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MORATORIUM OF TRUTH"
Herr Bnllin Charges "stupendous
Lies"-Dritain breaks Neutrality.

BERLIN. Sept. 80. via ~Irc'ess TO Say
vile, L. lit Is reported here that the
Dutch are excited over the repeated
capture Of Dutch ships by the Brltish.
The Rotterdam COirdnt gives voice t. tho
public feeling In statement that Great
Britain Is showing utter disregard for the
rights Of neutral States According 20
the Corrdnt the DutCh steamer Sophie,
from Rotterdam for New York. was seized
by British warshiTs In the Channel and
was taken into LowestOft.
The statement Is made here that the
British Minister at The Hague has ad-
mttcd that a British aviator dying over
Naestrich; Holland. dropped a bomb. thus
breaking the existing neutrality
Constantnople dispatches made public
here say that the Oar lane.les have been
closed by Turkey owing TO the bellgerent
attitude ~ British warships cruising
near the strait.
Tho Hdmbur0er-N dchrichter prints an
article by Herr BALM. general director
Of the Hamburg American Line. In which
he says that tSe moratorium will dis
credit the British money market for a
long time to come and that the cutting Of
the German cable by the British and the
"s;upendous lies" Of the English and
FIR nch news agencies have produced "a
mortorlum OF truth for the world over
seas"
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Allies s. Left
Is Advancing
No Confirmation of Report That
the German Lines Are
Broken.
SPECIAL Cabie Despafch TO THE srs

LoSpoE, Sep emher 30
The Frsncn official report OF yestcr-
days lighting on the Aisne records the
defeat OF further German attacks and
some progress by the allies NJ several
points on the battle line. The allies'
lett is extending steadily north OF tho
SUmme In he left centre the Germans
have been REFUSED with severe loss. on
the right the French gained ground east
OF st. M.hlcl, where the Germans a few
days ago were ate mpting to force their
way across the VI use.
This is good news for the allies, but
1t contains nothing to Justify the report
that the German right has been entirely
broken and that Gen. Won KluCk's army
If that army Is now posted on the
German right, which IS not at all ccr-
tain-has been I. atcd, although there
are signs that the rests ance Of the Ger
mans f. weakening.
French cavalry dctRChments are said
TO have crossed the Belgian frontier and
control IN territory OF northern France
al the way TO the coast. The German
base OF supplies at Jun!vllle has an In
creased guard, evidently In car that tho
French advance would penetrate that
far befor7 preparations to check II could
be made.
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More than this. It VIII be recalled that
when Won Kluck began his rapid retreat
from tn" Marur the German General
staff attempted to despatch two army
corps from Belgium to his aid. Instantly
the BelEians sailed forth from Antwerp.
came down most to the gates of Brus-
sells. compelled the recall Of the Two
corps and delayed the reinforcement Of
Vch Kluck for days, necessitatiEE an ul-
innate weakening OF tho Msace-Lorraine
armies.
To the disastrous effect Of this resist
ance II is natural and doubtless correct
10 trace much OF the bad conduct Of
Germans In Belgium France was an
expected opponent Toward French cities
and towns captured the Germans have
Displayed no such fcrocitT AZ III" Bel
rian Incidents reveal All through the
campaign there IL Enthusiastically a grow
ing rage at the presumption Of the liul"
state. not merely IN making a resistance
but in Gripping German arn!c. a.
the moment when q tremendous triumph
was almost in their hands.
What Napoleon attempted - do In
Sp in It now seems that tho Germans are
about TO undertake IN Belgium ~ the
British under Sir John Moore were driven
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give the invaders a prctcXt for burn
,ns the city
Although the Bolgians understand
what would be the CONSEQUENCES of any
overt act on their part the courier say $
that they will not remain quiescent
much longer under the oNerhearing
tactics Of the Germans and that prom
inent men of the city say 1t will he
impossible to control the people If the
provocations cont nue..
Among the facts which have aroused
the Belgians the courier mentioned the
marching OF Belgian prisoners through
the streets OF the city. tauntlng them
as they marched in the hearing of thou
sands of citizens The Imprisonment
of Burgomastcr Max has greatly intcn-
fled the feeling Of the pOpulace, he
says Since the destruction of the
British cruisers AbouSir, Grossly and
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GERMAN SHELLS
WRECK GREAT
ANTWERP FORT


