The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-04
THE WAR

For another week the storm of iron
and rain of blood has gone on in Eu-
rope. and out Of the smoke-bank OF
mystery that covers that continent has
come news that in proportion is one
word of certainty 10 one hundred of
rumor-
What seems to have been done. how
ever, is this:
Germany's strongest armies have
borne down opposition and fought
their way across northern France to
within forty miles of Paris Some of
of their outposts have been in less
than thirty miles and their aeroplanes
have dropped bombs in the streets. The
French government has removed to
Bordeaux, all the people who can
leave Paris have gone or are going.
and the city is preparing for siege
In spite of this advance on Paris. the
Germans do not seem to have dealt
the French and English any Gripping
| blow, and in the case Of the British at
| least they are being steadily reinforced
Paris is very strongly fortified There
is no prospect that the Germans VII
take it in months. if they do take it.
and even after it is taken it will be Of
little more advantage to them than the
same amount of open country
The fighting in northern France
seems to have been of the most tre-
mendous character. While everything
is mysterious or exaggerated, the al
lies seem to have had at least three
quarters Of million men on the firing
line. The German forces must be
much greater, for they have won their
way forward by direct attack. Both
sides have lost heavily, but ii is not
IN Sih RI neffr ina
either side
The shattered. remnants Of the Bel
gian army have retreated behind the
Notifications of Antwerp. and all Bel
GUM except that city and a few unim-
portant places are in the hands of the
Germans.
On the other side of Germany, the
Russian advance seems to have been
partly checked. They own up to Sc
we're defeat at Allenstein, but they are
still giving the Germans an immense
amount of trouble The Russians
have come forward in much greater
number and fought better than has
: been expected, and ii will take hard
lighting by the kaiser's best troops to
, assure Berlin against danger. 1t is
asserted that many German troops
have been withdrawn from France to
meet the Russians, but If they have
9 their attack on the French has not
shown any symptoms of slackening.
Austria is carrying on the war with
the ill-luck that seems to be inevitable
a to that polyglot nation. The Austrian
troops do not seem able to stand ur
to the Russians, who are overrunnine
Galicia and have won a bloody battle
at Lemberg, in which the AustrianS
IN pf
probably the important city around
i which the battle took place.
Nothing has been heard from Servis
during the past week, but the Monte
: negrins have repulsed the Austrian.
who are trying TO capture Mount Love
|, chen.
, In the far east, the Japanese ar,
stalking their time about attacking
Kiao Chau. They have the place shu
u in, and seem to be planning to take i
with little loss of life as possible
d The British have occupied German
} Samoa.
On the sea, the British have won tn
only naval battle so far of the war
e decoying a bunch of German cruiser
e and torpedo boats out in the Nortl
Sea near Helgoland Friday. At leas
: three German cruisers and two tor
peuO boats were sunk with a loss o
some hundreds of men. The British los
IL they say was 26 killed and SO wouded
J. A British cruiser sunk the Kaise
J. Wilhelm de Crosse, "a liner converte-
into a commerce destroyer off the Yves
coast of Africa. This will probabl
put an end to the plan of fitting u
T. passenger steamers as auxiliary crliis
ers, as they can't outrun a big cruise
or fight anything bigger than a gun
boat
az The Germans have captured two i'm
a portant prizes in well-laden BIRTHS
merchant ships, and the Japanese hav
"a about finished the work begun by tn
British and French of clearing Ger
- man commerce off the seas
Nothing has been heard from tn
lie powerful Austrian fleet and stron
D British and French squadrons believe
to be hunting for each other in tn
Adriatic
Tremendous as the conflict is,
seems to grow greater. Unconhrme
: but probable news has arrived in til
last two days that Turkey has de
clared war against Russia, and wit
:; the consent of Bulgaria is marchin
as troops across Bulgarian territory I
n attack Greece. OF course this mean
the addition of Greece and Roumani
to the conflict 1t is generally under