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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
French Served Under
 Roberts and Kitchener

Field Marshal Sir John French, in command of the British expeditionary force on the continent. while a yeter an. iz by no means the soldier of the experience or ability chat Kitchener Is, although he has served under him In the Sudan. French is primarily cav ilary officer and did yeoman service in south Africa. being mentioned in dispatches eight times,
 He commanded the left wing of Lord Roberts in the battles around Pretoria. Ho operated in the east Transyaal and fought in all the battles around Lady smith and succeeded in escaping to the south with a portion of his men when Joubert invested the town, French com handed the cavalry in the expedition for the relief of Kimberly and did bril- liant service, being decorated for hls gallantry
 French has the confidence of the British troops and Is known as care fuI and cautions soldier. He will be subordinate to General Joffre in the fighting along the French frontier which is probably just as well, as he has not shown In the past in those op- erations where he has been forced to net upcn his own Initiative the same
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The German naval commander. Grand
 Admiral von Tirpiz, Is picturesque fig- ure. Physically he is magnificent and car
 ries his 65 years lightly To von Tlrpiz
 is due the credit that the German navy Is as powerful as it is today He has
 been minister of marine for the past IA
 years. and has survived the viclsstudcs
 of party strife longer than any man since
 Bismark.
 Von Tirpix has spent his life In im-
 pressing upon the German people the ab-
 solute necessity of challenging the naval
 Supremacy of Great Britain, and found it hard task. but once the lesson was learned it was ccnned well. Another thing for which Germany Is in- debted to von Tirpiz Is the almost in- stantaueous transformation he worked in the German navy when the age of dread naughts came. Non Tirpiz was on the | alert and when England led the way he was close on her heels.
 von Tirpiz knows every vessel under him in detail, and in the Reiohstag an- l swers questions without memoranda. It is said that he can give the date of construction, the tonnage, and the arna- ment of any ship in the German navy without consulting the records. His knowledge of the naval yards of rival
 powers is amazing, and at the same time tribute to the efficiency of the Ger man espionage system
 Won Trpz Is not unknown in tho United States, he having visited here with Prince Henry of Prussia in 1902. and the impress sion of him gained then was that he was
 shrewd. practical man of affairs These are brief sketches of the men in whose hands rests the destiny of nations. No comparisons have been attempted.
 next few months will obviate all such ne- cessity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
In Topsy-Turyey Land

Come right in. MT Buskin," said the great theatrical manager, cordially. according to the New York Tribune. Don't be so diffident"
 wasn't so sure that you would care to see me-" said the actor, modest iy "A busy man like you can have but little time for the obscure"
 T am Indeed glad to see you" said the manager. q feel that want your signature on contract. You weren't In New York last season. were you''
 No replied the actor q preferred to seek the smaller cities l had an Idea that was not finished in my per formance. Then, too, no manager ever offered me anything"
 "lmpossible" commented the mana ger.
 "Too utterly true" said the actor Then, too, am not sure that the New York public has ever wanted to see me"
 Now that I recall it." said the man. ager, s"you had signal success in Chi cago and other western places, didn't |you?"
 "The papers were very indulgent," said the actor, and the public seemed willing to overlook my defects. But eally our show would have been a failure without the assistance of the Npithuiu peupie WNO supported me. Then, too, the author and the stage manager did their very best for me Perhaps we did enjoy little success hut il might have been more if my own rule had been suhordnated.H T had 1t in mind to star you In Hamlet" said the manager. "A onc-man play" said the actor, | and l fear l am not the one man. It | Is part that should be handled by an abler player than r. | "f'll have to overruIe that opinion" l said the manager. How much u week do you want?"
 Any amount you name will be acc ceptable," replied the actor. But can't | if be arranged so that my name will not be too prominent on the bills perhaps as the leading man of stock company rather than as star? If you could get some great Polonius or some first class Ophelia to feature l would prefer"
 q am going to run this company" snapped tine manager. Your name goes in letters a foot high on all the bills or there's nothing doing
 "I meant no offense." said the actor. | humbly. But as a special favor can't you fix 1t with the press agent so that publicity concerning me will be reduced ] to a minimum
 "I'll try said the manager. Good norningl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Austrian and Russian
 Leaders Little Known

