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THURSDAY. AUGUST 6 War Ifews At a ©feme® k Fomas ®H Lifesft Bifflfc&is BELGIUM Brussels. The Belgian war office announced laat night that fierce fighting had occurred in the envi rons of Liege and that, so far as the Belgians were concerned, the situation is excellent. “The Germans,” the an nouncement says, “were driven hack by an heroic at tack made by a Belgian mixpd brigade, which al ready had earned for itself the highest honors. No Ger man who passed the fort vived.” Amsterdam. A dispatch to the Handolsblad from Maastricht says: Sharp fighting on the Belgian frontier continues. The sound of heavy guns is distinctly heard here. The smoke of the battle is visible from the church steepjes. “A number of aeroplanes and a dirigible balloon flew over Maastricht this morn ing. “German horses which evidently had stampeded, gal lopped into the town during the night and were captured.” Brussels. -Le Peuple as sarts that, in the fighting between Germans and Bel gians 7 near Vise a platoon of Prussian cavalry was al most annihilated by thw fire of the Belgians from n building on the hank of th" river. The Prussians in revenge, the newspaper saw, fired on eiviliniHS. At Pleiralle, near Argen teau. a Belgian force sur prised a body of Prussians and killed seventy nut of ten officers and eighty men. The Belgian losses were two officers killed and ten men wounded. Brussels. King Albert has assumed command of the troops and lias issued an inspiring proclamation to the army in which he de clares “the perfidy of a haughty neighbor demands that Belgium shall defend her honor and indepen dence.” The king bids the Belgian soldiers remember the ar my's glorious deeds of the past and show themselves worthy of the trust plneed in them. Brussels. Pri ne e Tb> Croy, a former officer of the guards, has been arrest ed for espionage. Brussels. —Aeording to Le Soir, under the treaty be tween France and Belgium. King Albert will command the Fraueo-Belgian troops operating in Belgium. King Albert has placed bis palace at the disposal of the Red ('rose. Belgrade.-— The Austrian attempts to cross the River Fave at Avaln, nine miles from Relgrade and Obrena vae, sixteen miles to the southwest failed Monday. Servian volunteers crossed the river and hoisted the Servian flag at Pclarme. Servian officials express the opinion that the passage of the Austrian troops through Servian territory baa become impossible. ENGLAND London A naval action was in progress in the North Sea yesterday afternoon, ac cording to The Evening Stand ard which adds that this news was confirmed by a high au thority who, however, said the 'action was not of decisive im portance. I London —Confirmation has | been received of a report that I a French warship has captur ed the German steamer Porto | off Guernsey, Channel Island. The Porto, which belongs to the Oldenburg - Portuguese Steamship Company, is a ves sel of 1800 tons and plies be tween Hamburg and Portu guese ports. Hull—ln anticipation of probable events the local po lice today issued notices stat-1 ing that there may be “firing practice off Humber tomor row,” and warning the inhab itants not to be alarmed by it. London— The admiralty an nounced late today that a spe cial despatch boat would be placed at the disposal of the German ambassador tomor !row to permit him to leave British territory. Telegraph communication [between England and Germa ny and Austria-Hungary is en tirely cut off. | . London — Premier Asquith, [in the house of commons, yes terday afternoon, after giving [a summary of war news al ready published, said that the ; Belgian government had in vited the co-operation of the French troops with the Bel gian Army and had given or- Iders to the Belgian provincial governor not to regard the movements of the French troops as a violation of the frontier. Ixmdon Field Marshal Earl Kitchener has been ap pointed secretary of state for war. London— A bill introduced in the house of commons by the home secretary, Reginald McKenna, to restrain the movements of undesirable aliens with the object of facil itating the removal of spies, was passed through all stages. The home secretary an nounced that twenty-one spies had been arrested in the British Isles in the last twenty four hours, chiefly in the nav al centers. Hull —Two hundred fishing travelers which returned here last night from the North Sea reported they had seen no hos tile warships. Saffron, Walden —A hostile crowd last night broke up a peace meeting in the market place, stoned the independent labor headquarters and haul ed down the red flag and burned it. London — It was officially announced last night that the British cruiser Amphion has sunk the Hamburg-American Liner Koenigin l.uise, which had been fitted out for mine | laying. London —A message receiv ed here yesterday afternoon from Guernesy, Channel Is lasdn, mmmiti m m mmrnmb land, saving that French gun jboat towing a large German [steamer anchored in the road stead under the guns of the ! Castle. Hull —A number of German steamers anchored at this port were taken over by the Brit ish authorities today as prizes. .The crews, made up mostly of ! naval reservists, were made I prisoners of war. London.