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Show REPULSE INVADERS AGAIN IN BELGIUM TEUTONS DESPERATELY STRIVING STRIV-ING TO BREAK THROUGH THE LINES OF THE ALLIES. Berlin Reports That in Western Wai Zone a Decisive Action is Likely to Start Any Day Which Will 4 Result in Victory. The Germans are attacking the allie line to the south of Ypres in Belgium but the French announce that they have been repulsed. At some poinl along the battle front in Flanders and northern France the Germans have each day of late made a concerted movement with a view to pushing their advance further west or to the coast. Berlin reports that in the westerr war zone a decisive action is likely tc start any day. This assertion is based on a statement from German head quarters which . says "everything is proceeding according to our program,' and it is assumed in Berlin that the German operations thus far have beer successful. The bombardment of the Belgiar coast by the allied warships betweei Ostend and Nieuport began Tuesdaj afternoon in conjunction with lane operations, according to a late dis patch from Rotterdam. In the east conditions remain ai previously reported, the occupation o; Lodz by the Germans being consid ered certain, as well as a move o: the Russians against Cracow. Thi German troops have come to the aic of the Austrians at the Cracow for tress, thus stiffening the defense ol the garrison against Russian attacks . In west Galicia activity along th battle line is increasing and the Aus trian troops, an official statemeni from Vienna asserts, have driven the Russians from Dobezyce and Wiel ickza, taking more than 5,000 prison ers. Emperor William is suffering fron bronchial catarrh at Berlin and has tieen unable to return to the front. The Japanese minister of marine Vice Admiral Yashiro, makes the an nouncement that while the war ir Europe endures the Japanese navy's duties will continue and that the Jap anese fleet, in conjunction with the British warships, is seeking the Germans Ger-mans In South American waters. The Japanese foreign minister Baron Kaot, announces also that il has not been decided whether JapaD will return the captured German base at Kiaochow to China. The Colombian government has or , dered the high-powered wireless sta- ! tion at Cartagena dismantled. This action follows protests made recently by Great Britain and France of alleged alleg-ed breaches of neutrality by Colombia |