The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-11-19
RUSSIANS PRESS
ON into GERMANY
Kaissr's Armies In The East Have Been
Unable to Hold The Russian
Invaders
Allies STAND FIRM At User
Germans Have Made No Progress In
France-AIIied Warshps Cap
ture German Scourees

British mercantile shipping greatly
Increased during the past week and
the marine insurance rates in Lon,
don were cut nearly in half as the re-
suit OF the capture of the German
cruisers Emden and Konigsberg Off the
Chilean coast. The Emden alone had
record Of capturing or destroying %
British trading vessels, and these Ger
man warships had made life misera-
bic for British shipping on the high
seas. The allies have been able to
hold their own against the Germans
along the User river in the north of
France and the kaiser's armies are
no nearer to the French seacoast than
they were a week ago.
The most important development of
the past week in the European war
has been the campaign Of the Rus.
SLAMS against. the Germans in the east
Of Prussia, Galicia and Russian Pol
and Here the Russians have surpris-
ed the world with their ability to fol-
low up the retreat of the Germans
I from Poland and a great danger OF
Russian invasion of Germany is de-
veloping in that direction. After about
two months of apparent idleness in
east Prussia the invading armies of
Russia are again taking the offensive
and so far the Germans have been
unable to check their advance.
The allies in France and Belgium
are very much elated over the sue
cess of the campaign of the Russians
in the east They are hoping that the
czar's armies will prove such men
ace that it will be necessary for the
Germans to withdraw a portion of the
armies in France to protect their own
country in the east. Should the Ger
mans be compelled to do this it would
probably mean that the allies would
bring up great numbers of reserves
and force the Germans to retreat with
in their own border in the west.
That England is settling down to a
long war and that recent remarks by
Edward Gray that the present war
was only really starting so far as
England was concerned, is quite evil
dent from the fact that parliament
has been asked for million more
men and another war appropriation Of
more than a billion dollars. 1t is esti-
mated that at the present time Eng
lan9 has more than million and a
half men held in reserve in England
ready to be sent to the front. These
consist Of new recruits, territorials and
Canadian troops.
There seems to be somewhat CT a
confiction in the reports from Berlin
and London concerning the safety Of
the North sea for shipping. London
recently issued notice that the south
end of the sea was not safe for ship
ping and all neutral vessels were
warned not to traverse this area with
out a British boat for guide. The
Germans later issued an identical bull
letin with the exception that it de-
clared that the south end of the sea
was safe from mines, but that the
north was not. The question in the
minds Of the ship owners of neutral
countries now is, which end of the
sea is really safe?
After the fall of the German fortress
AT Tsing-Tau China, the allied ships
which were engaged in shelling the
fortress, have been released and are
now scouting the Southern seas for
German war vessels. This has restor-
ed confidence and served to increase
shipping to and from British ports. 1t
means that British merchant vessels
will be able to sail these seas Win
comparative safety.