The Alaska citizen., 1914-08-17
Friday
AUSTRlA-HUNGARY.

Hungary is having to contend with Sonia and Herzegovina. People of the district are reported to be re- fusing to fight the Servians and Montenegrins, and there is a fear that they may join the forces of the enemy. A similar dispatch came from Rome, Italy.
 Advices coming by way of Lon don state that the Austrian Lloyd steamer Baron Gautch stuck mine in the Adriatic sea, off the coast of Lussin and 150 passengers and the crew met death
 BELGIUM.
 Belgian troops holding the emain- ing forts at Liege have been au- thorized to blow up the forts, in case it is necessary to abandon them to the Germans.
 From Paris comes the report that a large French army has been sent to the German border in Belgium. near GemblouX
 Additional reports have been sent out by the Belgian war office at Brussels concerning reported losses of the German troops and the var ious repulses of the latter.
 he nt Int, nJ fyi, reported to have burned one Ger man vessel in that port and to have footed another.
 GERMANY.
 Fierce fighting is reported from many, near the French border. Dis patches from Paris, France, state that the French are winning.
 When the Danish steamer Hulma- teric arrived at London today, she reported having sighted seven Ger man cruisers in sinking condi- tion off the coast of England.
 That General von Emmich, who commanded the German troops be- fore Liege. has committed sui eide owing to his failure to take the forts there, is the substance of a report received from Brussels. Belgium.
 From London comes the report that Dr. Lickbnecht, German socialist leader. had been shot be cause he refused to do military duty for Germany.
 RUSSIA.
 London dispatches state that Rus sia has completed the mobilization of it's troops near the Galician from tier, and that it Is understood that an offensive movement is to be started at once. It is reported from the same source that the Russian government has 2000,000 soldiers in the field.
 A dispatch from St. Petersburg, Russia, states that 73 German and 12 Austrian merchantmen have been captured by the Russian warships since the war started
 ENGLAND.
 London advices state that wound ed soldiers are arriving at South ampton, England, from the Belgian battlefelds
 CANADA.
 Upon the arrival of the Austrian steamship Ada at Montreal from Naples, it was taken by the Cana dian authorities as a prize of war. The Cunard liner Mauretania, which put into Halifax for protec- tion recently, sailed today without making her destination known.
 Long range guns have been placed in position at Vancouver, B. C., for the protection of that city.
 The wireless station at Port Ar thur, Ontario, was wrecked by two unknown men who escaped.
 FRANCE.
 An airship flying the French flag is reported to have crossed over from Germany and to have dropped several bombs in the French towns of Vesoul and Lure, both of which are directly west of Bfont.
 From Paris comes the announce ment that the British field marshal has joined the French commander in-chief, Marshal Jaffre, at some point not mentioned where the two armies are camped.
 CHINA.
 Press dispatches from the British possessions of Hon Kong, China, by way of Shanghai, state that two crip- pied war vessels were entering that port but whether they are French or British is not stated.
 UNITED STATES.
 Reports from Washington state that the government has started to probe the sudden rise in the cost of living, and agents have been sent to a number of the big cities for the purpose of getting informa- tion.
 It has been decided that the pro-
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