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f VOLUME 1, NUMBER 212 Weaklr, ErtaUIikei 1M0| DmDy, Jaa.lt, Itu, ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS 85.00 PER ANNUM ALLIED ARM i ARRIVED Al LOST KAISER'S TROOPS HAVE TAK EN THEIR POSITION FOR LAST STAND DEATH STRUGGLE BETWEEN ARMIES German Troops Will Bitterly Contest Every Foot o? Advance of Allied Fctrces London, Sept. 1?.-The hattie of the Marne has about come to an end, and although thc allied armjes are lieerdng in touch with the retreating Germans it is evident the latter are taking up positions to stay the north ward advance of the British and the French'. General von {Cluck's army ha? made a stand north of the river Aisne on a lino marked by tho forest L'Aigle and ernenne, while the armies,of General von Buelow and von Hausen, the Buke of Wurttenburg and the Crown Prince arc'falling back to straighten ort the fr-n'. cp] wljich the next big battle is likely to be fought. Although, the Connans have been pun!-bed* badly 'in their long retreat, and have lost many guua and men, they maintain cohesion, and unless the French succeed in. their attempt to get between the army pf the crown prince and those operating west of him. Emperor William's force? will present a oolld front when tho time comes for another clash which will be fully as important as the recent bat tle. If the Germans can galr the new position, jt pjL&Sg . better, opportuni ties for defense than the ground they b'av.Q passed over thc lest ten days. Their right apparently extends as far wet as St. Quentin, through a coun try Intersected by rivers and slrearrrs that will embarrass the attacking for ce.t The main Gorman forces uqder Generals von Buelow and von Hau: en, the Duke of Wurtteiuhurg and the Crown Prince r.tretch across tho riv er Alane to the hills behind Rheims, and then orth io Verdun, thus sacor lng the road* end the ruilways run nlng north from Bethel to thc Belgian . frontier aud . a. tv. ard to Luxemberg ami Mets In Lorraine. Thus by bringing the army of the Crown Prince of Bavaria more into linc, thoy will bo covered on one wing by their own fortress of Mets. Some military experts believe the Germans will offer their next big re sistance on the Meuse and that an other battle of Sedan will be fought before many day.?. Much time must pass before this takes place, however. The allies at last report were keeping up a keen pursuit with, probably fresh troop -. The French left with largo cavalry forces, some of willoh were reported as far north as the Belgian frontier, continues to haras's the German right, while British land French forces, which gained passages over the river Aisne two dayc ago, now aro soroc (Contlnued on Page G.) Official Rept Of A French tjfncial statement makes brief mention of the fact that the al lied armies un in doc? touch with the Germans north Of the river Aisne and in the neighborhood ot Rheims. In this torritory General von Kluck'a army apparently in making ready tor a stand, while the other German ar mies undor von Buelow, von Haussen, the Crcwn Prino? and the Dukef of W?rttemberg ara falling back, and rn doing so ?re endeavoring to maintain sn. U?U?T?UVU front. The French war department denies that tb? Crown Prineo bad bombard ed Verdun, and add? that only Fort Tropon. which does not belong to Ver dun's defenses, baa been attacked, al though lately lt waa relieved. \ The British official Press Bftreau gives out a ?talement oa authority of Sir Kdward Gray, secretary of foreign affairs,. replying to a communication issued to the press by the Imperial German chancellor. Tho- ?tatejment is based on trie German Chancellor's question aa to whether England would have interferred to protect Belgium's freedom against jaranee, and the. answer given is that Hihgland would unquestionably have dont so. President Polncare abd Smv^or Nicholas of Ru-rsta, have exchanged telegrauuv of felicitations on Ino vic-1 tories credited to French and Russian, arms. | . Russian official reports announced Cutt no fighting has occured In the last U hour? in E??t Prussia aAd tb? . Russian troops, haring extricated HAS r GERMANY STRONGHOLD PRISONER WAS M I'M Wouldn't Disclose Whereabouts of Mines Hut Escupes. (By Associated Press) London, Sept 15.-When one of the British mine hunting boats captured a mine laying tp-awler, manned by Germans, in the North s^a, so one war story goes, the British captain lined up his captives and picked out the weakest looking of tho lot. Ordering him to step forward lie (.aid: "Tell me where you laid, thosei mines?" "I'll die first," said the sailor. "Very well," replied the captain. "You have helped lay these mines. You know where they arc. -We ?re going to hunt for them and ysur po sition is going to be right In the bow, of thc ship so that if wc lilt one of them you naturally will die first " He ordered the prisoner placed in the bow and then steamed over the waters known to be mined. The end of the story is that this vessel picked up nerrly titree hundred mines while the prisoner was kept in his positiot of danger. LIKENED TO A BEAST Nc trna ny H liri? Tro?os al Roth Arm ies of Invaders. