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T?ES1M NEW SERIES, VOL. 1? NO. 39. Weekly, Estesl?saed 16??i DtuTj, Sm*.!* 1114. ANDERSON. S. C>BI&*Y MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR. CRUEL TREATMENT CHARGED TO GERMANS ABSOLUTELY FALSE STORY TOLD BY AN AMERI CAN REPUDIATES THE CHARGES KAISER'S TROOPS WERE CONSIDERATE Acto of Kindness and Generosity Accredited to German Officers In Many Instances (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 16.-The Associat ed Press staff correspondent of Amer ican birth and antecedents who. was sent from the New York office and wan caught in Brussels at. the time of the German' invasion, held as ? pris oner several days and who finally es caped to Holland, has &ent by mali tlie following story of his experience: "The night before the Germans*'en tered Brussels, when the Belgian civil guards,ana refugees begad poring in to tho city from tho direction ot Lou vain, tildy, brought stories of. unspeak able German atrcitios, maltreatment 'pt-Old men and children and the vio lation of women. " ? . ?'? Humors Cause Apprehension. "The Belgian capital reole'd with apprehensipn. Within, on^hour the gaiety, tbe .vivoclty and brilliancy of the. city wont , out like a broken arc light. The radiance, of the cafes was turned to darkness: whispering groups of residents broke up hurried ly and locked themselves ' Into their homes, ' where they , put ' up the shut ters, and dfeW tn their tricolored Bel gian, flags. The historic Belgian city wfaeft' it Trembled with the fear or a Frenen, victory at Waterloo. Vin : leas than 24 hours' the Belgian citizens were chatting with the Ger man invaders and the allegation of greater brutality and torture dissolv ed, into ono of thc myths which have accompanied all wars, Atr?citlet( Denied. "Neither in Brussels nor in its en virons was a single offensive act, so far as I know, committed by a Ger man soldier. In a ri ty of more than half a .million people, invaded by a hostile army of perhaps a quarter of a-million fidlers, no. act sufficiently flagrant to demand puntsmi.mt or to awaken protest came to my attention. "The frlo-htful reports that had pre ceded tho German army into Brussels Included the disemboweling of old men, and the impaling of children on lances, just outside of Louvain. In vestigation not only failed to sufc stontaie these rumors, but could not . even discover any one in the imm?di ats .vicinity who credited them An eye witness of unimpeachable veracity told ino .the wo rs! behavior he had ob norved .during the''first German entry into Lon-, hin (Au RU st 19' was that of . a German soldier who. leaned from' his horse and kissed P. pretty Flemish girl who broupht him a glass of beer. "I marched for days with the G?r man. columns, often only one day be . hind tho fighting, with the houses that had boen .burned still smouldering the. rrround freshly broken -by shell and trampled by horses and men j and i the memory "of the German advance vivid in the minds of the inhabitants1. ? I interviewed an average of twenty persona in each of a dozen towns, and found only one instance of a non combatant who had beeb killed with out a iustlflable provocation. Evldsiie? K?? Co s sissie. "In this case the ' evidence did not Clearly prove'that'the man had been wantonly murdered. He lived in one of tho typical small Belgian Country side houses; which oohibines the com. forts of home with the lure of a small .public bar. . THIs house waS' at the north-end of Morbes? Lo Chateau, a town-through Vhf ch a larg? part of the German army pasBod on the road ??> T??uulrwuKv. . ? son of tn?' murdered man, whoso name'waa Artbtir Nlco dcm,-, showed ma'blood clots ~&n the floor marking tho place whero Nlco at cut by a sawr liberate a. sault upon the r?sidents1 of the town. But the inhabitants them selves admitted that the shooting had been done by a comparatively small number of German?. i<nd that the fir. lng had not begun until' English sol diers who had concealed themselves in the houses bad first fired upon the Germans. . '?? Greatly Exaggerated.. . "I have emphasized the one fatality of the non-combatant because the newt? of lt traveled up and down the Sombre and across (o Hantes-Wlberie and