Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
IRIS, FREED FROM
EGE PERIL, AWAITS
OF CABINET
tilitary Governor Tells War
Minister Capital Is No
Longer in Peril-French
lAmy's Efficiency.
: WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs

By WILLIAM PHILLIP slm"e
PARIS, Sept. II.
,,rbatioally declaring that all dangei
10 siege ia now past, General Galiieni
n oarv Governor of Paris. today noti
y Minister of War Millerand that the
!. I,,al can be returned here at any time
ofBrial decree retransferrinB IL is
II ,,ed for In the very near future.
sanwhile General Gallieni is sending
8 majority OF his army of the deiense
z Paris, 100000 men, to reinforce tne
Inch forces now fighting desperatey
5 drive the Germans back across the
( torn frontier. They are no longer
I MSed here. They have been tried and
Z ina the wonderful fighters their ofhcers
: vio,,slv announced them to be. 1t was
n energetic attack and complete dis
rsal of the troops used by General Won
Iuk to envelop his movement TO the
II Iutheast of Paris, that enabled the BTU
\. French forces to attack the main
arn,an right wing, thus bringing on the
itle OF the Marne, without being eX-
e.sa 10 an Overwhelming assault on
Shsir flank,
IThere is no doubt that the Raiser's
Aysnse IL broken. ! have returned today
+om a complete inspection of the front
1.-The neighborhood OF Meaux, Chateau
&hlerry and Scissors, and from close in
Iorts France Is furnishing the entire
Inrid one of It's greatest surprises by the
liant to which the individual brilliancy
Ii her troops has triumphed over the
herman intensive organization.
h ALL-DAY ARTILLERY DUEL.
when reached Scissors an artillery
4,,el was in progress. The opposing bat
Lriea were we'll concealed behind the hills
LAT nestle around the town. The French
Irtillery was posted on the heights south
Hattie town. The Germans were more
fnn a mile away, their guns masked in
Humps of woodland. The German guns
8lternated Z rain of concussion shells on
Die French artillery and shrapnel on the
French infantry aligned under the sup
Tort OF their guns.
The duel started at sunrise on Sunday
Ma continued throughout the day. To-
3ard nightfall. however. the German
Re became weakened and the French
&Ftillery experts explained that the Ger
3an guns were being withdrawn, having |
ZEN used merely to cover the general |
treat.
lat one period of the artillery duel. I |
ned 80 bursting shrapnel shells during a |
hgle minute. indicating the flerceness of |
"a German fire. Several of the houses |
Scissors proper were set on fire by 4
( tsting shells but there were very few
talities among the inhabitants owing
the fact that the German fire on the
III was mostly shrapnel. The In
Y 3bitants had taken refuge in the cellars
15d we're out of harms way. To this
attributable the fact that there were no
;rious losses
irhe French gun crews were absolutely
haffected by the fire, and the infantry, |
biting the orders to go forward, were
Try cheerful The Turcos Cthe French
4gerian troops) were hard to keep in
Sex. They have an utter disregard of
nger and when the orders finally came
Il charge drove forward recklessly, their
lighter rising over the sound OF mus
try. Their ono ambition seems to be
desire to outstrip tha French regulars
the charge.
FRENCH ESPRIT ADMIRABLE,
Fhe French army organization Is mar
lously compact and efficient. The cav
~ Infantry, artillery and supply trains
Prk coolly, In close formation, without !
7 hitch or without trace of excitement
ADDITIONAL excitable Latin tempera-
fnt was nowhere in evidence, 80 far
l could see. The officers were coolly
hternizlng with their men. oyerseeing
Pr food and keeping their ammunition !
Plehlshed. This was in marked con- r
PSI with the brutal methods of the
frman ofhcers, which have been reported
pm all parts of the lighting line
the FRENCH commlssary is simply Won
riui. II s maintained very close to |.
& fighting line. I
Eot single moment Is lost in moving
pa supplies and ammunition as needed X
pe drivers OF tho supply trains smoked h
rH cigarettes. read newspapers and "
ng while awaiting orders 10 movs for
Ard to the front. i
ihe French at Scissors had gaIIantIv u
'ii"eeu the comforts and the benefits
the hed cross organization in order @
s'oIu encumberins the field operations u
IN ainoulances and nurses. They were I
". iar In the rear, and the wounded II
IRE taken back in such vehicles as could ir
pressed into service. The Germans a.
aiohs the line Of battle have aban- a
heo their wounded to the mercies OF j.
80 Ihe French doctors who ar
'u al the front from Paris expressed HI
utmost surprise that there were no bl
ench officers galloping excItedly ACROSS a:
patieneld or with melodramatic or b.
rnes rushing here and there from all ju
ihIs OF the compass. Instead. eyery- ca
ms vas moved with clockwork regu- fr
~, ~, tho heid telegraph and telephone st
'sIh Aeeplng the commanding offfcer or
al Times in touch with every section he
me neld The proverbially stolid Brit or
Uhlce.s are being outdone In coolness
lhe French commanders, whose con-
'hce IN the offensive possibilities OF the FL
sneh army Is superb Fl
'EHAANs NOT YET DEFEATED. ba
y , @ sAikS with the ofticers of the French pa
British forces convince me that the w
~ have sustained a crushing re- Isl
,,s ss. put that they ara stiIl far from col
dIsss Oesn 80 completely defeated. RE- Co
NSas .n OF the large number OF prisoners
. ihe enormous quantities OF smnnITas Yc
=. "~ve We fallen into French and British 7
atiys,v uaeE Germans are retiring in COM So
dr dsTsss s generally remain unbroken. boz
.Ss - piIs est OF course, will necessItate a sn,
sanitation OF the entire German am sb. Im
"a sS s%y. OF the officers with whom / brs
90 . n,s expressed the belief that this win Wv
.o oshind the German frontier. Ma