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The sun., 1914-08-19

proceeding satisfactorily from his point
Of view. AS indeed his summary Of the
situation clearly shows
THE feeling at the Foreign Office"
said one In position to make such
statement to-day, within the hearing of
THE Sun correspondent. rs very cheer
full 1t is not and never has been exul-
tant"
Nothing about the commander In chiefs
headquarters has been printed here An
officer who visited the French head
quarters remarked to THE sun CORE
spondent that 1t reminded him of mon
astery life more than anything else. The
only men visible were quiet. calm. self
possessed. always occupied but never
rushed early TO bed and early to rise.
Gen. Joffre, it is said, does not con-
fine himself entirely to the modern idea
of a commander in chief who remains be-
fore a map OF the wa arca. moving little
flags and giving orders rs reports arrive.
1t is Understood that ne las a squad OF
automobiles. driven by men known as
automobile Grand Prix winners, whose
long gray machines take him 200 miles
and back at the rate of 10 miles an hour
between o'clock in the morning and IL
at night. so no army commander knows
what minute the commander In chief
may appear. Ten hours driving Is a
good days work for even his audacious
pilots
The sun., 1914-08-19
BELGIAN KINGS THREAT
ENDS BOMB DROPPING
Germans Cease When They Are
Told Prisoners Lives Will
Be Penalty.

NpcCtut 'HbhS DespdtcN 10 lHE Sun.
LONDON, Aug 19.-Geoffrey Young tele-
graphs the Daily Ne,cs and Leader from
Namur under date OF August Is as
follows:
German ayiators have stopped drop
ping bombs. According to stories told by
the soldiers. King Albert sent an emissary
to the Germans TO notify them that 100
prisoners would be shot for every bomb
dropped in unprotected strests. Only
girls and old men have hitherto suffered
from these inhuman practices.
Special cable Despatch 10 THr suS.
THE losses at Dnant on August -
seem 10 have been immense, considering
that II was only a reconnaissance Rumor
has II that anything from 10000 20 5000
men were placed hors de combat on both
sides, A peasant from the neighborhood
Of the village told me that the Meuse
was running red with blood. Both sides
are concealng their losses. The relatives
Of those killed will be notified separately
when it is thought Mt. No lists are
published
The second third and fourth Belgan
regiments suffered most. The Second lost
d large proportion Of its numbers. The
proportion OF officers killed was very large,
especially among the Germans. owing to
their distinct uniforms
The Belgian loss was heaviest during
the early hgh;ing on the Tlrlemont lines
Two regiments mistook each other for
enemies and fired on one another. Both
lost heavily. In present conditions such
mistakes must occur, as the advanced
parties on either side are mixed up in a
most extraordinary manner"
The sun., 1914-08-19
AWAITING ORDERS TO KILL"
Belgian soldiers "Practise PhilosO-
phy" In the Trenches.

Special tdbie Despdfch 10 THE SLS
LONDON, Aug lS,--Percy Phillip, the
Brussels correspondent OF the Daily Ncos
aud Leader, gives the following picture
OF life In the Belgian trenches
Sometimes the trenches are only just
bitches cut like deep furrows among po-
tatoes or along the edge OF a field OF
corn. Others are banked on the at
tacking side and branches are placed over
them to screen the men from the eyes
OF airmen.
Along the quiet banks of the Meuse
between Namur and Dnant are three
score OF these Orenches). There | saw
men lying in readiness with rifles by their
sides. Some were asleep on the earth.
with little straw under them, but ready
at word to seize their weapons. Others
were gossiping.
what do you think Of to talk about
in the trenches? | asked "A man who was
of duty for moment His answer was
"'Oh, anything-the heat the flies, our
experiences Don't think we contide
much in each other. When one In in n
situation such as that one catches at any
thing Interesting We do not talk
philosophy, but some of us practise It.
Most are only waiting for orders to XIII,
perhaps Just as one waits for "A tram and
let's ones interest be taken by anything, "
The sun., 1914-08-19
FRENCH TROOPSPRESS ONWARD INALSACE ANDL LORRAINE

