The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

counter attacks against the allied
troops, which, flushed with victory,
have been trying to prevent them from
entrenching themselves.
According to English and French
official reports these attacks have
been repuIsed and the Germans COM
PEELED to give way at certain points,
but the German general staff claims
just the opposite result
Russians Report Gains.
Petrograd.-It is announced that
the Russian troops in pursuit OF the
enemy have met all along the battle
front with important success against
the Austrians and have occupied San
domiF, about one hundred miles north
east Of Cracow. They also took by
assault an important position near
Krzeschoff and crossed the San river,
pressing the routed Austrians hard.
In the Iavorovo district they captured
conveys of ammunition Of the Sixth
and Fourteenth Austrian army corps,
taking more than thirty guns, 5000
prisoners and an enormous quantity
Of munitions Of war.
Few Germans in Alsace.
Geneva.-Advices received here say
that the report of a big battle at
Thanh, Alsace, in which $4,000 men
were engaged, is untrue. 1t is stated
that there are not more than 10000
German soldiers in Alsace, and that
not more than 10000 are engaged at
Thanh Most of the troops in Alsace
and around Belfort have been sent to
join the principal German armies \
telegram from Basel says that the
troops at all the fortresses on the
Rhine have been hurried to the front.
A Move Toward Peace.
Washing ton.-Germany has suggest
ed informally that the United States
should undertake to elicit from Great
Britain, France and Russia a state
ment of the terms under which the
allies would make peace.
/ The suggestion was made by the
imperial chancellor, Won Bethmann-
| Hollweg, to the American ambassa-
dor, James W. Gerard, at Berlin, as
a result of an inquiry sent by the
American government TO learn wheth-
er Emperor William was DESTROYS OF
discussing peace, as Count Won Bern
! storff, the German ambassador, and
| Oscar Straus recently had reported
No reply was made by Emperor
William himself nor did the imperial
chancellor indicate whether he spoke
on behalf of his monarch
Sank Five British Steamers.
Tokio-It is reported here that the
German cruiser Emden has sunk five
British steamers off the coast of In
dia The passengers of the vessels
are said to have been saved.
Serbs EVacuafe SemIin.
London.-An Athens dispatch to the
Times says that according to latest
reports the Servians have been
obliged to evacuate Semlin.
Report Germans Surrounded.
| London.-The German right wing
is now encircled by the allies, accord
ing to an Amiens dispatch to the
Daily News.
The Paris correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says: The German
right wing still is threatened and il
looks now as if enormous REINFORCE
ments would be needed by the Ger
mans, particularly on that wing to
ward Compiegne, before they car
resume their advance. General Won
Kluck seems to have been carried toe
far southeast by his own momentum
and certainly has been badly cut VI
, in getting back
Germans Reinforcing.
Amsterdam-A large number o
troop transports passed through AK
Ia-ChapeIle the last few days to joiI
the German army in France. accord
, ing to a dispatch from that town t.
the News Van Den Dag.
All the hospitals, schools and pub
lie buildings in that city are filleH
, with wounded
The New Lines.
London.-The German army which
: less than a fortnight ago, was eat tn,
gates of Paris, and the right wing o
which then extended to the southeas
of the French capital, is drawn up Oh
almost a straight line, extending from
the neighborhood of Noyon, in tn
west, to Bois FORCES, on the Meuse
north of VerdUn, with its left restini
on the German fortress of Metz
Thus the right wing at least, has gon
back more than seventy miles in tw
weeks, while the remainder of tn
: army also has had to retire befor
!. the whole could find ground on whic
to make another stand against tn
I advance of the allies.
Ready for Battle.
That the Germans intend to Civ
battle on this line, with the Rive
Aisne in front of their right, the hill
of Rheims facing their center, an
/ the mountains and forest of Argonn
i on their left, there seems little doub
, They went back steadily before tn
L French and English armies, fightin
Z only rear guard actions until thei
Il right, in command of General Vo
e KIuck, got across the Aisne, the
e they turned and delivered sever;
counter attacks, which, however, a.
cording to the British official repor
n were repulsed, the Germans havin
e two hundred prisoners in the hand
d Of the British.
l. in that vicinity is covered with waite