The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-07
Monday
UNITED STATES.

ed in Washington. D. C.. from Great Britain that the purchase of Ger man merchant ships by the United States will be considered an un- friendly act The warning was much the same as that sent few days ago by France 10 the Tilted States. and there is a growing feeling that this attempt on the part of France and Great Britain 10 dictate 10 this country may draw the United States into war.
 Advices received in New York from Rio Janeiro tell of the sinking of the British steamship Holmwood off the coast of South America. by German cruiser.
 Upon the arrival of the Japanese liner Chiyo Maru at San Francisco from the Orient Captain Green. com mandinc the vessel stated that his ship had been chased by a German cruiser soon after he sailed from Honolulu. but he was able to out distance it.
 ENGLAND.
 Lord Kitchener expressed the opin ion in London that the way the Germans are sacrificing life on the battlefield. would soon deplete their armies so much that they would lose the war
 
 St. Petersburg dispatches state that Polish soldiers in the Breslau corps of the German army have revolted on account of their sym pathy for the Russians Ii is also reported there that the Slav soldiers in the Austrian army are objecting against fighting the Russians.
 Dispatches from Berlin state that the Russian armies. that are invad- ing Germany and Austria. form battle line 43O miles long. the line being in a fan shape Although reports have been received that there is fighting along the Russian lines. details have not reached Der lin.
 In Paris, the reports have been received stating that the invading German army is only 50 miles from that city. and is making good head way Although it is generally ad mitted that the allied armies are retiring before the invading troops, the positions of the French and British commands are being kept secret by the war office.
 However. from private sources it is learned that the allied armies have given away on the right but on the left of the line, the French troops have forced the Germans 70 take the defensive. In the center, there is a stubborn engagement in progress. which promises to last sey eral days.
 The rapid advance of the German troops is causing more and more uneasiness in Paris, and it is rum ored that the seat of government will be removed from Paris soon to Bordeaux. The railroad stations in Paris are crowded with people try ing to get away to places that prom ise more safety.
 From London comes the report that the French government is press ing every available man into military service
 It is stated in Paris that hun have been put to death by the French by order of the government
 CHINA
 From Tsintau, China, comes the report that a German cruiser which ventured outside the protection of the harbor, fired several shots at a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer. and although fired on by other German vessels, returned to the harbor un- harmed.
 Word has been received at Hon. 
 warships near Hong Kong, China, a British port are stopping all steam ships with passengers to remove from them all Germans and Aus trians who are on their way to Europe to aid in the war there.
 Sounds of heavy firing in the vi cinity of Kiau Chau the German possessions on the China coast, have been heard on the island of Nippon, Japan.
 BELGIUM
 Belgian reports received in Lon don state that King Albert of Bel gium insists on remaining at the front personally directing the move ments of troops, in spite of the ob