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RUSSIANS STILL
ATTACK AT DWINSK
Continue the Offensive, but
Are Driven Back, the Ger
mans Assert.
MANY TEUTONS TAKEN
SD,c,oi cattle D,sDofcb 10 Tuu 81.

Spscioi CaJie Despatch TO TIM SIS.
LONDON. oct. 1.-THE Russians are
still the attackers in the region around
Dwinsk. as IL shown by this afternoons
official German War Office statement
telling OF the repulse OF attacks before
the city and northeast OF Nidzy by the
troops OF Field Marshal won linden
burg. In Galicia. in the region of Tar
nopol, too, the Cars troops continue 10
be on the Offensive. They made three at
tacks which were beaten Off. according
TO the German claim.
I Both the German and the Russian ofh-
cial reports of to-day claim only unim-
portant local successes. although the
Petrograd statement il featured for the
first time in several days by the record
ing of captures of a considerable nuinber
of prisoners and some guns, the total
number Of Germans said to have been
captured in the various sections OF the
front being nearly 1000. while 200 Ger
man soldiers are reported to have beet.
stabbed In trench lighting north OF Liho-
vitchi.
Both the German and the Russian re-
ports tell of the downing OF IA hostile
a%eroplane.
The official German statement issued
this afternoon follows:
Army group of Field Marshal Won
~Iiindenburg Before Dwinsk and
northeast of Nidzv Russian attacks
were repulsed. An aeroplanc of the
nelny was shot down west OF
Sniorgon.
Army group of Prince Leopold:
East of Baronovitchi "A weak attack by
the enemy was repuls.d with ease.
Army group of Gen. o Linsingen:
In cavalry fighting which has taken
place I'm the region OF kuCheckawolu
the enemy has been driven back be-
You'd the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sector. Fighting continues near
Jezierna. North Of Bielskajawola the
enemy VAS driven OF.
Army group of Count Won Both
mar: Renewed enemy attacks. made
with strong forcct, We're repulsed.
German troops captured the heights
south OF Hladki. on the Nreth. fifteen
, kIlomcters northwest of Tdrnopol. and
beat of three Russian attacks which
were made from the village of
Hladki.
The official statement the Russian War
office issued tonight was as follows:
Northward OF Dw!nSk a German
~aeruplanc threw bombs on the NitzSal
station.
Vt poschiiinia We captured $50
: prisoners and a machine gun.
Under the .nemy's fire We left
G~arbounovka, capturing 20" prisoners
and seven machine guns.
The .nemy's offensive eastward or
P~oschlinia has been checked.
Southwest % Dwinsk We brought
down a German aeruplane. which fell
behind the enery's lines.
Northward of Llhovitchi We pence
trated IN. enemy's trenches. ~stapb!ng
200 and capruriuS i56 German SOL
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L JEWS TOO SMART.
Il us.ian Statesman WON'T Let Them
Uuy Inud-Pensnuts Less Alert.

special cable beSpdich 10 Iif SlN'
L.oNpoN. oct. 1.-THE Petrograd cor
respondent Of the Daily .idti sends the
following
The new russian Minister OF the
Interior, AlcNel khyostoff, to-day dis
avuwed amy intention toward rcpreSstve
measures or design to worry the nation,
declaring that he would strictly admin
lister the law. and saying that the union
of thu nation and m reconstruction
system of the Government can b" con-
Sid.red when the war is over and VIC
tory won.
ASKED whether by victory he meant
driving the Germans out of Russia, he
replied
mo, certainly not. ! mean a dash 10
Berlin. Is that impossible" | do not
think 50. When the Germans surrender
they Will do 81 all AT once ard completely
Their resistance will melt Ike "A block Of
ice in the sunshine
with reference to IN" Jews he said
that NE would dttferentiate between them
and the remainder of the population only
in one thing. namely, not To allow them
10 buy land--because they are much
more clever than the Russian peasants
and Russia could not afford 10 allow
her peasants to be swallowed up,
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HENRI FABRE DIES AT 80.
French E~ntOmOIOgist
Was Called "%Iuscct's Homer"

PARIS. oct. ll-iienri Fabrc. called
by Victor Hugo The insects Homer
died to-day at Orange, in the south OF
France, lie was born in 1929.
NJ. Fabre was the intimate tricni of
Mistral, Maeterlinck and many other well
know men Of science.
The entomologist a very little
known, even In France, until he reached
the 4 OF 80 years after 4 life uf
poverty ANA struggle, caring nothing
for wealth or fame. M!s,ral brought
him to public attention and he became
50 loved throughout france that u
monua ent was erected to him IA few
years ago AT Avtgnon, near his home
town of Orange.
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GERMANS MOWN DOWN.
sir John French Describes British
Victory south Of La Bassec.

