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Exeter Advocate, 1914-9-3, Page 2PEACEFUL, (?) VALLEY OF THE ,MEUS; A. Moody Battleground. A view of the p•eaeeful Meuse Valley. Namur is srhown in the picture. Liege and Dinant< lie on 'this river. Becau's'e of the rich forage it provides and for other strategical reasons, the valley: of the Meuse has been one of .;the ehief cockpits for European wars. UMT COMPLETE CN ITSELF Will Not Be , Broken Apart in Europe, But to .Be Self -Contained A despatch from- Ottawa says : The Canadian overseas contingent will go into the field as one fighting unit. It will go .as a solid Canadian division, with its own line of -com- munication. It will not be broken into brigades on reaching Europe. So mach, stated Col. Sam Hugthes; Minister of Militia, is indicated in the request fora line of 'communi- cation unit, which it has been de- cided to send with the division. The line of communication will com- prise a total of 1,678 officers and men, 86 nurses, 78 horses, 166 motor transports and. 155 wagons. It will be made np as follows One supply column of 245 officers and men and 53 trucks. One reserve party of 271 officers and mien, 358 horses and 155 wa- g'ons One ammunition party of 471 ofCi cern and men and 113 mechanical transport: Two general hospitals of 328 offi- cers and Hien, 86 nurses and six horses. The stationary hospitals of 188 officers and men ,and six horses. One clearing' hospital of 85 officers and men and eight horses. One railway supply detachment of 62 officers and men. Two depot units of supply of 28 officers and men. Offers of assietanee from United States citizens -continue to pour into the Department of Militia. One distinguished American has offered to provide a full corps of 7,000 ditchinen, in every way skilled in the work. The number of men in the camp at Valoartier is already more than sufficient to meet the needs of the contingent, and 9,000 additional men are now on their way across the ' -continent.. The men not •chosen for the first oontingent will proba- bly be utilized as a reserve to re- lieve' the men now doing guard duty at various points. 20,000,000 RUSSIAN ARMY The Czar's Officers Are Showing the Benefits of Japanese Campaign A despatch to the London Post from St. Petersburg comments on the excellence of the Russian army n,nd the inexhaustible supply of men to draw upon. It says further : "Russia will have no difficulty in finding 20, 000, 000 men to eonplete the work begun by its trained fight- ing forces. Moreover, this is the first time in the memory of man that the Russian army has taken the field with adequate equipment and a sufficiency of supplies,under officers trained in the hard lesson t inthea so thoroughly learned arned Jape, - campaign. "The history of that campaign shows what Russian soldiers accom- plish when badly fed and equipped, but under the conditions of to -day, and fighting in a cause they under- stand, there is littlewonder that the Russian soldier has proved him- self a match for the German. "The German, opposition to the Russian advance is broken and de- moralized. Konigsberg, where 'three German army corps have taken re- fuge, is so situated it can easily be contained by an adequate force while the rest of. the. Russian army passes on into the interior of Ger- many, d i ..d u to • e ma y, am t is o b f I -whether Germany has sufficient .. orga'nized forces to oppose the Russians." Paris Prepares for Possible Siege `.A despatch from Paris says: Paris is preparing for a possible siege, according to an official state - :merit. The matter was discussed by the new Minister of War. Alex- andre Millerand, with the subord- inates of his,department, and steps were taken to determine the exact measures to place the city in .a state to withstand an attack and an invasion. It Le expected that within 24 hours passenger brain service will be practically suspended by a flood of freight traffic bringing to the capital supplies to stock the Gov- ernment storehouses. The freight trains are already being made up cat towns in the centre of blie agri- cultural district. The Government is taking pre- eautions to send most of the wounded to .Southern and Western France, and a few to Paris. Re- fugees from Belgium and Northern France are not permitted 1» re- main (here. This city is sinply a way station towards southern and western towns, Americans and other foreigners in the capital are beginning to un- derstand that their presence in the city' wild not be desirable. Britons Saved •Freiick Left Win A despatch from London says: General Joseph Jaffee, eornmander- in-chief of the French forces, in a telegram to Field Marshal Sir John Frena}h,, commander of the British forces, says: "The British army did not hesi- tate, but threw its whole strength against forces which lis,d great ntt- tnerieal superiority. In doing iso it contributed in a most effective manner to eeeurint the left wing of the French array.. 