The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-07
AUST RIA.

ACCOfulNS to report lSSutu bE the British var office in London. the Austrians have suffered de cided defeat al the hands of the Rus sians at Galicia.
 According to reports received al Rome, Italy. the Austrian troops that had invaded Poland, Russia, met with severe defeat at the hands of the Russian troops encountered there.
 From Paris comes the announce ment that the Austrian government has issued manifesto declaring of Austria Hungary.
 ENGLAND.
 Reports reached London that the British and German fleets in the North sea are engaged in notable battle. the exact location not being given.
 IL is announced at the war office in London that Apa, the capital of German Samoa. has surrendered to British war vessels.
 FRANCE
 Wireless adyices received in New York city state that the advance of the Germans on Paris was check by flank attack of the British troops
 A later report reached Washing ton. D. C., stating that the flank attack of the British was unsuc- cessful and the Germans were con tinuing their advance upon Paris. From London comes a report that the German invading army had been stopped by the allied troops north of Compiegne. about 50 miles from Paris. and that the Germans had asked for an armistice while they buried their dead The report was given out in Paris that all the military reservists in Northern and Northwest France had been called to duty. Several German aviators passed over Paris dropping bombs and talk ing observations. At night fall it was deemed best to turn off all street lights as precaution against at tacking aviators.
 l It is reported at Antwerp, Bel gium, that the French troops. un- der the command of General Pau. had defeated an army of 5O000 Ger mans near Peronne. France
 TURKEY
 IL is generally believed that Turkey will declare war against the allied powers that are fighting Germany, and Great Britain has requested the Tinted States to care for British 1 int erests in Turkey in case war is 1 declared.
 | Advices have reached Rome, Italy. to the effect that 100000 Turks have prepared to take up arms against the allied forces. UNITED STATES. l On her arrival in New York to- l day, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widow ] of former President of the United States, declared that the re- ports of mistreatment of Americans in Europe are untrue.
 Many British and German mer- chant vessels in San Francisco har- bor are afraid to leave, owing to the danger of being captured by war vessels.
 A report has reached San Fran cisco that the German cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst are on their way from the China coast to the American coast
 BELGIUM Reports from Brussels, Belgium, state that food is getting scarce there on account of the amount con sumed by the invading army. The new German governor of Brus- sels has ordered the British resi- dents of that city to leave within 24 hours The latter have filed a protest with the American minister
 Advices from Antwerp state that the queen of Belgium, with her children, has arrived safely at Ant werp.
 RUSSIA.
 At the Russian war office in St. Petersburg, it is announced that the losses on the German side have been heavy. It is announced that the railroad tracks which were torn up by the Germans to keep the Rus sians from using the road, have been relaid by the Russians, who are making a rapid advance.
 ALBANIA.
 Advices from DurraZo state that the insurgents of that country have gained absolute control, and that William of Weld has left the coun- try on an Italian vessel