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EVENING EEDGEK PHIITADEEPHIft, THURSDAY, OOTOPBB IB, 1914.
DRAMATIC SHIFT WAR OPERATIONS OF DAY PORTUGAL EAGER
FORCES RUSSIANS SHOW STROKE BY ALLIES TO TAKE UP ARMS
'. TO CHANGE TACTICS Expert Finds German Effort to Cut Off Belgians and
British a Failure Von Bochn's Left Threatened.
FOR ALLIES' CAUSE
Kaiser Seeks to Pierce Verdun-Tou- l Lines.
Warsaw Now Scene of Ter- Congress Prepares for Mo-
By J. W. T. MASON of this wooded, ravlned and difUcult coun-
rific Struggle Czar Com- NEW YORK, Oct. 15 -- General von try, for to the west of It He plains, at first
very open and bnre; nnd oven fnrther bilization of 50,000 War
1

pelled to Defend Own
Cities Because of German
Aggression in East.
NEW YOnK, Oct. IS Except for the thlee of the four main hlghwa8 that
sharp turn In fortuno thnt came with the run from Ostcnd south to the French
battle of the Manic, nothlns In the his- military lines.
tory of the western campalsn can com-
pare In dramatic effect with the chanpo threatening
that has come, almost over nlsht, one
may say. In the military situation In Boseler's
I'olanil and Oollcla. This Is the view ex-
pressed by the military eort of the
the French can strike from Ypres to-
New York Evening Tost.
It may be summed up In a sentence: Is now using
ward the Lys River, which Von Bcselcr
the world was expecting newi of the be- wljl bo forced toto rctrent his
ginning of a battle for the possession of turned.
Cracow and It learns that there Is a Rreat
Hor hn has failed to block the
th south of the Allied forces who havo
bfen resting at Ostcnd. The French
victory at Yptes shows the wny Is clear
at present for the escape of tho solely
fatigued Belgian army and Its British
reinforcements. Ypres Is 23 miles Bouth
of Ostcnd and commands the Junction of
The retention of Ypres by tho French Is
to the southern flank of Von
army, which Is marching across
Belgium with the object of driving the
n
Anglo-Belgln-
forces Into the sea. If
protect
or have his lank
retreat to east there Is easy rolling ploughed nnd
henlh country with wide horizons, such Strength and Martial Law
as Is suitable to the maneuvering of great
forces.
which take their name from the town of
Is
It Is across this open country the plains
Colonies.
Proclaimed
in African
THE SATURDAY
EVENING POST
Chalons and the great wheat district that
lies to the south and east of those plains
that the main German effort to plerco
the French line, now In progress, Is di- LISBON, Oct. 15.
rected. Lisbon Is greatly excited by the belief
Cpon the success or failure of this
that soon the Republic's army will bo
effort will largely turn the fate of France.
fighting side by side with the French
Both armies are occupying country which
has been throughout nil recorded history
and British In France, and that tho
me oniucuein or the Gauls.
Portuguese navy will Join the patrol
It Is the first time, I think, In history,
of the European coast with the British
that the parallel Eastern obstacles which
cover France have been turned, or that
and French warships.
an Invader has been npproachlng from The President and the Cabinet have
the North, hut, save for this anomaly,
called a special session of Congress on
history hero repeats Itself In astounding
left wing, he
Chalons is the
Friday for the purposo of authorizing
fashion. South of the great camp at
rolling plain
half-starv-
the complete mobilization of Portuguese
"Here Fido!
of the ChampaBnc-Poullleus- e,
utterlv
troops.
bare, save for dwarf lines of newly Nice Doggie!"

