The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-15
EACH HOUR BRINGS ADVANCING GERMAN HOSTS NEARER TO
 ALLIED ARMIES.
BIG BATTLE IS NOT FOUGHT
But Exact Spot at Which the GIgan- tic Struggle Will Be Staqed Is Known in the Military Circles of Every Capital.

London, Aug. 14-t1:4O D. m.- Pushing forward by mere weight of numbers, the German advance across Belgium is slowly but steadily pro- ceeding. Soon it must come in con. tact with the allied armies, which, according to an official communica- tion from Brussels. tonight are in battle order at some point unnamed.
 The Belgians in the outpost skirm- ishing are said to have inflicted se- were checks on the German forces; but, on the whole, the German wing has kept on it's way and has reached line from north of Namur to Haeien, which suggests that the first big battle will be fought somewhere between Louvain and Diest where the allies probably will try to block the roads to Brussels and Antwerp and prevent the German attempt to render north Belgium untenable.
 Further south French troops have entered Belgium through CharIeroi, going to the relief of their neighbors and to aid in any attack directed to ward Namur, while in the east the French are reported to have taken possession of ridges in the Vosges mountains and to hold the passes of Lebonhomme and St. Marie M Mines, through which important roads pass and which it is declared gives them great strategical advan- tage.
 The Germans again are hammering away at the Liege forts and, accord ing to their accounts, one of the forts, Pontisse, has fallen. This is denied by the Belgians, who tell of another slaughter of the invaders. who they say attempted to rush the fortress.
 Military strategists believe the Germans are meeting with delay which they did not expect, and that every day the Belgians keep them fighting means an increase of Rus sian forces on their eastern frontier. They express the belief that unless Germany soon disposes of Belgium and France she will have to choose between withdrawing a great part of her army from the west or leaving the road to Berlin open to the fore ss of Russia.
 Already hordes of Russians are re- ported massing toward Prussia on the one side and to Austrian Galicia on the other. In the latter country they are said to be in the vicinity ct the Styr river, which is on the route to Limburg.
 The official news bureau of the army and navy has issued a warning to the public against placing reli- ance in many rumors current daily regarding alleged victories or de- feats, or concerning the arrival of wounded soldiers or disabled ships of Great Britain.
 'These are, without exception. baseless," the warning says.
 lHe pfODdDFe dlIlJuue or Japan and Italy still is a subject of much speculation. Conversations are going on continuously between Japan and Great Britain concerning Japan $ duty under her alliance with Great Britain and the part she will be per mitted to take in the peace confer ences following the war. There are persistent rumors that Italy will join the tripie entente. The Italian ambassador is a frequent caller al the foreign office.
 If it should prove correct that Tur key has purchased the German cruis CTS Goeben and Breslau, war between Greece and Turkey is said to hs likely, for Greece sees in the nov, an attempt on the part of Turkey t, recover some of her islands taken il
 the last war. Russia, to meet sucl
 a contingency, would send troops |, | the Roumanian frontier.
 The British government has calle
 for bids for an issue of $75,000,00
 treasury bills.
 With the arrivaI in English port