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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-30

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-30

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The sun., 1914-08-16
HERE IS PRINCES ODYSSEY.
ROYAL Dane Arrested Rs Spy Got
Home on u Frcighter,
on the Central Ne,o Of London)

on the Central NeW Of London)
CoPENHAGEN, Aug. 15.-Prince Aage
OF Copenhagen, who was recently ar
rested AS a spy in Germany. has arrived
he;e, completing a trip which was
characterized by the most exciting in
cidents.
In nm interview in the National
Tidcnde. the Prince says that after
leaving Milan he travelled through
Switzerland in the most prosaic fashion
with no unusual experiences. As soon
as he crossed the frontier into Germany
his troubles began. He was arrested.
stripped and searched, the Germans sus-
pecting him of being French spy.
He was released and got into French
territory, whore he was cordially re-
ceived. He reached Paris after fifty
hours of travelling in a military cattle
truck, with nothing to eat but dry
bread, From Paris he motored to Havre.
where he got passage on a Swedish
frelghter, which carried hundreds of
Russians and Scandinavlans
The sun., 1914-08-16
SAYS BATTLE DEADENS SENSES,
Physicinns Tell of Men Who Fiuht
Until Thcy Drop.

LONDON, Aug. Exhaustion after
a battle deprlves man Of the use of
his senses, according to a statement by
phy sician who is representing the
London Times in Brussels. This CORE
spondent declsres that soldiers who
fought literally TIL they dropped showed
the remarkable triumph of brave spirit.
Their appearance was very alarming
they were limp and pale and cold and
seemed to be almost dead They recov-
er,d their strength after short time
ana IN every case that the corresponds
enl noted these men were most anxious
10 return to the firing lines
This physician. in referring to the
fact that so many Belgians are suffer
ing from wounds in the legs on account
of the low firing of the Germans, saws
that the German theory that "A man
wounded in the thigh is placed hors de
combat is all wrong because these
wounds heal up almost Immediately.
on the other hand the Germans who
have been wounded have been mostly
hit in the body.
The sun., 1914-08-16
WARNS NON-COMBATANTS
Death Their Fate ~ They Oppose
German Army.

ROME, Aug. 15.-Despatches from
Berlin report that the German Govern
ment has notified the Governments of
France and Belgium that all non-com-
batants interfering in the slightest de-
gree with the advance of the German
army will be shot Immediately. The
notification IL the response to charges
that the Germany army OF invasion was
violating the rules OF civilized war
fare.
The notification calls attention to the
alleged killing of German officers and
men by Belgian civilians firing from the
shelter Of their homes. and SAYS that
Germany is now compelled to take
severe measures. II continues:
III the war thus assumes a brutal
character 1t will not be the fault of the
German nation. German arms are fight
ing the enemies OF Germany. II private
citizens are to be slain because they
participate in the war the blame must
be assumed by France and Belgium and
not by Germany, which is driven thus
to act in self protection"
The sun., 1914-08-16

OF the fighting in the Vosges the
statement says:
The towns near Saale Pass are now
entirely occupied by French troops.
which yesterday Thursday took the
neighboring plateau. The French ar
tillery attacked the German rear and
its fire greatly helped our infantry,
which had a few wounded. but none
killed. We found heaps Of abandoned
equipment. showing that the flight of
the Germans was precipitate."
The statement adds that there is no
reason to doubt that Turkey Will re-
place the crews OF the battle cruiser
Goeben and the cruiser Breslau, which
took refuge in the Dardanelles. with
Turks. The Germans. the statement
says, have expelled 1000 persons from
Metz toward France. This action was
taken in order to save food for the
German troops.
Dispatches received from Basel rci,-
crate the stories of sangunary Ger
man repression in AlsaCe. They say that
villages have been depopulated because
the inhabitants sympathized with the
French, and that Muehausen has been
reduced to a vast shambles.
The French War Office IL informe
that Gen. Won Daimling, one OF the
German commanders in Lorraine, Is
among the wounded now in hospitals in
that province.
The sun., 1914-08-16
AID FOR SURVIVORS,.

