Show GERMANS GERMAN'S PLAN PUN TO RETIRE It Is Believed the Kaiser Wants to Capture Ant Antwerp So His Soldiers Can Move Back to Belgium PARIS Oct 9 30 p. p m. m mO Tim mi-Tim The be following following fol fol- fol lowing announcement was waD given cut la ta Paris this att afternoon Tho The general general situation has undergone no I change On our left wing two opposing bodies of or cavalry are nrc still stUl operating to the north of or Lillo and of ot La Basso Balso and tho battle continues along tho the line Une marked by by t the tho 10 regions Ions of at Lens Arras Arms Bray Somme Chaulnes Roo und and Lassigny On tho the center of tho thio Ole Ohse and on th the Mouse Meuse only actions of ot minor Importance have havo been reported On our right ris-ht In the district there has been an artillery contest along tho the entire frontIn frontIn frontIn front In Lorraine In tn the and In Alsace Al AI- sace there has been no change In lit Bosnia Montenegrin troops troop have haV continued their advance In hi the direction of or as S far as tho the fortified line which protects the tho olty city at a a. distance from It of or eight kilometers Most of at the letters from soldiers at th the Ui front speak of ot tho the great battle that is expected c on the morrow morro and will de decide deddo do- do cide tho the along the Alme andIn and andIn andin In tho the north This shows that the they as well aa as the military critics are arc baffled by tho the Ira Ira- menso operations which h constitutes moro snore details Heavy fighting occurs met every day along n some part of at the tho battle lino hine the tho importance import Import- anco ance of or which cannot be gathered from th the sober details of ot the ot official statements an and so so 50 It is 18 Impossible to assemble all an of ot the tha simultaneous movement bearing on n the th general situation A Ad As a a. a the review of the situation by critics this morning morning- resemble what they said ald yesterday and the day before All AU ar are aro alI agreed CJ however that developments developments develop develop- ments are favorable to the allies aUles and all emphasize the advantage gained from rom splendid health and spirits shown by th the array army which the army department I Is doln doing everything pOS possible ible to maintain It nan has Continued on pa page o 20 GERMANS SEEK Continued from page p 1 just forwarded reI ell a million suits suit's of or underclothing under under- clothing which supplemented private contributions contributions con con- of or clothing The department Is also sending send IuS' IuS sweat ers era Jerseys jerse's and flannel belts bells for tor tho the use tiso of or th the soldiers in the winter whiter campaign While hll points of ot tho the Irro greatest Interest re recently recently re- re been beon at tho the point of or tho the el elbow elbow elbow el- el bow of the battle line Uno In tho region of ot Roye nOC and on tho the extremo extreme left attention Is la called to the tho Importance of ot the Germans Germans' retreating movement mo on the thc right bank of or ortho tho the ll Ie beyond which endangers en en- dangers their last position In the tho region of or fat St It Is not considered possible that the Germans can CAll remain In In tn this region and their retirement rf may entail a general son ral re retreat retreat retreat re- re treat of tho the arm army operating between the Meuse and the frontier Tho The suggestion is rondo made in Paris this tills morning that tho the Germans ns are arc holding r rout out with the Ide Idea of or taking Antwerp first and th then 11 retiring to a line lino of defense prepared prepared pre pre- pared In Bellum Belgium as it tt Is not possible for them to find r reinforcements reinforcement to counterbalance counterbalance counter counter- balance the fresh troops constantly comIn coming control com cont- ing rol In to strengthen then the tho allies The J ipe transfer of or the tho scat Beat of or tho the Belgian government from Antwerp to O Ostend tend vas riot not made mado public in l 1 Paris aris until this mornIn mornIng morn- morn In Ing but oven even tho the fall of or Antwerp will scarcely shako French bench confidence In tho the success of or tho allies allies' attempts to 10 push tho the Germans o over the frontier SIEGE OF ANTWERP AND AISNE BATTLE NOW V SAME LONDON LO Oct 9 D. D 10 1005 03 a a. a m. m So m.-So So tar far as England knows this morning Antwerp the latest latent of or the cities of Belgium to bo be beleaguered ure is still holding out against the German onslaught ht Lang King Albert has withdrawn from tho city toward Ostend Vh where re the tho administration tion Is le now fully tully established but practically call cally tho the entire Belgian Inn field army has hn remained to resist as lon long as possible tho the Sto firo of the great treat Gorman German guns tho the horrible effects of or which were made mado plain at Liege Tho nations opposing Germany Gormany hoped that the that the defenders rs could hold out till tilt tho the allies delivered some decisive blow along alon the tho battle battlo line In France which has now almost reached d the North sea and taken In conjunction with tho fighting fi which e extends tend across the Belgian frontier to o othe tho the northward of or Lille makes maes a n. gigantic lint front sprawling like a 0 snake half halt across neros Belgium and across practically all nil of or northeastern France The Time siege of ot Antwerp and tho the battle battlo of or tho Mane are arc thus becoming more closely closel related and both Germans and allies arc are making the tho most de desperate ef efforts efforts et- et forts torts to smash through tho the ever or len lengthening length length- h- h ening western wings It Is 18 contended that t the Germans German failed In their effort to drive o a wedge edlo through this re region lon and the latest Parts Paris communication com com- communication contends that the situation Is stationary though most violent fighting continues If H Antwerp falls faUs it will prove pro the In Ineffectiveness Ineffectiveness In- In effectiveness of or modern fortifications against mO modern lIn guns cuns for Antwerp Is the thelast thelast thelast last word In tn Ingenious barriers Th The Tho i situation on the eastern frontier Is 19 becoming more like In France after the German Gennan Invasion and retreat BeIng Being Belog Be Be- ing log driven en from Poland the tho Germans are making a Q stubborn stand and with reinforcements from will doubtless give I e a battle which will deter determine mine whether tho the Germans will again Invade Russia Russin In this region Roundabout dispatches reaching London from Petrograd say that a new Russian army has ha arrived at the frontier near Posen while another nother Is marching toward Thorn All reports of or the surrender ender of ot appear to bo be premature as ero va various va- va various rious reports about the tho beginning of or a a. battle at Cracow |