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' COMMISSI FORM TO RULE MEXICO SUGGESTED THAT A TEMPORARY BODY BE FORMED TO CON TROL COUNTRY. t nrrppcn aq a nnMPRnMISF 11 I Kb II ! 1/ nw n vwi Thought at Aguas Calientes That This Plan Might Unite the Warring Factions. Washington.?A commission form of government for Mexico until order is restored has been suggested at the in formal discussions at Auguas Calien ,tes, preceding the formal meeting be tween representatives of Carranza and Villa. This was reported to the etate department here and met with prompt recognition as a possible solu tion for the vexing problems of the Southern republic. The plan, it was believed, would eliminate the personal rivalry off va rious factional leaders and lead to early restoration of a 6trong central I government in Mexico. Details of the proposal were not received here, so far as is known, but officials found somewhat of a parallel for the plan In the organization and powers of the Philippine commission. They thought it probable such a commission would 1; be largely of a military nature, al * though it might later, through changes In the personnel, become entirely civil J ' and provide an easy way for return to constitutional government. Further reports of distress on the west coast of Mexico cipe from Ad miral Howard. Lack of food, or of any central authority, Jie said, caused continual conflict between the people and the soldiers. The food shortage there has been called to the attention of the American Red Cross. IF ' Protest to the sta]te department was made by the Spanish ambassador against the reported arrest of the Spanish consul at Mazatlan. Other hostile actions against Spaniards in that region were also reported. The department has ordered American consular offices to investigate the re ports. The Constitutionalists agency here received notice that General Aguilar, commanding me iorces in uuui ui Vera Cruz, had issued a proclamation eaylng he was about to make possess ion of the city and "would give full protections to all aliens and Mexicans. The proclamation made no mention of the American forces. The battleship North Dakota sailed from Vera Cruz conveying the Twen ty-fourth Company of Marines to Guantanamo before proceeding to Hampton Roads. The Rhode Island haa arrived at Vera Cruz. TRANSITION OF RURAL CHURCH. According to Disciples of Christ At Atlanta Church is Leaving Field. Atlanta, Ga.?"The rural church Is Jn a period of transition. Hundreds are dead and others are dying. Thou sands of rural and village communities are over-churched. Many existing or ganizations must disappear. Thought ful men expect and honest men hope ' for the survival of the fittest Gradu ally Christians are perceiving the nec essity of some sort of union of reli g^ous forces." These were some of the strong dec larations made by Rev. D.- D. Ander eon of Fort Worth, Texas, in an ad dress before the American Christian Missionary Society which is meeting here in conection with the internation al conventions of the Disciples of Christ; He urged heartier support for the church extension fund and advo cated the building of attractive church buildings. He said 1,300 congrega tions of the denomination are home Jess and 4,000 other congregations : - have inadequate structures. f Carey E. Morgan, of Nashville, Tenn., president of the board of trustees of the society, told of the mission of the organization and what it has aiftomplished. Cal* Imnrnn^p Washington.?The plan for direct Federal aid to cotton growers to the extent of $400,000,000 was the subject of sharp criticism in a letter to Rep resentative Henry of Texas made public by Secretary McAdoo. The lat ter is in reply to recent statements to the House by Mr. Henry. Mr. Mc Adoo announces the proposal to sell $250,000,000 of Panama Canal bonds to bolster the cotton crop is not prac ticable and generally objects to all the features of the Henry plan. Americans Need Help. Washington. ? Secretary McAdoo has been asked by the State Depart ment to authorize the withdrawal of $50,000 to $75,000 or United States deposits in the Bank of England for the relief of Americans in Turkey, where aid is urgently needed accord ing to Ambassador Morganthau at Constantinople. According to recent dispatches American schools at Smyr na, Beirut, Jerusalem and Constanti nople, ordinarily supported by mission societies in the United States are prac tically without funds. Newspapers Request Change. Washington.?Newspaper publishers generally are preparing to ask the Senate to change that portion of the House war revenue bill providing for a stamp on the bills of lading on all packages. The newspaper owners do not object to paying the tax, but con tend that neither the railroads nor other transportation companies will hold their cars until newspaper pack ages are checked, stamped and re ceipted for. They suggest that a tax could be imposed on the basis of sworn circulation. . ... ' / ; ' '' ' ' LONG