Daily British Whig (1850), 22 Sep 1914, p. 6

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IBLE ENEMY IS TERRIBLE. - 5 In Line of Battle For Days Before the Were Met--Then Came Fierce Hand to Hand Fighting. London, Sept. 22.-The terror of warfare in fighting with long- re guns and facing fire from an in- h enemy, in vividly described by ly of the wounded who have reach- ed here. A lance corporal of Uon- ht . Rangers, to-day, told of he was with being in line of battle for three days before they saw p Germans. "Ihe disconcerting in the present fighting, with B weapons, is that you may be in action for hours without seeing the ¥,"" said the corporal. "Une day lay for ten hours in the trenches shells dropping about us like We could see pulls of smoke ' the horizon and hear the con- tant roar of the guns, but that was all, Only when you get a bullet in the arm or leg did you realize that you were really in battle: Though we Ware under fire comstantly it was 'Whole * days before we actually #eb éyes on the Germans. After that was plenty of hand-to-hand ting." lhe corporal commented on the ut- ter disregard German officers feel for the loss of men. He said that the Germans advanced (in close formation against one position from which the British had intended to withdraw je- cause it was dominated by the Ger- man battery that could not be lacat: ed: 'The inlantry came forward with British guns opening great holes in the ranks, and Red Cross men said ~ they picked up 1,600 dead and wo Germans in front of the posi tion. 'The British loss did not exceed twenty. "I have seen our cavalry thrown into confusion," said the cor- poral, "merely because the horses - shied at heaps of the dead they had to tread over when attempts were made to clear' our front of the ad- yanciog Germans." ~ > Skirmishing In Belgium. Antwerp, Sept. 22.-- Skirmishes are. of daily occurrences: between 'the German and Belgian troops, but reports issued at the war office state that King Albert's troops .have suffered no check in their offensive movement. $a A sharp fight occurred Sunday be- tween Alost and Ordeghem, and the Germans retired. No extensive op- erations are possible because of the - terrible downpour that has turned a great section of the country north- west of Brussels into a morass. A consignment of French rifles has ar- rived for the Belgian recruits. Russians Capture 15,000. Paris, Set. 22.-- In a: message from Petrograd the Havas Agency | correspondent says that during the past three days the Russians in Ga- licia have captured 15,000 Austrians, focluding 150 officers. Many can- non, quick fire guns and supplies also have been taken. . British To Join Japs. Pekin, Sept. 22.--Transports con- veying the British detachment which #8 to take part with the Japanese on the attack on. Tsing-Tau, left Tien-Tsin on Saturday. This detach- ment consists of one regiment, the South wales Borderers. . War Notes. & Prince George of Servia was slightly wounded while heading a charge of cavalry attacking the Aus- trian forces on the Save river. A procession, preceded by bands playing patriotic airs, marched to the Porte Pia in Rome. Sunday, The paraders cheered the British flag when passing the British em- 88 Y. "I venture the prediction that this war will do more for the cause of true religion than anything that has happened since the German Refor- mation," said Dr. Charles A, Eaton, of New York. The wanton destruction of Rheims cathedral #8 commented upon by the British press as one more atrocious crime against true culture. BELGIANS REMAIN LOYAL. Refuse German Proposal For Return of Government. Sept. 22.~In a despatch from Antwerp the correspondent of the Cehtral News declares that the armistice proposal made some days ago by Germany to Belgium provid ed that the evil government in all Belgian towns should be immediately resumed by Belgium, and the German occupation of these towns be discon- tinued, on condition that communica- tion with the Germans in France . be not interfered with. Belgium refused to a; , saying to do so would be disloyal to the aMies. Neuralgia of the Heart This Letter Tells of Wonderful Change Effected by Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. Mr. James G. Clark, Fosterville, York County, N.B,, writes:--"I have been 4 great sufferer from what the 'doctors said was neurdlgia of the heart. The pain started in the back of the neck and worked down into the _ region of the heart. Though I had taken a lot of medicine of one kind and another, I could not get any- thing to help me until I used Dr. 