LONDON, Aug. 10.
Reuters Trieste correspondent tele-
graphs that the Austrian Lloyd Steam
ship Company has sent the steamship
Wurmbrand to Pola for the survivors
of the steamship Baron Gautsch, which
was destroyed by mine of the Island
Of Lussin. off the Dalmatian coast. with
the loss OF l5O lives.
The $50 passengers and men OF the
crew who survived will be brought ba *
to Trieste. The survivors include many
women and children. The line has au-
thorized the captain OF the Wurmbranj
to advance the money necessary for the
immediate needs OF the survivors many
of whom are without means.
The bulk of the crew of the Atlantic
Transport steamship Minnewaska. in
Guiding sailors. fremen and stewards
went on strike to-day just as the boat
was about to sail from London for New
York. They demanded extra pay be-
cause Of the risk OF capture. The
trouble was arranged and the ship sailed
with $50 passengers.
The Wilson liner Buffalo with a
cargo Of meat. which sailed from New
York July 25, has reached Hull. She
had been detained for some time at
Gravesend by orders OF the Admiralty.
The sun., 1914-08-16
FRENCH ARMY TAKES OFFENSIVE ALL ALONG THE LINE

tack. via Belgium. the summary says
" was checked by the strength Of the
French covering troops. This made the
Germans abandon the attack via Nancy
after barely starting It, while the work
of the Liege forts and the bravery Of
the BclgiGI amy. with the lntc!ven-
tion Of French cavalry. blocked he
German attack and assisted the Bel
gians, tying up the Germans along the
Meuse line for eight days
The communque adds that the Rus
slams are fastening their mobiizat or
and will he enabled to operate at the
sumo time as the French, English and
BrlgianS. while the SerVians, who are
masters Cf Herzegovina. will make Aus
t.ia hesitate about continuing to send
troops to Alsace, as she was doing last
week.
After drawing attention to the fact
tlat the allies are assured the master
snip of the seas, which has enabled the
English African troops to land with per-
feet security, the ComnuniQue says the
provisioning Of the tTryps of France
and her allies has been assured and
adds:
such results are of the highas: i'm
portance. II they are Insufficient To de-
eide the result they prepare the way for
II under the best conditions"
The sun., 1914-08-16
SAD DAY FOR BELGIAN PRINCES
Attend Festival with Gloomy Faces
Because Of War.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 1.-Two little princes
Of the royal house at Belgium were pres,
ent to-day at the usually happy feast
of the Assumption, but they took no
pleasure in II for their father is at war
and their country is suffering on every
hand from the great conflict. Young
~ they are ,he two boys seem to ap-
preciate the horror Of the times and
brought sad faces and heavy hearts to
the festival.
The feast was celebrated in the
Church of st. Gudule, where all day long
women and children knelt in prayer for
the safety Of their country and of their
fathers. husbands and brothers on the
battle line, The statue of our Lady OF
Dcliverance was surrounded by hundreds
of candles placed there as offerings by
the worshippers.
The princes were present at the dis
tribution of soup in the Rue Haute
and even the cheers Of the children
could not tighten their faces. They
tasted the soup and said it was good
and then they wandered sadly about the
wrote their names in the visitors book
as Leopold de Belglque" and Charles
Theodore de Bclgiqpe." Gen, Yungbluth
accompanied the boys who were re.
cf!vcd by the burgomaster. They wore
white sailor suits with rosettes Of the
national Colors.
The Queen was too grietstricken to
appear and many ladies' of the court
were absent from the feast for the same
reason.
The sun., 1914-08-16
KAlSER'S S ARMY HEADING FOR
ANTWERP, LONDON BELIEVES

the determined resistance of the Bel
gians and by the French forwardness
mt Nancy.
The official press bureau of the War
Office here says there is no doubt now
that Turkey will replace the crews OF
the German cruisers Goeben and Bres-
lau on the ships. There is no further
explanation of Turkeys attitude and
the statement of the Turkish Amba ssa-
dor in Paris yesterday that his Govern
ment had bought and intended to keen
the ships Is apparently the most au-
thentic communication upon the sub
iect.
There no longer seems any doubt
that Gen. Won Emmich. who COM
manded the first German attack on
the Liege forts, is dead. German cap
tives In Belgium are reported as say
ing that he killed himself when the
attack failed and that another Gen
eral has been sent to take his place.
The Brussels correspondent of the
star telcgrnphs that he has positive
information that Gen. Won Emnch
killed himself, and quotes a Belgian
Sergeant as saying that German Of
iicer whom he captured told him Of the
suicide and said that Gen Won Emmich
had left this message to be- transmitted
to his wife
Il know that I.iege is to be my tomb.
hut prefer to die by my own hand"
Gen. Won Emmlch Is succeeded by
Lieut.. Gen. G.. &. \. Won der Marwitz.
The latter was on the imperial General
staff for many years He was ap-
pointed lnsliector-General Of German
cavalry in 1911.
The sun., 1914-08-16
GERMAN LOSS IN BELGIUM
is DECLARED TO BE $4,000