DRAWN OUT WAR IS EXPECTED European War Has Been In Progress Two Months With No Decisive Bat tles Fought FIGHTING ACTIVE IN RUSSIA Germans Prepare to Halt Invasion By Russians Through Prussia, Po land and Galicia The war in Europe has Ijeen in progress for more than two months and so far there has been no decisive battles fought either on land or on 6ea. It now appears that the war will last through the winter with al ternate victories for the combatants. The battle of the Aisne between the allies and the Germans in the north of France has developed into a siege and may last for weeks longer. The greatest activity is now being found in East Prussia and Poland where the great armfes of Russia are pre paring for an invasion into Germany. Germans Defeated In Prussia The fierce struggle which has been going on between the Russian and Ger man troops along the Niemen river, in East Prussia for nine days, ended with a complete victory for the Rus sians, according to dispatches from Petrograd, the Russian capital. The fact that Czar Nicholas has left the capital to join his armies in Prussia and that Kaiser William of Germany is already on the ground testifies to the importance of this campaign. European Rulers With Armies An important development in the war in Europe is the report that four of the rulers of the countries at war are at the front. When the condi tions in East Prussia grew to alarm ing proportions and a Russian invasion menaced Germany, Kaiser William hastened to East Prussia. King Al bert of Belgium has been constantly with his troops in their fighting against the Germans in Belgium. Czar Nicholas has left Petrograd for the German border. President Poincare of France has gone to visit his troops fighting the Germans in north France. His mis sion is said to be to deliver to the French soldiers the nation's apprecia tion for their heroic efforts in repuls ing the German Invaders from French soil. , Allies Gain At Aisne Slowly but surely the allied armies of France and Great Britain have been pushing the Germans backward out of France into Belgium. The bat tle line is now close to the Belgian bor der. The fortunes of ^ar have been playing fickle with the contesting ar mies in the north of France. In some places the Germans gain an advan tage, while at other points along^ the 150-mile battle line the allies have the better of the argument. Belgians Reinforced At Antwerp The little Belgian army is again bearing its share of the attack of the German armies. For the past week the kaiser's soldiers have been doing their utmost to crush the defenses at atwerp and capture the city. Ant werp is one of the strongest fortified cities in the world. The British are watching the attack on Antwerp with much anxiety, as the capture of this important city would render possible an opening to the North sea and a future campaign in England. The Brit ish have hurried their artillery to aid the Belgians in the defense of the city. Austria Agrees To Italy's Demands FoTjSl time it appeared that Austria and-Italy woul^ become entangled in a diplomatic struggle which might end in the declaration of war by Italy on Austria, but this was happily averted when Austria agreed to the demands of Italy to remove the floating mines in the Adriatic sea and to pay an in demnity to the families of Italian fish ermen who were killed by the destruc tion of a fishing boat by an Austrian mine. It is expected that shipping on the Adriatic sea will be resumed as soon as Austria gives notice that all of the mines have been removed. Japs Seize Jaluit Island Tokio.?The navy department, ex plaining the landing of Japanese blue jackets and taking the German island of Jaluit, says the move was for "mil itary purposes" and not for permanent possession of the place. Jaluit is the seat of government in the Marshall archipelago in the south Pacific ocean. Germans Unsuccessful In Africa Washington.?The British embassy made public this statement cabled to Washington by the colonial office : During September there was consid erable activity along Anglo-German boundary of the East African protecto rate, due to attempts to raid British ; territory and cut the Uganda railway. All these attempts have been repulsed and raiding parties defeated in every case except one, where an unimportant frontier station is still held by a smal] German party. Five British Liners Sunk London.?The official news bureau announced that the German cruiser Emden has sunk four British steam ships and a collier. Statement of the bureau is as fol lows : "The admiralty announces that the German cruiser Emden, during the past five days, has captured and sunk in the Indian ocean the British steam ers Tumeric, King Lud, Riberia and Foyle and captured the collier Bursk. German Congo Is Taken Paris.?"It is officially announced that the French forces in Equatorial Africa have reoccupied the greater part, of the Congo territory ceded to Germany by the treaty