Evening star., 1914-08-10
KAISER At FRONT;
BATTLE LINE SET
IN SWITZERLAND
France May Now Declare War
on Austria Because of
Gathered Troops.
GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY
BRINGS 10000 TO BORDER
Will Reinforce Germans at Istein
Who Are Massing in the Hills
Following Defeat in Alsace.

LONDON, August 1O.-A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company from
Rome says that Emperor William has
arrived at Aix-la- -Chapelle to join his
army.
1t is not known whether he is on his
way to the Belgian campaign or to the
impending campaign in Alsace-Lor-
raine and Switzerland.
A dispatch from Rome to the Daily
Mail says that Emperor William left
Berlin in a motor car yesterday for
the Alsatian frontier.
The Daily Nails Rome correspondent
adds that, according to dispatches from
Basel. Switzerland, the Germans have
evacuated Sankt Ludwig. in Alsace.
four miles northwest of Basel. and
that a battle is imminent on the
Franco-Swiss frontier.
A dispatch to the Times from Bern.
Switzerland. says 10000 Austrian troops
have concentrated near Basel and that
German and French troops also are near
the Swiss frontier. and big battle may
occur at any moment.
France Demands Explanation.
government having reason to believe that
part of the Austrian mobilization Is dl-
rected against the French frontier, the
minister for foreign affairs yesterday ex-
pressed to the Austrian ambassador.
who is still in Paris, the desire for in
formation regarding the intentions of the
Austrian government as soon as posi-
BILE.
The Austro-Hungarian ambassador was
still in London today and the BRUSH
government seems disposed to leave the
Initiative to Hungary in the ques-
ton as to whether war is to De declared
between the two countries
The delay of the French government
in asking Austria-Hungary to declare her
intentions is understood in London to
have been due to the fact that the French
fleet in the Mediterranean was engaged
in conveying Algerian troops to france
France, therefore. was not ready TO cope
with the situation in case the reply OF
Austria Hungary proved unsatisfactory.
but, upon the completion OF the trans
portation of French troops yesterday, the
note of inquiry was addressed 70 the
Austro- Hungarian ambassador in Paris.
DISPATCHES from Rome state that for
weight trainloads of Austrian troops
from the Tyrol arrived yesterday at
Leopoldshoehe, in Baden, to the north
west Of Basel, Switzerland. They were
on their way to Alsace to assist the
Germans.
The Rome correspondent Of the Ex-
change Telegraph Company forwards a
dispatch from Basel. Switzerland. say
ing that the Austrian troops arrived
there by way Of Constance They com
prise 10000 men of the 14th Corps.
under command Of the Grand Duke Of
Tuscany, which were withdrawn from
tyrolTyrol to prevent them being
sent against the Servians.
Germans Massing on the Hills.
They will reinforce the German
troops at Istein, where the Germans
are massing on the hills and in the
fortifications, following the French sue
cess in Alsace.
An official statement issued at mid
night in Paris says numerous skirmishes
have occurred on the frontier. but that
no pitched battle has taken place.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Brussels says that Germany Is mobtlizing
another million of men. who include
those of the Landstrum for the invasion
of France.
French Occupy Kolmar.
1t is unofficially reported that Kolmar,
city forty miles southwest Of Strass-
burg in Alsace-Lorraine, has been occu-
pied by the French.
Kolmar, also spelled Colmar. is city
with a population OF 10000 on the Sill
river, and almost directly north of Muel-
hausen, the city which the French are
said to have occupied Saturday. Kolmar
was ceded to France by the peace of
Ryswick in 1897. and restored to Ger
many by the treaty of Frankfurt in 1871.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph has sent the following
dispatch to his paper:
"All reports agree on tho intense en-
thusiasm Of the troops, who hurled them
selves recklessly on the enemy with bayo-
nets in the battles at Altkirch and Muel-
hansen.
"A big cavalry encounter has occurred
on the plateau east of the Meuse prob
ably at Woevre. in the departments Of
Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is re-
ported that the fight resulted favorably
for our allies.
German Advance Halted
THE net result Of the operations, SO
far as is known is that the German ad-
vance has been stopped on the line of the
Meuse and they have been outfianked in
Belgium by the advancing French masses.
Similarly the Germans are strategically
outfianked by the French advance into
Alsace, Thus the hostile f1anks are men,
aced and their front is seriously con-
"The arrival of the British troops is
anxiously awaited by France and Bel
GUM in view of the imminence of
decisive encounter between the French
and German armies"
It is oficially announced that the
French losses in the fighting at Alt
kirch do not exceed 100 killed and
wounded.
Seized an Aeroplane Factory.
The French today were in face of
the outskirts Of the forest Hardt. in
front Of Neu Breisach, which appears
to be occupied in force.
In the capture of Muelhausen the
French seized q great aeroplane fac
tory operated by a noted German man
ufacturer.
The Brussels correspondent of the Daily
Mail says that he has confirmed the
report of French success at Marbehan, in
Belgian Luxembourg. on the railway line
between Ostend and Basel. He says
1t Is reported that the French are pur-
suing the Germans. who are retiring.
The Germans are proceeding into
France chiefly through Esch. a town Of the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ten miles
southwest of Luxembourg, where they
have cut down trees and dug trenches.
They have raided the village of Merl.
Wnodon plQtfnryna 1l0 wards long Tor