The Alaska citizen., 1914-08-17

l declare war on the former.
 More than 500.000 troops have l been mobiized in England and many of these will be transported to i France to aid in preventing Ger man invasion.
 i The British fleet. from which noth- ing has been heard for two days is reported 10 be in hiding.
 German banks in London, which were closed at the commencement of hostilties. have been reopened. Ablebodied men in all parts of England have formed military organ izations and are actively drilling. 1 From Seattle comes the report that Great B1ttain wants to get the use of the steamer Minnesota of the Great Northern line, for trans port service.
 Reports have reached London of the capture of Hamburg American liner carrying $6,0O0 900 in money, by a British cruiser, while the form CT was on her way from Buenas Ayres to Europe
 GERMANY
 From Brussels, Belgium, comes the information that Holland has notified Germany that unless the lat ter's troops are removed from Hol- land border. war will be declared. . Dispatches from Paris, France, state that Upper Alsace, which was previously captured by the French has been retaken by German troops.
 Rumors to the effect that Ger many is about to run short of supplies are denied in a statement made by the German government, which announces that there are enough provisions in the country to ast a year
 That a large German army is marching through LuXemburs toward the French border is the substance of a report that reached London today
 About $25,O00,O0O deposited in Der in banks by Russians is reported 10 have been taken by the German government.
 UNITED STATES. i Wreckage washed ashore near San Francisco indicate that a British war l vessel has been destroyed in that i locality Advices received from i British Columbia indicate that the wreckage must be from the cruiser Rainbow, which coaled a few days lgo in San Francisco and was sup posed to be looking for a German war vessel off the coast of California,
 In Chicago there are 5000 German reservists, who expect to go to their native land soon, drilling daily in the public places.
 When the German steamer Holin. merchant vessel, reached Boston today, her officers told of being chased by four British cruisers, but she managed to get away from them.
 CANADA. i Mines have been placed in the 1 port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the harbor has been closed to traffic.
 1 The Allen line of steamers has been taken over by the Dominion government and will be used in transporting troops from Canada to England
 ! Reports from Vienna, Austria, state that the Russian troops that have tried to cross into Austria have been successfully driven back. A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that six carloads of German troops were captured on the Rus sian border.
 | When a German airship crossed in- to Poland, Russia, well-drected bull lets brought it to earth, and the army officers in it were killed in the fall.
 FRANCE. Train service between Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium, has been resumed.
 | Orders have been issued in Paris preventing anybody talking for eign language over the telephone. ITALY. From Athens, Greece, comes the re- port that Italy is planning to cap ture Albania.
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