KINGSTON ONTARIO, PAIDAY, ot po itish Whi AUGUST 28, 1914 ve ~- Gg 9 LAST EDITION THE BRITISH WILL DO OR DIE IN CONFL The German Armies Have Effected a Junc- tion and Are Moving Forward With Enormous Force. Austria is to Aid the Germans on "Sogm Teritory--- Belgian Longe is Being Attacked by the Germans ~~ The Onslaught is De- clared to be Terrific. Vienna, Aug. 28.--Austria to-day declared war Belgium. ports at the foreign office and all on i The Belgian ambassador was handed his pass- | diplowatic relations ! were broken off and the way eleared for Austrian troops | joining the Germans in operations on Belgian soil if necessary. allied powers at war only with Germany. Germans Pouring In. Paris, Aug..28.--Many of the bridges crossing the | Meuse river are reported to have been destroyed and a strong French foree, armed with large quantities of artil-| lery, is entrenched between Verdun and Sedap. The! German armies of Saar and Lower Moselle have effected | a junction and are moving past Longwy iN enormons force. it will be possible to protect any portion which are under extraordinary pressure. War has spread to Congo. here from: Liberville, French Congo, say mas have attacked the frontier of the concession. in defence. wr of that the Ger-| The British and Belgians are co-operating Steadily Pressing Forward. London, Aug. 28.--The German continues to force back the allied lines. of numbers, the German infantry is crumpling up the de- fensive lines inside of the French frontier and is steadily | pressing towards Paris. to be unduly alarmed. The German losses are character ized as enormous. It is believed that the constant losses | and the necessity for the Germans soon presenting real opposition to the advancine Russian millions will check the advance long before the enemy can besiege Paris. It _1s admitted, however, that England must now bear brunt of the French fighting. News wd ot fighting machine] from France shows placed at the eentre to meet the German invasion from the north with their flanks protected by French regulars. | Additional troops are Being hurried to the continent. Premier Asquith, in the House of Commons, admit-| ted to-day that the British troops have been forced meet a ba powerful German assault at Cambrai. But he sisted that the general situation was satisfac "Stor HOLDING THEIR OWN 5 in- AGAINST FEARFUL 0DDS; London, Aug. 28.--Details of the Br itish activities at the front that are filtering through here, via official and unoffigial sources, indicate that the British army, under, Sir hi} French, has, during the last three days, with lissenn t St Wnprecedentod. Me up one of the most bril- ant. be istory is battle is still in pro; S. Maly Ee British regiments, notably the Hig! HL Berk and Royal Horse Artillery, have been in the firing dine for days. The last accounts are that the Brit- ish are holding their own, although opposed to a force of not less than four hundred thousand Germans. Some of the companies of infantry have been decimated by re- peated es of the German Uhlans and Prussian in- Pe but General French declares that his brave fel- lows are not at all disheartened but will do their duty to the end. All gland | is anxiously awaiting the casualty ists. as searcely one home is not represented, direetly or indirectly, at the front. » by + Valcartier Camp, Que., Aue. 28. A Noman misyusrading jn man's attire was arrested by a'Sentry last] of the 3 aight. She claimed to be doing it | Sin has been n¢ i an 3 So long as the railways remain intact. it is stated. | the lines, Official advices received! Belgian Congo | By sheer weight! But the war office professes not | the | ! Until to-day Belgium wag the only one of the | | {; IORIFTED FOR DAYS ON LAKE ERIE NS LINES ARE HOLDING | IS WAR OFFICE REPORT Servian infantrymen, whose effective work in guarding the passes leading into | Nish, the new Servian capital, has astounded the world. The infantrymen are guard- ing a number of prisoners captured in the he gesauls on the passes. |UNITED STATES SEEKS CHEMICAL IMPORTATION (Fort Erie Party Had Trying Ex- Germans Are * Pouring Regiments | forts to be Made to to Reopsn Trade perience After Gasoline Gave Oat. =t. Thomas, Out,, Mcleod, of