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BAVARIA STEALS TO SEA.

Special Cdble Despdfch 10 THE Sun.
HAVANA, Aug. 6.-The Hamburg Amer.
lean liner Bavaria arrived here last night
from Corunna, Spain, ten hours late She
had n thrilling experience while drilling
along the coast of Florida, when she
nearly encountered the French cruisers
Condo and Descartes. which were escort
ing the oil ship Garonne
The Bavaria saw the Frenchmen carry
in the night when she was going along
with every light hidden. She Immediately
slowed down enough to prevent her en-
gnes from throwing out enough smoke
to make her position plain, ana at the
same time headed inshore for the pur-
pose Of getting within the three mil.
limit.
As a further precaution great sheets OF
canvas were let down the sides covering
! all lights. so that the Frenchmen passed
within mile never dreaming that a
rich German prize was 20 near.
The captain OF the Bavaria recognized
tho cruisers from his experience In Mex.
can waters. Ills ship was within wire
less hearing throughout the voyage and
knew OF the declarations OF war, so she
went considerably out of her usual cours,
10 hNoid meeting nostlle NdfSnlps,
When the captain saw the Condo ana
the Descartes the captain OF the Bavaria
thought the oil ship Garonne was a Ger
man V, ssel which had been captured.
During the excitement occasloned by that
incident sonora Fernandez, a passenger,
gave birth to girl who was after
ward christened Maria Bavaria.
| 1t is thought that the Bavaria will
I remain here. Her captain IL awaiting In
structions from her owners
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ment that the steamers Iceland and
Elder. which left Rremerhaven on
August 3, have reported that the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse has been painted
black and converted into an armed
cruiser
The DAILY Mad has despatch from
Tientsin that the German cruiser
Emden and the Russian cruiser Ackold
have been in battle Off Wei-hai-wei and
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lance against the hated Germans
Women Of all classes have enrolled by
the thousands as Red Cross nurses and
are now ready for service. awaiting the
bringing In of the wounded from Lego
Queen Elizabeth was one Of the first
to offer her services az a nurse and KIM,
Albert has turned the royal palace over
to the Red Cross for use as a hospital
Hotels also have been turned over m
the same organization and automobiles
and carriages have been given volun-
tarily by the citizens Of Belgium for use
as ambulances. Public subscriptions
have been started already for the relief
OF the families of the killed and
wounded
The Germans were defeated again to-
day in an effort to storm the Belgian
position at Liers. ten miles from Wise.
The city is protected by fortificatlons
and the Belgian artillery Of the forts is
reported To have inflicted heavy losses
on the attacking parties.
Following the vigorous resistance
which the Germans have encountered
there word has been received at the
War Office that four more regiments OF
cavalry have hem added to the German
forces which have their base near Wise
The Germans. according to these re-
ports, arc concentrating their forces
there, have fortified their position and
have built pontoon bridge across the
Meuse.
The attack on Liege yesterday was
participated in by one full German army
corps, according to information received
by the War Office, while the Belgian
defence was carried out by one brigade
composed OF such forces as could be
gathered quickly. with the support Of
the forts. The Belgians did not CON
fine their operations to their fortified
lions, however, but on several occa-
sIons made vigorous counter attacks.
driving the Germans before them back
TO their own lines
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BeIgisns Deadly Msri.smeB.

The German occupation Of Nerviers
was accomplished peacefully, according
TO dispatches received here There are
now 10000 Germans in Verviers, the
dispatches say. The Germans have also
occupied Pepinsmere Many Germans
wounded in Tuesdays battle were taken
to Naastricht, over the Dutch border.
and 5000 Belgian non-combatants from
various villages also fled 10 Naastricht.
The Germans were severely handled
in crossing the Mouse. They were re-
pulsed in several attempts. Repeated
efforts to construct bridge strong
enough for the cavalry failed and the
cavalry finally started To swim the
river. The Belglans, showing an
astonishing accuracy in their cannon
and rife tire, killed all who made the
attempt
Acroplanos are proving Of Immense
service to the Bclgian defence. particu-
larry in signalling among the forts. \
Belgian acrOplane charged a German
machine 1000 feet in the air and cut It
in two. The German craft fell To the
ground The Belgian aviator and his
machine are reported to have escaped
injury.
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merchant steamers have been seized at
Archangel, Russia.
GERMAN TANKER SEIZED

PARIS, Aug. e.-French torpedo boats
operating from Bizerta captured the
German tank steamer Gear Nicholas
H., laden with 1000 tons Of oil, to-day.
The tank was proceeding from Batum
to st. Louis du Rhone. France
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OPERA SINGER IS HELD UP.
Albert Rriss Appeals From Hnln"'
for Assistance.

