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Battle of Marne, One French Capital Safe frftrwmrpiitfiffpfipimrz-r- r - r . WASHINGTON TIMES; FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10; 1915. .-- , -- - .. .THE 1 - - German submarine war, it is not to that "other countries, big nnd little, J be affected by any arbitration on the realize that to exist it is inuispen JUST HAD TO WORK DUMBA THE NINTH incident of damages. sable to work in time of peace and Battle of Marne, One PUBLISHED EVENING-(Includin- BVBR.T expres- surround themselves with the most Sundays) Studied in the light of the ByThe Washington Times Company sions which Washington has con- positive of guarantees." sub- Nothing more illogical could bo GODOWSKV INSISTS ENVOY SENT HOME THE MUNBBT BUILDINQ, Pcnno. ave. veyed to Germany In regard to YearAgo Todayv Held in imagined than the notion, in some FRANK A. MUNSEY, President. marine warfare and its methods minds, war-explosi- will R. H. the Lusitania and Arabic cases, it that this TITHERINGTON, Secretary. the bj the last of its kind. Rather it a H. POPE, Treasurer. will require much ingenuity for State Department to figure how thiB will likely be the beginning of n se- House Full of Guests Forced French Capital Safe Three British, Two French, One Tear (Including Sunday), tt.50. new can possibly ries of wars. New alignments may Six German attitude Into He Month. M.78. Three Months. 80c. be effected. But will the allies, de- Pianist Retirement, Two Spanish, and One Turk- satisfy American demands. German Driven' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, Tnero is, moreover, suggestion of feated, lie supine under German ays Tells Story to Police. Army Back on Threshold of Victory ish Got Passports. 1915. will willingness to' disregard the sensi- rule? Or Germany, defeated, When It Seemed That Nothing on Earth Could A ORAVB INTERNATIONAL bilities of the American Government stripped of trade and shipping and colonies, accept position in- SITUATION in the fact that Berlin made public her as NEW YoniC. Sept. 10. Leopold Oo- Stop Terrific Drive Toward Paris. Three British ministers, two French the text of the note before it was evitable and permanent? It is un- dowsky, tho Viennese pianist, whose ab- ministers, two Spanish ministers and a The relations of the United States received thinkable in either case. To make sence from his liome In Avon. J., Turkish ambassador, who by their own here. September 1, hVid objection- both a peace capable of since has given his wlfo A year ago today the battle that saved Paris came to an end after flv actions made themselves to Germany and Austria have For the present, the most that can after this war family, many news- re- nnd the police and days of desperate fighting. It is now known as the Battle of the Marne. able to this Government, havo been suddenly entered into a phase of the be absolute assurance is i lasting twenty years would be a papers, much concern, nppcarcd said with has at In the days when the struggle was raging, Slmms sent a stream cable- called at the reauest of the United the home of K. D. C. Smith, police of In of utmost gravity. that the situation is very critical, statesmanly achievement whoso grams telling of developments as the occurred. For the anniversary, he States the course our national Conjecture de- cqUal has not yet been commissioner of Tcnafly, N. J and has hlstorv. aB to the possible probably ,more so than at any time seen in this has sent a complete account of the battle as It wo'jld have been told Sep-temp- er denied ho had been in hiding, has de- Since 1793. when President George velopments flow, flow world. There will be more wars. 10, 1914, possible to that may and since the submarine issue began to nied ho knew of the excltmcnt attend- had it been humanly assemble all the facts and Washington brought about the recall of rapidly, from the things that have and more insistent- This war may be a good deal bigger ing his disappearance und denied any get them past the censor. Citizen Genet, an ovcrzealons minister force itself more newspaper transpired in past twenty-fou- r Ger- before it ends. There is no nation, desire for "space." By from France, the United States has been the ly into the vital concerns of Accompanied by R. Marvin Wilcox, In WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS. quick to resent any Interference by for- hours is both undesirable and. un- many and the United States. The no people, that dare regard itself as whose homo he had been staying. eign diplomats accredited to this coun- explained to rARIS, Sept. 10, 1914. The German army is in full retreat. try In timely. The facts speak for them- end is not plain; the way ahead is safe; none that dare go unarmed