The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
OF TUESDAYS WAR
NEWS

Furious fighting continues in
northern France, where the allied
French and British armies are at
grips with the German forces in what
is characterized as the crucial action
o fthe battle of the Aisne. Beyond
admitting this fact the official state
ments are vague. Few details of
the struggle which may be the turn
ing point of the western campaign
have been given out.
One sentence in which there is mo
change in the situation" epitomizes
the report from London, Berlin and
Paris. The allies claim to have made
slight advances here and there,
notably ON the heights fthe Meuse.
The German official statement de-
clarcs that reports concerning a
victorious advance of the enemy are
untrue"
Both the British and the French
official statements refer to the vio-
lence o fthe attacks made by the
Germans, who seem to have re-
doubled their efforts in an attempt
to hurl back the allied line.
The reports indicate, however,
that the French and British have
given no ground before the on
slaught of the invaders.
A rigorous censorship has evident
ly been imposed at virtually all
points, particularly in London, re-
garding the operations at the front,
as little news, is being permitted to
come through. The war officials prob
ably hesitate to raise the hopes of
the people without some decisive re-
suit having been attained, and fear
that the publication of the smallest
details of the operations might be
of aid to the Germans.
Petrograd reports officially that
the Austrian stronghold of Przemysl,
in Galicia, is completely invested by
the Russians and that the main Aus
trian army is retiring behind the
Carpathians into Hungary, pursued
by the Russians. Berlin, however,
declares that reports of the fall of
two fthe Przemysi forts are inven-
TONS"
The Montenegrins, who have al
lied themselves with the Servians
in the conflict with Austria, are max
ing advances, according to advices.
A dispatch from Cettinje, Monteneg-
70, says the Montenegrins are within
artillery range of Sarayevo, capital of
Bosnia.
The Austrian forts at Cattaro,
Dalmatia, on September 10 sunk a
large French warship, according to
dispatch to the Cologne Gazette,
This ship was one o ia fleet of IS
which was met by a salvo from one
of the Austrian forts, as it ap-
preached the stronghold. The rest
of the fleet retired hastily, says the
dispatch, after the French ship was
sunk.
A dispatch from Constantinople
says that the Dardanelies have been
closed to navigation.
The Austrian government has con-
f1scated the Canadian Pacific Railway
company's securities and money de-
posted in Vienna, according to re-
port, as we'll as the company's cars
running on Austrian railways. This
is the result, it is said, of the refusal
of the company to pay the dividends
of Austrian shareholders.
Advices received in Paris say that
the rapid increase in grain prices in
Austria causing anxiety in official
circles.
Farmers are holding their supplies
for higher prices and the government
proposes to fix minimum price for
this commodity.
For the first time since the war
began wireless news sent out by the
French governm ant through the Egel
tower has been received in London
The message detailed the fierce fight.
ing which took place in northern
Franch between September 26 and
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Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster
leader, in outlining the Ulster pro-
gram with respect to the home fule
bill, has called upon Obstetrics to
throw themselves whole heartedly
into the patriotic action that the
time demands supporting the empire -
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