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Sale Sixth Awan Astilly giment ope! on T- _vian defenders west of here, near renovatz, on the River Save, ustrians were quickly silenced y the Servian fire, and reti pF She two de guns on 'the Id. The whole aspect of the war the Balkans has been changed by the declaration of war on Ger- ny by Belgium and England. rom plannin nn against 'Austria the w lo Bervian general staff "has turned to schemes of ag- gression. On receipt of the news every soldier placed flowers in: the muzzle " of his rifle and 'machine LIEGE FORTS REDUCED. But Main Belgian Army is En- trenched at Namur. . A despatch from Paris says: The German shell fire has reduced two, of the Liege forts, but the 18 continue to resist with untiring energy. The Germans were able to use their light, siege guns against the forts of Liege, which are thirty years old. Two of them were silenced and the German columns broke through. The other forts are holding out. The Belgians are making a determined resistance be- fore the city. The roar of artillery fire has been heard uninterruptedly all around the city. Germans who suc in entering the circle of forts at Floren, ten miles from Liege, di- rected their fire on Dressour, and wrecked many houses. : During the night, amid cries of 'Viva la Belgique!" the civil guard despatched patrols in all di- rections with bugles to announce shat the city would mot surrender and the army would continue its brave resistance. Among the Ger- mans captured in the attack on Liege was Lieut. Baron von Forst- ner, the young officer = whose haughty treatment of the French inhabitants of Zabern, Alsace, brought on the disturbances there last year which were aired in the 'Reichstag and resulted in Von Forstner being sentenced to. six weeks' imprisonment in a fortress. Lah CONSULATE STORMED. Yancouver Mob Tore Down Gere man Eagle. A despatch from Vancouver, B. O., says: A mob on Wednesday stormed the German Consulate here, tore the big double eagle from above the door and trampled it in the street. The glass in all the doors and windows of the Con- gulate was broken and the furni- ture demolished. It is reported that Herr Von Eltinger, the Ger- man. Consul, who is a naturalized British subject, has resigned and thrown his fortunes with his adopt- ed country. seni Si SPIES IN BRITAIN. Twenty-one Germans Are Arrested In Twenty-four Hours, - A despatch from London says: The Home Secretary introduced a hill in the House of Commons on Wednesday to restrain the move- ment of undesirable aliens with the "object of facilitating the removal of spies. This. was immediately ven a second reading. Mr. Me- Eo announced that 21 spies had: "been arrested in the British Isles during the last twenty-four hours, . chiefly in important naval centres. es that an. will cross the "Dai i vians now talk a tri march through a govina to arouse the oe and re claim them to the Servian Bosnia and army' corps are provinces. Every Bervian reserv- 1st. has been called to arms. Three hundred thousand of the finest fighting men in Europe, inured to war and having the experience of two great campaigns, Are Now con- centrated in the Morava Valle y zeady and eager : to assist thelr allies T i MANY PRIZES oF WAR. i Cruisers Sweep th the Seas of Gor man Merchant Vessels, 3 despatch from London says: amburg - American Line Be Kronprinzessin Cecilie and Prince Adelbert 'have been are now lying at Falmouth. The cruiser ~~ Highflyer brought the steamer Turbantia, from Buenos Ayres for Hamburg, carrying a large quantity of gold and scores of German reservists, into Ply- mouth harbor. Thirty German ships have so far been captured by England. They include a trawler, taken near the Orkney Islands, off the north of Scotland. A man sus- pected of being a spy and several carrier pigeons were found aboard. The British steamer Kemerick, from Galveston for Bremen, was captured off West Fastnet and taken to Queenstown. The Kemer: ick had 49,000 quarters of wheat aboard for the rmans. i EXPELLED RUSSIANS. Dowager Empress Takes 600 of Them on Board Her Special. A despatch from Copenhagen says: The Dowager Empress bof Russia started for St. Petersburg by way of Finland. She permitted 600 Russians who were expelled from Germany, and who came here, to travel with her on her special train, emesrmemiiosd ec Essex Off to Sea. A despatch from Halifax, N.8., says. Amid the cheers of thousands of people lining the wharves and house tops, H.M.B. Essex steamed out of i harbor, her band playing "Rule, Britannia,'"' which the citizens sang as she glided down the stream. The cheers of the peo- ple could be heard over in Dart- mouth, across the harbor, where the residents immediately flocked to the waterfront, and their enthu- siastic farewell re-echoed across the harbor. It was a never-to-be- forgotten scene. Routed Cavalry Division. A despatch . from London says ; A Brussels despatch to the Ex- change Telegraph Company says that the militia of the garrison at Liege, who retreated on Thursday, | 80 that the men could get some sleep, took the offensive Friday by a turning movement in Belgian, Luxemburg, where they routed a German cavalry division. a Prince Begins Duties: despatch from London says: re Prince of Wales commenced 'his duties in the Guards, and was enthusiastically. received by the officers and men. nation. | meet the wd of an ip ge seized by 'British warships. They' wilt be Able to A despatch from Londohs says: Symptoms of a panic over. the ques- tion of food and money. supplies subsided greatly on Wednesday. There is general confidence that the measures undertaken by the Government will meet the crisis; that the money market will not smash, and that the Atlanti¢ route will be kept open for shipments from America. Many shops have placarded their windows with the Chancellor's warning against the well-to-do hoarding food to the detriment of the poorer classes. One of the big- gest stores has limited the amount of food to be sold to each person to seven pounds in weight; others refuse to make 'deliveries, so that people can buy only what they. are able to take away. Btill others limit the amount of*any foodstuff