vs YEAR 81 'NO. 197 TESTIN ALLIED LINES ARE HOLDING SPLENDIDLY German Forces Surging For Hours Have So Far Been Unable to Pene- ~ trate Through. "The Big Battle is Progressing Favorably" Has Trans- formed Paris---France's Desperate Condi- tion Has Been Relieved---Glorious Victories Everywhere. THE A r Paris, Aug. 26.--(6 p.m.)-- 'The big Rattle is vrog-| ressing favorably."" The war office, after twelve hours'! silence, following its admission that the fate of France! hinged on the result of the fighting now in progress, is-! C sned the above laconic statement. : It meant that the allied lines of defence were hold- ing. It also meant that the German offensive, which has | surged against the secondary defence for thirty-six hours, | has been unable to penetrate it. The few words of encodragement transformed Paris | from a city of gloom to one of hope. Coupled with the | statement came the announcement that Britain was rush- ing reinforcements to the front. France's desperate con dition has been recognized by her ally and tha\assistauec needed to withstand the determined invasion of German fighting men, now doubly dangerous under the incentive of an early vietory, is forthcoming. Situation at Namur. London, Aug. 26.--The Belgian legation tihs after- noon made public the following statement regarding the situation at Namur: "We have no official information where any of the Namur forts have been captured. We feel certain, however, that the weajority ape still intact and held by the Belgians although the' German troops have, undoubtedly, traversed the town." . German Army Demoralized. St. Petersburg, Aug. 26.--The German army off Eas- tern Prussia is declared to he demoralized. Part of it has taken refuge in Konigshurg fortress and many of the soldiers, in their flight, are reported to have abandoned their knapsacks and rifles. This force is aid to-be part of the 20th Prussian army corps. Repulsed the Germans. Washington, Aug. 26.--The Belgian legation to-day received the news of a Belgian victory over the Germans at Vilvorde, between Brussels and Antwerp, vesterday., A despatch says that three German divisions were re- pulsed with heavy losses. An infantry division is 12,000 | men. "Panic in Berlin. Copenhagen, Aug. 26.--(Via London)- Berlin, via the frontier, say a panie is imminent there. | The fears of a Russian invasion, that will only end af the capital, has greatly aroused the populace. Many wealthy Germans are already fleeing to Seandinavia., A German Prince Slain. Ry 2r Advices from » | . » on : Berlin, Aug. 26.--The war office announces the death of Lieut.-Greneral Prince Frederick of Saxe-Meinigen, in an assault on Namur on Sundav. : A Splendid French Win. London, Aug. 26.--The official war bureau to-day is- sued the following: "The Germans attacked the French in force yesterday, all along the Alsace-Lorraine frontier, but were repulsed with very heavy losses. The fighting wd Aisciplined, supporting. army, equal { ment i Kaiserin Elizabeth { government ied yesterdap near her home. S still continues with the French ments, Brussels' Pays $10,000,000. Loudon, Aug. 26.--A Times spe. ial from Ostend says that Brussels paid -yesterday fifty million france toward war contribution levied v The province oi must pay ninety million francs or $18,000,000 by next Tues day. THe Germans have agreed to wait & month for the other $22,000 - . ae le Nephew of Kaiser a Prisoner: Paris, A 26.--A despatch t he Excel oR trom ' tl Courtral says tha advaneing their entrench- the presence of the Germans, arrived on the scene and killed ome, wound- ed five and made prisoners of the others. Military Governor Named. Berlin, Aug. 22--The anvointment of Field Marsha! Freiherr Von Der Goltz as military governor of Bel- ium is announced. This indicates that Germany has annexed Belgium as a Ger.an province. ---------- Fighting on Full Stomachs. London, Aug. 36. Telegraphi from Paris, the Yorrespondent EESTI G TIME FOR B LONDON DOVERS * py -\ a @LILLE | L MARBEUGE gb $ 3 }. CHARLERO| eLNAMUR NL Se a The above map shows the war situation in Belgium; the shaded portion in- dicates territory occupied by German troops. British troops. He was much struck by ithe texcellent commissiary ar- rangements Huge cases of sugar, tea, cocoa, tinned meats and vega- tubles and enormous pots of jam have been provided for the men. Ev- erything has been done, he said, in the minutest detail to insure their well-being." The correspondeat remarks: "we have in the British forces a strong. id i of to the best of our troops. I wo like to see