The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-15
TURKEY REVOkES
ALIENS RIGHTS
NHROGATES SERIES OF TREATIES
ORIGINATING IN ELEVENTH
CENTURY.
REPORT GERMAN RETREAT
Premier Asquith Asks Parliament for
Another Half Million Men,
Austria Fortifyina
Vienna.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 11.-Tur-
key formally notified the United
States and the nations of the world
that it had abrogated the series of
conventions, treaties and privileges
originating as early as the eleventh
century, whereby foreigners in the OF
toman empire have been exempt from
local jurisdiction in civil and criminal
cases.
Foreign subjects no longer will en-
JOY what is known as extraterritorial
rights, through which they have been
tried by their own judges, diplomatic
representatives, or consuls.
Paris, Sept. 1.-THE following Off
cial communication was issued last
night:
con the left wing the British and
French troops have crossed the
Marine between La Perte-Sous-Jou
Charly and Chateau Thierry, pursuing
the enemy, who is in retreat. During
the course of the advance the British
forces took number of prisoners and
captured mitrailleuses.
Germans Driven Back.
During the four days battle the
the theater Of operations gained about
thirty-seven miles.
Between Chateau Thierry and
Vitry-Le Francois the Prussian guard
has been thrown back
"The action continues with great Sc
verify in the region between Camp de
Mailly and Vitry-Le Francois.
I'm the center and on the right wing
there is no change in the situation.
ION the Ornain and in the Argonne
district the two opposing forces are
maintaining their positions. In the re-
gion of Nancy the enemy has made
slight progress on the Chateau Salinas
road
Probably the fiercest struggle is
against the French center, between
Reims and Verdun, while the British
army is contesting the second hard
fought engagement against the Ger
man right The Germans are believed
to be still attacking the French right,
from Verdun to Nancy.
Lesser fighting is in progress in AL
SAGE. From this province the Ger
mans appear to have drawn away part
of their army and the French are TAX
ing advantage of this opening.
Ask More Troops.
London, Sept. 11.-Premier Asquith
yesterday asked parliament to add an
other half million men of all ranks to
the regular army, and after short
debate his motion to this end was
unanimously adopted.
The supplementary estimates, issued
in the form of White Paper, asking
probable excess, beyond the similar in
crease voted Aug 6, which will be re-
CURED for the army service.
Embassy Reports Success.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 1.-THE
Russian embassy issued tonight the
following statement:
THE success gained by our troops
over the Austro-German army at Kras-
mix on Sept. 9 is developing on the
front from Tomaszow and Rawa Russ
ka to the River Denistez. Serious
fighting is in progress
German troops, transported from
the western front, have been concen-
trated in East Prussia on the River
ALE. On Sept. they began to adj
vance in considerable columns
through the Mazur lake regions. Our
advance troops, delaying the enemy,
fell back in an easterly direction
Fortify Vienna.
Geneva, via Paris, Sept. ia par
ty of Swiss who have returned here
from Vienna, bring confirmation of
previous reports that thousands of Ia
borers are at work on defenses around
the Austrian capital
They declare furthermore that the
advance guards of the Russian army
already are at the SUBMITS of the
passes through the Carpathian noun
tains, and that the Austrians are re-
firing.