The Washington times., 1914-08-20

making the heavy cannon In the
forts useless to the allies, the Ger
man advance toward the goal con-
tinues with almost clock-like pre-
cision. striking here and there at
the massed forces Of the allies. Since
Liege no serious setback has been
met The Belgian line has re-
treated toward Brussels. No matter
now London and Paris may color the
flight Of the Queen Of the Belgfans
ana her children. as well as Of the
government officials. from Brussels
TO Antwerp. the fact itself Ia ominous
enough and cannot be washed on
oy bulletins. Whether the Kaiser
really means to waste time in at
lacking SO well fortified a place as
Antwerp is problematical. A rood
deal depends upon the outcome Of
the gigantic battle said to be raging
for the past day or two. 1t IL ques-
tionable whether the Belgians and
their allies have risked a battle near
Waterloo. just for sentiment, In
order to save Brussels. 1t Is far
more likely that they will use every
effort to try to check the German
advance toward the north-that il,
the English Channel and Antwerp
provided the invaders, after their
experience at Liege. would fall into
the same error-of attacking forts.
instead OF encircling them and con-
tinuing to advance.
Six French and three English
corps. the paper claims to have as
certained. besides the Belgian troops,
face the invaders on the Belgian
line. They are being pushed back
ward with Irresistible force The
absence Of any direct battle nevu
seems to indicate that this In 90.
German papers insist that the in
vaders have penetrated much deeper
into Belgium than censored London
come known publicly. Beyond o
doubt the Kaiser's soldiers have been
seen far toward the north in the very
suburbs Of Antwerp. This does not
indicate that the allies are taking
the same tack. but are bent upon
stopping the Germans from breaking
through their center and entering
France via Lille and Maubeugo
Dust north Of SEDAN.
1t Is pretty certain to anyone who
has followed the plans Of the Ger
man general staff, that it has been
its intention from the very begin
ming to get into France on this spot
Delayed at Liege. this idea was not
given up and now seems near its
accomplishment. either by the forces
engaged about Namur with the allies
first army of the Moselle which 10
rapidly making toward this section.
In conclusion the Staats Zeitung
lays great stress upon her Oft re-
peated words. Can any one In his
right senses imagine the Kaiser to
be 50 reckless and fll-advised. a. to
allow the French to pour into Alsace
and even Lorraine, when by proper
use Of his vast army. he could have
easily checked such an advance?
There is something behind all this
premature boasting In the Paris dis
patches, the editor believes. and Il
will be made plain in good time. OF
course this Is one way to look ae
the French operations to the south OF
the Belgium Invasion And no doubt
the German general staff must have
something up its sleeve for the
worst Germanophobe will have TO
admit that Moltke and the other Ger
man strategists are no fools Also
the Germans in Belgium are not IN
any way pressed and easily could
spare enough soldiers TO stop the
French. Is II a second Sedan In
petto- And IL so. Is 1t to be on
German soil?