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Japan and Austria-Hungary will not re-
suit IN the sending Of a Japanese fleet to
the Adriatic Sea.
After the conference Ambassador
Chlnda made this formal statement:
Nothing is more absurd than the pur-
port of a London telegram appearing in
some of thu papers this morning. init
trian declaration of war will be- the des-
patch of a squadron TO the Adriatic.
THE terms OF the Anglo-Japanese dlli-
ance, solely under which Japan is acting,
contains nothing which will obligate
Japan to go that far, nor IL there any
other inducement whatever for Japan to
embroil herself in this European war in
Europe itself. II she succeeds in fulfill
ing her obligation under and In achev-
ing the object OF the Anglo-Japanese
alliance treaty, there she will stop
Moreover, II would be ridiculous 10
imagine even for moment in the
present circumstances that Great Britain
IL compelled to call upon her far of
ally to come all the way out to the
assistance of her Mediterranean feet
The idea is on all tours with another
preposterous report given out in some
papers that the japanese army will be
sent to Europe over the Siberian Rail
way.
81 take this occasion to categoricaly
deny that / have ever stated or ever
limited that Japan might be found eX
| tending her activity outside the one o.
! German hostilities In the China Sea, "A!
some Of the papers have enormously re
| ported"
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Paris Welcomes Throng
of Homeless Belgtans
Weeping, Ruined Peasants Tell of Hurried Flight Before
German Columns-MOst Of Them Are Old
Men, Women and Children.


these refugees Is touching. There is
a constant stream Of all classes % the
circus. carving broad and bundles OF
o,o,,o. sor,a -, ,,o e,os, cor, hath
-
'"' "'''' ''e' >'''o
priests ana soioiers constantly move
about among them, attending to their
wants
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SEES TRIUMPH IN
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
Gen. dc Lacroix Says Germans
Must Now Withdraw Big
Force From Front.


PARIS. Aug. 27.-Gen. de I.acroix gives
clear and concise resume of the situa-
ton in to-night's Temps. He says:
ITO Judge the situation properly II Is
essential not to separate the events
now in progress on the Franco Belgian
frontier from the struggle between Ger
many and Russia. To the east the
Russians continue their advance into
East Prussia and Galicia. but they are
yet far from having their total forces
in line, owing to the immense size Of
their country.
THE danger liz great FOR Germany.
which has brought a majority of her
forces against us and is attacking with
extreme violence, because 1t is urgent
that she recall part Of her army corps
TO send them against Russia.
I'VE must at all costs har, IS and
hang on to the German army which is
opposing us and prevent the co,nman-
der in chief from realizing his plan IN
withdraw part OF the German troops
! from Belgium. We must not rest salts
: fled by merely resisting It; we must
after falling back resume the offensive
1t is only by doing so that we can as
sure ourselves that Germany has beer
weakened on the western frontier. Hei
resistance viii be less and we sinai
drive her backward.
THE German losses are serious. Thcii
forces diminish. DO not let us be dis
couraged by a temporary falling back
Remember that our frontier, however
important, is only part OF vast theatre
of hostilities. The greater part OF tn
German army is against u.s. let us no
let go. BY harassing it we will oper
the way for the Russians to Berlin.
England has not yet put forth he
full strength by a long way. New di
visions will land, bringing us ever In
creasing reenforcements"
The Temps in summary OF tn
military situation remarks laconicall
that Gen. de LaCroiX's description il ex
tremely clear. II adds:
Germany is far from having on he
eastern frontier the forces which ar
necessary to stop the Russians and tina
is the reason for the violence with whic
, she Is attacking us in the north. Sh
must inevitably remove some OF he
armies with which she has opposed us.
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ny DUNCAN McDIARN1D.
Special Correspondent OF THE Sun a.
H., . a,J,, nuiI1 Mail

