The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-28
SOME FRESH STORIES
 OF EUROPES GREAT WAR

The German army seems to be win ming all along the line, and from the latest reports, has passed through Bel gium and captured many French cit ies and towns.
 It seems the Germans are determined to force their way to Parts via the Belgium route.
 Paris is alarmed, and it looks like the new French cabinet is now pre- pairing for real defense Of Paris it. self. The Germans have demonstrated their preparedness and arc making no more nor less than a whillwind cam paign.
 The German ambassador to the United States, Count von Bernstorff, who arrived in New York from Ger many last Monday, gave this state- ment to the New York Herald. which would seem that he has thorough con- fidence in the eventual result:
 q might say that I know nothing about the scheme of our army. Tho secrecy maintained by the government regarding the movements Of our troops has been so great that I don't even
 
 I can't say what Is intended to be done. What we want is peace as quickly as possible. I believe that after this bat tie the Germans will be IT. Paris in a week. It will be the same story as 1870.
 ''Pan-Slayism Cause of War"
 "The cable has been cut so the enemy could deceive the citizens of the United States by lies regarding who was to reason would they have cut the ca ble? It is a cable to neutral country. from which Germany could not obtain aid in the war. But I think also that the Americans in Germany have a right to be able to communicate with their friends and relatives in the United States. The information received here about the origin of the war to the effect that Germany provoked it, is ab- solutely false. Pan-Slavism is the cause of the war;
 In regard to the question whether he thought England would have joined France if Germany had not put her troops into Belgium territory Count
  to look at the map to see that England was prepared. He added that England fleet was in the North sea and that the French fleet was in the Mediter- ranean.
 We have extraordinary crops this year." answered the ambassador. And as far as our army goes-why we cal feed the troops in France"
 He added that Belgium had been of fered all possible inducements to per init the Germans to go through that country. He declared it was a case of either Germans or French passing through Belgium, and that if Germany had crossed from her own frontier into France the latter's troops would have gone through Belgium and caught the Germans flank He was asked about se;s and Liege. and asserted that Ger many was going to make those who had attacked her pay.
 Enthusiasm For War \
 Remember what we have done so far, said Count von Bernstorff. We have taken the forts of Liege with 5000 men forts that were the most modern, which made it a stupendous task. It also IS a good omen that today the Crown Prince and his men defeated the allies at Metz for in 1870 it was the Grown Prince whe won the decisive battle. Yes. in my coun' try they are like one man for lighting tf the end. If you had journeyed through Germany as I have you would have seer the enthusiasm and great patriotic feel ing In three days more than 100000 vol unteered to fght--men who were no bound to join the army.
 "The question of when peace will come or how it will come l am not competen