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THE WAR LIST WEEK : tire HueUa toft bow oeraprlac, hether a GERMANS IK JUCE TO WIN ARE lAMBUNO ON WEATHER WINTER COMING SOON Torrential itains of Autumn Will Render Polish Plains Impassable to l Huge Armies—Six Weeks are Left i to Invaders Before Cold Winter Sets In. ' A Military Expert in the New York Times writes: Not resting content with their suc cessful operations from QwMcta to the Gulf of Riga, the Germans inaugurat ed the week Just past with a renewal of operations in Galicia. For weeks the German and Russian forces had been facing each other inactively across the Zlota Llpa river from its source to its confluence with Dnies ter near the small village of Nlsmof, and thence along the Dniester to Bessarabia. This German force played no part in tho Gefman offensive to the north. "Its functidnMvas the defensive role of .holding the Russians along its front tB position and preventing a move against the lines of communication of the army operating in Southern Poland. To have advanced beyond the Zlota Lipa would have done no good and might have done considerable harm through the necessary lengthening of tha~German line that w uld have fol lowed. It was the most advanced part of the line and could therefore only wait until the northern armies had gone forward sufficiently to straighten the line out. The time seemed ripe, however, for an offen sive move against this section of the Russian line The Russian first line fell with the evacuation of Warsaw. The reten tion of its second line became impos sible with the occupation of Kovno, Bialostok, Blelsk and Brest-Litovsk. Tlie Russians must therefore fall back to a third line which, as stated last week, will necessarily be the tine from the Gulf of Riga through Dvtaak. Vltna, Lida. Slonlm. Baron ovichi. Piusk. and Rovno. It Is with thla line in view that the operation along the Zlota Lipa waa undoubtedly begun. Thla probability to Increased by a realisation of the German strategy In all of the forti fied pieces It has taken stneo War saw waa evacuated. In not one e: Judging solely from official reports, was a frontal attack made against any of the Russian permanently fortified positions In each cnee the attack was Indirect, against the sup ply lines upon which the pedicular objective depended Once these were cut the position naturally was given up. As far as can be seen at the pres ent writing this Is the ultimate object of the renewed offensive against the Zlota Lipa position. The objective is Rovno, an important railroad centre, and a strong fortress through which the new Russian line must pass TJie moves that have been made so far against this point are interesting to follow. The first point threatened was Hoxesanv. the largest town on this section of the Russian front and not far from the brtdgenead. where the river Is crossed by the railroad from Lemberg to Tarnopol Attacks were made north anti sooth of the city ami a foothold was gained on the east hank on a front of two miles. This was the extent of last Bonday’s operations. The forcing of the Zlota Lipa pocltion must have been accompanied by very severe losses. This river Is not very wide, but to fairly rapid and In it3 lower part quite deep. It la different from most of the rivers In Galicia in that there is prac tically no marsh bolt bordering It3 banks. The banks, however, aro clay, and the east bank particul: rly is very atoep. This gave the Russian posi tion considerable defensive value and made Its forcing by tho Germans a feat of no little difficulty. On Monday the breach in the Rus sian front resulting from Sunday's action was considerably widened, and Vienna reported that the Russian line from Vlttdlmir-Volynski to the Dnies ter, a front of over a hundred miles, was broken and In retreat, the north ern section falling back toward the fortresses of Lutsk and Dubno, the southern along tho general line of the Strypa river. Tuesday's lighting saw a new ele ment injected Into the situation in the part of General Mackensen's troops operating just north and south of Vladimir-Yolynski. This hastened the Russian defeat and imposed a heavy task on the Russian rear guard, which immediately became in volved in heavy lighting west of thcr fortress of Lutsk. The next day, however, the Rus sians turned and checked the advance along the entire left wing. The force of this counter-attack was felt par ticularly along the Strypa river, be hind which they had retreated the day before. The check was only tem porary, however, for on Thursday the Anstriiuis advanced to Lutsk and cap tured that fortress. The fortress is but a minor one, it to true, but it is the first step toward Rovno. Lutsk forms with Dubno and Rovno anoth er fortified Russian triangle with which Western Russia Is studded. Fortresses so grouped and In sup porting distance of each other are r ata of great strength, if sufficient armed and adequately manned. Mcaone'of the ability of the troops rlsoning them to strike quickly at liuee of communications of the forces operating within the against any of ths three the vertlcse. _,. . and It to n question wl oral Russian withdrawal from Gali cian territory