Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-31

money, without clothes texcent such
as they are wearing. without homes
or belongings of any kind They are
beset by hunger and disease, and their
sufferings have been such that their
spirits are broken, and it is impossible
to expect them to do useful work that
will compensate for the cost of feed
ing and housing them
Great Battle Imminent
Under conditions of the utmost Sc
crecy the Teutonic allies and the
Russians are preparing to engage in
what may prove one of the most de-
cisive combats of the war. This con-
flict will be fought in Russian Po-
land.
The main German armies in Rus
sian Poland are moving toward the
Vistula river on a north and south
front extending through Piotrkow,
ninety miles southwest of Warsaw,
Kielce and Busk on the Bug river,
thirty miles east of Lemberg. To the
left of this army, between Lodz and
Kalisz, is another German force, and
is an Austrian force.
The bulk of the Russian troops are
on the east bank of the Vistula, but
the west side of the river. The ma
ture of the country makes it prob
able that the center of the battle line
will be between Sondomir and Ivan
gorod, both on the Vistula river and
about sixty miles apart.
Great Britain has asked the United
States to take over its consular in
terests in Warsaw in event of its cap
ture by German troops.
Austrians Advancing.
In Southwestern Poland the Austro-
German armies have advanced along
both banks of the Vistula river, with
the object of compelling the Russians
to evacuate part of Galicia, and, ac-
cording to their reports, have defeat
ed them, capturing 4.SO0 prisoners.
Japs Dominate Using Tau.
Peking.-The Japanese have mount
ed siege guns on Prince Henry noun
tain, which entirely dominates all
three of the Using Tau forts, accord
ing to advices reaching Picking. These
forts are named Bismarck, Moltke and
Iltis and are three or four miles
from the mountain.
Germans Sink Russ Cruiser.
Petrograd.-An official communica-
ton Just issued announces that Octo-
Der IL the Russian armored cruiser
Pallada was torpedoed in the Baltic
Sea by German submarine and sank
with all her crew.
British Submarine at Work.
London.-Submarine E-9 of the Brit
ish navy under command of Lieuten-
am Commander Max K. Horton made
another raid into German waters off
the mouth of the River Ems and sue
ceeded in sinking a German torpedo
boat destroyer.
Two Warships Sunk.
A dispatch from Rome says that
the Anglo-French fleet off Ragusa,
Dalmatia, sunk two Austrian torpedo
boats, one of which was escorting a
steamship laden with munitions of
war. Their crews were saved A
torpedo, boat destroyer was injured.
Italy Brings Home Troops.
A Naples dispatch says that twenty
Italian transport ships heavily escort
ed by Italian warships, have sailed to
bring back the Italian troops now in
Tripoli and Cyrenaica
The movement is universally &C
cepted in Italy as another one of the
steady preparations being made by
the Italian government for eventual
participation in the present war
Should Italy take possession of Tri-
este and Trent as it is expected it
will do if it joins with the Allies, it
will thus have one hundred thousand
more trained soldiers than otherwise,
the troops being brought back from
Tripoli being still subject to military
duty under general mobilization