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WAR TO Be WON IN
EAST BY SPRING
NJ. BakOs. Hungarian Military
Expert. SO Declares in
an Article.
Speoioi Gable Despatch TO THE sr~

LONDON. Sept. 1.-THE Posts cor
respondent in Budapest quotes NJ. Bakos.
the eminent Hungarian military critic.
as writing in the Pssti Ndplo that the
eastern theatre Of war has sprung into
far greater prominence than at any
previous period.
The whole war vii! be decided in
this sector. probably during 1915. or at
the latest in the early spring he writes.
We have also to prepare for the entry
OF Greece within a short time. and even
tually for the isolation Of the Central
Empires from al! the outside world ana
even from our Balkan allies.
The Entente Powers have one stra-
tcgic aim toward which they are adj
vancing with giant steps. namely. TO
establish a direct line from Riga to the
Adriatic through Russia. Galicia, Hun
gary. Bulgaria. Greece and Albania TO
Nolna. The first step toward the reali-
eaton of this gigantic scheme ~ for tn.
Russo-Rumsnian forces to join the army
ot Gen. Sarra!l somewhere in the centre
Of Bulgaria"
NJ Bakos seems 10 think the Entente
Powers will succeed IN this plan.
The Hungarian journalist, Tabor. who
was at Brasso when the Rumanians
crossed the frontier, writes tina, the de-
fence of the mountain passes was left
for the most part to the gendarmes n
customs officers. to whom the arrival Of
the invaders was "A complete surprise
The Rumanians entered some villages
entirely unresisted. The Hungarian
peasants. however. attacked them in
some towns with axes and scy,hes, Al
Gelcnce they killed the entire advance
party.
Rumanian reenforcements afterward
| captured the village. The peasants who
defended II to the last were all killed.
There were many such fights in the VIII
lagos. Nevertheless the Rumanians, ac-
cording to Tabor. are most considerate
In retaining from taking reveng" on the
franc tireurs in contrast to the
in Belgium.
The Posts correspondent adds that the
defence Of Transylvania was allotted TO
Gen. Phanzer. bu, he later got another
command. Since then nothing has been
done. Under the present conditions. he
| says, nobody expects tho dual mon
| archy's army to nrak a stand in Tran
, ylvania for another three weeks.
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been won at a price. though these men
Of C~onnaught, Leinster and Munster
paid IL willingly, for the enemy paid far
heavier. one handful OF men passed led
by a sergeant. Every officer gone said
the brigadier-general. Again his clear
voice greeted them.
have done splendidly! Good
work! Thank you. boys"
'The men ramped to their tents. walt
ing on the hillside and threw themselves
on the grass. In a moment many were
asleep. but some. not too tired to ak,
told fragmentary episodes OF the drama
OF Ginchy. The 'Jerries.'-the irish
name Tor the G~ermans-had put up a
stubbor night. They were good fighters.
nut ~treacherous. and used explosive bull
ets-nothing would convince the Irish to
tue contrary-and IN various ways had
shown themselves unworthy OF decent
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JAPANESE MOVE IN
CHINA WORRIES U. S.
T"kio'> Reply to State Depart
mrnt Regarded as Hint Of
''ClOscd Door,"

