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Show BRITISH LAY CLAIM TO SILENlVICTORY ANNOUNCE THAT NORTH SEA IS NOW OPEN. TO SHIPPING WITH- OUT SERIOUS DANGER. Steamship Service From Denmark to London and From Newcastle to Norway, Which Was Interrupted, Inter-rupted, Has Been Resumed. London. Two salient potntR emcrgo from tho latest news of the great war. Tho first and most striking Is what Is described hero ns "tho silent victory." This npplles to Uo fact that the North sea, over which almost absolute bIIciicq hns brooded bo long. Is now-open now-open to shipping without serious danger. The steamship services from Denmark to Lnnilp" ""'' I V'""-whllo V'""-whllo tho steamship tci vices between tho Hook of Hollnnd and Harwich have Buffered no Interruption. These facts lu the opinion of the authorities hero, Imply that tho German fleet for the tlmo being Is safely held In check. The second point Is that tho French liavo been obliged to evacuate Muel- hnuaen and occupy now pcltlons out- sldo tho town. According to German reports, this was tho llrst Important battle of tho camplgn and the French, who had G.'.OOO men. suffered a ser!ou3 check. In nelglum, tho position shows little i change. A great battle Is expected .somewhere on tho lino between Thlon- vlllo and l.lege nctween mo liermann, the French and Belgians, and It Is thought probable It will occur within a fuw days. A St. Petersburg dispatch to tho Post says tho Russian lleet is actively scouring tho llaltlc boo. Twenty cap turod merchant -.essels have been taken to Cronstadt and their crows will bo removed to the Interior as prisoners pris-oners of war. |