Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
PARIS, FREED FROM
GlEGE PERIL, AWAITS
CABINETS RETURN
Military Governor Tells War
Minister Capital Is No
Longer in Peril-F rench
Amy's Efficiency.
By WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMS
PARIS, Sept Il

PARIS, Sept. Il.
Emphatically declaring that all danger
OF a siege is now past, General Galliyni,
Military Governor of Paris, today not-
fed Minister of War Millcrand that the
capital can be returned here at any time.
An official decree rctransfrrring it is
looked for in the very near future,
Meanwhile General Gailiyni is sending
the majority OF his army ui the defense
OF Paris, 100000 men, to- reinforce the
French forces now lighting desperately
To drive the Germans back across the
eastern frontier. They are no longer
needed here. They have been tried and
found the wonderful lighters their officers
previously announced them to be- 1t was
their energetic attack and complete dis
persal of the troops used by General Won
kluk to envelop his movement to the
southeast of Paris, that enabled the Brit
fsh-FrenCh forces to attack the main
German right wing, thus bringing on the
battle of the Marne. without being eN-
Il posed to an overwhelming assault on
their flank
There is no doubt that the Kaisor's
offense is BROKEN. ! have returned today
from a complete inspection ~ the front
in the neighborhoud of MoauN, Chateau
Thierry and scissors, and from close in
> spection and scrutiny of the official rc-
ports France is furnishing the entire
world one of its greatest surprises by tho
extent to which the individual hriilancy
I of her troops has triumphed over the
/, German intensive orSanization.
ALL-DAY ARTILLERY DUEL.
When I reached scissors an artillery
; duel was in progress. The opposing bat
teries were we'll conceaed behind the hills
that nestle around the town. The French
artillery was posted on the heights south
of the town. Tho Germans were more
than a mile away. their guns masked in
clumps of woodland. The German guns
slternated rain of concussion shells on
the French artillery and shraprel on the
French infantry aligned under the sup
= port of their guns.
\ The duel started at sunrise on sunday
and continued throughout the day. TO-
y ward nightfall, however the German
m became weakened and the French
rtillery experts explained that the Ger
In guns were being withdrawn, having
ss ;s,t r. :s.;: used merely to cover the general
'SN At one period of the artillery duel.
timed 80 bursting shrapnel shells during a
single minute INDICATING the tierccness of
the German fire. Several Of the houses
III 'SolssnnS proper were set on fire by
bursting shells but there were very few
fatalities among the inhabitants owing
to the fact that the German fire on the
city was mostly shrapnel The In
and were out OF harms way. t. this
is attributable the fact that there were no
serious losses.
The French gun crews were absolutely
unaffected by the fire and the infantry
waiting the orders to 20 forward were
very cheerful The Turcos tthe French
Algerian troops were hard TO keep in
back.. They have an utter disregard of
HhHSer ana Wneh 'he orders nhatIy came
"u' 10 CnaEse urO'e ioF"aTa rTGN!essI%' theE
w atsll'e' LiS!n- over Jhe S'u." OF mus
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FRENCH ESPRIT ADMIRABLE
Th. French army orga,7izatior, is mar.
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Swori, cooiiy in CIns. ,',t,',
bitch az v.itbor+ trl, - f.,,,,,t
Tho aditiora, oycf,srfa ra,ir ,,n,,.,,
ment was no,ybar. i'm avi5a,,c. so Tor
as | could Gee Tho officers y.ars ,onITy
fraternizing with their men orarsssir,r
their food and keeping their ammunition
replenished. This was in marked con-
trast with the brutal methods Of tho
German officers. which have 6cen reported
from all parts of the lighting line
aanF'I 'u,,,t...SSl' - s..','E Won
the ighting line.
Not single moment is lost In moving
LOCO % suppHeS ana ammunition as need
me oFlVets OF the supply Trans smoked
ther cigarettes, reaa newspapers ana
SAM whle a"aitlns orders 70 move foE-
ward 10 the 'front.'
Ihe french AT SoIssons mad sa"antIy
sacrt"cea the comforts ana IN" Dement'S
ol thc heu oIpsS o'7a''%dGo" w oL"''
TO avoid encumberinE the held operations
with ambulances and nurses. They were
kept far in the rear, and the wounded
were taken back in such vehicles as could
be pressed into service. The Germans
all 1along the line Of battle have aban-
rived rive frst at he front from ] Paris sxprersd @ s.