WASH NGToN, Sent. l2-lt was learned
stlrbod by reports Of the recent Japa-
'sse demands upon China. has gone to
we extent Of asking The Japanese For
egn Office If the reports are authentic
TIL" Japanese reply is r~eassuring in tone.
and states broadly that there is nothing
H. The demands infringing the sovereignty
"' 'hina and nothing impairing the
F0~o'-Takahira agreement But 1t pro-
''eds to enumerate the demands Of
Jtpan which are regarded at the State
department as aimed at the sovereignty
~ china, and certain still further to
nNd"rmine American prestige in the Far
Last.
Secretary Lansing declined to discuss
NE next move this Government will make.
' Is realized that Japan has not be-
','ved 1t safe up to the present to fiaunt
ne wishes OF the United States and that
hHlu IS pressing its domination on
: hha IN a manner which no recent gov
''ninent at Washington would have
s1n"ti"ned. Appeals from China to the
nited States have been communicated
nor" 10y Paul $, Reinsch, the American
Minister at Pckin, but it is feared
"'P"n HdS ue'iufu uDoi neT course OF
action, believing the recent apathy and
difference at Washington, coupled with
'N" Administrations weakness in for
Ign negotiations, makes the time OPP
por,un.
In explaining these demands upon
nina. Japan, through Ambassador
Guthrie. has informed the United States
as follows:
THE clash at Cheng-Chiatun being be-
tween military forces was Of a serious
character, and therefore In order to pre-
vent a recurrence OF such trouble. Japan
was requesting in addition to proper
tpoiogies n monetary compensation
mat Japanese officers should be reap
pointed az instructors In the cadet
school. probably at Mukden. and sug-
gesting that the Chinese Government
Mould ask for the appointment of
Japanese advisers to be stationed with
chinese garrisons In south Manchuris
and eastern Mongolia. and that as an
extension OF its extra territorial rights
he japanese Government should he per.
united TO station Japanese policemen In
owns where there are large japanese
settlements"
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WAR MOVES AS SEEN
IN The CAPITALS
Paris Reports Capture Of
Whole System Of Trenches
on the SOmme Front.
RUSSIANS TAKE RIDGE
Occupy Kapul Mountain in
Carpathians. Making
013 Prisoners.

PARIS. Sept. 12.-The French of'icia
issued tonight said
The battle continued to-day north OF
the Somme. our infantry delivered
a vigorous offensive on a six kilo-
meter front between the district south
of Combles and the river. The attack
started at $3.50 in the afternoon and
developed rapidly. thanks to the spirit
Of our troops, who In less than half
an hour captured the whole OF the first
line German trenches.
subsequently pushing eastward with
the same visor we took excessively
Hill l45, Narrieres wood and the
whole system of trenches as far as
the Bethune-Peronne road. which W"
now touch from the southern outskirts
OF Rancourt to the district south or
Rouchavesnes. Further sou;h we
pushed our lines to Hill 16, west OF
l'euillaucourt.
Up to the present the total numhe
Of prisoners reaches 1900. These IN
,lude numerous officers.
South OF the Sonme the artillery
fighting was violent IN various sectors
without infantry action There was
an AllA'l lANiAN'liA
mainder Of the front.
The afternoon statement SAYS;
South Of the Somme an enemy a
tack against one of u trenches 10
the east of Belloy-en-Santerre was re-
pulsed easily by means OF
A minor operation enabled us 10 oc-
,upy 4 German trench south OF BIony
Cemetery.
Last night one of our aeria' SQUAD
rons b~ombarded military ESTABLISH
incnts at Icmorcourt. the railroad
station at N~etz-Sahlons and military
factories at Dillingen. one OF u
pilots brought down an enemy aero
pane, which fell east OF Raudurt. GA
the Sonm" front.
ON the Struma front British troops
engaged N violent lighting, during
which the village OF NcNolycn was
taken by assault.
our batteries effectively homhird"d
Bulgarian organizations IN the sector
of Makukovo. west OF the Ntrdar \
yigorous offensive of allied troops
north OF Majadag gave excellent re-
suits. All Bulgarian trenches wer"
captured on a front of two miles ana Il
depth Of about 500 yards. We took
some prisoners.
West OF Lake ostrovo SerpIan trti-
lcry displayed great activity IN the To-
gion Of Bdnica. Southwest of the laE"
partial engagements enabled us "a OBJ
tain some advantage. A Bulgarian at
tack which was r.pulsed 10y our fire
caused heavy losses to the enemy.
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FRENCH MAKE Big
GAINS ON SOMME


