OFFICIAL NEWS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2247, 5 September 1914, Page 8

OFFICIAL NEWS

\ HIGH (GOMMISSioNER'S CABLES ; GERMAN; ADVANCE ON PARIS nffi L -°? 8.80 p.m. . Official.— i ho Germans continue their advance. Ihe enemy-.-has-, pushed back ...by sheer. .weight the Allied left, includ;ing t'he British, . 'Jle Gorman, attack, though still, •violent,"..-is., perceptibly .. weaker, lhe German cavalry patrols ■■■ . reachelSehlis yesterday, 12 miles from ;-,-•■ the ,o«fel' i 'fortifications, of .Paris, but <■ they wore'thrpwiyback again to Creil. )' u % -holding communication , .witli: an'older reserve force; r "a , •!"?f l^n'. S PP te P llb er'3, 9.15 p.m.. •; A^ battlo was fougHfc-aiear- Osteorde in ■ WMI ith ', ,«hich the:highly developed reticulation -'■ •' -i , Ge J railways had! made it posv Jible to throw into the fighting : line ■ .'. from portion.of Eastern ;•■: ■■■■■ P , r , uss , ,a :' made a furious .;:..; attacb in .superior numbers upon aßus- . . -eian army comprising two corps, which :-, esposed:,.to...terrific. fire.by heavy >,: artillery The Russians .suffered severe .-, .;:. losses.-,- Among thokilled' was the-com-' v ; gander of the army, General Samsonoff. . Ihe reverse was mainly dueto thesu- -''• : Rf mnt >: of % German guns from ■■;• Ihorn and-Graiidenz. -The reverse oan- - -•: Bot seriously affect the operations. The ( -■_■ • iltussian offensive continue-3 in the wesfc- ,. em portion -of. Eastern Prussia; . London, September 3, 7.50 p.m. ;■-.; .. Official.—The'President of France and ';•.■■.-; fcroyernment have.left Paris for Bordeaux. All tho. Ambassadors and: Ministers havo''left Paris, : with the exception of the .United States Ambassador, ■■;. ';;who remains. : M.. Ppincare isaddress- ' Mg tho ( following ' proclamation to ■ •. I , rance:^'ln order to watch over tho : national'-welfareit is the duty of the 1 .' public powers/; to- remove -.themselves -'.>.'' temporarily .--.from- Paris.- Under'the command- ■of its ■ eminent chief the ■ French Army will defend the capital ~-■/ - against the,invader. Without peace or ' .truce,' without' cessation or faltering, :;, the sacred struggle' for the honour of ' the nation arid tho reparation of yiolat- ; ed right must continue. Endure/ and '~■', fight, -while at sea-the British' aid/us ;'•' by cutting the communications of our ■'~ enemy, with the world,: whilo' the Rus- , .;. -sians continue to advance to strike a r: : '. -decisive '■■.Mow- at the .heart" of the i■}■';■. enemy." ■ .;.; ••■ ._ . . .- London, September 3. ; The War Office reports additional Bri- ! ;;'; tish casualties:—Killed, 18 officers, 52 , : . menj :, wburided, S officers,' .312 men; ■:'■■... missing, .86. officers,' .4672 men. ' Tlie missing, include those unaccounted for, '. ■ impounded prisoners, and stragglers.

• JAPAN'S WAR KIAOCHAUSHORT'..OP FOOD.. . (Rec. September 5, 1.5 a.m.) ' , ,'.-. :■'..' Peking, September 3. _ 'Japanese report that certain staple lines ofprovisions at Tsingtau, the'capital of Kiaochau, are short, and'frantic efforts are being made by the Germans to collect-foodstuffs of all kinds. The investing force .will arrive/shortly, and .mil completely isolate JTsingtau. .: •■ ATTITUDE ,;. ■\ 'AUSTRIAN'' AND': GERMAN ■V ;^f^E?TMGpES.;,, ; ; '■■: ;fa ;■•. ,i'•;•.■■■.•■• Rome, : September 3.' Members: of theyAustrian'Reichsrath ;ame 'to!'ltaly:vto 'foment Socialist I 'i resentment,, but' the 1 mission' was expelled :rom\ltaly: :/ 'A?n)embef' ; of the German Reichstag,'. -Herr .Hassej Ms 1 'arrived on a similar mission; ; ■';; !.' ■'. , .'. GERMAN CPNSTjIi ARRESTED. , ;, ~'■; London, September 3. • Consul- at-Tripoli has been'.arfeste'dvorf.suspicion' of carrying on an^-Italiaii^pfflpagaiida' , among the natives'.' ■"■' ■/'■ -'"■..": ':.'..,',,. -, ' . ; '. ' : ■ft"-EEGI^OT"T6' ; BE :; EAISEb'. St.'lJbhris (Nevyfoundlarici), Sept. 3. Parliament has ■passed.'various' war measures; and has authorised the raising. 0f.,.a c regiment, for ■'Imperial 'service. .The Opposition,.'heartily;concurred .with ■file motion.. ■ •'. '■■'.• -' •■" . .