—A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph, from Brussels, says that tfhe Belgian war office to day issued the following statement: “The second corps of the German Army made an ad vance attack over the Ves dre River into Province of Liege. “A counter attack bv Belgians was brilliantly successful and the enemy was forced back over the Dutch frontier. The vic torious Belgian troops did not follow* up thejr success into Dutch territory. “Forts of Evegne were engaged by German artil lery all day but the Ger mans made little impres sion on them. There were no casualties in the forts.” London —Reported British cruiser sunk north German Lloyd liner Konigin Luise. FRANCE . . Paris—Official advices say that Germany declared war against Belgium yesterday and that German forces mov ed on Belgium from the terri tory between Aixla-Chapelle and Rheidt. There has been fighting around Liege and Vise. The latter town has been burned. Civilians caught by the Ger man firing upon them were executed. Severeal dirigibles have been hovering over Brussels, and the residents of the Bel gium capital, in a state of ex asperation are attacking the Germans in the city. Paris—All mail for soldiers in the French army is to be forwarded free by the govern ment. The letters are to be sent to certain centers whence they will be distributed to the soldiers as it is thought un wise to disclose the location of the various regiments. Paris—lt is stated that Ger mans in Alsace are shooting all persons suspected of giving information to the French. The mayor of Saal, Bavaria, is said to have been shot for hav ing tried to smuggle into France news of the proclama tion of martial law by Ger many. A German cavalry patrol has been routed by French cavalry on the Swiss frontier. Three of the Germans were killed and two taken prison ers. The remainder fled into Switzerland, where they were disarmed. GERMAN STEAMER CHASED 3 HOURS BY BRITISHER Freighter Loaded With Over Two Million Feet of Lumber. Was in Three Mile Limit Jacksortv lit, Fig.—Th* (, rmiD steamer Freida Leonhardt loaded with over two million feet of lumber, put into port here today. Her captain H Lestner, duels res he was chased for twelve hours by a British warship Captain Lestner asy* he was inside the three-mile limit and tae battle ship rema'tted wlthfn * mile of him until a aquall came up and then dis appeared The Frieda leonhardt was bound trom Gulfport. Mass, to llalv, when aba encountered tha Brltlah crula r off Sand Key Tha Britisher. Ca’t. Leatner say*, wag one of three fun nels but was unable to get nar name He supposed tha cruiser was from the Bahama Islands, probably from Naut seau or Jamaica. Captain Lestner and h'a men ahow-- ed the effects o' exoltemen* when they arrived in port and declare they have no doubt tha cruiser would have affected a capture or fired upon ?tm had he not been wlthtn the threwtutle limit Th* timber aboard the steamer constitutes a valuable cargo and would have been a rich prize. THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA. RUSSIA Warsaw —Russian frontier patrols, driving the enemy’s cavalry before them have crossed the frontier at Lyk Biala, penetrating ten miles into Germany. Warsaw, Russian Poland— Russian frontier patrols, driv ing the enemy’s cavalry be fore them, have crossed the east Prussian frontier of Lyk and Biala, and penetrated ten miles into German territory. The Russians captured and burned the German raihvay stations at Borjemin and Biala and cut communication from Lyk to Johannesburg, the ene my falling back all along the front burning villages. Copenhagen— Heavy firing was heard at various points on the North Sea today. Den mark is isolated, all steamship and raihvay communications having ceased. SAYS AIRCRAFTS’ WAR USE IS EXAGGERATED Capt. Baldwin Believes Rival Air Fleets Will Destroy Each Other. Weak Even as Scouts. Aeronaut Expert Also De clares Bombs Dropped From Planes Do Little Damage New York. That th» Importance