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Ww EATHER. Unsettled tonight and Tuesday, prob- ably ly southwest. | local thunder showers; somewhat | cooler Tuesday; moderate winds, most- ‘Temperature past 24 hours: High, 94, 2 p.m. yesterday; low, 74, 7 Full report on page eleven. m. today. he Evening Star. \ About every one in Washing- | ton who reads at all reads The Star. No. 19,675 NEWMAN CITED FOR ALLEGED CONTEMPT Commissioner Must Show Cause Friday Why He Should Not Be Punished. JUDGE STAFFORD ACTS ON FRIZZELL’S PETITION Taxpayer Attacks Efficacy of Super- sedeas Bond to Restore Him to Office Pending Appeal. Newman, president of the hoard of District Commissioners, was cited today for alleged contempt of court. Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Court on a petition of Wil- liam J. Frizzell, the taxpayer who is testing the eligibility of Mr. Newman, issued a rule on the Commissioner to show cause Friday why he should not he adjudged in contempt of the ouster judgment rendered July 7, and why he should not be punished for such con- tempt. ‘The petition of Mr. Frizzell was pre- sented to the court by Attorneys Ar- A. Birney and Neale & England, Olver P. thur of counsel for the taxpayer. It ad- vises the court that Mr. Newman was found te be a “usurper” and was d from the office of District Com- but that in disregard of the cree he has continued to ex- functions of the office. mer declares Mr. Newman elied on persedeas bond as re- m to the office of Commis- pending the action of the Dis- of Appeals on a review of of ouster. The efficacy cked by Mr. Frizzell, .ins to the court that !t can- » effect claimed for it by ton & Richardson, counsel n. Counsel Syme has ren- nion, it is said, advising irsing Officer Wilson that he could Newman’s salary, holding the as bond sufficient to stay the £ the Commissioner. Court Peruses Authorities. Before signing the rule to show cause Justice Stafford perused carefully a short brief prepared by Attorney Bir- ney, setting forth the authorities, on which he relied in asking the court to cite the Commissioner for contempt. ‘The petition of Mr. Frizzell states “Your relator avers and charges and so the fact is that Oliver P. Newman, in defiance of said judgment, has wholly disregarded the same and has ever since the rendition thereof continued to act as if he were a Commissioner of the District of Columbia and to concern himself as such in the of- ficial business of the said office and to intermeddie with the liberties, privileges, franchises of sald office and to exercise the powegs thereof as he did before the rendition of said judgment, and falsely assuming and pretending to be a Com- missioner of the District of Columbia, has issued pretended official orders as such ‘Commissioner; has given orders and in- structions to clerks and officials subordi- nate to the Commissioner and has de- manded and received salary as Commis- sioner, relying on a supersedeas’ bond in the penalty of $200. “Your relator is advised and so avers the appeal bond did not vacate, annul or suspend the operation and effect of the ouster Judgment or restore the said ewman to the office of Commissioner nd that in yet assuming to be such Commissioner and to discharge the functions of such office the said New- man is in contempt of this honorable court and df its said judgment and that he should be puntshed therefor.” Claims Judgment Self-Executing. The point relied on by Attorney Bir- ney in attacking the power of the ap- peal bond to keep Mr. Newman in office is that the judgment of ouster is declaratory and self-executing. need- ing no writ to carry {t into effect. The only power of the supersedeas bond, it is suggested, 1s to stay further pro- ceedings and leave matters in the con- dition in which they were when the supersedeas took effect and until the appellate court can hear the parties on the questions involved. As the ouster judgment was self-acting, it is argued, Mr. Newman was automati- cally out of office on its signing, and as the supersedeas bond could only maintain the condition existing at the time it was sign was out of office and so re- . The bond could not restore him, it is urged, because then {t would change the existing status. A case in Nebraska {s cited in the brief of counsel, in which the defense was an appeal and supersedeas bond. It was held in that case that in the absence of a statute to that effect “the filing of a su- rsedeas bond does not supersede the igment so as to entitle the incumbent has orin nt SIMPLE