Evening star., 1914-09-24
GERMAN MOVES CONSTITUTE
!. GRAVE MENACE TO ALLIES

men have be en- transported to tn.
american and other hospitals in Paris
Correspondents Were Arrested.
Eight American and British CORE
spondents. arrested at Rheims Monda,
Tor visiting that city without leave
have been released through the inter.
vention of the American ambassador
| Myron T. Herrick.
The military governor of Paris an.
| nounced today. however. that any one
| using a temporary pass for leavins
| Paris to penetrate the fighting zone
would be subject without exception tt
| a severe penalty. This is a precau.
tion against spies. who appear to b<
numerous and adroit.
A resident of Maubeuge, who has Just
escaped from that town. says that thai
city during the siege was full of secre,
German agents. The French discov-
cred a subterranean telephone which
| was being used by a German emissary
to inform the German officers of the
French dispositions. Every sortie o1
the garrison failed because the Ger
mans were ready, apparently having
been forewarned.
German Prisoners Arrive.
Three trains bearing prisoners and
wounded German soldiers arrived yes
terday afternoon at the North station
One train having on board 400 pris-
oners was switched to the principal
line. One hundred prisoners from an
other. including a general of Gen. Won
kluck's STAN, were sent to the In.
valides in automobiles. A large CROWD
gathered on the route taken by the
machines, but there was no manifesto
tion. On the train with the wounded
prisoners were 132 nurses and eighty
two doctors.
Interest Centers in Woevre.
LONDON, September "a. 1855 am
Interest in the fighting today centers
in Woevre. says the Bordeaux corre-
spondent of the Times, where the enc
my is making a serious effort to pierce
the line of forts linking Verdun and
Toul.
ITO the northeast of Verdun," the cor
respondent continues, "east of the
Meuse heights, and in the direction OF
Mouilly and Dampierre, their furious
attempts have failed: In the south OF
ming through Richecourt. Seicheprey
and Lironyille. The general situation
remains unchanged
"On the left and center the allies
have the best OF reasons IOT CouAuehCo
in the result of the battle.
To Give Serious Trouble.
Let there be no mistake, the enemy
is going to give serious trouble along
the line where. with striking recuper-
alive powers. they managed to gather
their routed hosts. fleeing from the
battle of the Marne.
"a week has elapsed since it first
became clear that, although forced to
abandon successive positions prepared
for defense, the enemy had found TO
the north of the Aisne, north-northeast
of Rheims, it had formidably prepared
fortified positions upon which tney
for many days while their own troops
were recovering from the retreat ana
while the fire of victory among the
allies was burning out
1.-THE positions, enormously strong by
nature and dominating the Valleys ana
the towns have been turned into reg
ular fortresses. The line OF trenches
built with science and the solidity OF
permanent works are covered py nanK-
ing trenches bristling with mltrall.
barbed wire and block houses. whose
ouick-f1rers and mitrailleuses sweep
the whole front. To the rear OF these
works the heavy artillery Is placed IN
position and from Its nre such places
as Scissors and Rheims have suffered
great damage
Line Finished During Battle.
Most of the work on this line was
finished while the battle Of the Marne
was still in prpgresss The allies eid
their best to prevent its completion
and there has been some desperate
fghting along the Ainse. Gallant rush
90 have been made toward the trench
es and fierce hand-to-hand struggles
have taken place upon the top OF the
Craonne plateau. the side OF which
rises like cliff against the allies
Attack and counter attack succeed
ed one another while the endangered
crown princes army has been picking
a way out of difficult country into a
still more awkward position On our
tight the enemy's army has been seek
the chain Of forts between Toul and
ysrdun. ,, .s .,.,-n.,t hav. been
progressing slowly upon the enemy s
center between Rheims and ASgonne.
Actual Battle Not Begun.
"stiu. the actual battle of the Aisne
has not vet begun. There has already
been enough fighting to constitute half
a dozen battles. but only the prelimi-
nary stages of the big struggle have
been reached The railways on, both
sides are massing troops along the
front, the Germans coming from Lor-
raine, the British from the whole en-
pire and the French from the west
Meanwhile, the siege operations con-
tinue. The deceptive lull which pre-
ceded the battle of Lao Yang has fall
en- upon the field. The situation re-
mains unchanged in spite of the fu-
rious cannonading and the desperate
fighting, but with each fresh engage
ment the situation becomes more clear
the plan Of the staff more definite and
| the day of its realization more immi-
nent."
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