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 15.-A Petrograd dis patch to the Reuter Telegram com pany says: "As an instance of P0?3I1 solidarity with Russia, lt is noteworthy that youths of the Polish aristocracy have raised a troop consisting nf them selves and their retainers. Tills body is attached to one of tho Hu ts it n guard regiments, with which it is fighting side bv sid'*. * "F?ferring to Herman concentra^ Mon in East Prussia, the Novo* Vrcmyii cays- ? "Rmneror William, not having suc ceeded in dining In Paris, is hastening with an empty stomach to Perograd. Germany, like a wounded boast con fined behind strong bars, is hurling Itself furiously from right to left It must be remembered that r wounded beast is more dangerous than an un wounded one until ti is exhausted from los;? of blood.' "The Voove Vremy's warns, the pub lic that great trials and further sac rificer prohably are In store, but says thrt troon* Unshed with victory are coming from Galicia and the allies are far from dozing, as shown in all tho dispatches." To Help the Poor. Bordeaux, Sent. 15.-President Poincare today signed a decree au thorizlng Ai^xander Ribot. m'nlster Of flonance, to advance $600.cCo - 'nhab Hants of the department ^r Marne, tendered destitute by the tl. i ? ?an in vasion. - y Cel?bralo Election* Mexico City. Sent. ir>.-Thousands of m3rrytnakers paraded the caotltal's streets tonight in celebration of Inde pendence day. General Carranza re viewed the procos-al?n There was no dVtardfir. The celebration will be continued tomorrow. AW Fighting themselves from a difficult position, are awaiting further movements. Prom Berlin comes the announce ment that efforts of French troops to break through the right wing of tho German Western army have been re puked after heavy fighting. Berlin also announced that the Austrian troops have repulsed the Servians all along the line ot the tiv er Save. A, Rome dispatch giving news from Albwim ??j'? T?onUfut&??? ?io?ps ia conjunction with the Servians have repulsed the Austrian? on tba Bosnian frontier. In the recent fighting. the Austrian casualties were estimated at 4,000. / An Austrian official communication received at Rome denies the report of Russian victories over the Austrians and asserts that 100.000 Russian pris oners and nearly 600 guns have bee/ captured.* Roumaaia ts reported aa making advances to Italy for common action against Austria. The Japanese' troops who are now marching agcinst the German pro tectorates of Klao-Cbow In China, have captured the town of Chi >Mo, a sheri distance outeide of the. Kiao Chow so ne. The first encounter be tween the 1 German and Japanese for ces occured at this point. The reports from washington de scribe, the government officials. and diplomatic representatives aa expect ing the German emperor fb make an early axwwer to tbs informal peace In quiry made by tb? United Status. HOPES FOR PEACE MAY BE REALIZE] Officiais Hope Answer From Kai ser May Open Way for a Further Discussion (By Associated i'ress.) Washington, Sept. 15.-Officials o thc Washington government and dip lomatists* today expected that within another day or two Emperor William would reply to the informal peace In quiry made by the United States a week ago Administration o'Mr.Ts hope the an swer may op"n :h? way for further discuHsion of peace ??rms with Great Britain, France and Dussia. Since President Wilson's tender of good office? was acknowledged in a noncommittal way by Germany along with the other belligerents, American diplomats have been watchful for thc slightest indication of a readiness1 to talk peace. Ambassador Gerard ad. vised the American government early last week-before the inquiry was ad dressed to him-that peace overtures were at that moment inadvisable. On the other hand, the American .govern ment had br ore it the reported will ingness of the emperor to make peace as related by O^ear Straus arter a ? conversation with Count von Bern- : storff, the Gormau ambassador. Mr. Gerard th/ys was instructed to ascertain 't the German emperor de sired to confirm these reports. President Wilson tomorrow will re ceive the Dclgian committee herc to lay before him their complaint against, ulleged violations' o' civilized warfare in the German invasion. It generally ls understood the president will make a statement after the Belgians have seen him reiterating the neutrality of tho United States. The commission arrived here to-1 night, lt will call on Secretary Bry- ( an