St. John's Daily Star, 1915-07-31

              the st john's daily star ntw found land volume 1 saturday july 31 1915 no 88 evacuation of warsaw inevitable yon mackcnzen's force totthe south c ast resumes activities with some success reaching the line of the lublin-cholm railway—this move virtually cuts off one of the rus sian lines of retreat german forces conducting wide series of attacks btpected the germans will soon de tach a large section of their forces for operations in the west french continuing their advance ie wards muenster—german attack at hooge [ don july 31.—the russians arc now facing the problem of evacuat r warsaw and surrounding country without losing their armies while the true allies are making a supreme cfiorl to get across their line of re ihc teutons are said to have with a partial success in this at berlin official report this even ays that yon mackenzen has re ied the offensive and has reached ihc lubhn-cholm railway about mid bctweeo these two cities , hcasl of this as far as the bug the russian front has been stops line f retreat ihe success of yon mackenzen in across thi railway after hav i virtually slopped by russian in-attacks denies at least the line 1 retreat of the russians who might between him and warsaw and also places the germans in a position c again?t tfye bug river front ! this 1/c decided upon h military critics however re belicve that grand duke nich has not provided for all contin . or that he was not pretty sure safety of his troops before in ' to the v#rld he had decided i uj a new line cross the vistula berlin official statement . says ie germans have crossed the southeast pf warsaw between md kozieryc which leads mili lers to believe that the rus havc already fallen ijack in this and that rjerhaps even the for of ivangorod has been left to its is no news-of the situation on rew river or general yon bue vudc outflanking movement in o province wcver the opinion expressed here i as ihc german plans cigntendj a series of attacks rathe than liianeous one it is likely they are waiting for field marshal yon mac kenzen to take some previously arrang cd position before they resume the at tacks put to the torch according to a despatch receivec here the country around warsaw ha been put to the torch and the cit itself denuded of everything that might be of use to the invaders it may be some days before the teu tons occupy the polish capital as tlv russians are fighting more tnan a rear guard action and are still deliverin heavy blows on their opponents anc graining tocal successes particularly or the narew southeast of cholm where they are opposing the efforts of the austrians to get across the bug river military critics say these local sue cesses will not offset the plans of the russians falling back on a shortc and stronger front turn to the west whether or not the teutons succcce in destrojijng a large part of the rus sian army it is expected they will tun a western movement which however will take a copule of months at least it will therefore be a race betweer the germanic forces and the allies ac to which side will take the offensive first in france where the situation re mains the same as it has bren f , weeks past except in alsace where the french continue their attacks on posi tions protecting muenster there has been sharp fighting here the french advance converging on munster from the north and from met zerel southeast of muenster an official this morning says that the enemy began the bombardment of our trenches north and south of hooge east of'vypres and followed this by an atta<i with flame projectors deliv ered ageftnst trenches recently taken sy us by this neans the enemy succeeded in penetrating our first line of trenches on a front of about 500 yards fight ing is still in progress strikes due to foreign influences washington july 30.—president samuel . gompers of the america federation of labor today reiteratcc the charge that foreign influences have been working to make strikes in the states and called upon workingmer to discontinue any such attempts « ■ holland increases her armed forces raises dutch army from 300,000 tc 550,000 men the hague july 30.—the dutc landstrum bill was adopted by the first chamber today and became law the measure provides for the even tual increase of the total trained sol diers of holland to approximately 550 000 officers and men instead of 300 000 who are now under arms one year of the great war as seen in england by ed l kebn united press staff correspondent special to the st john's doily star london july 30—lngland's greatest victory in this year-old war was won before the war started forty or fifty years from now when v he british desire to honor the heroes of he great war they will donbtless e rect imposirlg statues of sir john french sir douglas haig sir lan ham ilton sir john jellicoe sir frederick sturdee and admiral john de robeck kitchener will also oome in tor a great jeal of honor and glory but if the english nation should fail o recognise in this distribution of hon ors a certain blond blue-eyed young tatesman of dandified mien and lisp ng voice who by the fortunes of pol tics happened to be first lord of the admiralty in the summer of 1914 it will demonstrate that other forms of government besides republics are un grateful britannia rules the waves today because