Spcc'dt 'dOfe DSspI''h 10 1HI SlN.
LONDON, Oct. ll.-Field Marshall sir
John French sent additional details to-
day OF the German attack south OF La
Bassee Canal. which was made in great
strength last Friday. The main German
efforts were against the Chalk PIT. north
Of Hill 30. and Hulluch and the Iiohen-
zOliern rcdoubt.
For the Chalk Pit attack the Germans
assembled behind tn. woods. 500 to 500
yards from the British trenches. As
they advanced they were mowH down by
the combined rifle. machine gun and ar
tlllery iiro, not a man getting within
forty yards of the British first line.
Hulluch and the Quarries the
attack Was beaten of in similar fashion.
WIN heavy losses to the Germans. The
British troops followed the beaten Ger
mans az this point and secured a German
trench west of Cite -. File.
The Germans succeeded in penetrating
the British front line and the southern
communication trench of the Hohenzol-
Tern redoubt, which was still in British
hands, Here the Germans were promptly
driven out by bomb throwers. Sir John
French says:
our reserves were not required at
any part OF the front. II is certain
that We inflicted q severe rcvers. on
the enemy. Our casualties were even
less than the nrst estimate.
The report in "A German commune
que On saturday that "A strong British
attack northeast OF Nermelles failed
is false. Attacks We're not made and
10 losses have been incurred other
han mentioned.
Yesterday eleven fights in the ali.
occurred. Our men Were successful
In nine Of them. A hostile aeroplane
driven to the ground within tn.
cnemy's lines was certainly DESTROYED.
This morning an enemy machine was
brought down within our lines. We
lost an %aeroplane.
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GERMANY DISAPPOINTED.
>peciai cobie D,vpa,ch to TIM ST..

LoNpuN. oct. 1.-THE patty MARS
correspondent at Bern quotes "A reliable
source AS asserting that the popular feel
ing In Germany, especially IN western
Prussia. has recovered from the initial
shock caused by the recent Anglo-French
offensive in the west ana now accepts
the assurance Of the German War ONCE
that it was a Colossal failure"
This view is strengthened 10y reports
from Switzerland to the effect that the
people in Scandinavia are being told that
the attempted offensive was undertaken
mainly for "a political purpose, II IL
pointed out In Germany that the situa-
ton in the balkans proves the failure
of this purpose"
Regarding the situation in the east
there is a striking contrast. The people
in Germany, the correspondent says, can
not understand why after the smashiug
German victories the Russian armies are
Still in existence. \ winter campaign in
the east is now considered inevitable,
and this fact Is viewed with bitter dis
appointment in Germany, where such a
thing had not been expected,
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Tunnels through the Taurus Mountains
have been finished within the past few
months and several of the units Of the
line been Joined so that travel l. now
possible over "A long stretch of the road
into the interior Of Asia Minor. With
his concession has likewise come the
possession of the town of Ale%Naudrictta
OF the coast. which tn. Germans were
at the outbreak Of the war rapidly
developing into a port OF considerable
Importance.
The keys 10 this line and 20 the rich
country hat lies tributary to 1t are
the western terminus at Scutarl. oppo-
site to Constantinoplc, and the section
westward from Al.ppo. That the Ger
mans wish to iortify their possession
of this road by actual occupation Of It
seems one of the motives IF their pres
,nt movement.
Again, the coast Of Asia Minor and
SYRIA has for wears been u. matter that
mas assumed great Importance in every
discussion of the tnal appoi tionmeni Of
the ottoman Empire. Italy and France
among the Allies have tentatively Iii
yidcd this coast. while In the offer
that was made Ia Greece there was in
cluded the section from smyrna to the
Gulf OF Adalia. The islands lying OFF
the coast are also expected as sl,oils
Of war by the Allies in case of their
success. The important island OF
Rhodes l. already occupied by Italy. a.
are also Kos, Stampalia and several
other of The smaller Sportl,S. Samos.
ChioS and Mytilenc have been included
In the concession To Greece II she would
espouSc the Allies cause, smyrna can
he easily reached by the Germans from
tonStant,noplc and from IA. former
place they might bc able to exercise a
control over much of the coast both to
IN" north and south of Smyrna BAY.
In syria the Germans would come up
against thu French Developments IN Pal
estlnr. Here tn. French haN. built sew
eral railroads and have through their
commercial agencies created growing
colonies and a thriving business. Il is
doubtful, though, II the French have as
strong Il hold upon Palestine as the Ger
mans themselves. Count Von Birberstein
dtaiig ais very able and shrcwd man
n, of the German embassy at Com
stant!noplc succeeded in securing In
nlunc'dhlc concessions at Jerusalem,
Damascus and other w of the HOLY
Land. The Kaiser himself made Il tour
of this country and has always made an
especial effort To strengthen the Ger
manic Influences there and to INTRODUCES
Teuton kultur in Palestine.
There Is a railroad leading down the
syrian coast from A,eppo to beyond the
Dead Sea and III to Medina, and by
means Of his tn" German forces so far
as opposition from the people az the
country Is concerned could take up the
route 10 Sucz. There would sim toe be-
fore them. however, the desert Of Ft Tih,
hut as this was crossed earlier in the
war Ivy a Turkish force there seems no
reason II "a" TvutOuS might not
undertake. the same expedition with some
assurance OF success.
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CENSORS BLUNDERS
LAID TO GEN. FRENCH
British Home Secretary SAYS
Official Press Bureau l.
Not to Blame.
ERRORS MADE At FRONT
Special Cable Dsspatck 10 tn