SERVICES FOR MRS. WILSON Rites in East Room Precede Departure of Funeral Train for Rome, Ga. SPECIAL CAR NEEDED FOR FLORAL TRIBUTES Federal and District Government Of- fices Closed as Mark of Respect to President’s Wife. Simplicity, for which she expressed a desire, marked the funeral services for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the President of the United States, in the east room of the White House at 2 o'clock this afternon. The presence of the cabinet, committees from both Senate and House headed by the Vice President and the Speaker, and the closing of all government depart- ments, demonstrated, however, that the whole nation, represented by the National Capital and the machinery of government, shared with sympathy the sorrow of its chosen head. Besides the representatives of the leg- islative and executive departments of the government present, and the em- ployes of the White House, only the members of the Wilson family and a very few intimates, together with the wives of the cabinet members, were in attendance. Those invited made a group of less than 200 persons. Gov. Fielder of New Jersey and Mrs. Fielder arrived early today to attend the funeral. They were among the few outsiders to be present at the services. Coffin Surrounded by Flowers. The mahogany coffin, covered wi gray broadcloth, was taken from the room in which Mrs. Wilson died to the east room and there surrounded by a profusion of beautiful flowers sent from all parts of the country. Lilies of the valley and roses filled the room with their fragance. With the President and his daugh- ters, Miss Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Mc- Adoo and Mrs. Sayre, were Secretary McAdoo, Francis B. Sayre and Prof. Stockton Axson, Mrs. Wilson's brother, who arrived here early today after a Tace across the continent from Oregon to be present at the funeral. S Near the family a place had been re- served for the members of the cabinet and their wives. The employes of the White House, all of whom Mrs. Wilson had befriended by simple acts of kind- ness and thoughtfulness, had a special part of the room assigned to them. Service Without Music. ° No music was arranged for the services, and Rev. Sylvester Beach of Princeton, N. J., the Wilson family pastor for many years, and Rev. J. H. Taylor of Washington, whose church the President has attended since coming to Washing- ton, decided on the simplest kind of aervices. They selected several verses from the fifteenth chapter of First Cor- inthians and the fourteenth chapter, of St. John for the scriptural reading, and short prayers and a benediction completed the services. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, belleve also in me,’ was the opening verse from the Scriptures. “In My Father's house are many man- sions: if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. I will not leave you comfortless: 1 will come to you.” The members of the Senate committee headed by Vice President Marshall, gath- ered in the marble room of the Capitol to drive to the White House together. Speaker Clark and the other members of the House committee, which included the senior member of each state delegation, also met at the Capitol to attend the funeral in a body. No Honorary Pallbearers. ‘There were no honorary pallbearers. The White House attendants who bore the body of Mrs. Wilson to the funeral carriage were Forrest H. Purks, John F. Jamieson, H. F. Hutton, John Bramlett, Bugene Davis and Henry Gilbert, all po- licemen assigned to duty within the White House proper. Both houses of Congress were in re- cess until tomorrow, and all government departments and the District building were closed at 1 o'clock, and will be again tomorrow afternoon. All flags in the city on public buildings and private homes and stores were at half-staff. As the body was conveyed to the special train at the Union station there followed the undertaker’s carriage, closed automobile, in which were seat ed President Wilson and his three daughters. At the train they watched to retain the office pending the proceed- ings in error.” Mr. Birney calls the court's attention to the absence of such statute fm this jurtediction. He cites several other cases and also text book to support his claim that Mr. Newman is out of office and by remaining therein fs in contempt of court. SYMPATHIZE WITH GERMANY. Resolutions Adopted by Irish Volun- teers at New York Meeting. NEW YORK, August %—Resolutions expressing sympathy with Germany in the present war were adopted at a meeting in Celtic park today in con- nection with the annual field day of the Ist Regiment of Irish Volunteers. Several thousand persons attended. The regiment carried a German flag. The resolutions extended “sympathy” to the ‘German emperor and declared the Irish people would welcome the landing in Ireland of a German army. “We await an opportunity to take a military part in the confifet,” it was aded. + REACH PORT IN SAFETY. Russian and British Steamers Cross Ocean to Halifax. HALIFAX, N. S, August 10.