of 1911," says the Bordeaux correspondent Russian Children Killed By Bomb3 London.?The operators of a Ger. man Zeppelin dirigible droped a bomt into a schoolhouse at Bielostok, Rus sia, killing eleven children, according to a dispatch from Petrograd to the Morning Post. Slffi MBMb CONTAI (Copyright) Ottawa, Canada.?Canada will raise immediately and Bend to the front a second expeditionary force of 20,000 men with a first reinforcement of 10 per cent, making 22,000 in all. This decision was reached at the cabinet council. The second contingent will bring the total of Canada's force at the front up to more than fifty thou sand men. Sir Robert Borden, the Canadian premier, made public the action taken by the council. In a statement regard ing the situation he said: "The government proposes forth with to organize and train a second expeditionary force of 20,000 men, with first reinforcement of 10 per cent, making 22,000 in all. This force will be organized as expeditiously as pos sible, and the arrangements for provid ing the necessary arms, ammunition and equipment are already in prog ress. The government is also making preparations to organize and train the necessary further reinforcements for the first and second expeditionary forces." ' x As to the disposition of the forces already dispatched the prime minister said: "According to the report of the chief embarkation officer the total force em barked at Quebec amounted to nearly 33,000 men, besides 7,000 horses and a proper complement of guns and vehicles, with full equipment for men and horses. The transportation of this force required thirty-one large steam suipo. Russians'Repulse Germans Petrograd.?The general staff has given out the following official com munication. "The Russian troops ?ave continued to repulse the enemy from the bounda ries of the governments of Suwalki and Lomza. The engagement has been very fierce west of Symno. "The German troops that were at tacking Ossowetz are retreating hasti ly to the north. Considerable forces of the enemy, of which the bulk arrived from the west, are concentrating in the districts west of the governments of Piotrkow and Kielce. "The Russian cavalry and vanguard #are reconnoitering energetically through all that region, Impeding through vigorous attacks the move ment of the enemy. "The Germans always endeavor to use the highways in Russian territory be cause the other roads, being rough, paralyze their artillery trains. "An attack by the Russian cavalry against the German vanguard in front of Andrew, and marching on Kielce, was crowned with great success. The German infantry was caught unawares and is retreating in disorder, pursued by the Russian cavalry., "The bombardment of Ossowetz did damage to only a few private dwellings and a few telephone lines as the gar rison was sheltered by numerous con crete walls. ' Loss Of Germans Enormous London.?"According to Information from the front the Germane suffered enormous losses In the last engage ments," says Reuter's Bordeaux corre spondent. The message continues: "German prisoners state that some companies of the guards have dwin dled to one hundred men and are commanded by young officers, as they have lost all their former officers since the beginning of the war." Poincare Lauds British Army London.?An official communication Issued by the presB bureau says: "King George has received a telegram from President Poincare, of France, say ing: "On leaving^French headquarters, I had great pleasure in paying a visit to Field Marshal French at British headquarters and to his valued British troops. I seize this agreeable oppoi^ tunity for renewing to your majesty my most hearty felicitations and shall be grateful if you will convey them to the splendid army which is now fight ing in France." Americans In Turkey Needy WaohinHnn?Ambassador JVloreran thau, at Constantinople, lias appealed to the state department for addition al funds for the relief of Americans in the Ottoman empire. The recent deposit by this government of $150, 000 has been found inadequate. Ambassadors Page and Herrick at London and Paris, respectively, were advised of the situation in an effort to make quickly available funds for Turkish distribution, and steps also were taken in that direction by treas ury department officers. Editor Suggests French Pray Paris.?All newspapers print a dis , patch announcing that prayers for , peace were given throughout America i on Sunday. Commenting on the inci dent, The Gaulois regrets that the ^ex ample has not been followed by France, and declares that President Wilson is not afraid to have the Amer i ican republic kneel before the Most High. "It lifts the hope," says Gaulois, ; "that our republic will one day follow ( the example of the United States, which we so often imitate." p I; GIOUS! Fighting Continues At Aisne London.?Both in London and in Paris there is the greatest confidence, although some surprise is displayed at the success of