Solore-Sur-Sambre, multiplying aa ft went and developing ghastly and inhuman details until it seemed un answerable reproach to the whole German empire. With this- one poss!, ble exception, I did not encounter in any of the other' towns I visited a sin gle instance of mistreatment of any sort by German officers or soldiers. "Buissiere-particularly, the * lower part of the City-virtually had been destroyed by a cross fire from French and German artillery. Tops of brew eries had been hurled to the ground and walls had either disappeared or .become dislodgedl The whole city lay in smoking ruins*, with only Its drawbridge across the Sambre. and a few marble stands and boat houses showing above the debris. But, here, two days after the battle, women and children were moving comfortably about the town and not a single com plaint "waa uttered against German conduct. , . . "There are, "of course, reported out rages beyond investigation, either on account of their vagueness or because it is impossible to weigh the provoca tiona, lt is known, for instance, that 112' natives were killed in Rene - champ, hot far from -Ardennes*, Ger mar soldiers say that they were kill ed because they fired upon them from tho roofs aJod^wlndoy/a of the. houses . ""The' history of the "absolute de strnnMnn nf Louvain wjth its cathed ral and. lftl^yeisify- timtt Wn<ltnown. The Gcrmani?^rlf6n;jot this ls that the Inhabitants under ? the COMPLAINT IS BEF0R?WILS0N BELGIAN COMMITTEE PRES ENTS PROTEST TO AMERI CAN GOVERNMENT WILSON REPLIES Gives Nations Attitude in Elabo rate Speech Saying America Prays For Peace fContinued On Page E.V i Turks Mobilising v Paris, Sept 16.-A dispatch to the Havas agency from' Petrograd says: "ie is announced that the Turks have concentrated a large army on the Bulgarian frontier and that General Li man von Sanders, a Prussian cavalry officer who trained the Turkish army ia expected to take command." Washington, Sept ." 10.-Addressing the Belgian commission which come to protest against alleged German at rocities in Belgium, President Wilson said today: "Permit me to cay with 'what sin cere pleasure I receive you as a rep resentative'-of. the King nf Belgium, a peoplo for' .whom the, people of the United States' feel t-o strung a freind ship and admiration, a ki t? for whom they entertain BO sincere a respect and express my-hope .that we may have many opportunities of earning and de serving their rf?'g?rd. "You are-not mistaken in believe'ng that the people ,of thlB country lyve j???ce^'8'e?k the'./fiAe'path.v of prog ress and have a passionate r^gardNfor the rights of humanity.*, "It ls a nmtter 'oi ; i>iOfund- pride" tto me that % am p'ermitteJ for ti t'iu? '.o represent such people/ard to he their spokesman, and %. am- nonored that your king should have aimed to me in time of distress aa to o ie who wish es on behalf of the people he repre sents, to Consider thc claims lo the im partial* sympathy ot mankind of a na tion which deems itself wronged. "'I thank you for th? document you have put into my hands containing the result of an Investigation made by a judicial committee . apointed by. the Belgian government to' look into the matter of which you have come to speak. 'It shall have my most atten tive i perusal and my thoughtful cbn si??ratfan. yj ?: - ? ^You will; I am sure, not expect mo ^ry^^D^tnit^^uV^wBt beovetvf I The day of accounting will then come, when I take lt for granted, the nations ol Europe will assemble to determine a, settlement. * Where wrongs havo boon comimitted their consequences and the relative responsibility invol ved will be assessed. ' "The nations of the world have for tunately by agreement made a plan for such reckoning and settlement. When auch a plan cannot compass the opln (Contlnuod On Page Four.) Extreme Cruelty Charged To Germans By Belgian Committee ate vicinity who credited them. An WaB-niliBio?f i?._A resume cf i cavalry Orsmael and Neerhespen, Au \VJ&S^^S^^^^? findings of the Belgian commission ol gust 10, lj, and 12. An old mair had told me the wore, behavior he had ob- lmmJjv nVT>Qini^ by the King of the hie arm cut In three longitudinal served during the fifst^ uerman^entry . to lnvestlgate the alleged f slices. He waa then hanged head into Louvain (Angnst 19 