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ALLIES LINES FORCED BACK,
BUT PARIS Is CONFIDENT
Offensive Against Teutons Between Vosges and Nancy
Said to Be Making Headway-
s
Engage Superior Force.

LONDON August Fl Ago pm.).-The Germans have
pied Lille Valenennes and Roubaix accord
ing dispatch Ostend Belgium All three cities stu
of the Belgian frontier and Lille is strongly
Venciennes military station of less importance
chiefly manufacturing Exact
knowledge of this awaits official
formation.
The French Belgium quietly and
gained confidence by the reinforcement of the ministry
last night well the stand taken by the French
forces n Lorraine.
An official statement by this after
says:
Th yesterday region the north have neither
mperied modified the made in view of the
development operations the between Vosgs and
Nancy. Our troops continue to progress
Wounded Germans taken the southern Belgian frontier
their officers orders advance forfeit
necessary per cent of the army to gain victory
FRANCO-BRITISH LINES MOVE BACK.
issued last night by the Office in
Paris says:
I'm the
short distance.
general way offensive between Nancy and Vosges
hawa Our right however has been obliged fall back
slightly in the region of St. Die.
The enemy appears have
considerable loss than bodies having been found
very space trench Some had been stricken they
stood, IN the attitude of firing their rifles
"A of 6ercely contested combats has been going
during the three days the whole which
ally to advantage.
outstanding feature the district
opposing seemed be recovering
of the last few days"
FRENCH ADVANCE IN LORRAINE
French offensive in Lorraine, according
dispatch Reuter- Telegram Company.
suffered heavy losses
Cologne according dispatches states that at the
100000 engaged side the
greatest number engaged in the history of the
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Food and Forage Poisoned.

ST PETERSBURG August &c via
London, August -. 6:1o ANA Rus
sian army order prohibits the use Of
food and forage abandoned by the Ser
mans III cast Prussisa because of cases
Of poisoning which have occurred at
lyatkuhm.n. Gumbinnen and Inster-
n'rr-.
According to all accounts the Ger
mans VIZ. taken i,y surprise by the
rapidttr Of :i.c Russian cavalry move
GnCmts and tie dash through the M&zur
lake district. Yer. fiNc llHes Of de-
fenSe We're f;tuk.d.
: After tie capture OF GuIuhinncn and
1nsterburg the line which was strong
est the .tugerburg line, was taken
without tghtiug
The swift Russian movement, togeth-
er with the crossing OF the River
Angerapp acd the successful battle
northward toward Neidenburg, seals
Fort Bowen is now surrounded on all
sides and passage through East Prus
sia is consequently quite open
Germans Thought Demoralized.
The Novoe Vremya says today that
although the general staff has made
>public only the bares. details regard
ing the striking success OF the Russian
arms in East Prussia, it is apparent
that the greater part OF that province
is now occupied by Russians and that
the Germans are in condition OF
decentralization.
although no figures OF the casualties
have been given" the newspaper adds
the fiSi,tias was most obstinate and
SanguinaIy The German retreat final
l. deSen.Fateti into a rouI Their evac-
Uation of the western part of Russian
Poland is now virtually complete. The
Germans evidea,ly were disappointed
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AUSTRIAN ARMY EVACUATES
THE SANJAK OF NOVIPAZAR
Strip of Territory Between Montenegro and
Servia Was Occupied During
the Balkan War.
Danish Trawler Blown Up.

