The Washington times., 1914-08-25

The Stats Zeituns publishes this
morning an official cable from the
Berlin foreign office, containing in
formation that the army of the Mo-
selle, under the command Of the
German crown prince, had won a
decisive victory over five French
army corps to the northwest of Di-
denhofen CThionville), in Lorraine.
At the same time the left wing OF
the French was cut off from its base.
The defeated French were driven
across the Meuse (Maas) river, when
their retreat became a panicky
flight The Germans, headed by the
crown prince, followed the enemy,
taking many prisoners. The French
troops were unable to Withstand the
whitening fire of the German in
fantry.
The paper further publishes a
wireless. via, Sayville, L. l., contain
ing the information that another Ger
man army, that of the "Saer,'
headed by Duke Albrecht OF Wuer-
temberg, defeated the French near
Neufchateau, when number of
cannon and flags and many prisoners
were taken. among the latter sew
eral generals. 4 third army, COM
manded by the crown prince of Ba-
varia, the army Of the Rhine, after
routing the enemy near Luneville.
captured 150 cannon and drove the
French out Of Grey and Blamont, in
the French department of Meurthe-
et-Moselle
All of this is being practically
admitted in Paris dispatches, of
course modified to suit the temper
of the Parisians. In that city the
French cabinet yesterday held a
lengthy council, to consider the now
very serious situation fully. The re-
suit was kept secret. But the Zei-
tung declares that it is informed
reliably that the authorities have
begun packing up the art treasures
at the Louvre. and putting them
into vaults. and have ordered the
roofs Of important public buildings
to be made safer BY placing on them
sacks filled with sand, so as to pre-
vent the buildings being fired by
bombs thrown upon them from Zep-
pelins. This latter precaution. in the
opinion Of the editor, speaks val
umes. and shows how black the out
look must be in the French capital
already. The Zeitung also permits it.
self a little sneer at the expense
of the British as a result of a cable
from London that the British be-
haved nobly and stood their ground
with their usual steadfastness
Another New York paper, the Ger
man Journal, is far more enthusias-
tic over these three great victories.
It claims to have information that
the defeat of the allied armies was
decisive and annihilating. especially
at Neufchateau, where the center
of the enormous French army, mass
ed for the Alsace invasion, was
broken through. II adds that the
battle began last Saturday. the front
taking in the entire section between
Mons and Didenhofen. and that es-
pecially the Prussian guardsmen.
under the command of the German
crown prince. outdid themselves in
their ardor and bravery, which had
been demonstrated once before in
that very neighborhood. In the last
Franco-Prussian war. of 1870
The Journal also is informa ed that
the news of the lost battle was fol-
lowed by Veritable panic among
The great business houses in the
city" of London. They accuse the
British war ministry of withhold
ing any information that is deroea-
DRY to the British arms and point to
the decisive defeat suffered by a
body of English cavalry last week in
the north of Belgium, where Ave of
ficers were killed.
The most striking piece of news
published by the journal Is that
which II claims was printed in the
paper owned by the former French
war minister, Pichon. which accused
an entire French army division of
cowardice. in n fight IN Lorraine
where they ran away before the
enemy without having fled a single
shot. This, coming from so proni-
nent French source. is bitter in
deed, If true.
1t is conceded On all sides. that
the Germans have crossed the
French frontier near Lille. This, ac-
cording to the Zeitung. means what
has been suspected all along, that
the Germans are executing the plan
previously determined upon to enter
France from Belgium, between Lille
and Maubeuge. where the defenses
are not nearly SO strong as those
on the German frontier. The corps
of invasion consists of 100000 men,
the main BODY of tho northern divis-
ion. il shows solid front stretched
out between Gibet. on the Belgo-
French border. below Nanur and Di-
denhofen in Lorraine.
The Russian victories do not ap-
pear to worry the German papers
much. They declare that, II the
situation in East Prussia really were
30 critical. as London and Paris dis