The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-09-24
eepTEMeER 10.

81. no direct reports nave peeti
Nnne ..oro the battle front in north
neeNeu II is apparent from the
~ official statements that the al
peSs. and the German armies are
usd iO ,yn ND for a great battle. whici
isslh a,nion of military observers, may
b inc vi vi days. The Germans occupy
..hle country and are Wen en-
n.ssd The allies, as well as the
uenens are receiving reinforcements
Os,' s0,b British and French are using
ana ...,rost endeavors to improve the
'h'A ,ooe they gained during the re-
ort of the Germans beyond the
.,sne and into the hills north of
n The official statement issued
hn', n.r,s merely announces that there
y. been no change In the SITUATION
~. the Germans are in strong force
"a have behind them plenty of artil-
q admitted by the French officials
:. nrther emphasized by the fact tha'
have undertaken several counter
..,scks in the last day of two. On the
y. operations the British war office
!. s,lent. but an official account of the
.,srations of the British army during
4. neriod from September 10 to 10 has
Nam issued by the official press bureau
.hoving that though the British troops
,.d hard fighting they made strong
.avance in cooperation with the French
trough territory which was crossed
: numerous rivers and offered many
,hstacles to a forward movement. Ger
NON official statements from Berlin by
way of London report that the German
upectations; that none of them have
heen destroyed or captured, although
some of them have been damaged; that
the subscriptions to the German war
han have exceeded all expectations;
that German colonial troops have sue
csssfully attacked the Uganda railway
and that the Servian troops which eros
sed the river Save have been repulsed
everywhere. According to announce
ment from Washington, Germany has
suggested informally that the United
States should undertake to elicit from
Great Britain, France and Russia a
statement of the terms under which
the allies would make peace. The
suggestion came through the American
ambassador at Berlin and was made by
he German imperial chancellor in re-
ply to the inquiry of the American
government In Galicia and east Prus
ia, Austrians, Germans and Russians
continue their stupendous conflicts OF
which no details have been made known
SEPTEMBER 10.
That a lull was noticeable in the
ighting between the allies and the
Germans in France was the most i'm
ortant statement issued last night bS
he official bureaus of the contendins
atoms. This announcement came from
he Paris war office, which added thai
here was no change in the genera
ituation except that the allies hac
ontinued their progress on the lef
ing. The British official press bureau
kewise said that the status of the bat
lie, in which it is estimated 100000
len are engaged, was without particu-
If change. No staten, mt was received
rom Berlin. Petrograd issued an of
cial report which said the Russian
eneral, Rennenkampff, had stopped al
ffensive movement of the Germans
lst Thursday and that the Germans a
everal points were retreating and tax
lg I'D new positions. The Russian mol
ization had reached 100000 men
S regards the warfare in Galicia thu
tatement said the Austrians are still
eing pursued. Rome reported that ;
umor was in circulation there tina
ombs had been thrown in the Austrian
rsenal at Pola and that mines which
4 ~ Avn ri nj
horities had been found in the cana
eading to the arsenal. The British wa
ffice issued another casualty list show
ng that British officers are still fallin,
n large numbers on the battlefield
rhe names of u officers killed and 2
were given. Another news
PAPER dispatch says German aero
blame dropped a bomb in ANTWERP. Ef
'orts are being made to procure an eX
change of prizoners between the bellie
erent powers. Great Britain has receiv
ed no proposal of peace from German
or Austria, according to a message re
ceived late tonight by Sir Cecil Spring
Rice British ambassador at Washing
ton, from Sir Edward Grey. Coincider
with the receipt of this information
was said at the White House thu
President Wilson had virtually abandon
ed the idea of carrying further the il
formal peace movement recently hegu
and had decided to await a definite e'
preston regarding peace terms fro
some of the belligerents, as he felt
would be inconsistent with America
neutrality to press any of the bellige