THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914.
EVEN KAISER'S SON
STOPPED BY SENTRY
Stern Old Veteran of 1870
Makes No Exception in
Favor of Royalty.
PRISONERS WELL KEPT
Efforts of American Ambassador to
. Obtain Additional Blankets Sao
I ceed Antwerp Marines Are
Mostly Green. Hands.
BERLIN, Oct. 27. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) Prince Joachim,
of Prussia, youngest son of the Em
peror, went to visit the camp of the
British prisoners of war at Doberitz,
near Berlin, the day before his depart
ure for the front. He was accompa
nied by the Princess August Wiihelm
and a lady of the court. At the en
trance to the camp they were met , by
the Sergeant of the gruard, who said:
Sorry, sir, but our orders are to au
mlt no one to the camp without a spe
cial pass from the commandant. General
.Von LoebelL '
"But you know who I am?
"Oh, yes, your Royal Majesty. But
our orders apply also to you."
Order Given by Veteran.
The guard, it turned out, were quite
within their orders, for General Von
Loebell, a veteran of 1S70, in in
structing the landsturm battalion
guarding their camp as to their duties,
had ordered them to admit no one with
out his explicit order, "not even liis
Majesty himself.
The order, which has removed Dober
itz from the sight-seeing tours of the
Berliners, was relaxed for a party of
foreign newspaper correspondents, who
were taken through the entire camp in
order to see how the prisoners are
treated.
The captives, of whom 1 there were
about 3100 soldiers and some 950 mem
bers of the marine brigade taken at
Antwerp, were housed in large tents,
each accommodating about SO men, in
charge of a British non-commissioned
officer.
Gerard Obtain Extra Blanket.
They sleep on sack mattresses filled
with straw and are now provided witn
two blankets apiece, the American Am
bassador, Mr. Gerard, having succeeded
in obtaining the second blanket on rep
resentations that the men were suffer
ing from cold during the chilly Autumn
nights.
They also have been provided,
through the efforts of the American
Embassy, with warm underclothing.
which many of them lacked when cap
tured. They complain that the food is
not adequate, but seem otherwise fairly
contented.
A permanent Winter camp with
frame buildings is approaching com
pietion and the prisoners are to b
transferred to it when the weather
makes the tents uninhabitable. Th
camp, which represents an expenditure
of about (250,000, consists of 10 unitt
' each with 10 barracks accommodating
, 100 men. Eaca unit has its own kitchen
. and house accessories. The . build
; ings are well- and permanently con
structed; proper attention seems to have
been paid to heating and sanitary ar
i rangements.
Marine Brigade Green Hands.
The 900 prisoners from the marine
and defeat of the .Russians in the Aus
trian province of Bukowina Is reiter
ated in a dispatch to a Berlin paper,
according to a dispatch received. here.
It is said heavy losses were suffered by
the invaders. The dispatcn also says
the Russians were defeated yesterday
in East Galicla.
RUSSIANS HAMMER REAR GUARD
Germans Abandon Hospital Train in
Hurried Flight From Vistula.
PETROGRAD, via London. Nov. 12.
A special correspondent of the Ultro
Rosli, just returned from the front,
gives interesting particulars of the
German retreat from the Vistula.
In the opening stages of the retire
ment from Warsaw and Ivangorod, he
says, the enemy fell back slowly, fight
ing all the way and not making more
than from three to seven miles a day.
When, however, the Russian cavalry
worked its way around to their rear,
the Germans hastened their movements,
and made little attempt to defend even
the entrenched positions they had
laboriously prepared. I
'The dashing Russian horsemen.
adds the correspondent, "with light
artillery were ever on their heels, and
gave them no breathing space. In
order to get an Interval of repose, the
army retreating from Plezkv.on Octo
ber 31 and November 1, accomplished
marches of 30 miles a day.-
'Utterly exhausted by these great
efforts the troops stopped to rest, but
hardly had they kindled their bivouac
fires before the rattle of musketry put
an end to the hopes. The fires were
hastily extinguished with buckets of
water and the weary soldiers turned
out to meet the. attack of dismounted
Cossacks. The retreat was continued
so speedily that one of the hospital
trains became detached from the
column to which it belonged and fell
into the hands of the Russians."
BATTLE ON GERMAN
SOIL HARD FOUGHT
French Battle Desperately to
Keep Big Guns at Distance
From Belfort. -
TEUTONS AGAIN ACTIVE
SPIES AROUSE BRITONS
ALIEX ENEMIES IN COUNTRY ARK
SAID TO NUMBER, 70,000.
German Submarines Declared to Have
Received Signals and Chart of
Mine Fields la Obtained.