and be escorted by him to the ? white house OOOOOOOOOOOOOO' o STATE NEWS o o o OOOOO?Ov?JOCOO John Shcllhnu8e, h prominent young man of Aiken county, waB seriously cut with a razor by a negrc. A residence on Marion street has! been rented by tho trustees ot the ! state univoraityfor a girla' dormitory. Tito state democratic executive com mittee met In Columbia at noon Tues day to declare the nominees of tho second primary. Henry Sharpe was shot and killed by George Berfoot in Lexiugton coun ty Tito eleven county mutual fire in surance companies tn this state are being urged to insure cotton by In surauco . Commissioner Mc Ma g tor. These companies principally insure property of farmers, In this regard Commissioner McMaster gave out the following statement: "There' are eleven mutual fVe insurance com panies doing business in the follow ing counties of this state: Oconee, Anderson, AbbevllleHGreenwood.Cher okae.Spatrtanbcrg,' - York-Lancaster, Chester, Fairfield, Union,' Newberry, Darlington and Marlboro. These com panies insure farm dwellings, tenant houses and household furniture. Sumter.-An enthusiastic and largely attended meeting of the Sum ter county . division of the southern cotton congress Was held bi the court house at Sumter Saturday. Between 350 and 400. farmers attended, of whom ?bout 60 were negroes There were bankers, farmers-, merchants, manufacturers, doctors, lawyers and other C&????.. i'a-prdseaic-tL A feature of the meeting was the ar vere adverse and somewhat borah criticism of President Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet together with some heavy licks struck at the South.Carolina and other representatives of southern states for Indifference towards the dire needs of the southern farmers In the present crisis. ^ Another fight Likely. London, Sept. lt?.-''Both armies are taking breath," says th* Daily Mail's Bordeaux correspondent. If the Ger? mans can take a strong position north of the river Alane another battle ia likely at the end of the week. Nev ertheless they may intend to draw off their troops through the town of Sto nay. 8 miles west of Montmedy. or by the Meuse valley into Luxemberg. "Evidence of their defeat accumu late. Masses of every kind of mater ial are being abandoned by the Ger. mans, pointing to the continuance of < their retirement The French are] bringing up reinforcements tn large numbers.*' Montenegro Joins Servia. Rome. Sept, 15.-A dispatch from j San Giovanni. Albania, says that thai Montenegrin, troops have joined the | Servians and, fighting nuder Servian | generals beaded by General Vukovitch have repulsed tbe Austrians alt along I . tbs Bosnian frontier. 1 HEAVY RAINS CAUSE WRECK . i --T PASSENGER TRAJN ON ST. L. AND S. ROAD PLUNGES INTO RAVINE TWENTY-SEVEN DIE Twelve Person Have Not Been Identified-Passagers Were Caught Like Rats In Trap St. Louis. Sept 16.1-Twenty seven persons were drowned early today when a St. Louis and San Francisco westbound passenger ' train plunged into a cloudburst two- miles west of Lebanon, Mo., and tWu.'passenger car.* toppled into a gulley swollen with wa ter. Eighteen persons were injured, but not seriously. . For several noun? the train had boen going carefully, as tho engineer feared the heavy rains had weakened the track. Just as the locomotive hit a curve making the edge of the ra vine, the engineer saw a wall of wa ter ahead. Though going only 15 miles ar. hour, the train could not be ? stopped. The 12-foot embankment on ? which the track crueled the ravine had been swept away b"y the rush or water. The locomotive crossed the sagging track, but the chair car and the smoking car rolled'into the torrent. The locomotive and the mail and bag gage car, forced by the momentum across tho ravine, finally left the rall? and toppled partly over on the struc ture three feet under water. The tireman was crushed to death, but the ; engineer escaped injury. The four sleeping cars remained on the traci:, behind the stream. The chair car and the ?smoking car sank deep in tho rushing water. Ma ny of the oc^upanfflj^ra^. dr o yatee WhilS they slept.- ^rjtner? tTtmbed through the windows- and swam to 3afety. Mic- Nona Campbell of'St. Louis, a nurse, climbed to the upturned side of the chair ca? and rescued five im prisoned passengers by pulling them through the window. Passengers in tito sleeping cars, roused by the shock. '. went to the rescue of those who had ? not drowned immediately. Several passenger? wero pulled from the wa ter exhausted. Tho Identified dead are: Henry Wagner, Harrison, Ark. W A. Childers. Clover; Mo. Mrs. John Myers, Thayer. Mo. Lena Myers, Thayer, MOJ J. H. StccksUll, Springfield. Mo., (fireman.) ^ Vernon . Calvin. Rumley, Ark. E!.:1e Calvin. Rumley, Ark. George Coxcy, Green Forest, Ark. H. W. Newkirk. Hannibal. Mo. C. Neal. Ketchum. Okla, Mrs. Elizabeth Rostetfer, Alliance. Ohio. Mrs. George Brown, Bush, Ark. Daisy Perry. W. W. Taylor, Springfield, Mo. August Wettner, St. Louis. Mo. The unidentified dead Include seven women, two men and three children. Flashes Priest? Are Shot Amsterdam, Sept. 3?.