siens of Alsace. from where we will
soon attain the plain.
"To the south Of Saarburg, in Lor-
raine. forty miles east OF Nancy. the
enemy had organized in front of us a
strongly fortified position, held by heavy
artillery. The Germans retreated pre-
c!pitatcly and our cavalry pursued them.
"Tn general. we have obtained in the
preceding days successes rcdounding to
the greatest honor of the officers and
men engaged in the battles
Notebooks found on dead German
cavalry officer indicate that he believed
a French automobile carrying billion
francs tried to cross Germany to Rus
e.a. but was seized. He rather doubted
that Paris has been burned by apaches.
but he believed that President Poin-
caro- had been assassinated; that the
Germans had captured Warsaw.
Notebooks found on private soldiers
recorded a shortage Of food, also the
bringing down II an aeroplane near
Mannheim. This must have been a
German machine, as no French have
flown there.
The wounded Germans are astounded
to learn that Italy has not declared
war on France The German volunteer
units have suffered very heavy losses
The sun., 1914-08-19
SWEDES WOULD FIGHT
FOR THEIR NEUTRALITY
Mobilization Proceeding and the
Country Is Swept by
Patriotic FervOr.

LONDON. August Is.
Torvald Nystrom cables from Stock
holm that patriotic fervor Is sweeping
Swedes, uniting all parties into a unit
which is demanding neutrality in the
present crisis and favoring the exten-
sion OF obligatory military service to
two years and increased armaments in
accordance with the plans of the most
extreme militarlsts In the Riksdag.
Mobilization Is proceeding perfectly.
The people are calm and confident. The
Swedes are determined to defend their
neutrality and independence at any
sacrifice. Interest in politics, which
ordinarily is limiteu, has seized every
body, and even women and children are
taking part eagerly in the discussions
National feeling has not run so high
before In a hundred years. I saw two
market women nearly come to blows in
n dispute as to whether Sweden ought
to take sides with the Russians or with
the Germans.
There is great stagnation OF business.
Exports and imports have virtually
ceased. P-ices OF food have risen. con-
siderably and credit on such goods Is
not extended to anybody.
The sun., 1914-08-19
BELGIUM OBDURATE.
Reported 10 Have Refused Kaiscr's
Advance After LIeg.,

LoNpoN, Aug lS.-The Times says
that after news OF the heavy losses which
the German army was suffering before
the forts al Llege reached Emperor Will
lam he again approached Belgium. This
time, through Queen Wilhemina OF the
Netherlands, he signifed to King Albert his
appreciation Of the yalol shown by the
Rolgians, promised most considerate treat
Uent Of the Belgian people and full re-
spcct for their country II Belgium would
abandon her resistance and allow the Ger
man troops to cross her territory
These overturcs, Ike those made earlier
10y Emperor William. were firmly refused
rs King Albert and his Government.
The sun., 1914-08-19
ReServist IN Hospital. Save
RsvOne's Broke Ger.
mar Line.
TREAD ALSATJAN GHOrND
"FOrmidahlo shouts" as Frcncb
Enter the Lost Prov
inlbS.