Special Correspondent OF The SuN "N
the London Daily Mail.
Special cable Despatch TO THE Bun
AMIENs, Aug. Ell have just seen
trainload Of the first British wounded
A Scottish private, wounded in the head
and with his left arm and right leg and
arm literally ripped up by shrapnel'
gave yesterday afternoon an account OF
the lighting
1T was somewhere around Mons ne
said. 81 don't rightly know where. by
jove, It was a mighty hard tussie'
can tell you. In the end our little Iot
had To retreat on the French ana Bei-
CLAN troops. when the Germans ad-
yanced in great masses four or five deep
As fast as we shot them down another
mass came on. simply going over the
bodies. There was no stopping them
"The German artillery was remark
ably precise in its shooting. Zeppeins
and aeroplanes were over us all the
( time. giving the gunners the range SO
/ that the shells were bursting WITHIN
two or three feet OF where We were
in the trenches. Nearly all our WOUNDED
were struck by shrapnel.
I'VE were twenty-five hours IN inc
trenches. most uncommonly hungry
can tell YOU. Then they brought Wy
nroyision wagons, but they had hardy
come I'D to the line when two or three
German shells broke them all up some
british soldiers standing in line toIc
me"
one of the British wounded VINO CANT
,o Amiens last night told how the Ter
,,ors advanced on the British, "h'
we're intrenched in front OF the village
driving a group of shricking women II
frort Of them at the point OF tn
bayonet.
Another man said that good dea
NJ confusion was created at night u
the similarity OF the Germas and brl'
ish field uniforms Also. he said som
German soldiers actually were wearih
British khaki tunics which they mus
: have stripped off the dead
: gathered THAT the British had SUI
fered particularly heavy losses. ON
Of the wounded declared that every on
l in his company vas either killed q
wounded.
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PARIS, August 81.
Fifteen hundred Belgian refugees who
were housed among the fauteulls and
private boxes OF the Cirque de Paris
have been despatched to country VII
lagos to make room for fresh arrivals
of starving, weeping. ruined peasants.
Most OF the refugees are from the
vicinity Of Mons. capital OF the province
OF Hainault. They are mostly old men.
women and children. who got away
without stitch OF clothing except
what they had on when they saw the
uhlans and lancers at rest in the far
side OF their fields and a long train or
burning villages behind them.
The latest refugees travelled for two
days and nights before they reached
railway stations whence they came to
Paris one Of the refugees. who was
farmer OF 30, who had neither hat nor
collar after telling the correspondent OF
THE Sun the above circumstances in
regard to the flight OF the people spoke
with great seriousness of the Germans.
81 do not think" he said to the French
crowd which had gathered about him
That you are going to have an cas-,
victory. They are the finest army ir
the world and we Belgians are PROUD
that we have even been able to checl
them"
The charity OF the Parisians toward
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Kaiser Wilhelm DIR Crosse
Sent to Bottom Off
African Coast.
"BRAVOw ADMIRALTY
WORD TO COMMANDER
Another Cruiler Is Destroyed
i'm tie Gulf of
Finland.
Special Cofie Despdtch 10 Tux suS.

LoNDoN, August u.
Winston Spencer Churchill. First
Lord OF The Admiralty. announced
in the house of Commons to-day
that the North German Lloyd steam
ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
recently converted into a cruiser, has
been sunk by a British cruiser. Mr..
Churchill said:
'J'he Admiralty has just received in
teyigence that the German armed mer-
Giant cruiser Kaiser wilhelm der
Crosse. of $4,000 tons. and armed with
,ten inch guns. has been sunk by
y. NJ. s. Hixhhyer off the west coast
OF Africa.
This is the vessel which has been
interfering with traffic between this
country and the cape and is one OF
the very few German armed auxiliary
cruisers that succeeded in getting to
sea. The survivors were landed before
the vessel sank Tho Hishfiyer had one
killed and five wounded"
TAe Admiralty sent this despatch to
| the commander OF the cruiser Hlgh1yer
] this afternoon:
Bravo! You have rendered a servic.
not only " Great Britain but to the
peaceful sonmerce OF tho word Inc
| German officers and men appear 10 nave
carried out their duties with humanity
and restraint and therefore are worthy
OF seamanlike consideration.
| The destruction of the kaiss Wiiheiin
der Crosse caused an immediate drop OF
25 per cent. in Lloyds premiums on
,,assois FOR So,th Africa and South
,.'-,,,
ANY ,,.. ,,,.aa ,,-,av m.
a steamship wnie' aiii'eu
ports that BRUSH 'orPeuo poa's up
tured on August 10 German Steamship
with munitions of war. steam pinnaces
and other stores. 1t is believed that
the supplies were intended for the Ger
man cr,,isars Goeben and Breslau.
ma, .. ...t,. ,,,,o-,,o,to,, y, tina
me iast p,e''1 I rrnssa,s ,,,aycments
ha'ser wIlne,',i We '9on,aIne, in :,
III Ihe .', pa,r,os canarv Isl
| 'a'A'e'""' '''''' -
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TELL OF PEACE WORK.
british Foreign ONCE Says German
Report Is Nisleading.