—The Rus- sian steamer Dwinsk, from Libau, with passengers, arrived off the harbor late lust night and anchored. The British cable steamer Mackay Bennett arrived from Queenstown. Neither steamer sight- ed any German cruiser. ‘The Mackay Bennett, after learning that war had been declared extinguished most of her lights and came at full speed for this port France Honors King Albert. PARIS, August 10.—France has con- ferred a military medal upon King Al- j bert of Belgtum. the transfer of the body to the car, and then returned to the White House to accompany the funeral party to the train. Remaining with the body at the train were Joseph Wilson, the President's brother, and Dr. George Howe, his cousin. Since the death of Mrs. Wilson members of the family have sat through the long vigils of the night with the body, the President taking his turn with the others, and tonight, as the special train speeds through the south, the body will have its guard. Special Train for Trip. The trip to Rome, Ga, where Mrs. Wilson will be buried tomorrow after- noon beside her father and mother, in Myrtle Hill cemetery, will be made on a special train which leaves the Unton station at 4:35 o'clock this evening. Those in the party will include the President, Miss Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Sayre, Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo, Prof, Axson, J. R. Wilson, Dr. George Howe, Dr. Cary T. Grayson and Secretary Tu- multy. James Woodrow, a cousin of the Presldent, will join the party at Spar- tanburg, S. C., and Miss Althea 3 Axson and Miss Carrie Belle Axson at Atlanta, Ga. The hour of arrival in Rome is 2:30 p.m. ‘The special train will be made up of @ private car, a compartment car, a Pullman sleeper, a dining car, a bag- gage car and @ special car for the thou- sands of wreaths and floral tributes. ‘Throughout this morning express and florists’ wagons. rolled into the White House grounds with marvelously beau- tiful floral designs from persona in and out of the city who used this method of expressing honor to the memory of Mrs, Wilson. It was the opinion of florists that never before in Washing- ton has there been such a wealth of- flowers and such a variety of designs, From the various democratic clubs of Baltimore, where President Wilson was nominated for the presidency, there arrived a floral emblem that required half a dozen men to handle and which contained every known flower or ever- een appropriate for the occasion. ese clubs raised $4,000 among them directed five of the leading florists (Continued on Second Page) WASHINGTON, D. ©. MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1914—FOURTEEN PAGES. FIRST FRUITS OF EUROPE’S WAR. |FRENCH LOSE HEAVILY IN GERMAN SKIRMISHES Paris Reports Fighting Along Entire Front—Both .. Sides Reinforced—Kaiser’s Troops Flood a Valley. PARIS, August 10—A statement 1s-Sainte Marie are not specifically given in sued by the war department at a late hour iast night says that numerous skirmishes are taking place along the ‘entire.front of the French army. One clash with the Germans was violent, and the losses on both sides were serious. ‘The. official communication adds that the German troops are recelving rein- forcements, and that the French are being strengthened. A battle began Saturday evening on the ridges of the Vosges mountains. Aero- planes took part. The French troops, after a desperate encounter, obtained possession of the mountain passes of Bonhomme and Sainte Marie. Then Sun- day morning when the fighting was re- sumed they took a position dominating Sainte Marie aux Mines. The French losses in the taking of the official report, which confines itself to declaring that they were serious. The wounded French and German soldiers were taken to the French fortress of Epinal for treatment. A French aeroplane which ascended during the engagement was repeatedly fired at, the officer who was acting as observer of the Ferman movements re- ceiving a bullet in the hip. The pilot of the machine, however, brought him