of aeroplanes and dirigible balloons In mod ern warfare has been greatly overesti mated. ts the opinion of ('apt. Thomas 8. Baldwin, Amorim's veteran aeronaut and dirigible expert, who returned re cently from Europe, where he has been investigating flying machines for the Connecticut Aircraft Company of New Haven, "If the present tear continues any great length of time the aeroplanes and dirigibles on both sides will be de stroyed.' said Capt. Baldwin at the Aero Club of America last night. "The aircraft on on" side will destroy the air craft on the other. Then the armies will fight closer together. Although tile value of aircraft In warfare has been greatly overestimated their presence tends to make the armies fight further apart. Damage Not Great. "Notwithstanding the general belief that aircraft can do great damage by bomb dropping the destruction caused by a bomb in actual practice Is almost In consequental. A bomb goes Into the ground, explodes and fires upward. The explosion does not spread. I saw In Eu rope recently where one had been drop ped into a company of dummy soldiers. It only damaged two or three of the dummies. A bomb dropped in a town would not do as much harm as a can non shot. These bombs are worth from 11,200 to 15,000 each. "Tii" only real field for the aeroplane and dirigible Is scouting. The dirigible docs Its best work at night. It Is noise less and tinder proper condltlona cou'd he brought unnoticed to within a few hundred feet of a camp. It Is almost Impossible to pick one up with a aearch llght. Scouting Service Limited. "The aeroplane Is better for daylight scouting, but the actual results from aernplans scouting are limited. In Eu rope recently ten aeroplanes were sent out to find two regiments of soldtera. The soldiers' tents were the color of the ground and the aviators could not locate them from a height of 2,000 feet, where they would be out of gun ehot. "There will he scouting by aircraft lr. the present war, and there win be smashes and crashes until the laat air craft Is gone, hut the actual good they will accomplish on either side Is gues : tionable.'* Henry Woedhouse said ha dlacussed the possibility of destroying a dirigible with an aeroplane with Vedrlnee In 1»1J. Just after the grrnt French filer had won t k e Gordon Banett race. Vedrlnee. Mr. dVnodhouae a.tld. had contemplated the possibility of ramming the dirigible with hie aeroplane, ae was done peaterday by a French aviator. ’ Wdrlnea had plan ned to Jump from hte machine with a parachute Juat before It struck the dtri i glble. Warned Not to Send Wireless Messages New York—The French steamer ' •»•*» in port today from Mar seilles Naples and Palermo reported that ysiterda she ovarteard both Gsrmsn and nrttiah cruisers talking with the wireless sta lon at Sayvtlle. L I. The tezt of tha messages w-as not obtainable The Venezia steamed ten mtles south of h»r usual course tn order to •void ca ture by any Germin war ah ps Har operator was warned not to send any wlrelet.,* trc>«»ag»* The Franlum Line steamer Ura nium arrived today from Rotterdam i via Halifax. GERMAN Berlin German warships have destroyed some fortified towns and places for the em barkation of French troops on the coast of Algeria. The Hague Martial law has been declared in all parts of Holland. It is officially announced that up to the pres ent time the Germans have not violated the Dutch frontier. Berlin —The German empe ror has renewed the Order of the Iron Cross for war. CANADA Ottawa, Ont.v-The Cana dian government called for twenty thousand volunteers late today. Commanding officers of militia corps have been ordered to issue the call to their regiments, batteries, cavalry troops and to the people in their neighborhood. Preference will be given to men who have had military expe rience or who have been trained in markmanship. The period of enlistment will be during the contin uance of the present war. Where a sufficient number of men of the required standard enlist from any existing militia corps the integrity of that corps will he retained in the special service volunter force. The forces will mobilize at Quebec. There will be a period of training in ma neuvering and rifle practice there preceding embark ment. Montreal.—No steamships will be allowed to leave Montreal without special clearance papers, and any ship sailing without these papers will be liable to seizure or destruction. Such is the notification given to masters and own ers of vessels by R. S. White, collector of customs today. The clearance, says a bul letin to shippers, must be preserved for production on demand to any officer of his majesty's army, navy, or militia, and is valid only for the voyage specified. F°rt William, Ont.