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' THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1914. 8 RUSSQ-TURKISH SEA FIGHTTHOUGHT NEAR Germans and British, How ever, Are Expected to Man . Guns of Two Fleets. GREECE IS AWAITING SHOT Roumania's Further Neutrality Con hi tiered Improbable, While Italy Indicates Vnlon 'With Allies. Bulgaria Is Doubtful. BY JOHN CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (Special.) Official advices received In Washing ton foreshadow a naval battle In the Black Sea between the Russian and Turkish fleets. Strangely enough the United States Is more or less responsible for the expected entrance of Turkey into- the great European war. The government of the sublime porte has been only awaiting the receipt of sufficient coal from this country to enable it to give the order to the Turkish fleet to strike. A large quantity of the coal are en route. The fuel is required for the operations of the men-of-war. Germans Alan Turks' Ships, Commanded by German naval of ficers and their crews supplemented by German sailors, the Turkish fleet will put up a fight which would not be possible were Turks only serving aboard the vessels. The latter are notoriously bad seamen, excellent though they are as land fighters. The Kussians also have never demon ' strated any seamenlike qualities. Since the war with Japan, the Petrograd government lias given close attention to the developments of its fleet, and -it may be it will give a better account of itself than did the force command ed by Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky. which was destroyed in the Sea of Japan. The Russian fleet in the Black Sea comprises six pre-dreadnoughts, twq large cruisers, 16 destroyers, 16 torpedo-boats and five submarines. Fleets Evenly Matched. . The Turkish fleet has a couple of pre-dreadnoughts, but a large number of destroyers and torpedo-boats. It has been reinforced by the battle cruiser Goeben, which is superior to any of the Russian pre-dreadnoughts, and the protected cruiser Breslau, which is more than the equal of any one of the Russian cruisers. The Turks also are quipped with a few submarines. It is the impression in Washington that the two fleets are about evenly matched. The latest advices show that the Russians ,are prepared for action and press reports announce their fleet is cruising in the western end of the Black Sea within 12 hours of Con stantinople. It would not be surprising should the Germans and Turks find that the Russian ships are partly manned by British soldiers. It is known the British and Russian naval staffs have fully considered the entrance of Turkey into the war and have made plans accordingly. - Greece Awaits Gun Shot, The French and British fleets lri the Mediterranean have an ample num ber of ships available to take care of the Austrian fleet and also to block ade the mouth of the Dardanelles. These straits, official advices report, have been heavily mined. The moment hostile guns are fired by the Russian and Turkish men-of-war, ""that moment Greece will enter into the conflict. In this connection, further irritation has been caused be tween Athens and Constantinople gov ernments by the action of the latter'in expellinir Greeks from Kregli on the sea of Marmora. With Greece and Turkey fighting it will be impossible for Roumania to keep aloof from the conflict. What Bulgaria will do seems to be in doubt. So far as Italy is concerned, the In dications are growing stronger that she will join the allies. that mighty column was a -victoria drawn by a fat white horse and with two soldiers on the box. which accom panied a regiment of Bavarians. Both horse and carriage were decorated with flowers and ferns, as though for a floral parade, and even, the soldiers had flowers pinned to their caps. It was evidently a species of triumphal chariot, for it was filled with hampers of champagne. Everything indicates that the Ger mans have received orders to treat townspeople with marked consideration. They have liberally patronized such few -stores as remain open, paying for what they have bought la Herman sil ver. Whenever they nave occasion to ask a question of a citizen they thank him and touch their caps. When- the main body of troops be gan entering the city on Saturday morning the townspeople rushed out with beer, cheese, bread and flowers, evidently with the idea of placating them by means of their poor little of ferings. It was not a pleasant sight. J but these people have been so terrified by tales of German barbarities that one can hardly blame them. Bearer of Message "Wafts. Prior to the actual occupation half a dozen motorcars filled with armed men wearing gray uniforms and spiked helmets