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Show I WAR BULLETINS Brtt.sh Steamers Sail. K Honolulu, Aug If. -The British Steamers Niagara, bound for Aus tialiun ports and Maiama bound lor Victoria, B. C , which have been held here for several days owing to fear to capture by the German cruisers Leipzig and Nurnberg, sailed for theh" respective destinations at l" o'clock DSt night. The Japanese steamer Seiye Mam, bound for Yokohama, alio al-io cleared at the same hour. Glasgow, via London, Aug. 19, 2:46 a mThe arrival at English ports oi several food ships this week was ' the cause ol considerable satisfaction to Englishmen This week has Been tbe arrival here o! the linor Columbia from Xe York with 8000 bushels of rye and the steamship Lofltia and Scandinartan from ( anada with large cargoes of grain. Besides these several large ships have arrived from the Black sea and from New Orleans with various i foodstuffs Other ships are on tbe way with fruit, dairy products wheat I and sugar which will provide for Eng. ' land's wants for a considerable time German Commissiariat Bad. London. Aug 19. 5:15 a. m. "There appears to be very little exaggeration exaggera-tion in the accounts of the bad com-missarial com-missarial arrange"ments in the German Ger-man army," says the Brussels correspondent corre-spondent of the Times ' Prisoners lu ought in b the French yesterdav had beet roots and carrots In their knapsacks Thev had been living on these for several das On the other hand the French commissariat is working splendid! " King Alfonso to Decide Attitude. Madrid, via Parts, Aug. 10. 4 20 a m King Vlfonso, accompanied by i Premier Dato. his returned from San I Sebastian and will have Important conferences with the French and F.ng lista ambassadors in regard to Spain's attitude toward the Buropean conflict, con-flict, it is stated. Rome Issues Notes. Paris, Aug 19, 11:15 a, m In a ; dispatch from Pome the correspond-I correspond-I ent of the Havas genr says an Is-I Is-I sue of new paper notes has been authorized au-thorized by royal decree. The notes pre to be five and ten lire ($1 and $2), to the amount of 350,000,000 lire ($70,000,000 entirely covered by Silver Sil-ver in i he treasury Bills of one and two lire 1 2" and in cents) also will be issued. Emperor to be Denounced. London. Aug. 1!' 4 15 a m dis I ;;t h to the Renter Telegram company compa-ny from Bruseels referring to reports thai the German crown prince had been wounded says LePatrlote states that the prince is reported to have visited wounded soldiers at Harck-le Ville. Le People slates that measure will l- taken soon to submit to the Social Democratic leaders of Germany a manifesto stigmatizing the attitude of Lniperor William and Imerial Chancellor Chan-cellor )r. Von Bethmann-Hollweg as in contempt of international law Americans In Rotterdam Rotterdam via London. Aug ID 4:20 a m. About 3(10 Americans arrived ar-rived here late J csterday Another; part of the same number is due lato todav These refugees w ill sail on I i ho steamer Ryndam Saturday. Many German Vessels Captured. London, Aug 19 3 55 a m. The Dailj Express estimates that the number num-ber of large German vessels captured at sea by the British, French and Ku-3ian Ku-3ian warships totals 200 with a tonnage ton-nage of one million tons and a value of $300,000,000 The papers say that there are still remaining at sea about 500 German ships liable to capture at any mo-menl mo-menl Thes ha-e a total tonnage of 2.700,000 tons and a value of $7". 000 000, Heavy Austrian Casualties. London Aug if1 6:25 a.m. The Si Petersburg I orresoondent of the Reu-lei Reu-lei Telegram company sas that i Russian official communication relates re-lates a repulse of uslrian attacks on the town of Vladimir in the government govern-ment ot Volhynla, with heavy Austrian Austri-an casualties and a renewed German attak on Eydtkuhnen with a division of Infantrj and 36 guns Danger Faces Americans. London. ug 19. 4 13 a. ro A dispatch dis-patch lo the Daily Chronicle from Geneva Ge-neva says "It is estimated that there are nearly near-ly a million foreigners at present in Switzerland. Food l plentiful bw' very expensive "Four Russians, alleged to have been arm) officers, were shot today al FriederlchShafen This indicate that man- Americans who are stranded strand-ed In border towns of German are likeh to find themselves in grave danger." dan-ger." Scrap of Paper Important London Aug lt 4 a. m The Time? gives an account of the final interview between the British ambas 1 ador al fieri in Sir Edward Gosrhen and the imperial chancellor. Dr. Von ! Bethmann-Hollweg, Speaking with great Irritation, ac-1 cording to the Times, the chancellor expressed his Inability to understand England's attitude, exclaiming: 'Whj should you make war upon us for B scrap of paper?" The reference was to the treatj sua ranteeing Belgian neutrality, Sir Edward replied, in effect, that he understood un-derstood the chancellor's inability to comprehend thr- British action, but thai England attached importance to the scrap of paper because it bore her signature as well as Germany's Demand on Turkey Denied. London Aug. lf, 5:25 a. m. A dispatch dis-patch to the Reuter Telegram company compa-ny from St Petersburg says that n semi-official denial has been issued of the Vienna report that Russia has requested Turkey to permit a free passage ol Russian warships through the Dardanelles oo |