Special correspondent of 9TH. s,,-l
and the London "psiiy N,,,n

and the London "p.iiy Nnu"
speefni Cable p,spotch 10 Tur StS
PARIS. August ~
The first actual eyewitness to civ.
description Of the flEhting on the French
frontier is a reservist named Jscou,n
who participated In the brilliant action
OF the French in storfning the German
positions at Col du Bonhomme in m.
Vosges. Joaquin. who is in a hosp,,ai
at Chambery. says:
"All night long we listened % m.
roar of gunfire. As the dawn appeared
we could hear the first Prussan bullets
pass our ears. IL was a curious ss,sa.
ton. One could say at first that a
swarm of bumblebees was passing hin
Then We all take our breath and in.
stinctively one opens his cartridge
pouch. The officers there are as calm
as during the July IA review in the
celebration OF the fall OF the Bastille
"A brief order rings out. We lie
down and a fusillade begins again
What n noise! We make a few leaps
forward and lie down and begin tirlas
again. We carry out this Iuanuuyrs
right to the frontier posts.
"a hundred yards further are the Ger
man positions. The charge baNt, 4,
order comes and we leap forwaru IL
the Germans decamp. They are afr. u
When we passed the frontier post aSj
knocked against 1t 1t fell. one woulu
have thought that the German frontier
was iirmer than that.
AT last we tread on Alsatian ground
Formidable shouts resound in our
chests. / run nifty yards and fall sense
less from sunstroke. l recovered
twenty-four hours later, but the sur
geon would not let ME remain on tho
firing line"
In the previous riGnting Joaquin had
an opportunity of watching the frnch
field artillery cut through the German
columns as though they We're corn. As
for the German artillery shells. he says
they do not seem to go OF. JacGuin
says:
AT one moment on the day prcced-
ing the fight at Col du Bouhomme We
saw an aeroplane with French las
plane over us. We were overjoyed. A
minute later We saw it drop couple
OF bombs near a transport train. one
fell three yards and the other ten yards
from the train and buried themselves
in the ground. They did no harm. An
officer called out: Pigs: they are Ger.
mans" and ordered us to fire, but they
were too high"
Joaquin gives high praise TO the
French commissariat. He says:
bod Ia a aTf
wine and coffee were never lacking"
The sun., 1914-08-19
GERMANS IN RETREAT WROTE
ALL FRENCH ARE COWARDS"
French War Office Gives Out Letters Found in
Captured Mail Bags French Bring Down
Aeroplane at Dinant.

and drinkables. The first town we
passed after crossing the frontier was
completely destroyed. II was both
sad and an agreeable spectacle. All the
French were shot
Another German soldier writes: I
saw three conveys OF French peasants
pass. The prisoners are all to he shot.
Another writer says: We have shot
all the Inhabitants from. Ia to so years
OF age. All told there were thirty dead.
There are twenty other letters which
ssy that everybody was shot or that
nobody was left alive except the women.
The letters describe the furore caused
by che participation OF the civil popula-
lion IN the lighting. which was ordered
by the French Government. Every
Germany. We have already quoted
from German officers notebooks, which
say
I'VE cay civilians have fired on us.
toms men.
THE same mail bag proves that many
German reservists died from the heat
along the roads. 4 Bavarian regiment,
which was engaged IN that region. sur-
fered enormous losses The Mayor and
notables of Blamont were condemned
to death by the Germans. our troops
on entering Blamont the other night
found posters announcing their execu-
tion for the morrow our rapid arrival
and the disorder Of the German retreat
saved their lives"
The sun., 1914-08-19
GERMANS ADMIT REVERSE.
Say Defeat at schirmcck, Alsace,
Was Due TO Rnshness.
special Cab'e Despatch to The srN,

Special Cdbie Bespatch to The srN.
LONDON, Aug. ls-A German wireless
despatch admits that the German troops
suffered a reverse at Schirmeck. In Alsace,
on August II.
1.-TWO fortress battalions from Strass-
burg" the statement says. were sur
prised by the enemy's artillery. our ma
chine guns were destroyed and left be-
hind in useless condition and were prob
ably captured by the enemy. This sue
cess was Insignificant and was without
any influence on our operation. but 1t Is
warning against rashness and impru-
dence The two battalions returned TO the
fortress. They had lost their guns but
not their courage.
The sun., 1914-08-19
FOUR ZEPPELINs WRECKED.
E1-Frrnch Minister, Says Airships
Were scouting in Belgium,
Special Gable DespatcA 20 Tue ST.