of "Warsaw.
is
A series of other .simitar counter strokes
threatened
battle now under way for the possession the battle area In western Belgium andby both
northwestern Franco. From the glve-an-
sides throughout
On their northern wine the Russians tnke which Is occurring the rival strengths
appear to bo about equal. Each
had won n notable victory over the In-
has divided forces.
vader from East Prussia whom they had contistant3 Boseler's victorious army from Antwerp
driven back over the frontier. On their hns not unlt-- d with Von Boehn's force
southern wlntr. they were apparently to tho south, nnd the allied army that
ntwerp has not, so far
pressing the siege of Trzcmysl with vlj;or reti cated from
as Is known, et Joined tho rescuing
and had bent their outposts nt least, as French corps.
far as Tarnow, 75 miles east of Crnrow. Tho union of the nAligto-Uelglo-
On their centre in Poland, to be sure, with tho French at Ypres might permit a
attnek In overwhelming numbers
thero were fragmentary and Isolated re- sudden
ports of collisions with the enemy and against cither of tho two German com-
mands If the British nnd the Belgians
Berlin claimed sucessep there, but so were Is every
little attention was paid by the rival cation,nothowever, exhausted. Thero
that tho defense of Ant-
war otllces to the conflict In that region werp nnd rapid retreat toward the
that one was compelled to assume that North Sea the have put tho n Anglo-Belgia-
the fighting in southern and central In urgent need of rest for recupera-
Poland was merely maneuvering on n army tion. There undoubtedly Is a reserve of
large scale while the Issues were being strength loft, but tho spirit
fought out north on the East Prussian defensive necessary a determined offensive must
frontier and south In Oallcla. Today It wait for for recovery from tho fatigue
appears that the llgntlng on the wings n. fortnight's Incessant fighting.
has been regarded, on the German side, tienrlj The march of the Germans to the sea
nt least, as subsidiary to the preparation will glse them no military ndvantnge If
for the main thrust through the heart of the retreating Allies escape. Almost,
Poland against the capital. from a strategic standpoint, the gain will
At the same time there Is no reason to be n forced change of one of the BrltlRh
suppose that the sudden change In the supply bases on the northern French
mere aspect of things means an equally
startling change In the actual situation. const. There can be no thrent against England
If the contest now under way In Poland by a German occupation of any of the
Is for the possession of Warsaw and not North Sen or Channel ports.
of Crpcow, It Is not because Russia has So long as the Rrltloh navy commands
met with disastrous defeat which has the sea no German transports could be
forced It to suspend aggressive operations nssembled anywhere along the Belgian
planted firs. It Is not likely there will be an nctual
That mournful country,
which Is llko a tumbled sea of hlllockn
declaration of war until after Congress
nnd rounded dips, with the dull, low lino
meets tomorrow, Tho order for mobiliza-
of Argonno crossing the eastern horizon,
VlWMMlfcgy
tion Is considered hero tantamount to
of the was tho scene of the triumphs nnd the
a declaration of war,
death nnd Is now the resting place of
Von
Jveuerman nna valmy. Portugal Is unanimous In Its determina-
Goethe lived
there and found this plain like "the be-
tion. The lenders of alt parlies have
ginning of a new world."
been in conference with the President
A German army triumph thero would
mean that today. nnd tho Cabinet, and the decision to
In that same lost and barren region o'
call Congress was the result.
forces the huge Catalaunlnn plain, along the
Roman road, which skirts the Camp of Thero Is gicat enthusiasm for war In
ui mo runipans or the army and among tho people.
ing thing still called the Campmat
amaz-
Martial law has been declared In tho
of Attlln.
It Is a huge oval bank, reminding one In
Portuguese Congo, which Is bordered on
Its shape of those modern tracks whero
Indi-
the south by German Southwest Africa,
automobile races nre run, nnd also In Its
size for It Is many hundred vnrds In
according to dispatches received here
length. But It Is piled much hlgncr than
from Loandn. This is Interpreted as
the banks of these modern racing tracks,
meaning that already there have been
and In Its bulk and Isolation it Is the
clnshcs between the German and Portu-
most lmpressivo thing a man may see In
the whole course of Europenn travel.
of
guese forces there, perhaps similar to
This camp, tradition alllrms, was the
that caused by the effects to spread re-
fortification wherein the Huns secured
volt through the British Union of South
themselves before they marched south
1400 years ago, nnd wero broken Afrlcn.
to pieces
at last by the discipline of the RomanTho Portuguese possessions In western
people, nnd by that power there Is In the -
6ftllco4i$ott
Africa, known as the Portuguese Congo I
Latin blood to digest and to bring Into
utoful service the bnrbarlans. and Portuguese West Africa, llo Just
The Invader is thus marching over
north of German Southwest Africa. To One of Herbert Johnson's Cartoons on tho War, Which Will Appear Weekly
sacred ground. Not far nway, a day's
the north nre the French Congo and tho
march behind the defending line. Is tho
Belgian Congo, and on the cast Is
house that nourished Danton. If that
Rhodesia, part of tho British posses-
line is pierced the Invader may burn
the house, still standing, where Joan of
sions. On the west Is the Atlantic

