The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-18

the caste and class order Of things.
Victory or defeat. we shall set undi-
luted democracy.
Luxembourg, Sept. 81. l9ll-tTo my
wife.) If Rumania goes against US ]
hardly know what viii happen, Amer.
ica's sympathies are on the side Of
England and she is supplying Fran 2e
with cartridges and war material. EN-
actly in the shortage Of cartridges lies
one OF our greatest dangers,
The French have been led Splendidly.
Unfortunately we cannot say the same
of ourselves, Moltke has broken down
physically. Do not say a word about
ii but the situation is one of extreme
danger because Austria has so COM
pletely given up. OF h 500 geo who
wen out, there are said to be only $780,
600 still in Galicia.
The situation in the west is also
very critical. l should not have said
a word about it even to you except
that I talked yesterday to a motorist
from Berlin who said that all the facts
were being talked about there. The
English are sending over great masses
of troops.
Luxembourg, Sept, %, 1914.-Our trust
in the Balkans has almost disappeared.
We are already thankful that Rumania
will wait for a fortnight before deelar-
ing war on us. 1t will all depend upon
whether the bio engagements which are
10 be expected within q few days will
bring is any real success.
Editors Note-Von Tirpitz here re-
fers to the defeat Of the Russian army
at the battle of Tannenberg when Hin
denburg and Ludendorff drove the whole
Russian army out of East Prussia and
Galicia. AS a matter OF fact this op'
Grafton kept Rumania from joining the
allies for almost two years.
Today the forts south Of Nerdun are
being bombarded. After their fail Their,
will be a free path toward Paris
After the war | shall resign, They
have kept the navy from striking 1
blow and my life work will end with
Luxembourg. Sept. 20, 1914.-n M,
opinion the war will not be over befor
the spring. We may therefore eXpec
a hard winter campaign. The grea
struggle here is imminent, It will prob
ably be decisive from q military poin
of view,
We must not. however. expect a Sedal
or a Metz after our brilliant start di
not have the desired and expected re
suits.
In Galicia they are preparing for a re
newed struggle about oct, l, The wa
minister declared yesterday that III
danger of a new inroad on the cas-
part of East Prussia by the Russia.
hordes is past, because 10000 Russia
corpses faint the air in that distriC
to such a degree that it is impossibl
to breathe,
Last night was very exciting. TIL
! news came that the English had broke
! through the Great Belt. In that cas-
! Prince Henry and two %squadrons wit
5 all their gear would have been captured
. / could not shep all night.
Today the news proved false, but tn
English are planning something and W
cannot find out what it is.
} The U-boats are meeting with create
success, thank heaven!
, Luxembourg, Sept. 81, 1914.-As for tn
= Rohrbach affair, ! persuaded these me
not to come for the present. Rohrbac
and Jaeckh had applied to me for a
interview for the purpose of bringin
about better treatment for the foreig
e newspaper correspondents. A visit I
me would rouse the suspicious of tn
whole Bethmann crew. | have, how
ever, taken the matter in hand and
3 change is to be affected to put tn
foreign press correspondents on a MOI
agreeable footing.
h EDITORS Note-Dr. Paul Rohrbach,