The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-17
GIVING UP OEFENSES
FortlflCations Lately Construct
ed Taken By Allies.
LATTER PUSHING ADVANTAGE
Whole Line Of Recent German
Advance Repealed.

Rome, Sept. is. The situation In
Vienna is reported to be hdescribabl
The capital is stunned by the news Of
such frightful disasters. The care OF
the wounded alone is a vast burden.
Great crowds of unemployed are de-
manding that peace overtures be
made. The government is withdraw
ing troops from the Italian frontier in
the hope that they may check the
Russian advance.
London, Sept. lon the left wing
the French army has occupied the de-
lenses which the Germans had con-
structed between Compeigne and
Amiens and around Rheims, and have
driven the Germans further north.
The army Of the crown prince has also
been forced northward as a result Of
the French assault upon his line to the
west of Verdun. General Joffre in de-
failing the conditions at the front has
led the minister Of war to declare that
he did not believe the Germans would
be able to establish a real line of re-
sistance in France. 1t is thought that
the reverses Of the Germans indicate
q hasty retreat into Luxembourg by
way Of Stenay, through which the
crown princes army entered France.
Death Blow to Austrian Arms.
A telegram from Petrograd reiter-
ates the persistent rumors that are
current that the greater part Of the
Austrian army is about to surrender.
The report says that the Austrian OPP
position in Galicia has received a
death blow and the capture Of the
armies Of Generals Dankl and Won
Auffenberg is but a matter of short
time and that they have been CON-
pletely surrounded by the Russian
troops Petrograd also announces
that $500 Austrians we're taken pris-
oners in seventeen days of fighting. A
significant bit of news comes from
Berlin and which passed the German
censor is to the effect that the Austri-
an defenses have been abandoned to
the fate of the overwhelming numeri-
cal Russian force, and that many Aus
TRAN regiments have lost all Of their
officers. The Russians admit that they
have been compelled to retire before
the new German army that has been
ser into East Prussia. but claim that
the movement is merely for the pur-
pose OF securing more favorable posi-
lions.
Austrians Demanding Peace.
Private dispatches from Vienna say
that there are more than 100000 un.
employed in Vienna and that they ar"
constantly parading the streets shout
Ing for peace. Another report is to the
effect that the military stores in Wen
ma are so insufiiciently supplied that
third levy OF reserves is going to the
front in civilian dress. The news of
the capture OF Semlin by Seryia has
thrown Vienna into a panic. and the
terror has been increased by the re-
ported advance of the Russian forces.
Berlin announces that the crown
princes army is attacking Verdun and
haS nuSStt"eu III capturing SOHt Ol
the forts near there. II also is denied
that the Germans have been defeated
and IL is claimed that they have mere
ly retired In the face OF overwhelm-
ing numbers. The army is to be re-
formed on line of Redundancy and
lower Lorraine and to make a stand
against the allied forces II is report.
ed that General Won Dergoltz went to
Antwerp and offered peace to the Bel.
CLANS, saying that they would be pro-
tected and their losses guaranteed.
The offer was rejected.
The Official Report.
The war press bureau has issued
this statement The enemy stub
bornly disputed the passage OF the
River Aisne by our troops. but In spite
of the difficulty OF forcing the river In
the face OF strong opposition. nearly
all the crossings were secured On
our right and left the French troops
were confronted with a similar task,
IN which. like ourselves. they were sue
cessful. Many more prisoners were
taken. Il 10 reported that the German