The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-26
SUMMARY OF TODAY'S
WAR NEWS IN EUROPE

battle of three days duration at
Krasnik. in Russian Poland, ended
yesterday i'm a complete Austrian VIC
tory. The Russian forces were re-
pulsed and arc in full flight in the di-
rectfOn of Lublin. This is the first
indication Of an Austrian advance into
Russian territory.
II was announced officially In Ber-
lin today that Lieutenant General
Prince Frederick of e-MeininEen
had been killed by q shell before Ma
muir August 2S.
The American minister to Belgium,
Brand Whitlock, has sent an energetic
protest to the German government
against the hurting of bombs into Ant
werp from Zeppelin airship.
A dispatch from Antwerp sets forth
that all German troops are believed to
have left Brussels and that the Bel
gians expect to reOccupy the city inn
mediately.
A dispatch received in Rome from
Vienna declares that Austria hungary
has declared war on Japan.
According to kilograms from Nish,
Servia, the losses of the Austrians in
the battle OF Drina are now given as
$4,000 killed. $4,000 wounded and
Is, 900 prisoners.
news dispatch received in Lon
don from the Russian capital describes
the Russian center, composed OF the
marching ''silently, but with terrible
force" on POSen, in Prussia.
The authorities at st. Petersburg
have issued orders dismissing the Ger
man and Austrian SOvereignS and
princes from honorary cOlOnelships in
Russian regiments and depriving them
of Russian decorations. This has new.
cr before been done in any war.
from Ostend convey the belief there
that Germany will occupy Ostend for
use later as a hase of naval operations
against England. Ostend is sc miles
from the British coast.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Princess Alice has put into the port
OF Cebu in the Philippine Island with
u hole in her stern.
The American embassy at Rome,
through the cOnsuls in Italy, has ad-
vised all Americans in Italy to return
home while communication between
Europe and the United States is pos
sible.
The bomb dropping exploit of a Zep-
pelin airship over Antwerp on the
night of August "a. promises to be-
come a matter of international con-
sideratiOn. The Belgian authorities
claim that the attack was a clear viO-
latiOn of article 26 of the fourth
Hague convention. One account of
the damage done to Antwerp says that
26 lives were lost, 900 houses slightly
damaged and sixty houses nearly de-
strOyed.
The Belgian royal family will aban-
don its temporary residence in Ant
werp, establishing itself in a secret
place in the city. This step is taken
because the attack Of the Zeppelin Is
said to have been directed principally
against King Albert.
The Japanese ambassador in Vienna
placed his governments interests in
Austria in the hands of the American
embassy today, and planned to leave
tonight for Berne, Switzerland, accord
ing to official dispatches. The mes
sage made no reference to a declara-
ton OF war OH Japan by Austria.
The Japanese attack on Tsin Tau,
the fortified port OF the territory of
kian Chow has failed and the Jap
anese are preparing for a siege, ac-
cOrding to a cable message received
here today by Count Won BernStOrff,
German ambassador to the United
States. from the German embassy at
Peking.
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