Special cable Despatch Ia THr ST.
PARIS, Aug. &, Albert RciSs or
Metropolitan opera is held up
Raincy, near Paris.
He is appealing for assistance
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SIGHT GERMAN WARSHIPS.

Special Cdbh DeSpdfch 10 Inr srN.
ST.. PETERSBURG, Aug. 6.-Four Ger
man cruisers are reported to the west
ward of Copenhagen. Three German
submersbles have been sighted at the
southern entrance to the Sound.
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Resistance Is Surprising.

Only one thing is quite clear ,n the
confusion. An unexpectedly heroic Rel
gian resistance has temporarily dr
layed the advance of the Army of the
Meuse. While the main force Is CON.
ing up behind, LieGe still holds out and
Belgian and French troops have united
and are hurrying to its support, with
the possibility of English aid presently
If the Belgian resistance continues, II
Is clear that the real fighting VII, he
gin not in French territory hut in Bel
gian, not about Maubeuge and Gilet,
but on the line of the McuSc between
Namur and Liege.
If Liege holds out permanent me
Germans can still mask it as the Bui'
garians did Adrianoplc when they ADJ
yanccd to Lule Burgas. But the peril
of such a movement is visible. because
such an advance would leave their faux
and rear open to attack by Belgian
troops coming up along rhc Samhrc and
Mouse from all quarters, and rron-
forced by the French and certain TO
have English help soon.
If the Army of the Mcusc has been
arrested, 1t must also necessarily delay
The advance of the Army of the Nose
from Luxembourg, which would other
wise leave its right flank and rear
open to French attack. Since me
forts of the French frontier urc u'
broken the Army Of the Rhine MUS
also wait.
The reports are too inconclus.'r ''
warrant any real forecast. But -
far as they show anything they .ndl-
cate that unexpected Belgian rc,>.-
ance has brought the whole German
"dttdguc brusquec" 10 momenary
halt Remembering that with the ku-
sian troops gathering toward the "NN,
the German necessity is quick ana dr
ciSive success In the west, il Is then
plain to see how damaging the l'r
gian stand may prove if it continues
long. The moral effect Of such an M
presslvc check NJ the outset Of cam
pagn must also he reckoncd with.
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BELGIANS SEIZE SHIPS.

ANTWERP. Aug. 6.-The Belgian
authorities seized four German steamers
in the port OF Antwerp to-day.
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REPORT OF SEA EIGHT.

MADRID, Aug. Ga German cruiser
has been sunk by a British squadron
off the Canary Islands and Il second
has been captured, according to "A dos
patch received here to-day. The prize
Is heluc nnnNnNnd 10 GlhrAlLar.
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showed Approaching storm.

IN the same fashion they also began
on last Sunday sklrmshing on the Dor
der facing Strassburg, Grey was seized,
raiding parties crossed the boundary
and a dirigible dropped bombs In Lune-
Vile, the first considerable town on the
line of the approach of the Army Of the
Rhine. Enthusiastically and even before
war was declared the first firing showed
exactly when the storm was coming in
these two quarters.
II remains to consider the Army of
the McuSe, which had assigned Ia 1t
the most difficult preliminary role. Re,
tween Cologne, its base, and the from
tier is y distance of twenty-five miles.
Plainly the advance guard. probably
the army corps regularly quartcred at
Cologne. reached this point on Sun.
day. for on Monday came the first
statement of the violation OF Belgian
territory, prNccded by demand to he
permitted To cross made by the Kaiser
upon the Belgian Governments,
The permission being denied and Bel,
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SEIZURES IN THE SOUTH.
Special Gable Dsspdtch TO THs So,

RIO DE JANEIRo, Aug. ct IL reported
here that the British cruiser Glasgow
has seized several merchant ships out
side territorial waters off Rio de ia
NERO
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FIVE SHIPS UNSPOKEN.