-The Cologne Gazette publishes a dispatch from Sarajevo, Bosnia, stating that several Servian prier's have been shot as spnie- and on the charges of inciting .bosnians tn take firms r.jainst the dual monarchy and even leading them against the Austrian troops on the frontior. Many Servians, according to the newspaper, have been arrested In Bosnia on similar charges and sever al of them shot. Austria** Hen.y Lesses London, Sept. 16-A dispatch from Rome says that the Tribune'.-.1 Petro grad correspondent declares it is re i? ?Kc Russian capita! that the Austrians have lost 70 per cent of their total available troops. Including 250,000 men taken prisoners by the Russians and Servians. The dispatch adds that Austria is withdrawing her troop* to prqtect Vionna and Budapest. dr Both Killed Setae Day. London, Sept 15.-A dispatch to Ute Exchange Telegraph front The Hague. | says that it is reported there that the j German officers. Colonel von Reuter | and Lieutenant Baron von Forstner, both central ? flgure-r In tba Znbcrn, Alsace army scandal last year, were killed the same day tn different en gagements-Co*- von Renter near ! Louvain and Baron von Frostner near Dixmtvyden. Rurslan Press Centered on Italy. Rome, Sept. 15.The Giornale dital la today publishes a Petrograd, dis patch saving that attention of the Rus sian press is cantered oft the attitude of Italy. In Russian political circles \ SEVERAL NATIONS ? SIGN TREATIES Government Believes Same Will I Be a Preventive of War For J Some Time (Hy Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 15.-Treaties be-1 twaen the United Slates and ureat' Qritain, France. Spam, and Chinai were pigncd today by Secretary Bryan ? nnd the nritiali. Frenrh. Spanish and the - 'hi?ese ambassadors. These pects! the Washbagton government beiiovof, i "will make permed conflict between the i'nited States and these nations' almost, if not entirely impossible."! They provide that all disputes which . cannot be settled by diplomacy ?hali be submitted to a permanent cominis-] sion for investigation for one year. t The four are similar in principle tot th?? twenty-two treaties signed with I Ventral and South American and a: few American countries. 1!) of which I have been ratified by the senate. Secretary Brynn disnatcbed tele gram? to the American,embassies and legations in Germany,, RuSBia, Aus- : tria, and Bedgium notifying them of what bad occurred and expressing tb?l desire of the United State;? to Blgn similar treaties with those countries Jauan alone has not accepted the principle or entered Into negotiations becausa of the desire of the ministry^ there/ not. to confuse tho Japanese public, while the alien land contro versy is b^Ing adjusted. <Sne of the practical efforts of the trcr.ties signed today is to make more remote than ever the possibility of the Untied St at CK bMng drawn into the present European w-ar over any delicate uuostfons of neutrality w .. Tv might arise with Great Drltain or France. Membern of the cabin *t and admin istration omciuls witnessed the slgtr inc ceremony in the olfice of the sec retary of statue. Afterward!} Mr. Bryan issued the following otatemont: "The rlaning of the four treaties to day with Great Britain, France, Spain and China bring under treaty obliga tions more than nlne'blfUdred millions of people. These, when added to thff? popnlatfob of the United Staten and the population of the 22 countries with which similar treaties haye here tofore boen signed, brings under tho influence of these treaties consider ably more than two-thirds o? thc In habitants of the rdobe. Aa these treat ies provide for Investigation of all mnt'.3rs in dispute before any declar ation of war or commencement of hostilities, lt is believed that they will make armed eonfl'et between the con tractlns nations almost) , if not entire ly. Impossible." RUSSIAN* VERSION Count fiolelrwskl Makes Public' .Statement Sent form Headquarters Now York. Sept. 15.