of winston churchill to his foresight imagination and nerve is due he fact that when the v/ar lord threw jown his gauntlet the british fleet was ready england's command of the seas was assured before kaiser wil helm began scattering war declarations hrough the chancellories of europe perhaps churchill knew anyhow nnost of his colleagues in the cabinet didn't believe him he acted in spite of them his resignation lay on the table to be taken up if events proved that he was wrong * • • • kepi them together early in july the grand fieet had assembled off the south coast of england for its annual play at war the manoeuvres followed their usual course and under all rules the fleet should have been scattered a week be fore july 28 the day austria declared war against serbia the next day l hree days before germany declared war against russia five days before he declared war against france and aearly a week before england officially entered the f*ay—churchill converted he prolonged manoeuvres into'the real hing on the night of july 29 there was flashed through the newspaper offices of london the brief announcement the british fleet has left portland inder scaled orders where it went v he writer didn't know then he doesn't know now and if he did he wouldn't tell it isn't necessary to know the results are sufficient the main fleet kept together with superior force ready to meet the ger mans should they come out without previously notifying great britain of as seen in france by william philip simms united press st.i'j correspondent special to the st john's jhiily star pae£is july 30—the great world war is one year old this week what has france accomplished i put this question to m jean crup oi ex-minister of foreign affairs mem ser of the chamber of deputies and of he foreign relations commission a nan physically not unlike theodore roosevelt and he replied france accomplished the defeat of he germans in the battle of the marnc he stopped the german drive for cal ais and the sea she has kept germany lailcd to the spot for ten long months steadily reducing her by attrition she has done many other big things but he greatest of all was the dropping of internal differences her unification of all classes with one great fixed pur pose in view victory yes he continued earnestly our word union means something more han the harmony of our people there is something of the sacred in it this sacred union will last france is as one nan with one idea final success cost what it may the war no doubt will be long but the courage and patience of our people will be equal to the task of see ing it through in short perhaps the greatest ac complishment to france's credit in the ast twelve months is that she has xmnd herself * * * ♦ how france found herself to appreciate fully m cruppi's words one has but to glance bacl it the france of the years just preced ng the war france the antithesis of germany where collectivity is the nat onal passion france the nation of ndividual workers and thinkers where jo two people could be expected to a on any subiect in the chamber of deputies there ire a score or more parties instead of wo or three as is the case in the un ited states the dreyfus affair split the lation into two hostile camps and each amp into others with varying opinions the caillaux case to some extent did fhe same thing all manner of pessimistic talk was heard on cafe i rraces and even in the drawing rooms a sad fate was in store for the land surely a revolution was coming another restoration was on the way some said while others de clared another commune could not be averted treason it seemed was on a sides and in high places among polit ical leaders so it was intimated one was as bad as another or worse if this were possible which it was not the theatre gave the impression that even french home life was rotten as seen in germany by carl w ackerman united press stuff correspondent special to the st john's daily star berlin july 30.—germany loob back upon heraccornplishmcnt of the first year of the war with satis faction the germans believe the ev ents of the past twelve months have demonstrated to the world that the teutons are the mightiest race of all history no other country could have withstood the combination of world powers which germany has kept at bay since last august declares the germans and no other country has so deeply stirred the imagination of the world germany has won her claim to a place in the sun the german empire has added brilliant chapters to the his tory of-teutonic might under the hoh enzollems of the kinqdorn of prussia the kaiser himself has earned for hujiself the title of william the great which posterity will surely bestow up on him these arc the dominant beliefs of the german people at the close of the first year of the war • • • • germany's boast termany has shown up the world in all its littleness a"d nll.hs boas ings of false greatness only the ger mans themselves have withstood the test of blood and iron for only the ger mans have gained victories during the past fateful twelve months germany believes she has changed the whole fut ure course of history german influence upon the future of civilization for generations to come will be far beyond the influence of any other nation germany will not domin ate the-world by her armed might but by her virtues