The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
WAR ECHOES

hundreds were burned to death in two sian shells as they rolled down Car pathian mountain incline, is described In detail by refugees and Austrian captives from Galicia. Women. children and oth sr civilians perished in the holocaust, for the blazing trains set fire to buildings in the midst of multitude and thus caused more death and damage than did the can non of both sides.
 Routed from their mountain position by Russian artillery fire large number of Austrian soldiers fled in disorder at 1chortkov, Galicia, where the population had been thrown into panic by the firing and had swarmed to the railway station in an effort to escape.
 There were two trains standing at the station. Terrible scenes took place in the carriages. The Austrian soldiers and off, cers seized the places and threw out of the carriages terrified women and chill dren.
 Not only all the seats in the carriages but also the corridors, steps, luggage racks and even the roofs were occupied by dense crowds of nic-stricken Aus trian soldiers
 One train moved up the mountain. When 1t reached a considerable height the locomotive was struck by a shell iron. the Russian artillery. The locomotive vas destroyed and the whole train rolled back down the declivity.
 Before the second train had time to stop the engineless train was on top of it. A terrible catastrophe occurred.
 Both trains rolled backward with in creasing velocity.
 Suddenly a fresh shell of the Russian artillery striking the middle portion of one train set a carriage ablaze. The fire spread with great rapidity.
 In a few minutes the whole double train was a mass of flames. With this sea of fire enveloping the Austrians, the cars continued their movement downward to- ward the valley.
 The burning train cut into the multitude at the station and set fire that destroyed all the station buildings.
 Hundreds were crushed to death, and human torches reddened the horizon. The remnants of the Austrian army dis persed in all directions across the mour- tain passes. The Russian troops rame down to the valley unmolested and oc- cupied Tchortkov.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Anglo French endeavor to turn the right flank of the German army of invasion seems to have ended in definite failure There is no longer any flank to turn. The extreme right of von Kluck's force has joined the army freed for field operations by the fall Of Antwerp, and this army extends in un- broken line to the English channel. To get behind the Germans the allies would have to wade through the sea.
 Yhe Germans have won a distinct ad- vantage by this drawing out of their line. They have check mated the declared and manifest intention of their enemies.
 The allies strategy must now assume . new aspect. Instead of outhanking the Germans they must now attempt by Her eulean efforts, to penetrate the German line and separate into at least two parts the hitherto invincible forces of the Kaiser In this way and only in this way can they hope to force general re- treat of the great army.
 There remains, of course, the left wing of the Germans. But this wing rests on German territory and is in a strong posi- tion. It is opposed by but small part of the French army, and endorsements cannot be sent without dangerously weak ening the allied lines further west. For the moment. at least, the allies are clearly on the defensive.
 Last weeks developments are, therefore favorable to the German cause. And the steady retrogression of the Russians till they are now fighting at the gates of Warsaw serves to increase the German optimism.
 New York Sun: How many hundreds of thousands of Belgians. innocent of any tives from their native land it>is inipoe- gible to say. Yesterday they were re- ported as still pouring into Rotterdam and the border towns of Holland. In Eng land it is becoming a serious question what to do with them. Meanwhile the Belgian government, itself in exile, has called to the colors every male inhabitant of the kingdom between the ages of IS and 45.
 The future of this brave, industrious and intelligent people is in the lap of the gods. Their bearing during the most ter rible trial that a nation can be made to undergo has commanded for them the admiration and sympathy of almost every body in the world except their oppres- sors and the apologists of the oppression If the soil of Belgium should be cleared again for them by the result of the war, nothing is more certain than that they will fall to and rebuild their towns and cities and restore their shattered for tunes with incomparabe energy. If their destiny is less fortunate. it is equally cer-. tain that a considerable part of the pop ulation will refuse to return to be the subjects of process of Decentralization under a hated rule.
 Where would immigrants with the ra- cial and individual qualities of the beI- gians be deemed more desirable or be surer of a welcome than in the United
 
 FIRE PREVENTION
 From the St. Louis Republic
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