safely to the ground and he was able to return to Belfort, whither the aeroplane also was sent for repair. The German troops inundated the valley of the Seille, hoping by this means to stop the advance of the French, but the quantity of water was not sufficient and the French troops were able to continue thelr march. It is announced that the list of Ger- man suicides in France has been in- creased by the death of several women, who became despondent because they were under the necessity of leaving the country. LONDON EXPECTS SOON TO HEAR JAPAN HAS ENTERED THE FRAY LONDON, the Daily Mail from Tokio says: “An all-night cabinet conference and: activity in the navy department has strengthened the popular belief that Ja- pan fs about to take an active part in the war. A pronouncement by the govern- ment is hourly expected.” Warships in Orient. PEKING, August 10—Whether Japan will participate in an attack on the Ger- man colony of Tsingtau is a question gravely concerning British subjects and other foreigners in China It is believed here that serious “conversations” are proceeding between Tokio and London to determine the future status of Tsingtau. German cruisers are said to be searcl ing the Yellow sea and causing Britis! French and Russian vessels to remain port. August 10.—A dispatch to} From Shanghai reports were received today that the British Pacific fleet had passed toward the north, accompanied by two French cruisers. Germans Molest Japanese Shipping. TOKIO, August 10.—The German fleet at Tsingtau has already seized the Russian steamer Riazan, carrying Brit- ish subjects; has driven one hundred merchant men to the refuge of Japa- nese ports and has embarrassed the entire Japanese shipping in the orient. The press gives prominence to an leged communication from America saying the United States is sending a fleet to Asia to protect its interests. The report is considered baseless, but it has nevertheless reawakened inter- est as to America’s attitude. Forty mis sionaries, chiefly French, but some o them Germans, are leaving for their home countries to take their places in their armies. BELGIANS AND GERMANS BATTLE NEAR HOLLAND-BELGIAN BOUNDARY AMSTERDAM, via London, August 10. —A number of wounded Germans were brought to Maasticht from Monck vil- lage. An engagement is taking place at Eben, near the boundary between Bel- gium and Holland. Maasticht is filled with refugbes, who tell horrifying stories of their experiences at the hands of the Germans. ‘A dispatch to the Antwerp Handelebad from Maasticht states that the Germans have received reinforcements and com- pletely occupy the Belgian territory bor- 4ering on the Dutch province of Lim- burg. They are now engaged with the Belgian army, which has taken its posi- tion near Tongres, eleven miles south of Maasticht. The fighting was progress- ing this afternoon in the valley of the Geer. A ‘group of fifty-nine soldiers from Mecklenburg, who were detained after taking refuge on Dutch territory, arrived here today. They are to be interned at, Alkmaar tiil the end of the war. Fitty Uhlans have been captured and disarmed at Maastricht, capital of the province of Limburg. DUKE OF CONNAUGHT TO SUPERVISE .. CANADIAN ARMY ORGANIZATION OTTAWA, Ontario, August 10—The Duke of Connaught, governor general of ‘Canada, will take personal supervision of the organization of the Canadian army division which is being raised for serv- ice abroad. ‘The Duke and Duchess of Connaught will Iéave their home at Rideau Hall, Ottewa, and go to Valcartier, twenty miles from Quebec, where the Canadian ae : volunteeers will be brought and organ- ized into battalions end regiments. A camp is being prepared for the royal party. The Duke of Connaught Is a soldier of great experience with the British forces in Egypt, and on the Red river expedi- tion in Canada. He is a British field marshal and has at various times held the military commands of Bombay, Ire- land, Aldershot and Gibraltar. ESSEX CAPTURES LINER KRONPRINZ British €ruiser Taking German Ship to Bermuda as Prize, Two Reports Say. CENSORSHIP MAKES IT’ DIFFICULT TO VERIFY Sailor on the Narragansett Hears Wireless Message and Royal Mail Packet Manager Tells of Rumor. NEW YORK, August 10.