Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-09-17


Great Britain, France, Spain and
China have agreed to sign peace com
mission treaties with the United
States. One effect of the new conven-
tons Is to prevent the United States
from being drawn suddenly into the
conflict.
Not Yet Ready for Peace.
President Wilson, in response to
inquiries. stated with great regret that
none OF the warning nations of Europe
is willing to consider peace proposals
at this time. Both the president and
Mr.. Bryan fear that nothing short Of
d decisive victory by one party or
the other to the great conflict will
induce the belligerents to listen to
peace counsels.
Germans Forced Back.
me allied armies in France, accord
ing to advices from London delivered
a crushing blow to the German right
Hank, which was hurled twenty-five
miles back across the Marine; French
troops resumed the offensive in AL
SAGE and sent the weakened German
forces backward toward the Rhine:
other French soldiers reoccupied
Luneville and forced the Germans
back to the Lorraine border, and the
army that threatened Paris was in
full retreat toward the frontier, with
the British in pursuit.
German official statements claimed
that the kaiser's army has capture
the French fortress of Maubeuge and
10000 men. This assertion was de-.
MED by the French, who declare the
held out and was a grave
peril to the German lines Of com.
munication. {,
Situation at Luneville.
The evacuation of Luneville, which
was announced by French newspapers.
followed an assault by the Germans on
the French position opposite. This
attack was repulsed. An official com
munique from Bordeaux stated that
the French We're advancing in Lor-
The Germans in the district had
been directed by the crown prince in
person and later by the kaiser.
The fighting in Alsace. according to
The Journal des Debats Of Paris, has
been in the neighborhood of Altkirch.
where the French resumed their often
Sive movement on September 2. The
Germans, according to this newspaper,
Ire in retreat toward the Rhine.
An earlier report than this, com.
ng from Basel, Switzerland, was that
Germans were evacuating Upper
.lsace in order to concentrate their
.roops on the eastern border to com.
1at the Russian advance.
The Germans also were said to have
evacuated Amiens, and the German
commander of the left wing was said
be directing his retreat with the
evident intention of repassing the Bel
sian border east of Lille. I
Russians Advance In GaIicia.
A Petrograd report to the Mes.
of Rome on Friday stated that
| battle near Rawa between Russian
Ind Austrian armies resulted in an
overwhelming victory for the czar's
after four days of bloody
It said that large numbers
# German soldiers who were fighting
With the Austrian were prisoners.
AS a result of their victory, saws ;
he dispatch, the Russians are masters :
# northern Gahcia, the Austrians re- !
iring everywhere and evacuating !
russian Poland. This will clear the ]
way for the Russian advance on Ger
many through Galicia.
More Troops for Germans. !
German re-enforcements estimated !
It 10000 men were advancing into !
france in three columns, according ]
o an Ostend dispatch to the Reuter-
Telegraph company Of London. /
Pope Benedict approached Austria !
nd Germany through their ENJOYS in !
some, and both informed the pom :
if that they are favorably disposed |
second his efforts for peace. The |
Ear is understood to be prepared I
0 submit the pope's offer to the defer !
consideration of Great Britain /
nd France. Pope Benedict hopes !
hat his appeal may lead to an arm I
stice, which would be a prelude to /
'eace. X
The British official press bureau 1
avs the Oceanic, the White Star liner Il
was in the British service as d
inverted cruiser. is a total wreck on {
he north coast Of Scotland. The Of !
GERS and GREY were saved.
The German ambassador at Wash 4
ngton admitted that in a cablegram i
. President Wilson Emperor William I
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