MONTREAL. Aug. 6.-The Allan Line
steamship sclian has put back to
Quebec. She left Montreal SUNDAY
for London, but turned back
when somewhere near Cape Race.
Nothing has yet been heard from five
steamships which left Montreal on Sat
urday. These are the Megantic, for
Liverpool the Granpian and the
Athena, for Glasgow; the Manchester
Corporation. for Manchester and tho
Lake Manitoba. for Liverpool.
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CLAN resistance assured. the invading
force dcployed rapidly until It spread
ont over an area of some thirty miles.
!ts right flank resting upon the Dutch
frontier at Wise, It's left upon spa and
Stavelot, and its bulk on the line oi
the railway from Liege 10 Cologne
which, going south, descends the YES
DIRE River 10 It's junction with the
Meuse at IAege.
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Three possibilities had 90 hc Consd.
cred by the German commander ~ The
Army of the Meusc. The Bcglans
might make no resistance. They nigh,
content themselves with n formal and
insignificant resistance. Or rhcy might
In attempting to make n real resistance
fail utterly because their mobilization
was incomplete. In any case his
necessity was to push on at top speed
and endeavor to lay hands upon Llege,
n strongly fortified town. before II
was prepared, and at the same time
endeavor to isolate II by an envclopng
movement. which neccssitated crossing
the Mouse AZ Wise.
Plainly from these dispatches The
brusque offensive was attempted. SO
far as man can now judge 1t failed.
Could the Germans lay hold Of Licge
all Belgium TO the sea would lie open
10 them. AS they were anxious not to
fight in Belgium. but TO get across Rel.
GUM to France as quickly as possible,
it would have been necessary TO leave
only little garrison in the forts Of
Liege, thus protecting their flank. and
press on up the Mouse Valley to the
open French frontier.
SO valuable in the scheme of German
operations was Liege that the sacrifice
Of some thousands of men 10 capture II
was held worth while. This explains
The apparent reckleSsness of the open.
ing attacks and the slaughter which
Belgian dispatches declare accompanied
their repulse. Precisely the same thing
was attempted by the japanese at Port
Arthur and also failed
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1t is reported here that Crown Prince
FREDERICK William is on his way 70
Liege at the head OF his new command
the first division OF the Imper,al
Guards. He was elevated on Tuesday
10 the rank Of Northumberland Re-
ports indicate that the total forces
which the Germans are rushing across
the border to support the 40 900 already
around Liege number close to so 600
more, making a total Of 80 900 men who
soon Will be attacking the city.
A German Zeppelin was DESTROYED
tnis AFTERNOON while II was recon-
NOTHING over the Belgian fertilization,
on the Herve plateau. Belgian gun
ners trained an air craft gun upward
upon the dlrigible and sent n sheu
through the metal envelope. The ga.
bag exploded and the balloon fell n
eNrth near the fortress. completely
wrecked. Her entire crew ~ twenty
fix men were killed
Not daunted by this disaster tho Ger
man commander sent an aeroplane IN
replace the balloon and again the air
craft gun was brought into play from
the Herve fortifcations smashing the
aeroplane In the air and killing it's pilot.
After the second demonstration of the
effectiveness OF the gun against both
kinds OF air craft the German aero
planes remained over their own lines
and out of range Of the gun
Reports from AVanhay, Luxembourg.
say that twenty thousand German
troops passed through that town to-day,
moving toward Aywaille, Belgium.
Aywaille is twenty miles from Liege, on
the road from Trois-Vierges, Luxem-
burg, TO Liege
Two German officers in disguise were
arrested here to-day. They had i'm
portant military notes and maps in their
possession and Will be shot as spies.
The anti-German feeling throughout
Belgium is intense. Reports received
from Antwerp say that the entire Ger
man colony in that city is being ex-
PEELED. There are % 900 Germans in
the colony and considerable doubt is
expressed OF the Belgian authorities
taking such drastic action.
Many Germans, however. are being
arrested on charges OF espionage. They
are brought before tribunals and cues
toned. The police are experiencing
great difficulty In protecting these
prisoners from the wrath Of the mobs.
All Germans seen in Brussels are cues
TONED before allowed 70 go on their
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He is reported to have led $4,000
men to reinforce the Germans at
lacking Liege.
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WHAT THE FIRST
FIGHTING MEANS
From the Evening Sun" OF yes
ferday.