Less Is known of the Austrian and Russian generals than those of any other contenders. The CEar is com mander -in- chief of his forces just as the President Is the head of the United States army. but 1t Is highly improb- able that he will smell powder dur ing the present struggle. Grand Duke Nicholas is at the head of the Russian troops operating on the German from tier, and he will probably remain in supreme command of the movement against the Pruss1ans
 It is somewhat difficult to under stand why Grand Duke Nicholas should have been given this highly important post unless the Czar knows his cousin better than does the world, for Nich- olas is by no means a military man. He is the studious and literary mem- Der of the royal family, and some five years ago published book seek ing to show that the Csar Alexander ] died in 1895. and did not live in Si- beria as a hermit as has been persist ently rumored.
 Grand Duke Frederick. the Austrian leader, tv even more obscure as hs
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that the chagrin of von der Goltz was so great that he was confined to his bed for month.
 At the expiration of the war the baron was recalled to Berlin and forced to listen. to some unpalatabe things from the Kaiser. Then he was packed off to the Vistula and today has a chance to rehabilitate himself in the eyes of his Elm peror and his people
 From the attitude of the Kaiser 1t may safely be assumed that the disaster to the Turkish arms were not wholly to be blamed upon the German officer, for the Emperor is no tolerator of incom- petents and he would scarcely have been entrusted with the command of the Russo German line had the Kaiser entertained doubts as to his ability
 And that von der Goltz Is a man of ability no one who knows anything of his career will gainsay. He is generally regarded as the foremost soldier in Ger many today. His record during the Franco Prussian war was brilliant and as commander of the seventh army corps he precipitated the battle around Metz by his audacious attack in force on the French position. Despite the fact that he was reported by his immediate su- perior for disobendience Won der Goltz was commended by the Emperor on the field for<his galantry
 After the fall of Metz Won der Goltz served on the staff of Prince Frederick Charles and participated in the battles of Vionville and Gravelotte during the campaign along the Loire. After the war he was head of the historical divi- sion of the general staff for a number of years and then gradually rose to be a field marshal and commander of the guards, the pick of the German army, He commanded from 1902 to 1907 at Koe- nigsberg in East Prussia and devoted his energies to the strategical training of the first army corps, which is now bear Ing the brunt of the Russian attack as Won der Goltz so often predicted 1t would. Baron Won Der Goltz, despite hls fhumiliations in Turkey, the severest
 blow his prestige ever suffered, and his apparent reverses in East Prussia Is probably the most dangerous man in the German army. He is 70 years old, and for 50 years has been tire lessiy working to perfect the German military machine. The foremost strate- gist in Germany today. he is now fight ing not only for love of country but to regal nhis lost position. the latter motive which Is much more potent
 If the Russians think to break through Won Der Goltz without a fearful con
 test they are destined to be sadly dis illusioned.
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would not be in his presnt position but for the bullet of the assassin that struck down his first cousin, Frederick is a seasoned soldier, although he has seen little of actual warfare. He has spent the greater part of his life in the army and will be heart and soul with the nation in the present struggle against the triple entente.
 Frederick is German to the core and has been a consistent opponent to the mixing of oil and water in the att tempted amalgamation of the Teuton and the Slav in the empire of Francis Joseph. He has always resented tie separation of Austria from the Ger man federation in 1866. and has been outspoken in his belief that the in- clusion under one head of Germans, Magyars and other less thinly yelled Tartars would come to no good He did not approve of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, although he saw his first active service in that campaign. Frederick was educated in Germany and has the mark of Berlin and Berlin beliefs indelibly stamped 1.pou him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