may not beooAe neces sary aa a result. This dangsr waa Increased by a successful Austrian fight east of Blaly Kamien, which, coupled with the fall of Lutsk, necessitated the re tirement beyond the Styr of'all Rus sian troops phlch hitherto ha4 been in operation west of that river. This new line behind the Styr, connecting with the lino east'Of the Strypa, makes the Ruscian line ironv-Lutsk to the Dniester practically straight and running due north a pel south. Jt la thla line that is held tis "his review Is being written, , Although the Russians are recreat ing, with here and there a brief suc cessful stand against the Teuton ad vance, this retreat is carrying them further and further toward a district that offers more serious natural ob stacles to a successful offensive ti(an anything the Teuton allies have yet encountered. . r But a short distance behind the Russian lines are thick forests cover ing an area of nearly five hundred miles. In addition, such open coun try as there is Is generally cut up by streams and marshes, making it ex tremely difficult for troops to ad vance in anything like compact form, with the various units supporting each other properly. These natural features may not stop, put they are almost certain to retard tlb*, German advance, and time is an essential ele ment in the military situation as it now exists. The idea that it is Germany's In tention merely to advance to a given line on which the Russians can be lield with comparatively small forces is now r pretty generally dispelled. It had Us origin not only In the mind of the military critics, but is attri buted also to German military men of rank. General Warwttz of the Tenth German army corps Is report ed from Budapest as stating' that It would be almost suicidal, owing to the marshes and other topographical features, for tho Gormans to continue their advance for any groat distance At the same time Germany has con tinued and is continuing to go ahead. As to the strategy of the Russian Grand Duke, we can only guess with an Intelligent basis for our conjec ture. it U a matter of fact, well known and generally admitted, that one of the main causes of the Rus sians’ continual retreat from the time the Dunsjec line was broken, has been tho shortage ef rmmunttlon. This being the case, he must so ctll Ite the Instruments In his hands that, whllo accepting the Inevitable de feats. he nevertheless may conserve what he has until time Is given him to recoup, so thst ho m-y be in a position to strike back. This being recognised, the problem would seem to resolv< Itself Into one of falling back slowly, delaying the Gorman advance by counterattacks whenever and wherever possible, hoping that he may reach the vast ness of hls co nfry’s Inferior before winter sets In. Then he can repair and accumulate, reronatruht hls dis organized forces, drill and equip hls recruits, and get under control the sources of hls ammunition supply Germany, on the other hand, must prevent these things from being done The Idea of a winter In the heart of Russia docs not m. ke a very strong appeal. Rather It brings up the chadc of Napoleon If Germany Is to get a decision at all In the east. It must be before the wlnt 'C sets In The dangers are otherwise too great It has concentrated on a long line all available strength, and has suffered an enormous loss In effectives. Neith er Germany nor Austria can spare another five hundred thousand in a theatrical effort to complete next spring, with the Russian army as good as ever and more bountifully supplied with ammuntlion. what she began under more favorable condl tlons In the spring just pxssed. Did Germany not realize this, she would not now be following the Rus sians so far east when she knows that tho strength of the central em pires has to a large extent rested on the mobility of their armlec, due to a magnificent railway system that per mitted swift and substantial rein forcements at needed points. The whole situation is therefore a race for time. The equinoctial storms of autumn will be on hand in the war theatre in six weeks’ time. These will turn the marshes into sens, the flats into marshes, and the roads Into mires where horse and man can plod and flounder, but can make but little headway. If Germany can not Iteat Russia Into a separate jwace l>e- fore these conditions obtain, the spring will bring against her a new Russian army, larger and better than the old, and more completely equip- ped. On the Russian right wing, where the week’s fighting has been equally as severe as on tho left, it does not seem as if the German advantage of, thq ten days previous has been mate rially increased. The Russian re sistance lias certainly stiffened very materially, and in addition the Ger mans may be taking a well-earned respite from months of incessant fighting. The German object In the grand combined movement has been one of emvelopement. First an attempt was made to envelop the Russians occu pying the Warsaw "salient. It failed, though Warsaw fell,, and, as was the case in -the recapture of Przemysl, the Germans took an empty city. The strategy of tho Russian Grand Duke, leaving behind Novo Georgievsk to block the passage of