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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-24

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 Miss Ruby Johnson'a Clasa A Playlot-"A Glad surprlse..--.-.
 Mss she0era and b5r HoppeFs
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 A Playlet-aC aChristmas Secrcts' ~ Misses. Evelyn chasteen and Ruth Umstead's ciasses.
 20 characlera
 colored lights wili be thrown on allI the principal parts.
 There wul be no charge for .admis-| siou All gro welcome.
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GRAND BALG. E 0 E.

At the Douglas Rink. The Lyric 8-Diece orchestra win furnish the mu- sic, and a swell supper will be serv- ed at the Eagles Buffet Late forrles will be run for Juneau dancers.
 4 cordial invitation extended 10 all. Don't forget the date, Xmas night 122l-lt
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-24

FOR sSAtElw wou8 1e-soo rev aeas. Brand new and cReQp. Inquire of lIrs,
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-24
MARINE NoTEs

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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-24

Arthur Reckham has done the il. for Harrlett Martlnoau's ..Faats oi tho Flord.n
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-24

Selections rom the kaiser's speech
 es. which will have the title, "The German Emperor as shown in His Public Utterances," is 9 book prom iaed from Scribners press at once.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-24

A spirited collection Of dashing stor- ies and poems Is published (Hough- ton Mifan) as @The Boys Book Of Battles, Il is taken from literature and Illustrated with many historical paintIngs admIrably reproduced.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-24

The Arabian Nights" Illustrated by Milo Winter ln @ number of grotesQue color plates, is among desirable Xmas hookH
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-24

There wnl be no charge for admis- sion. All arc welcome
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
STONE BELGIAN RESERVISTS.
Missiles Reply to shouts Of clown
with the kniser."

Despite tho Mayors proclamation
against bands Of reseryists paradlnF. wav-
Ing foreign fags and making public dem
onstrations there were several violations
yesterday.
Twenty-four Belgian reservlsts com
manded by Sergt, Andre Wffels, were
routed hy bricks. stones and decaycd
melons thrown from the roofs along Tenth
avcnu" between seventeenth and Eigh-
teonth streets. The reservlsts, who EXPECT
20 sail on the Red star liner Vaderland
tomorrow were marching down Tenth
avenue shouting Down with the Kaiser 90
When the missiles began to fan Begians
dropped their hand luggage and scattered.
Lieut. Ebert and twenty reserves came
from the West Twentieth street station
ana the Belglans recovered their luggage
and were escorted back to the Vaderland
Two ambulances were summoned from In,
New York Hospital to attend the injured
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
GERMANS ASK TRUCE TO BURY DEAD-FRENCHA DVANC

and are being cared for there. Several
churches and other public buildings and
many private residences have been turned
into hospitals for Belgian and German
wounded alike.
Lc Peupic SAYS that the heaviest ar
tiilery firing against the city occurred
yesterday afternoon and caused six or
seven fires up to : o'clock last evening.
shortly before 6 o'clock German officers
approached with a white rag and de
manded that the city be sure ndercd. The
demand WAS refused and the firing was
resumed Marital law. Lc Psuplo says,
has been declared throughout Is lgiun.
The Church Of ST Paul reported
badly damaged by German artillery fire,
was founded In 96s and was rebuilt in
1850 II became a cathedral In 1902. Tho
church is surmounted by a tower 800
feet in height. which was added In 1912.
Some OF the stained glass windows of the
church date back TO 1870 and much Of
the elaborate decoration was done in the
sixteenth century.
The pHlais lie Justice was begun in
1926 by Cardinal Eberhard de 10 Marck.
There are two picturesque courts in the
building, surrounded by vaulted arrades
in blending Of late Gothic and Rcnais-
shnce styles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08

