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STUNNED FRENCH DISCOURAGED AT DEFEATS ARMY War Office Tries to Cheer Parisians by Assurance of New Victories Against In- ' vading Host. promise of More British Soldiers to Help Defeated Armies Slightly Cheers Gloomy Forebodings. BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, International New Service Staff Correspondent. I PARIS, Aug. 26. The allies have arrested the advance of the Germans along the great battle line, and have re-captured the position they lost in .Monday's (reverses, according to a Statement issued by the war office totiay. It was also announced that the (French troops were making progress in the Luneville region, and that the situation in Vosges was uncnanged. "The efforts of the great German (array," the statement continues, "to 'enter France on the north near Lille, and turn the left wing of the French (resulted In honor for the French and iBritish forces. Following their recoil of Monday they have advanced anew Into Belgian territory and have regained and occupied good positions. Expect British Help. "British re-lnforcements are coming ito France." ; This brief official announcement revived the spirits of discouraged .Frenchmen today after they had been stunned by the news that the campaign in Alsace had been abandoned, luelhausen evacuated, and all the troops used in that campaign withdrawn to bolster up the line restricting: the terrific German smash on the Franco-Belgian frontier. Still further encouragement was friVeiiJfeY,nothr announcement from "raJSwitorm11 tnal"thfr-cbcf!tet"fca& been resumed In Lorraine. . This said: "In Lorraine the allies have taken up a combined offensive movement. The battle recommenced yesterday, and Is still raging." This is the first time that "allies" have been mentioned in the Lorraine campaign, and it is believed the British forces first sent to France were much larger than had been supposed. Believe Help Near. As the announcement of the coming of the first British troops to France was made only after they had actually landed, it is believed that today's announcement means that the English reinforcements have reached Boulogne and are disembarking. Today's papers print at length Lord Kitchner's statement of yesterday in which he said that the English repources and men would support the French in this conflict. One paper editorially says: "This means that England will

avenge France If she should suffer a calamity. With her wealth and naval strength she will be able to starve Germany Into submission." BELGIAN MINISTER PROTESTS USE OF EXPLOSIVE BOMBS Lodges Complaint With Bryan and Claims Violation of Articles of The Hague Convention. BULLETIN. LONDON, Aug. 26. A dispatch to the Evening News from Antwerp says that Brand Whitlock, the American minister to Belgium, has sent an energetic protest to the German government against the throwing of bombs on Antwerp from an airship. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Claiming that the use by the German army of dirigible balloons to bombard defenseless cities is a violation of the Hague convention. Minister Havenith of Belgium today requested Secretary of State Bryan to protest to Germany against the further use of the Zeppelins. The secretary promised that the Belgian protest would be considered, and that the United States would take all steps possible without endangering its neutrality position. The Belgian protest was based on a cable received by Minister Havenith this morning from the Belgian minister of foreign affairs. The dispatch read: "During the night of August 24-25 a dirigible Zeppelin balloon flew over the city of Antwerp, and threw successively eight bombs of great exploding strength. According to an investigation conducted by the judicial court ten have been killed, all harmless civilians, among them four women. Eight have been injured, of whom several were mortally wounded. One bomb exploded above the palace where the queen and royal children are living. The material damages are enormous. The bombardment constitutes a violation of Article 26 of the fourth contention of the Hague."

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KAISER BY LEASED WIRE. NEW YORK, Ai 26 Bernhardt Knollenberg and sister, Margaret, arrived from Norway today with 1,150 refugees on the Scandinavian-American steamer Oscar II. They were met by their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Knollenberg, of Richmond, Ind., who have been here for several days awaiting the arrival of their children, who were in Germany during the outbreak of the war. Bernhardt Knollenberg, a Harvard student who went abroad in June to attend the college students' peace conference, said that he reached Norway before the war broke out, but that he later went down the Kiel to see some relatives who lived there. In this city at the entrance to the canal Mr. Knollenberg found everything under mar

A detachment of Japanese infantry firing from trenches, a'Tbody typical of the thousands of Nipponese waiting ni transports to attack the five forts of Kiati Chau and Tsing Tau in the German government of Kiau Chau on the coast of China.

BRITISH ARMY NEEDS MORE MEN. LONDON, Aug. 26. "Lord Kitchener needs all the men he can get," was the significant statement made by Premier Asquith in the House of Commons today. It was made in reply to questions as to the plans of the war secretary to add 600,000 men to the army. "It is a mistake to think that only 100,000 men are needed," continued the premier, who, answering other questions, declared that British soldiers would not be compelled to go abroad. He added that no consideration had been given to the question of enlisting men between the ages of 30 and 40. Premier Asquith later announced that the German Togoland, Africa, had offered to capitulate on certain terms. "We have demanded their unconditional surrender," he said. "Our troops occupy an important position." '

GERMAN SCOUTS NINE MILES FROM ANTWERP ANTWERP, via London, Aug. 26. German scouts were seen today at Torvueren, only nine miles from the center of Antwerp, though the Belgian war office issued a statement declaring that the Kaiser's troops had been driven back from Malines to Valvorde. The. official statement follows : "On Monday the army sallied out of Antwerp and on Tuesday it threw back three German divisions to Valvorde, east of the railway between Brussels and Antwerp. Several guns were captured." , V

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tial law, and no one was allowed in the streets after dark. The kaiser will be defeated, according to the Germans he talked to there. "His only hope," said Mr. Knollenberg, "lies in beating France to her knees in a hurry, and making France intercede with Russia and England to stop the war. That is what many Germans think." Notify Local Relatives. A telegram this morning from Geo. H. Knollenberg, who with Mrs. Knollenberg went to New York last week for the purpose of meeting their son and' daughter, said their children arrived safely at New York this morning. The-telegram reads: 'Bernhardt and Margaret arrived

