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Show PREVENT Great Army of Teutonic Ruler Massed on the Banks of the Danube Is Held Back by Rising of River; Plan to Win by Force of Numbers Foiled. FRENCH REPULSE FOES AT ST. PAUL Allies Make Progress East of Chalons; Bombard Bom-bard Uffholz and Advance Ad-vance Toward Burn-haupt-le-Bas; Artillery of Kaiser Suffers in Duel. PARIS, Fob. 2. A dispatch from Nish, Servia, to tho Balkan News agency says: Confirmation has been received of the report that it is the intention of a great Anstro-German army, under un-der command of Archduke Eugene of Austria, to attampt a third invasion in-vasion of Serbian territory. Theso troops havo been actually concentrated concen-trated along a line extending from Tetia to Schifka, on the Danube river. Schifka is tho junction point of the Hungarian, Rumanian and Serbian frontiers. The attack has been delayed by the rising of the Danube and the Save. , The Serbian general staff is fully confident that the issue will be favorable to Serbian arms, as tho troops, both morally and materially, are declared to be in excellent condition. con-dition. ' ALLIES SUFFER LITTLE FROM GERMAN GUNS PARIS, Feb. 2. The following official communication was issued by the war office of-fice tonight: From the sea to tho Lys the Gar-man Gar-man artillery has tried, without success, suc-cess, to reduce our batteries. In the section of Arras rifle firing continued contin-ued throughout the night of February 1-2. but the infantry did not attack. at-tack. Near Soissons we have done eonio damago to the enemy's batteries and repelled an attack of an infantry contingent con-tingent at St. Paul. Fresh progress has been mudo by us near Perthes Ues Jlurlus (cast of Chalons) at the outskirts of the wood the occupation of which by our troops had previously been reported. Jn the Argonne, near Bagatelle, we repulsed a German attack. In the "Vosges, Uffholz was bombarded during dur-ing the night and our troops made progress toward Hui nhaupt Ec Eas. FRENCH AVIATORS DESTROY CASTLE RERNE, Switzerland, Feb. 2. French airmen todav d ropped bombs on the famous fa-mous Horn berg cas-tlu in Alsace, where a group of important German staff of 1 i -cer-s were residing. The building was fot on fire and burned to the ground. Tho fire spread to a number of farm build-in build-in its adjoining it and soon nothing was I lett but a smoking heap of ruins. Homberg castle was the summer residence resi-dence of the French Countess Mn upenu. It "container! some celebrated ancient furniture. The loss is estimated at several sev-eral million francs. 3,000,000 TONS OF GRAIN SEIZED ROTTERDAM, Fell. 2. The Courunt learns that the German W;ir Grain company com-pany an oi E3 riiza thin the purpose oT whh'h is to a''t"ir" all the uvailabh) grain in Germany and ftoro it until next May. haft fei.ed' more th:m 3.0iM.OOft tons of g'rtln The p;ipcr Kiys hone of this food -iturr would be at the disposal of tho public before n?;t numm'-r. AMSTERDAM, Feb, 2, via London. 2:2.1 p rn --The Ucrllner Tngeblatt, In an Is-u'-e which hat? reached here, declares that the counril of GrcHler Herlln has appointed ap-pointed 12, 000 special constable to guard the b: kevf--hopH of t he cjty n i;.i !m t a uy irregularities ('" J,;rU ot tilt: J'Phj. GERMANS ATTACK HOSPITAL SHIP PARIS'. Feb. 2, 2 p. m. "A Genua n rriihrnai inc. yesterday irwule an unsurceM--fnl attempt to torpedo th- British hospital hos-pital Miip A :-t . j r;is. " u ret n i ntr to enni-r,,, enni-r,,, , nil h i irh ! v r 1 1 out tod, v 'uy I ' ) niin-jMrv niin-jMrv of upline, "thus violsitim: liie for- (Continucd on Pane Two.), HSIOfJ OF SEfil STOPPED BY FLOODS (Continued from Page One.) m.il tlaune of The Higue convention of repurding the a Hack lug o: hospital vessel!." The Af-f uri. the. ministry e-r plained. wa fifteen miles north-northeast of the Havre ligntship when the attack was made. POPE'S PROPOSAL FOR EXCHANGES WELL RECEIVED ROUf, lcb. 6M0 p. in. Ac0rdin to reports in circulation at the Vatican. Great Britain, Germany and Austria Uiave answered an-swered favorably Pope lnedtrt's proposal propos-al for an exchange of civil prisoners, women wo-men and children nnd men alwve the age of .15. J When all the answers to the pope's pro- i pof;il have hern received from the h-ud-l of the belligerent nationw. tn will b 1 publiftherj n the Oservatore Kornano. the I off i 1 organ uf t.iQ voalca.n. Many Jurists Killed. BERNK. Switz'M land. Feb. '.' According Accord-ing to office I ;i i r-i fi en t ( given out In Lerlln today, 127: frm;m Ju r 1 t have1 b-en kllle.i in the pre;.-, a Wur. Thu toiui 1 made up of six professor. ?V." ludk'". j 1' (0 lawyers, Zii aifsnois a rid 421 bur-rig' bur-rig' era. Italians Plan Coups. PARI3, Fen. Y A dlpatch from Athens to the l:;ilKati Hgcncy v,yf an ! Iiallun -xpefj'i lonary ci'ri a, omour-d of i 20.O-H-, men, defltln-.fi to wupv the Albanian Alban-ian f aport of I uimzxn nnd Iti vicinity Is being concent ni ted nt H.irl, nn Kaltiiii city on (lie Adrlftl!-; ri'ar Hilndlfl. Strong Campaign Planned. BWI:UN Feb. C An nfflrhil report Is SUe,l torly by I he y icril ail luivy ilcpail. j III" lit c;ill;i H-ttenth'fl to the extensive j tr.insport;itlon of J'.rlth-h Hoops to fruncn and adds: ! '"We nhjill line every method of n&r at our (1I,;'":mI nc-tltiMt Ih'-m,"' |