Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-05
GERMANS MOVE FORWARD
Steadily They Push Back French British Belgian
Allies Almost to Brussels Capital to Antwerp
Defenders Prepare to Make Desperate
Struggle at Namur and Waterloo.

pans order to vacate the German naval
station and colony in China by Au-
gust %. Japan IS prepared to drive
the small German force out
Grave fear is held that such action
as this may cause an uprising of Chi
nese against all foreigners. Chinese
troops are moving too, and there is
general uneasiness in the country.
Japan has sent out assurances broad
cast that she viii not seize territory
for permanent occupation, and partic-
ular assurances have been given to
this country. The United States,
however, is pursuing its much admired
I (these days. policy of watchful wait
ing with shut mouth.
Hundreds of tourist Americans are
reaching home from Europe everyday.
United States warships are distribut-
ing millions of gold at European ports
/ for the relief of those stranded abroad.
Arrangements are practically compete
] for the transportation. and care of all
/ other Americans now abroad. Pressed
though they are with their own bur-
dens and problems, Europeans every
where have been courteous and hos
pitable; in France and Germany even
| taking penniIess Americans into their
! homes.
Germans Outnumber Allies.
Paris.-There is grave doubt among
many of the French military experts
whether the allies in Belgium will be
able to do much more than check the
German advance.
The number of troops sent across
the frontier by Germany is declared
to be far larger than any information
heretofore obtainable has suggested.
From the extreme north of the Bel
gian frontier down through Luxem-
burg the German forces are in posi-
ton. 1t is already plain that the
kaiser hopes to crush the allies in one
supreme endeavor and then to hurry
his fresh troops across Belgium and
into France before re-enforcements
can be withdrawn from the south.
Await the Great Battle.
In Brussels there is no scene of rev
elry at this time, for as this dispatch
is filed it is rumored the Belgian CAPT
tai is taken by the kaiser's troops,
Iured to a battle which now seems, as
sure as fate, will be fought on the
historic field on which Napoleon lost
his crown and France her control of
Europe.
Claim Liege Forts
London-As far as the Gordon of
secrecy which the battling nations
have drawn around the Franco-German
frontiers will permit of guesswork, the
great battle which promises to cast
Mukden and Liaoyang into insignifi-
canoe has not actually began.
Encounters are proceeding all along
the border. They are heralded by
both sides as battles and victories. In
history most of them will rank as in
cidents
Lfege remains the crux Of the con-
troversy.
The German government has an
nounced that the forts have been de-
stroyed and the defenders buried be-
meath the ruins.
Destroyed by BeIgians.
Rotterdam.-It is asserted here that
the forts at Lfege were dynamited by
the Belgians after they had been
evacuated. The action of the Belgians
was said to be due to the arrival of
Germanys heavy motor batteries.
Germans on a New Line.
Brussels.-An official announcement
was issued by the war Office that the
Germans have pressed we'll in toward
the city as one of the German cavalry
camps was placed at Gembloux, just
north of Namur.
The report of the operations said
that the German line now extends
through Gembloux, Ottenheven and
Velm.
Sir John French hurried away from
Paris in a racing motor car, and it
was admitted he was going directly
to the front, but whether to Alsace
or to Belgium no one could find out.
Germans Are Formidable.
The German advance through Bel
GUM is being bitterly contested, but
all information of the progress of the
battle or the line beng followed is
withheld for strategic reasons.
Joffre Leads the Invasion.
Paris.-That the German army is
being driven back through Alsace by
French army under the personal
command of General Joffre, comman-
der-in-chief of the French forces, is
indicated by an official message just
made public.
1t is a report from General Joffre to
the minister of war and it is believed
here to indicate that the French plans
for the invasion of Germany conten-
plate the capture of Strassburg and
the crossing of the Rhine at that for
tilted point.
Big Cruiser After Germans.
Vancouver, B. C.-The British cruis-
er Newcastle has reached Victoria