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had already lighted their bivouac fres
amid the bordering pine trees.
Parties OF dead tired fugitives had gath
cred dried branches and were budding
around little fires which were either to
keep them warm during the night or to
cook any little food that they had brought
with them.
II was "a lovely night Tho sun sank
and the aftergloam was IN the sky. The
still evening air carried the clear boom
OF distant cannon. Great mushroom
shaped clouds hung over Antwerp. This
and tho burning villages were things that
told OF war.
a little way outside Client our slowly
crawling procession had to pause at n
cluster Of cottages that could hardly be
called a village. There was n little chapel
I'm he centre. and the doors OF the chapel
were closed. Our car stopped directly
opposite II had a rough old oak door
reached from the street by couple OF
steps.
The door was closed. Kneeling on the
steps were two figures, a man with gray
hair. his head bowed over clasped hands
and almost touching tho rough oak door
frame beside him woman with crossed
arms upon the door. against which her
head rested: through the slit OF the door
CLEANED the red lamp OF the sanctuary a
struggling stream of weary fugitives kept
passing them on the pathway, ana these
two old people waited there and prayed
outside that church OF theirs that was
closed dim lamp Just outside ha.oed
their bowed gray heads,
eli, Ell, Lama Sabachthanf ('My
God. My God, why hast Thou forsaken
u.s. was what these silent figures
seemed to say against the closed door Of
that little church and along the road a
few yards away the people Of Flanders
we're trudging along YEARLY IN patient
agony.
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pushed forward on his way by Dr. Henry
van Dyke. Minister to the Nethe rlands
lie LETT The Hague on August ~. Four
days before In London he had found a
man who believed In him and his pro-
posed mission. This man had gone u
his office safe and taken from Il all the
German money he could find which was
approximately 5000 marks "Cfo to it,"
said the man 1T believe you can do q.
All / want 10 know Is that you are wha;
you say you are"
Walter II. Page, the American Ambas-
sndor TO England, vouched for him at
once. That night CASTOR started on his
quest. armed with such credentials and
passports as could be given him. Just
what ne was 10 do he did not know
himself but he was very confident. \
letter he wrote to his sister. Lucy Page
CASTOR. one OF the heads Of the anti
cigarette movement, who is now In New
York. and showed II Yesterday had this
sentence In it-thc letter had been writ
ten Just as her brother sailed from Folke-
stone on sunday August l6, with the
precious 5000 marks OF German money
In a money belt strapped about him:
Let me hope that God and courage
will get me through the undertaking"
In New York now is tho man who.
when all others pooh poohed," advanced
CASTOR the 5000 marks to make his start.
lie Is Frederick s. Holbrook. one Of the
vice-presidents OF Wells. Fargo & Co.
BY chance Mr. Holbrook was In London
when war broke. Gaston's idea appealed
20 him. II came 10 his mind as Just
the same sort OF service as Wells-Fargo
did over half n century ago, when their
pony express pioneered across q danger
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UHLAN IS PICTURED
AS HIRED CUTTHROAT
French Paper Describes Him as
One Paid to Plumber and
Devastate.


PARIS, Oct. ls--"What In an Uhlan ,"
A Paris newspaper which attempts to
answer finds nothing good TO say OF a
much discussed branch OF tho German
military service, 1t says
There Is not a single regiment OF
Uhlans. The Prussan cavalry comprises
dragons. curassiers and hussars, but
never Uhlans.
rs Prussia AT peace? Then there Ii
not an Uhlan Is war declared" Then
from the south 10 the north, from the
east to tho west, appear retired cavalry
officers without means save for their
modest pensions. asking permission to
form cavalry companies which they agree
to equip and maintain at their own ex-
pense. Receiving commissions these
officers assemble other retired soldiers
who, like themselves. are without re
sources and have nothing TO lose or 20
risk
"If these companies go to war at their
own expense it Is also for their own
benefit for they have authority To retain
for themselves whatever plumber they are
able 10 collect, The Uhlans are the scaV-
engcrs OF the earth. The commissions
held by the captains are nothing less than
letters of marque.
"CivliZed nations have suppressed let
ters of marQue which formerly recognized
brigandage on the sea. But they forgot
the Uhlans and Prussia Is now protiting
by the fact. No Uhlan ia eve~ promoted
No officer Is advanced. None of them has
big heart or shadow OF patriotism
The depredations which they commit In
our country they would willingly repeat
at home That Is why they will be sup
pressed when the war ends Perhaps
there are some brave men among them.
but in general they are no holder than
ordinary bandits.
when they meet reverses their ranks
diminish In numbers and audacity. Cities
which submit 10 their demands, believing
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GERMANY BARS "BuLETS."
Word for Railroad Ticket IL Too
French for FatherIand.