—From two sources today came a report to New York that the North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm had been cap- tured by the British cruiser Essex and taken to Bermuda as a prize. The liner Narragansett reported having heard a wireless message to this effect, and the manager of the Royal Mail Steam Packet, whose ships run to Bermuda, said he had heard a similar report, and that he had every reason to believe the report was true. He would not say where he had heard it, ‘but it was be- leved that the British consul was his authority. Rigorous censorship is be- ing enforced in Bermuda, and no con- firmation of the report could be ob- tained at Hamilton. A cryptic dispatch from the corre- spondent of the Associated Press at Bermuda indicated he had some news which he would like to communicate, but could not on account of the cen- sorship. It was in reply to a message informing him of the reported capture of the Kronprinz Wilhelm by the Essex. Named for Crown Heir. The Kronprinz Wilhelm, named in honor of the heir to the German throne, was built in 1901 at the Vul- can works in Stettin, Germany, and launched in May, 1902. She is 663 feet long, of sixty-six-foot beam, 21,300 tons aisplacement and 30,000 horsepower. She has a speed of twenty-three knots and at the time of her launching was one of the fastest and largest vessels afloat. She has accommodations for 1,715 passengers and a crew of 552. ‘Customs inspectors. who boarded the British tank steamer Narragansett, in today from Rotterdam, were informed by a sailor of the Narragansett’s crew that the North German Lloyd liner Kronpring Wilhelm had been captured by the British cruiser Essex and that the Essex was taking her to Hamilton, Bermuda. The sailor said a wireless message last Saturday from the Essex to the station in Bermuda, intercepted by the Narragansett, told of the capture. North German Lloyd officials doubted the story. No word, they satd, had been received from the liner. The Kronprinz Wilhelm sailed from New York last Tuesday, heavily laden with coal, ostensibly for Bremen. It was reported, but not confirmed, that she intended to meet the German cruiser Dresden at sea and replenish her coal supply. Canadian Rumor. : The report was given some credence here in view of the announcement by the Canadian government, made at Ot- tawa last night, that the Essex had ad- vised the Bermuda station that she was bringing in a prize. The name of the captured vessel was not disclosed in the government's announcement. Since the beginning of the war the Essex has been cruising between Ber- muda and Halifax. She was at Halifax last Thursday as the convoy of the Mauretania, If the Narragansett’s in- formation be correct the Essex must have run across the Kronprinz Wilhelm between Thursday night and Saturday morning. The message which the Nar (Continued, on, Second Page.) KASER AT FRONT BATTLELINESET I SWITZERLAND France May Now Declare War on Austria Because of Gathered Troops. GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY | BRINGS 30,000 TO BORDER Will Reinforce Germans at Istein Who Are Massing in the Hills Following Defeat in Alsace. LONDON, August 10.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Rome says that Emperor William has arrived at Aix-la-Chapelle to join his army. It is not known whether he is on his way to the Belgian campaign or to the impending campaign in Alsace-Lor- raine and Switzerland. A dispatch from Rome to the Daily | Mail says that Emperor William left Berlin in a motor car yesterday for the Alsatian frontier. The Daily Mail's Rome correspondent adds that, according to dispatches from Basel, Switzerland, the Germans have evacuated Sankt Ludwig, in Alsace, four miles northwest of Basel, and that a battle is imminent on the Franco-Swiss frontier. A dispatch to the Times from Bern, Switzerland, says 30,000 Austrian troops have concentrated near Basel, and that German and French troops also are near | the Swiss frontier, and a big battle may occur at any moment. France Demands Explanation. It is announced here that the French government having reason to believe that |part of the Austrian mobilization ts di- rected against the French frontier, the minister for foreign affairs yesterday ex- pressed to the Austrian ambassador, | who is still in Paris, the desire for in- formation regarding the intentions of the ‘Austrian government as soon as possi- ble. The Austro-Hungarian ambassador was still in London today and the British government seems disposed to leave the initiative to Austria-Hungary in the ques- tion as to whether war is to be declared between the two countries. ‘The delay of the French government in asking Austria-Hungary to declare her intentions is understood in London to have been due to the fact that the French flect in the Mediterranean was engaged in convoying