PARIS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15445, 7 September 1914, Page 8

PARIS.

POSITION OF THE ALLIES. C-KRJIAXS ROM BAKU SENLIS. 1 (llifrh. Commissioner'.;- Cable.) LONDON". S>nt- -t f>FR«.-iivl. —Tlip sreneral fines ocenpieti fiy the Allied Armies in Northern Frnnco are on tb<> lino of tho river Srinc to th» west ot" Parts. Tho Allies lintil a fairly strong position, and their i'ront w stilt unhrnlceru | Tho lit '-•nnirw arr hombarclint: Serilis, ■2O rniies from Paris. - j i paris ait rat: fortrkss. J GERMAN PLAN" OK ATTACK. ! LONDON. S. r-c. t. j Ui-l'orw auretf' that Paris j* the ftrvat-' «si forms-* in. tirt* world- The city is «>riure!y »'ftc!rc-itHl l>y sturdy tort* ant! strung: ' l». i> statfci. that th»> Germans' plan rii uttu'-k will hi- tu t-iii:ci.»r»tratc t(f (ire <st tmi' htmdretl sujyt.' sitnus u[>c>n six forts aiul reduce them- -Th> - tt Germany will pour zlij'.fKiO cavalry ami "Oi" infantry through the- fireueh.

THE ALLIES' PLAN.

An important personage in French military circles says it is clear that- the entrenched camp outside Paris will probably become* the pivot of iho military operations of the Allies. The troops will pass thronjsh the capital, making 6 «ro that their linrs ot' communication are intact. Spain has ordrred her Ambassador to remain in Paris, because in the event of the Germans occupying the city he will represent the AHir.-»* interests in addition to the Spanish. MEAT FOR THE GARRISON. Uv Government nrranKemenfc two thousand tons, of Australian and Argentine meat from Liverpool were sent to Paris last we«>k, and two thousand more ton<= are now Ix-ing sent.