which have given to hei a greater capacity for organization and discipline than all the rest of europe combined possesses when the germans look back to last august and recall the threats that then were being made against them and the penalties that were imposed by england france and russia in advan ce of the trial by battle the nation laughs the world didn't understand germ any last summer it is begining to learn now that the hohenzollern empire ha progressed during the years since the franco-prussian war in ways unsuspec sd by the rest of mankind there is nothing in the german of today that wasn't put there by the dis cipline and study that the world knowc under the name of teutonic kultur • * * * increasing respect the increasing respect paid to ger man kultur is not one of the least victories the germans declare they have won for themselves during the past year nothing came as a greater shock to the germans last year than the way in which their kultur was scene at the placi in eeth ' ibuilding is the red cross headqu daily long printed sheets cont \ of the men who fall iv jba-ttiit'l repulsed austrians italians defeated attempt made by !| 8 strong naval force of the enemy to recapture pelagosa island which they recently occupied oml july 30.—an attempt was j made by a squadron of austrian truisers and a flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers yesterday to recapture the . austrian island of pelagosa in the adriatic which was occuoicd by the talian naval force last monday ac cording to an official communication isued today by the italian ministry cf marine the attack was repulsed . the statement adds that some mem bers of the austrian landing party were forced to swim to their ships ' it is officially announced that two prisoners who were charged with es pionage were tried by court martial o the 16th and 17th v they were found guilty and senten ' fed to death the sentences having been duly confirmed were carried out this morning twelve casualties in u s coal mine eight killed and twelve injured when cars broke loose pittsburg july 30.—eight men were killed and twelve injured in the pat terson mine united coal co near e'izabeth penna fifteen miles from here this afternoon when the cable hauling twelve cars up a steep incline parted 1 mm ■ ■"* german attacks ended in failure london july 30 official the french government reports violent german auacks repulsed in the with heavy loss the french submarine mariotte has been sunk in the dardanelles and her crew captured the russian government reports that the enemy suffered enormous loss in attempting to fortify the left bonk of the narew also between the bug ahd wieprz t\ie italian government reports cn em counter-atacks on corzo plateau wkni fresh troops repulsed with serious jete bonar law , « ■ . ! twy steamships sunk both crews are sav2d london july 30.—the norwegian stealer trondhjemsford was torped oedjjand sunk today by a mape and the bejgian steamer prir.cc albert was also sunk by striking r mir ijje crews of both vessels were saved inevitable recognised crown prince of bavaria tells a mem ber of the reichstag that germany cannot hope for victory in the present war — her enemies just getting their wind london july 31.—a central news despatch from northern france says i can vouch for the following interview as authentic the crown prince rupprecht of bavaria while conversing with a member of the reich stag who was visiting the battle line in artois said i must confess i am no longer an optimist . it will take some time before the allies will seri ously affect our position in france but the role subsequently will be reversed the strength and resources of the enemy are now too well organized he is in a position to hold the balance in this his favor and it must be obvious to our best friends that we are utilizing our maximum resources while the en emy is in a much-improved position he has important new reserves the british army has had long training and is presumably an efficient fighting machine italy's forces hold ground repulse violent attack in which aus trian were supported by bavar ians geneva july 30.—a telegraphic de spatch to the tribune from laibach says that the austrians attacked the italians at gorizia with 1 70,000 men including 30,000 bavarians on the night of july 28th with disastrous re sults the austrian losses arc number ed at 12,000 the following day a fierce austrian attack on carso plateau was also pulsed „ ihe italians hold all the positions they have captured the last fifteen days except the advanced trenches before gorizia which have been evacuated • mm % iberian is sunk five are killed . london july 31.—the leyland lin er iberian has been sunk by a german submarine five members of the crew were killed two died aboard a rescue boat and 61 were landed safely the iberian was 5,233 tons gross and sailed from boston on july 7th for manchester where she was reported to have arrived on july 20th 1 m ■ german aviator throws four bombs on nancy paris july 30.—a german aviator threw down four bombs on nancy yesterday no casualties or damage continued on page 7 continued on page 7 , o — continued on page bowring brothersi limited j p importers aq exporters steam ship owners agents and general brokers l \ _ f these stores are 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