Fort two of his were picked Aug. 2%. James Erie, voung men friends a gasoline launc in Lake Frie several miles out fro | Port Burwell, Capt. Berry on his fishing tug and brought to Port Stan {%ey. lhe men had been drifting out ron the lake last Saturday | noon, when the | out. Fhey sulle posure and hunger saw different big they could uot | tion. his son son's i up in by since rite soline severely from Although boats on the attract their atten Had To Toy $100, 000 Tribute, London, Aug. A { spatch to the Standard says that town of Tournai, eapital of the | partment of Hainaut, B pied by the Germans, w {to pay an indemnity of $400,000 with in an hour, the {held as a host age paid. 28. Bowlogne de gium, « as compelled burgomaster being until the m I BOTH OF THEM GO. Montreal, Aug. 28.--Hamil- ton Gault, millionaire, will go to the fiont with rank of ma Jor im the Princess Patricia regiment which be raised and equipped. Mrs. Hamilton Gault will go to England with the Army Medical Corps detach- mont as nurse, - rrTYTYI ITI YY . NOY 1-BAZ AR EVACUATED Austrians Give Up Sanjak di Kos. SOYo. The Servian lega- tion announce that the Austrians have evacuated Novi-Bazar Novi-Bazar iz a sanjak of the Tur- kish Villayet of Kossovo,situated be- | tween Montenegro and Servia It | was under military occupation by ' Austria as the result of the treaty | concluded between Austria, Hungary {and Turkey in 1879 Paris, Aug. 28 | | { ! | | { ! { } | i | shocked King George. | London. Friday, Aug. 28.-An Antwerp despatch to Reuter's Tele- gram company says that Kingz Al bert of Belginm has received the following HIessage from King George "I am hear of the danger you have ran from the throwing of bombs I hope that the queen and the children have not suffered. iI am foilowing with ad- miration the great ueeds of your brave army." shocked to Hon. George H. Perley, Ottawa, bas placed at the disposal of the Red Cross association his handsome residence in t that city. A STARTLING STATEMENT. 3 . Washington, Aug. 28.----A & wireless despatch to the Ger- # PPPOE LH and | "LAN the for nw *y was { [$2EPEE LEFF IP TIIIPLL PLL | i that French troops are unable to hold the Germans. Con-' sequently the British troops, now at the front. have been! | FELIPE PREIS IIIS FldpPd | Into France hy Way of Loagwy Gap. - Paris, Aug. ~While tively preparing for a possible | the war office insists that the Frene | lines of defense are holding fast is. admitted that the Germans have | forced the gap near Lgngwy and | pouring point | Meuse Paris is ac- | 81 reg But have the been bridged dest wre strongly ~edan strong detachments holding the northern a base ae »s Cambrai as How- : grave apprehension 1 It admitted that resistance is being subjected test and that if the lines Paris may be: besiegs 1 are being urged without delay had mothing to add, its earlier announce holding." { this eity | French | the supreme nd {do not | is the « war { leave | I ne office | this afternoon, to ; | that "the lines are { PITH OF THE NEWS. Tele graphic Tidings Given iz Brief Form. James Whitney's.condition 1gain causing anxiety. Provincial finances are n a satisfactory condition Toronto lawyers have their old military corps. { The Toronto and York Patriotic Fund reached $700,000 in three lays The Germans have imposed a fine of $300 000 ou the Belgian town of Charlerc King Charles of Roumania is re ported to be iil It is reported that he will probably abdicate. A number of the British and Tur (French African troo, ) have arrived at Cologne as prisoners of | war The directors of the Canadian Pa; cific railway have voted $100,000 tc the Canadian National Patriotic! Fund. The death is don of William Baron Merthyr. 1837. . The men of the Cameron clan throughout the empire have been summoned to arms to torm a high- land regiment. Mayor Hocken, Toronto, appeal-| ed to Ontario municipalities for co- operation in dealing with the un-| employment problem. Calixte Aime Dugas, former chief | justice of the territorial court in the | Yukon, died Thursday at St. Donat i Que, where he was spending a wliday. The first lake cargo of new rrain was loaded into the hold of th» steamer Athabasca of the C. P. R.