sold to two pounds. A distinet surprise fo the popu- lar mind is the country's apparent preparedness to change 'the ma- chinery of ordinary life to a" war "footing on short 'iotice. "Nob oly SCENES IN ST. T. PETERSBURG. "Long Live King George 'and the Valiant British Nation!" says: Following the announce ment that Great Britain and Ger- many were at war, huge printed placards appeared on the walls of the city and in the restaurants.and cafes. All carried the words: "Long live King George and 'the. valiant British nation!" A number of students and workmen clim to the roof of the German Embassy and tore the gold eagle from the top of the flagstaff." They then ran up the Russian flag. A massive statuary depicting a group lof then was made of the contents, the Embassy, -and an attempt: nas made to put a torch to the build but mounted police routed the ri ers. Another crowd later trisdoto repeat the performatice at the An trian Embassy, but. that building was too strongly guarded. isi Min HOARDING OF GOLD. '/ British Chancellor Asks Public fo Leave It in Banks, A despatch from London says: Chancellor. ilove George contend- ed on Wednesday * that anyon & A despatch from St. Petersburg| b | traband : horses led by men was hackeditol. pieces with axes and the debris [hurled into the canal. A bonfiery: boarding gold was assisting nemy of his count At the MAP SHOWING yr aarrLee oF SERVIAN wan. FEAR OF FAMINE SUBSIDES): 0 Confidence Grows That the E the British avernmbetls - Meet 'the Crisis is the army abiliation proceeding | with great smoothness, but the Government's railway service, un- der the direction of committee managers, is: being operated with- out. confusion. 'he cricket, nd football: grounds in a number of cities have been occupied as camps, while schools and other public buildings are being transformed into hospitals. _ The: report" 'spread by London news agencies on Tuesday night that the windows of the German Embassy. were broken is denied by | the commissioner of police, 'who de- clares. that there was no hostile. outbreak. 'German colony is in something of a panic, however, because many of them: engaged in various: occupations fear prejudice will"be en red by the war and ruin their business. The American Enibassy and Consulate, which have taken charge of German 'interests here, find that they will have to face heavy work, and it is probable that their. staffs "will have to be re- inforced. CONTRABAND OF WAR. Royal Proclamation Defines What "Must Be Seized. A despatch from London says: 'The Gazette, the official newspaper, on Wednesday publishes the notifi- cation of the state of war existing between Germany and England; as well as an 'order-in-Council signed the King, relating to the mer- nt vessels of the countries with which the British Empire is at war. The order specifies as absolute con- Arms of all kinds; clothing and harness of a military character ; animals suitable for war purposes; foodstuffs; fuel; har- ness; telescopes and field glasses. ---- CONGENIAL WORK "And Strength fo Perform It, A L person in good health is likely Ito have a genial disposition, "ambi= tion, and enjoy work, * On the other hand, if the diges. tive organs have been upset by '| wrong food, work becomes -drud- 4 gery. "Until recently, > writes: a West-| ern girl, 'I was a railroad steno-|. grapher, which 'meany full work | every day. "Like many other girls alone. td a large city, I lived at a boardi | house. For breakfast it was a undoubtedly be thousands of these, Britain to |! and Great B tinent ore fie to numerous at- tempts to. escape. At the time of the Boer war pri-| soners were sent to Bermuda. In the present case Canada could ren- der valuable assistance by reliev- ing Great Britain of the 008% and , TURKISH SHIPS BOUGHT. . British Government Takes Over Two. New Dreadnoughts. A despatch from London says: The British Government will pay in the neighborhood of $25,000,000 for the two Turkish battleships being constructed in English yards and which it has taken over. The one which has been renamed ~ Agin- court is completed. The . other, Osman I., and which, will be known in the British navy as the Erin, is nearly complet They are first- class battleships. . FRANCE REGAINS ari | Natives of Alsace-Lorraine May Join French Armies. A despatch from Paris says: All the de uties rose to 'their feet in sp of a bill introduced on posday to confer French pa- hotom on natives of Alsace and Lorraine enlisting in the French army. eral sick Sepators were carried oo their seats, as they were unwilling to be absent from the historic session. - mae ei ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS. Mob in Antwerp Sacked German Cates and Restaurants, A despatch from ai says; placed the oity under ma 'and ordered the expalton oh pik German residents. 5 worry of lookin alter these | soners. 'They will probably b weste) 'wher Moreover, it would not beat stroke of business for the Gover erable number of these prisonets might become permanent resid of 'Canada and take up homeste in the west. S FACING SITUATION CALM Lack of Hysteria Noticeable, French Capital. = A despatch from Paris While troops move thro streets on their way to there is a remarkable spirit i fidence and a general lack of hy terical excitement among thes zens who are being left in | This assurance, so universal where in' the city that Frend] are to be victorious, «is no' added to by the constant coming from Belgiv | troops: there are suo ing back the German ink general feeling that France tined during this war to revenge for 1870, andthe _|dence that i is everywhere expressed has made a marked impression on all still marooned within the city Hourly the impression is gain strength that the war will not last long, cannot last long, because Germany, cut off as she is, soon. be forced to capitulate starve to death. There is even a well-defined feeling here that when the pinch of famine comes, if the Kaiser does not submit of his accord, he will be forced to 80 by popular revolts within his em- pire. Even with France at and a great part of her male lation enrolled and off to the all of the lightsomeness Parisian spirit is not lost