the French copy the' tish in the severe treatment aples." War Notes. I'he Russians are resolutely pushing RUSSIA CLAIMS GERMANY CORNERED IN PRUSSIA Munted Officers Arriving at Cap- ital Tell of Enemy's Equip- ment and Strategy. Lond: ug: 26. lelegraphing from [eps rg the correspondent oi Reuter's Telegram company Says sue principal Russian in Prussia up to the present have result- ed from the detarmmation of the rank and file of the Russian army to vel at losses forward their oliensive miovement in Galicia and have routed two divi sions of Austrian cavalry. Two (German crui the Nurnberg and Leipzig; the Japanese cruiser Idzu- ma, and a British warship are report ed to have been sighted off ape Blan co, and a battle is expected within a few hours Russian prisoners, including twenty officers and 300 dragoons, with many guns, have been brought to Lemburg, Galicia. The Russian general, Wan- nowsky Ivanofi, has died from injuries | received in an engagement | rmperor William has granted 5,000 marks toward the municipal fund, for | the relief of the unemployed in Berlin. Twelve guns, with their gun car | | | | | | | rages and ammunition carts, captured by the' Bavarian troops from the | French, have been brought from Karls. | ruhe and placed in the palace yard, | The German papers publish orders! that boys from ixteen to nineteen years of age shall be put through a { course of musketry and military train- ing Retired officers are to be on gagea as instructors Ax a result of the naving ordered to Fsing-Tau, the momentarily a declaration of war by Japan. Americans in Italy are advised to return «+ home now while communi cations between Europe and the United States are free Alexander Gorky, son of Corky, the Russian author, listed in the French army i Austrian govern- | the cruiser | join the Ger i Austrian man fléet at | Maxi has en | Buffalo Woman Shot. \ Buffalo, Aug. 26 --Mre. Mary Krupa ! twentv-three years old, was murder- Her liusband, Frapcis Krupa, reported that he. and his wile had been at- tacked by two men who cut his wife's throat and slashed him with #, knife. After reporting the alleg- ed attack Krupa disappeared. The police have issued a warrant for his arrest, charging him with murder. Jealousy because Mrs. Krupa danced twice with the same partner at a wedding is the alleged cause of the murder. ABLE-BODIED MEN Soldiers to Fight Beside London, Aug. 26.--The Daily Chron- tole, in an editorial, makes an appeal to all able-bodied men to etfust. the afitorial says: "lhe dominion are already sending us troops in greater numbers per population n our own. Canadian, Australian and New Zea land forces make imposing figures. "st would be a splendid East In: dian policy to bri Nothing give India a sense of being admitted to i pe bot tguards in the is expecting | = t { f over East lodi- | cles the Although the mounted centre have . the infantry advances. have be wre than satisfactory. The virtually ornered in Eastern enems suftered i a "Mounted Petersburg, the tront, by the airy. "Miliary experts sav the of the Germans is excellent olheers armving m St in relating their stories of velt on the the displaye Germans of Russian cav y equipment and that their artiliery is good, but that their | shooting is deficient as regards ihey add that the Japa nese were infinitely superior in thi respect in the Japanese and accomplished in an hour what the Germans would require a day to do. "1 stated that Russian squadron and captured all its guns man are said carded their rifles, and their « ors to have tarown away their ritle Accuracy. Russo war 18 mn one charged a battery soldiers to have swords tand even their helmets." At Watertown, N. Y., nearly 1,000 men are expected to participate in the Labor Day parade here year. UPHOLD ALL PLED IS PROMISE OF JAPAN en | @& | | | { case a | The ( ver- | this, THE BRITISH CAVALRY GAVE UHLENS SURPRISE | . |The Causes of Failure on the Part of the French is Be- i o ing Retailed. | LondofiaAug 26.--The latest de- {tails from the front suggest two causes of failure of the French gen- | eral staffs' attempted forward move- { into Belgium The first cause was {| to underestimate the German num- { bers aud the second cause that the { over-eagerness of the two gallant | Black Algerian divisions, who leap: {ed from the trenches charging exult- ntly forward with bayonets and ! were mowed down by a deadly hai { of German bullets The fight seems to have been the greatest in which the British troops have ever been engaged. Such ac- counts as are received show the un- surpassed British coolness and dar- ing and deadly accuracy of the in- | fantry firing | One wounded German officer declar- led "We never expected anything { like it; it was staggering." When | the British cavalry, mostly London- | ers, got into clinches the Uhlans had | the surprise of their lives. Were Wiped Out. Copenhagen, Aug. 26.