'It exhibited in this task of devotion; energy and perseverance, to which 1 must now pay my tribute—qualities which will be shownagain to -morrow and. intake certain the triumph of our common cause. The French army will never forget the services ren- dered it. Our array is inspired with the same spirit of sacrifice and the determination to conquer which animates the British 'forces, ,and will make good to them its debt of gratitude in the battles of the near utnnre:�'` THE AMBASSADOR'S REPORT "FOR A SCRAP O7 PAPER" BRITAIN ACCEPTS' WAR. Belgian Neutrality Rad Been Vio, laated Before Britain Tried to Prevent It. The British Foreign .Office issued the other night in the form of a White Paper the report of Sir Wal- liam Goschen, the former Ambassa- dor at Berlin, on the rupture of dip- lomatic relations with Germany. The report is darted August 8, and says that in a000rdanoe with in- struetions of August 4 from Sir Ed- ward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Ambassador called on the German Secretary of State, Gottlieb Von Jiagow. He in- quired whether Germany would re- frain from violating Belgian neu- trality. "Herr •. Von Jagow," the report continues, "at once replied that he was sorry to say his answer must be `no,' as in consequence of the Ger- man troops having crossed the fron- tier that morning Belgian neutral- ity had already been violated. Herr Von Jagow again went into the rea- sons why the Imperial, Government had been obliged to take this step;. namely, that they had: to:aadvance' into Franoe by the quickest and easiest way, ea as to be able to get well ahead with their operations and endeavor to strike some deci- sive blow as early as possible. It was a mutter of life or death for them, as if they had gone by the more southern route they could not have ,hoped in view of the paucity of roads and the strength of the fortresses to have. got through without formidable opposition, en- tailing great loess of time. "This loss of time would mean time gained by the Russians for the bringing up of their troops to the German frontier. Rapidity of ac- tion e.tion was the great German asset, while that of Russia was the inex haustible supply of troops. "I pointed out to Herr Von Jar gow that this fait aeconnpli of the violation of the German frontier rendered, as he would readily un- derstand, the situation exceedingly grave, :and 1 askedhim • whether there was still not time :to draw back : and avoid possible conse- quences whichboth he and owould deplore. "He replied that for reasons he had given tne, it was now impossible for him to draw back." Chancellor Excited. The Ambassador then went to see the Imperial Chanoellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, and he found him in :a very excited 'condition. "The Chancellor," .says the re- port, "began a. harangue which lasted 'about twenty minutes. He said the step taken by Great Britain was terrible to a degree. Just for a word, `sieut.nality'—a word which in war time ,had been often disregard- ed—just for a scrap of paper Great Britain was going to make war. on a kindred nation, who desired noth- ing better than to be friends with her. All his efforts in that direc- tion. had been rendered useless by this last terrible step, and the pol- icy to which, as I knew, he had de- voted himself since his accession to office was tumbled down lake a house of cards. "What t w had done was unthink- able. nLh nl~able. It was like ,striking a man from behind while he was` fighting for his life against two assailants.. He held Great Britain responsible for all the terrible' events that might happen. Britain Keeps Her Word "I protested strongly .against this statement and .said that in the same way as he and :Herr Von. Jar grow wished inc to understand that, for strategical reasons it was a matter -of life or death to Germany to advance through Belgium and violate the latter's neutrality, so I would wish him to understand that it was, co to apea.ky ,a matter of life or. deatin.for the honer of Great Britain than she should keep her solemn engagement to do" her ut- most to defend Belgium's neutral- sty if attacked. A solemncompact simply had to be kept, os what con- fidence could anyone