Among the generals of the seven nations at war there are many inter- esting characters, men who have writ ten history with their swords. Chief among these is the venerable Lord Roberts, hero of the relief of Luck now, far back in the dim days of the Sepoy rebellion in India, while the grim Kitchener himself has won inn mortality for his name.
 To the writer, however, the most interesting of the men today in the eyes of the world is the German chief of staff, Count Hellmuth von Moltke, nephew of the famous commander or the war of 1870. He presents fasci- mating problem; one in which all who snre familiar with the works of his uncle will be interested.
 Will he rise to the task before him as did that other Von Moltke? Here is the same opportunity, although the present chief will have much more difficult task than did his uncle. Can he make as much out of It as did Bls- marks thunderbolt?
 It is said that greatness does not descend from father to son and 1t is btlll more uHllhely tido ic Wouio SoiiS from uncle to nephew; but the younger Von Moltke has at least inherited to some extent the facial characteristics of his fighting ancestor, trifle weaker, perhaps, bit modified. There is the same eagle nose, long and pred atory; the same mouth, stern, un- compromising, even cruel. The eyes are large and set far apart while the massive forehead devoid of hair tow CTS above overhanging eyebrows. It is the face of fighter although that mental stamina which bears defeat un- discouraged and undismayed which fairly bristled out of the face of his uncle is not in evidence.
 There the resemblance ends, however, for temperamentally they are radically different. The elder was a man of &C., tion. a strategist while his nephew is Of in intensely scientific mind. To him is given credit for the rise in the standard of the German artillery which was great ly inferior to that of France 10 years ago.
 Von Moltke enters the war under a handicap. a handicap that has fettered him throughout his life-his uncle's great ness. Everything he does, every move he makes will be compared with the tre- mendous standard set by the elder, and it is hardly to be expected that he will com- pletely measure up to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Joffe Known as Engineer
 Rather Than a Strategist

Another figure of whom the world is asking. what manner of man is this? is General Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, chief of staff of the French army. and commander of the allied armies on the frontier. Much less is known about him than about his German rival and until the outbreak of the war he had scarcely been heard of outside France. His repu- tation rests more on his work as an engi- neer than as a strategist, and while he has seen considerable fighting he is by no means a veteran.
 In personal appearance he is. stout, blond and below the medium height, with dropping white moustache, firm chin, piercing eyes, large nose and a low fore head.
 General Joffree first saw the light on the Mediterranean shore only few miles from the Spanish border and near the Island of Corsica. He entered L'Ecolc Polytechnique at Paris at the age of II
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ahillty as when commanding under an- other.
 There remains to consider the com handlers upon the water and 1t will be worth while only to view the German and English.
 Admiral Sir John Jellicoe is supreme chief of the British fleet and would com mand in the event of a meeting be- tween the armadas He is 55 years of age and first saw service in the Egyptian war of lSSe, when he was decorated He served in China during the Boxer rebel- lion in lSaS-i90i. commanding a naval brigade and acting as chief to staff to Vice Admiral Sir E. Seymour in the att tempted relief of the Picking legations. It is remarkable fact that Admiral Jellicoe wears around his neck the Order ot the Red Eagle conferred with swords by the German Emperor for his brilliant service in China. The same sword that William presented may now be drawp agaiust him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Won Der Goltz Has Chance
 to Rehabilitate Himself

