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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
CAN'T BLAME PERCIN
FOR LILLEOR JOURNAL
Gustav Herve Stills Rumors
About General With
True Story.
NOT COMMANDER AT ALL
Only Major and in No Way Re-
sponsible for French
Disasters.
NOT COMMANDER AT ALL

PARIS, September g.
Gustave Herve prints the history Of
Gen. Percin. which has given rise to
many absurd rumors. Gen. Percin was
appointed on the first day OF mobiliza-
ton as Major for the First Military
district with headquarters at lille. He
was not Governor OF Lille nor in con-
troll OF the infantry division which met
mishap at Journal.
He was not connected with the evacu-
alton Of Lille. which was performed
in perfect order under the General COM
handing the district and the Governor
As the district was then invaded. and
Gen Percin's occupation was gone. he
was appointed inspector of new artil-
lery formations Learning that he was
being slandered as a coward and traitor.
Gen. Percin demanded that an Official
denial be published His letter was
somewhat angrily worded, so he was
relieved OF his last appointment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
BRITISH GENERAL WOUNDED.
List Given Out In Lopdon Contains
Many DistinGUishcd Names.

By central NrTa Of London.
LoNDoS. Sept. 9.-Many distinguished
names appear on the list Of casualties
issued at midnight.
The losses of the Irish Guards. include
the following reported as wounded and
missing:
Second Lieutenant Niscount Castle
rosse, eldest son and heir Of the Earl
OF Kcnmare.
Lord Robert Edward lnnes-kcr
brother law of the Duchess of Rox-
burghc. who was Miss May Goclct,
daughter OF the late Robert Goclct OF
New York.
An earlier report gave the following
names among the wounded;
Brig. Gen. Hcadlam Of the General
Stafr; Major Sclatcr Booth, brother Of
Lord Basing: Lieut.. j. y. Manners. son
and heir Of Baron Manners. and Lieut.
Nccdham. younger son Of the Earl Of
Kilmorey.
Lord Desmond Fitzgerald, brother Of
tho Duke Of Lcinstcr. is also among
the wounded.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
M'KENNA MAY MAKE
CENSORSHIP LESS RIGID
Home Secretary Takes Charge
Of Official Press Bureau
in London.

loNpoN. Sept o.--Resinald McKenna,
the Home Secretary. speaking In tho
Hous" Of Commons to-day, announced
that he has taken charge OF the official
press bureau and that the cable censor
ship has been reorgHnized TO provide for
the prompt transmission to the United
states, Canada and elsewhere throughout
the world OF all matter passed by tho
bureau for publication 10 Great Britain.
Mr.. Mckenna said he could not tell
when war correspondents will be allowed
TO go to the front AS our army 10
operating In the country Of our allies
he said, ut Is proper that I'm this matter
we should be guided by Their views"
The Home Secretary said that all in
formation consistent with the military
necessities OF secrecy will be given to tho
press. In reply to questions regarding
the holding up OF speeches by Sir Edward
Grey and Premier Assuth from trans
mission TO America the Home Secretary
said that he hopes the entire reorganiza-
tion OF the censorship will remedy mat
tiers so that there will he no further cause
FOR complaint.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
PIERRE LOTT WOULD FIGHT
saiIor-Autoor Asks for some Sort
Of POST.
Sp,c,a, cable D,spo,ch 10 tn, suS.

Spsc,ai cable D,spotch 10 tn, SuS.
PARIS. September 2.
Capt. Julien Niaud Pierre Lott the
wrlter) has sent letter to the Min
istcr of the Navy asking for active
employment,
The Figaro, thanks to a chance indls-
erection. is able to print the letter. The
writer begins:
"Recognizing that the French navy
il not likely to have a great role in
the war, allow me to invoke the other
name | bear and which every one under
stands, although 1t is not In the mari
time regulations. VIII IL not be bad
example in our dear country. where each
Is doing his duty so magnficently, II
Pierre Lott does nothing? am some
what exceptional, an officer by my
double situation
NJ. Lott expresses the hope that he
will secure post. however humble. to
bring him nearer the enemy, or even as
a member of the ambulance service. He
asks that he he enrolled In the marines
defending Paris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
Possible for Russians to
Haze Reached France
While Official Confirmation Is Lacking. Operation Could
Have Been Carried ThrOugh-If True. Rivals
NapOleons Crossing of Alps.