BERLIN, via London. Oct, l6,-Typical
OF the movement now on foot throughout
the fatherland TO put the ban on all
foreign words Ia a bulletin pasted on the
walls ~ the depot In Kaisersautern. read
Ing ms follows;
Thereafter purchasers OF transporta-
tlon are 10 ask for Fahrkarten' instead
OF for 'blllets The latter word is not
German and therefore Is not TO be used
any longer"
The word 'billet" has been commonly
used for ticket" throughout Germany
practically ever since the trial trip OF the
first railroad.
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.KAISER'S SON BEATS
DRUM AT ST. QUENTIN
Scizes Instrument Of Fallen
Soldier and Leads Troops
in Battle.
MANY STORIES OF HEROISM

Many human interest stories OF the war
are 10 be found in the German newspapers
arriving In New York Among them are
the following;
soldier IN hospital In Heidelberg
recounted that hepleesy wounded ne lay
in a trench, when TO his surprise he saw
his brother ride by, I'VE greeted each
other affectionately and I asked him 10
transport me 70 the nearest Red Cross
station. He answered. however: 81 have
a military command and duty In above
brotherly love" Then he spurred his
horse and rode away, giving an example
OF the wonderful discipline in the Ger
man army.
In an article In the BerIin-r TaOsbldtt
Prof Paul Natorp of Marburg University
tells OF German soldier who was travel
ling from Belgium TO go to the seat OF
war In East Prussia He was accom-
panied by a little Belgian girl, an orphan,
whose parents had been shot as Shippers"
The German soldier. childless. was bring
ing the little girl to his wife and was then
going on TO East Prussia to fight Russia.
Prince Eitel Friedrich second son OF
the Kaiser. at the battle of 81. Quentin
seized the drum of "A fallen soldier beat
II and cried; forward, comrades for.
ward" That cry gave the soldiers re-
newed courage to throw themselves on tho
enemy.
At Mayence all the reservsts could not
be accepted for the army but all wore
so eager to 30 that the matter was
decided by footrace which took place
In the armory, The winners were al
lowed to go to the front
The International Committee of Mercy.
formed to aid the widows and orphans
OF the war. counts among its numbers
one OF the most popular scions Of the
Prussian nobility. Count 4. SierstOrpff,
who has recently visited the United
states. The Count IL a prominent sports
man and Is the secretary OF tho Berlin
Automobile Club His wife (nee Knowl-
toni is an American. The Sierstorpffs
repeatedly have entertained the Kaiser at
their castle Zyrowa In Silesia.
The war has been a sreat blow 10 tho
Wagner Festival Plays at Bayreuth. or
twenty performances only eight took
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them sustained by army corps. are badly
deceived. The Uhlans are marauders and
cutthroats who devastate the country dis
tr!cts. sack cities and villages and rife
dead bodies If you appear to fear them
they will turn your pockets inside out.
but II you offer a semblance OF resistance
they will about face and flee, unless they
outnumber you ten to one The Prussian
army tolerates them because OF the ser
vices they are able to render scouts.
but II has no regard for them The Uni
ans are the fiunkies OF the army, the
pilagers the bandits-the rifrrafr, in
word
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GERMANSSHOT
CAPTIVES, SAYS
GEORGELYNCH
SaV doughty American Recove The "Los Baggage of Thousands
SSAH Who Fled From Continent WIN WIT Tber Co,d C,rr A,o
Noted War Correspondent
Describes Misery of Fugi-
tivcS From Antwerp.
AGED AND BEDRIDDEN
DRIVEN FROM SHELTER

Gcoroc Byroh, outhor ond NOTED ,our
correspondent, ,ods born at Cork, IRE
s,,d, March 2T. 1893. He pds edp-
ooted under John Henry Cardinal
Ne,cndr. ard cams rrst into prom,-
senoe through hts explorations IN Uest-
~ Australia and IN the Pdcifo tsI-
s~ds. he acted az ,oor correspondent
to~ vdrtoss london and New York
.cospapers during the sponish- Al e-|-
oo- ear. the Bocr tour, the Borer
sv-bls IN Chira asd the Russo-,Jap-
o~sss ,cor. He Is tho author Of "Tho
wa~ o, th- Oscillations" "Imprcs-
stons Of war Correspondent" "Tns
pdtA Of Fmptre,- 30.
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URGES UPRISING IN MOROCCO.
II okhi breaches "HoIy War; Against
the French.

