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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
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ENGLAND
London The American
embassy staff was rein
forced today by Chandler
Hall, former assistant sec
retary of state and Wm.
Eustis of New York who ar
rived in London yesterday
from Havre. The staff is
now better able to handle
the German business.
Needy Germans are being
assisted in a small way.
Up to date 3,500 Germans
have enrolled at the Ameri
can consulate general for
military service, but appa
rently most of them regard
ed the registration merely
as a protective measure to
avoid a charge of desertion.
London The British
government today gave
permission to the German
banks in London to reopen
for business under the su
pervision of Sir Wm. Peh
der, appointed by the treas
ury.
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London— A dispatch to
The Exchange Telegraph
Company from Paris says
the correspondent learns
from a reliable source that
the Russians have gained
important victories over
the Austrians, capturing
many prisoners and war
terial. The scene of the bat
tle is not disclosed.
, London A Copenhagen
despatch to The Daily Mail
says travelers from Berlin
assert serious riots arc* oc
curring there daily in con
sequence of the great rise in
prices of food.
Fruit, bread, potatoes
and salt are among the
foodstuffs the price of
which has bounded up tre
mendously. Many dealers
and shop-keepers have been
arrested and their shops
dosed by the police. Paper
is being refused everywhere
and food can only be pur
chased with gold and silver.
London.—News received
here from Atjiens says
Servian troops are march
ing into the interior of Bos
nia. They now are before
Sarayevo. The Servian le
gation here was the source
of this information and it
was added there that the
Montenegrins had been vic
torious in Dalmatia, captur
ing at the bayonet point the
towns of Thoudouvon and
Spetzoe.
L°ndon.—A St. Peters
burg despatch to The Post
says the Russian fleet is ac
tively scouring the Baltic
Sea. Twenty captured
merchant vessels have
been taken to Oronstadt.
Their crews will be re
moved to the interior as
prisoners of war.
London. The national
relief fund for soldiers and
sailors started under the
auspices of the Prince of
Wales and Queen Mother
Alexandra amounted this
morning to 3,240,000.
L°ndon.—The \merican
“relief committee expects
that bv tomorrow arrange
ments will have been made
with Walter Hines Page.
American ambassador at
London, to «end a commit
tee to Germany with money
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War talk at The Birches runs mostly to clothes.
Mrs. Bungalow is hard hit. Mr. Bungalow will have
nothing but Paris gowns for his comely spouse.
Mabel, the Queen of the Movies, is all right, as she
for the relief of Americans
there. The committee will
be headed by John H. Fih
lev, of New York, and will
go to the continent under
the auspices of the Ameri
can Red Cross Society.
BELGIUM
Brussels. lmportant
forces of German cavalry
■with gatling guns attacked
on Tuesday regiments of
Lancers near Tirlemont, 12
miles Bouthwest of Louv
aine. The latter routed the
enemy at first, but later re
tired before strong rein
forcements.
Brussels (via Paris)-
Ten thousand German cav
alry with gatling guns and
followed by infantry are
operating between Ton
gres and St. Trond. This
seems to indicate a change
in German tactics and a
turning movement so the
north. ,
Brussels (via London).—
The newspapers here an
nounce that a German aero
plane flying over Namur
was brought down bv the
fire of the forts and that
two officers in the machine,
uninjured hv the fall, were
taken prisoners.
I Six thousand German
I troops, it is reported, seiz-
ed the station of Landon,
w est of Liege, and stopped
a train from Brussels.
They permitted the pas
sengers to go but destroyed
the station, removed the
rails and drove out railway
employes. The passengers
were compelled to return on
foot to Tirlemont.
Brussels (via London .
Hostilities began Monday
between German cavalry
and Belgian cavalry out
posts in the Hcsbaye dis
trict. This district is
of Liege and north of the
Mleuse and forms parts of
the provinces of Lige, Lim
burg and Namur.
The Germans have begun
a systematic roconnoiter
ing of Hesbave to discover
the positions of the Belgian
field army. Their cavalry
patrols are followed by in
fantry detachments.
German cavalry passed
the outskirts of Lixhe Sun
day following a route to
the south.
Tierlmont, Belgium, (via
London). —IPighting occur
red near here Tuesday be
tween German and Belgian
cavalry. Seven Belgians
were killed and a few were
wounded.
It is reported that 4,000
Germans are in the neigh
borhood but the Belgians
seen/ to have the situation
in hand and the town is
ealm.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
knows a handsome young Custom House inspector.
But Pearl, the Waitress, is cast down aud declares
she won’t wear American clothes.
ITALY
Rome, (via Paris)—ltaly
hascaneeled her participa
tion iii the Panama-Pacific
Exposition at San Francis
co in 1915, because of the
gravity of the war situa
tion.
Genoa.—The steamer
Principe Didiune, will sail
for New York tomorrow.