spsc'1' Cobie Despatch 10 THE SrN
LoNDoN, Aug 27.-Telegrams ex-
i0ged hy King George Emperor VIII
tm, Prince Henry Of Prussia and Prince
I hnowskY the German Ambassador in
'."'dHu, just before the severance 81
Oh 'umltic negotiations are given in the
sddoutscher iHOcmcine ZchunO Of
'.euS' 20, which has just reached here.
E'' CORES oudoucc as set forth in the
Nsp.pcr is Intended to convey the i'm
preston that Great Britain offered TO
aurrtro the neutrality OF France, using
100 my and navy if necessary, II Ger
NY would conhne her supper; to Aus
ma 10 operations against Russia alone.
ia" British Foreign ONCE says the
dispatches as published are misleading in
..' Prince LichnOwsky misrepresents "A
0NDrsatiou with Sir Edward Grey, the
RH'sh Foreign Minister. and in that Sir
iIN"rd, telegram to the German For
Ign once explaining Prince Lichnowsky's
understanding is not mentioned at all
td apparently has been suppressed de-
nh'~'tcly hy the AHQcmcuc Zcit"ng
TIA, first " the kilograms printed is
ON Prince Henry of Prussia to kins
."'c and is dated July 80. Prince
.,mH says he delivered the kins's mes
80 to tho kaiser and mentions reports
q i, received from Russia and France
'"'rd'n" military preparations in those
countries, and continues;
While We have taken 40 measures o.
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WOUNDED LIST LONG.
French Ambulance service saves
Many From Death.
SPECIAL cable Despatch TO THE SrS.

SPECIAL cable Despatch 10 THE SrS.
PARIS August 81
IL is reported from more than one
source that the number OF men killed
In the war up to the present has been
very much less than was az first feared.
while on the other hand 1t Is said that
the number of wounded is much greater
than had been anticipated.
It Is reported from more than one
source that the number of men killed
in the war up to the present has been
very much less than was at first feared.
many who declare that when the truth
IN known the total will be staggering.
The ambulance service is said to be
working admirably. As an example
received at Rouen on Wednesday morn
| ing who had been wounded in Belgium
last Saturday afternoon.
A letter is published here from DR.
search Institute OF New York. who is il
charge OF the ambulance service a
Lyons. He writes;
THE French wounded, who are arriv
ing almost every day, are in good shape
"The way their wounds have beel
dressed shows that the service Is work
ing with great order CONSIDERABLE
numbers of German wounded have bee
sent here and they are being treate
with exactly the same care as tn
French"
1t is said that the German method G
dressing wounds is not as good as tina
of the French. because most OF the Ger
man wounds are infected.
Three Paris hospitals received wounde
from the north last night. Many OF I'll
soldiers had been shot in the legs, bl
only few Of them were seriousl
wounded.
They were unanimous in accusing a
, Germans of firing Systematically at IL
ambulances and also OF firing shells
the night time in any direction to seal
the civil population They say thu
! German aeroplancs were flying cor
4 stantly over the French lines. 1t va
( very seldom that they saw any FrenC
{ aeroplanes.
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Yukio Ozaki. Minister OF Justice, de-
scribed Japans attitude in the war to-
day as follows:
When Japan captures Kiao- chow
and hostilties in the China and Japan
seas are over Japan will stand aside
and become an onlooker IL the war in
Europe still is in progress at that time.
III however. the Germans still re-
tain standing in the South Seas which
would he menace TO the peace of the
East, Japan, in accordance with the
AnSlo-Japanese alliance would consult
with Great Britain and might cooperate
In driving the Germans out of the ORR
ent"
A decree announcing that the period
OF service of the officers of the mo-
biiized division has been extended in
definitely was published in the Official
Gazette to-day.
Interest IN the war Is increasing rap
idly among the Japanese people. Pa
trlotic lantern professions are being
held in various cities OF the empire
and crowds are attending moving pic
ture shows in which films OF war scenes
are produced.
The Empress and the ladies' Of the
court are devoting their time to assisting
the Red Cross by making bandages and
other hospital supplies.
The declaration of war by Austria
was surprise to the japanese public
particularly since it followed close upon
the official announcement that the Aus
TRAN cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth had
been ordered to dismantle in the port
of Tsing-tao Moreover. Austria has
always been regarded as friendly &c
Japan and she has small interests in the
Far East.
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JAPAN'S WARSHIPS
BLOCK KIA0-CHOW
German Governor Warned of
Blockade - Americans
Told to Leave.
SHELL ISLAND IN HARBOR
Ambassador Chinda Tells Bryan
Fleet Won't Go to the
Adriatic.