was* that of atrcitle8 committed by German troops downward and burned alive. Young n German soldier who leaned from his waa made public , today after the re- girls were'assaulted and little chit horae and kissed; r. pretty Flemish girl port had been presented to President dren were Outraged at Orsmael, and who brought hiina glass of beer. . wilson* mutilations, too horrible to describe, "I marched for days with the Oer- Tn0 flBaingB were grouped 2nder were in flicted on other inhabitants, man. ?ol?mnw. often only one day be- the headman of "the atrocities lt Line- Frisoners were hanged while others hind tho fighting, with the houses that raxeau and Orsmael," "the massacre of were tied to post? and shot., had hean burned -still smouldering Aerchot," "the destruction of Lovaln," "After an engagement at.Haelen, the. rrround freshly broken Ay shell and the summary in part follows: Ckiminandant .von Damme was to se and trampled by horses and men* and "German cavalry occupying the vii- verely wounded that he was lying on tho memory of the German advance l?ge ot Llnsmeau, were attacke by two his bock. . He was murdered by the vivid in the minds bf the inhabitants', gendarmes and Eel gian troops. A German infantry firing their revol I interviewed an average of twenty German officer was killed by tho Bel- vers Into his mouth, persons in each of a dozen towna, and gb*n soldiers during the fight, and sub- "Numerous wounded and unarmed found only one instance of a non- sequen tl y burled at the request of the soldiers Vrere ill-treated or killed by combatant who had beeb killed with- Belgian officer In command. No civil- Germiu troops, and different place?, out a Justifiable provocation. ans had'taken part is the fight; bevor- doctore and nurses and ambulances Evldsiie? ^ Scaelssfre. t???^s, th? village ww invaded ai n,?e .'.rod ou. "In Uiis case the evidence did not dusk oh August 10th by a strong force At times the Germans, went into Clearly prove that the man had been of the German cavalry, artillery and imtl? with the Belgian flag, wantonly murdered. He lived in one machine guns. In spite of the formal "Woila digging trenches and with of tho typical small Belgian country- assurances by the burgomaster that no tho'-white tag hoisted, Belgian soldiers side houses; which combines the com- civilians had token part in the fight, were sot on by Germans and sboL forts or home with the lure of a small two farms and Six outlaying houses "Anot^?v time near the fort at Lon . public bar. This house wa? at the were destroyed by the gun fire and re- coln, a. g.oup of German infantry north end of Marbeth-Le Chateau, a duoed to oshea. All the male popula- hoisted 'iUe White flag and when tho town through rhlch a largo part of tton waa compelled to Come .forward Belgiansoldiers approached them to the German army .passed on the road and hand.over vthaisvar arjes"; . .they tske.ithsih iriiescrs, ihsy wor? ?ir?? io Ma?uf?rge.-ifs.: son of the* murdered j possessed. No recently dlac'. nrged on at .close range. .' '. man, whoso name waa Arthur Nico-1 firearms were found. Nevertheless, , The Massacre ar Aemhot dom. Showed :mevblo0d clots "in th? ?i? ??vadera divided these peasants- /Ae? ?C?u?, a. town or e,?Ou moe Id floor marking tho rilace where Nico- Into three groups. Those Hi one group tAnts, was' invested by tho Germans dem felK his. throat cut byva sawr were .bound and eleven of them placed in the morning Of August 10. No .ed*??d.GcVttan sabre. , , in a ditch, where they afterwards wera Belgian troops remained behind. No . "It was aald b^*; aims inhabitants found dead, their skulls fractured by sooner had .the Germans entered the that the murdered ma i showed a pair butts of rifles. city .When they l>e^ by shooting sev of binoculars}: brit f? -more probable During th? hight of Augustvie, Ger- oral-Inoffensive civilians. In.the^ev explahatl?h .was1 that ItihgUan outposts man cavalry entered Velm ; the inhab- entag^almtnR th?t a superior . Ger? had ' 'cto?i?^??^?.?ii^w^^.^?^.in?:: the1 it?Et; ^?rs SSlscp.: - Without v'fuv?^i5***- ;*5?5v^"?Sd uwu iwui by Ibo BOM houBe, from .wKlclirthi^^?red a rain cation the Germans fired on M; : DO- of a bttr^master, or; according to o: fire uptnv.'ihe' nrs^'^'?rmar "?:?rad* ailmi?ie's house and broke into it. .another voraion cf the story, that a era. The Inferenc? XhH tho shooting They destroyed the furniture and *?iso .conspiracy has been hatched against '.;-*?s?