-"Count Colonel Nicolai Golejewskl, military attache to the Russian ember sy here touight, made public here an official statement received from the RuEsian war office at Petrograd as follows: "The rapid and energetic advance of the army of General Rennenkampff in East Prussia and our decided success es over the Austrians have compelled the Germans to withdraw consider able force?, from their western front. "From August 28 to September 10, the Germans shifted their reinforce ments into East Prussia. Advancing through a country familiar to them, the enemy pushing forward his right wing, wa? preparing to deploy con :-. alembic- forces on the line Norden burg-Goldap. "Thais maneuver threatened the ar my of General Rennenkampff and was met by thc resistance of our protect ing flank detachment which vlth self sacrifice, stopped the advance of the enemy. "By Ceptember 14 these detach ments were withdrawn from their dif ferent positions and now are prepar ing for further operation?. On Sep tember 14 no engagement in East Prussia took place; "In Austria or advance across the lower San riw encountered no resistance. "The enemy ls . retreating without halting, we having taken the fortified positions of Grodek and having roach ed Mouickn Our trnnni arn arith!" a few deyu march from the fortress of Prezymscl. tho newspapers say, Italy's interven tion is considered Inevitable. Ac cording) to one belief the Italian gov ernment ls walting only for the resig nation of Foreign minister San Gall iano, a partisan of the triple alliance. Liner on Fire. Norfolk,. Va.. Sept 15.-The Clyde, line steamer New York was* badly : damaged by fire late today while ly-, lng at her pier. The fire started while the plant of the Virginia Paper Box \ company waa buming two block?, away. j The' flame? shot out from between! deck? in Gie af ter pa rt of the ship and spread rapidly. Half a dozen tug?,1 Including tho naval tug Massasoit, re-, ?ponded to the vessels calls for as-. slstance and kept the fire confined to ; that part or the ship In wblcb it orig-, mated. . I VERA CRUZ E BY THE I Japs And Germans At lt. (By Associated Pros?.) Chimo, shan Tun? Province, China, Sunday. Supt. 13, vin Peking. Sept I fi --The first encounter between Cer n?an and .Japanese for'CH on land o< curred Ihis morning when there v.cn a number ot sharp skirmishes betweei patrols of tlie contesting forces at t." point close to Cal Mo. Previous to 'these engagements1 n German a?roplane flew over the dis trict. Tlie Japanese tired on the ma chine but without success. A considerable Japanese force is reported To miles' to the north of fiere. A dispatch received hore from Wei Halen (du miles northwest of Kiao Chow' says fifty Japanese troops ar rived there Sunday. Peking. Sept. If?.-A report from Tsing Tau, of German origin, declares that vanguard of Japanese cavalry is at Kiao-Chow city. Kieo-Chow city is about five milcB outside of the border of the German territory of Kia-Chow to the nortli WCBt. Tokio. Sept. 1'?.- Cnder date of September 12 the war ofllce has given out an cfiielal statement relating to the situation at Ttving-Tau. in which it is declared that Japanese cavalry captured Chi Mo. ten miles outside of the Kino-Chow zone. No signs of the enemy were declared north of ?he river Pisha. Aeroclanes of the enemy occasionally are tight ed. ENGLAND TAKES SAME FIRM STAND Belgan's Neutrality Must Be Observed By All of the Nations London. Sept. 15.-The official press bureau announced that the following statement is isued wi 'i me authority of Sir Edward Gray, secretary of state for foreign affairs, with regard to thc communication made by Dr. von Bethmann-Hcllweg, Imperial German chancellor, to the press: "DcDi' any one believe," asks the German chancellor, "that ' England would have Interferred to prptect the Belgians' freedom against France? The answer is that sho would un questionably have dono so. Sir Ed ward Gray, as reported in the White paper, asked the French government whether lt was prepared to respect the neutrality of Belgium so long a's no other power violated'it. "The French government replied thnt they were ro?olved to respect it. The assurance, it waa added, had been given several times and had formed the subject of a conversation between President Polncare and the German chancellor, who entirely ignores thc fact that England took the same line about Lelgian neutrality in 1870 that she has taken. "In 1870 Prince Bismark, when ap proached by England on the subject, admitted and respected the treaty ob ligations in relation to Belgium. "The British government stand In 1014 as Vr stood in 1870. It is Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg who* refused to meet us In'l914, as Princo Bismark met us in 1870." Retreating C Prepare t Paris, Sept 15.