The Alaska citizen., 1914-08-17
Monday
ENGLAND,

Information was received al Lon don to the effect that Canada can furnish England with loooooo bags of flour
 The Prince of Wales has joined his command. the Grenadier Guards. today.
 By order of the king all militant suffragettes are released
 In London a report was put in circulation 10 the effect that Japan is getting ready to aid England.
 BELGIUM.
 Dispatches received al London state that Liege was not really taken by the Germans. though it is surrounded by German troops. More fighting took place today. It is also reported that there are 100000 additional German troops enroute to Liege.
 By way of Amsterdam comes the announcement that General von Elm mich, commanding the German forces at Liege had demanded the surrender of the remaining forts there General Lemen replied that the German commander could not get enough troops there to take the three forts still in the hands of the Belgian soldiers.
 From the Belgian war office was made the statement that the troops in the three remaining forts at Liege were well supplied with food and ammunition and are able to hold out indefinitely.
 A force of 22,ooo men is on it's way to Namur from England, and it is expected that by the end of the week there will be a total of 3O0O00 English, French and Bel gian troops there to attempt to stop the movement of German troops toward the French border,
 King Albert of Belgium stated, be fore leaving to take personal charge of his troops, that it would be nee essary for the Germans to pass over his dead body before they annihilate the Belgian army,
 GERMANY.
 Emperor William has announced his determination to take personal charge of the troops al Alsace.
 That many Germans are opposing the war policy of the emperor is the statement made in dispatch from Berlin,
 To New York comes the report that the Germans will use portable crematories to burn the bodies of their dead on the battlefield. By way of London comes the re port that a large number of German soldiers surrendered to the Belgians at Liege, stating that they were So cialists and did not believe in fighting
 Wireless advices received in New York state that the North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm was captured by the British crusier Els sex and is being taken to Bermuda.
 FRANCE.
 That the diplomatic relations be- tween France and Austria-Hungary have been severed with the announce ment made in Paris
 AUSTRIA.
 In a dispatch from Vienna it is announced that Austria is preparing to dispatch the Fifteenth army corps, composed largely of Slavs, to the French frontier, as it is feared to send them against people of their same race in Russia.
 UNITED STATES.
 As the war in Europe has caused a steady decrease in imports, it is planned to impose war taxes in the United States, by the issuance of war stamps that will have to be placed on all public documents. There are 22 foreign vessels in San Francisco harbor that dare not leave there for fear of being cap tured
 On account of the war situation, it is not expected that congress will adjourn soon.
 The state department at Washing ton has demanded the release of Archer Huntington, the American writer, held at Bavaria as a spy.
 ITALY.
 It is reported in Rome that Austria and Germany are threatening to commence war on Italy if that coun- try does not join them in the pres ent difficulty.
 SERVlA.
 That plague has broken out among the troops on the Austrian border is the report received from Servia.
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