TOXIC. August 81.
Dispatches from Pekin say that Gov.
Meyer waldeck Of Kiao- chow was noti
fled by wireless by Vice Admiral Sada
tichi Kato this morning that the Japa-
nese fleet has established a blockade
OF Kiao- chow The Governor notified the
American Consul. Willis r. Peck. of the
blockade and also conveyed She notifica-
ton that Mr.. Peck might leave the port.
IL he wished to do so, within twenty
four hours. MIR. Peck. who already had
significd his intention Of remaining. de-
cllned the offer.
Later in the day Japanese warships
were sighted outside the harbor They
shelled email island which, how
ever had ltcn abandoned. All native
shipping in the bay has been suspended
The roads are heavy as a result OF
the summer rains and it is believed
that a Japanese attack by land will
not be made for some time. No Japa.
nese troops have yet been seen in the
Kiao- chow territory
Vice-Admiral Kato Is directing tn,
blockade, making the battleship SUD hi,
flagship.
The Suo liz one OF the ships captured
by the Japanese from Russia. She wa!
/ the Pobieda, and with the Peresviet. nov
the Sagami, sister ship, she was SUM
by the japanese in the harbor OF Por
Arthur. and after the fall of the por
both ships were refioated and rearmed
The suo carries four IL inch guns an
ten inch guns.
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BRITISH SHOW HEROISM.
wounded.
n, HAMILTON PYLE.
Special correspondent OF ThE scN NV" "'
london ''Doiiv Mad"
So,ct,l cable Dsspdfch 10 THr sr>.

SDsctI' 'dbte DtNphl'" Q" anu w.
RorES, Aug. 27,-The British wounded
are perfectly splendid in their stoIclsm
and accomplishing acceptance OF all
they have gone through and mean TO
90 through again az soon as the doctor
will let them.
They all come from the fighting in
the neirhborhood of Mons and were
men composing divisions which bore the
hrunt OF the attack. They had to take
the field Immediately after they arrived
at that point. in fact, they only arrived
inst in time to stem the German on
rush. For days they had been travel
ling and marching and they needed
repose. In spite of this they behaved
like fresh troops and held their ground
magnificently. winning warm praise
from Gen. Joffre.
ION the whole it seemed to me they
suffered far lass than the French. \
good many Of them are merely broken
down with the hard marching and VIII
he all right in a few days. Oh bad
wounds there are not many. Most OF
the men on the stretchers had bright
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The Austrian Ambassador, Baron
Muller de Szintgyorgy. demanded his
passports to-day. lie will sail from Yo-
kohoma However. the situation be-
tween Japan and Austria is described
here as rupture of diplomatic rela-
tons. not war
Although communication with China
is all but cut off assurances have been
received by the japanese Government
from Pekin that the Chinese Govern
for the safeguarding of Chinese as well
as British interests, her promise Of as
sistance to China to prevent revolu-
tionary disorders and her assurance
status quo,
DR.. Sun Yat-sen, one of the best
known of the Chinese leaders opposed
to President Yuan Shh-k'ai's Govern
ment Is now In Toxic and il quoted
as saying that he Is satisfied to await
quietly the development Of the present
situation, believing that the real inter-
ests of China would he best preserved
/ by internal peace at this Juncture.
1t is reported here that the japanese
fleet outside of Kiao-chow Is engaged
at present In clearing the waters about
the German port of mines, large num-
bers of which have been planted re-
Gently.
A despatch from Seoul, Cores, to-day
announced that DIR, Kruger the Ger
man Consul at Seoul. left there to-da,
for Yokohama with his stan, Count vor
Rex, the German Ambassador at Toxic
and the various German Consuls wi!
sail from Yokohama on their way hom
on August 20.
An appeal Is made in the Official Ga
zetto at Seoul to the people Of Core
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ASKS FOR CLEAR FIELD.
.Japan Wants Chinese troops 70
Withdraw From KinO-chOw.

Special fdbtS DtSpHCH 10 lhf '''Hf
PrKIN. Aug, 27-The Japanese Govern
man, has requested the Chinese Govern
ment to withdraw all Chinese troops
from the thirty mile zone about hlao-
chow 10 remove all possibilities of dis
agreement.
Sensational newspaper statements some
reprinted from japanese newspapers ar'
current here to the effect that Japan
has made demands upon China through
the newly arrived Japanese Minister
which would reduce China to a position
of dependence upon Japan.
These statements are exciting intense
anti-Japanese feeling among the Chinese
although they have been promptly de-
MED by the Chinese Foreign Ohice AS
well as by the Japanese Legation Re
ports received here that the United states
is suspicious OF Japan's motives have m
creased the feeling, which Is decidedly
pro- German.
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GERMAN CRUISER SUNK.
OmciaI Report Says Magdeburs
Went Ashore In Fog.

