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NO NEWS TODAY
LONDON. Aug. 28.—No news of today’s events has
been received here yet. At least that is what the go\ein
ment has announced but the people are now beginning to
believe that no news really means had news because noth
ing definite was known about the defeat of the.Bi itisli last i
Monday for several days although the British govern
ment must he in communication with its gencials at. the
front without interruption. The report that the British
army is in danger of being surrounded has caused a most
feverish anxiety all over the British dominions and it is
with an awful nervousness they await the final report.
GERMANS ACCUSED AGAIN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—The government of France
has submitted to all neutral governments a sworn state
ment to the effect that after the engagement at Moneel
German officers tired on three red cross nurses and killed
two of them. The third was wounded.
Ambassador BernstorfT, German envoy to the United
States, stated today that the German Zeppelin airships
are justified according to the Hague convention in drop
ping bombs on the city ot Antwerp because the city is a
fortress. He says that the bombardment of a city is only
prohibited when it is unfortified. The United States, like
all neutral governments, has received the protests of the
Belgians and French hut the government here has made
no comment.
AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR I
VIENNA, Aug. 28.—Following up its declaration of j
war against Japan the Austrian government today declar
ed war on Belgium, intimating thereby that all enemies ol
Germany are enemies of Austria and must reckon with
her if the chance is ever given. The government ot this
empire reports that all is well with the Austrian armies
on the Russian frontier. The Austrian army in Poland,
says the government, has advanced a long distance into
Russian territory and all the fighting must take place
there for a long time to come at least.
AMERICANS STILL IN EUROPE
LONDON, Aug. 28.—Inquiries by the American am
bassador have elicited the information that very few
Americans now remain in Russia.
Many Americans departed from Geneva for Paris to- j
day aiui hope to be abie to reach the coast and take ship
for the states. Nineteen hundred Americans are still in
Austria-Hungary and seem to be not at all anxious to get
home.
The sinking of the German cruiser Magdeburg, which
was blown up by her commander, is hailed here as signifi
cant as showing that the Russian fleet is not bottled up at
all by the Gorman fleet in the Baltic.
The remarkable silence brooding over the Baltic has
given rise to the most sensational surmises. It has been
rumored again and again that the Germans have the Rus
sian ships safely cornered but no definite information to
that effect has been obtainable.
In the meantime recruitii g goes forward in the Brit
ish Islands and many men are volunteering for foreign
service. Military experts fear that Germany will leave a
force on the north coasts of France to prevent the land
ing of another British expeditionary force should the Ger
mans succeed in removing all obstruction on the road to
Paris.
PANAMA CANAL NOT PAYING
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—A serious fact became
known today when it was announced that the Panama
canal cannot pay for its operation owing to the great war.
This fact means i'nal a «. cii.endous loss must he laced by
this government until the conclusion of the war. r.ven
when the war ends, it is feared, commerce will have been
so dislocated that the receipts of the canal will tall tar be
low the expectations.
BRITISH OUTNUMBERED
LONDON. Aug. 28.—Tlie official news arrived today
of the battle in which the British troops were defeated in
the beginning of the week by the Germans. ! he work oi
the British artillery is described as magnificent but coin
i
Germans advanced again but were met with a terrific fire.
They came on and on in close order as they die* at Lieut
and offered a magnificent mark to the British and french
infantry. ,
Three feet onlv separate ! each German and hi teen
feet separated each ol their lines. In this v a> the> ad
vanced while the guns of the allies mowed great gaps m !
their ranks. The losses to the Germans were mut »i gi cal *
cr than the losses to the allies owing to the German
method of maintaining this close formation and their j
stolid onrush against any kind of lire.
Throughout Sunday the slaughter continued. !he
Germans outnumbered the a,!ies and time after time they
advanced firing in platoons and still advancing after every
volley. The British and the French held their ground au
all that Sabbath the guns roared and shells hurst in aw
ful continuity.
On Monday morning the assault was renewed. Once |
more the German lines advanced when sufficient light
came to show them the way.
The awful work of Sunday was repeated. The Brit
ish still held their ground against every onslaught hut it
soon became evident that the day was lost and toward
the afternoon the bugles sounded the retreat and the Brit
ish retired, still fighting, of course, but defeated.
The detailed account of the losses on either side has
not been published but they are supposed to have been
tremendous. Mons is the capital of the Belgian province
of Hainault and has a population of more than 25,000.
Needless to say, the news of the defeat of the British
army has been received here with grief and sorrow and
seldom has a darker cloud descended on this city. But !
the British people are more determined than ever to carry
on the war and as long as Britain has a warship left the
war will go on.
RUSSIANS OCCUPY TILSIT j
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 28.—The Russian army has
occupied the city of Tilsit in East Prussia. The German
troops have retreated from the region of Mazuren and the
Russian advance is unretarded. The Russians now have
possession of the German outlet to the west. They have
also taken one hundred guns which the Germans left be
hind when retreating.
The Russian troops of the left wing are advancing at
the same time on Galicia and have reached a point which
is only forty miles from the frontier of that Austrian pro
vince. The Austrians have been routed in every encoun-1
ter and the troops of the czar are advancing with amaz
ing quickness so that they will soon, undoubtedly, have
the war carried from Russian territory into Austria itself.
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AUSTRIAN SUNK
BRINDISI, Aug. 28.—A british destroyer has sunk an
Austrian destroyer off the coast of Corfu after a battle
which lasted ten minutes. The gunnery of the Britishers
was vastly superior to that of the enemy and promises
sure victory for the Brtiish ships in any encounter which j
might take place between the ships of these two nations.
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SCOTCH FISHING BOAT SUNK
LONDON, Aug. 28.—A Scotch fishing craft has been
sunk thirty miles off Blythe by a floating mine which had
probably been placed by the Germans. The British gov
ernment has again warned merchant and fishing ships |
from the North Sea as the German and British mine lay
ers have again got busy in those waters, rendering them
unsafe for all sorts of vessels. The number of people lost
on the fishing craft is not known.
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NAMUR FORTS HOLD OUT
PARIS, Aug. 28.—In spite of the German report that
Namur had entirely fallen the official report was issued
here this morning that some of the forts of that city are
still holding out against the German attack. It is admit
ted that most of the forts have fallen but those left are
expected still to put up strong opposition.
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M. J. Sullivan, better known to
fame as “Iiig Mike" is expected to be
a passenger on the Evans this even
ing. He went across country, it i.->
said, and intended to meet the boat.
Another passenger on the Evan
will be J. J. Underwood, author o)
that popular book, “Alaska, an Em
pire in the Making".
The Evans is due here at b p. m.
today.
The Northwestern is due to arriv •
here at midnight.
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