and then the troops. following up their
advantage and pursuing this enemy. We're
ohlc to take possession OF the entire
mountain. making ~ ofhcers and 400
men prisoners, capturing seven machine
guns and other material The official
announcement from Berlin contents it,
self in the face Of this detailed state
ment with "A general denial. saying at
lacks al Cimbroslawak and kapul were
repulSed.
The Russian announcement also says
"'cral heights in the Bialy-Cheremosh
r" ion ncar the Bukowina border were
taken and held in the face OF desperate
counter attacks.
Berlin asserts that Russian attacks
with strong forces broke down before
the acknowledgements north Of the Stara-
Czerwiscze railroad.
The Nienncse official report also as
serts the Russian attacks In the Car
pathians-north Of iodeln. in the Bis
;r.;zs E".;.. and Ia ;;,e api.-. C;,,ir-
mosh Valley. which. is in the J%ahlonitza
pass regipu-were' rcpulscd. Russian
attempts to break through the Austrian
lines with dense masses of troops on
Tia" lower Stokhod failed. with heavy
losses the Austrian official report adds.
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BULGARS FLEE IN
MACEDONIA DRIVE
Allies Press Ahead on Whole
I2I Mile Line in Biz
Offensive.

hAEtS. sept. 12.--On a font which.
with its convolu:ions. measures close To
i2i miles the Allies are hammering the
Bulgarians in Macedonia. Activity Is
reported as far west as BanicY,. west of
Lake Ostrovo, and as far east as the
eastern bank of the Struma. All along
this extended line the Bulg,rians Jared
badly.
At the extreme west the Serbian ar
tillery was very active against Banica.
sixty miles to- the east, rs the crooked
battle front measures the distance, a
lively artillery duel is In progress near
Lake Dorian. ard a systematic bon-
hardment Of the Bulgarian positions at
Makukovo is in progress. Makukovo Is
just west of the Nardar. and up the Var
dar Valley the allied strategy is said to
contemplate its principal advance.
Further to the east again the Bull
sir.ans suffered their greatest defeat.
where. according to the French official
announcement. the allied troops took all
the Bug irian trenches on "A front of two
miles and to a depth Of 500 yards. Some
prisoners were taken in this battle.
which. according to unofficial dispatches
from correspondents. lasted thirty-slx
hours and resulted in enormous losses to
the Bulgarians. who are reported in fun
retreat. pursued by the Allies.
Al the Allies extreme right the Brit
ish also pushed forward successfully
Tho troops which crossed the Struma
yesterday took trcnches to-day on tho
eastern bank. The enemy suffered
heavily by rife and artillery fire dur
ing his retirement and again was pun
ished severely when making counter at
tacks. The British took the village Of
Nevolycn by assault.
The Official report from Berlin as re-
ccived here asserts that the Bu,girs
were successful or the Struma front. but
says a lively artillery duel is in progress
In the Nardar sector.
The Petu Pdrisicn learns from a semi
official source that the BulgarianS have
evacuated all the forts AZ the tireek sea-
port of kavnla, which they occupied last
month. The forts were of no further
use to them. having lost their military
value upon the arrival ~ The warships
Of the Allies.
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IoNpoN. Sept. 1.-THE british nigh
statement from general headquar,er
Tn" general situation i unchanged
There was Intermittent hostile Smelling
on the fiui, soUth OF the Amer, our
artillery destroyed ON enemy auu
pts and SGT afre AN ammunition store.
During the pas, twentS."pur hours
some nifty prisoners have been brought
IN.
In the course OF aerial fighting yes
terdaN one Of our machines, which re-
turned safely. Collldcd with a hostile
|atroplane. which fell " Of control
and disappeared in the clouds. To-
day "A hostile machine was brought
down in flames In u lines near ro-
zieres. Two of our a%eroplancs failed
to return.
The following is the day statement:
Western Front-Yesterday evening
our heavy artillery caused two large
conHagrat.ons in the encmy's ammuni-
ton depot At Grauicourt. There vas
some hostile artillery activity during
the night against our lines between
pelvin" wood and Mouquet Farm,
Macedonian Front-Thc detach-
ments mentioned yesterday as crossing
the Struima AT Noohori seized trenches
on the eastern bank.
\ French detachment cooperating
with the British captured the village
Of Yenimah and took thirty prisoners
In these operations the enemy SUI
fcrcd heavily from rifle and artillery
fire during his retirement. and also in
his counter attacks. Many amhulances
were seen on the bemir-HiSsar road.
ON the Dorian front our artillery
carried out systematic bombardments
If the enemy trenches north Of Maku-
kovo.
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STRONGER GERMANY" IS AIM.
King Of Bavaria Says rae De-
nends on Victory,

