The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-16
Austria's One Hope Noqv
Is to SAGE Her Capital
Abanlons All Petencc at Struggle in Galica and Pre-
parcs TO Rush Reseryiss to Defence of
Vienna and Budapest.
HEIR TO THRONE THREATENED WITH CAPTURE
RI 6Sn.r1' Ns'es Of london
LoNpoS, Septemb,

m c>ni,oi N,'rs Of london
LoNpoS. September 1b.
Ar..r.a IS now sacrificing everything
.-,roous. territory and prcstige---in the
ROW desperate EFFORT to save Budapest
,r4 Vienna from the Russians and
Ser, ans.
D.-ra'clv- received here tonight from
Rome say that Austria has abandoned
MI pr,tcuc. Mt struggle In Galicia and Is
.nd.ayoring TO withdraw from that scene
~ disaster whatever troops can be
s-a,choi from the Cars armies.
GMlca N now a Russian province
i've only fur tlr etrongholds of Jaro-
fav ana prlruys toward which the
INFANT. of the shattered armies Of Won
,un,uh.rg. D.IH and the Grown Prince
are N,,uL. To-day a Russian force
occupied 81 rnov!tz, IN Buckovlna.
One repor" nom 81. Petersburg is that
he Russians Will not delay their west
ne surrender Of the Austrian armies
Watch are cntnpped between the Wis
,Ila aud san rivers IL the surrender Is
relayod FOR long. It IS planned TO leave
a small Russian. force on guard while
ne main body II tho Cars troops con-
,eutraty against the Germans.
Tie heir 30 the Austrian throne.
Uchluks Charles Francis Joseph. the
.aspoc,or-G,nrra OF the Austrian
.orers Archduk Francis Frederick. and
MANY others Of The highest rank are in
mmnen, danger OF capture. These
iao.s are already current in Vienna and
Ae newspapers OF Rome are describing
Sac gr.,f and terror that Expresses the
,spfsl Serious rioting is going on and
The polio" hsv- had many encounters
WIKI euiagcd men who are abusing the
Goycrnmcn; aud demanding that peace
be made.
Troops From All sections.
Austria rs now convinced that the
Russlan-SerN.aH combination will be
effected m the plains Of Hungary within
week or ton days. and that there will
% a strong advance upon Budapest and
,.tnUa. Troops are being drawn from
al! part. ~ the empire. "A great proper
.ua of h'm re~cryists of the third and
.s-,,1 classics, who are poorly uniformed
and us efficiently trained. These troops
re being concentrated in the vicinity
W roia. : benico and Trcntino in the
hop thar the Slav invasion can be
aock"d before it rolls over Vienna.
Tho st. Petersburg correspondent Of
The iri1puq of Rome declares that the
Au.uiaa armies in Galicia lost GO per
cent Of their effective force. and that
'ountnc the losses sustained in Servla
the effectiveness Of the Austrian armies
mas been reduced 10 per cent. The Rus
SANS have taken 100000 prisoners and
he number Of killed and wounded is
placed 40 more than 100000, Whole
regiments have been utterly destroyed.
some others nave lost ali of their Off
srs. The effectiveness of the Russian
artillery is said 10 have been frghtful.
Wha' the artillery began in the way Of
routing 'la Austriaus the great bodies
Of CossAoks finished.
The Russian General staff issued in
81 Petersburg tonight the following
Sa'cm,ut Of conditions:
Russian troops are progr ssing along
NJ lower stretches Of the San River
WITHOUT U"''lnG resistance from the de-
Gated enemy vino continues to retreat.
M,er having occupied Grodek, sixteen
niles Ues, Of Lemhcrg, and reached
No.c.,.a ,h.rty-seven miles south by
"et' ~ lcmbcrg tho Russians find
themselves within a single days march
- P'2en 81. There was TO lighting on
Monday n Eas Prussia"
AT Tho Russian Ministry Of War II is
denied That serious rcverses have been
Encountered IN East Prussia, and the
statement IS given 10 correspondents for
london newspapers that Gen. Rennen-
'ampf after falling back before greatly
superior number again advanced and
'e''atod Zen. Won IIindenberg's army.
Austrian. May Cause Delay.
Tnr -. Petersburg correspondent OF
London Daily NAL reports that the
AH'rian7 Ia Galicia are too demoralzet
'' o'l'7 effective resistance, but thai il
Toy rra"u Jaros,av and Przemysl safely
.'t "'i force the Russians to lose
'n' 900 Investing these tortrcsscs.
J, officially given out mat German,
.oN .'aslders thu eastern field OF wal
.'' eiirost problem ana hat the firs
..N" '' German troops Is being move,
from France n East Prussia and Silesis
d. RAPIDLY as possible, The places o.
"'-" first llnc soldiers are being tnker
.F IJnuWchr German railways TO thu
'rlau frontier have been closed I,
private rIti'c. which puin's % the fac
oa tho Germans consider the centr,
" ny shifted 10 the east.
WILMA ARMY WINS!