's Nerve Food, / I began this treatment /1 could not rest in bed, except by sit- ting upright, on actount of the dread- and the change London, ." made in m It has entirely overcome these symp- , and is making Me strong and IF this statement will help to the suff ng of others, you $8 Fran of sate ; re- ~ 50 cents a has, for desiers, or Edmanson, , Limited, Toronto, WAR BULLETINS. : The German Humanity 4 League says the kaiser must be + arrested and deported before + European peace is assy . It i¥ announced that Can- ada's fist contingent will be thirty-one thousand men in. stead of twenty-one thousand. Germany's lines are hard + pressed, and experts in Paris % say they will be fighting within % the German frontier in three + weeks. * . -- + Austrian troops have again # given away before the, Russians. & at + The first lord of the admir- # alty, Winston Churchill, says + the German fleet would be dug & out like rats in a hole. In London confirmation was received that the German right wing has given way consider ably. < Germany's armies' twenty + ninth casualty list shows 109 # officers and 361 soldiers killed, + so a Berlin report says. At Berlin it was officially an- nounced that the crown prince's army has renewed its attack on Verdun. J No change in the position at + Aisne, according to the official Paris bulletin Monday evening. Phd er It is persistently rumored in + London:that the North Atlantic + fleet has been ordered south to + round up harassing = German + cruisers. + od bi % The Russian army has driv- 4 en the Austrians still further + back in Galicia, and the fall of + Przemyzl imminent. : The western German wing + has been thrust back seven 4 miles in the last two days' fight- £ ing. + -- 4 The report is circulated in + London that Von Kluck's army % is enveloped and the rest of + the army is retreating to the + Rhine, * \i Japanese aeroplanes de- + stroyed Tsing Tau forts by drop- + ping and shelling from destroy- $ ers. * +» + is Despite fatigue, neither army yielding ground without a # terrible struggle. The allies' + fresh troops are gradually for- + cing the German retirement. + * The Montenegrin army is ten + miles from Sarajevo. The Aus- # trian army is retreating, aban- + domning rapid-fire guns and 4 stores, ® wo ' 2 Belgium refused agreement +. to the latest German armistice 4 proposal, preventing the Bel- + glans interfering with the com- + munications in France. +* Ed ENGLISH PEOPLE WRECKED Stores of Germans Who Showed the Kaiser Spirit, Mrs. Frances Johnson, florist, had a rather humorous story to relate about her trip to the old country from 'which she has returned. Sev- eral stirring episodes were witnessed by her. One in particuldr was comi- cal in the extreme. It was a small grocery store upon one of London's highways, tue © proprietor of which was a German woman, in- to this store a lady had gone to pur- chase a loaf of bread, and as it is the custom to cut a slice off another loaf if the one purchased is not full weight, to make up for the distrep- ancy, the German woman began sawing away at the loaf she was slic- ing. While she was cutting it, she remarked to the purchaser that she wished this was the necks 6f Eng- lishmen. Without giving her any warning, the high spirited English lady grabbed up the loaf of bread and let it go full force between the eyes of the old German frau The English lady walked out and told the experience that she . had, Then there was tumult galore. A mobe entered the store, and kicked and smashed things about lively. Everything was wrecked. On another occasion a German merchant hoisted the German flag It had not fluttered. In the breeze anymore than three minutes when it was torn down and trampled un- derfoot. His store was ruined and the plano was thrown from one of thé upper windows. Mrs. Johnson said that such / oc- currences are continually happen- ing in old England and thé only way that Germans can escape being pillaged is by the government offi- cials pasting up signs ja the win- dows of all those who lave become naturalized subjects. THE ADVANCING RUSSIANS, They Are Bound For Berlin, But Moving Slowly. Petrograd, Sept. 22.-- That main R army has pressed on after enveloping the Przemyzl-Jaras- jow line 4 the San and is mov: ing against chief Austrian posi- tions, was the substance of a war office statement. It announced that the operations were, of necessity, glow, but that there 'has not been 'encountered any opposition that has required any change in the original plan' of campaign. It 1s considered jertain that 4 jhe tel resistance ot a arge e encountered along the lines of the Cracow fortifications. There Austrian oe have. heen massed and hea reinforced by German Landwehr which have for gervice forces are through the Lia Folie Tolond R A, besshall team tas purchased from A. 