the Vistula and delay the advance until his army had escaped froip the net, completely frustrated the Gefman scheme, and gave von Hindenburg empty territory as the spoils Instead of his army. Again at Brest-Litovsk, the same thing was attempted, but the resist ance of the Russians along the Narew was too great and the German en velopment plan failed. It to only by envelopment that an army ran be destroyed, and aa en- eaa take nince only rapidity of movement, often by enrysine aa wv*L Always If. U, attnaptlag aa aavnlnyUg * nr one of advanee, for days, as the German army waa held on the Narow front, and has been to a large extent held this past week oo the Riga front, the element of rapidity la gone and the effort .to largely wasted. When the delaying front I* finally broken, ter ritory to gained, but the opposing army, which was the object of the entire plan, has escaped and taken a position from which it must again be forced at great cost. The principal operation’ of the week in the north has been directed against Friedrlchstadt on the river Dvina, southeast of Riga. Its im portance lies largely in the fact that It guards the bridgehead over the river at this point, and failure to hold it would permit the Germans to cross and in all probability make that portion of the Russian line from Friedrlchstadt to Riga untenable. Further south, Vilna and Grodno are the two objectivestoward which the Germans hftVe beefi, striving for the past two weeks. The fighting in tills region has been of a very des perate character. The importance of Vila as a railroad centre and its re lation to the third Russian line make it a valuable point to the Gorman ad vance. Then, too, the fall of Vilna will make It difficult and dangerous for the Russians to hold their present line south of Vilna toward Kobrin. Their flank will be bebt so far back that the centre will have to give way to maintain Us alignment. This is particularly true of that portion of the llne^about Grodno. That Grodno would fall was of course a foregone conclusion, The Russians could not hope to hold it or to keep the Germans back of the Vilna-Grodno line. What they can do, and in fact, have already done, is to prevent the capture of both places until everything of mili tary value has been removed and taken to the rear. The fall of Grodno had thus already been discounted. From Grodno to Kovel the Teutons have been pushing eastward, but seem to have been unable in their ad vance to keep a compact front. This is most noticeable «ast of Brest- Litovsk. This is due to tho nature of tho country. Tho angle between Wovel, Brest-Litovsk, and Pinsk is marshy, liberally streaked with a number of small streams of varying size, and dotted with lakes. It !.as been penetrated by large bodies of cavalry which have been working northeast toward Kobrin. The Infan try and artillery, however, have evi dently not made vary marked pro gress. Thewe topographical feature* will become accentuated aa the Germans move still further eaat. the country ■oath of Ptnak bring ImpoaalMe to paaa over except la dry weather. If, therefore, the (iermaaa do not reach a derision before the autumn rains begin, their chancre of ultimately do ing no will grow lean with every day that paaaen. There Is no denying to Germany the wonderful feat of arms she haa accomplished, and the ad mirable strategic plan her general staff haa evolved The entire movement, carried out on a wale hitherto unknown in mili tary history, lias gone forward with out a hitch, and in a truly wonderful example of military co-operation. But Its object was not an Inrasion of Kusalr.. nor was M to force the Rus sian army to retreat. Russia Is too big to Invade seriously, for ths Rus sian army can retreat too far. Its object was ths Russian army, which, shaken as it baa been, la showing itself still capable of fight ing. and fighting hard. It can still give blows as well as t .ke them It Is too soon to brand Germany's move either a snreena or a failure. The final ■tagr baa not been reached and will not until either the fmll rains or the advent of winter put n temporary ■top to military activities. News of Importance has come from the Italian front during the week, particularly as to the operations in Trenttno. The Italians have advanc ed down the Val Sugana. Ths valley is one of the main roads through which a Teuton Invasion could come and therefore has been one of the most active lines In the Italian campaign. Moreover, It leads direct to Trent, which fact enhances Its value in Italian eyes. Immediately after the declaration of war Italy started her advance on this line with tho idea of stopping all possibility of an attack In the rear of the army operating on tho Isonzo front against Trieste. This object she has more than accomplished, and during the last week has made what may well be considered, when one views the character of the country In which operations ar • being carried on, very material progress. The furthest point in this advance is Mount Clma Ccsta. a hill about seven thousand feet liigh, overlook ing the town of Borgo to the south east, and commanding the highway and railroad through the valley. This has so alarmed the Austrians