LOXDON, Nov. 12. William Joynson
Hicks, Unionist in the House of Com
mons, reflected today the widespread
anxiety concerning the presence of
German spies in this country. He said
there was a German in London who
had been in touch with a German
statesman and the firm of Krupp, and
that two sons of the London agent of
that firm had been sworn in as special
constables in London. The men, Mr.
Joynson-Hicks added, might be inno
cent of bad intent, but they would be
better under lock and key.
There are 70,000 alien enemies in the
country, the speaker continued. It was
certairi that signals had been given the
German submarines to enable them to
torpedo British ships, he said, and that
by some means a chart of the mined
area had reached the Germans. Other
wise, Mr. Joynson-Hicks declared, the
German squadron could not have got so
near Yarmouth.
Reginald McKenna, the Home Secre
tary, in reply to Mr, Joynson-Hicks,
said the government must be careful
that no injustice was done any person.
He said that at any rate his depart
ment was acting under the directions
of the military authorities. -
Artillery Dragged to Peak of Noted
Mountain Flays Part In Desper- .
ate Strategy Two Forts
Reported Fallen.
BERLIN, Oct. 27. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) Renewal of
German activitv against the rTencn
fortress at Belfort attracts attention
to the camDaiKn which has been
waged, with varying fortunes, in
Southern Alsace since the beginning of
hostilities an independent little war,
perhaps, to be compared with that in
the Shenandoah Valley during tne
Civil War.
This region in extreme Southwestern
Germany, usually known as the Sund
gau, experienced the first serious
fighting of the war and has changed
hand's 11 or 12 times since the first
capture of Muelhausen.
Battle Ebbs and Flows.
The tide of battle probably will con
tinue to roll back and forth' across it
until either Belfort falls into German
hands or operations are transferred
entirely to German soiL The nature of
the country is strategically favorable
to the French.
Present operations from the German
side are directed to seizing positions
from which the heavy German siege
artillery can be directed against the
fortifications of Belfort, while the
French are straining every effort to
keen these guns out of range.
Places such as Muelhausen, Tags,
dorf and Altkirch have been occupied
several times by tne French, and th
flei-mans there have been able to main
tain no permanent hold of their' own
soil, principally because the Jvoges
Mountains give every advantage of the
terrain to the French.
Fortress Gives Security.
Between the Vosges and the Swiss
Alps is a flat plain offering an easy
roadway Into the Sundgau and com
pletely commanded by the fortress of
Belfort, in which the French find se-
curity every time they are rolled back
from the plains of upper Alsace.
So low and flat is the Sundgau that
it has been impossible to plan a fur
ther defense.
A review of the southern campaign
from the German standpoint gives th
following picture of operations. It is
generally understood that the plans of
the French general staff contemplated
an invasion of Germany on a larg
scale by way of the southern Vosges
and the so-called Gap of Belfort.
ENGLISH ASKED TO LEAVE
Germans Say Any Train May Be
Taken Prior to November 20. "T
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LONDON, Nov. 12. The Amsterdam
correspondent of Reuters Telegram
Company sends the following:
The German authorities again
brigade captured at Antwern seem to I . n , .-v. ...1.4
vub mo tun lliU LI VII 1 41 13 DriUHll
women, children and girls under 1.
force sent te help in the defense of that rUrevinen. nrtor. on ntvioi-
fortress was composed largely of green 65 years of age leave Germany. The
men oniv a lew weeks with the officials say that until November 20
colors, jviosi oi tne sea soldiers ques-1 these people may choose any train for
wuueu. oi Viuvcu iu us new ro.rmis. i their departure, but after that date they
vwiiciiuauKeu iiius nsauns. iu he transported in parties on cer-
"We stepped out of the train right!
into tne hands of the bloomin'
Dutchies," said one.
tain days only.'
ANTWERP DRAWS LINES IN
Direct
CANADA CURBS SEDITION
Posession of Anti-British Papers to
Be Severely Punished.
OTTAWA. Ont., Nov. 12. The order
In council, making it a criminal or
correspondent on the Belgian frontier fe"fLt.c?rcult or Possess so-called
sends the following dispatch: anti-Britishand German papers, which
to prevent access to Antwerp and com- cities, is to be rigidly enforced, it is
Preparations Rushed . and
Routes to City Closed.
LONDON, Nov. 1Z. A Daily Express
municatlon with that city.
said. The penalty is $5000 fine or two
On Tuesday Michael Doyle, special I ye"s' imprisonment.
agent of the American Treasury De
partment, left Rotterdam in a motor
car with dispatches for the American
Legation at Brussels. The German
Minister at The Hague specially in
structed him to follow a circuitous
route through Breda, Thorout. Aer-
schot and Louvain instead of taking
the shorter road through Malines,
which is closed. '-This shows that re
markable military activity is proceed
ing at Antwerp.
There is said to be heavy circula
tion of such papers in Montreal.
