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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09

have taken the offensive. Between
Ynres and Warncton, and especially to
the north of Messines. where the Ger
mans made efforts as desperate as
those of week ago on the coast, they
seem TO be decidedly failing.
Details lust received here of lighting
an tho edge OF the Craonnc plateau
during the last ten days show tha'
after a period Of marked inertia, the
Germans made a determined effort 70
relieve themselves from the growing
menace OF the Frsnco-Britsh advance
Y>The railways are now good deaI Su'
M and the roads are swamped oy re
cent rains The Germans brought oy
the Oise-Aisne canal several heaNy
siege pieces TO redouble the pom oaru
ment of Scissors and Kheims. lneE
also threw new reinforcements, esu-
mated AZ %. 600 men, ST the allied posi-
tions on the north of the Alsne from
praye 70 Vsilly. $50.
Before superior numbers the Allies
were withdrawn TO better defensive
ground at Bourg. Comm and Soupir.
The fighting continued all the last
week. Rheims and scissors being sub
iected TO fresh bombardments. Not
until Thursday were the French able
20 recover the villages Of Soupir and
Sapigneul, near Berry-au-Bsc. On FRI
day the line % trenches of the previ-
Gus week on the CAronne plateau was
Ieoccupied, and to-dsy's offcial oui-
letin records marked advance from
Scissors
NJ. Millersnd's visit 20 Nerdun is
, made the occasion for announcing that
the defenees Of the great Meuse fort
ress hsve been strengthened.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
FINED FOR READING
CONTRABAND NEWS
Brussels S1,250,000 War Tax
Due to Activities of Paper
Vendors.

The Hague (via London, Nov. s.
The alleged reason Tor the recent i'm
position By the Germans Of a fine OF
Si.250000 on the town Of Brussels was
sai1 here to-day TO have been the sale
of contraband newspapers.
II was stated that German secret
service officer tried to arrest Belgians
who were disposing Of Dutch news
papers containing unofficial news, but
that they resisted and were supported
by the Brussels policemen. The news
vendors Of contraband news have be-
come something akin to national heroes
in this city, which has been cut off
for three months from the outside
world.
They have been obtaining from ten
20 fifteen francs for newspapers.
The Brussels Town Council has made
Q protest against the fine on the ground
that the German secret service agent
had net informed the news vendors
Of the ban on the sale of papers and
that the vendors did not know they
were dealing with q German.
The German Governor General is said
10 have threatened that unless the fine
IS paid promptly by November 10 the
Germans will take over the entire city
government Of BRUSSELS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
VATICAN DENIES
POLITICAL MOVE
SAYS Pope Only Desires End OF
War and Seeks No Tenn
poral Advantage.

Rome. Nov. s.-The Milan "Corriere
Della sera" says that the Pope is TAX
irg diplomatic steps with q view to be-
ing represented at the peace confer
ence after the war, the object, beng 10
obtain guarantees regulating the status
81 the Papacv al Rome. in the form OF
an international agreement guarsn-
;eed by the powers.
In return. the paper says, the Pope
would renounce. under certain condi-
lions all pretence for the restoration
Of the temporal power. 1t adds that
the MONTH"; hopes to be successful, as
The only serious opposition might come
from Italy, but II Is pointed out Una,
y Italv remained neutral she would
have no right 10 participate in the
peace conference. 49,.
The Vatican denies the truth of this
announcement and explains that the
Pope is endeavoring only 70 bring
about an end to the war, without any
personal consideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
GERMANS BELITTLE
BRITISH SEA FIGHT
Contrast Victory Off Chill
with Futile Work OF
the Enemy.