negro, the 1900 Austrian prisoners have
been doubled 1000 additional men having
been captured between Losauza and Sha-
bats during the Servian march to oc-
cupy the latter town. The Servian cas-
ualties In retaking Shabats are admitted
to have been very heavy.
Austrian Army Desertions.
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Rome says that telegram received there
from Nish contains statements made by
prisoners that there had been numerous
desertions from the Austrian army. In
some of the regiments. it was stated. 40
per cent of the reservsts failed to re-
spond to the call to the colors. The aged
Emperor Francis Joseph was Kept in ig-
norance Of the real state of affairs.
The telegram added that the official bull
letins contain only satisfactory news and
reports of great Austrian victories.
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Airmen Prominent in Battle.
Refugees from the scene of the
fighting around Mons report that air
men took a prominent part in direct
ing the German artillery. Aeroplanes
lowered over the British position and
their pilots signaled the German bat
teries by means of a disc swung at
the end Of a line.
Premier Asquith announced in the
house of commons today that Field
Marshal Sir John French, commander
of th. British eXpeditionary force. had
reported that he was yesterday en-
gagged against superior German forces.
The British troops fought splendidlN
and Gen. French considered the pros
poets in the impending battle salts
factory.
Premier Asquith added: 'Ge,. French
speaks in high terms of the quality
and efficiency of the French regular
troops and their officers
Belgians Are Successful.
The Belgian operations were asserted
to have been completely successful in
an official statement that came from
Antwerp by way of Paris a little after
midnight
Four Belgian divisions from Namur
We're said to have stopped the south
ward movement of the German fourth
division, after which the Belsians re-
tired on the French line.
The towns of Roubaix, Lille and Ealen-
ciennes, which have been occupied by
the Germans. are all close to the Bel
gian frontier, Lille and Valencinnes being
ten miles from the line and RoubaiN five.
Roubaix is five miles northeast Of Lille
and Nalenciennes is thirty miles south
east of the same city.
Lille is the most important from A mill
tary point of view. 1t has a fortress of
the first class and the circle of its
forts is thirty miles. Recent dispatches
from Paris said that Lille was held by
French reservists. RoubaiN would ap-
pear not to be fortified. 1t is a manufac-
turing center. Nalenciennes also is a
manufacturing city. 1t has an arsenal
and extensive barracks.
"A Belgian officer who retur.sd here
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LONDON. Angus. -, i:45 ANA dis
patch to tic Post from 81. Petersburg
comments on the excellence of the Rus
.s:an army and tie iuexhaustible supply
- men TO draw uron. II says fCrther:
Russia viii htvc no difficulty III ind
,tg .J,oj9.si ,i.cn 70 complete tire work
bea4n by its trained fighting forces. More
.tver this IS the tiTst time in the memory
of men that til Russian army has taken
the field with aaeQuare equipment and 4
Efficiency OF supplies, under officers
trained IN sh- hard lesson 50 thoroughly
icarned in tue Japanese campaiSlG.
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RUSSIA CAN RAISE 10000, 900 MEN;
ARMIES ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED

THE history Of that campaign shows
what Russian soldiers accomplish when
badly fed and equipped. but under the
conditions Of today and lighting in
cause they understand. there is little
wonder that the Russian soldier has
pro-ed himself a match for the German.
The German opposition To the Rus
san advance is broken and demoralized
kuniSSDerg. where three German army
corps nave taken refuge, is so situated il
can easily he contained by an adequate
force. while tho rest of the Russian army
passes on into the interior of Germany
and 1t Is doubtful whether Germany has
sufficient organized forces to oppose the
Russians
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Japanese Faces Murder Charge.

MONTERREY. Cal, August 21.-Georse
Kedani the Japanese photographer who
bas confessed to killing Miss Helen Wood
Smith a former New York artist, who
lived at carmel-by -the-Sea. was formally
charged bv coroners jury yesterday
with murder The inquest developed evi-
dance tending to show that the woma,
was killed in her bungalow and not OF
the beach as had been indicated in ko-
dani's confession. the body then being
dragged out on the sand and buried
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LONDON, August 81, 1922 p.m.-A
dispatch to the Havas agency at kra-
guyeyatz, Servia, declares that the
Austrian army has evacuated the San
jak of Novipazar.
The Sanjak of NovipaZar is a strip
of territory lying between Montenegro
ard Servia. Up to the time of the
Balkan war in 1913 it belonged to
Turkey.
BY the Berlin treaty of 1878 Austria :
Hungary was empowered to garrison
certain strategic points within the
Saniak, but these troops. following
the annexation by Austria of the prov
inces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, were
withdrawn.
During the Baltic wars Austria Hun
gary again seized upon the occasion to
occupy the Sanjak, and this occupation
in a large measure served to neutraliZe
the Servian victories in those wars.
5000 Austrians Prisoners.
With the reoccupation Of Shabats by
the Servians, SAYS dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph f11m cettinje, Monte
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Japan B[OCKADES
K|A0CHOW PORT
Admiral Kato Serves Notice on
German Governor, Then
Shells an Island.
SHIPPING is PARALYZE
AND CITY DESERTED
Toxic Surprised at Austrian War
Declaration - Chinese Rebels
Promise to Defer Uprisings.