BERLIN. by wireless to Sayville. sept
1c-No peace will be made by Germany
which will not place her in a better
position than she occupied before the
war, declared King Ludwig of Bavaria
in a speech opening the new Palace OF
Justice at Nuremberg.
I'VE do not know how long the war
will go on said King Ludwig. but we
know to a certaiuty that we shall make
no peace which lowers us, but only such
a ne,ce as will give us a better posi-
ton than We had before.
I'VE all hope that the not too distant
future will bring peace. a peace that
will be glorious and honorable and as
sure us for decades to come that We Will
not again be set upon by the entire
world"
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HAD MILLIONS: GOT PENSION.
col. j. q. BuUer. worth x~a.I5O.OOO
Drew A25 n Month as Veteran.

ST. LoUGs. Sept 1.-THE Ming of an
inventory of the estate of the late Col.
James Gay Butler in the Probate tour
To-day revealed that the Colonel drew a
pension OF s25 u month from the United
states Government despite the fact that
his fortune aggregated $+,l50,000.
col. Butler. who died August %
served through the civil war. existing
as a private and rising to the command
OF a regiment. Listed among the as
sets of his estate was n claim for SIj
for the quarterly pension due August 4
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Death Price Of Surrender.

Close nghting continued for sOne
time as successive hlndfuls OF Bavarians
were rooted out by bombs. Several Ger
man officers We're captured about the
centre Of the village Parties Of prison
erS were Impressed as strctcher bearers.
One German company suffered terribly
from our artillcy. The survivors were
seen making signals Of surrender. but
at once their officers turned a machine
gun on them and killed them All.
THE correspondent stood by a briga-
~dier-general beside a dusty road on sun
day afternoon and watched his men,
the heroes OF iinchy, plod past into
camp to eat and sleep In peace for tho
first time for more than IA week. II was
a sight TO stir ireland to see the worn,
shrunken battalions tramp up hill. me-
chemically keeping step, with the piper
at their head.
"They came on Ike men marching in
their sleep. They were Clked with mud
their tired faces masked in gr:N dust
and their steel helmets powdered with Il.
Their TUNES were slashed, their puttees
torn. They marched with leaden feet
and shoulders huddled forward amid
choking dust clouds which swirled M
around them. envelopinc IN their haas
the little men stepping slowly under the
burden of their packs and tho big mer
towering mead and shoulders above them,
dirty. u~nshavcn. hungry, thirsty, weary
but triumphant.
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ADVANCE IN DOBRUDJA.
Germans mud BulaRr> Continue
PROGRESS. Berlin

L.oNpoS, sept 12.-All the news avail
able concerning the operations OF the
Rumaulan forces came from German aud
Turkish sources to-day. and spoke of
Tcuton successes against the newest
uelligercnt.
The advance Of the Bu,garidUS and
Germans in the nobrudja j. proceeding,
says the official statement from Berlin.
which reveals also that Field Marshal
Won Mackensen is IL command of this
operation. as had been rumored
Turkish oHiciai renort two DAYS
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GERMANY WINNING
SUPPORT IN SPAIN
Most Of AristOcracy and Middle
Classes Openly on
kaiscr'S Side.
PROPAGANDA Is KEEN
10000 TcutOn Residents of
Peninsula Strive to Spread
Their Ideas.
PROPAGANDA Is KEEN
SDsc,di CAME Despatch 10 Tax Sts

