Bisbee daily review., 1914-11-11
GERMAN RAIDER ENDEN. INSURANCE RAISER, IS
 TRAPPED OFF AFRICA
REPORTS OF THE CONTENDING FORCES
 so OPPOSITE AND CONFLICTING THAT
 LITTLE IS KNOWN OF ACTUAL BATTLE
Conditions of Trapping of Emde and Cruiser Kogsbug Are AL most Worthy the Pen of Steyenson-GemanS and Russians Clash in Cavalry Engagements Along German Frontier - West Flanders Engagements Continue With Attacks.

LONDON. Nov 1O-The claims of the contending armies in the eastern and western theatres of war. espec- ially as concerns the situation in West Flanders, dovetailed in so few re- spects tonight as to leave but one big fact on land or sea undisputed. That is the destruction of the German raider Emden and the trapping of the German cruiser Koenigsberg the lat ter in a palm-lined East African river under circumstances which read as though taken from Stevenson Brit lsh marine insurance was almost in- stantly cut in half. for never since the days of the Alabama has there been such successful commerce destroyer as the Emden. Cheers broke forth at Lloyd's on the an lnouncement and for the moment the struggles of the armies in France. Belgium, Russia and elsewhere were forgotten.
 Yet all these armies Ire at each others throats, the Germans and Rus sians clashing in cavalry engage ments along the German frontiers; the Russians still harrassing the Aus trians in Galicia and the French. British and Belgians waiting to hold back what sdl appears to be tremen' dous German attempts to break thru .the Allies lines in the vicinity of Hpres
 Many dispatches speak of the move ment of German troops eastward rom
 Belpium as forecasting the necessity
 of endorsements along the eastern
 frontier. but neither French nor Ger man official statements this afternoon
 indicated any slackening in the Nlo Hence of the German attacks in Wes' Flanders. In fact, the French state lment says that between the sea ana Armentieres the opposing forces are acting on the offensive. As to the
 outcome of this double offensive move Iment. inc rival contentious are aoso Imtelv contradictory, the Germans claiming slow progress near fpre' . and the French asserting the Gernal attack was beaten back
 ], stu what seems to be a sustained
 and concerted German effort m thu region makes reports of German re . tirement hardly born out although said they moved their headquarIer
 suu further east. this time from Chen to Alost. The situation along th hattie line in France proper, rom lh
 standpoint of the Allies, is summe. 2 mn in dispatch from observer "lu Indian corps." who says there is n 1 marked change anywhere, though h nrofesses to see a gradual weakehlu 1 of the German attacks.
 Aside from the military aspects o
 tbe war what stood out boldest wa , Cermany's reported threat to cut o inc food supply which the U Chi'e '' 2 states is sending to Belgium II tn !. pelg,ans do not return to their c,ue , and make an effort to resume lhel
 normal occupations. The Belgian ai d,
 e,ger is that it has been impossiD'
 ,o resume any semblance oI norma h,i
 activities because German solu'e. , have communicated all implement ,.., ! and materials necessary to an lhuu' d trial revival ,.suod f,
 The British government issueu '' U r,ght another so-called white pape e reyievins the incidents which Pr' Q ceded her declaration or war '5''N'