-.-done' hy"Balglan;'i'elvillans may looted ;, venables. They^ burned hlB ?**?**3*.-^mandant by the bur have infiamed tho Germans to repris- barn and cattle. They carried Mme. ?J^*?^-t .aa >te tomily. the Germans ^la. tn tlj?t ^ DeOllmme half naked to a place two ,to 108 T.?? neen^urn^ tafle?: away; She then, waa rslealed, ^^J^ ^'*^ i au i nasBR?i AumiBt ?B. and as sha fled, was firm ?n without J^ ?^S8 ^ ih? t.?^tt* Tk?r? i? ''^?ovriio( Hierbes. Ld Chateau, ?if ?er?? ,w w? ? ^f? ^^??J^J\?!^TJS?J^' wlilc?i had bvjan iL s^e of ^ninn^ ^jwtotJa aabther direction arad ?$'?^?J^J^^^ . imoortaht i?kirmlf?h betwet?n the Ger-i onj herdymg^ Thejt^ ^?^^K-.?' ?l"^.^61^^ - mani, and Bnfkllsb^oa the ? prOvlous edandjbumed,^ ffi^^i???i'?W?;.^^ : ' Bunda* -WM-tld4l?a^wtth'::Hna\'^c^ - 4Tai?er :J(rf ,Dkarckx, of Nosrha- than forty inen^were fount* thus nias The small numherbt' windows .intact 18 ^ witness to the follow- ..!.;.}.... '*].,. . ' : < Showed that in* -?srins had mada a de- lng atrocities r ?onimM?d by German] i . tCohtlnued on Pago 3.) Xs m li WILSON IPPUES TO GEM?imPROTEST States Emphatically That Noth ing Could Po?sibly Be Done ' at ifeaent Washington, fiepU lfl- President Wilson today replied to thc menage recently received bom Emperor Wil liam protesting- ' '.dgainst the alleged use by the allied ?armies of dum dum bullets. He &aid that he had read thc communications with the gravest concern, but th?jj lt would he .unwire and premature tor the United States to express ?ur.l judgment in the con troversy, la' "-m ? The messag?^wv almost identical with the speech'ilm??? by the President to tho UelgluVvV.tloiJiinlslon which pro tested against;\;lhe alleged Gerniun ulroclMea. '\?f?'' | A.'cublegr*i^r?pjyib'g to the protest of President po?ncuro. of France, who charged- that ?^e 'Gerthnn s were using dum dum bullens also waa preferred, lt wat? not matts' public hut known to follow ckisel&luV te'xt of the Presi dent's message ; tt . Kniperor William, which wa5 ns follow*: "1 received your imperial Majesty's important cpmmr. dcat?on of the.nov entb. and havo-roi i*???witli greatest' Interest and cbn.ee ni":';'*j am honored that you should hfc.vi?^turned to -ino for an Impartial Judgment as the rep resentative of a popple.-truly disinter ested us respqete. ivt+r and truly de sirous of knowing v?nd" accepting the truth:.... ?tf*>)\ . vjfob will, I tim sure, not expect me to say more. Presently I pray God, very f oon thin war barlil he over. The day c pf accountlng ; will ? then come, wheal take lt for granted the nations of Europe will ?asBernblo to detrraine a pettleipent. Wh?re:#jt$ngs have heen committed thelr-cori?saUenccs and the relative reippnslbill^Jnvolvcd, will he assessed. Thc n^dwins of tho world have fortimately, '??WM?reement, made a pian .for such'a; wjSjjkonlng and set tlement: What ; eupK? 0 a plan cannot compass" the oplnlbfr&t mankind, the final arbiter of nll^?ch matters, will supply. It would b#j)tnwi3e, lt would be:prematU7e, fb?fj?Hwle government ?fiiriii^ rf any nation Which -like this bas ho part, In the sapntest, tc Tohii or ex press.a final Judgment. < "I speak thus frankly 1 because I know that'you will expect and wish me to do BO as one friend should to another, and because 1 feel sure that such a reservation of Judgment until the end of the war, whoa all its events and circumstances can be seen In their entirety, and In their true relations, will commend itself to you aa a true] expression of sincere neutrality." (Signed) "WOODROW WILKSON." miNGpB HIDED UHULU HEARD IN GRIMINAL COURT! OS . BOZEM?N WAS PRO-1 NOUNCED NOT GUILTY THE CHESTER CASE Nesr.o Found Guilty of Assault and Battery of High and Aggra vated Nature -Little Done Wednesday did not see much ' nissa of any importance transact! .ni the court, of general sesBlonn. When the court convened yesterday morning the trial of Os Dozeman, charged with tho killing of Matthew Jones, was re ?uraci' end thc charge/ ?ras delivered to tho Jury by Judge Memminger. Tho Jury returned a verdict of not guilty In this case. ' Will Cheater was arraigned, on the I chajrge ot assault and battery and] throwing rocks into a trrtn and a ver dict of not guilty was lo.ewlse return ed in th!? case. The only other case at yesterday's session waa that ot Will Archer, Charged \yilh assault and battery with Intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. This case went to tho Jury yesterday afternoon et 6 o'clock and after a short deliberation that body returned a verdict of guilty of assault and battery of a high end aggravated nature. ' As it was time for ^ ad ieu rr.tr. ?r.t, i no other csa?' wss-'tak?u np. yesterday. Steamer Ia Distress. Charleston, Sept. i6.