be expected that a considerable Russian
force was foot.
Now consider the situation in north
ern France. AT the outset as the Ger
mans moved south they flowed west IL
was confidently forecast that they would
occupy Calais and Boulogne. at least
the later practically INDISPENSABLE, and
threaten England with the long dreaded
Zeppelin raid. They we're In Idle, Arras
and Douai nearly two weeks ago. hut they
did not go to the coast, and last SUNDAY,
September 6. We had the news OF tho
evacuation OF Lille and the other towns
wing between their line of advance and
the coast, followed to-day by further
report OF the abandonment Of Amiens, on
the main aris-Boulogne railway
AT the same time--thst liz. about Sep
tenher 3-the whole German operation
suddenly changed character. 1t was no
longer straight drive at Paris and the
German right In going south no longer
inclined to the west but to the east, white
there we're other Indications that the line
of communication through western Rel
GUM had been abandoned for the shorter
and more easterly route which the VIC
tories OF tho central armies had opened.
To sum up, whether Russian troops
have been sent via Archangel and Aber-
deem to northern France or not. as It 10
wholly possible that they should have
been. there IL available an army not yet
discovered elsewhere Russian railway
systems could be employed for such q
movement English transports could have
fulfilled their part of the task. The Rus
slams could have been in England before
the Mauretanla sailed from Liverpool on
August 90. The change in German opera
tions In northern France at about the
time Russians could have arrived at Bou-
logne would have been natural II such
a force had arrived
There is no occasion to pursue the sub
.s..a. sl...l1.
shrouded in the fog OF the censor. Still
as always the plan seems so daring so
beyond the expectation OF the world as
to leave the world ncreduous But in
credulous the world was probably when
the first rumors OF Napoleon's passage
OF the Alps were heard. And II the Rus
SLAMS have reached northern France the
exploit will certainly be comparable with
Napoleons, as the consequences may be
equally tremendous.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
Girl Students Organization
Sends Young Refugees
to Nursery.
MANY OTHERS ARE
IN THEIR CLUBHOUSE
Robert Bacon and W. &.
Sharp Occupy Hotel dc
CrillOn Almost Alone.

Fairs. September ..
The American Art Students club IL
waiting for the first consignment Of
forty babies to he taken over from the
French nursery at Pare 81 Paul at
thaville. close to Paris. one of the
places where the Montessori method
has been applied successfully.
Tho club. which is now empty save
for the directrcss. Mrs James van Allen
Shields; the secretary. Miss Anaie Van
Wrinkle, and a nurse. Miss Thcodosia
Hadley, has set apart seven 81 its ate
liers for babies and refugee children.
The club is maintained for girls. Mrs
Shields denied to-day reports that her
alleged harsh treatment caused students
TO leave before the outbreak of the war.
She said that the thirty-five students
were sent away at the advice Of the
American Embassy and moreover sew
eral Of them we're about to leave IN
any case and had already bought their
tickets. as IT has been their custom TO
go home for the autumn.
said, the club has housed several parties
Of girls coming from Switzerland ard
Germany on the way to the United
States
Among the few hotels remaining open
and which will remain so. even in case
Of a siege, is the Hotel de Crillon. which
for the moment is in almost the sole
possession Of Robert Bacon. formerly
United States Ambassador. and Will
lam G.. Sharp, the newly appointed Am
basador. Manager Henry" said he has
sent TO- employees to the war. or these
two have been wounded He has heard
nothing Of the others.
NJ. Henry" like most Of the employers
here has undertaken to look after the
wives and children OF his employees
who are at the front. He expects Amer
leans to return to Paris when the danger
Of a siege Is over.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
M. COCHIN IN FRENCH CABINET.
Acts without Portfolio 20 Represent
RoysIists and Conservative.

RoyaIists and Conservatives.
Special cob,, Despaiches TO Tas ST..
PARIS. September Q.
When the new national Ministry was
formed II was noted that the Right
the conservative and royalist sections OF
the chamber--was not represented. This
oversight has been repaired. Premier
viviani offered a portfolio TO Denys
Cochin. NJ. Cochin accepted tho offer.
saving he would be glad to take even
the Under Sccretaryship OF Foreign AZ
fairs.
NJ. Niyiani preferred TO make the ofrer
that OF a Minister without portfolio
and NJ. Cochin accepted this. taking
the controllership OF the powder fac
tories. He has begun "A tour OF the
country to visit the factories.
Among the prisoners taken at Cholet
in the Department of the Maine-et- Loire
near Anglers, were two lieutenants OF
the German aviation corps who recently
bombarded Paris. The pilot was
prominent aviator before the war and
holds several records. Tho obscrva-
ton officer has been identified Is a
former accountant in a silk firm Mt
Paris which he left on the eve OF mobii-
zation.
The men were arrested at Orry-la-
Vile, in the Department Of the Disc,
where they descended owing to q break
down OF the motor. Extra police were
needed to guard them from the crowd
al the railroad station.
When Meaux was evacuated one man
resisted all persuasion and remained at
his post. II was the Bishop " the do
cese. who awaited the invaders in the
cathedral.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
GIVES LIFE TO KILL FOE IN AIR.
Russian steers Machine Into Aus
trinn AcropIane, Both Dead.