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

and stand on the defensive. The aban or French coast for Invasion of England, Arc was born. Ocean.
donment of the siege of Przemysl was not while yenboiml Zeppelin stations would Such, then. Is the nature of the ground, '.
to all appearances the result of a battle be subject to destruction by tho Allies' nnd such the position of tho opposing German residents nre already fleeing
In which the Russians were beaten, but warships. forces at tho most critical point In this
from Lisbon, many of them having stnrted
was the result of the application of Her- campaign. for Madrid In anticipation of a declara-
Permnncnt occupation of the French
man pressure along another part of the and Belgian coast towns will seriously tion of war by Portugal against Germany, By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
battle line, which has hitherto remained lengthen and thus weaken the German By E. ASHMEAD-BAE.TLET- T The German Minister Is prepared to leave
In almost complete obscurity. Ominous bottle line, unless it coincides with a re-
LONDON, Oct. 15. It seems as If tho th capital at a moment's notice.
though It may seem for Russian pros- tirement from the present southern posi-
pects that the fall of Warsaw should be tions near the Alsne. Diplomatic rea- struggle haa reached such n complicated Numerous British steamships have been A novel of international intrigue, leading up to the great
spoken of as among Immediate possibili- sons mav demand this change In strategy stage that even tho most highly organized In the harbor for several weeks, to be
ties, there Is nevertheless justification for If Gjrman statesmen can enter a peace General Staff Is Incapable of exercising
general control over the movements ready to move the Portuguese army when
war, in which an adventurous young American first falls in
the Petrograd War Ofllce when It speaks conference while their troops hold French even
of the withdrawal from Przemysl as dic- or Belgian forts, more advantageous of any particular group of armies, and ly expected
war Is declared, and It hns been confident-
thnt such a declaration would
love, then into trouble, and becomes a part of events that
tated by strategical rensons. terms might be obtained than If French in various quarters of the field the gen-
What these reasons are will appear interior towns were held. In the first erals dently.
are acting more or less indepen-
The principal fact Is that both
bo made as soon ns Portugal was thor-
oughly prepared. Portugal Is the ally are making history.
from a brief resume of the eastern cam- case, England as well as France would armies have Great Britain, the entity of the young
paign. Russian Poland is a wedge 220 bo vitally concerned: In the second, only executed an almost complete of republic
miles long and 200 miles wide thrust Into France. change of front since the battlo of the being guaranteed by a treaty

erman bai dlt

Marne. They are now holding with Great Britain. England has been
Germanic territory. The Russian plan nstly representing to Portugal the need of her
for on invnslon of the enemy's territory By HILAIRE BELXOC more extended lines, running almost north troops In
natutully demanded an advance on on and south. the battle line of the Allies
PARIS, Oct. 15 One of the most vital against Germany and has indicated that If
cen front So that before the forces In Tho Allies' line stretches from
battle line Is the or Its environs to Solssons. For theGhent Germany Is the victor Portugal's national
central Poland were moved against Si- points In this last Identity will be lost,
lesia, It was necessary for the Russians eastern end, toward the fortified line ten days the Germans have concentrated By IRVIN S. COBB
to the north and south to fight their wny Verdun-Tou- l. This region Is both hilly their main efforts on breaking through WAR FOOTING 150,000.
through East Prussia and Gallcla respec thickly
the centre of tho allied line at two points, While the peace strength of the Portu-
tively till they reach approximately the and wooded. It Is a country between Arras and Albert and between guese army Is
longitude of Warsaw. In the north the not only of deep ravines and considerable Roe and Lasslgny. less than 30,000 men, provi- A vivid story of the wake of war, written day by day in
Germans were successful In beating off forests, but of pasture lands cut up by Their object has been to reach Amiens sion Is mnde for an active army of 150,000
tre attack. A great victory was won hedges and full of spinneys and copses and thus control the railroads running at war strength. The country Is divided
near Tanenbcrg, and the Russians were as well as woods To tho north stretches north, hut they have entirely failed In into eight military zones, from each of
the ruined villages of Belgium and France through which
pursued Into their own frontiers, only to the long, low ridge of tho Argonne, a the main object. Mr. Cobb followed the German Juggernaut.
r make a stand on the Xiemen and force lump of clay, crossed by five or six main As a whole, the situation of the Allies which can be recruited one active divi-
back the Invader. In the north the fight- roads, but only two railways daily becomes more favorable. Evnrv. sion nnd two brigades of reserve Infantry.
ing has been a draw". ine main German effort to break the where they have held their own, and in The islnnds form three special districts.
annual conscription is fixed at