BERLIN. via London, Oct l6.--Berlin
papers reprint despatch which appeared
in tho Spanish newspaper EpOCd ~
Madrid that In the French zone of Mulula
In Morocco a new Roghi had appeared
who is preaching holy war" against
the French and who is asking the Cabyles
to gather under his banner and drive tho
French out OF Morocco.
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SAY DELAREYS WAS EXECUTED.

BERLIN Oct. 2s-The Duesseidorter
Zcitung asserts that the real reason for
the resignation OF the commander in chief
OF tho South African forces Gen Beyers,
was the recent shooting Of Gen. Delareys
While the latters death had been claimed
TO have been accidental, the newspaper
says, Gen. Beyers is OF the opinion that
Delareys was shot and killed because
he had opposed tho participation OF South
Africa In the war.
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SAY OCEANIC HIT MINE.
German Paper Hints At Cause Of
Liners Destruction.

BERLIN, via London, Oct. I6.-The
Ham burger Ndchrtchten in an article re-
viewing the losses incurred by the British
navy and merchant marine through Ger
man mines hints that tho loss OF tho
Oceanic. tho giant White Star liner. was
caused by German mine. Tho loss Of
tho vessel was originally reported TO he
due TO storm on the coast OF Scotland
Tho British Admiralty thus far has not
given out detailed report concerning
the loss OF the Oceanic. the paper adds
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NOTED SCULPTOR KILLED.
Friedrich Pfannschmidt Slain in
ChalOns Fighting.

BERLIN. via London. oct. l6.-Among
the German victims of the recent fighting
at Chalons was a well known sculptor,
Friedrich Pfannschmldt who was a cap
tag OF the reserve Pfannschmidt was
So years OF age.
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steals Into Germany,

a tube gun barrel which q few hours ago
had been hot IN action, and the gunner
who had given her his place walking
alongside.
All along tho middle OF the road
trudged the retreating army. artillery and
infantry. n long procession Of supply
motor wagons. This Il the war OF tho
motor car and the effectiveness Of this
war Is mainly due 10 the motor car
I wonder II the suddenness OF IT, finish
will not in soma part b. due 20 petrol
famine in Germany.
1t was long journey from tho out
skirts of Antwerp 10 Client. | started
early in the morning and went through
81. Nicholas and through Lockern. and
went as near as I could get to Antwerp.
The stream nt the retreating army and
fugitives effectually stopped the advance
OF our car and we had to turn before
reaching the ponto on bridge at Antwerp.
Vast columns OF smoke arising from the
town and the boom OF cannon and big
guns were constantly In our ears borne
through the silent air of a perfect autumn
day. As we turned a motor car fam
buyantly bearing n flag OF the stars
and Stripes was Just behind US. The
car contained Mr.. Deidrich and his
family, the Consul General for tho United
States
u. y. Consul spends Ntght In N~inr.
He told us that ne and his family had
spent the previous night In the cellar of
his house, while they could hear houses
on the opposite side OF the street being
struck by shells He described II az an
oyerpowering experience. He lost no time
in the morning about taking his departure.
II took him four hours 10 wait for bis
turn to cross tho pontoon bridge, although
one would have thought that he could
have had some privilege of passage as
custodian and keeper Of the interests OF
neutral Powers.
From tho time we met him until the
time we came into Client we witnessed
a panorama Of scenes such as the mod
ern history OF Europe has never equallef
Al St Nicholas on the way back WEI
tried to get on the great track and get
home by a quicker and shorter route by
means OF Lockern, but excited Belgian
that II was most dangerous, owing to the
bridge nj Lorkern being cut, W" could
not pass that way, Retreatlng soldiers,
beaten. sweaty, dirty and dsgruntIed were
streaming along the road toward us.
soldiers Desperate.
Two OF them got on either side OF our
car and said they'd make us carry them
by force II necessary. For the nrst time
| saw the mistake OF tfaNt'llnF dIouHu
as an unarmed non-combotant CORE
spondent. put my hand IN my hip pocket
and fumbled menacingly with an empty
nurse, while I swOre at them voluminously
i'm my best French. They finally Jumped
off
There was no use in going on by way OF
Iockern We had 10 turn back and again
rejoin the great trail OF retreat on the
road that led along the frontier OF Hoi-
Iopd and then nv wide detour into
Ghent. As We neared the city the troops
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place and the deficit which the theatre
faces will amount 10 over 100000
A professor IN Heidelberg adopted the
following plan In selecting women who
desired TO become trained nurses IAN
those who desire to nurse officers step
10 the right and the others to my left"
Seven women placed themselves to the
professors right. The professor turned
to them and said: You can go homo ;
for ladies who only desire 10 nurse Off
GERS we have no use"
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Part Of the cargo Baggage the pier Rotterdam