LONDON. Sept, 9,-Reutcr's 81. Peters
burg correspondent says that Capt.
Nesteroff the first Russian aviator to
loop tho loop and one OF the most daring
aviators in Russia, has given his life
to destroy an Austrian aeroplane which
was lowering over the Russian position,
presumably To drop bombs,
capt Nesteroff was returning from a
scouting trip when he saw the Austrian
acroplane over his own troops. He
swerved from his course and went at full
speed straight for the Austrian machine,
crashing into Il, Both machines col
lapsed and fell to tho ground. Capt.
Nestcrof and the Austrian aviator were
killed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
RETURNING TO PARIS.
R-sidents Who Fled on Germans
Approach Are Going Home.

rARis. Sept 9.--Refugees from the region
north Of Paris. who fled to the capital
upon the approach Of s,e Germans. are
returning to their homes. as tho district
- now entirely free OF the enemy. The
northern railroad will resume traffic be-
tNeen Paris and the suburbs at ORC.
The fields in the region of Dammae'in-
c'!-C;o.lc are SIN covered with German
dfad The military government: allied
for 1000 excavators Yesterday to bury
'no dead on the battlehelds. Trade union
leaders assumed tho task Of fu-sshlag
the men and the work Is progressing with
military precision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
Hatred Of Austria StirS En-
tire Population. Core
>pondcnt Asserts.
SOLDIERS ARE EAGER
FOR CALL TO ACTION
England May Help Govern
mcnt. Financially. if
Rome Declares War.
q, rut sr.s or5 nv, Ioadop "Da'y ha'rs"
var NCrt,'c


,f.r.t, mi, B,,pSi,t 10 Tur Sc.
NtA>. sept, 2. There IL no doubt
ma, ,.r cen lmcnt ot italy is against
A1s-ra and Tor England.
Au,d uo brief Tor tho Italian poll
r,.sns n bold brief for anybody
# f1r The enthusiastic people Of italy
ST., are longing to join ms and fight. I
admire Tho steady sl;ll win which Pre-
rlcr Salandra is keeping this passion in
check. bu, ! doubt that nc will he able
to do 40 much longer.
The politicians, however. are deter
mined 20 dEht They too are bitterly
resrn.ful a, tho brutal policy of Ger
many. " the war develops Ttaly's par
,.,p,,'on sooner or later becomes in
eytablc. believe that within a very
few week. her troops will move.
II, death of Pope Plus and the con-
cls,e DELAYED matters TO some extent.
Tho equipment OF the army is not quite
complete but the men are there, eager
and ready and the plan is there. con-
tryed ny the Admiralty
Italy has sided with freedom and jus
tic. and We Will very soon see her fight.
Could You expect Italy, which has a
Piazza di San Marco, a Ponte Necchio,
a Sstine Chapel. the delicate grace Of
Bottceli, the grandeur of Michelangelo,
the boylsh charm Of Raffaello. stately
palaces and sombre campi santi--could
you expect such race to have anything
bu, loa,hing for the Wrecking Of Lou
vain?
n YOU look at the map Of Italy you
car see what | believe is the Italian
plan Of action, simply and well con-
trived. pf the admirable navy | need
say but little; 1t will cooperate with the
Franco. British squadron in the Ad-
rate 4 necessary. hut to the bitter dis
.lusonmcnt Of tho Germans. he Medi-
tsrrsnesn VIII not become the theatre
OF action Of sufficient importance to di-
vert British attention from the North
Sea Tho main Italian attack will be
made on the Austro-Italian frontier
from Ud.Uc
Like spirit Of the Italian troops which
have seen is admirable. From Chiog-
Es south of Venice. a force may be
sent 10 enter Austria through Trieste
force al Como stands ready TO repel
German or Austrian troops rushed into
LombTdy through hribed or terrorized
Sutherland TO attack Milan.
On tho Adriatic. at AnCona, Bari and
Brindisi, cXpsslitionary forces stand
ready 10 dash across the Adriatic in a
few hours. The main fleet and trans
ports are at laramie, waiting. Waiting
tina; IS what all Italy is doing, walt
inS or the right moment to strike, no,
waiting for men. hut waiting for money
Dare one prophecy? VIII England he
the banker for ali the champions Of lib
'r'y IN wars of whatever magnitude
VII England help her?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
CENSUS SHOWS BIG EXODUS.
ss7,267 Households In Parts, rs
Against I,t23.834 No~mnlIv.
Despatch 10 THr SuN.

