HT iad oh ha PAGER BIR Srm-- THE LATEST WAR TIDINGS Japan is Now, Taking Germany's Pos- session in China---Ostend and Ghent Stil in Allies Hands. Japan having received no reply 10 all commerce to ultimatum which expires at noon, Sunday, declared war against Ger- many at six o'clock Sunday night (Japanese time). Germans are marching towards France by way of Oudenarde. Great battle has been'in progress between Germany and allied forces singe Saturday morning. At Hong Kong, it is stated that Japan opened bombardment of Kiao Chau Sunday. coasts. POPE LEFT $22,400. $20,000 to His Immediate Relatives --=Anna Sarto Not Dead. Rome, Aug. 24.-- The contents will of Pope Pius became known day. "The testament is dated but has made in vears. lo the members of his immediate of the toe 1911, codicils successive here wis great excitement in Ja- family 5 $20,000 ; 8 pan when gun signals all over the | ory he leaves $20,000, which was BURIAL oF HE POPE, Preparations Under Way--Body Lies In State. Rome, Aug. 24 The body of Pope Pius X., clad in his pontifical robes and with the emblems of his sacred office beside it, lay to-day in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Peter's,, The doors of the great church were opened and the faithful resumed their pilgrimages to the bier upon which rest the re- main of the Holy Father Preparatious for the . burial now under way. The stairway ing to the erypt under the aliar, where lie the remains of St, Peter, has been covered with heavy 'board: Down these the bier will be lowered gently, until it is finally deposited near the easket of Pope Pius VI Three Wuhdred invitations have been issued for the ceremonies of entombing. Among those present will be member of the diplomatic corps and representatives of the Italian nobility. are lead- Japanese empire announced the de- clardtion of war. Communication was cut off be tween London and Ostend, Saturday night. The French war office says that the operations eon Saturday were quite favorable to the allies. London expects the British troops were engaged all Sunday Lord Kitchener left London hast-; ily Saturday night and it was rum ored he had gone to the front. Ambassadors of France and Rus sia were on Saturday in confidence with the Italian cabinet, in Rome There were nearly riots in London Saturday night, when the war office refused news. An Anglo-American Rough Riders Corps has been formed in Paris and its services accepted by the French minister of war. One million bushels of American wheat is being sent to Switzerland in three British ships, the cargoe to be passed safely through France and Italy by arrangement The United States government has notified Japan that it understands that she is to confine her Sperayinue against Germany to the Kiao=Cha distriet in China, and if any oth steps in China are contemplated the future this government will first be consulted. The destruction of the harbor works at Hango, Finland, by Ger man warships is reported oy the master of the Swedish "teamer Bil rost, which has arrived from Hango J here is diplomatic tension be tween Austria and Italy because Italia aided the allied fleets in the Adriadie. A declaration of war' between, Austria and Italy may be announced | shortly. Russians in East Prussia and Ga licia are successfully capturing many field pieces. There is bloody fighting near Lut ne an important battle is rag- A mew photograph of Count Be tria, in the uniform of a Hungarian or Francisoseph hims#lf, the y important figure: | in the Austrian. presented to him some years ago, ing \in the province of Hainoultus. Zeppelin airship was destroyed by the French near Strassburg Reports indicate that Ostend and |g, 100 Bis Hevhows Ghent have not been captured by the | »5" 1 Wis nephews, Germans. Py un to the + Germany has summoned to the colors her last reserve line, taking in | every able-bodied man up to fiity- |] seven years of age. As soon as the | mobjlization of this last foree 3} complete she will have a force esti- | Napa ; mated at 6,000,000 men in the field | though the mayor, town coun- Jap! has placed a strict censor il and the band master were noti- ship Sill able messages to and Ged of the time © in departure of | from the empire {the Napanee volunteer on { and subject approval of | SUCCESSOT In the I was wish Howing will 'is the f and lived poor | phrase | born poor a and to die poor." A Hubbub at Napanee. Bed} Friday { were taken to give and when the train only a few them a part too bad that only one in Inteers were send off and a parti apprec empire the town iia are not an itious and loyal enough to come forward at a time like this, it i ime the ri ms pit me heir says the balance of advantage afte lime tie jaHeD De ro iy be ro 1 two days fightihg, is with the allied | 3nd be on hand on an occasion such troops. : as Friday The band, who, The Russians are now thirty miles gone year after year to militia from the Geeman frontier but their with the 4th, should feel loss was very heavy : | for mot turning out and Fout Danish ships have heen blown in a send off for their up by Danish mines. The Rritish comrades leaving for government has issued a warning to > pre last, no steps them a send-off, pulled out there were loyal citizens to giv ing cheer. It our town should be the Canada where the vo not given a gift of some d to ow tion of their lova to the announces: a If Alired Dreyfus, jr., has been moted to be a French sergeant for brilliant work in the operations about Mulhausen. The Dardenelles are now commercial vessels. British troops are engaged with th French in a gieat battle on the | French frontier. | The Russian war office big victory in six davs of desperate |: fighting against the Germans ¢ The London Times' military expert open to all seems last have camp ashamed assisting brave fellow the front. Roth bequests (Canadian