London. Nov "a wireless dispatch
received from Berlin says:
Admiral Cradocks feet has been
annhlated in the Pacific by the Ger
mans. The losses on our side amounted
to only a few wounded and the ma
terinl damage 10 our ships was insig
nifcant.
"This engagement was in striking
contrast TO the British vessels cons
hunting exploits in search OF German
cruisers.
"On the recommendation Of the com
mander of the cruiser Karlsruhe, I'm
peror William has conferred the order
Of the Iron Cross upon the commahder
and all the officers, warrant ofhcers
and fifty AFOREMENTIONED otilcers ana
members Of the crew OF that cruiser
Valparaiso, Chill, Nov. 8.-No con-
frmation has been received here OF
the reports that have been prevalent
for the last few days that naval bat
ties have taken place off the coast OF
Peru and off Coquimbo. Chilli. Both
reports are considered here as base
less.
The Gillian government is endeaVor-
ing TO maintain the strictest neutrality
in the war. 1t even has gone so lar
as TO relieve the naval authority AZ
Coqumbo for having inadvertently
sent a wireless dispatch noting the
smiling of the British steamer Orohsa
while the German feet was near by
The CHILEAN transport Maipo has re-
turned TO port at Callao after truit,
less search in territorial waters and
for twenty miles out to sea between
Cape Carranla and Mocha Island for
the cruisers that have been missing
since last Sundays naval battle. The
steamers Valdivia and Chloe, flying
Red Cross flags, continue their quest,
which thus far has been negative. II
is supposed here that any floating
wreckage from the vessels engaged In
the battle has been carried out to sea.
There is also no confirmation here
Of the report that a Japanese fleet has
been seen off the coast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
Germans Can Use Troops
Freed from Right Wing

Rerlin. Nov. S.-The fighting on the
vest front dracs on slowly. Small sue
ossses are reported from day 20 day,
hut there is no sign as yet OF oe-
General Won Kluck has published an
order Of the day embodying the I'm
peror's appreciation and commentator
FOR the state Of the army and the SPIRIT
Of the troops in the battles along the
Aisne valley. 49,,
81 infantrv. who was wounded near ST.
Quentin. has recovered and returneo 10
Major Moraht. the military expert
discussing the situation IN the western
arena. SAYS the last three bulleths
hove shown that an attack on large
scale along the coast against punhirh
bss heen rendered impracticaole, ou'
declares that the situation Is equslly
homeless for the Allies left, which has
repeatedly indicated an intention 20
force the Germans back upon Antwerp
snd render the position between Lille
and Arras uptensble.
Use Troops Elsewhere.
The Germans, he adds, are now able
90 nee the troops from the User dls-
trict elsewhere and need only small
forces 20 check any enterprises along
the dunes. artillery preparations pc
twesn the Ostend-Holland fron'leI
being sufficient 20 repulse any attempts
20 debsrk an expedition against 'he
German rear. am.
A decisive struggle on this wing con-
+inues Major Moraht, IS progresslhs
sround Ypres, which is now envelopes
SYoro the east. south and southwest, anu
no declares that the Allies retirement
;s rracticable only in northeriy OF
,yesterIv directions and that an attempt
% break through the strong forces III
tbe region Of Lille would be frultIess'
The Allies will have held 1pres 70 NJ
vail If the German advance on Ine
front between La Bsssee and Arras
"The French" says the correspond
ont cannot indefinitely continue
strengthening their forces there ana a.
,be same time remain strong ehousI !.
LONG The Arras- Noyon-Neroun front
AGAINST the increasing German press
re German progress on the Aishe
the last few days is gratifying inc
Cernnns now hold thirty kilometres
Csbout eighteen and one-halt niles on
the north bank between Nailly ana
gerrv-au-Bac. and also the crossings
+,'sr the stream and canal The sban-
dopment Of Soupir and Sapigneul are
Tegrettable. but only local"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
GERMAN RETREAT
DUE TO BELCIANS
Desperate Calamity OF
Albert's Army Beats
Back Invaders.
LBy Cable 10 The Tribune |