entered Antwerp through Porte de Malines, sped down the splen did tree-lined boulevards which lead to the heart of the city and drew up be fore the Hotel de Vile. The doorkeeper, in, the blue and silver livery of the municipality, cautiously opened the door to the summons of a young offi cer in a voluminous gray cloak. "I have a message to deliver to the Com- unal Council, said the young man pleasantly. "The Communal Councilors are at dinner and cannot be' disturbed." was the doorkeeper's reply. "Monsieur will have the kindness to take a seat until they are finished." So the young man in the spiked hel met became seated on a wooden bench and the other men in spiked helmets ranged themselves in a row across the hall. After a quarter of an hour's de lay the door of the dining-room was opened and a portly Councilor appeared, wiping his moustache. .... Antwerp "Mow German City." "You have a message you wish to deliver?" he Inquired. "What might it be?" "The message I am Instructed to give you, sir." said the young man, clicking his heels sharply together and bowing from his w-aist, "is that Antwerp is now a German city and that you are requested by the General commanding his Imperial Majesty's forces so to in form your townspeople and to assure them that they will not be molested so long as they display no hostility toward our troops." As the young officer had been sent to inform the Communal Council of the city's capture, the delegates had no choice but to accept the terms. Thus after 36 hours' bombardment Antwerp was occupied, on . receiving word from the Colonel commanding the last line of defense, that he could hold out only a few minutes longer. ANTWERP ENTERED IN POMP (Continued From First Pare.) until the eye grew weary of watching the ranks of gray under slanting lines of steel. As they marched they sang, the canyon formed by the high build ings along the Place de Meir echoing to their voices roaring out "Die Wacht am Rhein" and "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God." Artillery In Fine Condition. Each regtrrrerrt -was headed by its field musiij and colors and when dark ness fell and street lamps were lighted the shrill music of fifes, the rattle of drums and the tramp of marching feet reminded me of a torchlight election parade. Hard on the heels of the infantry rumbled artillery battery after bat tery until one wondered where Krupp found time or steel to make them. These were the forces that had been in almost constant action for the last two weeks and that for 36 hours had poured death "and destruction into the "lty. yet the horses were all groomed and the harness well polished. Behind the field batteries rumbled the quick firers, the same pompoms whose ac quaintance I had made at Weerde and elsewhere; and then, heralded by a blare of trumpets and a crash of kettle drums, came the cavalry, cuirassiers In helmets and breastplates of burnished vteel hussars In befrogged jackets and fur busbies, and finally the Uhlans rid ing amid a forest of lances under a cloud of fluttering pennons. 1'ew Are There to See. This was not all, nor nearly all, for after the Uhlans came the bluejackets of the naval division, broad-shouldered and bewhiskered fellows with cap worn rakishly and a roll of sea In their gait; then the Bavarian infantry in dark blue, the Saxon infantry In light blue and Austrians in uniforms of beautiful silver gray, and. last of all. a squadron of gendarmes In silver and bottle green. As that great fighting machine iswunar past 1 could not but marvel at how the gallant, chivalrous and coura geous but ill-prepared little army of Belgium had held it back as long as it had. The most remarkable feature of this wonderful spectacle was that there were comparatively few persons to see it So far as onlookers were concerned, the Germans might as well have marched through the streets of Pom peii. Another American and I. standing on the balcony of the American Con sulate, were the only spectators in the whole length of Place de Meir. which is the Broadway of Antwerp. It re minded one of a circus that had come to "town a day before it was expected. The ODly human touch I saw in all OSTEND FEARS GERMANS (Continued From Firat Pave.) refugees already have been distributed among homes in different parts of the country. "WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Ameri can Consul Johnson at Ostend re ported today that British interests there had been turned over to him and the British Consul would leave for England tomorrow. Whether this meant the abandonment of Ostend by British as well as Belgian military forces was not explained, but the dispatches indicate the rapid approach of the Germans from Antwerp. Mr. Johnson reported that com munication between Ostend and Ghent had been severed since yesterday and the belief prevailed in Ostend that Ghent had fallen. He said he was able still to communicate with Bruges, not far distant from Ostend, disproving reports that the town had likewise been occupied. GHENT DEFENSE HOPELESS Country So Hat Napoleon Could Not Find Good Position for Troops. LONDON. Oct. 14. An Ostend dis patch to the Daily Telegraph, explain ing the German occupation of Ghent, says that the country thereabouts is so flat it would baffle the genius of a Napoleon to find a good position for troops. "I never -saw a more hopeleas coun try from a military point of view," says the correspondent. 