Specidi Cook DeSpdfch 10 THr SCN.
PARIS. September O.
The first results of the census now
being taken in Paris To provide the
military authorities with necessary In
formation in case Of siege show the
number OF households to be S7.267
representing ?,o06,7s6 people, as com
pared with l.l23.634 households and
2s33.35l people in 1911, showing that
the exodus equals 30 per cent. OF the
population, II is expected that more
complete figures later will show the
dlminution to be greater than this.
The housewives of Paris are com
fusing the Ourcq River with the Ourcq
Canal. which brings water from the
river TO Paris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
URGE ITALY TO ACT.
socialists, Republicans AND Nation
sN.ts want Inter-sts safcguar ded.

R""F, sept. Socialists Republicans
and Nstionalists are holding meetings
l-sng Italy 70 safeguard It's Adristic and
Balkan interests
Tho decisive defeats Of the Austriana
coupled with Germany's serious difficult
t's which even the active German propa-
etnda her" fails to hide. have convinced
Italians that a policy OF neutrality In the
near future will be insufficient
Persons In authority are carefully reti-
cont but the possibility OF Ttaly's taking
sa's against England is absolutely ex-
Guided
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
AID FOR BRITISH ExPOR TIERS.
government Plans to Help Then,
e"' Money Due FROM Continent.

>p'o'aI cable Dsspdtch 10 Tut sus.
:, lo'DQS, Sept. 9--Chancellor OF the
EN'h"quer Lloyd Gnorge announced to-
ody that the British Government Is
considering steps to enable small ex-
I"r'"rs 10 collect money due from the
Continent.
IN" Government has already done
"n'h to provide capital To assist I'm the
~ping up Of England's export trade
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
HUNGRY TURK TROOPS MUTMY.
AdrianopIc Garrison said IN Have
R~yoIt~d because sNarNed.

spatches from Bucharest say the Turkish
troops in Adrianople have revolted as the
result Of the failure OF the authorities to
send food
1t Is also said the city generally Is
facing a famine
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
GERMAN GIRLS SENT HOME.
Students In England Allowed to sail
for Dutch Forts.

I"Nh"N. Sept 9.-Permits are being
Mn'I hy the Foreign Once to German
tH students in England. allowing them
l'aN" the country for their homes,
Tho Students are leaving in small group
nay Of Holland.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
Time for the Operation.

The question OF time is more pcrpleX-
ing But already II is plain that Russia
was far more nearly modified than any
one hut possibly the German War Once
realized on August | when the Kaiser de-
clared war. The Archduke was assassi.
mated in June The Austrian ultimatum
10 Servla was delivered on July %. War
on Servia was declared on July rs. Ger
man writer's have estimated that Russian
mobilization would take from six weeks
to two months. but three weeks after the
declaration Of war Russian armies were
in East Prussia and GaliCia II Is hard
to avoid the conclusion that Russia was
well forward with her mobilization be-
fore war came.
II she were well forward in Europe
there Is no reason to suppose her siberian
preparation was less prompt. The Russo
Japanese war supplied an admirable ex-
ample OF what the Russians could do in
the way of utilizing their railways.
Therefore IL IL quite within the bounds
Of possibility that by August /. whep the
war-was declared, the Siberian army was
mohilized along the railway, with its
first division actually on the edge of Eu-
rope.
Granted this. an examination of dis
tances railway time tables. sailing sched-
ules OF transports indicates that the first
Russian division leaving Ekaterinburg
not later than August could have ar
rived at ArchangN on August II, con-
s,imed thpae days In embarking on trans
ports, reached Aberdeen not later than
August 20. and begun to flow south
through Scotland and England by the
oith This date would be sufficiently
early 10 premit the passengers of the
Mauritania to hear the report before sail
ing and the Dundee merchant 10 see the
Russians. as he says he did in the letter
quoted in THE SUN this morning.
by September l, then. the advance OF
the Russian army might well be laNded
I'm Boulogne. Calais or Dunkirk. And
such an operation once begun the stream
would flow steadily. and alreacy 1t might
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
DROPS BOMBS INTO TROYES.


