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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
EXPLAINS ATTACK
 ON OLD CAT,HEDRAL

New, York, Sept 23-Count Johann von Bernstorf, the German annbassa- dor, in an interview at the Ritz-Carl- ton yesterday afternoon explained his views on the destruction Of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Rheims by German artillery and the sinking of three Brit ish armored cruisers by German sub marines in the North Sea-
 stIn the bornbardment at Rheims, ; said the ambassador cit is proposter- ous to suppose for minute that the German army would shoot intention the line of battle and needs must suf- fer. Although orders were given to spare the ediflee,sI am informed this afternoon, one or two stray shots can not be helped, and they would neces- sarily do considerable damage. The country whose enemy invades 1t can not escape a certain amount of dam age. England or France might do as much if not more in a similar posi- tion.s,
 Count von Bernstorn did not con ceal his interest and pleasure when informed of the German victory in the North Sea. After reading the account in the afternoon papers he said:s
 'eThat is indeed most interesting, es- peciaIIy in view of the fact that Win ston Churchill announced only last night that the seas had been swept clear Of German fighting craft.''
 The ambassadors manner left no doubt in his hearers minds that he considered the German navy as a big factor yet to be reckoned with before the war is over and that the first real German sea victory might be a fore runner of others of more importance Ito foIlow.s
 The German ambassador repudiated in emphatic terms charges that Ger many's peace proposals have been lacking in sincerity, as charged in a recent speech of Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty.
 sIt would be useless" he said, 1sto enter into a discussion with MT. Chur- chill Germany has officially made public a proposition asking the allies for their peace terms and outlining her own Now what is insincere about that? It is purely and simply a state ment Of our position in the matter, nothing more Or less The next move is obviously up to the allies.
 tsI have said that Germany would not consent to any peace terms as long as the allies were bent on the des struetion of the empires and I have said that the war was won, not that Germany is willing to consider it a draw
 seThen no further steps will be taken by the German government 1ook1ng toward peace ?'
 NO was his reply. The peace movement has stopped until advances from the allied powers
 Commenting on reports that the financial condition Of Germany was such as could not warrant the long continuance of hostilities Count von Bernstorm pointed to an official des- patch received by him that afternoon savin- that the Subscriptions to the war loan already had reached 4,200.- 900, ,oOos marks, being almost oversub- scribed.
 Other wireless messages from the German Headquarters announce the progress of the army along the entire battle line and the successful repulse of French attack in middle Alsace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23

l Ymuiden, Holland, Sept. 23.-This little seaport town is all excitement over the landing here of 287 survivors from the British cruisers sunk in the North Sea Joy German submarines. The men were brought. here by the Dutch steamer Flora which happened to be in the vicinity when the disaster -oy ertook the British warships
 The streets are crowded in the vii cinity where British survivors were housed From the outside of one of the hotels the crowds could see a number of the British sailors enjoying a generous meal at a, long table. They were dressed in. all manner of cloth ing, mostly from the little store of thai possessed by the Dutch sailors of, the rescuing boat. The Englishmen evi- deItIy are in the best of spirits. The crews Of all three sunken warships were composed largely of naval re- servists.
 The .A;boukir was the first shiE struck About o'clock in the morn explosion blew out a. big section of the bottom at the bow, capsizing the ship The crew had no time to launch life boats and tried to save themselves by Jumping in the water The boat was out of sight beneath the waves within three or four minutes after the ezplo- sion.
 The cruiser Hogue, which was near by. heard the explosion and fnmedl- ateIy launched numerous lifeboats and began to pick up the swimming sur vivors,. but while this was going on
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
DETAILS OF SINKING OF TIRE
 BRITISH CRUISERS SHOW SMill..
 PART OF CREWS WERE RESGl GllEu
London Says 700 21OO Men Aboard llated Narships Were Picked Up-Two German Torpedo
 Lost Conflict