the Germans in pre venting the outflanking movement There Is a feeling, however, that the Germans cannot extend their lino much farther north without weaken ing it at some point. Along the rest of the line tho French communication says there has been no change. Therefore the prog ress in the region of Soissons and in Woevre either has satisfied theih for the moment or they have been check ed by the Germans. Of the fighting here, as on their right, the German reports says, it is proceeding favora bly for the German arms. Czar tioes 10 me rrom Petrograd.?E' .peror Nicholas, com mander-in-chief A the Russian armies, has arrived at the headquarters of the active army. This information has been given out from general headquarters. The following official communication has been made public by the general staff: "According to reports from the com manders the Russian troops at the bat tle of Augustowo gave proof of extra ordinary courage. Several regiments fought without rest during the whole week, extricating themselves with dig nity from the most difficult position." The engagements were exceedingly obstinate in the vicinity of Suwalki, where the enemy concentrated impbrt ant forces and, having fortified their position, opposed the Russians with the fiercest resistance. "Our troops made several bayonet charges to dislodge the enemy from his trenches. Prisoners taken say that the German losses at Suwalki were so large that out of hundreds only twenty men remained. The whole line of the German retreat is blocked with the bodies of their dead. "It is thus that the German invasion from east Prussia into Russia failed utterly. The enemy is now definitely leaving the borders of the provinces of Suwalki and Lomza. "On the left bank of the Vistula and in Gallcia the situation remains un changed." v In Russian military circles, It Is felt that the Russian general staff Is now able to analyze, and will be able to forestall the intended German invasion of Russia. In spite of the great Importance of the eight-day battle between General Rennenkampf, on the Russian side, and Gen. Von Hindenburg, on the German side, which has just come to an end and in which the Germans were not only not successful in crossing the river Niemen, according to reports here, but were driven back with heavy losses to the frontier, it is the opinion of Russian observers that the Germans intended this costly and fu tile demonstration to draw the Russian troops from east Poland as a prelimi nary to their main object. Germans Claim 240,000 Prisoners J3erlin.?The Germans now 'claim to have 240,000 prisoners of war, about 7,000 British, 40,000 Belgians, 100,000 Russians and the remainder French. So far the prisoners have had to do little manual labor, but it is contem plated to put them to work draining "swamps and repairing roads. i Why Russians Invaded Hungary Rome.?News from Russian head quarters says that the invasion of Hungary through the Carpathians has two objects. The first is to insure the left flank ot the Russian army operat ing against Przemsyl and along the San river, and, second, to open a new field of action In the vast Hungarian plains where it can frighten the pop ulation, disturb the drilling of Hunga rian reservists and recruits and cut the railway communications, besides freely feeding a portion of the army from the resources of the country. Italy Is Urged To Act Milan.?A great meeting was held here and before a large and enthusias tic crowd Signor Battisti, a Socialist deputy from Trent, Austria, made a speech in which he said that he was much touched by the imposing demon stration. He could only say as a son of Trent that it was awaiting libera tion by its Italian brothers. "The lib eration of Trent and Trieste," he said, "means the accomplishment of a duty left as a heritage by the great makers of the fatherland." Deadly Work Of Allies' Bayonets New York.?Lieut. A. Ellicott Brown, U. S. A., who visited the battle field of the Meaux just after the fight ing, has reached New York. So great had been the carnage, he said, that within a radius of 600 yards he saw 1,000 dead Germans. The bayonet charges of the allies, he said, were responsible for the great slaughter, as the German soldiers were so strong ly entrenched that they could be dis lodged in no other way. THE FRENCH CAPTURE SIXTEEN HUNDRED PRISONERS.?THAT IS ALL. CURTAIN ON SECRECY LOW Little News From British and Ger Mans?In th East the Russians Reported Successful. War Chancellories of the Allies and the Germans have not seen fit to lift the curtain of secrecy high enough for the public to obtain an insight into the conditions which prevail, along the battle line in France. "There is nothing to report," said the French War Office, "except that there has been a lively engagement in, tiie region of Roye, where in the last two days w6 have captured 1,600 pris oners. That is all." From the Brit ish and Germans came nothing. Of the situation in the east the