using the high explosive power shells"
(Fort waelhem is about twelve miles
from the city proper and four miles
from Malnes. These forts were con-
structed since 1907 on plans OF the ia
nous Belgian military engineer. Gen.
Brialmont. Nearly all OF the fifteen de-
fensive works. most OF them begun IN
1918, are conc, ntrated on the right bank
of the Scheldt. the theory being that no
troops could penetrate to the west o!
the city In force sufficient to be danger
Gus The original plan was to have
fftetn forts and redoubts In the first
line Of defence but this idea was en-
larged and In 1918 additional forts were
building although It Is supposed that
the final scheme OF fertilization had
been practically realized at the outbreak
OF the war;
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Lie of Thousands
Shields Germ ans
Invaders, Trapped in Quarry,
Drive In French People Be-
fore Being surrounded.
ny ~. ". TOMLINSON.


'ptc4Hi corre'poRdrni ~ TuE' SrS and me
London 'DaIV Mari"
PARIS. September IS.
Towns and villages from Vic-anr- Aisne
round to peronnc and beyond are being
captured and reCapturcd daily in the
work Of turning the German flank. The
desperate efforts of the Germans to keep
out the allies frequently bring them par
tial successes In all that country the
fighting for the pas, week has been of
an extraordinarily violent character, but
the general progrcs, ~ the allies toward
the east and inwards Is unquestionable.
At LassigEy a G rman force, the
strength Of which could not he learned.
was cut OFF from he main body II has
taken refuge Ia stone quarries and It's
position now IS similar to that of Cronie
at Paardeburg in the 30 war The
quarries contain Intricate workings OF
iong subterrarean gail ries wi IA electric
light. When the Germans saw that
their retreat was cut off they drove into
this place thousands OF French peop.e.
mostly women and children, whose lives
now act rs a shield for the Germans
The place is, however, surrounded and
French artillery Is shelilng the German
guns AID trenches. Nothing but a mir
acle can save The imprisoned section of
he G rman forces. They must sur
render in the end
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LONDON. Sept. Gothic Reuter- Tele-
gram Company has received despatch
from Berlin by way of Amsterdam quot
ns the following statement given out
by the German General staff:
ION our right wing In France indie
cisive battles have occurred. Between
he Disc and the Meuse 1t is & morally
quiet. The army operating against the
forts on the Mouse has repulsed a fresh
advance. The French have made =
new assault along the line from Nerdun
o Toul
"Our siege artillery has opened fire
IN tho .nrts " Antwerp. The assault
f the Began forces against the at
acklnS line has been repulsed.
"In the eastern theatre OF the war
he Russian assaults In the Govern
ment Of Suwalki fail d. Heavy artillery
yesterday began a bombardmeni against
the fort Of Ossow.ecz"
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TAKE MANY CAPTIVES.

NrsH. Sept. SN-The victorious march
OF the SerVian troops into Bosnia con-
tinucs without interruption. Reports from
tho front say that the Austrians are dis
couras'd and Il morallzcd, Many prs-
onors have been t,l'n and ,arge guam
tIty Of military supplies and artillery
captured.
The Scrviaus have now occupied n
strong position around Han Piesak, cap
turing railway train loaded with am
muniton. They are now well beyond
Mount Kromanyct
The Austriaus have been trying FOR
several days Ia cross to Belgrade from
the island OF Tzlzalla, but hay, been
defeated. Documents found on prisoners
indicate that Austrian solder have been
rcproached by their commanders with
showing fear OF the Servians.
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SIX CIVILIANS KILLED.
BY TUE sus's and re London "DaIy Mars
HIr SfruicS.
Sprcid! Cdbie DcsDdtch 20 TnE sUS.