Liberty
Russian successes on the south In Ga- French line must be made to the west , several places The
llcla have been noteworthy, but they have hae gained a town. 17,000 men. From the regular army are
also been exaggerated In many respects taken the men of the Republican Guard
lis to the damage Inflicted on tho Aus- nnd the Tlscal Guard.
trian forces and ns to the menace to
Cracow. Even If the Russian ndvaneo
NEW ITALIAN ENYOY PRZEMSYL STILL BESIEGED; Tho actlvo army consists of eight di-
visions, each containing four regiments
LEMBERG CZAR'S HANDS of infantrv of three battalions each, one
had reached Tarnow, as Is reported. It
would have meant that the Czar's armies
DECLARES COUNTRY
IN
section of machine guns, one regiment
A Statement ofthe British Gaseby Arnold Bennett, the famous
had attained a. point on tho general front Petrograd War Office Denies Vien- of three battalions of Held artillery, one English novelist.
on a line with Warsaw, and that beforo regiment of cavalry of four squadrons,
there could be any talk of a move on na's Claim of Recent Successes. one company of engineers, with pontoon
Cracow the forces In central Poland must
WILL NOT GO TO WAR PETROGRAD, Oct. 15. trnin, and signal, sanitary and train
be brought Into play. But In central Po-
land there had been going on in a silence
favored by the developments of events
elsewhere an extraordinary concentration
of German troops.
In view of the great battle raging along troops. Besides this there Is an inde-
the Vistula, the Galician campaign has pendent cavalry brigade of three regi-
become Insignificant. The "War Depart-
ments of four squadrons each, with ma-
chine gun battery; one park of pontoons,
In This Week's Issue
During the first weeks of the war the Count di Cellere, in Washi- ment, however, claims successful con- a battalion of field telegraph, a com- The One Dated October 17th
Germans occupied Lodz, only SO miles tinuance of the siege of Przemysl and de- pany of garrison telegraphers, one of
wireless telegraphers, one of aeronauts
from Warsaw, and virtually htretched
thtmselves In a belt 60 miles wide across
ngton Interview, An- nies the Austrian reoccupatlon of Lem-ber- g.
and two railway companies. There also

Murder Will Out

Toland from Thorn through Lodz, Plotr-ko- v
and Klelce to the Vistula. They did
this without resistance because It ap-
parently entered into the Russian plans
to permit tho occupation of that part of
Toland, while the Russian advance was
under way on the north anil south flanks
In East Prussia and Gallcla. The Ger-
mans, on the other hand, once the men-ne- e
to East Prussia had been shattered
by General von Hlndenburg's victory at
are two regiments of mountain artillery,
nounces Only Attack Will The news agency, by authority of the one battalion of horse artillery, two bat-
War Offlce, Issued a denial of claims of talions of siege artillery and three extra
Force batteries of mountain guns, besides bat-
His Nation Into victories In Gallcla, as announced in teries
i
of machine guns and engineer and
Vienna, saying: fortress troops. For tho Islands there are
Great Conflict. "The Austrian announcement of the three regiments of Infantry. No matter which Emperor wins, the people always lose, and
rout of the Russians at Przemysl and the
WASHINGTON. Oct.
recapture of Lembers Is wholly untrue.
Italy The operations at Przemysl are progress-In- s SUBSCRIPTIONS censor or no censor, the real story of die war will be given to
15.-- That