—Fear ing that attempts may be made by German agents to hamper Canadian shipping by blowing up the big ter minal elevators at the head of the Great Lakes, Colonel Laurie has ordered station ed at all grain storage houses members of the Ninety-Six Canadian Regi ment. Colonel Laurie acted on instructions from Ot tawa. Vancouver, B. C. Having thrown down the insignia of Germany and trampled on it, the crowd broke a little glass, defaced signs on the consulate doors, and then left. Irmna gration and military officers here are preparing to stop all German and Austrian subjects who may endeavor to flee to the United States. 15,000 Register To Fihgt For Germany and Austria Intense War Spirit Manifest in Lower New York as Throngs From All Over the Country Seek Transportation to Join Colors QUESTION OF TRANSPORTS BECOMES SERIOUS New York.—Fifteen thousand German and Austro-Hungarian reservists in New York city are waiting for the word to embark. That number already have reg istered their names and addresses at their respective consulates and hundreds more will register today. The declara tion had its echo all day yesterday in Broadway, Bowling Green and State street. Old residents of New York said that never since the days of the civil war lias such military enthusiasm been appt»ren*. There is a vast contrast, however, be tween that day and the present excite ment. Fo rthe spirit of war as mani fested by natives of Germany and Aus tria burst forth hysterically, and, but for large squads of police in the vicinity of the consulates, ssrious clashes would have taken place. So serious does Austria consider her Comment on the European War By the Press Of United States On a Certain Feeling of Depression. (New York Sun.) A feeling of depression, of sadness, almost of bitterness, must possess ev ery thinking person as Europe flames into war. Is war, then, an inevitable instinct of mankind and man only a fighting animal? Devouring or de voured, is that his fate? And we all know what mournful and terrible analogies of conflict bind him to "low er" species and types and make him no unfitting or too lofty figure in the world. In a generation which has learned the prattle of altruism, which has inherited so many civilizations, which has behind it such long annals of bloodshed, Is there no other last argument of nations? There is no oth er whatever to be imagined in the temple of dreams or Mr. Carnegie. First Moves of the War. (New York Times.) It is not for a moment to be sup posed that in forty years of prepara tion the French general staff has over looked the very great probability that upon the breaking out of war Ger many would not have the slightest scruple about violating the neutrality of Luxemburg and Belgium. The chain of great fortresses at Verdun, Toul, Epinal, and Belfort, with their outly ing and far-flung defensive works, makes the direct invasion of France by Germany a military undertaking of immense difficulty. By the erection of this chain of defenses France has made it almost a matter of necessity that Germans’ should choose another route, and although the neutrality treaties are not abrogated by war, hut are brought Into full effect by war, German history had of course taught the French that paper guarantees were no sufficient reliance. The Ger mans, therefore, althouh invading French soil across Belgium and Lux emburg, to the north of the great chain of fortresses, will be. confronted by defenses scarcely less formidable At Rheims. Laon, and ILa Fere the con ditions they would have encountered by a direct approach across the fron tier are repeated. If the French are ready along the whole line of possible invasion, it is equally true, of course, that the Germans are well aware of what awaits them. It is probable, therefore, that they have planned to repeat the tactics of 187 ft by throwing against the French an irresistible weight of men and metal, hoping to America Must Have Merchant Vessels To Carry Its Freights so Europe , 1 Tn our folly we have no merchant vessels. In that we will pay the price for the demogogy of some of our political saviors. Merchant vessels bearing the flags of Germany, France, Russia or England will not leave their home porta until Germany or France or Eng land fa lord of the ocean. They m ust wait until the dreadnoughts of Germany or the battleships of England are at the bottom of the ocean. They cannot sail until one power is absolutely the master of the sea or until there is peace. What boots it