-It was generally anticipated today that an attempt to stem the tide of their rapid retreat would be made by the Germans' after the allies had compelled them to re tire defeated from the great field of battle to the ci.:,; of Paris where they bad fought stubbornly for se voa cays and suffered enormous losses. It has been revealed ina! British and French av at o rs ran great risks following the ret r agrade mo vc ni cn ts of the German army, but succeeded in gathering the information that the Germans had erected field works at various places along the northern plateaus beyond Rheims. These were intended by the Ger mans for the event of meeting super? tor forces sud ticing, obliged to retire *nd reform. It ie undcrst >od that they left sev eral corps on their western wing and on their center with the desperate leak of holdlngt^hese lines so as to prevent their pursuers from harrass tng the bulk of the German army which. In the meantime, waa making quickly for the frontier. Many detached parties of German troops have been captured wandering about the woods where they found themselves with little ammunition and no food supplies and deserted by their comrades, who were making forced raarehp? There bas been no cessation uv the At Urgent . Request of General Carranza It Has Reen Decided To Evacuate Mexican ^ort Washington, Sept K..-Evacuation or Vera Cruz waB ordered today by President Wilson. American soldiers and marines un der General Funston. who have held .Mexico's principal t>?aport since lt way seized hy the fleet April 21. last, will embark for home as soon as transports can go after them, and shortly a?ter all of the war fleet, ex cept a few light draft vessols will be withdrawn. The evacuation order was announc ed at the white house today after a long cabinet meeting. It is the con cluding chapter of the sece-d armed conflict between the United States and Mexico, In which a Bcore of Amer icans lost their lives, nearly a Hun dred yere wounded and upwards of 300 hundred Mexicans' were killed or wounded. The reasons for the atep were set forth In the following statement from the whit? house: "The troops have been ordered with drawn from Vera Cruz. This action is taken in view of the entire removal of the circumstances which were thought to Justify the occupation Tho further presence of the troops ,1a deemed unnnecessary." Specifically, the American troops were withdrawn at the urgent appeal nf General Carranza, first chief of the constitutionalist army. Through Paul Fuller.persenal representative of Pres ident Wilson In Mexico, General Car ranza set forth that the presence ot American troc j,a. instead of being a safeguard against further revolution and peace with the United States, con stituted a constant menace to friendly relations. The Mexican chfufl con tended-and he was support?e: ' by General Villa and Obregon-that the Mexican people would not understand the continued presence of American troops on Mexican (*>H and. would cherish resentment no matter how well '. tentioncd the American govern ment. ! . ?V. l'util today the American govern ment had not decided On any Axed time for the withdrawal and awaited negotiations with the new govern ment. At first the president believed it desirable to keep American^ forces ut Vera Crux for salutary effect, hop ing a constitutional election would be conducted fairly and the troops brought'back after a constitutionally elected executive was in power. Car ranza argued, however, that no elec tion could be free with a part Of Mex ican territory controlled by American forces; The president discussed tho subject with hb? cabinet, some of whom, lt ls understood, did not favor the move. lt finally was the consensus of opin ion that tim main purposo ot the American expeditjon to Vera Cms-to punish the affront to the flag at Tam. pico-had been achieved. Another circumstances which influenced the president's Judgment was the ap proaching general convention of mili tary chiefs. October 1,'when a provis ional president will be designated. General "arronza wished to be able to turn over thc power to a successor with the country absolutely at peace (Continued on page 6.) \ermans o Give Battle preparation at Paris for defenie. Although tho Germana now arr. a considerable distance away an? the liklihood of their return ls regarded aB remote, thousands of men are be ing enrolled daily for the formation of new forces and to fill the gaps In the Tanks of the armies which hare been in the Held since tho beginning of the war. Some military critics are ot tho opinion that the stand now being made by Gie Germans along the river Aisne ta the beginning of a new bat tle which may develop into a com bat almost if > not quite aa Important as that on the Marne. It Is pointed out, however, that the struggle must be on a frontal from the German side while the alite? the allies occupy po sitions from which an enveloping movement can be effected. The strength of the respective forces engaged, although kept secret, ls believed to be almost equal. It la argued that the allies possess the ad vantage of prestige which has. been Increased slncet they repulsed the Germans on the east of Paris. TJ?e al lies also command tbs railroads which enable them to bring reinforcements. This the Germans aro not Itt a posi tion to do, it ls thougnt. owing to the activity of Belgians in keeping several German army corps engaged sfc.ee taking the ogenstve front Antwerp.