London, Sept 23-The official press bureau announced last evening that three English arrnored cruisers, the Aboukir the Greasy and the Hogue, had been sunk. in ts--e --'- Sea yes terday by German, submarines.
 < On top of this news word came from survivors of the wreck itself that two of the five German submarines that had slipped out from the German fleet and sunk the British cruiser were in turn sunk by the Greasy before the Germans finally had torpedoed and sunk the Greasy
 According to / the latest official ad- vices available here 700 members of the crews of the three cruisers were rescued. Most of these were brought to Harwich by 1warships. Thirty un- injured officers were among those land ed at Harwich. Eighty were landed at Parkeston.
 The total complement of the three cruisers was 2,100 men.
 According to a Rotterdam despatch the (British) cruisers were attacked at 7:so o'clock yesterday morning five submarines. Other cruisers and torpedo boats were rushed to the scene and are reported to have destroyed two German submarines.
 The steamer Flora landed one dead and 287 survivors. including a few wounded at Ymuiden. Others are re- ported being brought to Ymuiden.
 Again in a despatch from Anster- dam, it is learned that the Dutch steamer Titan had landed nineteen of the British who had escaped injury, one wounded sailor and five dead.
 The Titan, the Amsterdam news con tfntes originally had IA survivors aboard, but with the exception of those she had brought into port there, the wounded and other rescued had been transferred to a. British torpedo boat. The survivors now in Antwerp are lodg ged in a Holland-American Lines building at the Hook of Holland. Is As more details come in it has been IIearned that the cruiser Aboukir while patrolling in the North Sea was struck by a torpedo and was +-~ first of the British ships to go to the bottom The minute she was struck two other Brit
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appeared to be naval officers.
 Following the landing of the unin- jured survivors, a hospital boat show ed off. from the pier and took off the injured from the cruiser and the de- stroyers. These were transferred at once to the Shotfey naval hospital while the uninjured survivors went to the Great Eastern hotel which is now used as military hospital where they will be allowed to rest for several days. Many of them had spent some time struggling in the water but few showed, any serious effects of their experiences. They walked through the line of questioning faces with firm steps and smiling as if submar- inc attack was no very unusual ex- perience. Their clothing, however, was something to marvel at Most of them wore blankets or even pieces of burlap saclking while others were protected from the ~-='7 night air by llama coats such as seamen use on night watches.
 The crowd of weeping women who besieged the hospitals for the names of those saved were informed as gent ly as possible that no information would be given out except through the official channels of the admiralty. Sen tries guarded all entrances to the hos pital and prevented anyone from reachtnE the survivors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
Gold Lace a Taraet.
BRITON'S NAVAL LOSSES DETRACT
 INTEREST FROM FIGHTING ON LAND

London. Sept 23=The swift and silent destruction of the three cJiuis- CTS which cost $12, ,000, GOO has brought home to the foremost naval people the results and possibilities Of modern naval warfare. The unseen enemy Hogue and then the Greasy and the cruisers keeled over and settled be- heath the water. The work was com- pIeted in 20 minutes.
 The survivors who have been brought to shore say there were three German submarines in the attack in g force-some say fve-and that the cruiser Cressy or the Lowestoft ac- counted for two Of them. The admir- atty, however. does not yet confirm the statement that any of the German craft were destroyed and it is possi- Dne that none was even seen.
 The experts say that the submarines saizht, as they slip from Enden, on the uppermost end of the channel, destroy any ships it happened to meet and return home.
 On land the battle of the entrenched armies in France is progressing with great losses and without the record ing of any decisive stroke by either side The question which military men here are discussing today is
 whether the Germans have definitely assumed the defensive on their west or whether the German general staff regards the retirement from Paris as a. temporary reverse to be followed by an attempt Jat retrieving the lost ground between Peronne and St. cuen<fu. Forces under General Won K1nck. the commander of the Germs right wing, evacuated Peronne Friday sdnoe when desperate fighting has taken place for the possession of the town The repeated German attacks are reported to have been repulsed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23