Aus trian genial staff in a dispatch com ing by way of Berlin, reported a com plete break up of the Russian invasion in Hungary-and said that the Russian Emperor's forces had been cleared from a portion of the Carpathians. The Russians, in their turn, declar ed that near the East Prussian front ier in Russian Poland they still were pressing the Germans hard and at several points had gained successes over them. While one morning newspaper in London has been informed, "on good authority" that Antwerp has fallen neither the British official press bu reau, nor the Belgian Minister are able to confirm the report. The last advices from Belgium had the Germans still hammering away with their artillery against Antwerp. One dispatch said 200 big German guns were in opeTation there. Ostend advices reported thousands of refu-, gees arriving in that city.. A Unrlln aoro XC inc Alhoft XX JJCI 11U UlOI/aifVU U i.kAUQ wv* W of Belgium has been slightly wounded. ' British aeroplanes agaip have visit ed Dusseldorf, Germany. A British official report says an aerial squadron succeeded in blowing up a Zeppelin airship shed in Dusseldorf and de stroying a dirigible balloon in it. Three aviators engaged in rail lost their machines. Protests were made to the Wash ington Government against Germany commandeering food supplies in Bras ses and "reducing the native popula tion to famine." It is believed in Washington that Captain Le Vert Coleman, who has been in Europe with the American relief commission, will be called upon by the War Department to explain statements attributed to him in an in terview in New York concerning the German army's fighting abilities and commissariat and alleged atrocities commltteed by the German troops. TWO THOUSAND MILES DAILY. Fighting on the Aisne Goes Along With Few Evens of First Importance. London.?The official press bureau irlirAa on avo.wlfna?Q narflltlvfl nf ODer B4'WO WJW W ' Ir4* VMM ? * ations In France, supplementing that made public October 3. "Wednesday, September 30, mere ly marched another day's progress in the gradual deevlopment of the situ ation and was distinguished by no ac tivity beyond slight attacks by the enemy," it says. "There was artillery fire at intervals. One of our airmen dropped bombs on tin enemy's roll ing stock on the railway near Laone. "Thursday, October 1, the forces became engaged on the Aisne. During the night the enemy ?made new trenches and a French aviator drop ped on<g bomb on the railway station and three bombs on the troops-massed near it. \ "Friday, the second, the Germans were driven out of a mill they had occupied. an advanced post, oy artillery fire. During the night they made the usual two attacks on the customary spot in our lines. Two ol their trenches were captured and filled in. "Up to the twenty-first of Septem ber the air meeting made by our air men since the beginning of the war amounted to 87,000 miles, an average of 2,000 miles a day. "Few night attacks have been made against us. General troops of 40 or 50 men have come forward as inde pendent units, making every endeavor to obtain advantage from cover. Light balls and searchlights have been used. Latterly these attacks have become half-hearted. "Against our men the enemy never has closed with the bayonet. "The German trenches are deep enough to shelter a man when firing from a standing position. Our men at first showed reluctance to entrench. Now, however, having bought their experience dearly, their defenses are such that they can defy the GermaD artillery." Przemysl Is Burning. Rome, Italy, by way of London.? The Russian embassy, while denying a report that tl?e garrison of Przemys! ' ? oi?rronf!prprl tn thp RllS in Udixcia iiau du*?vmv.v. v? v? slans, added "howSver, the whole towr is afire and its capitulation is sure. 2S Flips Coin for hSa^ne. Superior, Wis.?The flipf?t a coin determined the name which i\new "nephew" of Uncle Sam adopted ,\Sth the approval of his petition for nat^1 uralization by Judge F. J. Risjord. "I guess it have to be Steve Ste vens)" said Steve Ranovich, alien, after he had returned from a consultation with a friend with whom he had re tired when his request for a new name was met with a query of what it should be. "I don't care much for it, but we tossed a nickel to settle it, and I guest it do." OFFICIAL BRITISH RE GERMANSRf London.?The official press bureau Issued a descriptive account of the operations in France of the British force and the French armies in im mediate touch with it, communicated by an eye witness present at the head quarters of Field Marshal Sir John French. "Sept. 25, 1914?For four days there has been a comparative lull all along our front This has been ac companied by a spell of fine weather, though the nights are now much cold er. One cannot have everything, hdw ever, and one evil result of the sun shine has been the release of flies, which were torpid 'during the wet days. "Advantage has been taken of the arrival of