NbecId1 tdOfe UtspdIcN 70 THE Sun.
LONDON, Aug. 1s-.A Paris despatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company
says:
Paul Doumer, former French Minis
ter of Finance. who has just returned
from the fghting line in Belgium. says
that three Zeppelin dirigibles which
were accommodating over the war zone
were destroyed, and one fell into a for
est and was wrecked
BRUSSELS, Aug, lS.-An unidentified
aeroplane hovered over the royal castle
of La,kcn to-day and subsequently dis
appeared. A great many German aero
planes are seen in the Louvaln district.
one was brought down to-day with a ma
chine gun.
The sun., 1914-08-19
TURcos' KHAKI FOOLS GERMANS.
AIgerians Not Recognized as Foe
TIL Near Kaiser's Troops.
Special cable Despotch 10 THE suS.

PARIS. Aug, lS,-Marseilles dispatches
say that the Germans mistook the Turcos
in Alsace for soldiers of their own army
because Of their khaki uniforms. accord
,ng to the stories told by wounded who
have arrived from Alsace.
The Turcos, the native Algerian troops
Of the French army, made their first ap-
pearance In the war In the fighting about
Muelhausen. They are the only troops OF
the French army which wear khaki. The
German field army IL now wearing a
gray cloth. the color OF which somewhat
resembles khaki
The Turcos. according t. the wounded.
were not recognized until they were al
most upon the German entrenchments,
and then dashed forward.
The sun., 1914-08-19
FIGHT OFF PACIFIC COAST

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. lS.-Although they
are said to have been warned by United
States naval officers not 10 reveal the
whereabouts OF IA German cruiser they d-e
said to have seen Tuesday morning, fon-
passengers on board the Yankee a sloop
which arrived In this port yesterday from
cannonading Monday night while off Mon
terey. According to Charles Miller. owner
OF the Yankee. who was on board, IS
ship was boarded as they APPROACH
Golden Gate and they were warned by
Government officers to say nothinc "
what they had heard or seen.
The sun., 1914-08-19

SDcctuf tuOfe DSspdtcH 70 TNH SUN
PARIS, Aug. ls.--The Ministry Of war
issued the following announcement at
IL o'clock tonight:
Near Dinant our troops brought
down German aeroplane. Tho pilot
was killed and the observer was made a
prisoner. The machine was captured In
tact
"Our successful operations in Lor-
raine allowed OF the seizure OF heavy
mail from German soldiers on the firing
line writing home. chiefly from Baden
wlller, ten kllometers east of the French
frontier. One soldier wrote:
1--WE have covered sixty kilometers
into France
Another wrote: we shah oo IN
Paris at the end OF the month
still another wrote: Here We are
in southern France
THE letters were characterized by
insults to the French troops, such as
French are towards"
"All these letters were written by
soldiers in a corps which had retreated
before us for four days. The writer's of
the letters we're chiefly preoccupied
about food and drills. They wrote that
they had no need of money. saying:
I'VE take It up. II Mr.. Frenchman
does not cough UP or If ne looks sour we
stick a revolver under his nose. We do
that on purpose to let him know that
the Germans have come before. We
burn villages we carry off all eatables
The sun., 1914-08-19
NORTH SEA FIGHT REPORTED.
German Cruiser Said to Have At
tackled British FIotiIIa.

bU CtHtTuF NtWd OF HWtTfcu,
LONDON, Aug. 1s.--A report received
here from Harwich, which has not been
officially confirmed. states that a German
cruiser opened fire at 80 o'clock this
morning on British torpedo boat fotilla.
but the shots went wide.
The indications are, according to the
report. that the engagement occurred
about hundred miles from Harwich.
The offcial bureau announced Tonight
that there was desultory fighting In tho
North Sea to-day between the British
patrolling notilas and reconnoitring
German cruisers. No losses are reported.
The bureau adds:
"a certain livelness is apparent in the
southern arc OF the North Sea"
The sun., 1914-08-19
LONGS FOR LOST LAND.
sweden Hopes to Regain Finnish
Provinces at Close of War.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE srS.
CoPENHAGEN. via London. Aug. ls.-In
spite OF the mutual determination OF Nor
way and Sweden to maintain neutrality in
the European conflict. a feeling is growing
in the latter nation that an opportunity
may present itself in the readtustments
which are expected to follow the war for
Sweden TO regain some OF her former
Finnish provinces.
The situation Is quiet In both countries
at present. and Il Is believed that the
entente at which their Governments have
arrived will successfully maintain the po-
sition OF neutrality assumed by each.
The sun., 1914-08-19
GERMAN AIRMAN DROPS BOMBS.
Flies French Flag as He Passes Over
LuneyilIe.