LONDON, Oct. 11.-Sir John Smo.
Home Secretary, writes In defence o.
the Oficial Press Bureau. which h.,
been the target of many ATTACKS. n.
lays the blame on what he ,HIl "n.
pid censors.' He refers IN rd.;.rr
to the recent assertions that the h..
reau il deliberately cxci>.up r,f,,
ences to the bravery of the Gcrsn,r.
exaggerating news favorabl" To- ere.
Britain and conccalins d..tg.r,ivs
news.
In connection with this SIR john me-.
tons In his letter certain dr.r i.t..
from Il Times correspondent hahn
Buchan which ave been comp. ,I
of. AT the request of SIP JOIN,
French says the Home Sccr,ttg.
everything written by accredited now.
paper correspondents at the iron; ID.
submitted to the ccnsors appointed IA
him at General Headquarters and i.
Press bureau was instructed to a..
cept their censorship as final.
consequently, whatever ia.
wrote was censored by iudivIduaI4 I'd.
whom the press bureau mas uo rr.uun,
bility whatever. Any article from HIu
handed to the Times was exactly D.. lie
same form as IL reached this country
III there be faults TO CRITICS, AND .n-
provements to secure, criticism ,~ .o.
and improvement is impossiNl, ats .oD.
as the press bureau Is treated as a.,
author of what Is complained of"
Sir John states 1t is completely un'rg
that the bureau exercises is own iui
ment as to the class of news to DO, Vi
held from publication. The bushes. u
the bureau" he says. "is TO see wh''l,
what is proposed to be published pu,r.,
any of the prohibitions prescribed Dos On
Var Office, the Admiralty -! iH' utu,
departments concerned.
THE bureau IL not the author OF m
such prohibitions, which were framed o.
the sole principle that noth.ns shou'
be published which may ~ any way
assist the enemy. 1t - not a'W
obvious to the layman what ma. .ss,s
the enemy. The work - ION" us &.
large staff. most of whose utmhe E
were appointed by the War ptiu" t
the Admiralty. They do their u'mo.
to enforce the rules. but duub'Ir.. s.
happens sometimes that they u t. ,
slip.
THE directors Of the bureau ~" dom.
their utmost 10 reduce IN. misttt,- 70 ,
minimum
The Home Secretary ends the
on the Press Bureau as Whip'.r-
who chcerfully endures mu,u.u,lt.o .r.
for faithfully trying To conform H'
the rules of the iishtins d'par'r,n.-
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Teutons' Offer of Control of Dardanelles to Bulgars'
King Overbalanced Allies Promise of Macedonian
Te~rritory-Rumania Placated.