4 "It would be difficult enough to de- Three Extraordinary Sales on Our Apparel Floor ksJRr Extraordinary Yyv V xyXt VM l blouse JJ CSTg?. . Crepe de Chine , . 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Violent at tacks made by the enemy east of Sois sons have been repulsed. Heavy fight ing continues In the Argonnes. "Our troops are moving forward through duuse underwood In difficult ground, with siege trains for use against fortifications. The French troops offer obstinate resistance, firing from trees, where - machine guns are posted. Besides rifle pits, which are arranged in tiers, they have built strong points of support." The statement contradicts reports given but by French army authorities regarding success met with by the al lies in the Woevre region, and denies other reports. It continues: "All the French attacks at St- Mihiel have been repulsed. Btain (12 miles northeast of Verdun) remains in our possession." Caroline Crawford, of Pateraon, N. J., paid Sl-." for a coffin in which to bury her pet bulldoc WINDOW DISPLAY WEEK IS A MOVE FOR BETTER BUSINESS When "Good Times" begins making inquiries at the dealer's counter the whole world gets busy. 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Join the movement help start the factory wheels going. EPIDEMIC NEW MENACE PXEI'MOXIA AND DYSENTERY AP PEAR IN TRENCHES. Many Wounded Soldiers In France Djlug of Infection, Says Ameri can Officer. LONDON, Oct. 13. An epidemic threatens the battle line in the West ern theater of war according to Major Louis Seaman, of the United States Army, an expert in military sanitation and surgery, who reached here from France today. The men living in the trenches are unable to observe the or dinary sanitary rules and take and re take each other's ground, said Major Seaman. Heretofore good weather has favored both sides, but now the nights are growing cold. ' The Major visited all the hospitals and said that dysentery and pneumonia are prevalent. Many wounded soldiers are dying of infection due mainly to shrapnel wounds and to delay in ap plying first aid. Many are left two or three days on the battlefield without attention. The Paris hospitals are doing excel lent work, said Major Seaman, particu larly the American Hospital. There is plenty of room In Paris now, as the wounded are being moved to the south. In the early fighting at Soissons Major Seaman got between lines of shell fire, but escaped injury. our forces at various points on the field of battle." NEW HALL TO BE BLESSED Hibernians to Be Hosts Tonight in Dedicatory Celebration. The Ancient Order of Hibernians will dedicate its new hall at 340 Rus sell street, near Union avenue, tonight. The chairman of the evening will be P. K. Sullivan, and the speakers will include: Most Reverend Archbishop Christie, E. H. Deery, T. J. Murphy, Rev. J. M. O'Farrell, Mrs. W. A. Iiiv ers, state president of ladies' auxiliary, A. O. H., and Miss Marie Chambers, past National director, ladies' auxil iary, A. O. H. Miss Dagmar Inez Kelly, Mrs. Rose Friedle-Gianelli, Miss Mae LILLE OCCUPIED BV GERMANS French, However, Report Progress Between Arras and Albert. - PARIS. Oct. 13. The official com munication Issued by the French War Department tonight says: "With the exception of an advance of some Importance in the vicinity of Berry-au-Bac (on the center) there la nothing to report-" The announcement Issued earlier In the day said: "On our left wing our forces have resumed the offensive in the regions of Hazebrouck and of Bethune against detachments of the enemy composed in large part of cavalry coming from the front along Bailleul, Estacas .and La BVisse. "The town of Lille, held by a terri torial detachment, has been attacked and occupied by a German army corps. "Between Arras and Albert we have made notable progress. , "On the center, also, we have made progress In the region of Berry-au-Bac, and we have advanced toward Souay, in the west of the Argonne and north of Malancourt. 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