PARIS. Aug. ls.-The War Office an
nounces that a German monoplane. fly
ing French flag. passed over Lune-
vile, in the Department of Meurthe ct
Moselle to-day and dropped three
bombs. They fell In the public gar
dens, but did little damage and no one
was hurt.
This is the fourth time that German
aviators have dropped bombs in Lune-
vile.
The sun., 1914-08-19
GERMAN FAMILIES DESTITUTE.
Newpapers Appeal for Funds and
Many cities give Aid.

CoPENHAGEN, Aug. lS,--German news
papers received here publish appeals for
subscriptions for the maintenance OF fam
lies whose bread winners are in the army
Various German cities are spending large
amounts OF public funds for the purchase
OF food and In providing work for the un.
employed.
a great part OF the German trade unions
are deNoting one-fourth OF their funds for
the sSnett of the destitute.
The sun., 1914-08-19
FIVE GRAND DUKES AT FRONT.
Eleven Members of RussiRu I'M
per'aI Family with Army.

Special cobie DssBdtch to THE suS
ST. PETERsBrRG, Aug. IS.-The Noroe
ErcmUd says that among the eleven
members of the imperial family now
serving at the front are the Grand
Dukes Cyril, Boris. Dmtri, Nicholas
and Peter and Princes John. Alexander
and Igor.
The sun., 1914-08-19
CROWN PRINCE WOUNDED IN
BELGIUM, THE HAGUE HEARS
Said to BE in Aix-la-Chspelle
Hospital-Denial From
Berlin.


LoNpoN. Aug. is.--Persistent rumors
from The Hague that Crown Prince Fred
erick William has been shot continue to
reach here. 1t is said that he was Sc
riously wounded In the fighting In Bel
gium and is in a hospital at Aix-la-
Chappelle, where the Kaiser will join him.
Reports received from Berlin in Rome
say. however that the Crown Prince had
been summoned from the front to meet
his father and the General stan at
Malns.
Bar ssELs. Aug. lS.-It Is reported that
Crown Prince Frederick William of
Germany visited the wounded in the
hospitals at Hcrcklavillc to-day.
The sun., 1914-08-19
GERMAN SHIPS LOCATED.
Part of Baltic Squadron Is on Gott-
land.

THE SUN and London Daily Mail War
Serptoe.
Special Gable Despdfch to THE SrS,
CoPENHAGEN. Aug. ls.-The BerlinDske
Tidende says part OF the German Baltic
squadron has been located off Gottland.
This is probably the reserve feet from
Danzig reinforced by small craft and
notllla OF destroyers with a cruiser of
the Augsburg class from the base at Kiel
A torpedo hotilla and three small
cruisers are In the Cattegat. The rest
are understood to be In the Blight OF
Helgoland.
The sun., 1914-08-19
MONKS RETURN TO FIGHT.
Members OF Carthusian order Enter
French Service.

Special Gable Dtspdfch 10 THE suN
PARIS, Aug. ls,--The Carthusian monks
OF military age who left France for Spain
after the passage of the act dissolving
the union Of Church and State, presented
themselves at the Grenoble barracks for
military service. according to tho Eclair.
The population, of Grenobls gave thsm
an enthusiastic reception.
The sun., 1914-08-19
QUEENS BROTHERS TO FRONT.
Prince Alexander of TecL 20 60 On
Foreign Service.

LONDON, Aug. 1s.-The Duke of Teck
and Prince Alexander of Teck. brothers
OF Queen Mary. the latter of whom is
to succeed the Duke of Connaught as
the Governor General Of Canada. is GO
ing on foreign service. according to
The sun., 1914-08-19
BETS TO AID WOUNDED FRENCH
Sp,ciaI Cable Despatch 10 Tnr Sun.

