The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-01
BERLIN ASSERTS
BRITISH-FRENCH
Are AT STAND
London's Official Night Re-
port Declares Germans are
Being Driven Back.
LONDON TIMES DOUBTS
BRITISH ASSERTIONS
Suspects Government is With
holding Facts to Bolster
War Spirit.

London, Sept. 29-Allied troons. in
tended for service in Servia, have been
landed at Port kathrin, near SaIonika.
/ Greece, according to an announcement
made in Berlin tonight.
! At the same time, 100000 Austrian
and German troops have begun an adj
vance on the Servian frontier toward
I OssOya, according to information from
Athens. Bulgaria and the central Pow
ers are authoritatively reported to
have concluded precise agreement,
under which Bulgaria will enter tine
war on October - with an attack on
Servia.
London, Sept. 29-The Allies are
battering the German lines before
Lille, in Artois and in Champagne.
and have achieved further success in
their great offensive movement. it is
officially reported here tonight.
The most striking successes claimed
by the French have been registered in
the region Of Souchez, where at Nimy
| Heights, east of the dominating hill
of No. I40, has been captured, and in
! Champagne on the slopes Of Tapurc
and north of MasSigee. The British are
reported progressing south Of the La
basic canal.
Beriin's official statement says that
British attacks around LoOs have been
broken down with heavy losses before
the German fire and that some of the
ground lost by the Germans north OF
Loos has been recovered.
The newspapers in London are print
ing the claims Of Berlin and the Times
is insinuating that the British are
minimizing their own losses in order
to bolster up the war sentiment in
England The Mail, however, takes the
reports issued by the government at
their full value and declares that the
war is rapidly drawing to a close. The
Mail bases this statement upon the BE-
lief that the Germans cannot hold out
if the so-called victory Of tha Allies
proves to be all that is claimed.
New York, Sept. 29-An army Of
bond statesmen is being nobiiized to
overrm every nook and corner Of the
United States in quest of subscriptions
for the $500, 100000 Anglo-Frcuch five
year, five per cent loan. 1t is learned
here tonight that the payment for
bonds will be called in four monthly
installments of twenty-five per cent
each and that the Allies will ask a sec
ond loan in the early part Of next
year.
Washington, Sept 29-State De-
partment officials are confident that
after the interview in New York Fri
| day between Secretary of State Lans-
ing and Count Won BernstOrff, the
| German Ambassador, there viii be an
announcement that a complete under
standing mas been reached with Ger
many on the sugmarine issues, and es-
pecially with reference 70 the Arabic.
Soon after the return Of Secretary
Lansing to Washington he will present
the text of the proposed note to Great
Britain and this note will Be on its
way before the middle of next week.
Along with this note will go pro-
test for placing cotton on the contra
band list. Officials repeat that the
note will intimate that England's poll
cy of disregarding American protests
against seizing and OBTAINING Ameri-
can ships must be viewed as unfriend-
| ly.
Berlin, Sept. 29-German troops
have recaptured from the British sew
eral rows of trenches taken by the enc