Gus. little known continent. There wa.
no time TO consult with other officials.
Mr.. Holbrook studied tho enthusiastic adj
venturcr rs he talked with him Then
he went over TO tho cafe in tho London
office.
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The night before two Of Tho sarde civile
had been taken prisoners, and the fol-
lowing morning their bodies were found
riddled with bullets These two are in
cident. that Major in the British
army, a very cool headed and unexcita-
BILE person. is prepared 20 substantiate
and swear to whenever tho occasion may
arise. II Is things like these and tho
treatment of the fugltives from Louvnin.
Mallnes, Termonde and other towns that
lead up to and account for the story
OF this terrible procession that I lived
with. vending its way from Antwerp.
They came not alone from Antwerp but
from countless towns and villages between
Antwerp and Client, the population OF
half a country. flying before these ter
rible Huns.
But among the individuals or this ruin
less army any quiet unbiased observer
NAV see a touch OF humanity. A young
girl who came from the village WISE be
tween Termonde and Alost, VINO, with her
father, had been living on raw turnlps TOT
the last twenty hours. told me this she
was walking out of her village. then oc-
cupied by tho Germans, with troop OF
refugees A woman seriously III trudged
along at her side. A German onicer got
or his horse and spoke to her kindly and
asked her questions Then he said to her
81 have q wife and children or my own
waiting for me, and II ] have 10 see rnucn
more OF things like this I Will he tempted
10 nut a bullet from this, tapping the re-
yolver case on his hip, through my own
road" They are not all brutes. these
Germans
The Retreat From Antwerp.
The great retreat from Antwerp ON
Thursday was a scene never TO be forgot
ten by any one who witnessed II. Halt
country in night and an army In retreat'
But the army was In most orderly retreat.
Sections OF the line were composed OF
CHEEKY khaki clad Britishers. The greater
nor, consisted OF Belgian soldiers II
was a mighty exodus and the weather was
fine.
These Belgians have Just as much re-
gard for all the members or their FAMILY
as the Chinese have. In CHINA me thmliE
is the unit OF existence. In comlortanle
Belgium the same Idea seems To oman
So IL was that we saw the ola peuTlhu'h
grandmother being carried on stretcner
by her sons and grandsons and the grand
children CARRYING little bundles ana the
FINEST grandchild carrying pup or a
kitten in her arms.
saw one ss~s~saiSss lunatic OF ,5Snily
being led along by little girl )ibperlng
and laughing the poor thing seemed 10
take the voyage as great Joke l|en
there were the nuns or clustered con,
vent bobbing along In single file ana
brushing the wheels OF retreating artil-
Ierv wagons There were monks In their
cows. and at one OF the frequent stops,
an old nun. absolutely worn out with
walking. gunner gave up his place on
a gun carriage for her.
II made curious picture in the twt-
light. this old lady. her little face framed
in spotlsss linen. such face az tho Dutch
| naipter. loved TO lnger over, and TO see
her hoisted up and then placed alongside
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Krupp Guns Deadly.