TSINGTAG. August -. ll:p am
Vice Admiral Sadakichi Kato, from his
flagship, the battleship Suwo. sent a
wireless message to Gov. Meyer Wal
deck this morning declaring a block
ade Of the leased territory of Kiao-
i chow. Later the Japanese warship ap-
Ipeared outside the harbor and shelled
d small island off the coast, which was
not occupied by the Germans.
The German governor notified Willis
h Peck. american consul at kiaochow
that he had twenty-four hours to leave
if he SO desired Mr.. Peck, however.
elected to remain.
There is no evidence so far Of the
landing of japanese troops in the kao-
chow territory.
1t is believed that the heavy roads
of I<iaochow after the summer rains
will deter any Japanese attack for many
days.
All the shipping in Kiaochow bay has
been suspended.
sa Id he failed to discover any evidence
of Japanese troops.
The Austrian cruiser kaiserin Eliza
| beth has been dismantled and her crew
has left here by rail for Tientsn.
Excepting few Americans and
about forty women. who have remained
| behind to nurse the wounded. all the
non -combatant Europeans have de-
| parted.
Chinese rickshaw coolies and house
servants have almost all disappeared.
| The servants in the employ of w. r.
| Peck, the American consul, who have
been with him many years, have re-
manned loyal and are with their en-
ployer.
| Austria Recalls Ambassador.
| TOXIC, August 81 I2:35 p.m).-The
| Austrian ambassador. Baron Muller de
Szentgyorgy has been recalled
| The news of the declaration of war
by Austria Hungary upon Japan. fol-
| lowing the official announcement of the
| disarming of the Austrian cruiser
kaiserin Elizabeth. in the port of
| Tsingtau caused surprise in Toxic. 1t
! had been hoped here that Austria Hun
gary. having but small interests in the
| far east. would not force breach of re-
| lations with Toxic. especially as Austria
/ Hungary always has been regarded as
| friendly to Japan. Baron Won Mueller.
| the Austrian amba ssador. and the mem
bers of his staff always have been
popular.
is most effective. 1t is believed here.
however. that Japan has not yet landed
troops at kiaochoW, the German leased
! territory in China against which she
; has begun military operations. There
| is reason to believe that the japanese
are carefully sweeping the waters
Iaround kiaochow for mines. which, it
lis known. have been submerged re-
! Gently in large numbers.
Chinese Rebels to Be Good.
/ Assurances have been received here
! from Peking that President Yuan Shi-
kai and his government are amply
satisfied with Japan's pledges concern
| ing the future safeguarding of Chinese
and British interests and the mainte-
! nance of the commercial status quo and
| CONTINUED on Fifth Pasej
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from Hazebrouck France" SAYS the
Daily Express Ostend correspondent.
gave me the details Of the situation.
1t was decided Monday not to defend
Lille and Tuesday the mayors proclama-
tion was published announcing the
evacuation by the French troops and the
transformation of the town into an nm
defended place
All the gendarmeS were disarmed and
/ steps We're taken to deliver the city. with
All its rich factories. up to the Germans.
iuesday evening all the available treas
ufe was removed. Apparently there
were never any great allied forces to
bar the rear to Lille
The more the German army advances
however. the more perilous becomes Its
SITUATION. II now has its fIanhs and lines
OF communication menaced by the Bel
gi:tils. based on Antwerp with advance
guards at Malnes. by the northern
near Maubeuge
All that now is needed is a strong
noidlng force near Arras which the
French have had ample time to pre-
pare.
1t is estimated that the German strik
ing force from Brussels numbered 7JO. 900
men,.
German Cavalry Raid.
A Paris dispatch to the Daily Mail de-
scrlpes an adventurous raid across French
territory by division of German cavalry
NofililS from the direction of Mons they
crossed the frontier Conde-sur-rEsca,
Monday evening.
Entering the town they rounded up
the women and children and forced
them to march all night through
French towns and villages. striking ter
ror into the hearts of the peasants they
encountered on the way" SAYS the cor
respondent
marched to Iwuy and Somaf. There they
burned the town hall. tore up consider
able length of the railway and fired on
passing locomotives. About 4 o'clock in
the morning they reached the plains
around Bouchain. having Travelled twenty
miles across French territory. Here they
We're engaged by French artillery regi-
ment which. after four hours firing. an
nihlated them.
dispatch to the Exchange TAegraph
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KAISER WILHELM DER CROSSE
SUNK BY BRITISH CRUISER
German Lloyd Liner Converted Into War
ship Sent to Bottom OFF African Coast
by the High Filler.
LONDON, August Fl (4:12 pn)-The Kaiser Wilhelm der
sunk off the coast of Africa by the British
HiohF
cruiser High Filler.

