The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-09-10
big BATTLE NEAR PARIS
REPORTED IN PROGRESS
Allies Claim They Have Driven the Ger
mans Back
War Facts and Fancies


During this greatest worlds war,
ne who reads must remember that
all he reads cannot be true. The
eagerness of the reading public for
news of some kind, and the difficulty
OF news agencies to get actual facts,
causes the publication Of all kinds of
rumors, half truths and even weird
imaginations. Instances to prove
this may be had in almost n daily
paper during the past thirty DAYS.
This war news" Of course, Is
colored by the source from which it
comes And all the countries en-
gagged in this war are alike in this
respect. because it is human nature
to be so. Each side believes in their
own people, their own country. their
own army, and like to hear of any
good thing they can of their own.
Adversely they like to hear anything
disastrous or detrimental to their
opponents. Out of this condition
must come many errors. We are
getting all the eros, mingled with
some few facts. The facts are the
larger and final results of some de
cisive action by one or another of
the countries involved.
And the reader must not blame
the newspapers. They take this
news as it comes, because the
public wants to read everything
concerning the war. They, the
newspapers, a not tell what IS
true, or what is false. so they pub
fish it all.
Consequently. a neutral reader
of this country a only read the
war news" and believe so much
or so little of 1t as his own know
ledge and judgment dictates. with
these brief remarks" some of the
news" is summarized.
During the past week the French
capital was removed from Paris to
Bordeaux. This is an admitted fact.
Rumor placed the German army
within 20 miles of Paris.
Yesterdays papers brought news
from Paris to the effect that the
Germans we're retreating.
A Rome dispatch by way of Lon
don says that $4,000 Russians have
landed in France to help the allies.
A Berlin wireless brings a state
ment from five well known American
correspondents to the effect that
they believe statements by oppo-
nents of German atrocities" to be
false.
A weekly paper of London claims
that Emperor Franz Joseph. of
Austria. died twelve days ago
A Rome dispatch says that the
German Emperor has quarreled
with his cabinet ministers.
The Russians claim to have been
victorious over the Austrian forces,
and will now march nearly 1000, 00O
me into Germany.
Up to the present time there has
been no great naval engagement. A
few German cruisers and destroyers
were sunk or damaged by the Eng
fish feet, and a couple of English
cruisers and several fishing vessels
we're sunk by the Germans. Per.
haps two or three Austrian and as
many Russian war ships of the
cruiser class have also been put out
OF commission. Apparently the
Germany navy fears to come out of
protected harbors, because Of Great
Brltalns superior navy.
YESTERDAY mornings newspapers
contain meagre reports (all from
Paris and London) that a great
battle is now on, with preliminary
victories for the allies. These re-
ports say the Germans are retreat
ing with heavy loss of men and
arms, after having pushed their
lines within 20 miles of Paris. There
r no reports from the German
side at this time.