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A i ., a ------ ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT VALCARTIER CAMP, of the camp life at Valcartier has been carried on y according to reports from the varions' denomina- A A ---- ------ TEUTONIC INVASION HALTED BY GENERAL RENNENKAMPF B Enemy Were Desperate -- Charged Right Up to Strong Entrenched |¢ Russians and Were Mowed Down by Slaughtering Volleys, = Petrograd, Sept. 21--At thé offi ces of the general staff yesterday 1 was informed that while no state- ment of General Rennenkampf's pre- tioned, he is still in occupation of certain portions of East Prussia and that the recent movement by which he disengaged his southern wing and frustrated the German advance has all the value of a victory. At that moment there was no fighting t on the Prussian"border., On this oc- casion, with the lightest cavalry, specially horsed fieldguns, and fresh |, and eager infantry in light march-| ing order, Rennenkampf"s combined. reconnaissance and raid was bril- |, liantly successful Only now that | Rennenkampf has shattered the at tempted German. invasion does the story emerge -into daylight "The expedition was from. Graje- |; wo, on the barder, to Bialla, among |, the lakes, Most of it was done night marches along the small wood- ed hills and they were at dawn on a level with Bialla, where the suspect- |, ed German concentration for advan: ce was taking place. Cossacks rush ed the outposts and forthwith, in the glow of the resplendant sunrise, a battle shaped itself, Russian infan- |; try took up positions under tremen- dous artillery fire. From behind the town, in the distances, up went an aeroplane which dived forward over || the Russians, circled around and re- turned. Each of them sputtered from time to time into rocket signals, red for artillery and white. .for infantry. |g try. "They had guns which were be yond all counting and they spent i anfmunition like water, said my in- ( formant. A single mounted messen- ger was enough to draw a shower of | | shells. They fired at everything and t nothing at all ranges. Two Red] Cross doctors in our rear were kil-| ° led, as were some wagqgn drivers "The fight lasted till late in the afternoon, Russian officers agres¢ that the Germans fought gallantly, Again and again they attacked, only to be driven back and several times | ! the Russians ceased firing in to let the attackers approach: In one |? instance a German detachment was permitted to come within eight paces of the waiting Russia infantry in the ditch where they lay holding fire. They could see their faces and hear the panting of the Germans|y running forward, The signal to shoot | t was to be fired by.the Russian cap-| 1 tain, speaking all the time to his|i men, warning them to wait for his gignal. He let the Germans approach until he could! as he.explained, see| their teeth and thep"vonly did hell loose the slaughtéring + volley that] } took them down in swathes: afternoon the trenches were carried] ; by storm and here again there wal! generous agreement that the mans' fought like heroes," be a i War Oddities 1 London A Sergeant major be believes the regiments recruited in *the big cities are proving the best cn the battle fields because they are accustomed to noise. 'It's the quan- tity, not the quality of the Germar shells that is having its effect," he says. '"The hellish noise is nerve racking." ¢ Petrograd --Believing that to be worthy of heaven they must be clean, the Coasgcks 'bathe and don their cleanest lifien and best clothes before entering a battle. London--A young artillery man, writing to his wife, tells of being left 'on the field for dead, but was finally found and dragged from .bemeath his horse which fell on him when shot, This alone saved his life as al other members of his battery were killed. London--The feet of Tommy At- kins are to be given the greatest care. A gift of 50,000 tins of vase- line has been accepted from a manu- facturing concern with the instrue- tions that if the soldiers smear their feet with the salve chafing will be prevented. says I sex. regiment was surpriskd by Ger, mans while at dinner with their arms stacked, the British soldiers. unable to reach their weapons, rushed upon the foe and attacked them with their bare fists. The French Arrived in time to aid them gnd beat off the Germans. so Robert Yeilorton "Ayrrell, a noted educator, senior dean of Trinity Uel- lege, Dublia, and onc of the ariginal Sity. Fellows of the) Biitisn Academy. died .on Jonday. ie was born in 1844, Ri pe a--------t 13 : § Some Said to believe that strewn glass. distribution too obtaining his on | £4,000 miers, and by lessly intoxicated had "bolted. dreds of these and stragglers were picked at case order | 2 principal proposed to he dealt with at all. their | next scope of its proposals, and even low In the| g vent hardships as far as it is Ger-| ble to do so without discriminating | or propose to go ahead with | struction, takings. that which she has own cholce," -- OF GERMAN LOOTING. See J; wf rR ae Have Displayed Red Cross While Plundering. Paris. Sept. 22---Between Plessy, Jelleville, and Nanteyil the country ooks so smiling that it is hard te it was a very inferno here a week ago. It is only by walking in the vil- ages and sma&l towns that one sees he gutted houses and the streets with smashed furniture and At Dammartin