Algerian troops to France. France, therefore, was not ready to cope with the situation in case the reply of ‘Austria-Hungary proved unsatisf@ttory, but, upon the completion of the trans- portation of French troops yesterday, the hote of inquiry was addressed to the Austro-Hungarian ambassador in Paris. ‘Dispatches from Rome state that for- ty-eight trainloads of Austrian troops from the Tyrol arrived yesterday at Leopoldshoehe, in Baden, to the north- west of Basel, Switzerland. They were on their way to Alsace to assist the Germans. The Rome correspondent of the Ex- change Telegraph Company forwards a dispatch from Basel, Switzerland, say- ing that the Austrian troops arrived there by way of Constance.’ They com- prise 30,000 men of the 14th Corps, under command of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, which were withdrawn from tyrolTyrol to prevent them being sent against the Servians. Germans Massing on the Hills. They will reinforce the German troops at Istein, where the Germans are massing on the hills and tn the fortifications, following the French suc- cess in Alsace. An official statement issued at mid- wight in Paris says numerous skirmishes have occurred on the frontier, but that no pitched battle has taken place. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Brussels says that Germany is mobilizing another million of men, who include those of the Landstrum for the invasion of France. French Occupy Kolmar. It is unofficially reported that Kolmar, a city forty miles southwest of Strass- burg, in Alsace-Lorraine, has been occu- Pied by the French. Kolmar, also spelled Colmar, is a-city with a population of 30,000, on the Sill river, and almost directly north of Muel- hausen, the city which the French are said to have occupied Saturday. Kolmar was ceded to France by the peace of Ryswick in 1607, and restored to Ger- many by the treaty of Frankfurt in 1871. The Paris correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph has sent the following dispatch to his paper: “All reports agree on the intense en- thuslasm of the troops, who hurled them. BELGIANS AND ALLIES — GERMAN FORCES; LIEGE FORTS INTACT French Troops Have Come Up and Teuton Occupation of Town Not Strategically Important. GUNS COMMAND THE ROADS = OF POSSIBLE MOVEMENTS Offensive Now to Be Taken by Opponents of Kaiser on Simultaneous and Concerted Plan of Campaign. THE WAR SITUATION TODAY. Official reports from France give no definite details of the strength of the French turning movement in Alsace, near the | Swiss frontier, where Gen. Joffre is believed to be in command. Austrian troops have been hurried there to the aid of the | Germans, and an important battle is believed to be imminent. Indications are that another forward movement of the main | French force is in preparation near ee Aside from the flanking movement -through Belgium by which the French assume the German army was trying to get F to the rear of the great French fortresses on the frontier, indica- | tions were today that a strong German advance is to be made on France by way of Luxemburg. | The London Daily Telegraph’s Brussels correspondent | says that Germany is mobilizing 1,000,000 of the Landsturm or | final reserve. German troops occupy the town of Liege, but not the sur- rounding forts, which were still holding out today, according to Belgian reports. | A lull in the fighting around Liege was announced from Brussels, which city expects that the next battle will occur when the allied forces have completed plans to take the offensive against the German troops. | The German cruisers Goeben and Breslau have evaded their British and French pursuers and have arrived in the Adriatic. An Austrian fleet was reported proceeding from Pola to succor them. Ships reaching New York today report hearing wireless messages that the North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz | Wilhelm had been captured by the British cruiser Essex in the North Atlantic. LONDON, August 10.