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1 ..-,.; a V". VOL. XL NO., 18. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY- MORNING, AUGUST 9 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS LEGE HIKES 10 WAR LORDS OF THREE NATIONS KAISER WILH ELM OF GERMANY, KING ALBERT OF BELGIUM, AND LORD KITCHENER OF GREAT BRITAIN SIBBER f USER Berlin Wildly Excited at Announcement of Success of German Arms Coming at End of Day Which the World Believed Marked Belgian Victory. FRENCH TAKE GERMAN STRONGHOLD Fortified City of Mulhausen, Alsace-Lorraine, Taken by French, and Ger man Army Is Defeated. By the Intenational News Service. Berlin. Aue. 8. (via Amsterdam).' A report that Liege had been captured spread with lightning rapidity through out Berlin tonight and created the greatest enthusiasm. Policemen, mouted on bicycles, sped through the prin cipal streets calling out that Liege had been captured and worked the populace into a frenzy of excitement. Count Von Bethmann Holweg. the imperial chancellor. drove to the imperial palace tonight and congratulated the emperor on the great victory. He was cheered vociferously all along the route. The-emperor sent an aide to announce the triumph from , the balcony of the palace. Crowds had waited there from the time the earliest reports of the victory arrived. The newspapers say that henceforth false reports of German defeats printed in foreign publications will not af fect the people nor conceal German triumphs. BRUSSELS CLAIMS FORTS ARE INTACT. Brussels. Aug. 9 (Sunday).-Early today communica tion with Liege was suddenly interrupted. Fears were ex pressed that the Germans had succeeded in penetrating the defenses of the city, or else that they had moved troops around the Belgian lines. The gravest fears were expressed for the city, but the Belgian officers here issued a statement saying that the , forts were still intact - , fr , X .14. 7 - r t . jf. i T . i! . t 4 W,, A'S.rV -IV? ' v f t r v v .,.f- V, 1 5 v : .j V..' ' M- - ' ' W 1 - 5 jX-. l?,xi V- I ! 4 BRUSSELS DENIES FORTS SURRENDERED. Brussels. Aug. 8.-The minister of war in an official statement issued late today declared that the forts at Liege I are still being successfully held against the German invad ers. Fifteen thousand Germans were killed or wounded and 5000 taken prisoners, according to the figures of the min istry. " The official statement of the ministers says: "The Germans have lost, according to our estimates, 15,000 killed and wounded at least. Our losses are much mailer. We have taken about 5000 prisoners. The report that the Germans asked for an armistice of five hours and . were refused is untrue. By mutual consent both armies have suspended operations for 24 hours to gather the wounded. No forts have been captured by the Germans, but their ar tillery has caused great damage and killed many non-combatants as well as soldiers. The conflict continues." CITY TAKEN BY ASSAULT. (United Press Leased Wire) London, Aug. 9 (Sunday). -Advices received here this morning from Berlin said that the German foreign office has .issued a statement claiming that Liege was captured by assault by the German army in a night attack. There is absolutely no confirmation of this report here, according to the British officials. It is admitted, however, that communication with Liege from Brussels was inter rupted about midnight, although, the Belgian officials claimed that the forts were still intact. However, it has been accepted here for 24 hours that by sheer force of numbers the Germans eventually would take the city and the chief Belgian-French-British defense was to be massed at Namur. FRENCH CAPTURE MULHAUSEN. Paris, Aig. 8. The war office tonight issued a bulletin saying that the French army operating in- Alsace-Lorraine has entered the fortified city of Mulhausen, but the an nouncement carried no details. If. true, it means that the French have won a great victory, as Mulhausen's fortresses were considered of the very best and formed an important link in the German frontier defenses. a i "ss . . $ 1 (.4 Top, left to right Kaiser Wilhelm and his six ons, on parade In Berlin; King Albert of Belgium who Is leading the Belgian forces agal Bottom, left to right Lord Kitchener who has been made minister of war in the British cabinet; Belgian Infantrymen. - ' . . - nst the Germans. .Onttn . Oemlsn. soldiers -en-ronte to the front. GREAT BRITAIN RUSHES TROOPS TO AID OF ALLIES, INDICATING SH E HAS NO FEAR OF INVASION Whereabouts of .British Fleet a Mystery but It Is Believed , It Has the Germans Bottled Up: ' British Public Won- ; dering' What Has Become of Russians Army Which Should Be Mobilized by This Time. War Bulletins CITY, NOT FORTS, SURRENDERED, Rotterdam, Aug. 8. The following account of the fighting at Liege is supplied by the correspondent of De Telegraph, who has just re turned from Liege: "On Tuesday, August 3, a battalion of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth German regiment attacked Liege. This body was repulsed and literally cut to pieces. Not