| ipper lake line at Thunder Bay 1 alevator. The effect of the war on Canadian | courts was shown for the first time | when Judge Morson refused to hear | a suit in which a firm of German! manufacturers was the plaintiff. Winnipeg citizens in a mass meet | in: resolved to urge the Dominion 2ovornment to augment the mi'iti= oy Tcerulting a new foree of 142.- | Some =ir i€ reported re-formed Cos Lon first in announced in Thomas Lewis, He--was born iad police to at least 3,000 mea Mrs. Ne: -Rochat of a French | ! | { will be | government. to reopen the way for im- ! throw Frankiort {was open from Erb d pd 0. ® men and to augment the mova- |= in Dyes Between Germany and America . r Washington, made Aug. 28.--~Every effort by the United States portation of German dyes and chemi- cals, the lack of which threatens to a million workers out of their Representative Metz, of New York, told Secretary Bryan that with- out these imported colors the govern- ment would be unable to print its stamp, and currency, as the acid-proof the German plants could reproduced in this country A to the state department from announced that the Rhine Frankfort to Rotter- dam, it is hoped that shipment from the German plants to the United States can be made in Dutch vessels. If nec Representative Metz may go to Europe as a special repre- sentative of the state department. to 2 nge for the shipment of the chem- icals. obs i wroducts of De ort 80 essary, J GERMANY TO BLAME. re London, Aug. 28.--In the House of Commons this after- noon Sir Edward Grey again placed the responsibility for war on Germany. Attempts on the port of some of the op- ponents of war to show that the foreign office failed to do everything possible to avoid the war caused a sensational demonstration, the opposition being howled down by the ma- jority. Three LE SEE EE EEE ERT RRL TOBAGO GOES UP, And Smoking Will Likely Be a Real Luxury. all description will formerly by the order sent out by the wholesale tobacco merchants. The advance in the price f raw tobacco has been added to the war tax and tobacco in all forms will become a laxury. Cut tobacco, le. a package, holding one-eleventh of a pound, will be changed to a one-twelfth of a pound. This is an increase in the cost of about tem i per cent. Cigarettes will cost the re- tail merchant from 30c. to 60c. a thousand more. Cigars made in Can- ada have advanced ip the wholesale' price from 81 to $2.50 'a thousand and the imported cigars even . more. Smokés of than cost more The Guards Recovering. The has been no official investiga- tion into 'the escape of Victor Szy- mondski, | from the penitentiary. Guards Dowsley and Tatton are pro- ressing micely but Mr. Tatton's hear- ing is still poor as a result of the blow Until the guards are suffi cisntly recovered no investigation can take place. Warden Creighton has already forwarded to Ottawa a mn i hort of the escape and. this has suf- ficed for the time being. Where the convict is now is a deep mystery. Ey CRAFT BLOWN UP. s | GEN. FRENCH DRIVE GERMANS BAC anil av 1 Supported by Allies, Britons Take New Pos tions For Pivotal Struggle With Kaiser's Masses. Advance of the Teutons Marked by Heavy Losses---Paiis Reports 2,500 Bodies of Germans Near Nancy and 4,500 More Near the Fortress of Longwy Eva Evacuated. : 28.--The 12.30 o'clock, out the London, - Aug press bureau at morning, gave statement : "The French operations of war aver a distance of some 250 miles have necessitated certain changes in the position of our troops, who are now occupying a strong line to meet the German advance, supported by the French army on both flanks. The morale of both armies appears to be excellent and there is little doubt that they will give good accounts of themselves in the positions they mow hold." It is stated that British marines have occupied Ostend to prevent the Germans from getting a foothold on the English channel. Premier Asquith announced - the House of Commons yesterday that Field Marshal Sir Jobn French, com- mander of the British extraordinary force, had reported that he was, yes- serday, engaged against superior Ger- man forces. The British troops fought splendid- ly; and General French considered the prospects in the impending battle satisfactory. Premier in Asquith added French speaks in high terms of the quality and efficiency - of the - French regular troops and their officers." Heavy German Losses. 