TO understand the fighting which
marks the beginning Of the great
Franco German conflict It Is necessary
to grasp clearly just one simple geo
graphical fact.
From the Rhine, which Is the base
OF German operations. three routes
lead west and south into France. The
first starts Mt Cologne crosses the Bel
gian frontier Just beyond Aix-la-Cha-
pelle. reaches rhe Meuse nj IAege and
asccnds the Meuse 10 enter France be-
tween Maubeuge and Glvet by n nat
ural gap In the divide between the
headwaters OF the Disc and the Sam
hre. This Is the route followed by
the main railroad between Paris and
Berlin. II was employed by the AL
lies in the second campaign in the
French Revolution. The invaders were
defeated by the French army cele-
hratcd IN song and story as the Army
Of the "Sambre ct Meuse' at the de-
clsivc battle of Fleurus.
The second natural avenue to France
starts at Coblenz and ascends the val
ley Of the Moselle until II arrives at
Luxembourg. 1t then crosses into
France by Longwy and the gap Of
Stenny. This route was followed by
the Duke of Brunswick In the first In
vnslon of France at the time of the
Revolution and by Bleucher in 1911.
The first attempt penetrated through
Longwy, passed Nerdun, which sur
rendered, and was checked at the
famous "Cannonade of Nalmy.'
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BELGIANS STUBBORN RESISTANCE ASTOUNOS GERMAN

but says that reports that the entire
Seventh German Army Corps was
routed are not wholly confirmed The
Gazette says:
The Belgian Eleventh Brigade. after
successfully resisting the German at
tack, pursued the fleeing Prussians with
ouch energy that the General command
ing the Begians was obliged to order
our troops to turn back, MS they were
getting outside the range of the guns
OF the Belgian forts. The enthusiasm Of
our troops was magnificent.
"a number of wounded Germans fed
90 Dutch territory. and this gave rise
20 the belief that the enemy had been
completely routed. They suffered. how
ever, considerable losses. which are esti-
mated at 5000. our losses are relatively
small.
AT 4 o'clock in the morning the Ger
mans attacked the Chaudfontare and
Boucelles forts from the southeast.
while their artillery bombarded the fort
81 Female on the opposite bank Of
the River Meuse. five miles southeast
of Licge. The Belgiaus captured seven
guns and several prisoners
Proposals for the surrender Of Liege
have been again firmly refused"
Gen. Linear commanding the Bel
glan defence at Liege. In his official
report says that 2j,OOO Belgians were
engaged against 10000 Germans and
that the success Of the Belgians was
complete. Every attack along the ex-
tended front Of the defence was re-
pulsed. he reports and the Seventh
Army Corps was forced 10 retreat into
Dutch territory.
Reports from the front state that the
Belgians picked up 500 German wounded
and took them within the belgian lines
for treatment.
Ring Addresses Army.
In taking personal command OF the
troops King Albert said:
"A neighbor, naughty in its strength.
without the slightest provocation. has
torn up the treaty bearing rs sigma
lures and has violated the territory Of
our fathers because we refused to for
felt our honor. 1t has attacked us. See
ing its independence threatened the ma
ton trembled and its children eprang to
The frontier. valiant soldiers I'm a sacred
cause. have confidence In your tena-
cious courage. | greet you in the name
Of Belgium. fellow citizen who is
proud of you
Among the reports that reached the
capital from the front is one that a Bel
gian girl IS years old who shot at n
German officer when the Germans took
Wise was killed by firing squad. II Is
reported that the Belgians took 300 Ger
man prisoners in the neighborhood OF
Wise.
The Belgian Government has issued
decree authorizing French troops TO
enter Belgium and ordering that every
facility be given them
Reports received here say that many
OF the German prisoners expressed sur
prise when told they were I'm Belgium
and said they supposed they were in
France. The reports said that deser-
tons have been numerous since the
German troops began to learn that they
were fighting Belgium. German detach-
ments have been posted along the Dutch
frontier To shoot down deserters.
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Pierces Saverne Gap.

/ famous "Cannonade of Nalmy."
Pierces saverne Gap.
The third approach follows the
Kline Valley from Mayence TO Strass-
burg and Then turns west through the
famous Saverne gap 10 cross the from
tier of France near Luneville and
/ Nancy and directly in the centre of the
open space left by he French between
/ Eplnal and Toul. This was the
route used by all invaders prior TO the
/ time when France seized AlSace in the
seventeenth century, and 1t was 10
close this gap rhat Louis NV. ana
Richelieu struggled to acquire the
Rhine frontier.
II will be seen. then, that, conform
ing to the geographical conditions, the
Germans are directing at France three
great armies. the Army of the Mouse,
based on Cologne; the Army of the
Mosellc. based ON Coblenz, and the
Army Of the Rhine, based on Maye. go
and on Stra ssburg. The first would
naturally become visible when it
touched Belgian territory; rhe second,
when Luxemburg was invaded; the
third would remain masked behind the
fortiflcations of Metz and Strassburg.
/ The first two would arrive in France
behind the Belfort-V erdun barrier OF
forts and presumably compel the French
Army on this line to fall back-openlng
permitting the concentration OF all
three German armies we'll within
French territory and north OF Paris,
the German objective.
Now It remains TO consider what has
happened. ON Sunday German adj
vance guard walked into Luxembourg
and occupied the princlpality. Since
German mobilization had only just been
ordered, this was plainly only flying
expedition made up of garrsons of
frontier posts. Having occupied Lux
emburg, they began TO skirmish in front
Of Longw.;, and this lighting has con.
tnued growing SITTER as the mass of
the army of the Moselle came up.
showed Approaching storm.
IN the same fashion they also began
on last Sunday skrmishing on the bor-
der facing Stra ssburg. Grey was seized
.,I.ltnr ,,n ~ ins ,r,gcnl tho 49,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-26
WEST PHILADELPHIA

