The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-01
CLASH OF 100000 men

CLASH Of 3,0OO,OOO men
CONTINUED from Page One.)
The Russians inflicted a loss Of 10000
on the enemy, who sought to cross the
Vistula.
French Advancing in Lorraine.
Washington, Sept. 1.-The French am
bassador, ]. J. Jusserand, today re-
ceived this official dispatch from Paris:
I'm the Vosges and In Lorraine our
troops began an advance again vest
day. At Sassy on the Mouse a regi-
ment Of German infantry was nearly
annihilated. On our left wing German
progress made. Russian offensive ad-
vance progressing"
Allies in Good Shape.
Paris, Sept. 1.-The position Of tho
allied armies, according to the opinion
of French military experts, is good.
The Germans, it is pointed out. are
attempting a movement which, If 1t
fail, will leave them in a dangerous
situation with their troops exhausted.
The British army, fresh and rested,
the experts say, Is about to engage
the extreme German right, and to
support the French. who have been
retiring slowly for several days.
Three German Spies Captured.
Paris, Sept. Three German spies
were brought from Beauvais. south OF
Amiens. last night by a squad Of French
troopers. They were arrested in the
French lines and one of them wore the
uniform of a Belgian officer. Arriving
at the north station, the soldiers had
difficulty in protecting them from a
mob when it became known they were
spies. They were finally conducted in
safety to prison.
War Tax Is Guaranteed.
London, Sept. IA dispatch to the
Express from The Hague says that the
four richest men in Belgium have guar
anteed the payment to Germany Of the
war tax which the Germans levied
against Belgium. The four men are
Ernest Solvay, the alkali king: Baron
the Rothschilds; Paul WarosQue. the
mine owner, and Baron Empain. the
railway magnate.
Had not this guarantee been given,
says the correspondent, Brussels would
probably have been treated as Louvain
was. Big guns were mounted in front
Of the palace ready for bombardment-"
Famous Rubens Destroyed.
London, Sept. LIN q dispatch from
Amsterdam, correspondent OF the
Central News says that during the
painting by Rubens, representing the
miraculous Draught of Fishes" was
destroyed. 1t hung in the Church Of
Notre Dame.
German General Prince Won Buelow,
who was wounded in the battle OF
Haelen, has since died.
Various places in Belgium now &C.
cupied by the Germans, according to
this authority, have been posted with
MI rd ri mo 11A
slider Belgium German province.
Anniversary of Sedan.
London. Sept. To-day is the an
niversary Of Sedan, and it is fully ex-
pected that the German army in
France will make a supreme effort to
celebrate the day in some strikingly
effective manner.
the front. according to the official
French account, which admits that
the German right wing continues its
advance. No other details Of this
fighting have yet come through. and
it is not known whether the British
army has again been engaged. Ac-
cording to the Paris Temps. while the
German forces are exhausting them
selves by their tremendous exertions
far from their base, the French, by
their superior transport facilities, are
able constantly to bring up fresh ef-
fectives SO as to prolong the struggle
indefinitely and wear the enemy down
II they do not beat him.
In regard to the. eastern theater OF
the war, reports are conflicting. From
st. Petersburg. the continued success
of the Russians against the Germans
and Austrians is claimed. On the
other hand. Berlin, which is beginning
to issue much more news of the war
| claims important victories Of the Aus.
| <~s &n
possible as yet to decide which OF
these conflicting reports is correct
but it is evident that fierce fighting II
proceeding in the neighborhood o.
Lublin.
- Iron Ring Is Closing.
London. Sept IA dispatch to the
Times from St. Petersburg gives thu
following comment on the Russian
operations against the Austrians:
'The Russian operations against th<
Austffnns are considered by recognized
military writer's to have reached thu
stage when decisive victories may b
within reach. The capture Of the rail
\ road center .forty-five miles south o
I.emberg involves the rupture Of rail
/ way communication with the Austrial
fortresses on the Dniester and In Buko
vina- Thus the southern part OF Ga
licia as well as Bukovina is severe'
i from the remaining portions OF Gall
the Carpathians. As result the irol
4 ring is closing around L.embeg.
According to the Russko Slovo tn
1 losses suffered by the Austrians in thei
desperate attempt to strike at the vital
Of the Russian position in Poland ag
i gregate tens of thousands Of men, in
Guiding the Sixth Austrian corps. whic
on it's retreat between the western Blu
and the Wieprz rivers was almost IN
initiated"