Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-10-02
German Attacks Are
More Violent.
FRENCH AND BRITISH
STAND Their GROUND
Berlin Denies Enemy Is VIC
toTiously Advancing.

LONDON, Sept. I9.-fuTlOuS lighting
continues in northern France, where
sfhe allied French and British armies
.7are at grips with the German forces
In what is characterized as the cru
~Sial action of the battle of the Aisne.
Beyond admitting this fact the OFF,
.scial statements are vague. Few de-
,xails of the struggle which may be
Ghe turning of the western campaign
Rnave been given the waiting public.
One sentence in which there is no
change in the situation" epitomizes
cGhe official reports from London, Par.
lis and Berlin. The allies say they
have made slight advances here and
there, notably on the heights Of the
AAsuse The German official state
zsnsnt, however, declares that re
gyoTts concerning victorious advance
alaf the enemy are untrue"
Both the British and French official
statements refer to the violence of
sIhe attacks made by the Germans.
sxlss seem to have redoubled their eff
iSmts in an attempt to hurl back the
allied line. The reports indicate, how.
.aever, that the French and British
Enave given no ground before the on
szslanght Of the invaders.
Tighten Censorship Lid.
A vigorous censorship has evident
aay been imposed in London, regard
linx the operations at the front, as
very little news is being permitted to
come through. The war officials
probably hesitate to raise the hopes of
people without some decisive result
ihaving been attained and fear that
sthe publication of even the smallest
"details of the operations might be
eDf aid to the Germans.
Petrograd reports officially that the
Austrian stronghold of Przemysl, in
-eIalicia, is invested completely by the
Russians and that the main Austrian
army in retiring behind the Carpa-
sthians into Hungary, pursued by the
Russians. Berlin, however, declares
That reports of the fall of two of the
Przemysl forts are Inventions"
The Montenegrins, who have allied
themselves with the Servians in the
scnnnict with Austria, are making ad-
-wances. according to advices A dis
Eoatch from Cettinje, Montenegro, says
THE MOntenegrins are within artillery
range of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia.
French Warship Sunk.
The Austrian forts at Cattaro, Dial.
Nnatia, on Sept. 10, sank large
French warship, according to a dis
Yatch to the Cologne Gazette. This
ship was one of fleet of eighteen
which was met by. salvo from one
.Df the Austrian forts as it approached
The stronghold. The rest of the fleet
rstreated hastily, says the dispatch,
ssafter the French ship was sunk.
The Austrian government has con-
d6scated the Canadian Pacific compa-
any's securities and money deposited
In Vienna, according to reports, as
well as the company's observation
cars running on Austrian railroads.
This is the result of the company's
alleged refusal to pay the dividends
nj Austrian shareholders.
Advices received in Paris say that
Ehe rapid increase in grain prices in
Austria is causing anxiety in official
circles. Farmers are holding their
supplies for higher prices and the gov
eminent proposes to fix minimum
price for this commodity.