have in en- gagements given by Great Britain in the future'? Chancellor Tooilot to Talk. "The Chancellor ,said : 'Bub at what price well that 'compact have been kept.7 Has the British Gov- ernment thought ;of thatV "I hinted to his Excellency as plainly as I 'could that fear of eon sego enoes .could hardly be regarded ats an excuse for breaking & ;solemn engagement. But, his - Excellency was so excited, _so 'evidently over- come by the news of our action, so l the disposed to -hear reason that I refrained from adding'fael to the flame by further argument. "As I was leaving he said ,that the blow of Great Britain. joining Germany's enemies was, all the greater because almost up to the last moment he and his Govern- ment had been working with us and supporting our efforts to maintain peace between Austria and Russia, "I said that this was pari of the tragedy which saw two nations fall apart just at the Moment when the relations between Athena were more friendly and cordial than they had been for years. ' Unfortunately, notwithstanding our efforts to main- tain peace between . Austria and Russia, war had spread Land brought us fake to face„ with a situation which entailed bar sap:ation from our lane fellow-tivorkera. He would readily understand that no one 're- gretted this more than .I." Telegram Was Intercepted. The British Ambassador declarers he handed a telegraphic report of the conversation to the telegraph office in Berlin for transmission, but that it never reached the Bri- tish Foreign Office. That evening Herr Zimmerman, Under Secretary of State, called on Sir William Goschen and asked whether the call for his passports was equivalent to a, declaration of war. The Ambassador replied that there had been oases where diplo- matic relations had been broken off in which war bad not ensued, but his instructions 'showed that if a re- ply was not received by 12 o'clock Great Britain would 'take steps as. herengagement required. Herr Zimmerman said that it was in feet a. declaration: of war, as Ger- many could not give the assurances required. Soon afterwards afly- sheet was issued by The Berlin Tageblatt stating that Great Bri- tain had declared war against Ger- ma "Imny.mediately," says the report, "an exceedingly .exeitted and unruly mob assembled before the Embassy, and the police were overpowered. We took no. notice of this until the crash of glass and the landing of cobblestones in the drawing -room where we were all ,sitting warmed us that the situation was getting un- pleasant." Rerr Von Tagow Ashamed. The Ambassador telephoned to the Foreign Office, and police were sent and olecared the . street: . No more direct unpleasantness occur- red. . Herr Von 3agow called and 'expressed his 'regrets. He said that the behavior of his countrymen made him feel more ashamed, than he could say.. Hehad decided that the news of the declaration of war shouldnot be published until the following morning, and for that red- son had only sent a small force of police to, .protect the Embassy. The next day the Emperor sent an aide with a message, in which the Emperor expressed regret for the occurrezices, and also request- ed the. Ambassador to .tell the Kiing. of Britain that he would at once divest himself of his British. titles. With respect to this message the Ambassador says: "The message last not of its asoerbity by the man- ner of its delivery." The Ambassador speaks very highly of the courtesy reoeived att the hands of Herr Von Jagow and cis s ofthe Frei e. the afli h lForeign • "She is •baving a perfectly lovely time." "How so i" "She is en- gaged to one of twins. They both call on 'her, and she can't tell them. apart." "Happiness is the 'cheapest thing in the world." To be happy one. does not need to take a long jour- ney, or do any ,great thing; but happiness generally conies when performing the common duties of r 1 every day life, faithfully and con- tentedly. -inuott ranotnit ui utmuwom•p, n mnuosuinurr ,rrli� R9I g�r!y, ui "moo • . «, 1 X33^ � .r. . .. .,..'. �. ;tr�.