Forts and artillery alone cannot pre-
vent the advance Of infantry That has
to be done by troops. The mobile fort
ress reserve. whose task Is to fight be
hind field Entertainments rapidly CON
struCt"d when and whore the attack OF
the enemy IL outlined 10y his moves, is TO
strike. This fortress reserve. so called
as il comprises troops remaining after
the forts have been manned has TO be OF
sufficient strength TO accomplish It's task.
Up to the present that fortress re-
serve was able To- do SO Rut n Is logical
10 believe that the Germans sudden at
tack found the garrison ON "A peace foot e.
ing only and the reeufOrcements, which
could have been rushed TO LieGe from
other military centres have not been in
such numbers Ms TO bring the garrison 40
the strength required.
The success Of the German plan ~
campaign As outlined by the moves made
up To the present made u rapid advance
through the valley OF the Meuse impera-
tive. and so the immediate fall of Liege
is q necessity underlined by the evident
efforts made 10y the German troops tn
break through the Liegc fortlflcatiun by
assault, manner OF capturing fortifca-
tons hazardous and extremely costly In
lives and the reported sllcncing Of tho
forts OF Herve ana ChanfOntain indicate
that the German forces We're able to pierre,
the outer line OF defence OF Iiege and are
now confronted only by the inner line
/ Three days of continuous fighting, day
/ and night. must have taxed the garrison
/ of ilegc To the utmost and It's power oi
/ resistance must by now have been i'm,
paired so that II no rcenforcements are
able to reach II the inner lines of ths
defence of IdcEe might be broken ny the
/ Germans, The battering In OF this line
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
WAR or 1856 AGAIN.
Kaiser Faces same Problems rs
Frederick the Great.
By An AMERICAN MILITARY EN-
PERT.

The military situation which Coufronts
Germany to-day is similar to that which
confronted Frederick the Great in the
Seven Years war In 1856. an echo ~
which was the French and Indian war IN
this continent. Opposed to Frederick were
the allied armies ~ .Saxony. France,
Austria and Russia. Though greatly out
numbered. the Prussians not only held
their own. but cumplet Il the war by
gaining the province ~ Silesia. Yet the
war was largely the result of the aR-
gressiunS of Prussia Prussia had taken
n large part of Saxony and annexed IL
to Prussia.
Carlisle In his Frederick the CIR, at
says Seldom was there such con'-
bination against any man as then against
Frederick after his Saxon performances
In 1856. The extent of his sin which
rs now ascertained to have been what
we saw. was a. that time considered e.
transcend all computation and to mark
him ont for partition. for suppression and
enchanment as the general enemy OF
mankind.
Some such feeling seems to animate
the peoples and Governments opposed q
Germany to-day. Frederick preceded his
aggressions by building up the greatest
and best disciplined military machine OF
his age the present Kaiser has built
similar machine and pitted Il against
the combined armies of Britain, France
and Russia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
Has secondary Defence.

While the French have no continuous
limo Of dcfcuCes ON the Belgian border they
have a secondary line OF defence In the
La Fcre-Roims curtain, half way between
Paris and Belgium. The city OF Paris
is surrounded with a g.rdle of forts tina:
will protect 1t from capture except by
siege.
As every day will help France to catch
up with tho German start. the resistance
that the latter are enCountering I'm Bel
GUM Is Of enormous value to France. II
the main German attack is coming through
Belgium and II Iiege and Namur can
hold ont for two weeks France will have
time to carry out her concentration plans.
and possibly to receive relief through 'he
diversion OF Austro- German forces to OPP
pose Russia's further advance.
Great Britain has war force of 223,-
GOO with 900 reserves, corresponding
10 our National Guard The newly au-
thorized volunteers will be oI little mill
tary value for three months II seems
unlikely that Great Britain can spare a
land force OF more than $4,000 trained
mon for service on tho Continent, These
cannot he moved unit, arrangements for
thcir supplies have been perfected II
seems probable that the decisive cam
paign Of the Germans will he well
launched before the British can join the
French
The immense advantage to tho entente
Of Great Britain's participation In the
war Il that 1t gives them command
OF the sea II the war vessels OF Austria
and Germany can he bottled up and
watched by the vessels Of the entente
the commerce Of the entente will be un-
hiudored and they will be strengthened,
while Austria and Germany will he shut
up and exposed 20 being starved out.
Russia is admittedly slower than the
western European Powers In mobilizing
and concentrating her forces. She has
immense mower when finally concentra-
ted. and unless Germany and Austria
have n short successful campaign in
France they will have to reckon with
an army Of 100000 Russians launched
az Rcrlin budapest or Vienna,
Whatever the moves made, the clash
Of opposing forces should come In the
next week with important battles be
/ tween forces Of half a million men befor,
/ the end Of August,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
VIII kaiscr's Army Enter
France or VIII the french
Re Invaders?
CAN BELGIANS HOLD OFT?
Prince LazarOvich- Hrcbcliano-
vich. Military Expert, Ana
ives situation.
ny PRINCE LAzARovICu-HR
IANOyICH.