Northern France name Of town CEN
sored), Nov. S.-Three weeks ago it
seemed impossible that the Belgians,
on their last strip of territory, with
all their courage and their logged,
desperate gallantry, could resist and
held that great mass of hostile men
who were trying TO smash their way
through. But what seemed impossible
is now splendid achievement. The
remnant Of the Belgian army, aided in
the nick of time by the French troops,
who came up with their batteries. has
lot only parried the dreadful thrust
of the Germans, enormously superior
in weight of metal, but has beaten
them back into unmistakable and con-
tnuing retreat.
There is no doubt about this. The
very air in all that region between
Furnes and Newport, Dixmude and
Purvyse is cleared of the odor and
fume of battle. Peace and strange
new quietude have come to places like
Oestkerke and Ramscapelle, which ten
days ago were under pail Of sulphur
Gus smoke and in the zone of bursting
shrapnel. The battle line has with
drawn number of miles. 1t is only with
the help of the wind that the echoing
thunder of guns vibrates into listening
ears at Furnes. II is no longer an ad-
venture, with the chance of death at
every turn in the road, to travel
through the nearby villages. Dixmude
itself is accessible to any man who
wishes to study the effect of war upon
n town which has felt its powers of de-
struction. The fires have burned out.
There are streets Of skeleton houses.
making an empty framework about
heaps of dust and ashes. Across the
roadways there is litter of gable and
chimney pots and broken pinnacles.
and amid the litter one may find
enough shrapnel bullets and Jagged
pieces Of innumerabe shells to fiji a
score of sacks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
TURKS lombard
BLACK SEA TOWN
Continued from page I

pol of the presence of Turkish ships
in the Black Sea and ordered trawlers
sent to take precautionary measures
against the enemy's torpedOes.
Toward 7 o'clock in the morning III
a fog the cruiser Goeben approached
Sebastopol and began a bombardment.
The coast batteries of the Russian
forts replied vigorously. The Goeben' 8
fire caused no damage in the road
stead. Several shells fell harmlessly
in the city. but one struck tho oil
depot, another the railroad, and a
third the naval hospital, killing two
patients and wounding eight others.
AT the same time the torpedo poat
fotilla commanded by Captain Prince
Troubetskoy attacked the Goeben, but
the enemy's hot fire prevented 1t
from prolonging the attack. During
the engagement the Russian torpedo
boat Rustchin made much water and
also was set afire. The Goeben's fire
lasted twenty minutes, after which the
cruiser withdrew.
"Steaming from Sebastopol, the Goe-
ben sighted the Russian transport Prut,
which was returning, and called upon
her TO surrender. The transport, hav-
ing no artillery, hoisted her military
colors, and steering for the shore, her
commander ordered the magazine
opened TO sink her. In preparing the
second dynamite cartridge Lieutenant
Rogowzsky persisted herocially. The
others of the crew Of the Prut saved
themselves with small boats, life belts,
and bits of wreckage, and
later were picked up. After this the
Black Sea feet set out in pursuit Of
the enemy, who avoided a fight and
took refuge at their base in the Bos-
pCrus.
"Our losses on the Prut were two
officers. a chaplain and twenty-six sail
ors; on the torpedo boat Pushtchin
seven sailors killed and as many
wounded; on the Donets a surgeon
killed.
"The fact is established that the
Turkish plan contemplated, stimuli
taeously with the attacks on Sebasto-
pol and Odessa, the bombardment Of
other points on our coast. The cruiser
Bres!au bombarded Theodosia, and the
Turkish cruiser Hamidieh bombarded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
ENGLAND HELPING
u. S., SAYS BISHOP
DR.. Kinsolving Sails for South
America and Tells of Aid
to Monroe Doctrine.

The Right Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolv-
ing, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of
Brazil, sailed yesterday for Rio de
Janeiro on the steamship Voltaire, &C
oompanied by Mrs. Kinsolving, after a
short vacation in Washington.
He said he had no fear of falling
into the hands Of the Germans, as he
believed they would treat him we'll.
This war is great pity" he said.
but how many Americans are there
who realize that England is fighting
for the United States. If Germany
should by any chance become success
full she would come TO South America,
and we could not permit the violation
of the Monroe Doctrine. Therefore, |
say that England is fighting for us as
vell "a herself"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
French and Belgian
Official Reports