HJr SfruicS.
Sp-cid! Cabie Despdtch 10 THE SIS.
ANTWERP, Sept. 80. The only result OF
the first two days OF the German bonn
bardment of the forts defending Ant
werp has been to drive toward the city
the population OF Heyst-op-d den Eurg,
Thi.selt. Capele-au- Bots and Londer-
ze,l, where the Germans Installed heavy
artillery.
In these villages and IN those sur
rounding them he Germans pursued
their tactics OF terrorization, For In
stance. they have killed without reason
six civilians, firing their hrst shell at
public buildings. such as the hospital
at Lierrc.
That this was not an accident Is evil
dent, for one of the German acroplanes
had already taken observations over
Lierre. In their bomhardmcnt the Ger
mans are using six inch guns and occa-
ioually the II inch type.
An ofiicil, communique issued at II
o'clock tonight states that during Tues
day the enemy continued to lombard
Forts Waelhem and Warvrc and that
the bombardment slackencd AZ ! o'clock
and ended ut 80 without the Germans
managing TO diminish the means Of ac-
ton Of these forS.
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Hogur IN the North Sea by a Gcrm1a
submarine. according To the courier the
Germans have been more arrogant jhar
ever.
The courier says the belief in Nru,.
sells is that the Germans will NOT nuhe
"A serious attempt "a take Antwerp, ale
though they are now pounding ava
AT some Of the outer fortiiiCatiou,, u"'
that they are moving in the direction o.
Antwerp only to engage the main Rel
gian forces and prevent them from ioi.
ing the allies on the Aisne. Acc"rdi'
TO tho courier tho Germans In Hrus
sells show uneasiress over tho battle uoN
in progress in northern France.
The Germans are striving To prevent
the bringing into Brussels Of English
newspapers. The few copies that get
into the city bring as high as - frrr''
$50 each.
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DUMDUMS ON PRISONER.
heiginn Lawmnkcr Says Box Was
Found with German.

LONDON, Sept 30,--A letter written by
NJ Van Cauweldert. "A member OF the
Belgian Parliament has been published
here, NJ Van Cauweldert says the Ger.
mans are using dumdum bullets and TIM,
an official commission Of inquiry has sc.
cured the names of many Belgians who
were wounded by these bullets at Malnas
Septt mber II
a box OF the cartridges, the writer says
made In German factory has been
'ound on German officer taken prison u
md has been turned over 10 tho commits
sion.
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RIOTS IN BRUSSELS.
Germans Attitude May Cause srri-
Gus Disturbances.

LONDON. Sept. 30.---A courier who left
Brussels yesterday morning, arriving In
London to-day. says that the Belgians
in the capital are growing more surly
as the result Of the repeated intentional
provocations of the Germans and that
several riots already have occurred. The
Germans have threatened to shoot tho
rlngleaders OF these disturbances.
The courier says 1t Is believed in Brus-
sells that the Germans are haunting the
Belgians of the city systematically in
order to provoke an outhurst which will
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Air Huns with Rines,

Here's another BATH field story with
the positions reversed Picture an OK
panse OF open country bounded on either
side by forest land In the open. behind
the trenches, French and Germans are
making the air hum with rifles and nit
railleuses
In the forest land on the right. unknown
to the .nemy, a strong body OF British
troops had taken up a pos ton near the
German trenches II II believed that
German Infantry and machine guns were
hitslcn along n road running past this
section. TIL" French reenfurccments we're
marching into an ambush unless some.
body warned them. Who was TO do so
Henri Roget. n private In the Fifth
Infantry. tells how the almost impossl-
Bile task was accomplished.
81 was In the trenches with my COM
rades." he said. when / heard the ON
GERS comforting anxiously We must sig
nal them said one officer. and several
soldiers began tagging These soldiers
fell victims % the German sharpshooters
others took their places. They too were
shot down. Tho idea Of tagging was
abandoned and the situation seemed hope
less
English we're hidden dashed a khaki clad
cyclist He doppcd after he had gone
a few yards. Another appeared and mot
the same fate third came out OF the
wood riding along at full speed IN the
face OF an inferno OF bullets and managed
TO reach the head OF the advancing
French column. The French comma ndev
dismounted and taking off his medal
pinned Il to the breast Of tho British
cyclist. saying:
1T was given to me. mon comrade
for saving one life. have the honor
TO present 1t to you for saving hundreds "
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BOUGHT LrBFRTY CHEAPLY.
Germans Let French city Omcisls
on for az Apiece.
Special cable Despatch TO THE sus

PARIS, Sept. 30,--The Mayor and deputy
Mayor of La Ferte-sous-Jouarre had
better luck than other officials taken as
hostages by the invading Germans. These
men were taken from the town and the
Germans guarding them evidently were
afraid OF being attacked, as there was
some disorder In the place. The Ger
mans said GIVE us 10 francs apiece
and wen let you GO" The officials never
paid over the money with more alacrity
or Measure
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GERMAN CENTRE QUIET,
BERLIN OFFICIAL REPOR T

franc-treurs irregular sharp hooters).
An expedition sen, out to orc les on
September "a composed of one battalion
of the landwehr. cncoun cred superior
hostile forces The q rmans were
obliged to retreat. losing twenty-eight
dead and thirty-fve wounded i. The next
day Bavarian troops were sent out. but
found no enemy at Orchics. The in
hahitants had fled the town. which now
has been destroyed by the Germans"
Orchies is an important town OF 1920
Inhabitants. near Nalenci,nnes. and only
iive miles from the Belgian frontier.
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SAY GORDON HAD DUMDUMS.
Berlin Charges Famous Highlander
Made startling Confession,

