The Forrest City times., 1914-08-14
GERMANS CLAIM
 ALSACE VICTORY
FRENCH ARMY REFUSED AFTER IT HAD TAKEN CITY OF
 MUELHAUSEN
Western Newspaper Union News Service


 dealing with one German victory at Nuelhausen, Alsace, says:
 The silence of the western iron ter, following the brief but swift entry of small forces of French into Aiek1rch, has been broken by the bril- lant news of our first battle at Muel- hausen, the Weissenburg of 1914. But this fight was much more important lhan was that of Weissenburg in 1870 twhen the Germans won their first important battle of the Frenco-Prus. sian war), considering the number of combatants engaged.
 We understood the French had three divisions of about 55,0G0 men. Two divisions belonged to the Seventh Army Corps and also contained a DOT tion of the Bensacon corps, whose members are among the elite of the French army. We do not know the extent of the artillery and cavalry en- gagement, but we believe that the French in Muelhausen have seen new idea of the value of Krupp guns.
 Naturally the French would have fortified the positions at Muelhausen with earthworks. but an army like the German army, which takes fortresses by assault, would find themselves lit tie troubled by such obstacles"
 Emperor William Tuesday received James w. Gerard, the American am bassador, in the palace garden and conferred at length with him. The em- peror appeared to be in serious mood. but confident He spoke of the capture of Liege, where he said the German and Belgian troops were about equal. The Belgians, he added, were behind Qualifications, but the Germans charged with bayonets and destroyed everything. The Belgians were put to flight, abandoning arms in great numbers, he declared. The German and British governments have requested the American embassy to intervene, with the purpose of fixing time for merchantmen of the two countries to quit the ports of hostile countries.
 Tuesday morning all Americans de- string to depart for the United States were called to the embassy to be en- rolled.
 The first list of losses in the fight ing was published Tuesday It con- tained only GA names.
 Many rumors are in circulation here. therr tr,< mur, Belgium, and Belforte, France, have been captured. There is no con firmation, but the reports are believed here to be true.
 The Nord Deutsche Algemeine Zei- tung declares Germany has success fully conquered the financial difficulty that followed mobilization
 The Reichsbank, the newspaper adds, came up to expectation and all the great banking institutions in Der lin and the provinces followed it. In the public interest motarium is de- sirable or necessary. The peoples saving of 10000, 100000 marks (about S7.500 ,000.000l will be taken first All fears are unfounded that the mobiliza ton will interfere with the harvest
 London.-Germany and Russia each launched an army across the border Saturday.
 A full army corps of 40,0S0 of the kaiser's fighting army invaded Finland landing at Ekena 8, and is marching toward HelsingfoIs. 100 miles away.
 Helsingfors, on the Gulf of Finland was reported shelled and captured by the German fleet.
 From Helsingfors it is but 250 miles to St. Petersburg, and there is direct railway line.
 Russia's blow at Germany, if the re port be true, is one of vastly greater weight The St. Petersburg core spondent of the London Standard ca bles his paper that 500,O 900 Russian sol diers with TOO heavy guns crossed the border Friday at some point unnamed, and are now marching into the kaiser's domains.
 To back up this great array, the mob ilization orders of Russia include pretty nearly every fighting man in the empire and six million are called to arms. The war is intensely popular with all classes.
 By ignoring the neutrality of Bel. gium he meant to swing an immense force into unprotected France, crush the troops thrown out to oppose him, march into Paris and dictate the terms of peace before Russia could get under way
 The suggestion that comes from Go penhagen with the dispatch telling of the German invasion of Finland is that the Germans are actually setting ont for St. Petersburg