The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-07
FIRST MONTH OF WAR LEAVES
ENGLAND MASTER OF The SEAS
AS RESULT OF NAVAL sUPREM.
ACr MANY THOUSAND
TROOPS ARE MOVED.
British View OF First Month Of the
War 10 Very Optiniistie-satis-
factory Response for Troops.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.-The Brit.
lsh view OF the first month of the war
is set forth in the following cable
gram received to-day by the British
embassy from the London foreign
office:
AT the end of the first month of
the war the command of the sea is left
unchallenged In the hands OF Great
Britain and her allies. The main Ger
man and Austrian fleets remain in
their harbors under shelter OF their
mines and batteries. Four German
cruisers. one auxiliary cruiser. two
destroyers and a submarine and one
Austrian cruiser have been sunk. A
German dreadnaught and a cruiser
have fled without fighting and have
taken refuge in the Dardenelles. The
loss to the British navy has been one
light cruiser only.
'As a consequence OF this naval
supremacy. over 800 900 troops have
been able TO cross the sea I'm different
parts of the world without the loss of
a man The British expeditionary
fore has been carried to France. CO.
lonial expeditions have been sent 70
attack the colonies of Germany in
Africa and the Pacific, and the French
troops under cover OF the combined
Anglo-French Mediterranean feet
have been escorted from Algeria to
France.
To Develop Resources.
The resources of the empire under
the cover of the British feet will be
fully developed, and the armies in Eu-
, rope will be reinforced by those OF
Australia. Canada, India and Africa
rrrfF II
marine has disappeared from the
ocean. while the (passage apparently
omitted here). In every part OF the
outlying seas. in China. the Pacific. the
Atlantic. the German ships have avoid
ed action with British cruisers, pre-
ferring TO make Intellectual attacks
upon unarmed merchant vessels to
encountering men of war. Although
the German cruisers are still at large,
their depredations have been small,
| and they are unable TO remain in any
part where serious attack could be
made upon British commerce
Strong as the British navy is to-
day. there will be an accession OF
strength within the next twelve
months of not less than seven first
class ships. fifteen cruisers and
| twenty destroyers. thus still further
increasing the margin Of naval superb
GRITTY in ships of all class over Ger
many.
Finances Satisfactory.
The financial situation Is satisfac-
tory. The British and French ar
mics in France have fought a series
OF wholly contested engagements in
which they have inflicted on the
enemy losses immensely greater than
they have suffered. Their fighting
strength is unimpaired Meantime. in
response to the call of the govern
ment 100000 fresh recruits have
Joined the British army voluntarily.
Great Russian armies have invad-
ed east Prussia and are on the point
OF entering central Germany. The
Austrians have been decisively beat
en- first by the Servians at Shabatz
and on the river Drina and after
wards by the Russians in Galicia.
They have abandoned their campaign
against Servia and have lost the forti-
fed city OF Lemberg.
Outside Europe the japanese feet
and a force of troops are blockading
Using Tau In China. The German
colony OF Togolan in west Africa has
been surrendered TO an Anglo French
force. By the capture OF the German
I vessel Wissman on Lake Nyassa the
control OF the whole Of Lake Nyassa
has been secured TO Great Britain
Trade and industry in all British col
onies remains undisturbed. The
| colony OF Samoa in the Pacific has
been taken by a force from New Zea-