then if we have millions of bushels of wheat to sell to Europe? There will be no ships tn which to send it unless the United States takes over the ships of foreign powers. The strange thing in this Is that Europe cannot fight long without our wheat and cannot get our wheat while th# fighting goes on. Peeple wonder why the United States wants battleships. Our navy is fairly reapectabla. fl it were twice what it is we could convoy In a time like this our corn and cotton a nd cattle and hay and grain through out the seven seas. - A big navy Is a useful thing for a nation tn peace aa well as in war. If we had our own (hips sailing to Europe now we could send gold there or bring gold this way undli tut bed. America exports eO per cent of Us cotton crop. A world-wide war would atop that expert. If wa had plenty of money we could manu facture the stuff In thie country by running all the mills night and day, and after the war la over send the cloth away and be well paid for 1L ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF F. E. WILLIAMS FILED The schedule* in bankruptcy of F. E. Williams, owner and proprietor c* Williams' New Book Store, 720 Borad Street, were f led in the oflre of Deputy Vnlted Rates Clerk C. .1. Skinner. Jr., yesterday afternoon. An involuntary petition was served sev eral day* ago Tha store closed its doors following the filing of the schedules. predicament and her need for men that she offered 150,000 as a prize yesterday to the steamship line which would ac cept the risk of transporting the reser vists abroad. It was said. No official confirmation of the offer could be ob tained at the Consulate, however. ■When representatives of Austria and Gen .any are asked about the transpot— tation of reservists they reply that they do not know how they are going to get them abroad. There was a report last night that reservists of both nations had been secreted on board the Kronprinz Wilhelm, of the North German Lloyd line, which it was rumored would leave this port in a dash for Europe some timet, before dawn today. The greatest mysteryY concerning the complement of the ves sel prevailed yesterday, according to re port. no strkngers being allowed to go on board. make quick work of France in order that they may turn their attention to their endangered eastern frontier. A War of Autocracy, New York World.) When peace is again established in Europe there will come a new order of things. Democracy will not stand for ever upon the scaffold, with autocracy forever on the throne. Ten days ago the German people were at peace with all the world. Thev had no quarrel of their own with any body. Their commerce reached to every nook and corner of the globe. Their ships floated on every sea. Their victories were no victories of brute force, but triumphs of applied skill and trained minds. In many re spects the Germans had touched the high-water mark of human civiliza tion. There was not another country in the world but could learn something from them. Suddenly this vast fabric woven I by peace and industry / and skill J and science is torn in two. All the machinery of progress is ‘stop ped by the band of autocracy. The Kaiser plunges Europe into the most devastating conflict known to human history, and every civi lized country reels under the shocks. And about what? Osten sibly because Russia had answer ed Austria's wanton war against Sertia by mobilizing troops on the frontier in order to protect her own interests. In reality because the reactionary party of Germany was determined to invite a general European conflict in order to stay the advancement of political re forms. All the world knew that a declara tion of war against Russia was in ef fect a declaration of war against France. Germany admitted it by mobilizing her army not on the Rus sian frontier but on the French fron tier. The decisive blow was to he struck against the French Republic, not against Its imperial ally. It was not Russian despotism that was to be crushed but French republicanism The hollow hypocrisy of the whole proceeding is revealed In the fact that before the clash of arms Is fairly be gun the Austrian Invasion of Servia is practically abandoned. The liabilities, or debt*, of the concern are given as $10,277,52, and the assets as $5,625-22. The following is taken from th«si schedules filed: Schedule A.—Taxes, due state and county. $62 75; secured claims. sl.- $750.00; unsecured claims, $8,464.77; total $i0,277.52. Schedule B.—Cash on hand and in bank, SIOO 22: stock In trade, $5,- 000.00; household goods, $25 Oo; debts dutt on open account, SSOO-00; total, $5,825.22.