The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-08-07
GERMANY is
TO WAR
Insist on Remaining
Neutral.
FIGHTING IN BELGIUM
Germany Renew Attack on the
City Of Liege
The LOSSES ARE HEAVY
English Win a Minor Naval Bat
tie on North Sea.
The LOSSES ARE HEAVY
English Win a Minor Naval Bat
tie on North Sea.

tie on North Sea.
London, Aug. Italy shattered the
hopes of Germany and Austria ana
virtually abandoned the Triple ALL
ance.
The Italian premier announced, de-
spite a virtual u]timatum from Ger
many, that Italy intended to remain
strictly neutral in the war.
Italy may thus be drawn into the
conflict, but she will be fighting Ger
many and Austria-Hungary instead OIL
aiding them as a member of the Triple
Alliance.
Germany had delivered virtual ul-
timatum to Rome, calling upon italy
to fulfill her obligations as a memDer
of the Triple Alliance and to come TO
the aid of her allies on land and on
sea.
In event of her failure to do so Ger
many. saws the note, will have to con-
slider her in the same light as the ma
lions the kaiser is now fghting-that
is, Germany will have to declare var.
Fierce fighting in Belgium, in which
the Germans have met two severe de-
feats, with a loss in killed, wounded
or prisoners estimated at 5000, nave
marked the progress of the war In
Europe. The Belgian loss was said TO
be much less than that OF the IN
vaders.
The Germans renewed the attack
fercely, aided by reinforcements that
had been brought up by the crown
prince.
King Commands Belgian Troops.
A French column has effected
junction with the Belgians thirty-fVe
miles from Liege. 1t is expected to
add materially in the defense OF that
place. King Albert has taken per-
sonal command of the Belgian forces
Under the treaty with France he will
have command of the French troops
also.
All the reports of the fighting thus
far have come from Belgian sources.
1CheJ say that the Belgian losses were
mail compared with those OF the
Germans.
Aviators played a prominent part
In the fighting, one Belgian alrman
sacrificing his life in the successful
direction of artillery fire from high
altitude. Another report from Liege
says that King Albert saw German
aeroplane carrying six men destroyed
BY his troops.
Another German aviator was
brought to earth and to death within
the Belgian lines by rifle shot. This
sent other aviators flying back into
the German lines.
All Belgium has been aroused to
. high pitch of patriotism. Women are
demanding the right to enlist and the
Boy Scouts are acting as dispatch car
iers and have captured several sup
posed spies.
Martial law has been declared in
Holland and the Dutch are prepared
to resist any German invasion.
Naval Fight In North Sea.
British destroyers and German
flying spadron came into contact in
the North Sea off the Dutch coast and
the fighting resulted in the wounding
Of seventy British, the killing or
wounding of 100 Germans and the cap
ture of 200 Germans.
The third British fiotilla of destroy
ers came up with a German flying
squadron which was conveying the
Hamburg-American line steamer
Koenigen Luise, converted into a mine
layer, in her mining operations.
The Koenigen Luise was sunk by
the British fire and $50 men probably
persisted with her.
Sveaborg, on the coast of Finland,
10 reported to be under bombardment
by German warships. Sveaborg is
known as the GIBRALTAR of the Baltic"
and commands the entrance of the
bay leading to Helsingfors, capital Of
Finland, and thence a direct route to
st. Petersburg.
A dispatch to Madrid from the Ca
nary Islands says a British squadron
has sunk one German cruiser and
captured another and was conveying it
to Gibraltar.
Wireless reports to Messina, Italy,
say q German cruiser attempting to
reach tn esouthern coast of France to
lombard towns was overtaken by a
French squadron A battle is now be-
ing fought.
The Tribuna in Rome received a re-
port that the German cruisers Bres-
lau and Goeben, reported as captured,
have arrived at San Salvatore, near
Messina, and that no important naval
engagement has yet taken place in
the Mediterranean.
Germans Destroy Algerian Towns.
German warships have destroyed
several towns in Algeria, Africa, fortt
fed for the embarkation of French
troops.
Reports from Warsaw, Russian Pc
land, say that the Russian frontier pa
trolls, driving the enemy's cavalry be
fore them, crossed the frontier at
Lyk Biala, penetrating ten miles into
Germany.
The Russian Grand Duke Constan'
tine is reported a virtual prisoner oil
the Germans at cure" in W1dungen,
Germany.
From the AuStrO-Servlan scene oi
conflict comes report again that Bel
Erade, the Servian capital, Is being
bOmbarded.
General Joffre, French chief-of-staf1,
reported that his troops were holding
the Germans in check all along the
frontier. The main body OF the French
army Is several miles within its own
border, and will not advance until the
mobilization is complete. This would
seem to indicate that the first pitched