re-enforcements to relieve by fresh troops the men who have been on the firing line for some time. Several units therefore have received their baptism of fire during the week. German# Fire on Own Men. ^ "Since the last letter left general headquarters evidence has been re ceived which points to the iact that during counter-attaeks on' the night of Sunday, the 20th, the German Infan try fired into each other as the result of an attempt to carry out the dan gerous expedient of a converging ad vance in the dark. "Opposite one portion of our po sitlon a considerable massing of hos tile forces was observed before dark, and some hours later a furious fusil lade was heard In front of oqr line, though no bullfts came over our trenches. Many Dead In Trenches. "This narrative begins with Sep tember 21 and covers only two days. On Monday, the 21st, there was little rain and the weather topk a turn for the better, which has been maintained. The aetion was practically confined to the artillery, our guns at one point shelling and driving away the enemy, who were endeavoring to construct a redoubt The Germans for their part expended a large number of heavy shells In a long range bombardment of a village. "Reconnoitering parties sent 'out during the night of September 21 22 discovered some deserted trenches, and in them, or near them, in the woods, more than a hundred dead and wounded were picked up. A number of rides, ammunition and equipment also were found. There were other signs that portions of the enemy's forces had withdrawn for some dis tance. ' ) "Tuesday, the 22nd, also was a fine day, with lees wind, and was one 01 the moat uneventful days that has passed since we reached the AiBne? uneventful, that is, for the British. There was less artillery work on either side, the Germans nevertheless giving another village a taste of the 'Jack Johnsons.' Bodies in "No Man's Land.'' "The spot thus honored was not far from the ridge where some of the most severe fighting in which we have taken part has occurred. All over this 'no man's land' between, the lines the bodies of German infantrymen are still lying in heaps* where they have fallen at different times. "Espionage plays so large a part in the conduct o^ the war by thd Ger mans that it is difficult to avoid fur- < ther reference to the subject They have evidently never forgotten 'the - ? ??-v. iV. 'tUThon saying 01 fTeaenua. iue mm. .. ?v? Marshal Soubise goes to war be is fol lowed by a hundred cooks; wben I take the field I am preceded by a hundred spies.' ' "Indeed, tntll about twenty years ago ther*. was a paragraph In their field service regulations directing that the service of 'protection In the field' ?outposts and advanced "guards? should always be supplemented by a system of espionage. Many Spies Give Signals. "Though such instructions are no longer made public, the Germans, as is well known, still carry them into ef fect. Apart from the more elaborate arrangements which were made in peace time for obtaining information by paid agents, some of the methods which are being employed for the col lection or conveyance of intelligence are as follows: "Men in plain clothes signal to the German lines from points in the hands of the enemy by means of colored lights at night and puffs of smoke from chimneys by day. Pseudo labor ers working in the fields between the armies have been detected conveying information and persons in plain Cioiaes IWVB ULLCU ao auiau^^u to the German cavalry when ad vancing. Officers Remain Behind. "German officers and soldiers in plain clothes, or in French or British uniforms, have remained in localities evacuated by the Germans in order to furnish them with intelligence. "One spy of this kind was found by our troops hidden in a church tower. His presence was discovered only through the erratic movements of the hands of the church clock, which he was using to signal to his friends by means of an improved semaphore code. "Had this man not been seized it Is probable he would have signaled to the German artillery at the time of their anival the exact location of the headquarters and staff. A high ex plosive shell would then have mys teriously dropped on the building. "Wooien spies also have been caught; secret agents have been found J WOUNDED GERMANS KISS HANDS OF FOE BRINGING THEM AID ' s France.?A young soldier told me this: Day aft'1 night he and his fellows had been ^hting till the Germans melted away. N Then they returned across the country1^-they had fought over. Here and there the^ upon a wounded man and, French o;.. <Jt'r" man, did what they could for him,Tkut j 5f ' ' ' - [. is . ' afc PORT SAYS ON 01 FORCES at the railroads observing entrain ments and detrainments. ' "It Is a simple matter for "spies to mix with the refugees movfng about to their homes; difficult for our troops, who speak neither French nor Ger man, to detect them. "The French have found It necea- . sary to search villages and also casualv