General Rrialmont. ono Of the greatest
modern military engineers made the
plans and under his direction n series OF
Qualifications were constructed which
transformed belgium into a huge fortress
with Brussels as centre.
General Brlalmont also DESIGNED and
planned the Notifications at Bucharest
General Brialmonts Theoretical claim
for the defence of country was as
follows:
\. Fortify the capital.
u. foriify the points where main lines
Of communication pass strategic bar.
ricr. river. sc
.. Make an entrenched camp q, the
most Important centre " communication
In each zone ~ Invasion and support 1t
by one or two places arranged 50 as to
make a fortified district
u. close with barrier forts the lines
necessary to an enemy across mountains
or marshes
Make u central place behind a noun
TAIN ehdin as pivot for the army watch
ing it,
Defend the mountain roads by pro
Nisionnl Qualifications.
Make a large place in each theatre
Of war which is far from thu principal
theatre ana whore the enemy might wish
to establish himself
II. FurutN coasts and harburs
objections to these proposals will he
readily supplied by the officials OF the
national treasury and the commanders In
chief ~ the active armies
Is there "a possibility of Liege falling ?
Why When the German army decided
to use for the advance OF her western
army group the valley ~ the Meuse the
German headquarters believed that the
kaiscr's diplomatic service had smoothed
the way and that Belgium would either
acquicscc IN good will or that II she
should refuse her army, not being mob
lied and concentrated To repel an inVa-
sion into Bc!glnn territory. could he con
sidered a. a negligible quantity and he
swept aside; that by rapid action the
fortified position ot Liegc could be sur
prised. The garrison of L'ege. small and
still on peaceful footing would be in
sufficient for the defence Of that magnin-
cent fortified place.
Tho fortified camp Of Llere with It's
doubie line Of dcfences was designed 10y
and constructed under the direction OF
the greatest of modern military engineers
tho Belgian Gen RriHlmont II has
twelve forts. surrounding the town at n
distance Of five and half miles for the
outer line and three and half mile.
for the inner line. The distance from
/ one fort 10 another II not greater than
5000 yards. so tha. the fire from the large
I six inch and four inch guns mounted In
steel turrcts IN these forts can SWEEP
/ the intervening country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
BELGIANS PROVE VALOR.
France 4. More Than Ever Encour-
aged Now.

Special Cdbis Desp1iches 10 THr SIS.
LoNpoN. Aug The DdtiV Maj prints
q despatch from its Paris correspondent
In which he says that the thrce belgian
fortresses Iiege, Namur and Iluy seem
likely to hold a proud place in the his
tory uf the war for their work In holding
back the head Of the German invasion.
thus giving the French army time In
which to make up for the thirty hours
dlsadvantace in mobilization to which
earlier German mobilization had put it,
Even n LicRc fails tn correspondent
says Namur and IIuy will carry ON the
resistance. and meanwhile the Reg'an
success has greatly encouraged the
French, who now are more than over GER
tain Of victory.
The Maastrict correspondent ~ the
Ddiiy MdH. teicphonng at l023 =. VI
Thursday. SAYS that all day thousands
OF German soldiers had been crossing the
Meuse on 'pontoon bridge about 200
yards from the Dutch frontier
~ spoke to one OF the German officers. 30
the correspondent telephones. who said
that the Germans Intended to capture
Liege at all costs.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08

