The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-11
The Emden Is Destroyed In Asia and the Koenigsberg
 Bottled Up By English
FIERCE FIGHTING ON
 LAND CONTINUES
Germans Claim Progress on Both Frontiers, But General Aspect of Situation Seems But Lit
 tie Changed

London, November 10.--ts,a5 ?. m.l Widely different claims of contendinr armies in the eastern and western the atres of war. especially concerning the West Flnnders situation. tonight left but one big undisputed fact on land or sea. That was the destruction of the German raider Emden and the trap ping of the German cruiser Koenirs- berg, the latter in n palm lined east African river under circumstances which read as though they were taken from Stevenson.
 The British marine insurance rate almost instantly was cut in half-for never since the days of the Alabama has there been such successful com merce destroyer as the Emden. Cheers broke forth at Lloyds on the announce ment and for the moment the strug- gles of the armies in France. Belgium Russia and elsewhere were forgotten.
 Fighting Continues
 Yet all these armies were at each others throats. the Germans and Rus sians clashing in cavalry engagements along the German frontier: the Rus sians still harassing the Austrians in Galicia, and the French, British and Belgians uniting to hold back what appears to be tremendous German attempt to break through the allied line in the vicinity of Ypres.
 Many dispatches speak of the move ment of German troops eastward from Belgium as indicating the need of re- 1 inforcements along the eastern iron tier, but neither tho French nor Ger man official statements indicated any slackening in the violence of German attacks in West Flanders. In fact. ths French statement says that between the sea and Armentieres tho opposing forces were both acting on the offen- slve
 1 As to the outcome of this double of fanslve the rival contentious are e6n- 1 tradictors, the Germans claiming slow progress near Ypres and the French as serting that the German attack was beaten back. In view of what seems ] to be a sustained and concerted Cor man effort in this region, the reports of the German retirement are hardly borne out. although it is said they have moved their headquarters still further east. this time from Ghent to Aiost.
 No Marked Change
 The situation along the battle line In France proper. from the standpoint of the allies. was summed up in a dispatch from an observer with the Indian corps who says there has been no marked change anywhere, though he professes to sec gradual weaken ing of German attacks
 I Aside from the military aspects oe 1 the war. what stood out boldest today was Germany's reported threat to cut l off food the United States Is sending 1 to Belgium, if the Belgians did not I return to their cities and make an eff ! fort to resume their normal occupa- i tions. The Belgian answer Is that it ] has been impossible to resume a sem blance of normal activity because the i German soldiery has communicated all l implements and materials necessary to an industrial revival
 l The British government tonight is- i sued another so-called white paper, re- | viewing the incidents which preceded l the declaration of war against Turkey. It deals in the main with tho Goeben | and Breslau affair and sets forth that l the grand vlzier all along was at least i ostensibly against dragging Turkey 1 into the conflict, but either was power l less to resist Enver Bey and his asso- l ciates, or while outwardly opposing
 them. was wnking at the fast ap ! preaching crisis. while the Turkish and German preparations went forward.