The German drive southwark IL re-
voaling itself not as a punitive eNpcdi-
ton against Serbia nor as "A relief cN.
petition for the Turkish forces fighting
To hold Gallipol! against British and
Colonial troops, but as an effor. TO
gain by force of arms the advantage
that years of diplomacy and peace have
failed to secure. IL is. according to SEMI
official pronouucement. "A stroke for a
swift passage Of the Balkan mountain
lands that will complete an unbrOkcn
German line from the North Sea 20
the Bosporus. that will advance across
Asia Minor to the Persian Gulf and In.
dia. and that will euyelop tn Sucz
canal, Egypt. Tripoli and Algeria. the
hard won North African possessions Of
the Allies.
II this BE- indeed the ultimate pur-
pose Of the present movement 1t l. mag
nific.nt in it, sweep and bold IN its
daring. for 1t must be remembered that
Germany cannot count on any move
ment on the sea to aid her in such an
enormous Undertaking. II must hc On.
tircly u movement by land. and must
b. accomplished in part literally OF
foot.
With the development of events Il
becomes increasingly apparent that Rul.
garia's choice of allies was made some
time ago. The glittering rewards dan
gled before King Ferdinand by the Teu-
tons were apparently too much for his
ambitious soul to withstand. The pos
sibility constantly kept before him 81
wearing the crown of B~yZantium AMI
Of controlling the bardanell.s was much
more allur!ng than was the acquisition
of the narrow strip of Macedonia which
the Allies We're prepared to yield 10
him. rhe weeks OF INDIGESTION have been.
after all, merely a. cloak to cover the
German preparations for what promises
In be the boldest, most audaciuus stroke
of the entire war.
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Report.

1Sc afternoon ~communiquc Wa a.
follows
There has been reported during the
night nothing more than fairly severe
bombardments on the part of the arttl-
lery of the enemy at a point TO the
north of La Scarpe and IL the Cham
payne district against positions To the
rear of our line, as Well as in the re-
siou of SQUAT Everywhere our bat
tcri,s mad, efficient reply.
Furtatr Information confirms prcNi-
uuS reports tina; the violent counter
attacks delivered 10y the Germans dur
ing the past few days against the Brit
ish and French fronts In front OF q
and to the north Of this point have re-
suited only IN "A grave n costly check.
The principal assault was delivered by
an effective force OF W three and
our divisions, which was completely
rCpulScd and dispersed.
The number of dead left by the
enemy on the ground In front OF the
lines OF the Allies is estimated NJ u
total Of between 1000 and 5000 men.
\ supplementary statement ISSUED
by the War office to-day ~rcCounts the
fighting h.tweru October . and . and
clarifies its significance. h state
ment follows:
The following * q summary or the
events of the week ended October "
given out by IN" Wal Office to-day
During tho course OF the week from
October 3 to- October . our operations
had for their object the completion
and the consolidation OF the results
obtained 10y the successes OF the pre-
cediug week. The Germans during
this week e~ndcivorrd or several dit
fcrcnt occasions 10y violent counter
attacks to make good tine notable
checks to which they have been sub
iccted and as u result of which tn"
morale Of their troops has been ar
frct-d. Everywhere these efforts re-
slated On failure.
In Artuls, In the region Of Souchez
aud in the vicinity of loos, wheH the
British troops have made PROCESS the
enemy has delivered attacks which
have been in vain and which have
caused him very heavy losses, The
French troops have been able t. con-
solidatc their positions in front of and
To the south of Thelus ,north OF Ar
raSI.
In Champagne the German efforts
i'm IN. vicinity of the Navaltu Farm
at Tahurc and At Mesnil have
brought about ne definite result. the
Germans have not succeeded IN drGv-
ing our troops from the positions re-
Gently conquered by rs, nor have they
succeeded In preventing Us from maxi
ing further progress,
In spite OF the obstacles whsch con-
fruuted them French troops have been
successful against the German second
line positions, our soldiers, after a
methodical preparation, took posses
-.. go. ,I. 81 80 ll.t.l.n. 80 ti.
German trenches to the north Of MAJ
warm. The same day they occupied
Hut de Tahure ana then took posses
sion of the village.
According TO the most recent in
formation it may be- said that in spite
Of the efforts of the herman press t.
I helittle the effect Of the French sue
crsses the Germans have suffered "A
! check which Is OF relatively increased
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Germans announce successful At
tacks ON -Four Places.

BERLIN, via London. oct. 1l.-Army
headquarters issued to-day the follow
ing statement regarding operations IN
the west:
In the region OF Souchez and Neu-
willie and In the Champagne, northeast
of Les Mesnil. enemy attacks with
hand %grenades were repulsed.
Our battle airmen yesterday de-
stroyed four enemy aeroplanes. One
British %aeroplane fell at "A point east
Of Poperinghe. Northwest Of Lille
Lieut.. Immelmann compelled a British
battle biplane which was flying at a
height OF 1000 meters to descend. This
officer within "A short time had brought
down four enemy aerOplanes.
In the Champagne one French battle
biplanc was shot down near Solnme
Ply. Another on the heights of the
Meuse. west of HattonciIatel. We lost
an observation aeroplane south OF the
forest OF lie Pretre.
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MAY o RUMANIA.
TeutOns Take step to Prevent
Her From Aiding Allies.

