The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-30
SITUATION IN EUROPE RE-
MAINS ABOUT THE
SAME
Germans Deny Reports
But it Seems That the Austri.
ans Are Receiving very
Serious Defeat From
Russia


Furious fighting continues in Nor.
thern France, where the allied French
and British armies are at grips will
the German forces in what is charac
teriezd as the crucial action of tht
battle of the Aisne. Beyond admitting
these facts the official statements are
vague. Few details of the struggle
which may be the turning point o
the western campaign have been Civ
en- the waiting public.
v One sentence: There is no change
in the situation" eptomizes the Of
fetal report from London, Paris ant
, Berlin. The allies claim to have made
slight advances here and there, notab'
ly on the heights of the Meuse. The
German official statement, however
declares that reports concerning 6
victorious advance of the enemy are
untrue"
German Fight Hard.
Both the British and the French Of
fcial statements refer to the violence
fthe attacks made by the Germans,
who seem to have redoubled their ef-
forts in an attempt to hurl back the
allied line. The reports indicate,
however, that the French and British
have given no ground.
A very vigorous censorship evil
IDENTIFY has been imposed. at virtually
ali points, particularly in London. re-
garding the operations at the front
as very little news is being PERMITTED
to come through. The war officials
probably hesitate to raise the hopes
Of the people without some decisive
result having been attained and fear
that publication feven the smallest
details of the operations might be OF
aid to the Germans.
Austrians Retreat.
Petrograd reports officially that the
Austrian stronghold Of Prezemysl, In
Galicia, Is invested completely by the
Russians and that the main Austrian
army is retiring behind he Carpa-
thians into Hungary, pursued by the
Russians. Berlin, however. declares
that reports OF the fall Of the Pre-
mysl forests are invention.
The Austrian forts at Cattaro, Dal-
malta, on September 1s, sunk large
French warship. according to a dis
patch to the Cologne Gazette. This
ship was one of a feet Of eighteen,
which was met by salvo from one
o fthe Austrian forts as 1t approached
the stronghold. The rest of the fleet
retired hastily. says. the dispatch, af-
ter the French ship was sunk.
Dardanelles Closed.
A dispatch from Constantinople
says that the Dardanelles have been
closed to navigation.
:; The Austrian government has con-
fscated the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company's securities and money de-
posted in Vienna, according to report
as we'll as the company's observation
cars running on Austrian railroads.
:, .Advices received in Paris today say
that the rapid increase in grain
prices in Austria Is causing anxiety in
official circles.
For the first time since the war be-
gan, wireless news sent out by the
French government through Eifel
Tower abs been received In London.
The message detailed the fierce fight
Ing which took place in Northern
France between September 26 and 90
Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster lead
er, outlining the Ulster programme
with respect to the home rule bill, has
called upon the Obstetrics to throw
themselves "wholeheartedly in the pa
triotic action that the time demands
in supporting the empire"