that, as a means of retarding a possible ad vance long the bottom of tho valley, they have destroyed the bridges on the highway and railr r.d for a dis tance of five miles toward Trent. It is a strange fact that none of the official reports of tho week make any mention of any of the Italian operations in Trentino except that down the Val Sugana: And yet th*8 is only one of a series of similar op erations begun almost at the out break of war against Austria. These operations, directed as they were down valleys and passes con verging for the most part^ toward Trent, constituted as a wholo a great enveloping movement against that city. We have detailed official re port, however, only of tho Val* Su gana column. The paucity of Infor mation does not permit detailed re view along any other line. One column, however, was advanc ing against Roveretto, both from Bofghetto on the Adlgo and from Chlesa. southeast of Roveretto. Re port* from Rome state that Roveretto Is being evscu&ted. the Austrians blowing up fortifications as they re tire. ; If thla be true It to a victory of no small moment. Roveretto to only ' thirteen miles sooth of Trent and Its poaMMloa gives the Italians a new nod much needed base from which to work north ng tho vnUof of tho Adlgt TAHE HIP SPOILS BERLIN REPOSTS CAPTURE OF CANNON AND MANY HUNS PUT FINISHING TOUCHES - ON PROTEST TO BRITAIN TAKE MILLION CAPTIVES 2,300 Cannon mid 000 Machine Guns < # Have Been Taken—Spoils at Xovo- georgievsk Not Yet Counted and Tabulation at Kovno Hasn't Been Started. , ~ ■, Berlin reports: “During the month of August the number of prisoners taken by German troops in the east ern and southeastern theatres of war, and the quantities of war materials captured during the same period,, to talled more than 2,000 officers and 200,830 men taken prisoners, and 2,300 cannon and 560 machine guns taken. “Of these, 20,000 prisoners and 827 cannon were taken at Kovno. About 00,000 prisoners, including fif teen generals and more than '1,000 other officers, and 1,200 cannon and 150 machine guns were taken at Xovogeorgtovsk. The counting up of the cannon and machine guns taken at Novogeorgievsk has not yet been finished, however, while the count of machine guns taken at Kovno has not yet begun. The figures quoted as totals, therefore, will be considerably increased. "The stock of ammunition, provi sions and oats In the two fortresses can pot be estimated. “The number of prisoners taken by German and Austro-Hungarian troops ■tore May 2, when the spring cam paign in Galicia began, has therefore Increased to considerably more than one million.’’ The Overseas News Agency, in an official review of the eastern cam paign. estimates that sines May 2 the Russians have lost at least 300,000 men In killed or wounded, and 1 100,000 men captured by the Ger mans. It says: "General army headquarters pub lishes a review of the results of of tensive movements in Poland and Russia since May 2. beginning with the battle of Oorllce. Army head quarters estimates the strength of ths Russian troops which were then directly engaged In that region was about 1,400,000. la the fight lag atnee May 2, 1,100,000 hove beew raptured and a minimum of,300,000 wounded or killed, This to a very conservative estimate The actual figure* are surely much higher, because the Rus sians saved artillery by recklessly sacrificing their Infaatry. It to thus evident that the armies which were first attacked, at the beginning of ths Austro-Gsrman offensive movement, have been annihilated and their losses made up by withdrawing troops from other regions, especially forces which were ready to Invade Turkey. # "Ot-rtoons of half-drilled men were hurriedly transported to the front from Interior fortresses All efforts of the Russians were fruitless, however. They were driven out of Galicia. Poland. Courlsnd and Lith uania. They were rolled backward In twet separate groups Twelve fort- reaaea, among them four large mad modern one*, which formed the Ru*- ■iaa outer aad Inner line* of defeni are la the hand* of the German* nad AuMrlana. Thla U the result of campaign of lea* than four month*. HIS BODY RECOVERED Young IjuI Drowned August 27— Older Brother I-oaea Mind. The body of Leofc Mots, who was drowned in the Catawba river Fri day, August 27, was found Saturday near Rock Hill by some boys who went to attend a fish basket. The point at which the discovery was made was on Jas. A. Barber’s plan tation, between three and four miles below where young* Motz was drown ed eight days ago, while he, also, was attending a fish basket. When the young man was drowned he had grasped the basket and this was torn loose from Its anchorage by the com bined weight of his body and the bas ket in the swirling water of the flooded river as he was carried down. It is stated that when the body was found the hands still held the bas ket in the death grip. The badly dis figured but recognizable remains were brought to to Rock Hill Sunday afternoon and interred in Laurel- wood cemetery. The condition of 0. Motz, the older brother, who was with the drowned man at the time of the accident, is still pitiable. He has not been ra tional since he left the river