scarcely a shop Ga J was left, and most of the inhabited sent position can be given or sanc- | pouces were visited, but a good many empty. villas were passed by. The system of the Germans was generally the same everywhere. They brougnt huge, hoisting the Red Cross empty vans, often flag, and tuffed them pell mell with whatever hey could get. Outside the town the place, the officers what they pleased and eaving the rest to the men. At coulominiers the mayor and secretary with the procureur were seized as hostages. During the vhole night they were guarded by entinels, who talked in French bout their approaching, execution, and in the morning, when they real- y believed they were to be shot, a ieutenant sat at a piano'and plawed hopin's funeral march.' A fine o was Imposed upon Coulom- but the arrival of British roops cleared but the town in louble quick time. As soon as the cannon were heard n the nignt, a general panic entued 3 o'clock in the morning all hose Germans who were not hope- Hun- up next day by the British n a pitiful plight. COVERS ONLY PRINCIPAL. Proposed Relief Does Not Cover In- terest Payment. While the state- nent announcing the intention of the Intario government in respect vartial moratorium made it clear hat this relief would only apply t- lefer mortgage payments on account of principal, some slight msundor standing. has arisen on the: paint ast that would appear 'to be the from inquiries already Deng it the parliament buildings of the government to emable 'relief to deserving cases only, payments on account Interest. payments are not Toronto, Sept. 22.- to a At nade Fhe his purpose time 1s iven espect mn of of At the same time the date_of the of the leghslature is some distance off, and mueh can hap- afiect the situation in the in- etval. In that event it would not we unlikely that the godvernmént in tg legislation, might extend the al the to session wn to interest payments, where of default is unemployment, deferred This, of cotkse, is pro demntical just now, but it is under- tood, that the gevernmént 'is anx- ous to meet the situation and pre- possi- A who have investments con- otherwise find under igainst those and would t difficult to finance their ONE REQUISITE OF PEACE. Causes of Militarism Must Go, Says The London Times. London, Sept. 22--The London Times, in- commenting on a Wash- ngton dispatch, defining Germany's attitude toward peace, says: "The allies, who are ranged against the Nupoleonismn of the Ger- man kaiser, have no thqught of plae- ing any yoke, Napoleonic or other- wise, upon the people of Germany. But they are firmly and irrevocably resolved not to stay their hands un- til German militarism, and its effects and for all that the institution and forces have brought this unspeak its causes, They are determine hat e cala- mity upon the world, at the instance of William of Hohen%ollern with the acquiescence of his subjects, be criished beyound hope of repair. Not until the German people have been struggle in its true light, as a revolt London-- when the fourth Middle-| of the invincible forces of civilizat- ion against the systematized ethic of barbarism forged hy German poten- tates and professors, can there be a prospect of lasting peace world. Against this ethic of barbar- ism there must indeed be a fight to a finish. shall this compelled to . perceive for. the "Deprecatory recommendations that the allies should avoid the hu- miliation of Germany are entirely beside the point. No hostile force or combination of forces can in i humiliation than! ct on ny greater incurred of her SHELLING OF RHEIMS WINE CELLARS WERE USED AS PLACES OF REFUGE. Few Ciizens Were, Killed, af the People Could Find Satéty There --Church of St. Remi Badly Dam- aged. London, Sept. 21--The News cor- respondent, who viewed the fighting from the Rheims cathedral tower, says: 2 "Directly the shells began to hit tthe cathedral in the morning, some German wounded were brought in from the-hespital near by and laid on straw in the nave, while Abbe And- rieux and a Red Cross sister pluck- 8 ily went up to the tower and hung out two Geneva flags. "I believe a shell which hit the buiding while I was there was a stray shot, for the German gunners could "hardly miss so huge a mass, towering, as it doe¥, above the town, if they willingly wished to reach it. But the houses close by were not seo spared. Shell after shell came whist- ling toward u¥'agd smashed into the houses, dne- of theny, just, across the cathedral square. 