JAPAN'S WAR

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2239, 27 August 1914, Page 6

JAPAN'S WAR

> _____ I KAISER'S MESSAGE TO HIS ; TROOPS KIAOCHAU PREPARING London, August 25. 'American advices from Tsingtau state 'that the Kaiser directed the garrison at Kiaocb.au to defend the place to its utmost. The. message was read at roll call on Friday evening and listened to stoically. The Germans dynamited all tall structures likely to assist the attacking fleet by giving sighting points. The railway bridge at the boundary of the territory was destroyed, and Chinese villages within the territory were razed. / AUSTRIAN CRUISER TO ASSIST. Vienna, August 25. The i Austrian cruiser Kaiserin-Eliza-bcth, recently stated to have been disarmed 1 at Kiaochau, has been ordered to j.oin the German fleet's operations at Tsingtau. The Kaiserin-Elizabeth is a secondclass cruiser'of 4000 tons displacement built in 1892, and with a speed of' 19 knots. She carries two 9.4 in. guns, and six 5.9 m. ' AUSTRIA JOINS IN. (Rec. August 26, 9 p.m.) . London, August 26, morning. Austria has declared war against Japan. (Rec. August 27, 0.55 a.m.) London, August. 26; morning. Reuter's correspondent states that it is officially announced in Vienna that the Japanese Ambassador has been handed his passports.. DEFAMING ENGLAND. Peking, August 25. • A circular calculated to inflame the Chinese against England has been issued broadcast.

' CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

• GERMAN DUPLICITY I

.-.■■.., .VI •,' — '■ — ' ■ . \ : ' -'i-rur■ -. ' DOUBL&BEALING IN LORRAINE

' Paris, August 25. Wounded 'Frenoh officers at Bourges describe the -duplicitv of the Germans in Lorraine'.- : Wlieh the French entered pillages they','were effusively welcomed as saviours V.'by the officials, who, however, indicated' their exact positions to the Germaner'OneNMayor accommodated the French..with afield telephone, but '.connected the wire with the German headquarters. A schoolmaster corrected the. errors of ttho Germans' gun range byjmoving the hands of the church clock. .The, French were* assured they would not meet with resistance at Dieuze, but found .elaborate concrete-built trenches nlled-with Germans. The French stormed the trenches., . ,

CERMAN BOYS UNDER ARMS.

TRAINING COMMENCED. '■"'.> , ] ',ji"(Reo.':August 26, 10.10 p.m..), ■.;'' ■''■~ Berlin, August 25. The Government has ordered boys of sixteen to nineteen to commence a couree of musketry: and. military training. ' Retired officers have been employed to give, instruction .-

POLES SUPPORT ENTENTE.

FORTY THOUSAND IN RUSSIAN, ■ ARMY. V ; : St. Petersburg, August .25. The Poles in the Russian Empire have declared ' themselves partisans • of the Entente.. The idea or fighting against the Germans with the French'and English has excited the greatest enthusiasm. There are forty thousand l Poles in the Russian Army.—"Times" 'and Sydneyl "Sun" Services. '

BRUSSELS UNDER GERMAN RULE.

PORTION OF INDEMNITY PAID. August 25. . The Germans blew up the tramway station at Brussels because the directors' refused to carry out certain ments. * . ■ , Twenty million francs (about £800,000) of the city's indemnity has been paid. V , London, August 25. The Germans have established German time in Brussels instead of Greenwich time. ; ■',

BELGIAN RAILWAYS./

DENUDED.OF ROLLING STOCK. : / Paris, August 25. Belgium has sent_ all; her railway rolling stock, including 1000 engines, to France. .'•'.■

SKIRMISHES IN BELCIUM.

UHLANS CAPTURED NEAR THE ..'■"•'"■;. -.■•• *• ..- Ostend, August 25. ''The Belgians' captured twenty-five Uhlans who were patrolling 10 miles inland of the seaside resort of Blaukenberg, on' the coast above Ostend. ~ ' Ostend, August 25. ■ Belgian .frendarmes had a sharp skirmish with 150 Gorman cavalry a few miles out of Ostend. Five gendarmes were killed and several wounded. ■,\ GERMAN. PRISONERS FOR :■,,-.:,::- :•... .BRITAIN. f t ' (Rec. August 26, 9.35 p.m.)' .•"■'■'\ Antwerp, August 25. ' .Eight thousand German prisoners in Belgium are being sent to England via Dunkirk. 'COLONEL A. H. DAVIES PROMOTED. (Rec. August 27, 0.55 a.m.). London, August 26, morning. . Colonel A.--H. Davies, of New Zealand (who has been in command of the Fifth Infantry Brigade at Aldcrshot), has been; gaiettcd a Brigade Commander. ' '' I A CARDINAL'S BLESSING. '■ < (Rec. August 26, 10.10 p.m.) ■■■"''■'•' London, August 26, morning. While Cardinal Gasquet was travelling to Roiho' he chanced to get on a train containidg a regiment of many Irish Roman Catholics. The Cardinal, who was wearing his crimson robes, leaned out of >tho window and said: "God bless r you, my children." Instantly every,, Roman Catholic in tho open trucks of the troop-train dropped on his knees. . GOVERNOR OF BELGIUM. ' GERMAN APPOINTMENT. • (Rec. August 27,, 1 a.m.) . Berlin, August 26. Official.—Lieutenant-General Baron Von der Goltz, Commander of the Ist Division of tho loth Army Corps, has 'been; appointed Military Governor of ■ the occupied portion of Belgium. A civil administrator. is also to be appointed. ~'.'-'