after seeing his brother go down. • 1 be nothing new of import. Battles for points of vantage are constantly being fought, and fighting on the Carso Plateau Is almost un ceasing. No? 1 definite results, how ever, are as yet apparent. In the other theatres there is noth ing of interest on which to comment. The week In the west has shown the usuhl artillery actions, but no ad vance has > been made either by the Germans or the Allies. In Gallipoli the British seem Just as far from Constantinople as they were months ago. Reports reach us from time to time of Important ad vances made and of advantr.gea gain ed. They may be true, but the fact that will not down Is that the Achl Baba position is still Intact and the town 'of Krithia is still In Turkish handa. We can not be censured, theroforp. If we queetion the materi ality of what has so far been accom plished. Civil War Citations are Rejected- Applied to Specific Cases Not at Present Paralleled. The demand of the United States that Great .Britain and her allies "obey the law” In connection with I their enforcement of any blockade Is having the finishing touches placed upon It. President Wilson and Sec retary Lansing have united to make the note attack-proof. It was not known just when it would be sent forward, but Secretary Lansing said he. wap "hopeful” it would not be long delayed. The note opens with the direct statement that the United States in sists upon the rights of American cit izens under the "principles and rules of international law, as hitherto es tablished, governing neutral trade in time of war.” It then rejects the rules of the British prize courts which place the burden of proof on the shipper and not on the British government. It also characterizes as “contrary to existing treaty obliga tions” the interference bjr British warships with the trade of the Unit ed States and the neutral countries adjoining Germany. * } It is denied specifically that the so-called blockade of Germany “con forms to the spirit and principles of the essence of the rules of war,” and the Interpretation placed by Sir Ed ward Grey on this government’s po sition as communicated to Ambassa dor Page on June 24 last is declared to be entirely erroneous. The Civil War citations made at the same time are rejected on the broad ground that they applied en tlrely to specific cases which have no parallel in the present negotiations. Great Britain herself, In the opera tions which resulted In the prepara tions of the declaration of .London and in The Hague convention, fought to have the international law dealing with maritime affairs re stated so that some of the very things she now relies on to uphold her posi tion should be specifically rejected and the United States cites the post tion token by the British government to sustsin the preeent protest. President Wilson to hopeful that England will see the necessity of ac cepting ths position of ths United Ststss It already haa been made clear to ths British Ambassador thst ssrly action Is a necessity Ths president realises thst unit an arrangement ssn be reached with England prior to the assembling of congress la December, ths pressure for summary action to compel tbs recognition of neutral rights on ths high seas will be very hard to com hat NEWS OF THE WAR SCATTERED rrEMS RATHE ABOUT WORLD CONFLICT BIG NEWS IN SHORT SPACE Interesting Pointers About the Signl- can Things Which Oftentimes Es cape Attention—War Goes on in Many Fields of Activity—Wh*t thfe Various Nations are Doing, Hooks and eyes, pins and buttons made of brass, nickel or tin must not be sold in Germany by order of the governinent, according to a London report. The measure is said to be designed to preserve the dwindling supply of metals. The report adds that members of the Drapers’ Asso ciation of Berlin have been notified that they must consider as confiscat ed that part of their stock which in cludes the above named articles. GRODNO FALLS DEFORE ARMIES Of THE KAISER Mack* the Fall of the Twelfth Fort- re** Since the Fall of \Yar*aw. A Berlin wirele«s nays the army of Field Marshal von Hindenburg has captured Grodno. Announcement to this effect was made at army head quarters Friday as follows: "Field Marshal von Hindenburg'* army conquered Grodno after rapidly forcing a passage of the Nlemen and fighting the Russians la the streets of the city. The Germans reached the Nlemen between the Anguetowo canal and the Swlslocs-Lennewarden line. German cavalry advanced to the northwest and west of Vilna. The Russians attempted to oppose our ad vance, but failed, suffering extraor dlnsrily large losses. Southeast of Merecx the Russians were thrown back. Gen. von Gallwttx's troops broke the resistance of the enemy on the Aleksryce Swislocz road. Field Marshal von Hindenburg s army cap tured more than three thousand Rus sians. as well as one cannon and eighteen machine guns. "The army of Prince Leopold of Bavaria is still engaged in battle north of Prszany. "The army of Field Marshal von Hindenburg, pursuing the Russians, reached the Jaslolda river near Sil- nek and Bereza, and also in the dis trict of.Antopol, east of Kobrin. Aus tro-Hungarian troops are advancing to the east and