The German forces could be Concen-
tratcd Ina two armies In fourteen days
from the first mobilization The main
armies would apparently land on the Bel
giau ard Luxembourg frontiers and would
consist OF twelve to sixteen army corps.
100000 "a $4,000 men. The remaining
fpuy to eight corps would cove" the Alsace
Lorraine boundary for the concentration
Of the Austrian forces. making combined
army uf thirteen to seventeen corps 400
U0U 90 $685. men.
I'm case the Austro- German alliance de-
eide - rush their armies against France
they can have "A mi. lion men across the
Rhine in two weeks ana acros the French
border in twenty days from the mobiliza-
i!un date
The Austrian mobilization was already
under way when Germany declared war
on Russia on August the German
mobilization was undoubtedly started a
day or two before this date. II the allies
are moving aRains, France their main
armies should h" crossing the border dur
ing the week August To- 10
II so the French opposition will re-
suit In a number OF battles OF increasing
importance, developing the general Ger
man plan
The French forces consist 81 twenty
corps. 700 O0O men. She has five corps on
the frontier and five more that can be
moved to the frontier within a few days
after mpbui2.ng while little news has
come out concerning the French prepare
tory plans 20 is certain that she In not
caught unprcparei. Her change In mill
tary training boy the Law OF last year
and her bid for gold IN the worlds mar
kets during the last year show an apprc-
. citation of the possibility Of an early trou-
/ be with Germany.
Granting that France started her mo
Utilization later than Germany and that
her laws do not permit a. complet" mill
tary control Of railways, her Concentra-
ton will h" i've days To a week behind
that Of Germany. She should ALREADY
have ON the frontier an army Of 10000
men, daily being strengthened by the re
serve organizations. Her border de
fences are counted ON to hold back tn,
German advance to compensate for he,
slower concentration, BY August /.
France should have concentrated north
and east of Paris not only an active army
of half million men. but also h reserve
army OF equal numbers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08

The strateEical offensive in warfare has
many advantages in a terrain such rs
that presented by western Europe Won
der GoiE Iu his work ON The Conduct
Of War saws The SiratcglCiI offensive
s, as we have seen. q consequence Of
political strainlng after some definite OH
joct, the feeling Of power to- obtain this
object and distinct consciousness o.
superiority over the enemy The appli-
cation Of this definition To tho present
attitude and probable course Of action
Of Germany IL left with the reader.
The offensive offers opportunity for
surprise aud rnpidity of movement II
inCites holdness and limits the ti.ld FOR
errors. Tho aGGressor has a definite pur-
pose and his opponent is led TO conform
his movements to those dictated hy the
aggressive movements of the other. Tna
AGGRESSION il generally successful when
he wins a material advantage At one
point. for IN" positions OF the defender
usually constitute strategic structure
which IL greatly impaired by the loss
/ OF one OF It's parts.
The aggressor may select the point Of
attack and concentrate against IL. while
the defender must be prepared at all
points. The disadvantages Of tho strate-
gical offensive are that it involves rapid
and fgtguinE marches ON tho troops i'm
/ volvinE losses which frequently exceed
those OF battle. Tn country through which
/ the advance IL made IL usually hostile.
| aud detaChments must be made to pro-
I tect the line OF communication. Adyanc-
/ ina armies are thus frequently caused Ia
/ melt away before reaching the objective
Tho force nj the head Of the army
which is the part IN contact with the
enemy Is often hut a fraction OF
| the entire army. due 10 the necessity "a
occupy and hold strategic points gained
during the advance and To protect the line
B OF communications
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
ASKS WOMEN TO REAP CROPS.
Premier Of France Appeals Also to
children Ia Ala.