BRUSSELS, Aug. Is A special cor
respondent who witne ssed the week s
fighting in the vicinity of Nlaastricht and
fiisden describes the fighting between
100000 Germans and a smaller Belgian
force.
He SAYS the Germans advanced on Wise
and burned property indiscriminately
Many civilians were killed. Infantry
and cavalry which supported the artillery
endeavored to cross the river The Bel
gians, who were in the proportion of /
10 10. blew up a number of bridges and
inflicted trightful losses on the Germans
by artillery and rife fire
The correspondent says the Germans
rebuilt one of the bridges and masses of
German infantry crossed These We're
oecimated by Belgian shrapnel
The correspondent estimates the mum
Der of Germans killed in the entire fighting
In this neighborhood at 10 900 He says
the bulk of the Germans were repulsed,
but the cavalry and artillery got through
the Belgian lines. These included the
Deaths Head Hussars These are now
fighting at 1irlemont and Hesbaye
The Germans brought up their heaviest
Rrtillery, but it was useless The German
General Staf was amazed at the failure
Uf these great gun companies to accom-
plish what had been expected
The latest reports from the district
about Diest place the number of Ger
mans engaged in the battle at Haelen
al between 1000 and 5000, of which,
according TO these late reports, not over
300 escaped death or injury. The sur
NIyors retired to Tongres, leaving be-
The sun., 1914-08-16
WAR NOT DEBATE; THE
TEMPS ON MEDIATION
Swords Cannot BE Laid Aside,
Paris Paper Declares TO
Socialists.

PARIS, August Is.
The Journal dc Genepe having re-.
printed President Wilson's offer of
mediation between the warning Euro
pean countries, L'Humdnttc. the organ
OF the Socialists. expresses regret that
the offer Of the American Executive
became known only through n foreipn
medium.
LHhmdnitc is mistaken as the offer
ana the reply were printed in the TEN ps
on August Z. The Temps in reprinting
the French reply saws:
This is war. not a debate capab,e
OF being weighed by a philosophers
scales. There are the provokers and the
provoked. On the one side there IA an
attempt at the definite enslavement of
Europe by one race, and on the other
the defence OF Europes liberty and OF
those principles on which the American
Union was founded.
How can 1t be imagined that Presi-
dent Wilson and his Government are
speaking the same words to the ag
sressors and to those representing the
right and are putting them on the
same footing? 1t is dangerous idealism
which would only result In eneryatine
the latter without arrcsting the former.
In a death duel like that in which
Germany has wilfully engaged with
Europe swords cannot be laid aside.
Gods Judgment must be pronounced"
The sun., 1914-08-16

hind many field guns which had become
mired in the swamps.
1t Is reported here that two GERMAN
Princes were among the wounded at
l1aelen. Their names are not given.
The Belgian hospital corps has sent a
special train from Brussels to bring
back the wounded of both sides who are
still on the field.
Reports have been received here from
Liege To the effect that the German
troops about that city are greatly
demoralized and that many officers and
men have committed suicide. All the
troops, both German and Belgian, are
suffering greatly from the heat.
The Belgian General STAFF says that
the reports of the number of German
troops in Llmburg province have been
exaggerated For strategic reasons the
General Staff will issue no more bulle-
tins for the present, but 1t describes
the general military situation as ex-
cellent.
Belgian newspapers. at the request of
the military authorities, are carrying a
warning to civilians conspicuously dis
played on the front page. In this warm
ing the inhabitants of towns and cities
are enjoined to keep their doors and
windows closed, and, in the event Of the
occupation of place by the German
troops, to evacuate II in order that no
possible ground for reprisal may be
given through charges that non-com-
batants have fired at the invaders.
This charge has frequently been made
by the Germans in their occupation Of
small Belgian towns and according to
reports which have been received here,
the Germans have burned several viii
lagos and taken stern measures against
the inhabitants In reprisal.
The sun., 1914-08-16
FIGHTS HIGH FOOD COST.

