The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-08-12
silence REIGNS
SEATS OF War GIVE OUT SCANTY
NEWS OF VAR
SEA fight UNCONFlRbED

c;s;ye Conflict on Border-ErIash
Admiralty Refuses to Confirm
Naval Battle Rumors.
Complete silence reigns as to mill
tary movements in both Germany ano
France and it is assumed both armies
are concentrating for decisive battles
No hint as to where they will come
into contact has been given.
winston Spencer Churchill, first
lord of the British admiralty, Friday
declared in the House of Commons
there had been nj fighting or losses
other than had been announced OH
ciaIly. This statement ensued on re-
ports of a naval battle between Ger
man. and British ships, but the ad-
miraity refused information. 1t was
regarded as significant that the hsh-
ing fleets in the east coast of England
were given permission to go out to
sea.
Liege, Belgium, was again attacked
hy German troops Thursday night,
but was still holt ,g out. The report
of German reverse there was denied
in a dispatch from Berlin.
The German cruisers Goehen and
Breslau, obliged. owing to Italian
neutrality, to leave San Salvatore,
Sicily, have gone ou to me the Brit
ish feet. The commanders are said
to have handed their wills to the Ger
man consul before departure.
A London newspaper report says
the German crown prince has been
seriously injured by an unidentified
assailant.
A Finn sea captain at Stockholm
reported the Russian navy bottled ur
at Helsingfors and the Russian ports
of Libau and Reval burning after an
attack by German vessels. No confr.
nation has been made.
Many German merchant vessels
were brought into English ports FIJI
day by British cruisers. The Holland
Lloyd steamer Tubantia, with ST.
500, geo from South America for the
Deutsche Bank in London, was also
brought in.
French warships also captured sew
eral German merchant ships.
The French premier appealed to
the women Of France to gather the
wheat and wine crops
# Toxic reports the German squad
ron at Tsing-Tau, China, hemmed in
sby British war vessels.
The British tank steamer San vii.
fredo is reported DESTROYED by mlnt
or Cuxhaven, Germany, and the Brit
ism steamer Craigforth was beachee
near Constantinople after contac'
with mine.
~ Paris and London send uneonflrm
ed dispatches concerning the hghtins
at Liege, Belgium. The French tele
gram states that fierce fighting con
tinues in the streets, while the Lon
don message reports the German at
tackers asking for an armistice OF g
hours.
Persistent reports Of an importan
encounter between the German ane
British fleets in the North Sea Kept
the British public in a state OF agl
tation throughout the forenoon. The
excitement was not allayed until tho
first lord of the admiralty made ON
ciaI announcement in parliament
that stories of fighting and losses 9TH
er than those Of the British cruiser
Amphion and the German mine layer
Koenigin Luise were unfounded.
News from the German side was
extremely meagre, owing to interrup-
ton of direct telegraphic communlca'
tion. Denials came from Berlin b!
way OF other countries of the repulse
of the German forces before the Bel
sian city Of Liege. Belgian sources
declared the attackers had beer
checked with heavy losses.
Movements of the great aggreSa-
tons of troops which must by this
time have gathered at their spring
ing off points on the German from
tiers, facing both the Russian and the
French armies, are kept from public
knowledge. Military authorities IN
London, however, are of the opinion
that preparations must be almost
complete for a forward move which
will give some Indication of the plan
of campaign.
The French army authorities have
also raised heavy screen to hide
their war moves. They seem entire
" satisfied with the manner in which
the men of the nation responded to
call to arms and they declare every
preliminary move to have been car
ried out according to the plans draft
ed by the popular commander-in-
chief, Gen. Joseph Jefre.
From far Off portions of the world
where Germany. England and France
have colonies, all of which are in a
state of defense, only brief dispatches
f-;cElo oyer fhe wiraS These indi-