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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
5
A Constantinople dispatch notes British and Turkish movements in the war, with Turkey facing allied surveillance. The report suggests Turkish involvement could spur Balkan states to join, and warns that a setback in Europe might push Turkey to wider action if restrained.
London reports a weary front across Belgium and France with isolated attacks and counterattacks, gains and losses roughly even. Germans press toward Dunkirk and Calais while Russians push on Warsaw and Radom. British fleet supports allies as Zeppelin fears and court mourning for Prince Maurice unfold amid broader war news.
London reports German forces are estimated at a quarter of a million moving on Calais with another 100000 en route. The Yser river area remains focal, and Belgian troops suffer heavy losses. The Daily Mail notes 10000 Belgians killed or wounded defending a narrow coast strip from Dixmude to Nieuport, many hit in the back as they lay exposed to fire.
A dispatch from Sluis, Holland, reports Germany sending submarine parts by rail to Zeebrugge for assembly to confront the British fleet off Ostend. German secrecy blocks Belgian rail lines, with civilians barred from routes. The Times notes William commands take Calais, rushing troops east and west to Belgium, closing Cuxhaven entrances as imperial ports fill with flotilla and submarines.
Paris reports no major news tonight but claims progress at several points along the line. Troops advanced around Ypres and south of Arras and took trenches between the Aisne and Argonne. Germans saw no successful partial attacks, and advances were also made in the forest of Apremont.
Berlin dispatch reports slow progress south of Nieuwpoort and west of Lille with enemy fortifications captured. British officers and troops seized, French counterattacks repulsed, and French losses noted as German forces push near Verdun and along the Moselle.
Chronicle Paris correspondent reports Germany offered peace by ceding Mer and possibly part of Alsace to France in exchange for France breaking from the Allies. The offer was rejected according to the Paris desk.
Petrograd reports on October 28 unofficially that Russian forces broke resistance of the enemy’s last units and advanced north of the Pilica while Austro German troops retreated along the Vistula front. Russian cavalry entered Hadom and captured several autonomous convoys as other sectors saw continued attacks and heavy losses. Berlin claims Russians’ advances. in three weeks 14,500 Russians, 30 cannons and 39 machine guns captured. Reports also describe Austrian dead burned as Russian forces push forward, with Polish volunteers forming across Poland for Catholic regiments.
Prince Louis of Battenberg, elder son of Queen Victoria’s family, was viewed as too German by Britons. A naval officer with service in the Channel, Mediterranean, Atlantic, and as second sea lord, he became first sea lord in 1912 after commanding a British squadron to the United States in 1903.
Chicago October 29 Isane Addams told delegates of the Uni Equal Suffrage association that in five states she studied, the chief reason for male opposition to equal suffrage was fear that women would usher in a wave of blue jaws. Florence King, president of the Woman's Association of Commerce, declared warfare would end only when women worldwide had full ballot rights.
London, Oct 29. The Amsterdam telegram reports a proclamation from King Albert to Belgian troops. He notes towns burned, houses destroyed, nationwide mourning, and warns of greater disasters if the country is not freed from invaders. He urges duty and appeals for allied help to restore sovereignty.
Tokio reports the German cruiser Emden, flying Japanese colors with a makeshift extra smokestack, entered Penang and sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug and two French destroyers before escaping through the Strait of Malacca. Merchant ships seek refuge at Colombo as Emden raids Indian Ocean lanes.
The article notes US sympathy toward Turkey for being represented at Washington by A. Rustem Bey, recalling past relations with Henry Lane Wilson who served as ambassador in Mexico City, illustrating historical parallels in diplomatic representation.
A letter from Mrs Joseph Constance of Rapides Parish Louisiana describes relief from twenty one years of pain after using Kilmer's Swamp Root. She mentions prior morphine injections and a surgical operation, then states the first bottle helped greatly and she now feels like a new woman. Public notarization confirms authenticity. The notice promotes samples and information from Kilmer Co.
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