Special cable Despatch 10 The Sr>
Rome, Aug. 15.-The Italian Govern
ment is taking active steps to prevent
speculation in the necessities of 'iie'
The >ction by ship owners in asking
exorbitant prices for transportine coal
from Great Britain and the tinted
States has been met by the Italian
Government with an announcement
that it Is about to requisition as many
steamships as are necessary to provide
the public service compaDies with '"e
coal they need.
The Vatican is feeling the financial
influence of the war. 1t is difficult 10
withdraw funds from the various
Italian and foreign banks in which Ih'y
are deposited and remittanccs ar" t'"
The sun., 1914-08-16
FRENCH STATESMAN
SEES US AS FRIEND
Gabriel HanOtauX Urges On lIis
Country Value of Amcri.
can sympathy.
SPY CAUGHT IN PARIS
COurt-martial Sentences Em.
plOyee of the War Office lo
Death Penalty.
Special cable DespatcL To Tur S,

PARIS. Angus. IS
| Mr.. Warren, an American W1Y ha,
lived in Paris for twelve years ..idy.
ing architecture and knows Franc.
thoroughly said to-day that he ls ut.
terly astounded by the spectacle o,
national union in France. Mr. War.
rem said he talked with NJ Gabriel
Hanotaux, former Minister Of Foreign
Affairs, who urges France to feel tha,
she has the sympathy Of the United
States and also to realize that America
had shown her sympathy 10y giving
money aid for the widows and orphans
OF French soldiers killed in batto.
There was great enthusiasm amung
500 French reservists from the United
States who arrived in Paris from
Havre to-day. Fifty of the returning
reservists were deserters and the cn.
thusiasm among them was even more
keen than that displayed by the others
At police headquarters at Havre, where
permits were issued to the men To- 20
to Paris, a majority OF the resery.,,s
said they lacked copies of the mobi..zA.
ton instructions and claimed residences
at some eastern frontier towns for the
purpose of avoiding delay in getting to
the front at once.
The satlrical paper UW of B.rin
10, e
mobilization order. a soldier who IS
ordered to go to Paris It says. starts
first for Bordeaux to obtain his trousers.
Then he goes to Lyons for his tunic and
to Havre for his rifle. Then he buys
a newspaper to see where the battles
are being fought.
A heavy thunderstorm last night
cooled the air considerably. The tenn
perature dropped ten degrees as com.
pared with Friday.
Assumption day to-day was observed
generally as a holiday. When the cor
respondent of THE Sun called at the
French Cable Company's office the
ancient servitor who was sweeping the
place was surprised to find that the
correspondent expected to find some
official present.
Field Marshal Sir John French. com
mander In chief of the British field
army, arrived in Paris to-day. TIE
British Ambassador and the French
Minister of the Interior met him at
the station. The British commander
conferred with NJ. Messimy, Minister of
War, and made formal calls ON Prcsi-
dent Poincare and Premier Vivian.
There was a great crowd at the
station to meet the British Field Mar
shall The crowd cheered as he passed
out of the station.
The sun., 1914-08-16
LIEGE FORTS STILL STAND
Captured Germans Confirm stories of
Lack of Food.

PARIS, August 10.
The bombardmcnt of the forts at
Liege rs still continuing. according to
! an official announcement made by the
French War Office to-day. The same
source of information says that Bel
gan Major in command Of one Of the
forts has contradicted fatty reports
that the forts or any OF them have sur
rendered,
the knowledge that the French and
British have come to Belgum's aid and
that the Belgiars are not TO be left to
hold back the German advance un"
aided, has had a great moral effect in
Liege. The courage OF the soldiers de-
Tending the city is extraordinary, and
the conduct Of the citizens under the
military rule OF the Germans, who hold
the city itself. is exemplary.
Further reports of complaints by
German soldiers of the commisar4at
arrangements OF the invading army
are contained In the official communi-
cation. German deserters are quoted
as saying that their rations had con-
sisted OF one sausage and two spoon
fuls of peas a day. and that their suf-
ferlngs from hunger with the inces-
sant lighting were terrible.
The German troops lost heavily in
their defeat at Diest and retreat upon
Hasselt Thursday, according to an offi-
cial communique, The defeated Ger
mans, the statement says. attempted to
resume the attack with a cavalry charge
on the Belgians' southern flank. The
charge was repulsed.
The sun., 1914-08-16
Spec,di crbie Despatch 10 THE srv.
LONDON, August IL.


The restrictive attitude assumed by
the belgian War Office has allowed no
further facts in regard to the advance
of the German tine or the movements
of the allied forces To- reach here but
strong impression still persists that
the general enga cement will he under
way within e few hours.
\ correspondent returning to Brus-
sels from the front insists that the
Germans have lost $4,000 men In the
preliminary engagements in killed.
wounded and prisoners. Information
from Berlin Is that the German War
Office realizes that II heavy sacrifice
Of lives must be made to push aside
Belgian and French resistance on the
borders. hut that the determination is
stronger than ever to accomplish the
plans of tHc military authorities at any
cost.
The latest indication as regards the
German Increment ia Belgium is that
the kaiser's army is concentrated in
large numbers at n point from which
an advance upon Antwerp will be
made The other great German con-
centration point is believed to be In
the Duchy of IuNemburg. Between
these points the Germnn forces are
apparently spread ont in n thinner line.
From Paris comes m official state
ment which says that the Germans had
planned two rushing attacks" one
through Belgium and the other toward
The French city of Nancy. The French
EXPERTS SSert that Il crushing blow has
been dealt Ia Gcrmany'S strategists by
The sun., 1914-08-16
GERMANS CLAIM A VICTORY.
Wireless From Berlin Says French
Were beaten at MueIhausen,