more than 30 men remained of the original battalion. I arrived at Liege on Wednesday morning,. having been de tained on my way as a spy. . "Outside Liege to the east I found German trooDs in a semi-circle within a radius of about four miles and that General Leman, commander of the Belgium troops, had ordered a general counter attack. The in habitants hid in their cellars all day Wednesday. At 1 o'clock in the 'afternoon we heard a great explosion and knew the bridge over the Meuse'had been blown up. ' "The Belgians made an, onslaught during "the night of Wednesday with great success. Occasionally shells harled by the Germans fell on the town. Lookout men on seeing the flash of the gun would ring a warning belL . "There was no constant bombardment, - . "I understand the mayor of the town was prepared to--surrender in order to save the beautiful city from bombardment, but General' Leman . forbade it. ' . "On Thursday the .Germans got their heavy artillery in position. To save bombardment the town of Liege surrendered. "Belgian troops are still holding the surrounding forts. The Ger mans marched into the town singing national songs. "A proclamation issued by the German commander states that the whole town will be devastated if one shot is fired. (Concluded on Page Four, Columns Four and Five.) By Ed I Keen, United Press Staff Correspondent.; z London, 4 Aug. 9. Sundy) Sudden changes In the war situation wero an nounced late last night. Pari palmed that It had learned of -the taking of Mulhausen by the . French invaders it Alsace-Lorraine. Simultaneously, the German ' cable, which had been silent all day,' brought word to 'Amsterdam that the Germans had captured Liege. ' It was ' Impossible to - communicate with Brussels and the German report had to be accepted for what it was worth.-The telegraph between Brussels and.. Liege ceased -about midnight. Shortly before the Germans had made a night attack. But ", whether it suc ceeded as Berlin says, or whether the Germans simply cut the communica tions, Is not yet known here; How eves, the' fact hat,JCmg Albert was personally at the front - caused" some apprehension. If the cltr was taken It did not ' mean that the king was a prisoner, as arrangements -f to abasdon Liege and fall back on Namur -had al ready been made. - ' . : So-far as Mulhausen was concerned, the only word received - was t that t of the French office. Its report was .that French troops bad entered Mulhausen, If true, it meant a wonderful victory as the city is strongly fortified. It is the key; to south Germany, and In pos session of -an enemy, would give that enemy a strategic advantage in the coming fighting. ;; , . If the French have Mulhausen. the capture of Liege is little compensation to Germany In the opinion of British military experts. -. England's action in rushing troops across to the channel to the. aid of the Belgians, means that the. war office no longer considers the German fleet a menace. So long as there was danger from it the army was to- have been held in England to repel a possible in vasion. But now the admiralty believes that It has the kaiser's formidable mass of sea fighters bottled up where they cannot be withdrawn to eacort an invading army to British shores. Zleet's Wnereabonts a Mystery. f .. The whereabouts of the fleet has been an impenetrable secret. It has not been attacked or attacked. Both nations 'fought a running fight, with small casualties and no Loss -of ships. The plan of the wax office is to send at least 100,000 men to Belgium from England and' to detour-the -entire co lonial army to the continent as soon. as they : arrive. The Canadian ' con tlngent of 2L000- men will be on the ground In a month and the Austral lanv and New Zealanders . will not fee far. behind. . -. - ' ' It Is already certain that the allies will strike at the German colonies. Cut off .from - the mother country - XOXTEJTEOWO JOXZTS 8SBTZA. - Clttnje, . ixoatsaegro, Aug. 8. A de cision to make cemmos. war r with Ser via upon Austria was . reacbsd at, the meetiiiff of the Bkuptschlaa. Zt was de otdsl to leave to the discretion of Xing Xloholas the oholce -of the most op portune moment for the aanoiuioemaat of the formal declaration of war. . Trince Tetar has started at the head of his troops presumably to effect a junction with the army of Xing ZTiea olas. , , Montenegro received today from -an unknown source a large consignment of ,th latest cannon, which, are beta rushed to guard the XMrwoen ana Bu- toman. passes, and will lis mounted In the f ortmoatlons at those points. Crown Prince Banllo has arranged to blow up his villa at Astlvarl. It was founded lm the tenth oeatury and was rebuilt la the thirteenth cen tury. Its chimes . are wonderfully sweet and snnnatty attract many tour ists. . KM OT7T OXmsTATTT. Ceselnded an Page roar. Colo ma Iw) KXTPOBT KAS HXSH CA7TTTJUED. Siv Tork, W. .T, Aug. 8 The Hew Tork Staats Zeltuar reports the re ceipt -of a private cable la Sew -Tork stating that Xlsa, seat of the Servian government, has been captured by Ans- trlans. - Ho conf trmatlon . has coma from other sources up to a lata hour. 8ZCBZT AOSZTTS XSAOH BOXE. Paris, Aug. 8. The ' Some corres pondent . of : the cho 9a Paris states that representatives of the Sussian and German government iuwe arrived In Home en secret missions to the Italian government. , : , AUSTXXAHS CHOSS XXTO XTSSZA. St. Petersburg, Aug. 8v Zt is .report ed -that Austrian troops have crossed the Hossian frontier near the .