ish cruisers. the Cressy and the HoEate headed toward the AboulSir Co lend as sistance to the survivors who were swimming about in the water
 The cruisers had just begun to low CT their boats when torpedoes were launched against them by the Ger man submarines and the Eogue and Greasy in turn were blown up.
 Advices here say that the efHect 69 the torpedoes was so great that ths old British crVisers were torn af1ost to pieces. If it were not for the prompt arrival of the cruiser LoWeseofE malG the presence of trawlers and testroy4 CTS in the neighBorhood few prob ably would have been rescued.
 The list of casualties anl6nR oEElseg and sAw has mot yet been made ruDlic The Cressy was commanded By CAe8 Robert W. Johnson. Capt. John n Drummond was in command os the Aboukir. Her sister ship, the Elcgue was under the command or Capt VII mot s. Nicholson. The three arnaor-. ed cruisers were built more than &6uR. teen years ago and were Of almost cb- -solete type.
 There was a rush to the Admiralty buildings for details as soon as ehe press bureau made it's official an nouncement of the eatastrophe The news had come to the British public just at a time when complaints were growing louder on all sides against the Admiralty for naval inactivity against the German ef1et.
 Not even news Of big nghtlnk by land forces has caused the shock which disturbed the English people today when they read this ann0uncement Of the worst blow dealt the English navy since war was declared
 The Cressy. Hogue and AboulEar have been in the public eye of late be- cause of the many reports of their activity in scouting to locate ths Ger man fleet off close to HeIsoIan1, Eight It is gathered that the disaster toor place close to the spot where a sa6a= dron of British cruisers first dealt the Germans a blow In sinking three Of the Kaiser's cruisers and two of his destroyers. The exact location, how ever, has not yet been made known here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
TELLS OF BIG NAVAL BATTLE
 IN NORTH SEA
Captain of Ship Which Picked Up Many Survivors Says Destruction of Three Cruisers Was Accom- plished In Twenty Minutes==Ger= mans Suffer Losses

London, Sept. 22-The cores pondent of the Daily Telegraph at Rotterdam sends this story of the sinking of the three British cruisers by German submarines:
 Captain Berkhout, of the steamer Titan, who saved over 100 of the Brit ish sailors, witnessed the fight be- tween the cruisers and the submar- ines. Some of the rescued sailors claim that two out of three of the attacking submarines were sunk. As will be noted, only one submarine was seen sailing off. Captain Berkhout told me the following story:
 The fight took place about ' o'clock this morning at which time I saw a German submarine tearing away at great speed.
 Tar away on the horizon I saw three cruisers; the Aboukir, Greasy and Hogue, and after a, while I noticed that one of them had gone I did not pay particular attention at the time but when I next turned to look for them noticed another had disap- peared. There was some smoke and heard a slight explosion.
 :" At once I dashed in their direction and on arriving in the vicinity lowered away two boats to rescue a large | mum bersof men whom saw swimming about in the water Altogether I picked up Il men and three officers. All were naked for they had thrown off their clothes in the water. One of the officers was Commander ". s. Sells, of Portsmouth His wrist watch had stopped at 705 and it was at 10 o'clock that I picked him up. All were exhausted
 "sAs soon as the. commander was brought on board he dropped down exhausted He was given wine and l in about 10 minutes he came around Then he smiled and said it was a long swim.
 < While I was on my way the re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
NAVAL BATTLE OVERSHADOWS LAND CAMPAIGN
NAMED FOR VICTORIES.
 GO DOWN TO DEFEAT.