4 \/ o "Under the cold drifting rain clouds, one whole s@mni-circle of the horizon, edged by ¢' heights. on which the German it batteries were mounted three miles a¥ay, was no- thing but an inferno : 6f bursting shells. Those from the Germans landéd jamywhere within the space of a square miie. ometimes it was just outside the town they fell, trying to find the French troops lying there in the trenches waiting to go forward to attack the hills where their artil- lery had prepared the way; s times it was on the wool-comping mills of an English company," whose four chimney stacks made them a conspicuous mark; sometimes it' was right in the heart of the town itself. "Once one of them, screaming abominably, crashed through the transept roof of the other end of the cathedral. I shall never forget the note -of horrified surprise and indig- nation that burst from the old sac- ristan as a shell smashed a hole ina tall house close before our eyes. 'That's my house!' he shouted, as if for the German gunners three miles away to hear his protest. Then his voice dropped to a key of bitter grief. 'Ah, the misery of it!" was all he said, and his face remained unmoved for none of the little group of priests and cathedral officials showed either fear or emotion. "*You must had three days of this, them. "The chureh of St. Remi, the most ancient ecclesiastical building in Rheims, received two shells, and all the west rose window was blown out. According to this correspondent few civilians were killed, because virtually every one was under ground for three days. The champagne cellars were made barracks of refuge. The correspon- dent says he visited the Coadjutor remember we have ' said one of be said, with a smile on his whimsi- cdl, good-humored face. Two chap- lains were with him, reading brevi- aries in the cellar by amplight. "Meanwhile the courtesy and good nature shown to the German wound- ed left in the city was astonishing, While shells were falling around the temporary hospital in' the nave 1 found, French officers talking fo them. bringing wine, and giving them 'every consideration. There was only ene subject the Germans want- ed to talk about. Was it not possible they, 'asked, ' to get a bigger Red Cross flag to put en the tower? "We started back to Paris through torrential rain and a wind so strong that they seemed td be trying to imitate the fury of the men on the battlg line. A shell had fallen on a railway embankment close by and killed a man, a refugee. It was mis- erable enough; what must .it have been for those wretched, homeless refugees, whose burned-out cottages we passed' for mrile after mile of blackened, ruined and forsaken countryside?" The cathedral of Notre Dame at Rheims is one of the finest exam- ples of early Gothic. It was founded in 1211, and the choir, transepts, part of the nave and the west facade all date from the thirteenth century. The western towers were added in the following century, and the bel- fry was built in 1485. Among 'the principal features are the rose win- dow, the north portal, the thirteen- th century upper windows, and the treasury. The church of St. Remi is the successor of a structure erected in the sixth eentury, which was rebuilt in the- eleventh and twelfth gentur- fes, partly In the Romanesque and partly in the early Gothic styles. Ad- ditions and restorations were made in 1506, and at various times during the nineteenth century. It contains the tomb of St. Remi, which has been several times restored. BRITISH PRIZES OF WAR. 270 Vessels Captured, According to State Department Advices. Washington, Sept. 22--According to mail advices to the state depart- ment from the United States consul general at London, British warships have taken 270 merchant vessels as prizes of war. The department today made public the list of the captured ships, which, barring some recent additions, has already been publish- ed. The list shows the following totals German, 228; Austrian, 23; Brit- ish, 17; Norwegian, 1; and Danish, 1 The British, Nerwegian, and Dan- ish merchantmen taken were alleged to be carrying contraband of war to ports of tho enemies of Great Brit- aim. before said /the Salada Tea company, "to either lower the quality of Sal- ada tea or advance the price 5c. We dedided upon the latter and feel sure we will get.the same support from the tea drinking! public as we have "We had only two optians is,"' Bishop of Rheims, who met him on the cellar steps. The dispatch goes# on: 7 " 'You will find us under ground,' The Suit House had for the {wenty-two years past." Salada Brown Label is now sold at 35c. a pound, Blue. Label at 45¢. and Red Label at 55c. a pound. Stach Troubles Due to Acidity SO SAYS EMINENT SPECIALIST. So-called stomach troubles, such as in- digestion, wind, stomach-ache are in probably 9 cases out of 10 simply evi dence that fermentation Is taking place In the food contents of the stomach, causing the formation of gas and acids. "Wind distends tha stomach, and causes that full, oppre«- sive feeling sometimes known wa heartburn, while the acid irritates an inflames the delicate lining of ! stomach, The trouble lies 'entirely; | the fermenting food. . Such férmenta- tion is. unnatural and acid formatio: is not only unnatural, but may Involve most serious consequences if not cor- [rected. 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