch Ship
Loudon A dispatch from Amster
dam says the Dutch steamer Nieuwl
and, from Goole, England, to Rotter
dam, struck a mine in the North sea
and sank.
Servians Repulse Austrians
Paris.—The Servians on the front
from Zvornik, Bosnia, to Loznltea,
Servia, along the river Drina, have re
pulsed violent attacks and inflicted
heavy losses on the Austrians.
Japs Disregard Chinese
Pekin.—Without further diplomatic
controversy the Japanese are proceed
ing along the railway to Tsinan. Their
troops at Wei-Hsien, who occupied the
station there, have been reinforced.
Rcumania Remains Neutral
London.—The Rome correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph has
sent the following dispatch:
"A message from Bucharest. Ru
mania, announces that tire president of
the council of the crown and the con
servative and democratic leaders
have decided to ask King Charles not
to hold the council meeting fixed for
this week, saying there is no need
for Roumapia to change her policy of
neutrality.”
Gen Von Kluck’s Army Outnumbered
London. The Daily Mail’s corre
spondent in France reports fighting in
and around Douval, department of
Nord, eighteen miles south of Lille,
and considers that if the French have
reached Douval in force, the situation
of the German general, Von Kluck.
must be desperate.
"General Von Kluck," the correspond
ent adds, "has had all "the reinforce
ments which can be spared him and
yet finds himself outnumbered at ev
ery point. There are many indications
from German prisoners, from French
officers and from members of the Brit
is htransport service, the combined
testimony of whom it is difficult to dis
believe, that the German army is be
coming demoralized.
"The German prisoners are dirty and
hungry and suffering from the effects
of bad food, bad atmosphere and bad
sanitation. Their trenches are too
deep to make the lifting out of the
dead an easy matter and in some cases
no attempt has been made to remove
। bodies.
Invaders Have Trying Times
London.—A picture of the sufferings
I of the German troops, cramped in un
derground trenches and galleries along
I the Aisne river, is given by the Paris
! correspondent of the Daily Mail. He
■ says that the autumnal weather with
! its damp nights and bitterly cold
dawns, is extremely trying. If the
men step from their trenches to the
level ground they do so at the risk
of their lives. At night every German
soldier must be at his post in the
narrow ditch, sleeping as best he may,
with his rifle at his side.
RUSSIAN VICTORY
IN EAST PRUSSIA
In Nine Bays Battle Along Hiemen River ;
Germans Retreated With
Heavy Losses
CZAR NICHOLAS IDINS TWS
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Presence of Both German and'Russian I
Rulers Emphasize importance Os
The Prussian Campaign
Rome. —The Russian embassy here
has made public an official commun
ication received from the Russian
headquarters staff, saying:
“The defeat of the Germans is com
plete. Their retreat is changing into
a rout that is so disorderly and pre
cipitate that they are forced to aban
don everything.
"Two Russian armies are proceed
ing, one from the west and another
from the south, toward Allenstein, in
east Prussia, 50 miles southeast of
Elbing.
“The German losses have not been
officially ascertained, but it is esti
mated that they had 70,000 men dis
abled.”
Czar Goes To The Front
Petrograd. Emperor Nicholas, com- !
mander-in-chief of the Russian armies, i
has arrived at the headquarters of the
active army.
This information has been given
out from general headquarters.
The following official communication
has been made public by the general
staff:
“According to reports from the com
manders the Russian troops at the bat
tle of Augustowo gave proof of extra
ordinary courage. Several regiments
fought without rest during the whole
week, extricating themselves with dig
nity from the most difficult position."
The engagements were exceedingly
obstinate in the vicinity of Suwalki,
where the enemy concentrated import
ant forces and, having fortified their
position, opposed the Russians witli
the fiercest resistance.
“Our troops made several bayonet
charges to dislodge the enemy from
his trenches. Prisoners taken say that
the Gei man losses at Suwalki were so
large that out of hundreds only twenty
men remained. The whole line of the
German retreat is blocked with the
bodies of their dead.
“It is thus that the German invasion
from east Prussia into Russia failed
utterly. The enemy is now definitely
leaving the borders of the provinces
of Suwalki and Lemza.
“On the left bank of the Vistula and
In Galicia the situation remains un
changed.”
In Russian military circles, it is felt
that the Russian general staff is now
able to analyze, and will be able to
forestall the intended German invasion
of Russia.
In spite of tire great importance of
the eight-day battle between General
Rennenkampf, on the Russian side,
and Gen. Von Hindenburg, on the
German side, which has just come to
an end and in which the Germans were
not only not successful in crossing the
river Niemen, according to reports
here, but were driven back with
heavy losses to the frontier, it is the
opinion of Russian observers that the
Germans intended this costly and fu
tile demonstration to draw the Russian
troops from east Poland as a prelimi
nary to their main object.
Move To Outflank Russians
This, as revealed by the present
fighting near Warsaw, was an attempt
to take Warsaw and thence move to
the southward to outflank the Rus
sian army, which, having occupied
Galicia, is now moving through Buko
wina into Hungary. It is declared
here that this intent has been made
impossible by the bad condition of the I
roads. The heavy German artillery I
sank into the roadways and could not •
go on. Nor has the German attempt !
to take the offensive at Cracow thus
far been productive.
The reported presence of Emperor
William in east Prussia and the de
parture of Emperor Nicholas for the
front is taken here to emphasize the
tremendous importance of the impend
ing battle which may be the biggest
conflict of the war up to the present i
time in either of the western or the
eastern arenas. Three million men, it
is estimated in Petrograd, will be en
gaged.
Why Russians Invaded Hungary
Rome. —News from Russian head- i
quarters says that the invasion of
Hungary’ through the Carpathians has
two objects. The first is to insure the
left flank of the Russian army operat
‘ ing against Przemsyl and along the
San river, and, second, to open a new
1 field of action in the vast Hungarian
’ plains where it can frighten the pop
ulation, disturb the drilling of Hunga
■ rian reservists and recruits and cut
1 the railway communications, besides
1 freely feeding a portion of the army
■ from the resources of the country.
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