The Washington times., 1914-09-03

A perusal of the New York German
press today satisfies the readers that
things are going from bad to worse
at Paris. The cabinet has left the city
and SO have the representatives of the
allied nations, all but the ambassador
of the United States. Mr.. Herrick con-
siders 1t his duty. besides taking care
of the archives of the French and allied
governments at Paris, mainly to remain
there so as to be on the spot II Amer
leans. who for various reasons prefer
red or had to remain in the endangered
capital, should need his aid and the
protection of the stars and Stripes.
The French war office before leaving
the city late last night. gave out the
information that the advance guard of
posts. had been seen in the vicinity Of
Compiegne, also at scissors and AniZy-
le-Chateau. This would show a steady
advance. and no check. as London has
the allies, that the Kaiser has not
left for the east, in order to check any
Russian advance. but that he was at
Charleroi, directing movements Of his
troops.
Claim Russian Defeat.
Considering that official London ad-
n1its the surrounding and capture OF
two entire Russian army corps near
Al1enstein tat Gilgenburg, Sensburs.
and Rastenburg). confirming all that
was known here yesterday. and even
adding another 1000 men to the sum
total of the captured there ought to be
no further reason for doubling that the
Russians really met with a crushing
defeat by the Germans, who entrapped
two army corps, their entire artillery,
and made several commanding generals
and several hundred officers captives.
On the other hand, the taking Of Lem
berg also IS admitted in the German
press. on receipt of dispatches from
Berlin to that effect.
While not suppressing this mishap to.
the Austrtans, the Zeitung says that
1t Is only Temporary" and that Lem
berg, which has not been taken. but
was evacuated In time to save un-
necessary slaughter. will again be re-
taken when the German re-enforce-
ments will arrive in Galicia and take a
hand In the fighting there.
Atrocities By Belgians.
The German embassy here has been
Informed by the Berlin foreign office
that the condition of wounded German
soldiers who returned home from Bel
GUM has greatly incensed the populace.
1t is charged that Belgian civilians and
committed afro
cities which beGgar description, ard are
a disgrace to civilization Besides, It
has become known that these same
Belgians. aided by London ard Paris in
the dissemination of false reaorts have
attempted to make the world believe
that German soldiers, and not they
themselves. had acted like Sarbarians.
The excitement In the centers of popu-
latlon, In consequence, gives rise to the
gravest apprehensions for the security
of the Belgian prisoners Of war quar-
tered in German towns.
Politics sure enough hercts strange
bedfellows. Here is the Moslern Sultan
of Turkey drawing his sword to aid
Germany, who is beset on all sides by
fellow Christians. while on the other
hand. the King of the HcIlons. aIsc a
fellow Christian, and besides the broth
er-in-law OF the klIse., stands ready 10.
join the allies.
Ridicules the Car.
The proclamation of the Car to his
beloved Jews" in particular, is what
the editor of the Staats Zeitung ridi-
cules and attacks. when 1t is known to
all the word that ever since the four
tecnth century these people have been
subjected to the worst kind of i'll treat
mcnt and barbarism in that country
1t is not forgotten. adds the paper, that
at one time all OF 10000 Jews were
inassacred by the fanatic populace ow-
ing TO stories that had been circulated
Of ritual murders. 1t reminds its rad
ers Of the kishineff murders of our own
day, of Americas effort to stop them,
and of many other similar butcheries,
and eXclaims: rs it really possible that
the Russian government had the bad
grace to speak of these so terribly en-
shaved people as beloved Jews 1t Is
grewsome to try to elicit any humor in
the present catastrophe in Europe saws
the editor. but this impertinent and ex-
traordinary proclamation is a grim joke
that the little father" is having with
his downtrodden Jewish subjects. 1t is
an outrage upon any intelligence to be
asked to believe that the Car has the
slightest intention of keeping his i'm
perial' word, no more than he means
to keep 1t with the Poles.
The German foreign office denies that
any Of the Zeppelin dirigibles or any
other of the German air fleet had been
shot down or disa bled in the field
Only yesterday another of these daring
fiiers circled over Paris again for forty
FIVE minutes and managed to destroy
ten houses with his bombs. The ma
shine guns which had been placed on
the loofs Of the highest public buildings