south of Boloto and Dubowje. “Southeastern theatre of war Gen. Bothmer’s army is advancing and is fighting in the Sereth district. "Western theatre of war—Near Souchez attacks delivered by the French with hand grenades were re pulsed. In Flanders and the Cham pagne mines were exploded success fully.” * - * The capture of Grodno by the Ger mans marks the fall of the twelfth fortress withtn ajj^^nth, beginning with the fall of Warsa-ft-pn August 5 It was the last ©fffftj'Tlussian fort resses in Polarfd to hold out. It be came untenable when the Germans cut the Grodno-Vilna railway line to the northeast and were fighting their way to the stronghold from west and south. Grodno was regarded as a power ful link In the Russian defenses against‘Invasion. It lies about fifty, miles from the German border, on the trupk railway line running ffrom Petrograd through Vila to Warsaw. The city of Grodno is the capital of Grodno province and has a popula tion of forty thousand. In Representative Capacity. I Geo. Tarranza’s inquiry as to the official character of the recent Pan- American peace appeal trill be for mally answered by Secretary Lanstog. speaking ffor all the other diplomats who signed It. Mr. Laaatac has been antbortsod to aaeure Geo Carraasa zppeal woe sAgoed by eoefc with tbe sutbertmtioo of tod oot ao a private • *- There are now more than 2,000,- 000 prisoners of war in Germany and Austria, says a dispatch from Frank- fort-on-the-Maln. uf these all but 330,000 are Russians. Germany is preparing to land troops on the coast of Finland and thence invade Russia, according to news from Stockholm. Efforts by Roumania to purchase powder in this country have failed so far, tt is said, because firm approach-,, ed by the Roumanian governmez having previously received orders powder from France, had been oh- 1 liged to pledge themselves not to sup ply powder to the Teutonic allies. As there has been a ifcsslblllty that Rou mania might awing over to the Teu tonic slde>of the war. these firms are said to have insisted thst Roumania convince them thst she had no in^ tention of entering the war against the Allies. • • Emperor William haa received s telegram from tbe League for the Liberation of the Ukraine (Ruaslai congratulating him on the victories won by his troops in Poland, says a Berlin dieputrh. _ ... • a "It would not surprise me If the European war lasted eighteen years.'' said Prince Alexandre Gagarin of Russia, who to her* as a special agent of the Csar, In Philadelphia a few days ago. He added that Russia would not make pear* until every Gorman and Anstrton soldier bad been driven from Russian soil. • • Robert Herrick, the wwll known Chicago novelist, declared on hto ar rival from abroad that an American passport Is now worthless In Kuroii* on account of the numerous forgeries tnrh documents made by Germans To enter Franc* armed with nothing but an American passport, he said, was practically uaeleas. s • Frans Joseph. Emperor of Austria- Hungary. la K3 years old. H* has been on the throne since 1841. • * . M Italy to rejoicing over the victory won in the Greek parliament by Venl- xelos and hto adherents, looking upon It as definitely committing Greece to the couse of the Allies. • • Six Victoria Crosses, tbe most cov eted of all English military decora tions. have been swarded to men serving In the Dardanelles expedi tionary force for conspicuous gal lantry. Those thus honored were Commanders Eric Gascoigne and ward Unwin: Midshipment G. Drewry and W. St. A. Malleson, Seamen W. C. Williams and Geoi Mackenzie. • • Precautions against the spread of cholera from Austria to Switzerland are being taken by the authorities of the Swiss Canton of Neuoiiatel. They are establishing isolation hospitals and arranging for special medical service. • • A Rome newspaper says that Ger many has lost 43,792 officers since the war began, in killed, wounded, and missing. Included in this total are 123 generals. • • A regulaf through train service from Warsaw to Lille, the leading city in northern France held bjr the Germans, h^s been organized by the Kaiser's railtvay officials. The through train is to leave Lille at 6.40 a. m„ arriye in Brussels two hours later, go through Berlin at midnight, and reach Warsaw the next after noon. Men at the front for England favor conscription to fill the ranks of the British army, according to Colonel Arthur Lee, member of parliament for the Rareham Division of Hants. The Colonel made this statetment to his constituents while home on a short leave of absence. "We need compulsory national service because nothing else can solve our difficulties with regard to men, money, muni tions, and exports, he said. ‘ • • * The name of ,the Emden, Ger many's famous rgiding cruiser, bob bed up ag&inst recently when the news came that Lieut. Commander^ Lauterbach, her exeeutive officer, ljh,U reached_8an. Francisco after an Cjfl venturous joiirney from Singapore q|| way of Sumatra, Java, the PhllllS^ pine* and China. It to said that Lau- terbach was concerned la fomenting the uprising of native troops against the English in Singapore. Parts reports a rumor that Adolph toe first ariator to loo* too oo too fit ■ » %'