Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-05
OFFICIALLY REPORT CAPTURE
OF SEVERAL OUTER FORTS
OF BELGIAN CITY.
BREACH THUS MADE PERMITS
RoMeARpMENr OF CITY ITSELF
Germans Charge Portugal With AS
sistinn Allies in Present Struggle, on
Demand of Great Britain-Den'als OF
Alleged Atrocities Backed by Wit
nesses.

Berlin, by wireless to SaENli!e. l.. l.,
Oct. Am official report from the Ger
man army headquarters says that III
the siege of Antwerp the forts of Lier-
re. Waelhem and koningshoyckt ana
the intermediate redoub,s with thirty
guns. have been taken.
Thus a breach has been made in
the outer circle OF forts the report
add. renduring an attack on the inner
circle of forts and town Itself possible.
Near Augustowo the third Siberian
and parts of the Twenty second Rus-
sian army corps. composing the lett
wing of the Russian army, on CROSSING
the Niemen river we're defeated after
a furious battle lasting two DAYS More
than 1000 wounded Russians were
made prisoners and a large quGntity OF
guns and machine guns were cap
tured.
Portugal to Aid Allies.
Other press matter given out in Of
ficial quarters says:
.,rhe force of native troops from
British India which recently LANDED
at Marselles has left that port for
the northward.
"British ships have arrived at Lisbon
and are probably destined to transport
Portuguese troops. Portugars coop
GRAFTON in the war is imminent. The
NJ mobilization of the Portuguese forces,
it is believed, has been ordered on de-
mand of the British government.
The Roumanian crown prince has
been strongly rebuked for his Russo
phile agitations The Roumanian lead
ers are in favor of continuing the neu-
trai policy of the government.
"A manifesto issued By the Russian
socialist party assumes that the neu-
traIity of the country will be preserved.
condemns the Russophile propaganda
in certain newspapers and emphasizes
the dangerous position of Russia.
The government of the Netherlands
has strengthened the Dutch force
along the frontier districts to disarm
Belgian troops when the latter cross
the frontier from Antwerp.
Alleged Atrocities Denied.
According to a statement made by
his eminence. Cardinal Bettinger, the
highest Roman Catholic authority in
Bavaria, the statement appearing III
priests have been shot and bayonetted
by German soldiers while attending the
wounded In Belgium, are to be consid-
cred as absolutely without foundation.
1T is declared that the British cor
respondents overlook the fact that the
large portion Of the German army is
Roman Catholic.
a manifesto signed by Harnack.
Rode. Beiring. Hauptmann. Klinger,
Sundermann. Roentgen. F'ulda. Deiss-
man. Humperdinck. Liebernann, Man
eel, Liszt. 1'homa. Wundt and other
prominent savants and artists. indig-
nantly protest against What is termed
unceasing lies about the barbaric war
fare of the Germans.
Americans Thank Germany.
"The leader of the American com :
mission sent to Germany on the Tenne-
see to prepare for the return Of Amer
lean tourists has addressed letter to
Franz Won Mendelsohn and the Ger
man American RELIEF committee highly
praising the German nation in arms
ana thanking them for innun1erable
proofs of kindness.
Russia IS issuing 1878 100000 unsr
cured notes.
The return OF the German !mr aria1
bank last week showed sAoa. 600 600 in
specie, which is slo.25n.Ooo more than
in the previous return"