The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-16
OUTCOME OF CAMPAIGN
RESTS ON CROWN PRINCE
Military Critics ON Both Sides Agree
That His Position Is CruX
OF Situation.
REPORTS WIDELY DIVERGENT
Berlin Insists That VerduIn Is In
vested. and Offensive Movement
Soon Will BE Resumed Along En-
ire Line.

LONDON. September l5.-For once the
military critics OF both sides agree that
the outcome OF the campaign In East
ern France depends on the result OF
the operations of the crown princes
army before Nerdun; but on the aues
tion OF accomplished facts the d.
vcrgcncc OF opinion - MS wide az ever.
Berlin maintains that the invest
incit Of Vcrdun Is now complete. ard
therefore. expects that within two or
three days there will be resumption
Of the offensive along the whole Ger
man front. On the other hand, the lat
est official communication issued In
behalf OF ihc allies states that III.
crown prince has been driven back /and
has moved his Headquarters from
:iaintc Monhoui. south Of Rheims. to
Mont faucon. about fifteen miles north
east
Berlin admits tina, the weakened
GerGian right wing has boon ,urAeG
back. but discounts the revers. by
maintaining hat 1T viii have 40 effect
on w general forward novcmen: TO
b" inflated when N"rdun fails
FRENCH NOW CAN FIGHT
ON rifI:iR OWN TERMS
The very candid statement rf Ger
= "tal loffre regarding the sort Of war
are ms troops are capable OF waEin.
indicates that The French are now in n
position 10 take w the gage Of battle
on their own terms AMI in a country
OF their own choosing. The rec"pture
Of Rheims probably means more TO the
French army, so far as morals Is con-
cerncd. than the rolling up Of the Ger
man left |inS beyond Ncrdun, so that
the battle line on the Ai.nc already
the sccEc OF S.nguinary nghting Is
to-day undoubtedly the scene Of Club
born struggle OF the herccst descrlp-
ZION
Petroerad reports tia, although news
81 damage from General Bruss!ioHs
army is lackir. ami part OF General
i:usskys force still is to be heard
IRON II is estimated that the Nustriar
ior "s have lost third of their
available personnel and two-thirds OF
ih"jr artillery II is evident that the
Russian ;:cherals now hone 10 bottle
NJ III" \ustri;lrs and th"ir German
"ohtingeuts in irzcnys' which is an
AUSTRIAN Metz. No nope is Expressed
for the carly capture of this fortress
nut ~ Is expected that the remnants OF
ihn AustTV- hungarian forces viii ~.
Kept within its walls Until tic end of
thc war.
Reports OF operations on III. East
IruSF'ah frontier are contradictory.
NccordirG 10 rctrograd General Rem
rcnitainpf has resumed the offensive
''lN'l flUUall.r All engagement on the
border while The same ltussian sources
report that the Investment OF Kocnigs-
burg Is continuing. ON the other hand
Eeriin states that lscuucuka-upf's de-
fcat !. almost AS great as tho pre-
ccding I,usSitn disaster In this region
interest in the naval phase OF the
war haF been somewhat stirred by the
n"ws from Berlin Of the destruction
of the Ger7nan light cruiser Iiela by u
submarine and the unofficial story from
Scottish newspaper that the luss Of
The i;riti*h cruiser Pathfinder has been
AVENGED bv The sinking OF he. sub
'ua: inc antagonist.
>i,1:tsfSt. no EuREST<LI.
POSSIBILITY or FAMINE
ort siu" the zone OF military opera
lions chief interest centres in Tia. -
forts OF lii. German Dutch and French
Governments 10 forcStaIl tho poss,-
eility OF f"nin" among their peoples by
regulating the use Of certain STABLES
The regulations not only forbid the
Asc OF moro than certain amount of
these staples for purposes other than
FOR food. but instruct the people in The
most economical WAY to dsc tnLiu.
It's" military stronghold OF Pr2emysl
where the itussian generals arc adj
'anciNg to surround the Austrian and
German Galician armies. is regarded by
military experts MS the last irnporrant
fortified ton guarding the way to the
interior OF Austria. Hungary
l'ryemysl is situated ON the River
san. hfty-one miles west OF l.e,nierc
The evacuated capital OF Cialicia, and
iH The headquarters OF the Tenth tY!ny
CorDs.
The Russian contention is that The
capture o' Przcmysl would allow q
free passage OF the Russian army in
ttc direction OF Vienna or would per
nit swinging movement TO Che NORTH
west 10 effect junction with The Rus
siau army in East Prussia