 By curious coincidence >the three British cruisers sunk by German submarines yesterday were named after three decisive victories, one on land and two on sea, of the English over the French.
 THE CRESSY is named after the battle of Crecy,~or Greasy, in the Department of the Somme, northern France, on August 26, 1346. when Edward III. riveted upon France the power of Eng land. a power which remained ; unbroken until the triunnphs of Jeanne d'Arc.
 THE ROGUE was named af- ter the naval battle of La HOgue, in which Edward Rus- sell, afterward Earl of Oxford, with the Dutch allies destroyed the fleet Of Louis XIV. and ended his plan to invade Eng land and replace James IT. on the English throne. The battle consisted of series of encoun- ters lasting from May 19 to May 23, 1892.
 THE ABODkIR is named af- ter the battle of Aboukir, in which Lord Nelson destroyed the French fleet in the Bay of bouEir, on the Mediterranean{ | coast of Egypt, iso1ating Napo- leon in Egypt and defeating his plan to conquer the East. The date of the battle was August 1, 179Ss
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wi h great cost to both sides. f
 On the allies, right, between the Argonne and Metz. the Germans have delivered an attack over sloping ground in an attempt to crush the front of Troyon and thus break the chain of forts between yerdin and Foul.
 The latest reports from the British expeditionary army under command of Field Marshal Sir John French de- scribe the general features of the fighting Up to September Is without estimates of the casualties of the bat tie of the Aisne have been published as yet. The reason probably is that the British staff has not had time to compile lists.
 Only meagre reports have been re- ceiveds in London sof2the Russo Aus trian campaign in Galicia, Jaroslau; into the Russians hands according to despatc11es from Petrograd, with lit tie fighting, and the railroads lead ing to Przemysl are controlled by the Russians.
 Many thousand Austrian wounded are being brought into Vienna and ac- cording to despatches from Rome and an epidemic. of typhoid and other dis eases incidental to war eonditio ons in Austria.
 The Belgians made another, sortie from Antwerp yesterday in pursuance of their policy of harassing the Ger man invaders.
 General Botha, premier of the Un- ion of South Africa, has settled the difficulty created by the resignation of General Bayers. The Boer veteran will, drop his civilian duties and will himself take the field as commander in-chief of the transvaaI forces against their German nefghbors
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23

mafning cruiser rolled over and sank. When I arrived I was pleased to find that two Lowestoft cutters had rS@ch- ed. the Spot before me They were pulling naked men out of the WHter. One boat was absolutely full Of men and other men struggling all around nearly exhausted and almost numb from the cold. Many were clinEing to wreckages one group clustering around a floating table.
 :. Commander Sells told me of the trying experiences of a brave ltEtIe .sffpnan was on board the first veg was settling down he jumped ovsr~ board and swam clear of the tremen- dous vortex which the disappearance, of the ship created. He was picked UP by another of the cruisers but soon she was also struck by the submarines torpedo and in her~turn began to set tie down. Though he had again to jump into the water he was unin-' jured by the explosion and cleared the downward motion. A third eruis- CT rescued him but he had not been long on board before she also received her death wounds Again he got clear and chung to piece of wreckage from which he was rescued.
 This snnidshipInan was pleased when we, of the Titan, rescued him and we asked if he would come with Ra He preferred to go back 10 England. eovs- ever, and accordingly we put hlrn oa board a. destroyer and hope he iz. safe at home now. The q rove also took most of tie man I pi 'sea up.
 ss The Flora picked un rE-ee srn the Lowestoft;s boats rcs&s4T ser before came up. One eest q = up too late to reseise ~fts -tt took away some Of tbe -~er land. Those engaged s7 ihe of rescue had to row sr-4r7se Fea. naked bodies.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
BoedeAnx Agaan Lively.

Bordeaux. Sept. 23.-Bordea to- day is beginning to lose something of the overcrowded aspect it has had since the seat of the French govern ment was brought here from Paris.
 Many persons not directly connected with the government are going on Ito Btazritz. Pau and other resorts, while stin others. in spite of the> long and uncertain railroad journey back to Paris, have decided to return to the capital They are encouraged by the continued good reports of the prog ress. Of the war.
 The Tsmps, which was transferred here4sewerz1 weeks ago from the capi- tai. snnounces tonight that twill re- tum<%o Parts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
GOLD FROM U. s.
 SAFE IN TURKEY

Constantinople, Sept. 23.@The Unit ed States despatch boat Scorpion re- turned here this morning from Len edos, near the entrance to the Darda- neI1es. She brings Captain Williams, of the Anericane army who has with him S4o0, 900 advanced by the Amer ican government to American educa- tiona1 and benevolent institutions in Turkey. This money was sent forward by the American cruiser North Caro- lima The North Carolina is now on her way to Jaffa- This gold is to be minted in Turkish pounds. Its equiv aIent was placed today by the Otto man bank at the disposal of Henry Morgenthau,s the American ambassa- dor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
WIu Asd ReDorters.

dell. wDH known newspaper owner, today took up the cause of the news pzpaE111er who made a protest at the pEes8 bureau Monday night and threatened to strike because one of their number had a struggle with a specanz od7cer after the newApapernan had 3nsiseed on entering the front door. whereas the rule said that re- poRters must use the back door,
 Sir George said today, that he would bring the matter to the attention of the war off1ce and the Admiralty and endeavor to have this rule rescinded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
Linen for Russian. soldiers.