-t.w r border and - set . fiie to slaa vlllag ecV ;! - , ,: . . - ... PAXOrUS CATZCEDXAX. DAMAGED, X.ondon, Ang.- 8 -The HotterAam correspondent of the 'Star wires that the German shell fire today destroyed the roof of the Zdege cathedral. The cathedral of St. Pan! in ZOege to one of the most f amens in Hnrope. AXrSTXZA Ztoadon, Aug. a-The Central Hews Agency annonnoes that Austria Hun gary la sending two army corps (about 80,000 men) to the assistasoe ; of . the German army on the frontier, of Bel glum and Prance. These troops, the despatch says, were not withdrawn from the Servian campaign bat were raised In the central provinces. BVXHZHG WABSBTP SHOT. Borne. Aug. . Beports that a burn ing warship, nationality unknown, '. but aid to be either a battleship or a bat tle cruiser, has been sighted drifting toward the Austrian port of Pola, were received here tonigmt by way . of cona. Zt to believed. If the reports are true. that the German cruisers Ooeben and Breslan may nave been in battle In the Adria'tio, toward Which they fUd when driven from Italian waters. Ancena to on the Adriatic, while Pole Is the chief Austrian naval base. PZBZHG UTiikP OTP PXOBZSA. St. Augustine, P1S-, Aug. Pisher- men arxlvlnr here late today declared they and beard heavy firing about 'BO miles off the Plorida oeast. They said they were" confident aa engagement was la progress between British and German cruisers whlca ; intercepted wireless . messages Indicated were la that vtolatty. ., '., . )'' j. POBTTJOAZ. TO 9QSM BBZTAZH. Zsbon, via ZKmdon, Aug. S. Portu gal today decided to add her forces to those f Great Britain, prance a Bnssla la the war against Austria and Germany after German ana sent a dip lomatic aote requesting' that Portugal Indicate aer pesltlen. : FRANCE ON: OFFENSIVE SENDS 'SIeSB ' British. ReguIars- Urid at.Ostend, Calais and Dunkirk to Aid ? French, and cBetgians in: Resisting invasion From the v Northeast; French Army; Engages Germans In Luxemburg, Defeating - Them in First -Battle. ' By William Philip Simms. ! Paris, Aug. . France , to on ; the offensive.: Her. troops "have clashed with those of the kaiser and . her troops bAve been vfetorlous la prelim inary: skirmishing. . Tfals has been a day of wild" excite ment. The war office, after maintain ing an Iron censorship for days, sud denly, announced that the army, witn headquarters at. Belfort, had taken Altklrch in Alsace, "it na BHn-a briUlant attack." 'the war office said, wftli "sweeping .victory gained." Soon afterward it was admitted that f igniting was In progress at Luxem burg. The army from Nancy, advene-' lng northeastward had ; encountered the German , . advance. . The . initial skirmtohlag .took on - the proportions , of,, a general battle. .The French were said to . nave anyea tne ;Oerman ad vance back upon the main column and a Bavarian brl gsde - was . reported, de cimated. .' ' V' r - ' .. Brmsh Begulars Xaad. f " Then '-followed tbe" announcement that British regulars - had landed at Ostend. Belgium, and at Calais and at Dunkirk in 'France.'. In several trans ports escorted by. two battleships end three crutsers.-i .the"English, forces, pick of the army, sad veterans of the Boer war, had been rusted -te the aid of the Belgians., Their' destination was Namur and, It waa reported that 100,- 000 British forces, representing all branches, would be rushed across the cbspnel immediately. The right at Altklrch was bitterly contested. The French Invaders, pre ceded by a .cavalry .skirmish line, ad vanced over territory previously recon- Boltered by. the French aviators. The . Germans. It to edmittsi. fought brave-, ly but 'were -routed by superior num bers. .... Atoaceana Welcome- Preach, So elated were the residents of the captured territory to see their beloved French soldiers whose defeat In 18T9 lost the province to Germany, that they demolished a number of German frontier posts, tearing down the build ings and burnma the debris. . The war office Insists that in the present War France will strike hard. . She will refuse to wait and will take the. offensive' all along the line.,' . . French soldiers are pressing for ward In Alsace-Lorraine. A German defending 1 army has been driven .out of the , big fortres2 at2 Muetbausen, The town of Altklrch was taken by the 'French, . who advanced in foroe . from' Belfort. In the extreme north the French from- Nancy have 'dashed with the Germane at a point- Inside Luxemburg. The war office claims a victory In the preliminary eklrmtsh- -lng and says the engagements have taken on the proportions of a general battle. . . ' , , i - i I- v - v. 14 "r ' I A .-2