Paris, Nov. s.-The following official
communication was issued by the War
Office tonight:
ITO the north, the enemy appears to
have concentrated Ms activity in the
region of Ypres, without result On
the remainder Of the line we are hold
ing our ground everywhere.
"On the River Aisne. we have
reached TO the northeast Of scissors,
the plateau Of Vregny. on which we
have not yet gained foothold.
Elsewhere there is nothing to re-
The afternoon French official war
statement said:
Yesterday between the North Sea
and the Lys the fighting was less VIC
lent Some attacks, not general, Of the
enemy were repulsed in the direction
of Dixmude and 10 the northeast Of
Ypres. On almost all of this front we,
in turn, took the offensive and ad-
vanced. notably in the region to the
north OF Messines.
IN the neighborhood. of Armen-
there's the British troops progressed
slightly. Between La Bassee and Ar
ras the attacks OF the enemy were re-
pulsed.
From Arras to scissors nothing
worthy of note took place.
Around Scissors our forces made a
marked advance. In the region Of
Nailly and equally on the right bank
Of the Aisne we strengthened our prog
ress to the north OF Chavonne and Sou
pir. A German attack on Craonnelle
and Huertebize was repulsed.
an the neighborhood of Nerdun, TO
the northwest and TO the southeast of
the place, we are establishing the sup
porting position recently gained.
"a dense fog prevailed all day in the
north, as well as in Champagne and
Lorraine. hampering the action of the
artillery and the aviation corps"
The situation in the western theatre
of the war is described in a statement
issued by the Belgian government at
Hsvre, and received here to-day, as
follows:
"The head Of the bridge over the
User at Newport has been reoccupied
by the Allies following an offensive
movement by them. The enemy hold
the front on Lombaertzyde, to the
southeast of Newport. Our recon
naissances toward the User were met
by rife shots.
"The Germans again occupy St.
Georges and Dentoren. These points
are now being bombarded by our heavy
artillery.
"Stuyvekenkerke has been evacu-
ated. 1t is filled with the corpses of
the Germans. Dixmunde has been vio-
lentlv bombarded. A very strong at
tack directed against this place has
been successfully repulsed.
an the region of Ypres the enemy
directed violent attacks upon Blk
schoote and to the west Of Wytschaete
They have all been driven back By
counter-offe Of the Allies"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
GERMANY ADMITS
LOSING 9 AV!ATORS
Writer Tells How KaiSer'S
Airmen Operate 5000
Feet Above the Earth.

Berlin. Nov. S.--Ihe German casual
~ list issued yesterday brought the
number of names contained III last
weeks reports up TO about of,ooO'
Hospital records show that large pro
portion of the wounded have returned
TO duty.
The last casualty list records the
killing Of three German aviators and
the wounding of six others by hostile
airmen. Those who lost their lives
were Aviator Bowles, who was killed
al ST. Erme, France, on October II, and
Lieutenants Won Kleyst and Mcneil
who had been listed as missing since
their flight to Amiens on October D.
Berlin. Oct. 25.-A graphic descrip-
ton Of the hazardous daily lie OF
army aviators has been written by
Heinrich Binder. a German war CORE
spondent, who came across the airmen
al Antwerp. He says:
"At an average height of about 5000
feet our aviators circle in huge ellipses
between our batteries and the hostile
position. The aeroplane vibrates. me
motor rattles and roars, huns and
thunders. This music soothes tne
nerves of the aviators. II is so loud IN
thunder Of even the heaviest artillery
With their field glasses the flyers OBJ
serve the hostile positions and note
the effect of our artillery. Signals are
gjven-'fell to the right fell 70 the
left fell short and 'overshot mark
but these signals are a secret.
"The French follow their well known
tactics of changing their battery posi-
lions continually But the aviators re-
turn again and again, dashing along at
more than sixty miles an hour, and re-
mort the new positions. IL is murder
GUS fight. As a hawk circling around a
chick before Selling it so the aviator
high in the air, flies around the ar
tillery positions Of the enemy, herald
ing death and destruction.
"When he approaches the hostile po-
sition batteries spray their shrapnels
upon him and the infantry concentrates
its fire upon his aeroplane. The
aviator goes higher and higher, TIL he
can no longer see man and the
trenches appear as mere scratches on
the ground. But those Of the French
are more distinctly visible. sharp
red line marks where the French in
fantrv lies. Their fine red trousers and
DIiEHb tOAOltQ NaPo DSbA"s N'N'N
ton.
"The motor continues its roar and
clatter. Suddenly little French aero
plane emerges from a cloud. II IS
smaller and lighter than our kind, OF
the type known as the peasants terror
It makes an average speed OF seventy
five miles an hour, and II is armed
Now there is chase, as Of one bird
by another. They try to approach and
then to elude each other. Neither side
hears the shots fired by the other. The
aviator can scarcely feel It when
/ bullet strikes his own machine.
"The two aerial combatants soar
higher, till one or the other disap
pears in a protecting cloud, that close
white and moist around him. If the
danger becomes too threatening a Gid
ing landing brings the aviators within
their own lines. They must take care
| however, not to get into the line Of
/ fire OF their own army, for some OF
the big mortars throw their shells
mile or more into the air"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
GERMANS DID NOT
lombard YARMOUTH
Enemy's Fleet Said to Have Fled
When British Cruisers
Arrived.
fBy Cable to The Tribune.l