The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse was
one of the palatiai steamers OF the
North German Lloyd ltne. At the out
break of the war she was converted INTO
an armed cruiser and since has been
reported active in searching for Brihsn
merchantmen. She has tonnage OF
l4.S49 aud was built In 1897. She was
,io5 feet long, with 4 beam of sixty-siN
feet
II was on this vessel that the late
Mavnr Gaynor Of New York was shot as
he was about to sail for Europe.
Mine Sinks Norwegian Ship.
LONDON, August 81, ":4s p.m.-The
Norw eglan steamer Gottfried was blown
up in the North by Il floating mine.
Eight members of her crew lost their
lives.
The captain Of the trawler and three
others were picked up from, floating
wreckase and brought into Shields h.
the fishing boat Nordan. Officers Of the
latter say they We're alarmed all through
the night by distant explosions which
followed each other at intervals from "
pm. to am.
At about O'Clock in the morning the
lookout on the Norden sighted and picked
IN a man floating on plank. He de-
clared that the Gottfried had been blown
UP three hours earlier and had gone
down Immediately with eight members of
her crew The dead men had been lit
orally blown to pieces Later the captain
of the Gottfried was found floating in Il
lfebelt and two others of her compile
ment were rescued from floating wreck
age
The Norwegian steamer Gottfried was
built at Stockholm in 1899 and had "A
gross tonnage of 425 and she was 40
feet long. She was owned in Haugesund,
Norway.
Liner Serak British Prize.
NEW YORK, August 27.-The cap
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THE DAY IN CONGRESS.

Met at noon
Debate was resumed on the
Clayton trust bill.
House:
Met at noon
A subcommittee was appointed
to hear testimony III the inn
peachment charges against Fed
eral Judge Dayton of West Vir-
ginia.
Special rules for considering
the war risk and Philippine in
dependence bills were agreed
upon.
The bill to establish govern
ment standard cotton grades was
favorably reported
The marine committee began
work on the bill for a line of
government owned ships.
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man steamship Serak of the Kosmos
line. from Hamburg for Callao, by
way of Swansea Wales, was reported
yesterday to the Maritime Exchange
here. The prize was taken Into Swan
sea.
Danish Trawler Blown Up.
LONDON, August 27 I:o5 PM y
Thirteen survivors of Danish trawl-
"r xhich was sunk by Il floating mine
IN the North sea have been landed at
Shields Four of the crew of the
trawler lost their lives
The fisherman was on her way to
Iceland when ct 10 o'clock Wednesday
night those on board felt a terrl1c
explosion. Flames shot up around the
bows of thu. vessel and she began to
sink rapidly. \ small boat was
launched, but the vessel foundered be-
fore four men In the forecastle could
be reached
Describing his experience the chief
iconcussinn hurled him against the
wheelhouse. He was successful in
getting two injured men out of the
forecastic. nUt four others must have
been killed in their sleep.
Winston Spencer Churchill first lord
of the admiralty. announced the sinking
of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse in the
house OF commons today. He said:
The admiralty has just received in
tellgence that the German armed mer-
chant cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
of 14.0O0 tons and armed with ten four
inch guns has been sunk by the Fl. NJ. 5.
TIighfyer off the west coast of Africa.
This is the vessel which has been in
terfering with traffic between this coun-
try and the Cape and is one of the very
few German armed auxiliary cruisers
which succeeded in getting to sea. The
survivors were landed before the vessel
sank. The Hightiyer had one killed and
five wounded
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PRINCE LU1TPoLD DEAD.
Eldest Son of Bavarian Crown Prince
Succumbs to Illness.