wayfarers on the roads for carrier pigeons. ? * ' "Among the precautions taken by us to guard against spying is tjie publica- , tion of the following notice printed in French and posted: v . ?. " '1. Motor cars and bicycles not carrying soldiers in uniform may not 'r circulate on the roads. " '2. The inhabitants may not leave the localities where they reside be tween 6 p. m. and 6 a. m. "'3. Inhabitants may not quit their homes after 8 p. m. "'4. No person may on any pretext noaa fVtrrrn crVi tVia RiHHoK llnoo U'ith bUAwugu vuv jutib??u uuv? *> ?? out an authorization, countersigned by a Bjritisb officer.' Value of Secrecy Shown. "Events have moved eo quickly dur- j ing tbe last two months that anything < i connected with the mobilization of the British expeditionary force is now an cient history. Nevertheless, the fol lowing extract of a German order la . % evidence of the mystification of the' .J enemy and is a tribute to the value of $ secrecy, well and lbyally maintained at the time in England* "'Tenth Reserve Army Headquar ters, Mont St. Guibert, Aug. 20, 1914, : 23:40.?Corps order, A?g. 21: The French troops in front of the T^nth army corps have retreated south across the Sambre. Part- of the Bel* ; 0 gian army has withdrawn to Antwerp. ' y It is reported that an English army has disembarked at Calais and Boul ogne, en route for Brussels.'" ' ' " ? DEATH COMES SWIFTLY TO TWO GERMAN SPIES . London.?A story received from a point in France it is nqt permitted to specify says: A soldier comes put from behind a pine tree with rifle and fficed bayonet: "Ou allez vous?" he says, stepping before me and dropping his bayonet point a little jtoward ma "Je vais me promener," I *eply smil ing, and anticipate his next demand < by pulling out my case and display ing my special permit, also various ( ' - A! ?~ J ? ? atomruuf Oilier [Jttpcio tlUU Oil umvowij ovwmyw photograph, which proves my identl flcation with the name upon the spe cial permit 4 "Monsieur, permit me," cays the sol dier suddenly In very fair English. ^ "Monsieur Is ze man that writes. I ; shake you by ze hand wWfc ver' great pleasaire. It Is to me an honor!" We "shake" with enormous empress- !? ment and I compliment him upon his English.' He smiles, gratified, and disclaims (^1^, . with great modesty. lie beckons me back among the trees. "One comes!" he says. "Ssh! Ze woods here have been many times set ' i in flames. We have suspects these be done with intention "^ ~ See Spy Among Trees.7 He ceased his whisperfsfaruptly and we both bent forward together. A ><$ hundred yards down the narrow path among the pines a man in a work man's blue blouse Is standing, looking /{ quietly in every direction. Suddenly he takes a couple of steps In amonij the trees, stoops and lifts ; - 'Tt a stone. . f Far down the hillside at tne ena of the narrow vista among the trees,v& second man was suddenly sees. Sib utter is the silence that I can hear him plainly as he coughs. He begin* ) to haul on something,-, and I realize suddenly the meaning of the whole In cident that I'am watching. The two men have located the underground private telephone wire going up to the > fort. They have been tapping it for any news they might pick up. Death It Painless. The soldier is methodical. He takes $ the distant man first Kneeling there > behind him, I watch with a growing thrill and Tension of tragedy and sick ness his sunburned cheek cuddle against the stock of his rifle. Then very slowly It seems to me in uiat quiet, dreadful moment his stubby cigarette stained forefinger crooks back gently, gently on the trigger. "Crack!" comes the sharp, snapping bang of the weapon, and the man down the vista of trees gives a queer little jump and then turns right around quickly and looks behind him. And thus looking, and seemingly unaware that he is the person who has been shot, his heart stops and he rolls over quite easily and gently on his side? a merciful enough death, as these violent deaths go, for some of them * are so dreadful. ? Shoots Second German. And then, as I stare, the rifle goes still looking at the silent figure down the vista of trees. But the soldier has been attending to his business and has snapped off a second shot at the nearer man, for the man had started to bolt. And be cause the shot was hastily aimed the Honth la aa cruel as the first 'crack!" again, and I jump; for I ocv-uuu uvmvm was merciful. Ail examination of both bodiea shows that the men were German spies, in possession of "ciphered" in-* formation that would no doubt provft very helpful to our enemies. in many cases the stricken burden was so awful they were glad when it died. Wounded Germans, in the last 6tages of suffering, finding a water bottle at their parched lips, kissed the hands of the foe who held it to their mouths. The young Frenchman told me sadly of being embraced and kissed by wounded Germans he had helped oa the battlefield. Belgium lius four artificial silk fac tories. .