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Show SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION The fall of Maubeuge, a strong French fortress six miles from the Belgian frontier, is announced at the German army headquarters Forty thousand prisoners, including four generals and 400 guns were taken it is said Up to earlv afternoon no further official light had been thrown on what is probably the greatest battle of the war being fought east of Paris from Montmirail to Verdun and from Verdun Ver-dun to Nancy. Three million men are said to be engaged A news dis patch from Paris Indicates a belief there that the German offensive against the city has been definitely checked. According to a dispatch from Copenhagen. Co-penhagen. Emperor William sent a message to President Wilson protesting protest-ing that the British were using dum diim bullets and that Belgian non combatants were harrassing the Ger mans It is indicated that Rumania will soon throw her 200.000 troops into the conflict A 'dispatch from Ber lin says thai -the Bucharest correspondent corre-spondent of the Cologne Gazette reports re-ports a strong sentiment In favor of Russia throughout Rumania Advices from The Hague are that a state of siege has been proclaimed lib a great number of towns on the coast of Holland. Official confirmation of the report that Russian troops are in France is still lacking. An English correspondent described Austria as bankrupt and Its people in panic Bosnia, he says. Is In open revolt. The situation is due to the lailure of the Austrian arms against Russia. Anxiety for the Finnish passenger steamer Sveaborg bound from Ruumo. Finland, for Stockholm: is felt in the latter city. The vessel has ninny (Continued on Page 3.) FURIOUS FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN GERMANS AND ALLIES Washington, Sept. 9. The German embassy today received re-ceived this wireless from Berlin: Breslau Silesian Landwehr captured seventeen officers and a thousand men, all Russian imperial guard." The place of the encounter was not given. At first the embassy thought the guard had been captured at Breslau, but a study of the despatch convinced officials that it referred to a capture of the Landwehr from Breslau and Silesia. (Continued from Page One.) British and Americans on board and! is overdue. Russia is reported as assuming the offensive in east Prussia and news from Berlin says that all eyes in the German capital nre turned eastward where the importance of administering administer-ing a check to the invading Russians appears quite as great as the vigor ous pursuit of the French campaign. The Russians arc reported as hning pushed their advance sixty miles southwest of Kocnigsrerg. j.iilioii uiuuen aril', nif; in fan today report that the battle east of the city still rages furiously Paris, Sept 9. 6:65-a. m The German Ger-man s progress seems to have been too rapid and too precipitate in its eagerness to get to the gatetj of Paris, for they arrived out of breath and k to all appearances out of ammunition, Ik- which may explain why they did not IK' pursue their original plan. L All prisoners of whom '.00 or more L arrived Id Paris yesterday, appear B fagprd and harassed and the spirit oi thr- arm so-ms to be everything pBthat is different from the conquerors M, ho pushed back the armj of defense R K rom the frontier and reached the fe, fates of the capital in ten days. K: H V hether they hoped to gain time by T tangent movement away from Paris Brj- H'r. as some military critics suppose. wk; 'imed to effect a junction with the ? H rmy of the crown prince, which was Wt come from the direction of Longwy, wl. ahe developments of the last four K ays prove that it was a grave error W Forced Marches Weaken Army. r The army, already weakened by '.orced marches constant fighting en oute and now further enfeebled by the engagements of the last four davs is not, In the opinion of experts, pro-pared pro-pared for such a big enterprise as the siege of Paris een if it retrieves its fortunes in the battle now in progress prog-ress The only hope of the Germans therefor, lies in the armies on the northeastern frontier coming to the rescue and this hope now seems too lone deferred. Held Marshal Sir John French, the commander In chief of the British) expeditionarv forces now fithtlnc with the French army, looked per-l Tectly satisfied with the situation, according to the British soldiers They say he went about the lines smoking a cigarette as though he was on the parade ground. Shooting at Ghent. London. Sept 9, 10:30 a m An Ostend dispatch to Reuter's Telegram I compan gives a late version of the shooting of German officers In Ghent whlli has considerably modified the seriousness of the case One of the German woundpd admitted at the hos pital that he had lost his road. The wounded officer has been ta ken under the protection of the American Amer-ican consul and will not bp held as i prisoner of war The burgomaster alter explaining the case to the Ger man commander, made the statement that the agreement with the Germans, not to enter the city will not be changed as a result of the incident A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-graph Tele-graph company from Ghent, evidently filed earlier but delayed, explains the incident referred to in the Ostend dls patch. It says that an incident which may lead to serious consequences had Just happened in Ghent. In spite oi the agreement, two German officers entered the city and were surprised by Belgian troops who fired on them from Mitrailleuse, mountcn on an au tomobile One officer was killed and the olhci seriously wounded. India to Help British. - . Simla, India, via London. Sept. 9 ii : 4 r a m. The viceroy of India. In Wfr ( ouncil, has outlined proposals for the consideration of the Indian people, I Bit i the government of India I HT proposes to negotiate reciprocal ar-I ar-I rangemcnts with other British colo I Hnies to meet the present difficulties F K. i the emigration of Indirn.s r K Under this plan a limited number r Bo! par.sports will be issued It is 1? i iinllar to the present arrangements between Canada and Japan, which Hf. permits of temporary arrangements for the movements of students and B tourists, but which limits stricth the ri lit to settle permanently. The Viceroy announced also hat India was contributing $6,000 1 to v aril the cost of the Indian contin gent in the war. this in addition to applying the gift of the Maharaja of Mysore of $1,600,000 to the cost of transportation. Report to Embassy, Washington Sept. 9 A Bordeaux dispatch to the French embassy said "On the 7th the French and Eng llsh offensive had compelled the Ger mans to withdraw. Two of Its army corps have been thrown on the left side of the Ourcq. "The fourth army has attacked us in the Vitre-le-Francois region A tailing back movement of the enemy I has been clearly obsered. "The success of the Russians con tinues against the Austrians, whose fort -fifth regiment ot infantry has surrendered In its entirety." Few Suspects Held. London, Sept 9, 4 05 p. m Home Secretary MeKenna. speaking in the house of commons this afternoon, declared de-clared that there was no organization among the aliens in England, the purpose pur-pose of which was the carrying out of hostile acts, and he ridiculed the suggestion sug-gestion made in some quarters re Gently that there are 250,000 Germans Ger-mans in this country' with arms in their possession Continuing, the secretary said that the police and military were alert for" individual cases of espionage Be tween 8000 and 9000 such cases already al-ready had been investigated, but only 90 suspects hae been held. Hospitality of British London. Sept 9, 3 30 p. m The hospitalit of the British nation has been offered by the government to those who loBt their homes and have been rendered destitute by the destruction de-struction of Lou vain and other Belgian Bel-gian towns There are indications that the invitation will be accepted on a large scale and the government has arranged for the reception and enter tainment of these sufferers In London. |