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Show III ARMIES II READY FOR GREATBATTLE Today or Tomorrow Likely to Witness Terrific Col lision Between the Con tending Forces j LITTLE LIGHT SHED UPON OPERATIONS Kaiser's Campaign Shroud ed in Impenetrable Mystery, Mys-tery, Belgians Fight Covering Troops Only By DR E J DILLON (Spec a War Correspondent of the Inter nat ona News Service and the London Da y Te egraph ) BRUSSELS Aug 1 It st 1 Is im posslb e to throw any ght upon m 1 tary operations wh ch may culminate Thu s day or Friday In a terrlflo col s on be tween the forces of d sruptlon and those of civ 1 zat on Is ever before not e en during the Japanese campa gn against Russia have mo ements of an army been shrouded, w th such impenetrab e mys tery consider ng the number the audacity and the ingenuity of German agetfts. St 11 In Belgium these precau tlons may be indispensable Another fact wh ch is beginning to dawn upon the public is that the heroic resistance of the Belgian army was of fered hitherto to covering troops on y Mam Armies Ready Although three German army corps have been thoroughly beaten it is be 1 eved here that the hostile main arm es iray be ready any t me after tomorrow night Yesterday several detachments of the covering troops were sent forward to Belgian advanced posts as feelers The Be gians When posslb e concea ed themselves in thickets or fields and cap tured a cons derab e number of invade s One Be gian ancer named Sogerts de serves spec al mention His- habit is to sally fo -th lance in poise and dash for ward aga nst a Uhlan whom he general y k 1 s or wounds whereupon the re malnder gi e themselves up In this way he has taken fourteen pr soners wound ed severa Uhlans and k 1 ed three w th out suffering the s 0htest njury Airships in Action Already ai sh ps of d fferent combatants float graceful y nto isua range of the Brusse s popu at on but at such he ght that one can on y guess at the nationa ty of each The author ties are warning the public ne ther to fea no attack the Uh ans Anxiety respect ng Ho and s neut al ty s not et ho y d spe ed Tsobody doub s the flrh reso e of the Du ch gov ernment to ma nta n ts right to hold a oof from war but certa n m sg ngs are en tertalned as to the adequacy of the troops statio ed n the d str ct where v o lat on of territory by Germany s most probab e Death of Prince A Be gian joyrna st narrates the death of t e re gn ng pr nee "Wil am of Llppe and his son as fol ows In one of the streets of Sera ng about 100 German so d ers threw themse ves (Cont nued on Page Three ) Ml ARMIES 1W READY FOB BATTLE (Continued from Pago Two ) with terrlflc force upon a company of Belgians but suddenly their commanding officer Prince Wflbelm of Llppe fell mortally wounded and Immediately after ward bis son was killed The Germans retreated and shortly afterward the bodies of the two princes were demanded of the foe They were deposited pro vision ally in a au t of Serai ng cemetery The diamond ring? which the reigning prince wore on his fingers and his daintily wrought sword were handed over to the police of Sera lng by a boy scout. Disguised as Woman This nornlng when leaving the Amer lean legation I saw two municipal guards arresting a lady whom they po tely con ducted to thePolice station. My chauf feur cried That ls no lady lie is a German spy Two men. hearing this, rushed up and : attempted to maltreat the prisoner but the guards protected their charge ef j factual y At the station the prisoner who looked ; quite collected was found to be a male ; German agent possessed of apparatus , for cutting telegraph wires. Ue also car rled compromising documents. The American minister who has been charged with the task of protecting Ger mans was astonished by the many touches of good nature nay tenderness dieplajed by the Belgian soldiers, police and people toward the subjects of a state which Is waging cruel war against this countrv Special trains are conducting civilians to Holland and special motor cars convey them to the American consul qr to cen ters where they are housed and fed until they are readj to start Suspects Arrested GANANOQUE Ont. Aug 1 Whl e at the railway station Inquiring s to Ume of departure of trains to Ot tawa, four Germans only one of whom apparently can speak English were ar rested today on suspicion of being sp ea They said they were from Clayton N Y and came across the river in a small boat using paddles made out of P eces of boards When arrested they had two modern rifles two revolvers and one shotgun besides a quantity of ammunition and a box of antiseptic cotton In the bottom of the box there was a quantity of fuse They had a suppy of drugs among which were poisons They a so had cook lng- utensils and other camp supp les Private papers they carried lnd caied they came from Phi adelphia. They would give little Informat on regarding them selves. Guaranteed Against Loss LONDON Aug 12 10 55 p n TV Ith the Intent on of terminating the present deadlock in the money market and to enable trade and commerce to resume their normal courses the government has agreed to guarantee the Bank of Eng land from any loss it may Incur In ds counting b s of exchange of either home or fore gn banks on trade accepted prior to August 4 The Bank of E g and therefore an nounces that It ls prepared to accept tl e application of any person of any ap p oved bill of exchange accepted before hat date to dUcount It at any time be fore ts due date at the bank rate and nl hout recourse to such holder and upon he b maturing the bank wl 1 give the acceptor the opportunity of postponing payment with interest at 2 per cent over the bank rate , It a so announced that the bank will be prepared to approve suoh bills of ex chan go as customarily are d scounted by It and also good trade b lis and ac ceptances of such foreign or co onlal Arms or bank agencies as are estab llshed In Great B ltain. Pri&oners of War MONTREAL, Aug 12 Fifteen mem bers of the crew of the Canadian Pa clflc railway steamer Mount Royal fire men and stokers who are reservists ln the German army were made prisoners of war today by the police. Those who are wil ing to sign a parole that they will not take any part In the present conflict In Europe or in any way assist the enemies of Great Britain may be a lowed their liberty They will be compelled to rema n in this country until the war is over Those who are not will injr to sign will be kept ln custody until the end of the war Expressions of loyalty to the German emperor by a few of them led to the visit of the police and the arrest of the fifteen. Colonial Volunteers OTTAWA Ont Aug 12 The cum ber of o unteers en fsted for service ln the over sea contingent to be sent from Canada to the war is so large that the 25 000 men required can be picked from any three of the nine military divisions n tie Dominion Tils was announced tonight by Colone Samuel Hughes rain Ister of nllitia Recruiting for the con tlngent c osed all o er the country to night and the commanding officers of the different regiments are busy preparing their sts to rush them to the militia department here League of Germans INDIANAPOLIS Vug 12 The League of 1914 an organ zatJon of German Americans was completed here today Ita purpose as announced. Is for the dua object of ob a ni g fair and un biased presentation In the press of facts as tl ey de e op f om time to time in con nection w t t e war now waging ln Eu rope and to ra se funds to help the suf ferers g n Germany John P Frenze banker was elected president and the charter members In elude man of he wealthiest and mot prominent tlzens of India napo is. It Is proposed to make the membership as arge and vt despread as poss b e Shipping Bill in Conference WAS IINGTON Auc 1 The sh p p ng b o g ant ne ica regl&ter to foreign bui t eh ps vas sent o confer ence by t e house todav after senate ame dment 1 ad been d sagreed to The house I lew of the mportance of the b nan ed Ferno at c J eader Under wood a d Pep b a Leade Mann as confe encc nanage n add on to t e egu ar onfereeb Cut in Oil PTTTSBLRG Aug 12 Another cut in the purchase pr ce of ol was announced by the o purcha ng- agen es today all grades being reduced o cents except Rag and Penns an a c ude s no v $1 oo Me e b a k $1 Newcastle jl 1 Cabe $ 1 Corn ng &. Somerset 90 cents and Rag and 67 cen s |