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days duration at Krasnik. rus
sian PoIand) ended yesterday in
a complete Austrian victory.
The Russian forces were re-
pulsed along the entire front of
seventy kilometers (forty-two
miles, and are now in full flight
| in the direction of Lublin.
Strict Censorship.
London, Aug. 26.-Since the
withdrawal of the allied armies
to The defenSes of the French from
tier, virtually no news has reach
ed the public of the military op-
erationS in southern Belgium.
Owing to the difficulty of COM
piling a correct list along such
an extended front, no details of
the British casualties, which Pre-
mier Asquith estimated yesterday
at 1000. have yet been received.
This delay is increasing the dis
treSS of anxious relatives of men
at the front.
Stand by Belgians.
The announcement of losses,
however, only seems to have in
tensified their determination,
Judging from the extra work be-
ing performed by the recruiting
officers today. This tenacity of
by Premier Asquith in the house
of commons this afternoon in
making the announcement that he
proposed to ask King George to
convey to the king of the Belgians
the admiration with which Great
Britain regarded the "heroic re-
SiStance of his army and people
to the wanton invasion of their
territory and an assurance of the
determination of this country to
support in every way the efforts
of Belgium to vindicate her own
independence and the public law
of Europe"
Many Men Wanted.
The opponents of compulsory
military service in England me-
mentarily raised their heads in
The house of commons today, but
| the premier reaSSured them. He
! said there was no intention of in
Producing this system. He added,
however, that Secretary of War
Kitchener needed all the recruits
he could get. 1t was a great mis-
take to think, Premier ASquith de-
clared, that Great Britain wanted
! only 100000 men.
The Sensational News.
The rush of the main Russian
army toward the fortress of Posen
in the German province of PoSen,
if true, is regarded here as the
sensational news of the day. II
might account for the Germans
falling back in Eastern Prussia.
The report that the French
have abandoned their positions in
AlSace has not been confirmed
although it is labelled as official
by the news agency which carried
it. Other versions of the same of.
ficial statement do not contain
l the reference and the French
; embassy today declared that il
knew nothing of the matter.
Jap Attack Failed.
New York, Aug. 2e.-The Japa.
\ neSe attack on Tsing-Tao, the for.
, titled port of the territory of KiaO.
Chow, has failed and the Japan
. eSe are preparing for a siege ac'
cording to a cable message r9ceiv
= ed here today by Count Won Bern
Storff, German ambassador to the
United States, from the German
embassy at Peking.
Austria and Japan
Washington, Aug. 26.-The Ja
paneSe ambassador in Vienna
i placed his governments interests
in Austria in the hands of thC
l American embassy today, ant
Bern, Switzerland, according t
official dispatches. The message
h made no reference to a declara
: ton of war on Japan by Austria
t Neither the japanese embassy
: nor the state department have re
8 ceived confirmation of the decla
r ration of war by Austria up t.
: two o'clock today, although mes
j SageS direct from Vienna on othel
Il subjects reached the American