The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-09-25

counter attacks against the allied
troops, which, flushed with victory.
have been trying to prevent them from
entrenching themselves.
According to English and French
official reports these attacks have
been repulsed and the Germans com.
PEELED to give way at certain points,
but the German general staff claims
Just the opposite result.
Russians Report Gains.
Petrograd.-It is announced that
the Russian troops in pursuit of the
enemy have met all along the battle
front with important success against
the Austrians and have occupied San
domir, about one hundred miles north
east of Cracow. They also took by
assault an important position near
Krzeschoff and crossed the San river,
pressing the routed Austrians hard.
In the IavorovO district they captured
conveys of ammunition of the Sixth
and Fourteenth Austrian army corps,
taking more than thirty guns, 5000
prisoners and an enormous quantity
of munitions OF war.
Few Germans in Alsace.
Geneva.-Advices received here say
that the report of big battle at
Thanh, Alsace, in which 10000 men
were engaged, is untrue. 1t is stated
that there are not more than 10000
German soldiers in Alsace, and that
not more than 10000 are engaged at
Thanh Most of the troops in Alsace
and around Belfort have been sent to
join the principal German armies q
telegram from Basel says that the
troops at all the fortresses on the
Rhine have, been hurried to the front.
A Move Toward Peace.
Westinghouse has suggest
ed informally that the United States
should undertake to elicit from Great
Britain, France and Russia state
ment of the terms under which the
allies would make peace.
The suggestion was made by the
imperial chancellor, Won Bethmann-
Holweg, to the American ambassa-
dor, James w. Gerard. at Berlin, as
result of an inquiry sent by the
American government to learn wheth-
err Emperor William was DESTROYS OF
discussing peace, as Count Won Bern
storff, the German ambassador, and
Oscar Straus recently had reported.
No reply was made by Emperor
William himself, nor did the imperial
chancellor indicate whether he spoke
on behalf of his monarch.
Sank Five British Steamers.
Toiio.-It is reported here that the
German cruiser Emden has sunk five
| British steamers off the coast Of In
dia The passengers of the vessels
are said to have been saved.
Serbs Evacuate Semlin.
London.-An Athens dispatch to the
Times says that according to latest
reports the Servians have been
obliged to evacuate Semlin.
Report Germans Surrounded.
London.-The German right wing
/ is now encircled by the allies, accord
ing to an Amiens dispatch to the
Daily News.
The Paris correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says: "The German
right wing still is threatened and it
looks now as if enormous reinforce
ments would be needed by the Ger
mans, particularly on that wing to-
ward Compiegne, before they can
resume their advance. General Won
Kluck seems to have been carried too
far southeast by his own momentum
and certainly has been badly cut up
in getting back"
Germans Reinforcing.
Amsterdam.-A large number of
troop transports passed through AK
la-Chapelle the last few days to join
the German army in France, accord
ing to a dispatch from that town to
the News Van Den Dag.
All the hospitals, schools and pub
lie buildings in that city are filled
with wounded
The New Lines.
London-The German army which,
less than a fortnight ago, was "at the
gates of Paris, and the right wing of
which then extended to the southeast
of the French capital, is drawn up on
almost a straight line, extending from
the neighborhood of Noyon, in the
west, to Bots FORCES, on the Meuse,
north of Verdun, with its left resting
on the German fortress of Metz.
Thus the right wing at least, has gone
back more than seventy miles in two
weeks, while the remainder of the
army also has had to retire before
the whole could find ground on which
to make another stand against the
advance o'othe allies.
Ready for Battle.
That the Germans intend to give
battle on this line, with the River
Aisne in front of their right, the hills
of Rheims facing their center, and
the mountains and forest of Argonne
on their left, there seems little doubt
They went back steadily before the
French and English armies, fighting
only rear guard actions until their
right, in command of General Won