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London, Aug. IA Pssis dispatch
received in London this n0rniaG d.
eiares authentic infoEmattoa - been
obtained that the Gar will ut IN earl
late sign q proclamation granting TO
he Jews In Russia full civil aad po-
liticaI rights. placing them % the same
footing AZ the rest OF his sahtects
This information has excited q mucn
attention here and 10 regarded fully as
important - the news fron the Far
East telling Of JApan's preparations 10
enter the war. The dispatch also an
nounces that the Cxar ID nakiag ar
rangements to 90 to the froat With his
troops and assume personal coanahd
3f Russian military operations n tho
field
The proclamation giving tie Jews
unrestricted equality has bsea pfeced
ID by proclamation In which Russian
Poland In guaranteed complete sutton
omy and the right to = large nsasur-
Of representative goverAmsnt.
These two political reforms an
nounced by the Emperor are sid to
have aroused 4 tremendous national
spirit. Dispatches say that great out
bursts of enthusiasm have crested the
news that tho Gear 10 soing 70 the
front
Huge parades have taken place IN
81. Petersburg and IN other large cit
lee Of the empire.
Frsneh sweep eN - Alaaes.
Paris, Aug. 1s.-Bayonst to bayonst.
the French have grimly forced their
way ACROSS tho passes ol The vosses
mountains into middle Alsace.
When the French troops occupied
tho town Of Schirmeck. twelve kilo
metres beyond saales IN Alsaos. they
took twelve field guns, twelve Gals
sons and eight rapid-firs guas. accord
Ing to official dispatches. Ths Fssoch
cavalry then pushed o. - MulAach
and Lutzelhausen.
Tho official press bursAA a the wa1
office has issued . statsasat saying
that Treneh troops. u the course Of
. rapid advance aleag the valley a
the Schirmeek, have . tAoss1a1 DriS
oaers. The scene ol the fishtiag ot
the last few days in uppsr Alsaes.
the official announcement continues,
shows tho great destructive effects a
the fire Of the artillery. Trsochss
abandoncd By the enemy are filled
with dead and wounded.
Panic RsIens In Belgium.
London, Aug. 18.-Ffghting with ter
rifle fury. the advance guard oe the
German cavalry has broken through
the line OF the allies In northern Bel
gium and is battering It's way toward
Brussels. Panic reigns In the Belgian
capital and late yesterday the seat Of
government was hastily moved to
Antwerp, the northern port. and defen.
sive measures rushed.
Correspondents describe the plains
of Belgium rs veritable inferLO. y
scene of horror ten times that offered
by the field Of Gettysburg. Thousands
OF dead and dying choke every road.
Nowhere have the Germans halted.
Reinforced constantly from the hosts
to the rear. they are sweeping toward
the French border. One detachment
of Uhlans is declared to have got with
in ten miles Of the line to the south
Of Brussels.
A military train from the fortress
of Namur bound for Brussels was
forced to detour because of a large
force of Germans between the two
cities.
Uhlans last night we're on the Dor.
ders OF Waterloo. The Kaiser, the
crown prince and two other imperial
princes are reported to be en- route to
the front. Last night they were at
the great fortress of Mainz.
The Emperor's departure was made
the occasion of great outburst Of pa
triotism in Berlin.
To the south OF Namur and in the
vicinity of Dinant the Germans are re-
ported successful after severe repulses
Sunday in which the casualties were
frightful
In the first attack, the Germans.
from hastily thrown up field trenches.
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French. hurting them back, shattered
and broken.
A Brussels dispatch, telling of the
battle. declares that suddenly the
strains OF the Marseillaise resounded
through the French ranks and with
splendid gallantry the soldiers OF the
republic reformed and charged. carry.
ing the German works by storm
The Germans fell back for reinforce
ments and, with grim desperation, be.
gan their advance again, smashing
their way through ali resistance. A
large part OF the Germans last night
were beyond Dinant and Nemur and
marching to form juncture with the
victorious uhlans to the north.
The entire northern battle line has
advanced. The rapidity OF the German
movement and its apparent success
came as a great shock in London.
A late Brussels dispatch says that
the legations are going with the Rov.