Commissioner the Internal affairs of the United Smith, to Deputy' Police Commissioner -- States. selves; they attest a posture of af- overhung with ominous clouds. and unprepared. Guy H. Scull, of New York, and to The allied forces are everywhere victorious. After getting within Genet came to thlb rountry as iim paper men left his homo Citi- fairs that the veriest tyro in inter- Moreover, crisis newf that he couTQ first representative of the French it is a dual that SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE only to seek rest nnd quiet for the pro- sight of Paris, and when it seemed that nothing on earth stop zens' Committee of Safety, which ran national matters must recognize as duction of musical work tie must finish the Republic of during the our Government faces, a crisis with back and France pregnant with the most dangerous by the middle of this month. their drive, the invaders have been hurled in disorder the period following the execution of Louis Germany, another with Austria. It Japan, ever alert to seize a chance Tho liuntlj of a house full of guests XVI. At that time France and Great . possibilities. is a satisfaction to know that the for territorial or commercial expan- drove lilm from his own roof, ho con- capital is safe. Britain were engaged in war and des- tinued, nnd forced him to seek peace- pite the proclamation of neutrality Is- As if they might have been care- Administration was vigorous enough sion, is laying out an elaborate cam- ful work In tho home of an old friend. With a recklessness bordering on impudence, the result of seeing sued by President Washington. Genet fully timed for dramatic effect, the to convey to Austria, even though paign for the capture of the South Oodowsky loft home on September 1. oame here armed with blank commis- The next day his wife, after question- fortress after fortress surrender merely before the menace of their sions to be distributed among American difficulties of our Government with in an unnecessarily ceremonious American trade lost to Germany by ing various business acquaintances and citizens witling to fit out privateers to both the German and Austrian gov- way, the knowledge Ambassa- friends" of her husband In Now York approach, the Prussians ignored the reserves they must have known prey upon British commerce. that the war. Keen minds in Tokyo see city, reported his absence to tho police. ernments were forced into new and dor Dumba was no longer persona no reason why the skilled but poorly Search for him was In vnln until Sun- were massed here, and turned eastward from Paris, expecting to Looked To Public Sentiment. .acute aspects almost in the same grata here. The method of doing it paid labor of Japan cannot compete day nliht. when a mysterious telephone Because of the aid furnished by call to the Godowsky home, received crush a weak and routed enemy. In so doing they uncovered their Trance durlnc the American War of In- hour. robs the act of the emphasis, the with America and with what re- by a servant, roporttd that the famous dependence, and peculiarly because of let- The Washington Government de- force of red-blood- indignation, mains of productive Europe in meet- pianist was afe. The next day a right, and General Maunoury struck. Surprised, dazed almost, they the fact that France was now fighting Oodowsky telling new-bor- n cided could not ter vns received from for the maintenance of her that it tolerate the that would have been carried if the ing the need of Latin America. his wife not to worry, but It did not turned to face the new enemy when again they were hit on the flank, republic, there was Just enough senti- presence of Austrian Ambassador ambassador had been given his pass- Germany, thinking of the future revcnl his whereabouts ment in this country favoring help for A telephone rffossage from Wilcox fol- this time by General French, of the British; Franchet d'Esperey of trance to encourage Genet In his de- Dumba in this country, and trans- ports. There was no occasion for even at the moment of its utter im lowed, and the exact whereabouts of tho nunciations of the American Govern- was yesteidoy. When mitted to Vienna, through our am- such punctilious politeness, elab- potence in international commerce, planlit learned the Fifth; Foch, of the Ninth reserves and the rest. ment's neutrality stand. for ho stopped at Commissioner Smith's Landing at Charleston, S. C, the bassador at that court, an intima- is vigorous cam- night he was on hi way to the Immediately orate expressions of good will and preparing for a last VON Frenchman launched a tion to this effect. It was the in- paign to regain West 1S"th street ferry landing, where VON KLUCK AND BUELOW STAGGERED.
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