~Wrreleaa ad vices were received. faereXtpday from the steamship Cl|y of Montgomery that the schooner Frederick W; Eay. besnd t<tt wilmington, wa?,!n "distress otf Oe?rg?iown. She is leaking badly The revenu* . cutter, Yaraacraw wa? located by wireless off Savannah and la now proceeding to the.aaawanco of tho distressed Vessel.. No word was reived from the cutter tonight. CHARGES MADE ARE ERRONEOUS BRITISH MINISTER MAKES SCATHING REMARKS THAT ARE UNWARRANTED IS VERY BITTER Makes Strong Assertions-Claims State of Anarchy Exists in Mexico RETREAT OF GERMANS ENDS IN PREPARATION FOR ANOTHER BATTLE AUSTRIANS ROUTED New York, Sept. 1G.-Slr Lionel Car den, former British minister to Mexi co, and recently appointed minister to Brazil, sailing today from Liverpool, is quoted by the New York city news association as huvlng made this state ment concerning the withdrawal of American troops from Vera Cruz: "lt is a desperate ihatne that thc United States has Reen flt to abandon the decent people of Mexico when they most need help. I do not know the reason for thia but it would seem that President Wilson lins boen mis informed iu somo mutters. "Tho people who did not get pro tection in Mexico City and elsewhere, went to Vera Cruz for protection. What will they do now? They have no way of getting nwny and will be left to the mercies of tho lawless element that will immediately overrun the town and country . . "When It is said that a state of ab solute anarchy exists in Mexico, lt is not stating tho facts too strongly. Thorp were some 4,000 good policemen in tho City of Mexico, but these have bren supplanted by an army .of 86, 000 soldiers that fought the Federal government and among these are sev eral thousands of wild Yaqui Indians, who two months ago fought with bow J and arrows as tho only weapons they knew. "Neither life, liberty, nor property is safe. "Huerta bas some sort of govern ment; Carranza ha? none whatever; the only claim he has to greatness ia htirrfthWiiner-ahVNh^ lng either: There ls'not even martial law there, because there ls no organ! talion." (?'er ni? UK Failed in Attcinut (o Sine Their Allies. (By Associated Presa.) London, Sept. 17.-Tho official press bureau issue! tho following an iiouncinent toi.lght: "It is stated from* Ku ssl au o Iii ci al sources that tho rout of the Austrian army lu Galicia i? completo, though full d?tails* have not been received. The Austrian loss since the taking of Lemberg is estimated nt 2.r>0,0U0 kill ed and.wounded, 100,000 prisoners and 400 guns, many colors and vast quantities of stores. "The Germans made desperate ef forts to save tlie Austrian army, but failed completely. "At ono point the Germano lost .IC pieces nf heavy artillery and at an other several dozen pieces of siege artillery." ALLIED ARMIES WILL MEET STUBBORN DEFENCE FROM GERMANS KTOKM MOVING NORTHWARD Warning* IMsplnroil en the Atlantic C<?HHt. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 15.-Storm warn tngs were displayed again tonight on the Atlantic coast between tho Vir ginia capes and Jacksonville, Fla. Tho weather bureau announced, that tho B tor ni reported over the Bahama Islands yesterday had moved north ward and that its' center tonight was near and off tho Georgia coast. oooooooooooooo o STATE NEWS o o o GOo bo o o o o o oopo ?rcj?, Young, a negro dairyman, wae gd?ed>to deathr by??^Jersey'b?t^Wrff??