The present war must be welcome to the smarting pride of Goltx Pasha, or ganizer of the worst beaten army in the history of the world Field Marshal Baron von der Goltz, when the Young Turk party came into power at Constan- tiinople. was delegated to reorganize the Ottoman army for the second time and took up his task with alacrity foreseeing, perhaps the struggle with the Slav states in the Balkans.
 The war came and the Turkish troops using German guns and German tactics were overwhelmed by the Bulgarians. It was severe blow to the prestige of the German wer machine and It is related
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and the following year went to the front to fight the Germans. At the close of that struggle he returned to his studies and for six years served without incident in the engineering corps of the army.
 In 1876 he was made a captain of engi- neers and since that time has devoted his attention almost exclusively to the pro- lection of his country by Qualifications. He is thoroughly familiar with the coun' try over which he is fighting at present and has had hand in the erection of most of the forts that line the Franco German frontier Not only has he la bored in France. but he has put in years in the colonies on notifications.
 The work of which he Is proudest is that done on one of the principal forts surrounding Paris, he having been a con sulting engineer in the work around the French capital.
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marshal and twice it was thrust aside.
 The third time it was proffered he ac-
 cepted only after the gravest delibera-
 tion. "In time of peace anybody can
 do the work In time of war. l shall be
 my own chief of staff' the Kaiser is
 quoted as saying and Won Moltke capi-
 tulated
 von Moltke has had ample opportunity to study the strategy of his uncle for the two were insparable during the three
 years before his death 1fter the latter had left the army, the boy receiving daily lessons in military technique.
 The nephew left the military academy to take service for the Franco-Prussian
 war with the rank of sub-lieutenant, re- ceiving the iron cross fer bravery on
 the field. When the war was over the boy sought to avoid his uncle and stead fastly refused promotions on account of l his blood. In this he was heartily sec ended by his relative who disliked to | push his kin forward into positions of rower. Whatever his achievements nave
 been they are by virtue of his own merits and not on the reputation of his uncle. | So much for Von Mol.Ae the soldier. It is too early in the war to judge him | by lis accomplishments, although the per- | sistance of the German infantry in fight ing in mass formation against modern | weapons and especially the French artl- | lery is an ominous sign, and 1t remains TO pc seen IT ne can upnOlu ms name | Personally von Moltke is polished
 courier, and popular alike with the peo- | pie and the royalty. He is an accom- | plished musician and personal friend of the German Emperor. Twelve years l ago, the Kaiser conducted the band of 1 his personal regiment of cuirassers at Neufdeck when they played an old
 melody dating back to 1402, which had
 been rearranged and modernized hy von Moltke Since that time the two have been close friends, the Emperor admiring von Moltke as much for his culture and
 accomplishments as for his military ex- i ec1fiva ahilitv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
By JACK BETHEA

~ has been observed from of the past that when hos X ttes open the armies of the begerents are headed @ by men weighed down by years but when peace comes 1ne troops commanded rue by generals who have yet acvsnic struggle now convusng Europe will prove excep ton Glance at present in the field or directing operations from the office.
 Tn Enpand Lord Kitchener GA; Sir John French, com mander of the English army the continent IS 62 General o ire the French generassmo 62 Count Moke head of the German war ofce is 56 Lord Roberts 92 Archduke Frde of Austria is 5S Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia is 55: Admiral von Tpz Germany 65 and Admiral Sir John .Jellcoe is 55. =
 Each country will probably from the war with new heroes on the land the As the crossing of the au made Kuroki Kirk Kilsse Savof and Omdurman Kitchener
 so will the coming gigantic battles bring out that latent talent which had no opportunity in piping times of peace.
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Will Von Moltke Measure Up to Standard Set By Other VOn M0ltke? German Leader Presents snteresting PrOblem-Has Steadfastly Refused Promotion On Account of Uncle's Reputation. Is An Accomplished Musician and Personal Friend of the Emperor Improved Artillery GENERAL JOFFRE BETTER KNOWN FOR
 WORK ON FORTS THAN AS STRATEGIST Is Thoroughly Familiar With Ground Over Which Armies Are Now Fighting -Superintended the Erection of Many Forts Along Franco-G German Frontier-Little Known of Austrian and Rus sian Leaders-VOn Der G0ltz Will Have Opp0r- tu,ity to Rehabilitate Himself
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Did Extensive Work in
 the Colonial Possessions

