The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
RANCE
BY William Phillip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent.

Press Staff Correspondent,l
PARIS, July 1s.-ouck capture Of
Warsaw, then crushing drive SOUTH
ward to the French channel ports, and
finally trIumphaI entry into Paris-
that is what the kaiser Is believed to
have meant when he said few days
ago, "Gcrmany will win the war by
October"
But France Is amply prepared for
any mad en.masse drive on the capl-
tai. Military men and strategic writ.
ers hero are not worrying over tho
kaiser's plans. .......
"Let the Germans start" said a
high official today. "Joffre will be
there and when they drop their guard
he'll send In the Knockout punch"
Because Of its CLOSE connection with
future developments on the Franco
Flanders front the great battle being
waged for Warsaw holds Paris tense
with excitement. Not since tho Ger
mans attempted to reach Paris last
summer have the street crowds fol.
lowed tho bulletin boards 30 closely.
Tho map fans are following every
move Of the Russian and German arm
Its with their pins and flags.
From Swiss sources It ls learned
hero that General Won Hindenburg,
far from "being In disgrace is really
In high favor with the German en-
peror. Before the Warsaw campaign
was started he held two important
conferences with tho kaiser. It Is re-
ported here that he was told II he
could squeeze the Russians out Of
Warsaw he would be given supreme
command Of the German forces In the
west for the great drive on Calais and
Paris, while other commanders were
assigned to the task Of sWeeping the
French out Of AIsace.
The kaiser, according to Swiss re-
ports, Is said to have declared that
even the defeat Of a new dash on
Paris would bring the allies to terms.
He argued that the French must with
draw their forces from AIsace to meet
the new German offensive and that
tho allies thereby would lose their
last hold on German soil and be will
Ing to make peace.
Austria, the kaiser Is understood to
believe, can take care Of Italy with
out German assistance.
General Joffre has not been asleep
while Germany was mapping out her
campaign 70 end the war. Paris Is
protected by ring after ring Of new
defenses. The same is true Of Calais
and other coast towns. The French
commander Is determined to continue
playing his own game and to make
Germany play his game, too. Like
General Grant, he "wlII fight It out
on those lines" not only all summer,
but all next winter, too, II necessary.
etrategists here point out that
Joffre really had forced Germany to
play his game since CharIeroi and
the victory Of the Marne early In the
war. He stopped the German drive
toward the French coast by refusing
to play the German game. At present
he Is less occupied In attempting to
drive the Germans back with great
sacrifices than In conserving his men
for great smashing blow the mo-
ment the enemy drops hIs guard.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
PARIS, July 1e.-Thrown back with
heavy losses, the German crown
princes army has not renewed its at
tempts to pierce the French line In the
Araonne since last Tuesday, said an
official statement given out here to-
day.
The war office, In this connection,
said the German claim that seven
thousand prisoners had been taken In
tho Areonnc battles was ridiculous.
During the past month, the war Of
flee said, not more than 1000 French
have been reported "missing"
on all fronts.
SPRAYED WITH SH7APNEL.
PARIS, July 1e.-Charsirg the
French lines In thick coun1ns along a
front Of two-thirds of a mile, Ger
man troops In the Artols region were
sprayed with a rain Of shrapnel that
sent them reeling back in confusion,
according to war office dispatches this
afternoon.
Before certain sectors Of the French
trenches, the entire German first line
was moved down by the French shrap-
mel and machine gun fire. In their re-
treat the enemy abandoned several
hundred dead and wounded.
The teutons launched a similar at
tack near st. Hubert as part of gen.
eraI scheme Of offensive movements
between Arras and the aea,
but were beaten back.
"DurIno the night the Germans
violently bonn barded the Belgian
trenches at ST. Georges and also at
tho village Of 5oesinghe,' said this
communique.
"OnIy small actions have occurred
In the past twenty-four hours In the
Agreement forest and Lorraine. These
resulted favorabIy to our troops"