The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
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Drops Two Bombs in Paris.
Paris.-A German aeropIane flying
over Paris and the suburbs of Auber-
vilIiers and St Dennis, at 9 o'clock
in the, morning, dropped two bombs,
one of which wounded three persons.
The other did no harm.
Capital Now at ostend.
Washington.-An official cablegram
to the Belgian legation here an
nounced that the Belgian government
had been removed from Antwerp to
Ostend
Brussels Near Starvation.
The scarcity of food in Brussels has
raised a grave problem, and 10000
persons are applying for rations,
which the German administration is
finding it difficult to supply.
Russian Operations Slow.
The Russians and Germans are pun
ishing one another with frightful Sc
verify in Russian Poland, where the
Germans have invaded distance Of
fifty miles, and in Austrian Galicia
where Russian operations have been
strongest
Russia's operations in Galicia are
still halted, waiting apparently on the
perfection of plans for the next Of
fensive after the investment OF Cra-
cow The development of the Berlin
campaign is the new objective, but its
details must depend largely on the
operations of the German army in Po-
land. Reports of engagements being
sent from Petrograd are indicative Of
the extreme optimism which warfare
seems to impIant in the usually Ie-
thargic Slav.
These descriptions of ferocious bat
ties are too uniformly followed by i'm
portant Russian successes. If they
were true the Germans should Row be
in full retreat, leaving the road to
Berlin reasonably open. Instead of
this, however, the road to Cracow has
not yet been freed.
The truth of these engagements is
that they are no more than recon
naissances in force, whose principal
objective is to feel out the strength
of the enemy. They were duplicated
in Belgium the opening days of the
German offensive, when retirements
by German skirmishers probably with
the information they had been sent
to secure, were magnified into i'm
portant successes for the Allies.
Austrians Winning Now.
London-It is officially announced
from Huszt, Marmaros county, Hun.
gary, that Austrian forces have been
heavily engaged with Russians since
Monday, at place near Tacsoe, tele-
graphs the Amsterdam cores ondent
of the Reuter- Telegram Company. The
Russians retreated. The battle came
to an end near Koerossalva, with com
plete victory for the Austrians.
Destroy 8 Tsing-Tao Forts.
Peking.-The Japanese continued
their bombardment of the Kiao Chow
Notifications and are reported here to
be in possession of the outer chain
of the Using Tao Notifications. The
feet continues to cooperate with the
| land forces and according to a state
ment by the japanese legation, three
of the harbor forts have been demol-
ished
British Submarine at Work.
London.-Submarine E-9 of the Brit
! ish navy under command of Lieuten
ant Commander Max K. Horton made
another raid into German waters OF
the mouth of the River Ems and sue
ceeded in sinking a German torpedo
| boat destroyer. This same subma
, rine under the same commander made
a similar dash and sank the German
cruiser Hela off HeIgoIand on Sep
| TENDER 10. As on the former occa
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her home port
Three German Ships sunk?
Tokio-The belief was expressed
at the war office here that the Ger
man cruiser Cormoran and two other