PARIS. Sept. "a Taube aeroplane
flew over Troyes yesterday morning and
dropped bombs on the town, one bomb
fell in the station. A cuirassier was
wounded in both legs by the explosion,
The others did only insignificant damage.
A French biplane started 10 attack the
Taubc which disappeared to the north
east of Troyes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
FRANCE CALLS OUT DETECTIVES.
Recruits Once Rejected Must submit
to New Examination.

BoRnE,ux. Sept. 9,-All Frenchmen
who were rejected for service In the
army on the ground of defective health
are called upon to present themselves
for another examination by a decree
signed to-day by President Poincare,
All found ht now will be drafted into
the active forces at once.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
ITALY HOLDS RESERVES
1852 and 1855 Classes Are Forbid
den to Leave Country.

ln%noN. Sent. 9--The central NeTs
correspondent AZ Geneva says that accord
me 70 reports from Lugano all Italians
belonging 10 the 1852 and 1855 classes ~
r's"rrist. have been forbidden to leave
ltaly
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
Threats for Correspondents Who
Persist In Goipx 70 the Front,

PARIS. Sept. o.-Correspondents are
being prevented from going to the front
and threats of the scVerest punishment
have been made II the regulations keeping
them away are not obeycd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
German Filler Tells of
Battle in Air Over France
Army Aviator Who Was Pilot for Lieut. Won Hclscn in
Recent Flight Over French Capital Describes At
tack by British and French AcrOpanes


me. For a moment | though that ne
expected bomb had struck Then I
realized that the Lieutenant was shoot
ing with his automatic pistol. The Eng
l!shmen held their propeller in front
and SO they could not shoot from that
position. 1t was now certain they car
RED no bombs. as they veercd Off some
300 feet To the side, At the same time
keeping $50 feet above us.
All this time we were headed north
ward again toward the German lines.
The plunS.nS OF the aeropldncs made
accurate shooting difficult, although one
shot struck my plane. II wa very evil
dent that the EnSiishuan was shoot
ing to disable our motor and We were
doing the sai-.c thing on our part
The noise OF -hc discharge OF the
automatic was drowned in the whirr
of our propeller.
There was a feeling Of utter help
lessncss so far as We were concerned.
oar machine was far slower and much
more un"ioldy than theirs. kept
figuring on when the next bulle, would
strik". as with their greater speed they
seemed certain finally 10 get us. While
this though was passing through my
mind the Lieutenant again touched me
and pointed thousands Of feet higher.
French MonopIanr Appears.
There coming at tremendous speed
was small Bl,r riot monoplane. 1t
looked for all the world like an eagle
coming to ion the attack felt certain
now that the end was in sight, as all Of
the French aviators We nave captured
up To tho present have carried bombs.
and the speed of the newcomer-lt was
far greater than tho Bristol--Gave him
still more of an advantage
"But the Rleriot also failed to have
bombs and was forced to depend on
pistols. Swooping mp and down, encir-
cling us and all the time firing at us.
the Rlcriot kept on. Minutes seemed
like hours to me. II was certain there
could he only ono end to this unequal
fight, although the Lieutenant kept fr-
ing IN return as calmly as at a rife
range.
suddenly, however. German troops
appeared below MS. They began firing
at the enemy and the Bleriot and the
Bristol, finally exhausting their ammu-
milton, sailed off TO the south unframed.
We then landed with our reports. which
were especially valuable because OF the
location Of the French artillery, How
ever, | would not want to go through
such an experience again"
Werner is an enthusiastic student Of
aviation and is a typical German SOL
der. He entered the army after grad
uating from "A university and his face
aud scalp are scared with duelling
scars
lie declares Zeppelins have not YET
been really tested and when they finally
get into action they will do great damage
10 the enemy. lie is enthusiastic over
the German aviation corps and declared
It has already been OF incalcuable bene-
tit to the German General STAFF.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
ConsoIs Sell In London Mt ~.

Special Cabie Despa'rh 10 Tar SuN,
LONDON. Sept. o--There were several
buyers OF oonsols to-day at 67ls to 90.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
GERMAN STAFF MOVES ON.
Transfers Ucndaunrtrrs In Belgium
to Iceuwcrgen.

'peridi Cahi, Dsspotch 10 THr ST..
obrEHu. Sept, a,--rhe German stan
moved to-day from Oordcgen TO Leu
~NrErn