BERLrE, by wireless 10 Sayville, l.. l..
Sept. 30-It IL announced that Col. Cor
d u and Lieut-Col. Neish OF the Gordon
Iighlanders, who are now prisoners of
war in the hands OF the Germans. con.
fossed In the course Of an official examl-
nation that the British Government had
supplied them with dumdum bullets for
use in automatic pistols.
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By ALFRED J. RoRKE,


CpttSut tOTTfNpOHUt NJ Og INC ttUUut
Ncws OF London.
ANoERs tMarne et Loire).
September 80.
Lying in the military hospital here re-
covering from severe wounds Is the hero
OF one OF the most wonderful stories Of
self-sacfiilce OF the war He is Jean
Berger, is years old. a private In the
Second Regiment OF Infantry. Berger,
who Ia OF Alsstlan origin, says nothing
himself but his comrades tell this story
OF his achievement:
During one OF the engagements OF the
battle OF the Marine. a day OF furious
fighting succeeded by a relatively calm
night, Berger. who had gone unscathed
through several days OF hard lighting.
was crossing the battlefield. covered with
French. British and German dead. when
he found his own Colonel wounded
He started 10 carry the officer % the
rear. As he did 40 a wounded British on
Ger. said to be OF the Gienadler corps,
called to Berser that ne was thirsty. Ber-
ger carried his officer to safety and re-
ned with flask OF wine to the place
where the EnglIshman was lying
Bullets were whistling about him by
this time. lie was raising the English
mans head 10 enable him TO drink when
bullet shot away three fingers OF his
hand. Although suffering intense pain
the French solder retained his hold OF
the flask and placed 1t to the English
mans nps
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Belgium Renders Service,

Belgium. like Servla then. has rea.
deted real service TO the cause OF he
greater allie. At the decisive M mon
in the Austro- Russian campaign .g
/ Gal.cia, when Austria needed every bat.
! lion AT LENDERS. Servia was not mere.
! holding bat defeating four OF tho siA
! teen first line corps on her owE frontier
Since Brussels fell Belgium has s.mIlarI!
I occupied the attention Of three G,rmar
I corps. Untl Antwerp fails she seem
, likely 10 continue to render this scIyic.
! OF incalculUble advantage who.
! Germany needs ali her soldiers Co. meet
( Russia. Franc" and England.
The capture Of Antwerp would uayo
I been held .upUss bic Two months u-
/ Rut German howitzers have shattertN
, al piccOncelved uC'.ons OF the impr,g
! inability OF fortrcsscs. It's position, pa.
/ daily sur, uudcd by meadows winch
! can bc Inundated. together with It's proA
unity to the Dutch frontier, prevents 4
I e. mpiete Investment Is sedg4t. WlI
/ remain open and supplies viii nnw in aa
/ out steadily, unless Germany Vsntur, TO
/ inv dc Dutch territory risk 100 Er,d'
. t. take now II would seem.
| on the other hand. until Antwerp 5
! taken German security n the west 10
unattaiuablc Its two cilclcs OF forts
/ now strengthened during eight week
! of waiting, have been rcckonCd 50 strong
! that the cit! has been held the rival o.
/ Paris al a fortified city on the QUITE
! line It's Whole h"ld army IS placed md
! the army II < NV been trained IN hat.
! tie II must also be nervei 80 deS
perato rcs.stanc. by the realization tn1t
! t'c lall II Antwerp marks the close :
q Belgian resistance and not imp obauls
/ Of Belgian independence II Germany shall
; win tine great war
German defca, at Tho Ai'n' viii aH
tSmaticaliy terminate the siege Of Ant
OF. ttsHlI b..
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BERLrN. via London. sept. S0.-The fol
lowing official statement was issued a
army headquarters to-day;
There has been general fghting
on our right wing in France. but
nothing decisive. The centre Is
quit The French advances in the
vicinity OF Nerdun and Toul have
been renewed.
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German Bomb Kills SIX IN Hospital.

