Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-27
COMPLETE SILENCE
ON RESULT OF
GREAT BATTLE

London, Aug 27.-From both sea and land there came
today official reports considered here to be promising
augury of the future.
The German transA Atlantic liner Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse at time of the most popular vessels the
North German Lloyd lne sailing from New York. and
of the few German armed merchantmen which been
marrying Great Britans trade routes sunk off the
African coast by the British cruiser High Flyer
From the continent Field Marshal Sir John French
chief Of the British expeditonary forces
has been able to set at rest much the anxiety caused
England by the vagueness of French official statements
gardng the movements of the armies in the locality
the British forces known to be operating His dis
patch takes roseate view Of the prospects of the battle
now in progress and pays tribute to the mettle of his
French ally.
Much of the apprehension felt here can be traced to the
rigid censorship maintained by the British authorities
Two million men have been graphing in titanic strug
yet complete is the silence of those who aware of
what is going that the public is in all but complete g
norance.
ANNOUNCEMENT IN HOUSE
Premier Asquith announced in the house OF commons
today that Field Marshal Sir John French commander of
the British expedtonary forces had reported that he
yesterday engaged against superior German The
British troops fought spenddy and General French con-
sldered the prospects in the impending battle satisfactory
Premier Asquith added:
General French speaks in high terms of the quality
and efficiency OF the French regular troops aud their off,
GERS"
On Premier Asquths motion the house adopted an ad-
dress to King George praying his majesty to convey to the
KING or Belgium parllamentS admiration of Begium's
heroic resistance to the German invasion.
Premier Asquith and Andrew Bonar Law, the Unionist
leader each IN turn paid high tribute to Belgian bravery
and the house then adopted the motion with enthusiasm
In moving this address in the house of Prem
Ter Asquth said 1--WE do repent decision in en-
gagng in this The issue which no great na-
tion, without undying shame, could have declined"
Moving in the house of lords the address SYM
pathy to Belgium that adopted in the commons the
Marquis of Crewe, Lord Privy Seal declared:
Acts have been committed Begians contrary to all
the laws and usages of Sooner later the Germans
will have to pay for their brutal methods to the utmost
farthing
The purposeful vagueness of the French official an
is further befogged by serious discrepancies
the versions of the French statements At the
time these communications furnish the bulk of the news
carried by the several agencies and
sions of them agree
Fighting the Cambria lie Cateau line referred to in
the latest OF these communications seems to have
been nothing serious than cavalry raid an at
tempt to cut British communications which was repulsed
Nothing further has been heard from Asatan from
tier while the news of the Russian advance continues
come entirely from Russian The Russians claim
to be within 40 miles of Lemberg, Galica.
French Continue Their Operations
Paris, Aug. 27.-An official statement issued this
afternoon says:
The events of yesterday in the region of the north
have neither mperiled modified the arrangements
made view of the future development Of in
the region between Vosges and Nancy
(rx~ 49, 49,