She is crowded with Ameri
cans. The British ->overn
ment has guaranteed her
passage off the Strait of Gi
braltar.
Genoar The steamer Ma
falda is ready to leave for
New York with Americans,
but her commander de
mands SB,OOO in advance lie
cause of the war risk. This
the consul is not able to pay
without authorization from
Washington.
FRANCE
Paris. —There has been
no undue excitement in
Paris over the reported
losses or victories to the
French arms. There have
been painful scenes, how
ever, around the ministry
By T, E, POWERS
of war on the news of en
gagements. Great crowds
of soldiers’ relatives have
been seeking names of those
killed or wounded. No lists
have been published.
Paris (via London). —
According to late advices,
the Germans made a deter
mined attempt to take posi
tions occupied by French
outside Muelhausen, but
failed.
The Germans did not re
enter the town.
Paris—The French troops
along the entile front are in
contact with the Germans.
At Magiennes, northuast
of Verdun, the Germans at
tacked the French Monday
night. The French, rein
forced by reserves, then
took the offensive and re
pulsed the Germans with
considerable losses. A Ger
man battery was destroyed
by the French artillery fire,
and another captured, with
three gatling guns and am
munition.
A regiment of German
cavalry suffered seriously.
Parts—Automobiles car
rying the American ambas
sador’s relief committee
Started for Switzerland to
day. The committee will
disburse funds to Ameri
cans there. Many needy
Americans in Paris have
received sums of from $5 to
SSO, the last two-days.
AUSTRIA
Vienna (via London)'. —
According to the latest in
formation received by the
American embassy here,
there are now 1,200 Ameri
cans in Austria, mostly
tourists-among them many
students and artists. There
are 400 Americans at Mar
inbad and Karlsbad; 250 in
Budapest and its environs,
and possibly 100 in the Ty
rol. Several hundred Amer
icans have left Fin me and
Trieste for Italy in the last
few days.
There is n o distress
among Americans at the
present, but there is appre
hension for the future.
London. —Not a living
Austrian soldier is now on
Servian soil, according to
the Servian legation in
London. An official of the
legation added that seven
attempts by the Austrians
at different points to invade
Servian territory had failed
and the Austrians had
abandoned the offensive
and were hurriedly en
trenching on their own
frontier.
CANADA
Halifax —The mining of
the harbor was completed
today. Naval authorities
announced that small ships
may enter or leave port. No
large steamers will he al
lowed to depart until all the
mines have been accurately
located.
Ottawa The Canadian
cruiser Rainbow was sight
ed today off Vancouver Is
land, it was stated here last
night. This confirms the
view of naval officials that
the wreckage thought to he
that of a British warship
cast ashore on the Califor
nia coast is not from the
Rainbow. It may be from
the British gunboat Shear
water or the gunboat Alger
ine.
Ottawa is informed that
another German cruiser has
appeared in the Pacific.
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CHINA
Shanghai, China. Sev
eral Australian warships
have joined the British
squadron in Last Asia .wa
ters.
Shanghai. A French
cruiser was sighted today
accompanied by two Ger
man merchant vessels
which she had captured.
Japanese shipping inter
ests have made complaints
iof the disturbance of trade
.caused hv operations of the
German fleet.
Riots are reported among
Chinese residents in Hong
Kong owing to the high
prices of food and the dan
gers of famine.
Washington, D. C.—The
question of establishing a
neutral zone in Chinese wa
ters, remains unsettled. Al
though it is believed some
sort of an agreement pro
viding for the neutrality of
at least certain |>ortions of
the far eastern waters will
be reached before many
days, Secretary Bryan said
today no “definite proposi
tion” had been advanced.
Whether there will be ag
gressive movements in the'
Far East depends, in the
opinion of officials and dip
lomats, principally upon
Gcmianv and there is a va
riance of opinion as to what
Germanv will do.
No U. S. Reply on the
German Wireless Protest
New York.—Heinrich Charles, serj
rotary of the (lerman-Amerlcin
chamber of commerce, -aid today no
answer hurl hern received to the pro
test made against this government
placing censors In the wireless sta
tions along the coast of the United
States known to have bean In, com
munication with Herman warships,
protest charged that Oermany was
being discriminated against, as infor
tlon and instructions could be relay
ed, It asserted, from lyinddn by wire
less to Hritish or French warship*-,
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English nobleman who's courting you.
really doesn't look on you as his
e<l tial.
Willful Heiress—l don't care for that
papa, as lon* as he's my peer.—Balti
more American.
AMERICAN RELEASED “
Halifax, N. S. —John 1.. F«rgu*on an
American citizen arreated at Mahnnn
Bay, N. 8., yesterday, suspected of
being a spy, has been released. It
was shown that Ferguson wa* em
ployed In making maps otf Nova Sco
llh. for the government. ,Hls home 1a
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