28 --The following offi the war Paris, Aug. cial bulletin was issued by office last night : "In the Vosges district our to-day resumed the offensive drove back the Germans, who, ves- terday, had forced them to retire on the St. Die side. The Germans, bombarded St. Die, which is an unfortified town. In the re gion between Vosges and Nancy our offensive movement has continued un- inteivuptedly for five days. The Ger- man losses have been considerable; 2,500 bodies were found on a front of three kilometers southeast of Nan- ey and 4,500 bodies on a front of four kilometers in the region of Vitrimont. "Longwy, garrison of and a very old fortress, the which consisted of only one battalion, which has been bom- barded since August 3rd, capitulated yesterday after holding out for over twenty-four days. More than hali the garrison was killed or wounded. Lieut.-Col. Darche, governor of Long wy, has been nominated an officer of the Legion of Honor for 'heroic con- duct in the defense of Longwy.' "On the Meuse our troops have re pulsed with great vigor several Ger man attacks. A German flag was taken. The Belgian field army at- tached to Namur and a French regi ment which supported it have joined our lines. In the north the British have attacked forces greatly superior in number and were obliged, after brilliant resistance, to withdraw a lit- tle in the rear on their right. Our armies maintained their positions in Belgium. The army of Antwerp by its offensive has drawn off and held before it several German divisions." Russian Advance Continues. An official statement issued by the war ollice says : * 2he German troops retired from the region of Mazuren in East Prussia after the Russian victory. A Russian advance is unretarded in that country which presents difficulties and the out- let of which to the west was occupied vesterday. It is confirmed that 100 cannon were taken from the enemy." Czar Gains Foothold. St. Petersburg, Aug. 28. (via London.) It is officially announced that the Russians have occupied Til- sit, a town sixty miles northeast of Koenigsberg, East Prussia. The following public communica- tion was made public here: "Our offensive both in East Prus- sia and Galicia developed increasing success on August 25th. The Ger- mans hastily retreated everywhere towards Koenigsberg and Allenstein. "In Galicia our troops are mar ching Lhpdly on Lemberg. Our cav- alry has pursued th following | 'General | | troops | | tor probabilities British because of the cases of* poisoning this | Which have occurred at Eydtkuhuen, Gumbinnen and Insterburg. The swift Russian movement, to- gether with the crossing of the Riv- er Augerab and the successful battle northward toward Neidenburg, seats the rate of the central fortifications. Fort Boyen is now surrounded on all sides and passages through Pruss sia is consequently quite open, : Late War Tidings. Paris, it is officially announced is preparing for a possible si Prince Ernest of Saxe-Meiningen has' been seriously wounded and. is in a hospital at Maubeuge, France. The Graecla of the fleet of Ger- man steamships idle in port war began in Europe has left York at the risk of becoming prize of the British cruisers known to be off this harbor. She was en with coal and stores and no passengers, wy Home Secretary McKenna that no spies have been shot in land: There have been rumors € many person in the sééret employ of Germany have been executed, : It is reported at Rome that sev. enteen prelates in Liege were being held by the Garmans as hi ; against the acts of hostility on part of the population of the Bels gian eity. ) "A 2c. e-- tooth paste 15¢." Gibson's. vAILY MEMORANDA See top of page 8, right hand corner, THEDAILY BRITISH WHIG IZ CN SALE AT THE FOLLOW ING CITY STORES Buckaell's News Depot ..208 King %. Clarke, J. W, & Ceo.... College Book Stere Coulter's Grocery Cullen's Grocery, Coe, McAuley's Rook Store ....08 ' McGall's Cigar Store Cor. Prin. & King McLeod's Grocery ....51 Union St. W. 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