Evening star., 1914-08-18

Of the Daily Mail. Telegraphing last
night he says:
'Feinting with their right at Diest and
oivertins to some extent the attention Of
the Belgian field army centered on Lou
| vain. the Germans are now signaled as
marching direct on Brussels. by way Of
Huy and Jodoigne. This raiding force is
beueved to consist mainly Of cavalry and
artillery. including the much-feared mo-
These troops are in imminent danger
OF being cut OF from their base at Liege,
out the day Of desperate deeds has dawn
ed Tor the German fatherland,' and the
occupation OF the Belgian capital is just
tne sort OF spectacular coup, utterly bar
rem from strategic standpoint, calcu-
lated to kindle enthusiasm across the
Rhine.
Life Of City Goes On.
Tn this peaceful city 1t is impossible to
realize that the enemy is only a long
days march away. The life of the city
goes on AZ usual. The cafes and shops
are thronged. trains are working to the
minute. but despite this outward calm
sisnihcant svents have been chronicled.
trenches are being thrown up feverishly
IN the envfrons Of the city. while ex-
placardad right and left calling on the in
habitants Tor their own sakes not to an.
gage In any hostile acts in the event Of
German occupation
In the general atmosphere of nerve
recking mystery. one fact is abundantly
plain. The Germans are in a muddle on
the Mouse. Aerial observers paint pic-
lures OF chaos in the enemy's ranks, con-
sequent on tho relentless arrival Of army
corps on army corps behind a crippled
front
"Mailed Fist" Rusty.
The emperor has dispatched his leeions
by stop watch, but owing to the hitch
on the lipe at Lese. Teuton thorouehness
is cutting both ways. Sixteen days for a
thirty-mile advance from Aix-la-Chapelle
to Diest can hardly be made the cause for
many 'hochs,' and the mailed fist would
appear to have become a trifle rusty.
Gallant little Belgium has prepared 70
make last stand at Antwerp. There ts
no place In the sun for which the Ger
mans yearn more acutely than this Lv-
erpool Of the Netherlands but they will
have to detach at least a half million
men to take such well-defended city"
Wise Burned by Germans.
A dispatch to the Times from The
Hague says that the Germans have COM
pleted the destruction Of Wise by burning
what was left after the previous fire. All
the inhabitants were driven across the
line into Holland. Fourteen refugees died
on the way from Wise to Maastricht.
A dispatch to the Chronicle from AM
sterdam also states that refugees from
Wise arriving at Maastricht report that
Wise was burned over a second time Sat
urday nisht. It 10 alleged that the. Ger
mans vowed the destruction of the city
because shots which killed several Cor
mans were fired there, though the in
habitants insist that the firing was by
accident among the Germans themselves.
The correspondent claims that the
at the point of the bayonet before set
ting the Ares which wiped out the
place. Most of the abie-bodied men
Of the town have been arrested and
sent to AAx-lA-Chapelle for trial, he
says.
German Aero Falls.
According to oficial reports made
public today, a German aeroplane,
reconnottestng over Gives. in the de-
partment of Namur, Belgium, was met
with hot fire from the Belgians The
machine foil near Hastiere.
Shortly after this. at Dinant, a party
Of ten Uhlans encountered a detach-
ment of Be1gians. Seven of the Uhlans
were killed and three of them escaped.
A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Brussels says that it
has been onicially announced that very
important measures have been taken TO
assure the defense Of Brussels and
safeguard it against any surprise at
tack: More or less numerous bodies Of
the German cavalry which had strayed
from the main body and been thrown
back on Brussels have escaped from
the local guarda.