--The severest | List of German casualties published in thirty-three general staff officers, indi- S85 soldiers. Included in the list were perhn yesterday contamed the names of ting an enormous mortality among German officers, who are declared be brave to the point of rashness. papers ofl print highly als to the people, [rom various sources, including the former ambassador to Paris patriotic Will Faithfully Preserve Temitorial Integrity Tokio, Aug. 26... The Tokio Koko- sai Tsoshin (International New: Agency), says it is in a position to state "on the highest authority tha: 1it is the settled policy of Japan, ap- proved by the emperor, privy coun cil, the cabinet and leading business men, that Japan, undersany future conditions, will act strictly in ac- cord with the terms of the alliance with England and the treaties and agreement with America and her pledge to China. "Japan will restore Kia-Chau, con- tinues the statement, "will preserve the territorial integrity of China, and the terms of the ultimatum to Germany will be adhered to wheth- er Telng-Tau is taken by force or « therwise. : "Japan realizes that in these sud- denly fi responsibilities she must act with the utmost circumspection, especially in view of the campaign her real motives, ambitions and poli- "The present is perhaps the most critieal moment of misrepresentation and the world-| fi wide prevailing misunderstanding of in her history, and! tend her of China and Restore Kiao-Chau. tered by years of anti-Japanese pro- paganda "The partition of China or the violation of Chinese integrity in any way is the last thing Japan plans. She most desires the friendship and confidence of Pekin and the entire eradieation of all roots of suspici- opt" al The statement of the news agency continues that it has authority for the assertion fhat "it is to Japan's interest to co-operate with = Great Britain and America in China and that it will be fatal to oppose or at- tempt to block the commerce of either country. With friendly eco- ¢peration Japan's trade is certain to increase immensely, while Great Britain and America afe alone able to supply the vast products and to co-operate in the great undertakings and developments in the far east from which China will equally bene- t "There i= no room to doubt that it is the settled policy of Japan to avoid even a suspic'on of the viola- Chinese. r to { manhood, now so willingly stepping ITAIN IS ON; COUR KITCHENER SEES LONG WAR WITH GREAT LOSSES English Minister of War De- livers Speech in Commons. THE FORGES OF EMPRE ARE LIKELY TO BE STRAINED TO UTMOST POINT. | British Troops a Great Factor in | Belgium, Says Hero of Khartoum in Address. London, Aug. 25.--Lord Kitchen- er made his first speech as minister of war in the house of lords to-day. He told his hearers that this war undoubtedly would strain the forces of the empire and entail big sacri- fices, He laid emphasis on the fact that his position in the cabinet in- volved adherence to neither party. He said: "The terms on which I am serving are the same as those under which some of the finest portions of our forward to join the colors, are en- gaging That is to say, my term of office is for the duration of the war, or for three years if the war should last longer than that. "It has been asked why this per- fod has been limited. It is because if this disastrous war be prolonged, and no one can foretell for a cer- tainty its duration, that after three years of war others will take our places and see this matter through "There will be serious conflicts which undoubtedly will strain the forces of our empire, and undoubt- edly considerable sacrifices to our people will be entailed. These will willingly be borne for our honor and for the preservation of our position in the world, and they will be shared by our dominions, who are now sending contingents and giving as- sistance of every kind to the mother country. "Our expeditionary force has tak- en the field on the French north- west frontier and advanced to the north of Mons (in Belgium) Our troops already have been for thirty- six hours in contact with the super-| ior forces of the German invader During that time they maintained the best traditions of the British sol- dier and