French. Invasion Begun Promptly,
. The invasion was started promptly
and on August 8 Muelhausen was in
t rench hands.
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the hills around the city.- At the same
time the entire Sundgau and every
valley of the Vosges were taken. The
Germans immediately gathered for a
counter attack.' and the opposing
forces at Muelhausen became involved
in a general action. The French had
slept only a night in Muelhausen when
a heavy artillery attack was started
against their positions. In a violent
night attack the French were driven
from the city. Hopes were entertained
that the invaders might be driven
southward and forced over the Swiss
border, but the French got safely
away under the guns of Belfort and
were soon starting eastward again
toward Muelhausen.
They meanwhile had dragged artillery
to the peaks of the Vosges even to
the summit of the Donon, the favorite
"climb" for amateur mountaineers in
the Lower Vosges. From here their
guns commanded the defile of Schir
meck. On August 14 a detachment of
German artillery from Strassburg, in
cautiously venturing into the pass,
came under the fire from the mountain
top and was so badly mauled that it
had to retreat, sacrificing 14 guns.
German Ludwebr Oppose.
During the next few days the efforts
of the French to force the Vosges con
tinued. Against the troops coming
from Belfort the, Germans could throw
only landwehr. In spite of the brav
ery shown by the German troops, the
French finally reoccupied the entire
Sundgau and the City of Muelhausen,
although suffering heavy losses.
On August 21 Prince Rupprecht of Ba
varia defeated the French in the first
really decisive battle in Lorraine be
tween Metz - and Vosges. The French
offensive collapsed, and, with the
teep Donon cleared of the French on
the same day, the Germans were able
to free Alsace of the invaders. August
the French were In full retreat
through the Sundgau. Near Belfort.
however, they made a stand, and that
they did not succeed in again advanc
ing north is thought to be due to the
German heavy howitzers, to which the
French could oppose no similar ar
tillery.
During the following days the Ger
mans attempted to clear the isolated
mall valleys of the Vosges or tne
French, but the Alpine chausseura had
buried themselves deeply in trenches
and were not easy to dislodge. This
was especially true of the troops who
had taken possession of the valleys or
Gebweller and Stamarin, the slopes and
approaches of which were well pro
tected by machine guns and artillery.
In the first days of September tne
fighting in these valleys grew exceed-
ngly hot, leading to general meiees
September 5 and 6. The French coun
ter offensive was felt by the Germans
everywhere. The German troops in Al
sace were few in number. September 8
the French literally poured into Alsace,
two army corps taking positions in the
Sundgau. The Germans were obliged
to retreat toward the Rhine, where tne
guns of Istein gave some relief , from
the pressure of the French. For the
third time the entire Sundgau was in
the hands of the French.
Conntry Regained by Germans.
A German counter attack came Sep
tember 9. The Sundgau was taken back
foot by foot, and at Sennbeim and
Thann decisive actions occurred. As
the result of this the French were
obliged to retreat over the Bussang
Mountain road. On the 11th. however,
the French again assumed the offensive.
and to stop this the Germans were
obliged to put the last available man
to the front. They succeeded in arrest
ing the French progress, but an offen
sive on the part of the Germans in
the direction of Thann failed because
the French had taken refuge in ex
cellent entrenchments, of which the
Rebberg and the Thanner Kopf were
the main suDDorts.
Some of these Dositions were taken
by the Germans on September 12. The
effect of the German howitzers was
more than the French could endure, and
their retreat became a rout. The Ger-
mans took every advantage of this, and
the French nowhere had the oppor
tunity to hold a position long enough
to Dermit entrenchment.
Following- this the French rusnea
new troops into the Sundgau directly
In front of Belfort. and on septemDer
14 and 15 this led to a renewal of
fighting. After a fresh check the French
returned in a large number, ana a gen
eral engagement on the Altklrch-Thann
line resulted. In this the Germans were
victorious.
Both Sides Lose and Gain.
Then followed a long series of gains
and losses for both sides, but Septem
ber 23 Thann was again in possession
of the Germans. A few days later the
French were obliged to retreat through
the Gan of Belfort. and since then an
advance on their part has been impos
sible.
It is understood that within a short
time every effort will be made by the
Germans to close the Gap of tJeirori.
Some of the outer forts of Belfort al
ready have been bombarded, but, due
to the obstacles offered the Germans by
the terrain, the reduction of the for
tress is still unaccomplished.
Recently the fighting on the Aisne
and in Belgium has completely over
shadowed the military operations in the
Sundgau. That they are important has
been shown, however, Dy tne many ai-
temrta of the . French right wing to
penetrate to the north of Muelhausen
the one German city wnicn nas sunerea
severely In the war.