III tnt COiOilltS 1tHSidi Soii Q D "CiN has been equally as satisfactory as at home. The greater part of it has been in Africa where he directed the construc- tion of an important stfategieal railway connecting the Senegal and Niger rivers. While that work was in progress the massacre of the Bonniere division at Timbuktu occurred and Joffre was sent to avenge the outbreak, which he did, taking the town after a hard fight.
 Upon the completion of the establish ment of naval station on the northern most tip of the island of Madagascar he returned to France, where for several years he was chief engineer in the office of the minister of war. From there he became governor of the fortress of Lille, and theG to the command of a division in Paris. He has been chief of staff for the past three years.
 Joffrees appointment as chief of staff came about when three years ago there was general reorganization of the war office at Paris. The choice of the people fell on General Paul Pau, a hero of the Franco-Prussian war, but the general de- clined because the chief of staff Is denied the right to appoint his subordinates, tha men between himself and the army.
 Joffree is confirmed Germanophobe and believes that his mission in life Is to restore Alsace and Lorraine to France and wipe out the disgrace of the war of 1870 Since his assumption of his high office he has recognized that war with Germany was eventually inevitable and has labored solely to the end that France might be ready when the present moment arrived
 General Joffre is idolized by the French soldiers and admired by all who know him. His smile of appreciation. soldier treasures as he would jewel of great price. and it is given almost as rarely Joffre's capacity for organization is un- rivalled by soldier of Europe and with his intimate knowledge of the country and the Qualifications along the frontier which he is called upon to defend he should make an excellent leader of the forces of the allies.
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Von Moltke Handicapped
 by Reputation of. Uncle

Won Moltke has accepted preferment with the greatest reluctance Twice the Kaiser offered him the baton of field
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way, declaring that he was a soldier and to the army he would give his life
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Ven Tirpiz Knows
 All of His Vessels

I arainst hiln
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-03
EAT LESS IF
KIDNEYS HURT
Take glass Of Salts when back is
aching or Bladder
bothers.

Tho American men and women
must guard constantly AGAINST Kid.
ney trouble, because we eal toe
much meat and all our food is rich
Our blood is hlled with uric acid
which the Kidneys strive to filter
out, they weaken from overwork
become sluggish the climinatiy.
tissues clog and the result is kidnet
trouble, bladder weakness and a
general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel INK
lump OF lead your back hurts o.,
the urine is cloudy, falI of acdancr,
or YOU arc Obliged to seek rcrt-G ava
or three tunes during the night Il
YOU suffer with sick headache o..
d'day, nervous spells acid stomach
or you have Rheumatism when lar
weather is bad, get from your phar-
macl"t about Hour ounces ot Rad
salts. take a tablespoonful i'm a
glass o. water before breakfast for
a few days and your Kidneys will
then act fine, This famous salts is
made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithla,
and has been used for generations
TO flush and stimulate clogged kid
neys; to neut"alize the acids in the
urine so 1t no longer is source OF
irritation, thus ending bladder DIS.
ordura
lad salts is inexpensive. rauno;
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The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-03
CHAPTER ".

Durham listened as long as his ear
could catch the sound, then a strange
desolation settled down uron him.
The little station behind him was
closed, though a light over the desk
shone brightly through its front win.
dow and the telegraph sounder was
clicking busily.
Turning impatlontly from the dark.
ness, Durham sought the bright win.
dow, in front Of which lay a newspa-
per. He could read the large headlines
of column-no more, for tbs paDer
was upside down. and a bunch of bill.
heads lay partly across it, It read:
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF
YOUNG AND PRETTY WOMAN
His heart stood stlll. and then went
thudding on in dull. horrid blows.
Vainiy he tried to read further. He
followed every visible word of that m.
per to discover it's date and origin.
but those miserable billheads frus-
trated his effort. He felt like dashing
his hand through the glass. but reflect.
ed that thu act might result in his be.
ing locked up in some miserable coun-
try jail l'e tried the window and
gave The doog another vicious shake.
but ali 10 no purpose. Finally he turned
on his hoe! ana walked up and down
for an hour, tUuping the length Of the
shaky platform, back and forth. till
the train rg..@ird W.
Al tho frst 5to? q man in front got
out. leaving q newspaper in the scat
with eager &anae. Durham leaned for.
ward ana FraspeI il. searching its col
pmns In vain for the tantaIizipq head.
"ss. ''U' NV, were o'heFS equally ar
oo','' ",' paper '''uouhc'1 inc
~, s''l '''' ''''t".aiauce OF q young
"NuC S0 WIZ "Sa aHsleC'lhE on poison
''is neI nuSU@ilu' "hen seen last. she
""s poa' ltus d cram en- route 70 WASH
,ustoh' 9ne nau not arrived there.