behaved with the utmost gallantry. The movements they have been called upon to have been those which demanded the | greatest steadiness of a soldier and | skill in the commanders Lord Kitchener added that the fighting in Europe would result in greater causalties than the campaigns Great Britain wsually was engaged | in. He said he was sure that the | public was fully prepared to meet whatever losses and sacrifices 1 countty might have to face, and paid a tribute to the readiness the expedisionary the valuable aid of the press"hnd_ publi in preserving silence wnd accepting t} novel situation. "We know how deeply the \ French | people appreciate and value the prompt assistance," Lord Kitchener | continued, '""that we have been able! to afford them at the very outset of the war, not only in giving moral and material support, but our ttoop must also prove a factor of high military significance in restrieting sphere Yul inst the duratios of hostilities. "If the conditions of strategy had permitted everyone in this country would have been rejoiced if they could have been ranged alongside the gallant Belgian army in its superb st le against the desperate odds whith just have been witnessed. But although this privilege, perforce, has | been denied us, Belgian knows of our | sympathy with her in her suffebings | and our indignation at the blows! which have been inflicted upon hor and also of our resolution to meke sure thas none of her sacrifices wi. have been unavailing. ah "While other countries engaged in this war have under oni of compulsory service their full resources into the field we, under our national system, have not been 20 . Therefore we still have a vast reserve to draw from, the re- sources of both the mother ecduntry and the ind bh 21 - a been made by the d antly proves that we have not look- ed in vain to those sources of mili- tary strength, and while India, Can- ada, Australia and New Zealand are | HUGH ES--In Kingston "The response which already has They were pressed hard by the emem who, however, were shaken off % "It is not desirable to say any. thing more at the present moment, ex- cept that the @@ld marshal reports that, in spite of hard marching and hard fighting, the British forces are in the best of spirits. "He estimates his casualties something over two thousand, but have not yet received any names.' at we London, sponse to Scout General Sir R. S. Powell, more than 100,000 Boy Scouts are now + England volunteering daily. rr P errr reed RAMMED A STEAMER. Sank In. Four Minutes -- All Were Rescued. ) Seattle, Aug. 26.-- The C. P. R. coasting steamer, Princess Victoria, to-day rammed and sank: the liner Admiral Sampson off Point No Point, eighteen miles from Seattle. Sampson went down in four misus tes after she had been struck, ae- cording to advices. It is reported that, fifty-four passengers were on the Sampson. All were rescued. Kingston-Oswego Steamboat Service, The steamer Olcott is. cancelled Thursday, August 27th. Will re sume route Friday, August 28th, as scheduled. = Otis Curtis, Massena, N. Y., from the pontoon line of the draulic dredge C, M. Hall and drowned' Ty I. A "Orange Wood Sticks." Gibson's. wAILY MEMORANDA Bee top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities THEDA'Y BRITISH WHIE 12 CN SALE AT THE FOLLOW ING CITY STORES Ducknell's News Depot .. 206 King W. Clarke, J. W, & Oo....... 088 College Bouk Store ,.....168 Coulter's Grocery ........008 Cullen's Grocery, Cor, Princess & Alfred Gibson's Drug Store MecAnley's Hook Store ....08 Princess McGalPs Cigar Store Cor. Prin. & King McLeod's Grocery ....51 Union St Mediey's Drug Stove Paul's Clgar Store ...... Prouse's Drug Store .., Valieaw's Grocery Lowe's Grocery . -- ~ BORN. SMART mouth, Rev. A 1914, to on Aug. 26th, rt, a E. and Mrs. DIED. August 26! 1914, Margaret rowl To! wife of A . C.P.ASC, ¢ eral will hac " morning at § o'clogk from her NM residence, 201 William St, to © Mary's Cathedral, where & sol requiem mass will be sung for happy repose of her soul. Friends and acquaintances are fully invited to attend. (Boston papers please Copy.) TOBIN--In Syracuse, N.Y, st 26th, 1814, Mary Tobin, dunglier of Mr. and Mrs. N. Tobin, 31 Diviss fon Funeral Fun § St. notice later, IN MEMORIAM. In loving memory of our dear , Mrs. John G acfarland, who Aug. 26ah, 1809 ed Life changes all thoughts of heaven, Not strange, or cold, but very clear. The glad homeland not fer away, Where none are sick, or poor, or jong The place where we shall meet our own. our z i At St. John's Rectory, Portas. respects. ¥