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Attacked by the GERMANY TO-FIGHT ' UNTIL BITTER END BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, AuK 26. Germany will fight until its army is utterly crushed and its every resewtree exhausted. This v.as revealed here today through an announcement by the official press bureau which stated that the German government through the newspaper had issued orders that all boys between the ges of 16 and 19, must undergo military training. Germany already has 'called out her last regular reserves which include men up to sixty years of age. Boys under the age of 19 have not been summoned for army duty up to the present time, but the orders issued today Indicate that the Germans expect the war to be prolonged' and that it wants its boys to have full military knowledge, when they become old enough to be subject to draft, for active service in the army. The Weather FOR INDIANA Fair, continued cool

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JAPANESE FAIL IN FIRST BLOW ON TSING TAO Fire From Gentian Forts Wounds Men on British Torpedo Boats With Japanese Fleet. NEW YORK, Aug. 26. Failure of the Japanese attack on Tsing Tao, the fortified port of the territory of Kiau Chau, is announced in an official dispatch from the German legation at Pekin by Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to the United States today. The dispatch follows: "The attack of the Japanese on Kiau Chau has failed and as a consequence they must start regular siege operations." The count said the message indicated that the Japanese had made an attack on Tsing Tao by a bombardment or by storm. He said that the German defenders of the stronghold would fight to the death. FORTS REPEL ATTACK. PEKIN, Aug. 26 A number of British 6ailors of the torpedo flotilla cooperating with the Japanese fleet in the attack on the German stronghold of Tsing Tao, have been killed by shells from the forts there, according to reports received today. The British destroyer Kennet-was struck and three of her men were killed, though the boat was not seriously damaged. The Japanese troops continue to land near Haiyanghsien, and the attack by land on Tsing Tao probably Lyvill not bexinjbx a .weak

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French Prepare for Worst by Destroying Material Which the Germans Might Use. Cut Telegraph Communication Cities Ordered to Hide Records. Paris b Gloom British War Office Admits Big Battle on Southern Line.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. The complete rout of an English infantry division with the taking of many prisoners and the

repulse of an English cavalry brigade with an advance toward

Calais by German cavalry and a destructive bombardment of the forts at Namur, was reported to the German embassy in a wireless dispatch from the Berlin foreign office late today. The first dispatch read: "English cavalry brigade has been repulsed at Maubeuge. English infantry division beaten off. Complete route of the division. Prisoners taken." A second dispatch telling of the fight at Namur and claiming a victory for the Austrians against the Russians was given out as follows: "French official communication of 24th proves that the French offensive on the Belgian line and Lorraine frontier has been ruined. Reports on Namur describe the enthusiasm among German troops. Terrible effect of the victorious Centrimenter howitzers on the forts, but not yet known here. "One Austrian corps attacked two Russians in South of Krasnik. Carried off 3,000 prisoners, three colors, 21 guns, seven mitrailleuses. The situation in East Prussia is not yet decided." It was explained at the German embassy that the mitrailleuse is a machine gun of 25 barrels. The German embassy was highly elated at the continuous news of German successes and .pointed , to the report of the Austriah victory as disproving the claims of sweeping Russian ad

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FRANCE PREPARES FOR THE WORST. PARIS, Aug. 26. France is preparing for the worst. At certain points on the northern frontier (deletion by censor) materials that would prove of benefit to the Germans, have been removed. Telegraphic communication has been cut in some places. It has been arranged that on signal, certain towns, such as Valenciennes (deletion by censor) shall hide their archives and securities. Train service is normal except that passenger trains

have been cancelled or delayed becaase of the necessities of military operations. Armed forces have been notified to arrest any cavalry that cross in the direction of Roubaix or Lille. The foregoing dispatch bears many marks of rigid censorship, but it is significant that it was allowed to pass at all.

GERMANS MAKE GENERAL ASSAULT ON ALLIES LONDON, Aug.. 26. A general assault upon the French and British allies was made all along the line today by the vast German army in southwestern Belgium. This was officially announced by the press bureau of the English government this afternoon. It was the first official news received today from the zone j of conflict. The statement follows: "The Germans attacked the French on the southern frontier in force. The attack was repulsed. The enemy retired all along the line."

FRENCH TROOPS INSUBORDINATE OR COWARDLY. PARIS, Aug. 26. In an official statement issued shortly after midnight, the war office said : "A new battle is in progress between Maubeuge and the Dana. On it hangs the fate of France." This announcement spread terror throughout the city. Rumors were immediately circulated that the Germans had rolled back the allies, shattered their forces, and were marching on Paris. This was immediately denied by the government which is taking every possible precaution to prevent an outbreak of rioting. . Public feeling is at high tension. It is known that either insubordination or cowardice on the part of the French troops was responsible for some early successes of the Germans in Alsace, but the actual details are being hidden by the war office. Probably by an" oversight this reference to the unfortunate affair was allowed to creep into an official statement: "The Fifteenth corps, which suffered heavily in the last fight had the gaps in its ranks filled, and formed part of the two armies. It made a brilliant counter on the Valley of the Vezouze. The attitude of the troops was splendid, effacing all memories of their, conduct of August 20." The scene of the French troops' disgrace cannot be learned, but it is known that General Pau was selected to command them after the affair occurred. He is the strictest disciplinarian in the French army.

FRANCE AWAITS WITH FEAR BATTLE'S RESULT PARIS, Aug. 26. A drawn battle that is the sum of the official news given out early in the day by the French war office. It is also certain that the cream of the German cavalry is threatening northern France. ' It is assumed by some that the German-forces are attempting tremendous sweeping movements of their right wing around by Lille through the flat country to Paris. It is said quite truly that if the attack of the last two days had decisively succeeded against

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