, 1914-10-15
WAR NEWS sUMMAR sd

General 6eseIer, commander Of the
German troops that captured Ant
werp, has issued the following
proclamation:
ITO the inhabitants of Antwerp: The
German army has entered your cit,
as c~onquerors. Nc citizen shall be
harmed and your property shall be
spared II you refrain from hostile
acts. All refractoriness will be pun
ished according to the laws Of war
and may lead to the demolition Of
your beautiful city"
Additional details Of the Smelling OF
Antwerp indicate that the damage
was not as great "a at first est
mated. The damage inflicted by the
herman artillery may be set of in
large measure by the great destruc
tion wrought on German shipping in
the harbor by the Belglans.
1.-THE capture Of Antwerp In ten days
carries the germ Of the capture OF
Paris" says the Deutsche Taseszei
tung, according to a dispatch from
Berlin.
II Is stated that the Germans lost As.
600 lei during attack on Antwerp
A German official statement says that
German cavalry completely routed ;
French cavalry division west Of
Lille, which Indicates that the en
IRENE limit Of the western battle lie
within twenty miles Of the Straits Of
Dover.
II Is officially announced in Berlin that
In the eastern theater Of war all at
tacks on the first and tenth Russian
armies have been repulsed, willis
the same fate was suffered by the
Russians when they attempted an
outfanklng movement by way Of
Schirwindt, East Prussia.
In South Poland, the Germans claim
their armies rave reached the Wis
tuIa. The assertion is also made
that the Russians have Invented tire
stories which have tel given out
regarding victories at Augustowe
and SuwalSi.
Petroqrad remains silent as to this
movements Of the Russian armies
but hints that secrecy Is necessary
for the time being because import
ant operations are pending,
Late reports Indicate that terrific
fighting. p~artsking of the nature OF
siege operations, has taken place
during the last fortnight round
Roye, Lassisny and Albert, the last
named place having been complete
Iy destroyed. inspection Of the
works from which the Germans we're
driven show that they took the full.
est pos s.e advantage of the ROCK
quarries.
Now that the opposing forces are de-
ployed in a comparatively level coGn
try, shorter periods of Vigorous ns"t
ina probably will produce more de
cisive results than did the engage
ments while the opposing lines were
entrenched against each other.
From Austria come reports, by way OF
Italy, of the rapid spread of Asiatic
cholera and of the sufferings being
endured by the Austrian troops on
account of the unusually cold wealth.
er.
A dispatch from Cettinie says the
Austrian troops who on Oct. 8 fought
the M~ontenegrins on the way to
sarajevo we're 2oo, 1000 strong. The
Austrians lost 1900 killed or wound.
ed, and while withdrawing to kalen.
ovitch, forty miles south Of S~arajevo,
lost 500 more In killed or wounded.
The M~ontenegrins also took many
prisoners.
The Japanese have occupied the Shan.
tuns railroad, China. This 10 q Chi.
nese state railroad and was built by
Germans. China has protested
AGAINST this action.
A message from Budapest published In
Rome credits the Hungarian govern
ment with the Intention Of granting
autonomy to Pennsylvania, with .
view Of avertina m insurrectlon in
that country.
The question Of caring for refugees
10 becoming more difficult for all
the belIiqerents. Those from Ga
Ilcia are so numerous in Bohemia
that II has been finally decided to
build a town to hold $4,000 tempo.
rary inhabitants. This town will be
on the banks Of the Elbe, q
chotzen. In France the problem 10
serious.
Il 10 announced from an authoritative
source that the Turks are showing
much energy in Syria, Palestine and
north Arabia, where they are con.
centrating troops at a number Of
points and terrifying important
places on the coast and on routes
to the interior.
England fears a Zeppelin raid Is i'm
pending. London sentries operating
huge searchlishts r%edoubled their
efforts to search the skies for aerial
visitors. The public thinks the Ger
man occupation of Antwerp mesn
an almost immediate Zeppelin raid.
A serious German check is reported at
ouatrecht, near Wetteren, east Of
Client, where, according to ar o.
tend dispatch, 10000 Germans have