The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-03
ITALY IS ON EVE
Of ENTERING WAR;
TURKEY IS FOE
Has Army OF 100000 Ready for
Conflict.
FLEET IS ALSO PREPARED
Hostlities to Begin II Ottoman Coun-
try Attacks Greece to Regain Lost
ssIons-Bulgars and Rou.
manians to Aid Serbs.
BY c. r, BERTILLt,

BY c. F. BERTlLLI.
Paris. Sept. Italy Is on the eve
Of entering the world war. The Paris
Temps says that Turkey, spurred on
by Germany, is ready to attack Greece
in order to regain her lost islands and
Salonika.
An Italian war declaration against
Turkey must follow inevitably because
Italy would not tolerate the alteration
of the Mediterranean equilibrium In
favor of an ally of Germany and Aus
trta.
Italy's Fleet Is Ready.
1taly's fleet Is ready for immediate
action and she has 100000 men In
arms.
When, four months ago, France
made her a big loan Turkey protested
peaceful intentions, but she has played
double game.
This was first unmasked when Tur-
key obtained possession of the Ger
man cruisers Goeben and Breslau and
appointed the German, General Limon
Won Sanders. as commander-in-chief of
her army, This throws her aggressive
plans In bold relief.
In the coming new Turko Italian war
Roumania will prevent Bulgaria from
taking a hand.
6uIoars to Aid Serbs.
Rome, Sept l.-According to the
Messagero, the Bulgarian government
has informed Servia that II Roumania
will abandon her neutrality in favor
Of Russia, Bulgaria will do likewise.
SO that all the Balkan states. with the
exception OF Turkey. will be on the
side OF the triple entente.
The terrific battle which has been
raging for several days along the Aus
trian frontier is now reported to be
extended along a fighting line 42o
miles long. There is fierce fighting
also through east Prussia, Germans
resisting the Russian advance at
many points. Concerning the Rus
sian army OF the center, operating
supposedly against Posen. the general
stats OF all nations are silent,
Both Sides Claim Victories.
London, Sept. l.-Of the Russian sit
uation London hears dozens OF contra
d,ctory reports-that the Germans
have taken 10000 prisoners In east
Prussia. that the Russians are so com.
pletely successful that they have sent
| Que OF their armies home for yaca.
| hot hA - In rol
icia have been routed, that the Rus.
sian forces In Poland have been driven
| back; that the Russians have entered
Koenigsberg. and that koenigsberg Is
impregnable. The real situation Is dit.
| fcult to estimate A comparison Of
dispatches Ia necessary.
One official dispatch from st. Peters
burg declares that Russia has mob.
! ilized half q million more men than
she 10 able for the moment to use,
These have been granted !oave OF
absence for six weeks. but have been
ordered TO hold themselves In read.
mess to move forward again when the
need shall arise.
Germans Take 10000 Russians.
Following Is summary OF dis
patches which have reached London
from Berlin;
Thirty thousand Russians have
been taken prisoners by the Germans
during the fighting In east Prussia
Ortelsburg, Hohenstein and Tanner
burg each have contributed to the
number which inclu0es many officers
OF high rank.
The Germans have been victorious
both In the east and west. The czar's
troops not only have been halted. but
are in retreat before the Germans.
Kaiser Goes to Prussian Front.
London, Sept. 1.-The Daily Eek
Rene Veipelman. it's correspondent al
The Hague, containing the news that
Emperor William has left the western
headquarters of his army and has
gone to the rrIssian front
Berlin Is terrified at the news OF the
progress Of the Russians In Prussia
Americans arriving from the German
capital tell OF the alarm They say
f, hundreds Of thousands OF refugees
| from Prussia and Pomerania are pour
Ing into Berlin baggageless and starv
ing
The Berlin Red Cross society is un
able to cope with the situation and &C.
commodation for these exiles canno,
be found.
Radical Russophobes are adding to
the alarm by saying that the Cossacks
will lay the German capital in ashes
as the Uhlans have done to Belgian
towns.
A general exodus has commenced
Everybody who can ind accommoda
ton on the train Is departing for Nor
way. Denmark and Switzerland,
RoumanIa's King Abdlcates
London. Sept IA Reuter- dis
patch from Bucharest via Paris con
firms reports that King Carol OF Rou
mania Ia to abdicate because OF Ill
health.