Tannenberg. were content to concentrate will remain neutral in the European war
successfully and the fall of that
for SATURDAY EVENINQ POST
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In southwest Poland, confident that the unless by gome unforeseen development
Russian advance into Gallcla could not here vital interests be threatened, was fortress may be expected at any time
ho pressed dangerously near to Cracow
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stuff, but the story of what war does to the man in the
central armies; and these they were pre- the new Italian Ambassador to the United
paring to fnco The story of German States, in the first Interview granted by main forts have been silenced by the
army corps rushed to the defense of Russian artillery.
' Authorised Subcrlptfon
Pottal Mttoa immtdiatt dttiverv.
Agent. ranks the cannon fodder" the man in the streets, the
Cracow probably has no basis. Cracow the since he presented his creden- "The statements issued In Vienna may
was indirectly but effectively defended
en-o-

tials at the White House. recall tho fact that when the Russians The number Hit laborer, tlie little business man and the farmer; the women
The atreet North
"We have remained strictly neutral llcla overwhelming were the Austrians In Ga- and children in the home, against whom finally all war is
Sixty-secon-
by the powerful German concentration I'hone Ilelmont
d
X 5.3-0-- 1
In southwestern Poland, which must be and advancing westward rapidly, The trouble won't be reckoned
Ehattered before the Russian armies of thus far," he said, "and at the time of the Austrian General Staff explained the If anywhere I'm beckoned waged. Articles in this great series will appear every week
tho South dared press further Into Ga- my departure from Italy there appeared retreat of their forces as a strategic MRS. II. II. COOPKIl
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llcla. no reason to believe that we would withdrawal, !allea' Home .luurnal 1
Consequently when we read of the Ger- fThe Saturday Ktenlne i'otrfl.fi0 each
mans now attacking the lino of the Vis- abandon that policy. I have heard noth-
tula and threatening Warsaw, we must ing from my Government since my ar-
BERLIN, Oct 15.
The War Offlce has Issued the follow-
Country Gentleman J By Samuel G. Blythe From England
recall that the situation Is largely one rival In America which leads me to
ct Ryssla'3 own choosing. The march think that we shall take part In hostili-
ing statement:
"The Russians have been defeated near JOHN E. CRAIG By Irvin S. Cobb From Belgium and Germany
of the Germans to the Vistula haa been Schlrwindt with a loss of 1500 prisoners Authorized by Curds PublUhtns Company
virtually unopposed, since the first seri-
ous righting we hear of occurred about
ties.
"The only situation which would bring
and 20 cannon.
"The German forces have repulsed the
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Eenlng J'oat, The Ladles' Home Journal By Corra Harris From France
and Tha Country Gentleman.
M miles west of the river. The really us Into the war would be an r.ttack upon Russians south through Southern Poland S007 I'rntTliUe Ave.. Weat rtilla.
Important question U in what strength our national defenses, or some " At Many
other back to Warsaw and to the Vistula Thone. Woodland W
the Russians are now present on the Vis-
development, at present,
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Writers and Statesmen
tula. Large forces have been engaged
In the fighting on the Nlemen. Large might endanger our vital interests "
unforeseen which
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forces Imo been engaged in Gallcla, It The Ambassador stated that the with- zti 'VS?V5''5':V'VS'V5'5S5'v5'5S;
may be that under the veil which has m
covered operations In Poland a, third drawal of about 40.000 Italian troops from
strong Russian army has been concen- Cvrenacea. and Tripoli was due to the 6h
trated on the Vistula, though the falling creation of a colonial Volunteer force,
back of the Russians from- - Przemysl, for which had been determined upon long
Two Roads Open THE SMTUimjlY
"strategic purposes," would Indicate that
the bulk of the Galician army has been before the European war began. The
chitted northward for the defense of the men returned to Italy, he said, were
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tier. The Russians now confronting the
jnade up of troops that have been vic- ing to royal decree.
torious over the Austrians and of fresh
MADRID. Oct 15 -- The Spanish Parlia-
Germans and Austrians In Poland are ment will convene on October 30, accord- i
Disappointment.
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