Mr. and Mrs Tracy Lay, who have been
motoring though New England for the last
three weeks, have returned to their home, at
I0i5 Pine street.
Mr. and Mrs e. p. B. warne, who have been
rpending the summer at their camp in Maine
have returned TO their home, at 1921 Baltimore
avenue.
Miss olivia Hardy, 415 Preston street. will
entertain on Wednesday night at an Informal
bridge and kitchen shower In honor of Miss
Louise Collins, whose wedding to James f.
Ryan will take place November %. Those pres-
ent will be Mrs John Reading, Jr, Mrs. Frazer
Bilym Miss Margaret Lukes, Miss Elizabeth
T,ukes, Miss Jane Ewing. Miss Leonide Dagit,
Miss Margaret Brockerhon, Miss Vera Berry.
Miss Mary Tisdale Miss Harriet Graham, Miss
Marie Bonner, Miss Helen Patterson, Miss
Agnes Bergen Miss Ardis Tanguay, Miss Hes
ter Raleigh. Miss Alice Bonsor, Miss Ethel
Bonsor Miss Anne Collins and Miss Madeleine
Murray.
DR.. and Mrs. George ]. w. Kirk have issued
announcements of the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Flora May Kirk and Thomas NJ.
Seeds, Jr., which took place Wednesday oc-
tober 81. Mr.. and Mrs Seeds will be at home
at Kingscourt, Chestnut and Seth streets after
January 1.
Mrs. James Hurrel Dawes, Of 1900 Arch
street, VIII give halloween dance on the efo-
ming of October 81.
In order to encourage the movement to help
the cotton industry in the South. the guests
have all been requested to wear calico" or Its
equivalent
Announcement is made of the marriage of
Miss Sarah A. Owens and NJ. ]. Boylan on
Wednesday, in the Church of Our Mother of
Sorrows, at which Bishop Mccort oficiated.
After n short wedding trim Mr.. and Mrs Boy
Ian will live at 5sth street and Chester avenue.
Miss Sophy Bispham debutante daughter of
the Rev. and Mrs. Clarence w. Bispham, OF
424 Pine street, will entertain a house party
over the weekend when the Army-Navy game
is played here.
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NORTH PHILADELPHIA

Miss Florence NJ. Stahl, of 225 North Fifth
street, whose wedding to the Rev. Walter Her
bert Grunow, OF Sunbury, will be solmenized
next Friday, October 3O in st. Johns Lutheran
Church. will give dinner on Wednesday even
Ing, October 2S to her bridal party. The guests
will be Miss Henrietta Adele Stahl, who will be
maid of honor; Miss Ethel NJ. Rauth, Miss
Marie Elisabeth Stoudt. Miss Henrietta SulIi-
van. of Philadelphia, and Miss Louise j. Ratz,
of Weehawken. n. j.; Ralph NJ. Durr, of Jersey
City, who will be best man. and the ushers. the
Rev. Hugo NJ Wendell, of Trenton, n. j.;
Adolph C. Stahl, Henry Grunow, of Pittsheld,
Mass. and William Reumann.
Miss Sarah A. K Martin and Miss Edith l..
Martin, of 1903 Jefferson street, entertained at
dinner followed by pinochle, Saturday evening.
Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dar-
lington and Ellis Darlington. of West Chester,
Pa; Alfred Mellor Sibbet Miss Estelle Lawson
and Harry Weaver.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gustav Savage. of 2555
North 18th street, have issued invitations for
the marriage of their daughter. Miss Florence
Adele Savage. to DIR. Richard Dale Hopkinson
Wednesday, November l. at the Bethlehem
Chapel. Broad and Diamond streets.