Petrograd. Sept 2s.@This is linen week in the capital of Russia, pc riod devoted to the collection of linen for the use of the soldiers. Many shops, and buildings have been made ready for the reception of gifts of linen.
 Schools. palaces and institutions have been taken over for hospital work. Chaliapine, the celebrated singer is organizing a hospital and is assistes1s by khes limp eEial Opera coTnTany. The British ambassador anct-the British colony have organiz- ed an English hospital, which will open on Wednesday,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
Four Nuns Killed.

Bordeaux, Sept 23.=An ambulance assistant who was present at the ban- bardments of Rheims tells of the death of four Sister of Charity who were killed by the bursting of a shell. The sisters had taken refuge in the cellar of a house when a shell tore through a wall a yard and a half. thick as if it were going through a sheet of pa per- One of. the sister was thrown against the ambulance assistant. All four were crushed to death and their bodies hoated in wine which was es- caping from broken vats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
EMBASSY
 REPORTS SUCCESS

Washington, Sept 2s-The German left wing in Lorraine has crossed the French border and "reoccupted Dome vre. south of B1amont and Noneny, and Dilme, north of Nancy" accord ing to despatches received today at the French embas-4-
 Further advfces to the embassy re- garding the engagement on the right bank of the river, Oisne in which the Germans were forced back state that the enemy then directed his move
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
AUSTRIANS FLEE,
 SAYS SERB OFFICE

Nish, servia, Sept. 28@Tho followins official statement has been given out
 After a. nine days struggle the Aus. trians, whose wings, both have been beaten completely, are in full retreat along the whole front from LieuboVta to Losnitza The Servians are pur-' suing them vigorously. Servian col urnns from Vishegrad and Baina Bash, Ia continue their progress into the in terior of Bosnia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
socks for Soldiers.

London. Sept. 2sk-Belts and socks are the prime need of the British ex- peditionary army, and. every woman in the empire was asked to-day to do her share to supply this demand.
 With the approach of winter 30O,- 900 pairs of socks and an equal mum Der of belts, knitted or woven, accord ing to the War Office estimate, should be supplied tc supplement the regu- lar provisions of the goyernments Queen Mary was notified of this situ- ation and promised to do her part
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
Answer Prisoners Letters.

Geneva. via Bordeaux Sept. 2S.- The office opened by the Red Cross for the purpose of exchanging inform ation concerning prisoners of war is now in full operation. The letters re- cefved which average about fifteen hundred daily, are handled by polyglot secretaries who understand all known tongues.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
Americans, War Caainas.

vgsas1inston. Sept 2a.@Americans whose motor cars were comnnandeer- ed or requisitioned in Europe at the o<11break of the war have been advised by Cone Johnson Solicitor of the State Department, that they should file. claims with the beIIigerent govern
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23

of Tamines. in the Narnur district have been killed, presumably on ae- count of some act against the Ger mans occupying the district. Ths dead include the priest and local noe- a5bles.
 After wholesale executions, says the despatch. the torch was applied so effectua..y that only one house re- mains standing in the district.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
War Causes Few Crimes

London. Sept. 2s.-Robert Wallace, in charging the London grand jury yesterday, said that the calendar was the lightest in the history of the coun- try, at a time like the present, when there was so much want.
 He rejoiced, he said, that the people of England exercised such wonderful control and restraint in the crisis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-23
TROOP TRAINS
 ARE BLOWN UP

1ionaAsal. Sept. 2s-The Mails war Lcorrsspondent states that he hears t4r,s4 two trains of badly needed Ger ts4fa7a rein9orcemeuts were blown up fbefwaen Feronne and St. Quentin E through the feat of a French gunner who managed to tap a telephone wire connecting two German stations By st1afs means he gained the information f11ax 16a trains were coming and was af,ie to place guns to command the nfre. Bv a quick attack he was able to ambush tho trains.
 me Ma1rs correspondent also says that on Sunday the entire general stan Of one German division were brought prisoners to Amiens.