PARIS, Oct. IA Bucharest despatch
says that Il force OF about 150,OOO Ger
mans and Austrians is concentrated at
Czernowitz. on the frontier of Bcssara-
Dia. The first line troops number about
10000 and are supported by some 49, 600
or Sc. 900 reserves.
1t is believed, the despatch says, that
the concentration Of go large a force at
this point reveals "A plan on the part Of
the German stan TO begin an invasion
Ut Bessarabia as IA suppo and accoin-
panimcnt 10 the invasion Of Serbia.
Such II movement, IL successful. would
cut OFF l;umania from Russia and would
thus lessen, If 1t would not entirely OBJ
literatc, any inclination on the part OF
ltuman!a 10 throw in her lot with Russia.
The military critics here. however.
dealing with this news and receiving 1t
AS an expected move on the part of Ger
many and Austria, are rather inclined 10
regard the concentration OF troops ut
CzernowitZ as a silent but forceful hint
20 Eumania of what will happen II she
draws her sword on the side of the En-
tente Powers. They do not believe IL
likely. although they agree that under
the circumstances II IN possible. that
Germany will burden herself with addi-
tional operations in Bcssarabla with 20
little EroYocatlon.
Dispatches from Sofia say that the
Bulgarian mobilization IL complete. This
news. however, Is received with SOM.
reservations, for Il is believed that II
the Bulgarian armies We're entirely con-
centrated at the places designated by
the General stan IA blow would have
been struck against Serbia, anr ~ to
the present there has been nc trust
worthy report that a single Bulgarian
rifle has been fired.
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SERBIA SEEKS AID.
D%iplOmnt Says She Looks to Eng
land for Immediate Aid.
Spcciai CabL Dcspoich 10 Tnr ST.

LONDON, oct. 1.-THE DdiIU NAH at
tributes the following interview to "A dis
tingulshed Serbian diplomat recently
arrived in London from Nish
"Serhia has looked TO England to be
ready when the hour came, Her conf
den"c in England sustains her now. She
Will iignt with splendid courage. but
however brave her men may bc she can
rot meet " enemies at once, She can
not face in two directions at the same
moment and therefore is turning to Eng
land for the help tina; mas, como ..nnas-
d.atcly II II Is not TO be too late"
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ITALY URGED TO ACT.
French Papers Think She should
send Troops 10 balkans.

'"f
PARIS, oct. l1.-Thc Temps says cdl-
torially to-day
The Germans attempted diversion in
the Balkans is not inspired merely by
the object of striking the imagination of
neutrals and causing the withdrawal of
French forces toward the Orient. The
kaiscr's entry into constantinople would
cause To be forgotten his failures to
reach Paris and petrograd and the fact
that pressure on the French front is be-
coming difficult to withstand"
The article argnes that Russia and
Italy ought Immediately to furnish an
cXpcditionary army.
The Journal dcS DobdfS. taking much
the same stand, points Out that Italy
IL best situated to send troops to the
Balkans, but that it will be necessary
first to decide the questions of ltaly's
relations with Germany, Italy not oiii-
cially being at war with the Kaiser.
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EVENTS IN THE WAR
ONE YEAR C TODAY
OCTOBER u. 1914.

Germans press nearer Ostend and
are reported to be bombarding
Bruges.
The Allies gain an important posi-
ton on the heights of the Aisne. i'm
perilling the German positions from
scissors to the ridge Of the Argonne.
The Russian cruiser Pallada Is
sunk in the Baltic by submarines.
Two hundred Americans take up
service with the Foreign Legion.
The Austrian army defeats six
Russian divisions near LAnout.
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SEVEN AMERICANS DECORATED.
War Cross awarded to Members Of
Ambulance Corps.

PARIS, Oct. 1l.--Lieut. Sweeny. one
Of the Americans with the Foreign
Legion, who was wounded in Cham
pagne, writes from a hospital at
Epernay To say that he IL doing well,
lie sends the news that ten men at
tacled to the American Ambulance
Corps hav. been awarded the war cross.
all Of them being mentioned in orders
Of the day.
Three of the ten thus honored were
Englishmen. The seven others, whose
names follow, are Americans; j, r..
Mcconnell and Donold Walden of New
York, Walter l.ovell, Harold II, willis
and George Buswell of Boston. William
r. Martin Of rittsLuis and George
fcedev Of New Brunswick.