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1.INpoS. Sept. 12.-Lord N%orthcliYc.
Who IS visiting in Spain. sends 10 the
Times a long article which purports to
show that Germany Is controlling Span
ish opinion by PROPAGANDA and IL aiming
TO capture commercial control Of Spain.
The innux of Germans from France
and elsewhere at the beginning OF the
war and Of German soldiers and civilians
from tho German captured colony Of the
Csmeroons in Africa has brought the
total Of Germans resident In Spain to
about 10000. These constituted them
selves a well drilled army acting obvious
ly under definite instructions.
"Among the methods OF gaining as.
ceudancy over Spanish opinion they are
paying great difference to the church, be-
cause with the church on their side the
battle Is half won. Every refugee as he
has arrived has been set to work to learn
Spanish, the German consuls providing
funds. The majority of arrivals got
work in the innumerabie German con-
Germs throughout Spain.
>uccess Of Propaganda.
THE result of the propa ganda is that
q great part Of the aristocracy. practi-
cally the whole church element and a
large body OF the middle clas IS In Spain
wholly support Germany and entertain
nc conviction that she is invincible.
THE propaganda Ia supported ny
hourly wireless dispatches from Ger
many and Austria presenting the Ger
man view OF the progress Of the war. OF
which England In industriously repre-
sented AS the whole cause. The German
views are accepted and p~ropaeated by a
majority OF the newspapers. and seven
out OF ten of the provincial papers are
more or less Germanophile. The English
army is amiably condemned. The Span
ards say that they are brave. but fool
hardy and too few. and will never accom-
piish anything.
Wilson Germanophiles' Hero.
president Wilson. who like most
Americans is not liked In Spain because
NJ tn. loss of cuba and Whose Mexican
nol!cy is not pleasing TO a country that
Vas millions invested in that ~distraught
Colorado. is quite the hero OF the Ger
uan"phll,s. When the pro-Ally Span
ards ask the pro-Germans when they are
going to protest against the German hor-
rprs the pro-'ierman reply is, The atroc-
''"s arc tho malicious inventions Of
John Pull. II they were true. good Pres
id"n' Wilson would interfere
Although many war fortunes are be-
~ made in SPAIN. for she is supplying
T. gland and France with iron and other
"tr material. some discomfort has been
ctu~.d by the war. notably the high
mic, of bread n coal. the latter in
some places being $50 a ton. The Ger
man agents use these facts to stir up an
t.I,'ity far ENGLAND FAr hpr WiskpineSs
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The Italian steamship NJ lazzo report
ed on her arrival here yesterday that on
August "a. when four days out from
Genoa. she received a wireless message
from the steamship Giuseppe Verdi that
the latter vessel was being pursued by
n submarine The Milazzo, which has
TWO guns mounted, made, all haste to
go TO the assistance of the Verdi, but
on reaching her could fud no trace "
the submarine
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GERMANS FEAR DENMARK
Danish Government Organ says
Anxiety IL G~roundIess.
Sp,ciai cabIe Despatch to Tnr St

LoNpoN, Sept. 1.-THE POSTS Copen-
r. gen correspondent says reports from
Germany re!te"ate that the Germans
frtr Denmark Will deceive them as Ru-
raGid did.
Th" P~olfikct. a Government organ,
assures them their fear IL groundless,
fr ne whole Danish people insist upon
neutrality.
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BrRilN via l.ondOu), Sept l".-Th'
text of the German official report says
Western Theatre-Crown Prince
Rupprccht of Bavaria On both SIDES
Of tho Somme cucmy attempts 10 make
attacks generally were frustrated 10y
our curtain OF fire, In the FOurcauX
and Leuzc woods the English fruit
lcssly attempted to gain ground hy a
hand grenade fight. The village ~
G!nchy fell into the hands of the
enemy early yesterday Sunday
morning. An artillery battle con-
,inucs with violence.
Eastern Theatre-rriUce Leopold %
Bavaria North Of Stara-Czorwlscze
a Russian attack with strong forces
broke down with heavy losses before
our eutanElements.
Archdukc Charles In the Carpath-
ians enemy attacks in the region ~
the Ictdowa Railway, on Cimhros-
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old. asserted the Turks and allied troops
had defeated an attempted sortic of
the Eumanlans ana Russians in the re-
gion of Dohric.
The front in TRANSPLANT II un-
changed. according to the Austrian re-
mort
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BATTLE OF CINCHY
MADE IRISH HAPPY
MINISTER'S and DublinS Had a
Feast Of Hand to Hand
Fighting.
GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY
k~aiSer's Men Struggled to the
Last. BattaliOns Being
Cut to Bits.
GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY

