Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17

protected BY the rivers Disc and Aisne.
u the center and left are able 20 COM
plete a retirement in such shape as 70
make a stand on the same line they may
be able 70 sustain a general engagement
I nder more favorable conditions than on
the Marine. The battle line this time 10
nearly straight from the east to the west.
In case the German force should retire
ecain they would have two lines OF re.
treat by Jongwy and by Sedan.
II remains to be seen whether, under
the adverse conditions. the Germans have
been able to get their artillery into posi-
ton through the mud. The situation
would be desperate In case Of defeat, for
the heavy rains continue, and, under the
circumstances. the Germans could hardly
set their heavy artillery away.
II was rumored last night that the In
dian cavalry had arrived and would go
into action. This is unconfirmed how
ever, and doubtless no one will know
definitely about them until they have
actually participated in an engagement
Interest Center shifts.
LONDON. Sept. ib.7The center OF in
terest in the western theater Of the war
has shifted from the right wing Of the
! German army under General Won Kluck
to the left wing, where the relief OF
Troyon by the French IL regarded in
London as leaving the army Of the Ger
man crown prince. Frederick William,
apparently in dangerous situation.
AS had been predicted in England the
French have retaken Rheims but this
step is OF greater moral than strategical
value. for the line to the northeast OF
this town provides a better defensive
position for the German forces than does
the front marked by Rheims itself.
According to advices received here from
Berlin. the demand for news In Germany,
where the people appear 70 be growing
impatient. has been soothed 10 certain
extent by the reassuring statement from
the general staff that the German line IL
holding out successfully against the Of
| fensive movements OF the allies. So faI
as the last twenty-four hours are con-
oerned. this information agrees with news
received in London. with the exception
of that regarding the German left wing
This part OF the line. judging from dis.
patches made public in London. appears
not only to have withdrawn from the In,
| NtStHltnl Oh DcIltnt Dut permitting tHe
relief OF Troyon. which ls twelve miles
southeast OF verdun, to have left itsell
only one line OF retreat This Is through
the stenay Gap. to reach Luxembourg, OF
by way OF Longuyon and LonEwy t.
reach Thionville Diedenhofen).
II the allies are able to prevent Tn,
army OF the crown prince from usinl
Metz as a base of operations, Il Is fell
In London that the German left wins
would be in a. serious a situation as wal
its right last week.
Russian Attack DeIiberated.
Expert military observers in Petrograc
have declared that the Russian invest
inent Of Koenlgsberg and General Rem
nenkampfs foray into East Prussia wer,
planned with the deliberate intent Of com
pellins Germany TO detach some Of IT.
forces from France TO the relief Of IT.
east Prussian frontier. In Petrograc
military critics united in characterizinI
this maneuver as brilliantly successful 81
much So In fact, that the. salvation o
the allied forces In the west undosbtedil
was due 10 Oermany,s having cent sew
eral OF It's best army corps to cas-
Prussia H,i.t t--t- S.,i.ttt
With this work apparently accom-
plished, II Il being predicted in England
today that the Russian forces investing
Koenigsberg. together with General Rem.
enkamprs army, will be withdrawn
within the Russian border. ~
IL i is a fact that Germans ally IL
Galicia has retired within the fortified
triangle dominated by :PrzemysI as dis
patches received here indicate. the infer
ence is drawn by British observers tina,
tho Russian right is now free TO advano,
from the southeast, and that an aggres
sive movement from this quarter may b
j lnnked for