Spe-ldl cane DespafcheS 10 THE srN.
PARIS. Aug. Premier Nivian issued
a proclamation to-day calling upon French
women and their children to save the
grain and wine harvests. lie said
The wheat stands unreaped, and
the time Of vintage approaches.
appeal to your hardihood and to that
OF your children. whose age alone,
not their courage, withholds them
from the hghtlng line.
ask YOU to maintain the lives Of
our fields, to finish this years har-
vest and to prepare for that Of next
year You cannot render greater
service 10 your country.
I.oNpoS. Aug The hoard ~ Agrl-
culture announced to-day that there Is
enough food in the United Kingdom, in
GLIDING the crop now being harvested for
hve months. and In addition large cargoe'
~ wheat and -four are on the way.
The superintendent of the Smthholf
meat market says that the market IL nov
normal, with prices much easier and al
ample supply OF meat on hand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
AUSTRIAN DEFEAT REPORTED.
Ser>ians said TO Have DestroNrd .
Regiment Near Belgrade.

ROME. Aug Tine correspondent OF
the TribHnd at Pontebba ;elegraphs that
an Austrian regiment was destroyed At
Obrenoatz, on the Save near Belgrade
by the Scrvlans. the Austrian colonel fall
ing at the head Of his men.
The Servan artillery repulsed an ar
tillery attack The SIKH Regiment OF
Austrian artillery opened the firing. The
Servians quickly silcnced this battery
and captured two guns which the Aus
TRANS had abandoned.
The bomhardment of Belgrade has con-
tinued almost steadily since the Aus
trian artillery opened fire on July 90 The
women and children made rush for
the country outside nj the first Airing but
were obliged to return because the food
supplies had heen concentrated ~ Re-.
grade Gradually the terror which spread
over the city the first day Of the homht'd-
ment has subsidized until now tho -, r.
chants have reopened their stores. Ire
British and German legations have been
struck by shells and so has tho ro,1.
palace
ATHENS Aug 7.--Despatches FROM
Nish. Servia, say that bands OF BulrHr.aG
volunteers are gathering on the frontier
to replace the Austrian troops which were
called away 10 garrison the Russia.
border.
The Austr,ans are bombarding GIad.-,t
Servian town on the Danube Many
houses in the town and many ships n
the harbor have been wrecked.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08

viii he against France. It must come be
tween switzerland and the English Chan-
mel. The French border Is deiendel ny
= strong line of forts from the swiss Dor
der to Epiusl and from Toul to Nerdun'
leaving a gap of twenty miles between
lcpinal and Toul. North Of Ncrdun.
along the Belgian border. are Isolated
fortified places, with intervals or ABOUT
twenty miles between them.
II Germany II to move rapidly so as 10
crush the French before they can con
centrate their armies the Germans must
move through the Epinh-Toul gap or
through Belgium north OF Nerdun. Ac-
counts of military movements 20 date IN
dictate that Germany Is preparing TO move
armies 10y both routes. glance III
map of the railroad lines of north Europe
win show that the main German armies
can be most quickly concentrated h'oht
the Relgian- LuNemburg frontier Inc
troops from Austria and south Germany
can he most readily moved to POSITIONS
opposite Belfort and Nancy.
\ study Of the German AuStil Ian peace
disposition shows twenty five army corps
/ In Germany and sixteen army corps IN
/ Austria. These may be taken as 33,OVo
men each. Germany has ten corps alpne
| the French border that could be modified
| and distributed NJ u frontier guard In one
. week These advance forces would also
/ proceed to seize places OF Importance TO
+ the later advance ~ the main armies.
These are the encounters that are being
reported ~ present.
Along the Russian frontier Germany
has nve army corps and Austria has
three. There is no news showing whether
these viii he retained to REINFORCE the
reserves In delaying Russas advance or
whether the empcrors will resort to the
extreme measure OF launching all OF their
active army against France leaving only
the reserves as containing force against
: Russia.
" the above army corps are LETT TO
oppose Russi, and II four Austrian corps
are left to oppose Servia and to watch
/ Rumania. then Austro-German armies
ready TO move against France would con-
sist OF tSonty-nlne army corps, l,ol5.o0o
I men.