—Messages received here today in official quarters from the Belgian general staff assert that the occupation of the town of Liege by the German troops has not had the slightest influence on the strategic situation. Information from the front conrms a report that the German troops have ceased their advance by the valley of the Ourthe. They are said to have retired on the reserves and to be throwing up de- fensive works. The German offensive movement to the north of Liege is said to be developing. It is declared that so long as the ring of forts around Liege re- mains intact as it still is, the guns command three of the principal roads by which the Germans can advance. This, it is pointed out, makes it impossible for the Germans under the present circum- stances to receive supplies or ammunition. Every line of railroad between Liege and the German frontier is alleged to have been destroyed, and the Belgian troops are said to have blown up every bridge, culvert and tunnel. selves recklessly on the enemy with bay: nets in the battles at Altkirch and Muel- hausen. “A big cavalry encounter has occurred on the plateau east of the Meuse, prob- ably at Woevre, in the departments of Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is re- ported that the fight resulted favorably for our allies. German Advance Halted “The net result of the operations, so far as is known, is that the German ad- vance has been stopped on the line of the Meuse, and they have been outflanked in Similarly the Germans are strategically outflanked by the French advance into ‘Alsace. Thus the hostile flanks are men. aced and their front is setiously con- tracted. “The arrival of the British troops is anxiously awaited by France and Bel- gium in view of the imminence of a decisive encounter between the French and German armies.” Tt is officially announced that the French losses in the fighting at Alt- kirch do not exceed 100 killed and wounded. - Seized an Aeroplane Factory. ‘The French today were in face of the outskirts of the forest Hardt, in front of Neu Breisach, which appears to be occupied in force. In the capture of Muelhausen the French seized a great aeroplane fac- tory operated by a noted German man- ufacturer. The Brussels correspondent of the Daily |Mgil says that he has confirmed the {report of French success at Marbehan, in | Belgian Luxemburg, on the railway line between Ostend and Basel. He says it is reported that the French are pur- suing the Germans, who are retiring. The Germans ‘are proceeding into France chiefly through Esch, a town of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, ten miles southwest of Luxemburg, where they have cut down trees and dug trenches. They have raided the village of Merl. Wooden platforms 400 yards long for the unloading of horses and guns have been constructed. Belgium by the advancing French masses. |" The Belgian legation here declared at 10 o’clock this morning in conection with the siege of Liege: “Up to the present everything is all right at Liege. The forts are still holding out.” FRENCH TROOPS HAVE JOINED. The French troops have made connection with the Belgians at Liege. i A telegram from Charleroi, Belgium, to the Daily Mail, dis- patched on Sunday night, says a force of French troops arrived in time to participate in the success of Gen. Leman’s Belgian di over the German troops investing Liege. “The French succeeded in reaching the town of Liege in time to work behind the Germans and cut off their retreat,” the cor- respondent says. | “The Germans are said to have lost 8,000 killed and wounded, while 1,700 of them were captured. I give the figures under re- serve,” he adds. : if The French and Belgian armies will take the offensive simul- taneously in conformity with a concerted plan of campaign. Main Army Coming Up. ision mans, expecting to take Liege in a. few hours, brought with them only sufficie ‘The next development in the situa- tion 1s expected to be the arrival of the Belgian main army, reported to be advancing rapidly from Louvain in the northwest to attack the Germans oc- cupying the town of Liege. ‘The Belgian general staff today says the German forces are going backward before the advance of French troops, a considerable effective force of which has got into contact with the German advance guard. It is reported that the entire territory to the south of the Meuse has been cleared of German soldiers. ‘The Belgian general staff declares it has received information aa Ger- food for a few days and little ammuni- tion, their plan being to rush Liege and make it their base of operations. The same authority states that the German assertion of the capture of 4,000 Belgian prisoners is baseless, and adds that not a single Belgian soldier remains in the town of Liege, as they are all quartered in the forts. ‘Weak From Lack of Food. As far as can be learned by the Bel- gian general staff some 120,000 German troops were engaged at Liege. They are said to have been so weakened by lack of food as to be unable effectively to at- tack the forts. On the other hype it is