It has been reported, that, following
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MONGOLIA AFFAIR UP
the faii of Antwerp October 9, the Ger- independence Is Believed Suo-
which had been used by them in this
camDaisrn to the south to utilize them
against Belfort. The last fortnight has
seen considerable activity in the-Sund
gau, mostly on the part of the Ger
mans, who assert they have taken up
positions to the east of Belfort. Other
reports have said two forts to the
south were in German hands. Other
wise there has been little change around
ject of Meeting.
RUSSIA, CHINA HAVE PART
anating from German sources that Chi
nese troops in Mongolia were moving
toward the .Russian border and an ef
fort has been made to connect this
activity with the deadlock of the con
ferees. Inquiries, however, have brought
denials from the Chinese authorities of
this military activity, and the reports
are elsewhere discredited.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. The confer
ence at Kiakhta is believed here to be
a meeting between the representatives
of Russia, China and Mongolia to dis
cuss the. subject of the independence of
Mongolia, which has been recognized
by Russia but thus far not by China.
In the Chinese revolution an inde
pendent government was set up in Mon
golia under the leadership oi tne K.u
Wilbur Bank Charter Approved.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 12. The Treasury Depart
ment has approved the application of
R. J. Reeve, Edwin T. Coman. Thomas
B. Davis, M. Flohr and Conrad C. Rich
ter to organize the First National Bank
of Wilbur, Wash., with a capital of
J25,000v
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Sessions Xow on at Kiakhta, Siberia,
and Chinese Representative Is
Reported Uncompromising.
Troop Movement Denied.
PEKIN. Nov. 12: There Is now in
session at Kiakhta, Siberia, a confer
ence concerning the present situation
of Mongolia, atr-wnich the three Inter
ested powers are represented, each by a
delegate. The Chinese delegate is said
to be maintaining an uncompromising
attitude.
There have been rumors in Pekin em
GERMANS IN CAMP NEAR DIXMUDE.
ARMENIANS AIDING CZAR
(Continued From First Page.)
to retire on the fortresses of Koenisrs-
berg, Loetsen, Grandenz, Bromberg,
i'oaen, uiogau, isresiau and Nclse.
""A wounded Russian cavalry officer
who has returned to the capital from
Lemberg, in describing the Russian
march into Hungary over the Carpa
thian Mountains, said that the Rus- 1
sians, after penetrating to within 100
. miles of Budapest, were forced .to re
turn to avoid beins cut off by Hunga-
rian troops which nad made their way
through the western mountain passes.
bait Prussian Town Token.
; "In East Prussia on November. 11
: an action developed on the front of
' iStalluponen. Krouglianken and the re-
' glon of Soldau. Our troops occupied
! Johannisburg, a small towjn of East
- Prussia, 70 miles southwest of Gum-
binnen.
'Beyond the Vistula battles of sec
ondary importance occurred in the re-
. gion of Kalisz (Russian Poland) and I
. Neschava. where advance guards of the I
I enemy sought to progress.
"The Carpathian Austrian rear gnards
.' maintained at the crossings on the up- I
; per San, in the region of Sanok. were)
. attacked by our troops."
Pursuit of Germans Slackens.
The Russian pursuit of the Germans
along the frontier has slackened and!
the Germans are strengthening their I
; positions along the line of border for-
' tresses in expectation of an attempted
Russian invasion.
General Dankl. displeased by the re-
' cent course of events. Is moving south I
across Galicia, and has refused to co-
; operate further with the German staff.
according to another report. Austria I
admits the withdrawal of her troops I
from Western Galicia and the invest-1
-' ment of Przemysl for the second time I
- by the Russians.
Fighting between the Turks and the I
: Russian army of Caucasia apparently Is I
still in progress without definite result.
, The Russian staff reports that it iftl
. maintaining its position, routing the!
' Turkish forces which attempted an en-I
, veloping movement.
A Turkish torpedo-boat, according toj
a dispatch from Athens, has been cap-l
tured off the coast of Asia Minor.
k - The report of an Austrian surprise
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"isfr-- fYt 1 nil - ("-jmst . .rajmo .jd I
duce Mongolia in defiance of frequent
representations of the Russian govern
ment, the latter sent to Urga an envoy,
who recognized on behalf of Russia the
independence of Mongolia. -
In November, 1912. a Russo-Mongo-Ilan
agreement was concluded by which
the Russian government undertook to
assist Mongolia to maintain the autono
mous regime she had established, to
support her right to have a national
navy and to admit neither the presence
of Chinese troops on her soil nor the
colonization by the Chinese of her ter
ritory. The Mongolian sovereign and
government agreed to assure Russian
subjects and Russian commerce the full
enjoyment of their rifirhts and priv
ileges. Early in 1913 Russian officers
were sent to Mongolia as military tn-
tukhtu of Urga. The Chinese govern-1 structors to raise a native mounted
ment having dispatched forces to re-1 brigade on the Cossack model.
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