Spe'fui zane DeSpdtch 10 THE Sun.
LONDON, Sept 30.-Four wounded men
and two women were killed yesterday in
o hospital at Lierre by sNell which
broke through the roof Of the hosp!ta
during the German commandment ac-
cordng to Reuters despatch from An =
werp, The shell completely wrecked
the ward IN which the four men lay,
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ba,. - Corunna and there cont. ..,
to take ship, the Begians are nov T..
be c.ptured or driven out of Aniv.'.
down tnc Scheldt RIVER on waiting ta.s'
ports. Antwerp itself vii. be ui n..,
present value to Germany since al
tempt to use II as Il nava. base ...t
IL possible. would involve vio.auo. ..
neutrality which might bring Holm.
into the enemy's camp. Bur Autv...
taken. the Belgian army captured q.
driven out OF northern Belgium. l.-.,
army corps vitality needed to thv ,out.
would be released Belgium. rave .or
the district about Ostend. would h, com
pletely conquered and the last Hr...4t
amy disp Used OF So long as Their, , ID
belgian army Ia being the whole ,..u
try H. likely ~ continue It's ir... a
warfare, but 1t Is not improbable rat
tn. capture of King Alberts army would
break the spirit OF a gallant little p..p.,
utterly crushed at last by the might O.
German arms.
ON the other hand " German rctrea,
from northern France follows tho BATH,
OF the Alsnc. the Belgian army Will r..s
rr'ly be released by the allied advance.
W.. operate on the LEFT hank o. ,-,
Anglo French army and compel the .yac
uation of Brussels ana all of northct.
and western Belgium, will be as us,...
to the general allied cause a.. was t.,.
of Wellington, which flowed over ,,.
Pyrerees In 1914 to the enemies OF Ma.
poleon.
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ORCHIES DESTROYED.
Germans Say Military Hospital Was
AttucLed.

LONDON. Sept. 30--A Berlin dcspatch
received at Rotterdam says l. is ON
c!ally announced that this telegram has
been sent by the Surgeon General Of
the Germany army to the Kaiser. nc
cord!ng TO Reuters Amsterdam corre-
spondcnt:
"a few days ago military hospital
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SERvIANs REoCCUPY sEMLIN.


NVT'WI TW0lr VrNN0IVN ~ VHE STN-
BORDEAUX, Sept. 30.--A despatch from
Belgrade says the Servlans have re-
occupied Semlin after desperate hgh.-
ing, thus assuring the success OF the
of nsivc movement.
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LONDON, Sept 30-The Bank OF Eng,
Land bought to-day fi5l.OOO H755. Oo0)
In American eagles and $4,000 $3.50.
0O0) IN bar gold.
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\ second bullet entered his back and
came out above the groin Berger fell
grooming to the ground and the two men
lay eide by side. They heard a German
solder calling feebly for help.
BERGER and the Englishman managed
to crawl to the side of the wounded Ger
man and forced ,yine and water down
his throat The effort exhausted them
and they tainted. When they recovered
consciousness the German was dead. The
night was far advanced. They lay on
the soddeu field until dawn was heralded
by shr.elting shells telling that the battle
had been resumed.
\ force Of uhlans rode BY. Berger
hailed them and an officer dismOuntcd
ana came to the spot pointing a revolver
at the men. Asked what was wanted
Berger said he wanted "A drink
The CAlin officer noticed t.e dead body
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they had been set up simply to be
knocked down. Tho town was shelic :.
as II by some inventor who had made
a new kind of explosive and invited has
friends to see IL demulish "A model town"
Refugees Crowd Roads.
This witnes SIS left the place at a quar-
ter after six in the evening with some
wounded on the road to Amiens Ii
was packed with refugees of all ages.
Old men and wome n too feeble to walk
we're carried in wheelbarrows. There
we're a great many baby carriages with
children In them who had been hur-
rledly snatched from their beds.
The sisters of charity who were
nursing the wounded in the hospital re-
fused to leave although the wounded
were taken away. In the grounds Of
the hospita! six collins were ready 10
he buried. They contained the bodies
NJ six officers who were among the
twenty-five patients who died the day
before of their wounds. TIE funera,
service had been begun WHEN he bonn
hardment started. The priest. In his
eccles astlcal garb. was reading the Of
Hcc for the dead when the order to
evacuate the place was given. The
collins had to be left whore they lay.
alongside open graves. II was i'm
possible to enter the town. rs the heat
Of the burning houses was so great.
In the outskirts dogs were heard howl
ing piteously