London, Nov. 9.-There is no truth
whatever in the Germans claim that
they have bombarded Yarmouth. Ger
man official reports speak Of Yarmouth
"forts." but nothing Of the kind ex-
lists. No shells from the German
squadron fell on the land, though a
few fell in the sea near the shore.
The English papers refer facetiously
TO the German claim as a good speci-
men of German mendacity. 1.-THE Daily
Mail" says: "All the German cruisers
did was to attack the coast guard gun
boat Halycon, and then run away
when our cruisers arrived"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
German Army
Official Report

Berlin (by way Of London, Nov. g.
The following communication from
German general headquarters was
issued to-day:
"Our attacks near Ypres and west Of
Lille continued yesterday Saturday.
"An important elevation near Vienne-
la-Chateau, on the west side Of the
Argonne, which has been the object Of
fighting for weeks, was taken. Two
large guns and two quick tirers were
captured.
"For the rest, the foggy day passed
calmly on the western theatre of the
war.
ION the east nothing new has tran
spired"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
FRANCE NAY STOP
SALE OF LIQUORS
Government FOrbids Traffic in
All Alcoholic Drinks SINH
lar to Absinthe.

Paris, November S.-Permanent pro-
hibtion Of the sale OF absinthe and
kindred alcoholic beverages in France
may be result Of the war Transpor-
tation and sale of absinthe were for
hidden when the war began, but trafhc
in other intoxicants was continued.
The government has now supple
mented its original order with another
forbidding the sale Of all alcoholic
drinks similar TO absinthe. There Is n
marked movement in all parts OF
France tending to perpetuate this pro-
hibition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
TURKEY FACING
FINANCIAL CRISIS

London, Nov. g. "According to pri-
vate information received here from
Constantinople, says THE Morning
Posts" Berne correspondent, 1.-The
Turkish Treasury is empty and an
economic crisis threatens the country.
The Turkish customs receipts for
August were only $4,000. against
$550,0O0 last year during the same
period.
THE government employees have re-
ceiyed no salaries for several months.
The money advanced by Germany al
ready has been exhausted"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
FRENCH MINISTER
VISITS VERDUN

Paris, Nov. s.-The Minister Of War,
Alexandra Millerand made an extend
ed tour of inspection yesterday. He
first visited the fortifications about
Vrdun, where he watched the instaa-
ton of long range marine guns. He
then observed the operations in the vi
cinity of Toul, later visiting the
battlefield at Mortagne and the ruins
of Gerbeviller.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
PORTUGAL CONSIDERS
DISPATCH OF TROOPS

London, Nov. S.-The Portuguese
Cabinet met yesterday 10 consider the
proposal to dispatch achievements of
infantry, cavalry and artillery to An
COLA, the Portuguese possession in
West Africa. This statement is made
in Reuter- dispatch from Lisbon.