A German victory over a French army
corps and a division, is claimed in a
Berlin Despatch from official sources
received at the wireless station at Say
vile, l., l., yesterday, The despatch
was as follows:
"rhe Seventh French Army Corps
and an army division from Belfort,
which had invaded Upper Alsace, were
defeated yesterday by German troops
near Muelhausen."
The despatch indicated that the Ger
man forces had taken the French in
tronchments at the point Of the bayonet,
The sun., 1914-08-16
RUSSIANS DESTROY RAILWAYS
Also Rout Germans In Prussia says
st. Petersburg.

Special Cabic Despdtch 10 TnE 81
ST. PETERSBURG via London, Aug I'--
Russian troops have destroyed the '' ''
railroad and telegraph lines at eleven
points between Schmallemingken ana
Tlsit in East Prussia, according Z" 'N
official announcement by the RnsS'hN
General STAFF to-day. German troops
also have damaged some of the r""Hs
and bridges on the frontier tn" AL.
nouncement says.
The Russian troops encountered me
Twelfth German Uhlans and the NIn''
German Rifles, with artillery h'"
Kalisz. on thu East Hrussian frontier
on Wednesday. the Russian Genera
staff announces, but the Germans
avoided contact and retired to 'h-
northwest
The sun., 1914-08-16
LA LORRAINE PURSUED.

PARIS, Aug. 15.-Rene Desevaux. one
OF the officers OF La Lorraine OF the
French Line. which arrived at Havre
from New York Wednesday. says that
soon after leaving New York the
steamer was chased by the German
cruiser Dresden. She outdlstanced the
cruiser and later intercepted messages
between the German cruisers Strassburg
and Karlsruhe, which indicated that
these ships had been ordered to cap
ture the liner
On the last day out, the officer says,
German ships nearly overlook her, but
heavy fog lowered and she escaped
in the fog.
The sun., 1914-08-16
WON'T USE NEW CRUISERS.
Turkey Victim of German Trap, Says
"Daily Mail"

"Poo'" '"OI' O'bVuTcH 70 THE Sun
LONDON. Aug. l5.-The Daily Maj saws
to-day that Turkey does not intend to
use the cruisers Goeben and Breslau,
which she has just purchased from Ger.
many, but says that there appears to be
no doubt that the purchase OF the cruis.
ers "is a direct contravention OF interna- =
tional law; but the opinion is gaining
ground in diplomatic circles that Turkey
is the victim OF German trap to EN-
broll her with the Triple Entente
According to the MATS information the
two ships have now received Turkish
names and will be placed under the COM
mand of Rear Admiral Arthur II. Lin
pus, Il. ~, who was loaned by the Brit
Ish Government as naval adviser two
years ago
The sun., 1914-08-16
MUST WAIT FOR BATTLE.

ROME. via Paris, Aug. l5.-In an edi-
torial commenting on the reports that
the United States Government is being
urged to take diplomatic steps for inter-
vention in an effort to bring about peace
in Europe the Gornole dTtdlid praises
the movement. but adds that such action
by President Wilson will be possible
only after a decisive battle has shown
to which side victory inclines.
The sun., 1914-08-16
GERMANS SHOOT s5 AS SPIES?
Erstein Residents Reported Killed
by COuntrymen

ROME, Aug. l5.-Italian correspond. .
ents at Basel, Switzerland, wired to-day
that the German military authorities
have shot eighty-tive citizens of tho
German fortified town of Erstein
Alsace, on the charge that they were
French spies.
Among the victims are said to he a
number of the best known residents OF
the city.
The sun., 1914-08-16
GERMAN SHIP AT HAVANA.
Special cube Despatch to The srS.

Special cube Despatch TO THE SrN.
HAVANA, Aug, 15.-The German steam
ship President which left here sew
eral days ago. returned to-day and re-
ported that she had been chased by
British cruiser while near Point Maysi,
at the eastern end of Cuba and was
forced to turn around
There is "A suspicion here that the
Praesident transferred her coal and sup
plies to "A German cruiser at sea.