Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-19

a matter of speculation, the press Of Lon
don dwells today on the possibility that
tho Germans arc striving only to hold
the strong positions they now have as
sumed. with the view of keeping the allies
at bay and thus affording Emperor Will
liam an opportunity to rush troops to his
eastern frontier.
on the other hand. il would he no sur
prise if the Germans, now reinforced,
should attempt another aggressive move
ment similar TO the one which the allies
inaugurated so successfully after the in
vaders had exhausted themselves in tho
avalanche-like rush toward Paris.
The German losses are estimated here
, at $500 daily for the last fortnight This
totals more than 1900 since September 4.
As the losses of the allies are known to
have been tremendous and adding the ter
rible losses suffered by the Austrians in
Galicia, some idea may be gained of the
extraordinary sacrifices of men during
these first few weeks of the modern
worlds greatest war
No confirmation has been received here
OF the reported Servian evacuation OF
Semlin. nor have the brief dispatches
bringing this rumor told whether the
Servian retirement was due to strategic
efforts or to the onsaughts of the Aus
TRANS aided by the gunboats, which are
reported to have bomba rded both Semlin
and Belgrade. All Servian advices insist
that the Serbs are continuing their vigor-
Gus forward movement.
British Resent Peace Talk.
Preliminary talk Of peace seems to be
4 Al.
pact recently signed by the allies insures
concerted action, when it comes, in the
direction of peace on their part the dis
patches from Washington relative to the
attitude on peace of Dr. Won Bcrthmann
Hollweg, the German chancellor. as con-
veyed through the American ambassador
at Berlin together with dispatches from
Rome saying that Austria Hungary de-
sires peace, have aroused considerable
discussion here and editorial articles al
ready have appeared saying that peace
on any terms is out of the question until
what is STYLED the menace of German
militarism' is crushed.
The earlier impotence of the British
public for news from the front seems
now to be more or less reconciled TO the
enforced necessity Of awaiting the Of
fetal bulletins given out by the press
bureau. Dispatches from Berlin say that
the German public has been without
actual news of the situation in the west
ern area of the war for two weeks.
No Change In East.
There was nothing today to indicate
change in the situation in the eastern
zone. Presumably the armies Of Austria
are still trying to unite at Cracow while
the Russian army under General Rem
nenkampff is holding the Germans at bay
along the frontier of Poland"
While public opinion and the press in
Italy and Roumania are apparently stnl
in the dark as to the course these nations
will pursue as the struggle continues,
semi-official assurance came from Den
mark today from the newspaper Poltiken
that that country would remain firm in
its neutrality. The paper says:
Nothing can induce US to change the
policy of neutrality which Denmark has
declared she will follow"
Germans Weld slightly.
PARIS, Sept. ls.-The great battle Of
Aisne continues All that is known Off
cially Of its progress is that the Ger
mans are yielding slightly at some points
on the left. Though this fact was given
out officially by the French yesterday It
evidently refers TO the situation on Tues
day. since il accords with the English
press statements OF Wednesday. The
many wounded prisoners coming in from
the front indicate that allies have made
tho Germans give ground. the latter leay-
ing their wounded behind.
The army Of Crown Prince Frederick
William has finally turned on its pur-
suers at Mont Foucon. TO the northwest
OF Nerdun, encouraged. no doubt by adj
vices Of reinforgoments coming from the
/ Rhins gaTrisons and the line Of defense
is now clearly established from Noyun,
siNty-seyen miles northeast or Paris. to
Mont Fsucon.
! In addition 10 the difficulty Of rcor-