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Xo. 173 SEVENTEENTH YEAK
SKAttWAY. ALASKA,
Long Line of Burning \ ges Marks the German Advance
Two Thousand
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Slain
ermans
Belgian Army Retiring to
Base of Antwerp
LONDON, August 21 — Of
ficial advices state that Brus
sels has fallen, and the Belgian
field army is retiring without
resistance to base at Antwerp.
German advance penetrated
by way of Hasselt, Diest, Aer
schot and Malines. Frightful
devastation all the way from
Liege to Brussels.
LONDON, August 21 — Con
firmation received of report
that Kaiser orders resistance to
Japanese effort to seize Kaiu
Chau.
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PARIS, August 21—Accord
ing to news which is being
given out here as autentic
burning villages mark the en
tire line of the German ad
vance ir poi: Brussels.
BF U : Z S, August 21 — A wireless
from Berlin says that there has been a
fierce engagement near Stalluphon,
East ?r . s s., between a division of the
first Ger i< rmy corps and a Russian
fcrce, ii i t 1 the latter were defeated
with 000 men and six machine
gun^.
Muc the a r ms and ammunition I
that v/e: c lured could not be taken
away by - victors, who were forced
to destroy em to prevent their again
being used by the Russians.
SMALL (.KUMAX FoKCK IN
ISKITISM i:.VST AKHICA
London, Aujjust -1—t'alile ailviccB
this liioriiin*; from .Nairobi, in Hiit
i.tli JCast Allien, sa>> that a small
[jerinan force lias cr e.l tlie fton
lier info Hritish terriUiy.
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COMPLY Willi I'LTDIATl'M
London, August 20—Oit'irial rc
|>orts from licrlin, received here to
lay via Rotterdam, says (hat Ger
many has refused to comply with
Japan's demand for German evacua
ion of tlic Kiau Chan for Is and
!ho sni render of tliem to tlie
[liiiu-Me.
The .Japanese ambassador, iu
riew of the probability of a declara
tion of war between Japan and Ger
many, i> said to have left the Ger
man capital (his morning on his way
home.
AMOUNT FOR WAR PURPOSES
LARGELY OVEH-SUBSCRIUED
London, August 20—The sum of
$75,000,000 in six months' trensui-y
bills, which was offered to tlio puln
li> today, and is to he used for war
purposes, was $-10,000,#00 short of
iho amount for which there were
takers.
AUSTRIAN'S APPREHENDED
AT SAULT STE. MARIE
Chicago, August 20—According
<o a dispatch received hero today
four Austrlans had been arrested
at Sault Stc. Marie by the Canadian
officials as prisoners of war and
arc now being held awaiting investi
gation into the charge against them
of attempting to socuro recruits
within Canadian territory for the
Austrian army.
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SEATTLE, August 20 — A Vancouver,
B. C., dispatch received this morning says that
one hundred reservists left there for England.
SEIZED FOll TRYING TO
DELIVER CONTRA It AND COAL
San Fancisco, August 20—The
steamer Mazatlon was held up to
day by government officials just as
she was leaving port with a load
of coal, presumably for the Oernuui
cruiser Liepzig, which put in here
the other day and was only allowed
to load enought fuel to cairy lior to
the next neutral port.
The authorities at Washington, I).
()., have been asked to act in the
matter.
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR SAID
TO BE READY TO LEAVE
London, August 2"—Merlin ad
vices slate that the departure of
the Japanese ambassador is mom
entarily looked for here, and furth
er it is said that German police
are now guarding him from threat
ened hflim by the excited populace.
The Vossisclie Zeitung,. the of
ficial paper, commenting on Japan's
recent ultimatum to Gc»imny in re
gard to the evacuation of the Kiau
Chau forts in Cliint, says: "One
more declaration of war docs not
flight en Gentians. Japan's action is
without importance."
BRITISH CRt'ISER WAS
IS KSQl'IMALT HARDOR
Seattle, August 20—A Vancouv
er dispatch to the 1\-I. this morning
says that a man returning to Van
couver from Esi]uiiiial( brought wold
that he saw the British cruiser
Monmoath, ol' 10,000 tons burthen
and a registered speed of 20 knots,
i there Monday, Tha w&rshijj tuwl
steamed across from China a short
lime before but has slncq gone naaOt.
The Monmouth is in tb« mcme
class as the British cruisers E*m
and Suffolk, which are now sta
tioned on the Atlantic coaat.
It is said that two snbmaetaep
have also loft Esquimau wltida Um
past few days.
CANADIAN STATESMEN SPEAK
IN HOUSE OP COMMONS
Chicago; August 20—Advices
from Ottawa are to the effect that
Premier 15oiden and Sir .Wilfred
Laurier in tfie house; of conrmoa* to
day made speeches showing tha ab
solute unanimity with which Canada
stands behind Great Britain fa the
present European struggle.
The premier referred to On*
ada's gift to Great Britain of 1,060,*
ooo bags of flour and announced a
further gift of 50 hospital beda ta
Prance, to be provided, equipped
and maintained at Paris or elwf
wherq by Candaian contributions.
Berlin, August 21—Advaat*
guard of the German army entered
Brussels last night and the] mala
body today.
Antwerp, August 21—The city if
in a state of seige today. King
Albert, as well as Ids entire staff,
are here. All foreigners will be
asked to leave and steamers ax« la
readiness to take them to France
or England.
Advices just received are to the
effect that Belgians in the captain
ed territory are in a pitiable condi
tion, the Germans having selzod all
the foodstuffs for their own MA
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