The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-10-02
PRUSSIA FEARS
RUSSIAN ARMIES
Kaiser Orders Great Number Of Soldiers
To Strengthen Forces Guarding
East Prussia
BATTLE OF AISNE UNSETTLED
Armies OF Allies And Germans In a
Desperate Struggle For Su-
Premaey-Many Killed

In all history there is no record of
battle rivaling in importance the
great struggle that is now going on
between the allied armies OF France
and Great Byitain against the Ger
mans north OF the Aisne river in the
northern part Of France. It has lasted
for more than two weeks and from
the reports received daily it appears
that neither side has gained an appre-
ciable advantage. To obtain even an
idea of the losses sustained by both
the allies and the Germans is an ut
ter impossibility.
Troops To EAST Prussia
The German kaiser, as the head OF
the army of the empire, is indeed in
desperate straitsy e5On the French
frontier his soldiers are fighting one
of the worlds greatest battles. At
the same time the.e is another grave
danger looming up ON the frontier OF
East Prussia, where the Russian
hordes are coming steadily onward,
seriously threatening that portion OF
Germany with invasion. The kali
ser is said to have dispatched thou
sands of soldiers to East Prussia to
effectively stop the Russians.
Germany May Face Hunger
Another peril facing the German
people, that of hunger. IL is, only
question as to how long the present
food supply of Germany viii hold out.
Great Britain is determined to cut off
Germany from food supplies from the
outside world. Austria Hungary has
none to spare. England is. already sup
plying food 10 the BeIgians, Switzer-
land, Holland, Denmark, Norway and
Sweden have all announced their in
tentions not to ship foodstlffs or other
contraband articles for Tear of violat-
ing their neutrality. With the Ger
man fleet bottled up in the Kiel canal
it would be almost impossible for the
Germans TO land food supplies either
on the North sea orson, the Baltic sea.
Italy Prepares for war
Turkey is still defiant, but has made
no warlike move in the past week
Little has been heard from Italy dur
ing the past few days, but persistent
rumors have it that the Italians have
renowned their alliance with Ger
many and Austria, and in, the seyent
they become engaged ID the present
European war it will be in sympathy
with the allied armies. 1t is reported
that Italy has massed a great number
of troops along the Austrian frontier.
The Belgians are doing their part In
harassing the German soldiers in
Belgium.
Victory For The Japs
The Japanese have been gathering
their forces around the German prov
jnces in China. Recent dispatches
from Toxic say that the laps engag-
ed the German soldiers on the out
skirts of Tsing.Tau. After a skirmish
OF several hours the Germans were
forced to retreat within the walls of
the city, which is the capital of the
German provinces. Much interest is
being manifested in the campaign of
the Japs against the Germans in Chi
ma. Although the Japs claim they are
waging their warfare against the Ger
mans in China for the purpose of TAX
ing this territory from them and re-
turning 1t to China, the Germans
claim the Japs have 3 more selfish mo-
tive in view.
Servians Suffer Heavy Losses
Little Servia is having all she can
do to hold her own with her powerful
enemy. Austria. For more than two
weeks the Servian and Austrian troops
have been battling along the Drina riv-
err. The result Of these battles is UNI
known, but it is reported that the Ser
vians have suffered heavy losses.
There has been very little news from
Bosnia since the Servians and Mon
tenegrins captured Sarajevo, the CAPT
tai, from the Austrians. This is the
city in which Archduke Ferdinand,
heir apparent to the Austrian throne,
and his wife we're murdered, which
was one OF the principal factors in
causing the present European war.