The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-09-05

G 1914, by American Press Association.
the Russian, Prussian and Austrian
border 100000 men are engaged and
that the battle line extends for 400
miles. The Austrian fianking move
ment~ at Lublin is reported TO have
been failure, entailing considerable
loss and a withdrawal from Russian
Poland Lemberg is invested by the
Russians, their lines half encircling
the city. Austria is recalling troops
from France and is also bringing back
more of the soldiers who were sent TO
the Drina and Danube.
London. Sept. 2.-Four huge armies
comprising the kaiser's northern army
of invasion are fighting their way
steadily toward LaOn. The allies, re-
sisting fiercely but falling back in
good order. apparently were concen-
trating on this strong position at the
head of the Disc valley with the inten.
ton OF staging there the decisive bat.
tie which they hope will send the
kaiser's legions beaten and shattered
back into Belgium and break the re.
lentless German advance that threat
ems Paris Itself
Absolute mystery envelops the fifty
mile battle front from Peronne, in tn
department Of the Somme, to Verviers.
in Aisne, where the moves in this CON
flict, so vital to the safety of Paris, are
being enacted. The French war Off e
was mute and the government censOrS
pruned the news dispatches with a
/ severity unparalleled since the war be-
gan. 1t was evident that the allies
will stake their last hope Of checking
! the German invasion from the north
on the Laon battle, which even now
may be in progress.
The tone Of the few dispatches
which were permitted to come through
was more encouraging for the allies
than for several days. Unofficial re
ports that the kaiser's advance had
been checked were reported as being
! current in Paris, and it was insisted
that although the allies had been
giving ground before the Germans for
the last week, their troops were in
good order and in perfect shape for
the supreme battle which is to decide
the fate Of the German army in west
ern Europe.
Another report limited strongly at
an attack in the invaders rear by d
British army which was supposed to
/ have landed in Ostend.
Paris, Sept. 2-The war Office is
! sued the following communique:
+ "On our left the envelOping move,
ment OF the Germans has been con
tinued and on this account, so as not
/ to be forced to accept decisive en-
gagement, which would have to De
/ fought in bad conditions, our troops
have been withdrawn partly toward
the south and partly toward the south
west.
"The engagement in the Rethel dis
trict enabled our troops to check the
enemy.
"In the center and on the right (the
Wouevre, Lorraine and the Vosges)
the situation remains unchanged.
"A squadron of armored aeroplaues
armed with mitrailleuses, has been
formed TO give chase to the German
aeroplanes which are flying over Paris
"The American committee, organ
lied by the ambassador of the United
States in Paris on the day OF the
declaration Of war, asked the minister
of war if he would be kind enough to
give them proofs that the bombs which
fell in Paris had been thrown from Z
German aeroplane. M. Millerand, iF
response TO this request, placed before
the ambassador of the United States
and the two delegates of the commit
tee all the official documents.
THE ambassador, who, as well as
the members of the delegation, tool
official note of the documents which
were submitted TO them, has decided
to send by cable to his government
a report on these methods of warfars
which are not only acts against hu
: manity but are also an absolute viola
tion of The Hague convention counter
signed by Germany herself.
! 'The committee, moreover, decided
to ask the American government
> while remaining faithful to its declara
ton of neutrality, TO make an ener
getic protest to the German govern
J ment."