Courier, T¢ i gent of 22.500 men To pa hese men for PRIME MINISTER OF | chtold, the prime minister of Aus. nobleman. Next to the aged em- ime minister 'is probably the most vian affair, Will Cost. ronto Canada of this war editor says in "Reflections:" A twelve months' war will Canada a great deal of money. is estimated that the first contin- 5 will cost Can illion dollars. Pri 1 receive one dollar per d: corporals one dollar and ten and rgeants one dollar and twer Officers get higher rate year wil What It On the cost to the cost da twenty-two vates wi cénts five cents one dollars, 'or 30 must be added the rifles, guns and other equip ent, fpod, and 'transport So that the estimate of twenty-two millions to be about right A second d ion, whether it stays at home or abroad, will cost another twenty-two millions And a ser nd nting 3 absolutely neces SATY n there is the purehas: two submarines, the refitting: of and Rainbow, the increas Cost arman t and many other incidental expe An appropri million To this horses, seen the Niobe ation of fifty million that can be I assist us in money, and in the meanp- inion authorities will paper money in so so to do dollars i he ver ea u in w raising the time the no doubt 1 dor far as it i ile r------------ yl. 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Aug 23.--That the of Galicia is pro with the wain miles in- was indi- made St. Petersburg, Russian invasion gressing very Rapidly, Hussian army already 36 land enroute to Lemberg, cated by a special statement this afternoon. It was announced sian army proceeding from the mo bilization triangle of Lutzy, Dubno and Rovno has defeated a large Aus train army at Krasne, Galicia, with enormous loss, and has taken 1,250 prisoners. The Russian army, which has been operating through the valley of the river Styr, is now following the main line» of the railroad of Lem burg, capital of Galicia, and is al ready withing 20 ui! that cits are sweeping the countr) the main Russian column that the Rus ¢s of neav ily supported by artillery. No state ment of the Russian losses has bee: } made France Pledges Belgium's Aid. Paris, Aug. 28.-- The war office iz sued the following statement: "France is not anmindful of glum's aid in the present crisis has no intention of abandoining he. ally in this extremity. Nothing is tc be left undone to free Belgium fron the German oppressor. The last dier and the last French money wil be used to protect Belgium, and ne Frenchman will abate effort while a single German rentains aliv on Belgian soil. Germans will be driven from Belgium as soon as th French military forces fully b brought into action Bel She can British Reservists In U. New York. Aug. 2 consul-general of this city, R. L. Nosworthy, said tha be has been ordered to send out call to all British army reservist living in the United Sta to report to the ¢blors at once The Briti government has agreed to pay the fares of all reservists to Englanc from the places where they now There are believed to be ervists of the British army this country The acting Great Britain | live 20,000 re living Bullet Wounds Not Painful. Paris, Aug. 23. --Numbers 0 French wounded are being cared foi in Paris hospitals. It is frequently remarked amon the men. that their bullet wound were not painful. In a large number of cases men who had been hit wert not aware of the fact until after the engagement was over. One tian de clares that he did not know he had been hurt yutil the following morn ing. He then discovered a ball had gone through his arm. The only out ward indications were two spots on the skin. dark Foodstuffs For British Cruisers. New York, Aug. 22 The Flori- zel, of the Red Cross line sailed Sai urday for Halifax with several thou and tons of foodstuffs. These, believed, are intended for the Br tish cruisers in the North Atlar which have made Halifax their pe of call Germans Use Dum-Dums Paris, Aug. 23 The calls the attention of which signed The Hague to its report that of Aug lowing an engagement, a French my surgeon. found five dum-di bullets on the road to Munster Alsace These bullets were in A rifle clip, and were turned the French commanding general Other dum-dum bullets taker from the bodies of French soldie killed in battle, have been ed to the minister of war. government the powers Conventior 10th, fc over to forward Germans Fired On Germans Rome, via Paris, Aug. 23 The I'ribune publishes a telegram from ¢ correspondent at the front who says that the German retreat from Mul- hausen, under the terrible fire of the French artillery, became a tragedy It was impossible for the Germans to see whence this fire came, The Istein forts in the Rhine, the orrespondent continues, seeing a body of German troops approaching in the night, mistook them for French and commenced firing on them. The mistake was not discov ered until dawn. The German can- non had thundered all night long, making havoc among their own men. The people of the region evacuat- ed by the Germans came out to wel- come the French troops with French flags in their hands, erying at the same time, "To the Rhine, to the Rhine!" A Major Found Drowned. Ottawa, Aug. 24.--Major A. R. Campbell, second in command of the 105th Regiment, Saskatoon, was found drowned in the Rideau canal, close to the eneampment of the Princess Patricia Light Infantry, shortly before moon Saturday. The body, which was found by some members of the regiment who were bathing, had evidently only been in the water over night The face badly bruised, giving rise to the theory of foul play, though the sum of $50 and a gold watch were found in his pockets, Hon. Dr. Beland With Belgings. Ottawa, Aug. 24.--Hon: Dr. 'Be- land, postmaster-general in the Lau- rier cabinet, and still member for Beauce, is now in the Belgian ranks. 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