PARIS. Aug. ls.-The Race Course AS
sociation has asked permission to devote
part of the betting percentage profits
from the pari-mutuel to the aid of
wounded French soldiers.
The proposition has been approved BY
the Minister of Agriculture.
The sun., 1914-08-19
FRANCE DECLINES ITALY'S AID.
GaribaIdrs OHer OF Volunteers Not
Accepted for Present.
Sptcial CabIe Despatch to Tnr Sr

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE srN.
PARIS, Aug. ls,--M Messimy, the Min
lister OF War, has sent letter to Ric-
ciotti Garibaldi. son OF the Italian llber-
stor, thanking him for his offer to fur
nish 10000 Italians TO fight for tho
French.
He added. however that he would not
for the moment be able to accept the
offer.
The sun., 1914-08-19
JOFFRE FEELS CONFIDENT
Sssnch omcial statement Is TeIc-
gram From Commander.

Npcr'di 'Itir Despatch 10 TnE SrY.
fAEls, Aug, lN.--The War Onice COM
wWnique this afternoon took the form
- telegram signed by Gen Joffre
commander IN chief of the French army
40 the field instead of tho usual bare
statement Of facts This has been ac.
oepted as an indication that matters are
The sun., 1914-08-19
FLEEING TO ANTWERP.
Families From 30 Miles Around Are
Seeking Refuge.

Special 'dbie DesDdfch 10 The SuS.
ANTWERP Aug. lS.-Hundreds OF
families are focklng into Antwerp from
Moll. Leopoldsburg and other villages
as far as thirty miles 10 the east OF
this city.
The sun., 1914-08-19
GERMAN SHIP LETS
BRITISH LINER GO
Presence Of Women and Chill
dren Among Passengers Wins
Vessel Immunity.
THE SUNS aud the London Daily Matrs
War Service

THE SUNS aud the London DAILY MatIs
War Service.
Special Gable Despafch TO THE sUx
LAS PALMAs. Canary Islands. Aug. Is.
The captain OF the British Royal Mail
steamer Allianza, from Buenos Ayres
for Southampton. reports that he was
stopped of Cape Blanco. Morocco. by
the armed merchant ship Kaiser WILL
helm der Crosse. The captain of the
German vessel inquired II there were
any women and children aboard the
Allianza. The captain OF the English
vessel replied in the affirmative.
Thereupon the German commander
ordered the captain OF the Allianza to
throw his wireless equipment over
board. The order was complied with
and the British vessel was allowed to
proceed.
The German ships in the harbor and
the German consulate were covered
with flags on the report OF n German
victory at Liege. The authorities or
dered the flags hauled down on the
ground that the jubilation might be
regarded as a provocative demonstra-
ton in neutral waters.
Recent dispatches from London stated
that the German Government had taken
over the North German Lloyd liner
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and con-
verted her into an armed auxiliary
cruiser. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
was the first Of che great German
fiiers. coming out in 1897 and held the
north Atlantic record until 1t was
wrcsted from her by the Deutschland
Of the Hamburg American Line and
the Lucania of the Cinard Line.
The sun., 1914-08-19
FRENCH RETAKE COLMAR.

BAsLE, Aug. lS.-The French troops
have again occupied Colmar. north Of
Muelhauson.
The sun., 1914-08-19
mo PERIL TO BRUSSELS"
Life of Capital Not Anected by
Transference of Court.

Special Cabie Despatrh 10 THT suS.
By j. VI. JEFFRIEs,
Special correspondent of "Thc sun"
and the London "DaiIy Mail"
BRUSSELS, Aug. IS.
The retirement Of the Belgian court
10 Antwerp and the transference there
Of the seat of government has in no
way hitherto affected the life of the
capital.
The present action is no surprise.
Every eventuality in regard to Brussels
has been contemplated. The Belgians
are ready to put up with any temporary
hardships, Meanwhile the Govern
ment has issued proclamation to the
eject that there Is no danger of a sue
Cessful coup de main.