* pasture near Spnrtanburg. REINFORCEMENTS FOR BOTH ARMIES Next Fight May Be As Costly As Battle of Manu Which, When Known Will Horrify World talion." A storm ?ar reported off the LJUUI '_ ! Carolina coast last night. SERIOUS WRECK Mor6 than 2000 whUe pUpl)B are en_ (By Associated Press.) rolled in the schoo?8' of Qreenvl,1? Montgomery? Alni, Sept. 1(1-An. W. P. Pollock of Cheraw announces Atlantic Coast Line rail-road passen- that he may run for the senate to ger train was derailed near Grady, 30 j succeed Senator Tillman, miles from Montgomery, tonight but j ? reporta indicate no passengers were j The trustees of tho University of killed. . Several were injured but not j South ' Carolina announce they will seriously, according tb Information ? accept cotton warehouse receipts for received hero 'tuition. Important Happenings Of The War, Told In Short Paragraphs (By Associated Press.) I British ambassador at Vienna In a re? The German and billed armies again are facing ?sch other on a . Song, slightly curved line stretching from Noyon in tho west, to the Argonne forest in the esat, end then across the Meuse to tho southwest In the di rection cf the German fortress cf Metze, a distance of nearly 200 miles. Rear guard actions . have . been fought during the post two days, with the Germans disputing every Inch of territory until their armies again should get lato alignment to oppose the allies. All reports indicate that these actions have been severe, but they are considered of minor impor tance in comparison with the great battle of the Marne and the new battle which threatens. Regarding present operations, tho official statement Issued by the French government ls meagre. General head quarters at the front has sent to Pa ris no new details o? late fighting, and Paris officials draw no inference, for publication at least, from the course ot events in tho battle which bas lasted several days. ' It Is stated, hnwover. that the allies have not weakened on any position. The British official. press bureau quotes Russian official bourees as au thority for the statement that the rout ot tho Austrian army In Galicia ls complete..The Austrians are estimated to have lost 250,000 men In killed and wounded, and 100,000 men and 400 guim captured. In this communica tion the failure of the German effort to c?ivc ths ?ii??r?aii ?r?i?y ?? ??i?d, and tho Germana are said to have lost many pieces of siego and other , ar tillery, v . Tlie Russian general Renncnkampff Viho ls conducting operations tn Bast Prussia recently has found himself tn * dangerous position end baa Callen back to Russian fortresses on tho Rus. Stan frontier. The, Germans, under General von Hindenburg are reported to be following up. their advantage, with tho hope ot dealing . tho RUB ?tana'? heavy blow before they can bo ?reinforced. : Sir Maurice ' de Bunsen, recently port dealing with the rupture bf dip loiuattc relations with Austria, de clares Russia and,Austria bad about reached en agreement on the Austro Russian dispute, when the matter be came ono of discussion between Ger many and Russian and on July 31 Germany sent an ultimatum to St. Petersburg and Paris, following tbls quickly with a declaration of war on the two countries. . . 'A few days delay," says tho am bassador, "in all probability might have.saved Europe from ono of the greatest' calamities in history." The British submarine E-9 hes reached Harwich after having tor pedoed tho German cruiser Hela off Helgoland: The cruiser went down but moat of - her officers and crew wero saved. < President Wilson yesterday received at .Washington the Belgian commis sion sent by King Albert to protest against alleged German atrocities In Belgium. The president took their lengthy written protest and In a speech promised that lt would have "my most attentive perusal and my most ttmghtful consideration." NOW IN ACTION London, Sept. IB--In a dispatch dat ed Monday, September 14, the corres pondent of the Exchange Telegraph Co., save It hos been officially report ed there from Berlin that the Ger man- Battio squadron which ls com po?ed cf 28 units,, hos 15 T?oseio in action. This dispatch ls given the phrase ology, in which lt passed the British censor. Its meaning is hard to com prehend. It may bo that the cor respondent ls endeavoring to convey th? idea that the German fleet In the Baltic composed originally of 29 un its,1 has now only, fifteen units fit for active service, or he may be trying to say that 15 vessels of the Baltic fleet are engaged In activ? operations either alon? the coast ?or with , the en*my at sea. U should be borne in mud that ne wa comos from Ber Un? London, Sept 10.