•�i. BST YEAST THE worm!. DECLINE THE'NUMEROUS INFERIOR rte. IMITATIONS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED ..AWARDED HIGHEST HONORS AT R.LLEXPOSITIONS E, W. CILLE TT COMPANY LIMITED: WINNIPEG TORONTO ONT. moNTR ;At, i'"?Fiztin. DROVI3 ENEMY FROM VOSGES French Routed the Germans ` on South Side After, Five Days' Struggle A despatoh • from London says The following official bulletin was issued by the French War Office: "In the Vosges district our troops resumed the offensive and drove back the Germans who forced them to retire, on they Suint` Die side. •- "The Germans bombarded. Saint Die, which is an unfortified town. "Inothe region between the Vos- ges and Nancy our offensive move- meat has ,c„ontinued ,uninteerupbedly for five days, The German losses have been eensiderable, 2,500 bodies being found on a . front of three kilometres (about two miles) south- east of Nancy, and 4;500 bodies on e front of . four kilometres in the region of Vitrimont. "Longwy, a very old fortress, the garrison of which consisted of only one battalion, whim had been bom- barded 'Aug. 3, has., capitulated, after holding out for over 24 days. More than 'half the garrison was killed or wounded. Lieut. -Col. Darche, Governor of Longwy, has been nominated an officer of the Le- gion of Honor for `heroic conduct in the defence of Longwy.' "On the Meuse our troops have repulsed with great vigor several German attacks. A German flag was taken. "The Belgian field army attached to Namur and a French regiment which supported` in have joined our lines. . "In the north the British have at- tacked forces greatly superior in number, and were obliged, after <r brilliant resistance, to withdraw little in the rear on their right. "Our armies maintained their positions in Belgium. . The army of Antwerp, by its offensive, has' drawn off and held before it .sev- eral German divisions." The British Bulletin. The British Press Bureau gave out the following statement: "The French operations• of war over a distance of some 250 miles have necessitated certain changes, in the position of our troops, who are occupying a strong line to meet the German advance, supported by. the French .army of both flanks. - "The morale of both armies ap- pears to be 'excellent, and there is little doubt that they will give good accounts of themselves in the posi-± tions they now hold." A bulletin to the French War. Office says: "The events in the region of the north have neither imperiled nor' modified the arrangements ,made in view of the futuredevelopment of operations in the region between' Vosges and Nancy." ir Haid 011 British Capital?' A despatch from London Saye ' lions all favor .such attempts. There is no reason to suppose that the in- ternational code regarding an at-, tack on a,n unfortified city would be respected by the Germans. "Under favorable conditions a dirigible from Antwerp could. reach London in about five hours. How- ever, the chanoes of detection,. even by night, are overwhelming,: and a Zeppelin in order to fulfil its mission would have to iiy°as low aa 5,000 feet, at which altibude would be well within the range of ordinary artillery fire." The attack on Antwerp by a Zeppe- lin dirigible balloon has aroused some anxiety regarding the possibil- ity of a similar 'attack on London. The Daily Telegraph discusses at some length the advisability of pro- viding a suitable protection , for London against such a raid. "There exists the. distinot possibil- ity," says the paper, "that further raids of a similar. nature and on a more extensive scale may be carried out by the Germans, especially as the present meteorological condi- ied Bi'avely For Their Counted A despatch from London says The Daily Mail's. Copenhagen cor- respondent telegraphs that the Ber- lin newspapers are filled with stories of how prominent German officers fell on. the battlefields. Prince Frederick of Lippe cried as he fell, grasping the regimental standard, "Save the flag 1" ' The noblest families in Prussia. 'are mourning the loss of some of their members. Among the slain area Baron Joachim von Speck and Sternberg, the 20-yearold son of the late Ambassador at Washing-' ton, and young Jagow, a relative of the German •Foreign Minister. Lieut. Hans Delius and his brother Kurt were killed at Liege. Their father and .another brother are ,still in the fighting line. Russians Sink ormau Cruiser. A despatch from Berlin says: The Iig'ht cruiser. Madgeburg; ran ashore during an engagement in a fog on the Island of Odensburg, in the Gulf of Finland. Owing to thick weather other German war- ships' in the vicinity were unableto render assistance, and all efforts to float the vessel having failed, the captain decided to sacrifice his ship as a superior Russian naval force was attacking. Under a heavy fire ;from' the Rus- sian fleet a majority of the eruis- er'e, crew was saved by. the' Ger- man torpedo boat V-26. Seventeen men were killed, 25 wounded and 85, indluding the captain, are miss-, ing. and are probably prisoners.' The Madgeburg was bl.own up. The survivors reach,ed Germany to -play. English Troops Leavin Loddon En Ratite to Belgium t