Evening star., 1915-01-10

French Admit Alsace Reverses.
PARIS, January 9. 2:lO p.m-Suc-
cesses of greater or less Importance at
various points along the battle Hlic
in France are claimed IN the olhcihi
report on the progress OF the hshtihs
given out by the French war once lhis
afternoon. A German victory Is "
Ilitted in A,sace, where the troops u
Emperor William reoccupleo bui
haupt-Le-Haut.
French Gains Reported.
LONDON. January 9.-The French
heavy bombardment of the ger
-, positions between the oise anu anu
.n xrestern end of the Argonhe' .te @
a fter suffering several IePuia a;n+s
advanced their fronts at seFetai ,tto;,,,s toi
particularly to the east ot slow
WI s,esdv' In eastern Arsonne 1as
~. ,.r,,ans have been making sihiiai
advance Itch tho French
,,in mort in the vicinity OF ,,S.., rliics.
'1-tA '1-ti r-n.,-re district. is OF pafticui.ii
'-',nrtance Tor should il continue Ili, 49,
~, cut The road which INKS p,
9TH Metz and may coihio, which
mans TO evacuate 81. Mr.e rrest cost.
tney Gained long ago at Sfeat 9ar..a-
g,be Germans have sent
,ts 70 aIsace. where the trencn au-
vance has threatened TO Guy %, 1.e-Inan
hauseu from the rest ot,T,nt-Ie o, ~
- and have occupied Burnhaup.
haut.
Crown Prince to Front Again
An Amsterdam dispatch to the EA-
change Telegraph Company say
.crovn Prince Frederick W lilah'
who paid Il visit to Berhn ieceh'is'
,,,d 4 conference with several OIL i''e
ministers. ON his return TO the e'
neror', headquarters he was 1cco'pt'
MED by the crown princess, VINO uesH
..d IN bestov decorations on the oillcers
az ,he regiment of which she is hohor-
airy colonel
5,housh no official announcement mas
hren made. it was freely stated III tne
city today that the Applications IoI .ne
n-million-pound tsooooo'oooI @
treasury one-year bills bearing per
cent interest, have been so large 1ha'
the issue has been oversubscrloed-
Jail for French Speaking.
RASEI. switzerland, January 9, via
Paris, 1855 p.m.-GerHian martial law
is described by Alsatians in Basel as
..xeiphine heavily" upon their country
men at home
They declare that the speaking Of
French is classified as an offense under
the orders issued by the commanding
generals of the 14th. loth. i6th ana
2lst German Army Corps, who cite the
imnerlal laws of 1878 and lSS2 to sup
MOTT their contention. The testimony
of the children and servants is Ia e II
before court-martial as PROOF OF CUNT
of talking French.
Personal feeling between pro-French
high visiting Alsatians declare. Inc
local courts have granted divorces re-
Gently to husbands and wives unable
10 live harmoniously because OF lhef
opposing national sympathles.
Steinbach Changes Hands Six Times.
GENEVA, Switzerland. via Paris.
January 10, 1910 a.m.-The struggle
in Alsace continues in spite of the
heavy rains. There is more than a
foot of water in the trenches. The
Germans already have lost in killed
and wounded 5000 men, according to
reliable reports. and Belfort, the great
French fortress, is hliSd with prison.
ers-men mostly forty years of age or
more.
southeast of BelforD the firing OF
heavy guns is heard night and day.
The fighting around Cernay is becom-
ing more desperate daily, the Germans
having constructed miles of trenches
in terraces along the meadows and
forest.
Steinbach has been taken and re-
taken six times, which accounts for the
conflicting reports in the official state
Alents. Steinbach is now in the hands
of the French.
The Germans are hurrying reinforce
filents from Bavaria and Baden and all
ordinary traffic on the railways has
been stopped to make way for the
troops.