Thnre guns outranged those OF the
h.lsians IN the proportion OF practically
two to one. The German guns had a
range OF twenty-tour klometers for a
target az biz as Antwerp. or Antwerp's
forts while tho best the Belgians guns
could 40 was little moro than half that
distance. There in a nutshell Is the his
tory OF this war What the Germans
have aimed az has been realized-perhaps
fatally. Bcgians even had ordered guns
from Krupps. but by some pressure or
over~ork, such was the excuse. delivery
had been delayed. When the whole his
tory OF his war comes TO be written II
VIII be understood that the Germans sue
CESS may be attributed TO the things that
como from Krupp's the mastery artil-
I-ry impinging overpoweringly on the
allied armies. and this artillery directed
By mott intelligent, active and courageous
sviators
Once mo aviators indicate to tho ar
tlery the exact range such tornado or
sGrapnel Is sprayed upon the allied In
fantry that they are either swept on the
open or held informed In their trenches.
The German mlnnuvres were not held for
nothing. they were always practical re-
hearsals IN preparation for the actual
work which they are now carrying out.
Nhils ono cannot help quiverinB under
thelr onslaught, any one must admire the
magnihneu, completeness OF their prac-
Neal preparation.
Kaiser Contra Mundum." Then con
scious Of tho power OF his magnificent
army, there Is something splendid about
The way he said: Let them all come :"
The War Lord at bay is fine. lie was at
nay week ago, Is he not the aggressor
today AZ | write along this far front
BATH" line, who can Judge which is the
attacking and which the army on de-
fsncs'
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ny GEORGE LYNCH.

LONDON, oct. 2O.-I have spent the last
few days IN retrenting IN company with
ne Belgian army before the advancing
Germans II was a most orderly and well
regulated retreat. without any vestige Of
hurry. precipitation. or. still less. panic
But We were retreating before the great
war machine. There is no use failing our
solves or trying 20 fool others by saying
rat Antwerp was evacuated prudently
for reasons OF high strategy Antwerp
was abandoned because the allies could
not hold T. Then when We came 20 the
consideration OF what constitutes that gar
rison - allies we find that Il Is composed
@, Belg.ans mainly and British meanly,
The naval brigade came there at the
eleventh hour The Britlshers were ac-
claimed throughout their tr!umphll pas
sage from punlirk az the saviors OF the
country. ! was out there the first week
o. tn war. and arrived at Ostend. which
nad started the most brilliant season OF
rs existence because gambling was again
90 be allowed. The gayety Of Europe was
'bcussed there. The racing season had
'ust started polo was In full swing. The
dem. -WoUdatue Of Paris and many other
capitals had come to Ostend. where the
strong sea hrecZes can blow away the
Nt''.H|Is ana Wnere the sea Datnlnk WOulu
r,juvnuHte them. and then the bells sounded
on g.. nigh, Of August 3. bells OF Ostend.
'Ns bDl'- ~ Mariakerke. the tocsin of war
'Hr mob 2dt.ou and from then until now
as occurred the history OF Belgium in
Va- 50 much has occurred since, such
W rh'l happenings, that the bells OF the
Ha church IN MIriakerke stlll seem ring
mes cars. and the old pastor I
-Irros" IS still celebrating his O'Clock
mass and he will probably continue to
Celebrate u until the boom OF tho shells
substitutes The gong OF the sanctuary bell.
After the capture and occupation OF
Brussels and when the Government moved
20 Antwerp. We imagined that Antwerp
was place OF fortressed security. We
Knew or We thought we knew, that this
Horny crown OF forts were uncapturable
with their steely revolving turrets, and
that the King and the Government OF
Belgium could rest IN absolute security
within these encircling lines. The guns
from Rrupp's. the existence OF which had
been kept carefully clouded in prudent
obscIr1ty. had not been counted on,
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Brutality of Germs ms.

One thing | know. Motoring in my
ar, with Client as my headquarters.
up close TO Antwerp and then to tho
tnea of the surrounding forts and
IeAYlng my car and trudging De-
mind lines of trenches and bat
l"r!"s and finally returning TO Client
AZ the surrender Of Antwerp, I know that
th" Germans had been ruthless in the
oYerruuuing of the country they have
captured and occupied. They have not
played this game OF war as gentlemen
should, / have been through the South
African campaign and although the usual
accusations w,re thrown against tho
Beers for firing on the Red Cross and
- on they We're absolutely groundless
These old Beers, kinsmen of the Germans,
fought like = utl'm men. old Joubcrt fought
so Chivalrously that he AT least once
neai,atcd TO drive a great advantage home
when he might have done so by hitting
below tho belt. with the Germans there
s no hesitation about hitting below the
belt
On Friday night I had hurried din
ner with Major in the British army
T6s same morning he with this man
hat attended a funeral At Nazareth, where
. body OF Bolgians had been surrounded
"' Germans aUd there were sixteen
Killed and five wounded. a curious pro-
:" lion Of wounded to killed,
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skulls smash d.

~ the sixteen killed, having exam
med tho bodies. the Major found that
The skulls ot ten had been smashed IN
a.gar uN" By the butt ends OF rihes'