Carbon County News | 1914-09-03 | Page 4 | Way to Paris Open to German Army

WAI I 1 TO PARIS OPEN OPE TO GERMAN ARMY LONDON CHRONICLE DECLARES FRENCH ARE TWENTY MILES BEHIND THEIR fortresses FORTRESS Eb there Is no longer any serious fortified obstacle between the german advance and paris and siege now seems possible london the chronicle commenting on T thursday on the wars ars pro areas roes fays rays since the great disaster which befell the allies in belgium a silence deeper than ever baa haa been imposed by the censorship from a message sent on twenty four hours ago by the french esa bassy showing fighting on the itna between and decateau Le cateau it Is apparent that the french have been driven back past their line of frontier fortresses to a point twenty miles behind that line there Is no longer any serio serious ull fortified obstacle between the ger man advance and paris under the circumstances it Is not surprising that the french ministry has resigned and reconstruct s itself as a committee of public safety meanwhile as if a siege of paris was mas now booming foremost in their minds their fir arzt t astep has been to appoint a general in supreme command of paris and its troops