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Show GERMAN BARON TAKENAS SPY London. Sept. 2, 8 30 a m Baron Lewis Von Hurst of Coburg Germany, was arrested in London today on the charge of espionage and placed in one of the concentration camps as a prisoner pris-oner of war. Baron Von Horst has extensive hop iLterests in California, He Is a brother of Clement Von Horst and married a daughter of D J Partullo of New York. have appeared before the chief cafe6. "The possibility of a German raid ' Is very slight Solitary fortresses may perhaps be masked, but tbo attempt at-tempt to cut down the Oise valley towards Paris, except as a trivial raid without first routing the masses ot the army, is madness. ' We may assume therefore that if the Germans have faced eastward and turned their backs on the British and other forces gathering in Pi-cardy Pi-cardy (an old province in the north of France but now forming the department de-partment of Somme and part of Olse, Pas De Calais and Aisne) they must either win an Immediate victory or risk being caught between the hammer ham-mer and the anvil. If they win. they will still have to meet other armies, including the large garrison army Common sense is shown in preparing against any contingency One Edition of Papers. "More than one edition dally of any newspaper is prohibited on pain I of permanent suppression and the lights on the Seine bridges and the ! rier side have been greatly reduced, no doubt out of regard for the Zep- I pelins and aeroplane "No considerable change is percept- j ible in the military situation and it I is believed tbat the main French army ar-my and the British wing still hold the line So far the German turn ing movement by western Belgium, which cost enormous losses and risks, i has been successful, but now the po-silion po-silion is ery different The be6t j Prussian and Hanover troops are now exhausted and the Germans have the j main bodies of the allies to meet. "The lorts on which so many brains have been spent, are not silenced., What prospective defeat, flight and; piecemeal slaughter is open for the( Germans! Vast Unprecedented Battlefield. "A brief official review Just issued, reveals the ast extent of this unprecedented un-precedented battlefield, 76 miles long. Fortv-flve miles southward from their; main army the allies blocked the German Ger-man path I "Whether the same British force Is, fighting on the Somme to the southwest south-west or another, we don't know Neari Sedan the French troops had to effect ef-fect a slow retreat, but It repelled another German attack, and In so doing do-ing inflicted heavy German losses. -csh Gtrman reinforcements then appeared from Rocroi. a fortified town in the department of Ardennes, making towards and fight ing is now going on between and thp Meuse French Strengthen Poa'tions. "The official note on the fighting described It as a kind of n siege. As every position previously captured by the French in the Vosges region has been strengthened and organized, the French advance there is neeessanb slow Parisians in reply to the message mes-sage from the German aeroplane to surrender, say: "What did you bring under your wing that we should surrender to you'' You brought death a bomb That is all. That is why you will never have Paris Paris is cUiliza tion in its beauty You are barbarism barbar-ism in its ugliness." "Many wounded continued t6 arrive in Paris, some with trophies, such as swords and helmets. "The Red Cross ladies here have been officially informed that twelve of their number were killed and that others are missing." oo |