-The Ger mun ar my, which less than a fortnight ago, was at the "gateB of Paris" and the right wing of which then extended to tho southeast of the French capital, tonight is drawn up on almost a straight line, extending from the neighborhood ot Noyon. In the Weat, to Boisfarges on the Meuse, north of Verdun, with its loft reBtlng on tho . German fortress of Mets., ' Thus the right wing at least has now gone back more than senventy miles in two weeks, while the rat of the army has had to retire before the whole could find ground on. which to. make another stand against the advance of. the allies. There seems little doubt that the Germans intend to give battle on this' line, with the river Aisne tn front of their right, tho hills ot Rheims facing , their center and the mountains and forest ot Argonne on their loft. They went back steadily before the French and English armies, fighting only rear , guard .action? until t?eUr ?right, tn command of General von Kluok, got across the Alano. Then they turned and delivered several accounts which,; leaving 2?0 prisoners in the hands of the British. The eoiutir aUttcfcs- ?cUuU??? were delivered in the h?pe ot giving tba troops of the right wing, ishaunted by the long advance followed by a re treat almost as long,, ah opportunity to rest and prepare positions from which they could .resist attacks from the allies in which they could await reinforcements before taking up the offensive again. . ' , . The Germans are in the hilly coun try around Noyon, on the plateau tc the north of Vic-Sur-Alane end Sols sons, and north of Rheims, where they are dlggin strong, trenches and reviewing reinforcements. But even here this" right wing, whi^U np to the prosent bas borne the brunt of the . fighting and the retreat, is not alto gether safe, for the French anny ope- : rating from Amlen? clings to Ita flank* ..< while' the British and French forces continue to press to the front. It is essential, however, that they shouid bold their positions, for they j cover the lines ot retreat to the north which would be tho only way out of .?.>..vi?v Um X.V...W?, ww ^w.w>. .0? . That they realize tbta t? sfe?#? by ths fact that they have contested every/ foot of the ground with th?^flilled er/ mles the last two days and that both sides have suffered heavily. ' Tbo British army, aa has hean Ita iot since it landed In France, ls- taking ito full share In the fighting, which on tbo front has been particularly se vere since the Germans crossed the Aisne and made their first determined stand In their ietreat fro^ Parte, The Gonn an conter, wkMch ia the-: last few days bas come mot? into line ' with the two wings now st? etched from the heights northi of Rheims to the western foothills of'the Argonne bridge, dipping a little south to touch Ville-Sur-Tourbe.-' Ins? ???jtb*aei of Camp de Chalons. This ls ail high, round ground, In many places covered by heavy foests which by this time may have been destroyed. The crossing of the Meuse which the Germans have selected at Consen voye Is just out of range of the fort ress guns of Verdun, BO that aa far os the battle now pending ls Concerned, they have not to reckon with this stronghold, except as it offers ?apport to the French" in case the alllss are compelled, to retire.1 The Germans on tbls. tong line cover as many lines of retread es possible, including those in Namoi JGlvet, Met ieres, Sedan and Stehay ' and ; soon should be ready, . If they bavo not al ready commenced, to give, battle,'or, lt the offensive comes from the ether side lu defend their positions, R is believed that G?n?ral Joffre*. Fretich commander-in-chief, retains the. initiative, having received rein forcemeats to.relieve hts overworked troops, but whether ha will try again. to envelop the German right? or to break np the Grown Prince's army on the lett remains to be seen, lt ia known the German right i^nn been considerably reinforced ' so that it would bomore difficult than, before to work around that wing while thfe German left and. center. Which also havo done a lot of hard fighting ttid (Continued on Paga Four. ' :