AMSTERDAM August 81 fvia London.
a45 pm. August 27).-The TELEGRAPH to-
dav saws that Prince Luitpold, eldest son
Of Crown Prince Rupprecht Of Bavaria, is
dead of Inflammation of the throat Prince
Luitpold was born i'll 1901.
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PANIC IMMINENT IN BERLIN
AS RUSSIAN HOSTS PUSH ON

i.O%po%. Augus, =. @.io am
Despite tie Cerlaa" ctor;s - mini
hhze the @&t"nt and ii@porta He-e Of the
I:ussiEa Victories" says the Standards
correspondent, the German pUbiic ap-
parently is Wy no means satisfied of
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PRESIDENT TO HAVE
BRIEF REST PERIOD
Will Leave This Afternoon for
His Summer Home at Corn
ish, N. H.
HEARS THE SUGGESTIONS
OF TENNESSEE SENATOR
Recommendations Made for Federal
Appointments nts-Indiana Backs
Candidate for Ambassadorship.

President Wilson worked hard today
to clear his desk in anticipation Of q
few days of rest at Cornish y. H., MS
summer home, which was opened some
time ago and is prepared for his visit.
The President expects to leave Washing
ton at go O'Clock this afternoon Tor ms
summer home and to remain there until
Monday or possibly Tuesday Mrs.
Howe, the Presidents sister; Mrs Goth
ran, his niece. and DR.. Grayson will ac-
company him.
The President will take as much out
door exercise as opssible but will also
do considerable work. He expects to take
with him all the recommendations that
have been made by different departments
and bureaus on the revision of the naVi-
CATION laws. with the object of issuing
a proclamation. which he has authority
to do making certain changes IN the
rules to comply with the new law passed
by Congress. He has bulky package
of recommendations on this subject.
Secretary Tumulty will take adVan-
tage of the absence of the President TO
spend a few days at the Jersey sea-
shore with his family.
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Chile Not to Take Part in Fair.

SANTIAGO, Chile. August 2I.-The
Chilean government today announced its
decision not to take part in the San
Francisco exposition in 1915.
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their sccurit..
"A panic seems imminent in Berlin
( Wealthy Germans already are leaving
The city and fastening toward Scandi-
navia tE way Of Copenhagen i mum
! Der OF these already have passed
through this city
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Teuton Plans Revealed.

THE HAGUE, via London. August 81.
The military correspondent of the
Nieuwe Courant declares he as able to
state on trustworthy authority that the
Germans plan to abandon temporarily
east and west Prussia and Pomerania
70 the Russians and withdraw slowly
to the River oder. where the main de-
lenses Of Berlin lie.
Germany" according TO the corre-
spondent. appears to have undertaken
This measure to give time to her army
nueratirg against France to try I.
deal the British and French armies
heir death blow and then to march on
10 Paris the distance between Mons
and Paris being four times less than
the distance between st. Petersburg and
Berlin"
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and nonplussed by the failure of the
Russian Poles to rise against Rus
<
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Federal Appointments Soon Due.

Senator Lea of Tennessee had brief
talk with the President today about
Tennessee federal appointments that
are soon to fall due. These include two
marshalships, which, by agreement be-
tween the two senators, will be rec
commended by Senator Lea. These rec
ommenda tions will be made within a
short time The Tennessee congress
sional delegation has united IN ear
nestly recommending to the fresloent
the selection of Judge John T.. Rlch-
ardson of Murfreesboro. Tenn, Tor
membership II on the interstate trade
commission which Congress has peeh
irving for months to provide Tor.
The prospects are good for the noml- :
nation of Samuel l.. Foster of Fort
Wayne, Ind, as ambassador to Argen- :
tina. The solid Indiana democratic
delegation in Congress is back OF him
and has carried his cause to the White
House and the State Department.
Former Gov. David r. Francis OF MIS-
souri, recently declined the position.
MIR. Foster. II nominated, Will succeed
John w. Garrett of Baltimore, who wa 8
made minister to Argentina by Presi-
dent Taft.
Ocean Freight Rates Considered.
A request to support movement Tor
the esta ablishment of an international
commission to regulate ocean freight
rates was made to the President today
by David Lubin, American commits
sioner to the International Agricultural
Institute. and Representa- tlves Goodwin
of Arkansas and Kinkead Of New Jer-
sew. The President promised TO give
the request his careful consideration.
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Generally cloudy and unsettled to-
night and Friday. gentle winds most
ly northeast.
Temperature past tHcrt; four hours.
High, - al pm. today. low, SO, a
al today.
Fail Report on Page Seventeen.