f''''A
LoNDoH, Sept. 1.-THE Irish troore
who captured Ginchy seldom had q more
acceptable task. teleg. aphs u correspon-
dem at British headquarters in France,
The assault Of this well fortified village
was the kind of fighting the Irish like
bayonet thrusts. close range bombing
plenty of hand to rand struggles in
narrow trenches.
'"rhcre were fewer brea,hless PUSHES
after panic stricken fugitive Germans
says the despatch, than when Guile.
mont was taken. The Germans a,
Ginchy stood up to The Irish and did no,
turn tail. Ii was a good fight, but the
Irish won IL.
They found Ginchy far better dc
Tended than they had expected. The
village had been RACED by successive
bombardmenis. bu; tie cellar 'efuges
under the ruins afforded accommodates
to many Gcrinan infa'trymen and ma
chine gun sections. Tie loorholcs. cut
flush with the ground and cunningly dis
guised. gave the Germans ~ the dug
outs an cxcelleu. field of fire over IN,
approac. :. ;t ruins.
For i've days and nights the Irish
ba,talions had lain in she'll crates soutl
and cas-, of iirchy, ~scantily fed and
heavily shelled and with little sleep
Two nights before the attack the shell
orators were Joined by "A shallow trench
and from this position the attack was
made.
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"YOu Did Damned WE'LL"

THE brigadier-general stood up. lie,
too. was weary, for he had been for
hours during the battle. with a telephon
list on one side nd "A gunnery officer on
the other, directing the loyal men who
worked and died. The brigadier leaned
forward.
"'I'm proud of YOU he said, His
voice could be heard by the furthest man
You did damned well, boys
ION their heels IA ne other battalions
and remnants of battalions. Ginchy had
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BERLIN. Sept 10 (by Wireless) tn,
Turkish Wal ONCE iu IT'S statement al
september 10 says:
Turkish forces pushed pack the
enemy and occupied t1c ne.gnts south
Of Drobeude on the Persia frontier.
Cauci>ue Front-In the oenott Sec
tor September y the enemy attacked
repeatedly. but was completely re-
pulsed. The enemy had occupied a
portion W eight 2.ll3. but war
pushed back by a counter attach Tn"
Turk, rccaptured all their former
Ic"...c.s.
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Tight Collar s~tranxIes barber

A tight collar WAS the cause Of tn,
"ea'h OF Louis Brufore. ll2 Willow ave-
rue, Hoboken. yesterday. Bruforc suf-
tered an epileptic NJ which ~ expanded
~ neck that he was Shrugged. H waa
found desd " his harhes ehee. n 16hrlo.
The sun., 1916-09-13

BEELiN. Sept. l2 ,by wireless).--Th
capture in the North SEA- hv a German
submarine of the Dutch motor steamer
Zeelandie with co~ntraband from Rotter-
dam to London is reported to-day by tho
Overseas News Agency.
The sun., 1916-09-13

No Dutch motor vessel Ieeiandie IL
listed ia available shipping records. The
bitch steamship Ieelaldia, of 1926 tons
gross. was last reported sailing from
Amsterdam on August ls for 'Bucnos
AIRES.