Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-29
Summary of War
NeUs of Yesterdau


Furious fighting continues IN
northern France where the allied
French and British armies are at erlns
with the German forces in what is
characterized as the crucial action of
the battle OF the Aisne. Beyond ad.
hitting this fact. the Official state
ments are vague. Few details Of the
struggle which may be the turnina
point OF the western campaign have
been given out.
one sentence in which there is nno
change In the situation epitomlzes
the officials reports from London.
Paris and Berlin. The allies claim 10
nave made slight advances here ana
there, notably on the heights of the
Meuse. The German official state
ment, however. declares that re-
ports concerning victorious advance
Of the enemy are untrue"
Both the British and the French
official statements refer to the vio-
lence Of the attacks made by the Ger
mans. who seem TO have redoubled
their efforts in an attempt 10 hurt
back the allies line. The report lndi-
Gates, however. that the French and
british have given no ground before
the onslaught of the invaders.
very rigorous censorship has evil
IDENTIFY been imposed at virtually all
points. particularly in London, re-
eafding the operations at the front, as
very little news is permitted to come
through. The war officials probably
hesitate to raise the hopes of the peo-
pie without some decisive result hav-
Ing been attained and fear that the
publication of even the smallest de-
tails OF the operations might be of aid
to the Germans.
Petrograd reports officially that the
Austrian stronghold of Prezmysl in
Galicla is completely invested by the
Russians and the main Austrian
army is retiring behind the Carpa-
thians into Hungary. pursued by the
Russians. Berlin. however. declares
that reports of the fall of two of
the Prezmysl forts are inventions"
The Montengrins who have allied
themselves with the Servians In the
conflict with Austria, are making ad-
vances, according to advices. A dis
patch from Cettnje says the Monte-
negrins are within artillery range OF
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia.
The Austrian forts at Cattaro. Dali
malta. on September 10, sunk a large
French warship. according TO a dis
patch to the Cologne Gazette. This
ship was one of fleet of eighteen
which was met by salvo from one
OF the Austrian forts as II approached
the stronghold.
A dispatch from constantinople
says that the Dardanellcs have been
closed TO navigation.
The Austrian government has con-
fiscated the Canadian Pacific rail-
ways securities and money deposited
in Vienna, according to report. as well
as the company's observation cars
running on Austrian railroads. This
is the result. it is said of refusal OF
the company TO pay the dividends of
Austrian shareholders.
Advices received in Paris say that
the rapid increase In grain prices in
Austria is causing anxiety in official
circles. Farmers are holding their
supplies for higher prices, and the
government proposes to fix maxi
mum price for this commodity.
For the first time since the war be-
gan, wireless news sent out by the
French government through the Elf
donfel tower station has been re-
ceived in London. The message de-
tailed the fierce fighting which took
place in northern France between
September 26 and 2S.
Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster
leader, in outlining the Ulster pro-
gram with respect to the home rule
bill, has called upon Ulsterites to
throw themselves "whole-heartedly
into the patriotic action that the time
demands, supporting the empire