NVFfIUT TWOTf TIfHDVT'W T" T III NVN'
BERLIN (via Amsterdam). Aug. 81
The German Admiralty issued the follow
ing report to-day:
The light cruiser Magdeburg went
ashore in a fog on the island of Oden-
sholm. at the entrance to the Gulf Of Fin
land. Her companion ships were unable
to assist her and the efforts that were
made to get the Magdeburg aloat failed.
The captain of the Magdeburg decided to
blow her up. as "A superior Russian naval
force was preparing to attack her. A ma
jority of the crew was saved by torpedo
boat under heavy Russian fire.
Seventeen were killed, twenty-one
wounded and eighty-fve are missing. in
Guiding the captain. The survivors reached
a German harbor"
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to give the fullest protection to Ger
mans in Corea.
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Chancellor Was Hgitated,

Sir Edward Goschen subsequently
Nv the Imperial Chancellor. who was
ny much aGitated He said that Great
'ir.tain. just for the word neutrality"
i for scrap of paper. was going
make war ON "A kindred nation which
sired nothing better than 10 be friends
tn Great Britain. Such action. said
n. Won Bethmann-H ollweg. was un-
Ankahle. II was like striking a man
IN behind when he was attacked by
wu assaiants. He held that Great
Britain would be responsible for all the
rr'Hle events that might happen.
SIR Edward Goschen protested strongly
against this argument. He said 1t was
matter OF life, death and honor with
Great Britain. She had a keen and
solemn engagement to do her utmost
10 defend the neutrality Of Belgium.
Biz Edwards despatch then tells how
The news that Great Britain had de-
Jared war on Germany caused the as
semhlage of an unruly mob outside the
British Embassy. The Kaiser sent an
expression Of regret over the occurrence
io Sir Edward the following morning.
lie added that the demonstration showed
The state Of feeling of the German peo-
pie and asked the Ambassador to tell
King George that the Kaiser was proud
81 his titles as "A British Field Marshal
and British Admiral, but that he must
now divest himself Of them.
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SAYS GERMANS
MADE LIGHT OF
NEUTRALITY
Imprrial Chancellor Called
Pact Just a Scrap
Of Paper"
MINISTER CALLED
INVASION NECESSARY
Sir Edward GOschen Crate
full for Aid of American
Ambassador.

LONDON, August S''
A white Paper published this eve
ming contains the final despatch from
r Edward Goschcn. the former British
Ambassador at Berlin. Sir Edward
asked Herr Won Jagow. the German
Minister of Foreign Affairs, August 4
She her Germany would refrain from
r.oatirc the neutrality of Belgium.
The German Foreign Minister replied
hat this neutrality had already been
violated. as 1t was necessary for Ger
many TO advance into France in the
easiest and quickest manner In order
10 get well ahead and endeavor to
strike decisive blow early in the war.
Herr Won Jagow added that II was mat
,er OF life or death for Germany and
hat Il was Impossible for her to draw
hack.
Sir Edward Goschen then presented
violation OF Belsium's neutrality. Herr
Won Jagow in reply said the safety OF
lie German Empire rendered 1t abso-
lute,y necessary that German troops
mould advance through Belgium.
In the conversation which followed
Herr Won JaEow expressed deep regret
o., the crumbling Of his policy and also
nat of Or. Won Bethmann-Hollweg, tn,
Imperial Chancellor. to make friends OF
ne British and through Great Britain
- be drawn closer to France.
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Sir Edwards despatch concludes by
Mentioning the great assistance he re-
Delved from James w. Gerard, the
american Ambassador at Berlin, who.
Indeterred by the hooting and Kisses
OBJ. the mob, went repeatedly to the Brit
b Embassy, to ask how he could help
'o arrange for the safety of stranded
British subjects Sir Edward says the
\merican Ambassador extricated him
.'a from extremely difficult situations
Of some personal risk. Sir Edward con-
cudcs:
His [Mr. Gerard'sl SAVIOR faire and
hrmue-s in dealing with the imperial
authorities gave fun assurance that the
protection of British subjects and in
t"rcsts Gould be left in no more efficient
~ able hands"