The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-23
Kaiser's Army Captures Ostend
After Weeks Siege--Submar-
inc Destroys the Hawke
and 500 Drown.
RUSSIANS BLOCKED
Reports from East Say They Have
Been Driven from Austrian
stronghold-Allies Hinder
German Advance.
Summary Of EventS.0


The German army has captured
Ostend after a weeks siege.
This operation places the kaiser
in complete control of all Bel
GUM. Liege, Namur, Brussels,
Antwerp, Client and Ostend, in
the hands of the invaders, form
a chain of defenses which the Ger
mans will use to great advantage
if the Allies drive them out of
France. The Belgians have
moved their seat of government
to Havre, France, and their army
has joined that of the Allies in
northern France.
Germany's excellent submarine
torpedo boat service has robbed
the British navy of its seventh
warship in the North sea. The
protected cruiser Hawke is the
latest victim. Less than seventy
five men of a crew of about 500
were saved when the cruiser was
destroyed.
Two Battles in Progress.
Two great battles, one in northern
France and Belgium, the other in Rus
sian Poland, each with a front of
three hundred miles, have reached
their height-but the public is allow.
ed only an occasional glance of their
progress through official communica-
tions, which frequently are widely at
variance.
Battle Favors Allies.
From the French report it appears
that the western battle is going slow
ly but surely in favor Of the Allies.
Under the pressure of the troops of
the Allies, the Germans, who started
to advance on Calais and other French
coast ports, have been forced to evac-
uate the left bank of the Lys River,
which is a considerable distance east
of the points their advance guards
reached last week. Further east in
the Lens district and southwark be-
tween Arras and Albert, where the
Germans made their initial attempt to
work around the Allies left, the Brit
ish and French have made notable
progress"
No More German FIanks.
Although the Germans have failed
to break the Allied line and have
themselves been compelled to give
ground, they are now in better posi-
ton, having front which stretches
from the Swiss frontier to Antwerp
and Dutch territory so that there are
no TANKS which the Allies can turn.
The Allies can attempt to break the
line, however, and this is believed to
be what they are trying to do on the
Belgian frontier.
Took 1000 at Antwerp.
An official report received from Ger.
man army headquarters says four
thousand prisoners we're taken at Ant
werp and more than five hundred
guns.
Almost to Metz.
The steady hammering of the al
lies on the German left wing of the
French battle front has brought them
almost within cannon range of the
forts at Metz. In spite of this men,
ace the German crown princes
army hangs on doggedly to the posi-
tions 1t has taken on the Mouse near
St. Mihiel.
Germans Get Fresh Troops.
Regular traffic on the main lines in
Germany has been suspended the last
four days to allow the transportation,
as quickly as possible, to the western
field, Of an army of ninety thousand
freshly trained men.
Boer Command ReVolts.
A strong command of the Boer
army in the British Union Of South
Africa has revolted and the govern
or has placed the entire Cape Colony
under martial law. The revolt was
engineered and led by Colonel Maritz,
secretly a German army officer, who
received arms, materials of war and
money from Germany Recovering
from the first shock Of the news
that organized revolt now menaced
British authority in South Africa,
London has received word that
from nearly every part of the union