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Duero ?tork ?Eri?mne WLATHER rxiR mi? fool RM ronw *.sr? lu HORNO* *>r.f.r.U> . tempetotoroe HiKi. M ?. I .ill rr|...rl M l?c? *? Vd. I XXIV. .Xo. 24,754. I' eP'llsl.l. ?PI |. I?. I ht Iril.iinr ??.,.? |U||?? ) \i;\\ MUtK. TUESDAY, MdlST 25, 101 I * ?? PRICE ONE CENT In ? itf i.f *?'" Peak, ttemmeU. termes (II; i : - i ? i i ' ? IW" '?'"t" ?| -|'oV.l.l>?l. Germans Drive Allied Forces Back, Capturing Three Towns in France; Austrian Kaiser's Death Imminent JAPANESE BOMBARD TSING-TAU GERMANS, SAYS TOKIO REPORT British, French and Russian Warships Arc Also Taking Part in Blockade of Fortified Seaport. AUSTRIA QUITS: STRIPS CRUISER Thus Avert? Danger o? War in the Far East?Allies -.ttack by Land as Well as Sea?Kaiser Ignored Ultimatum. Tokio, Aug. 24.?The "> amato" in an extra edition to-day say? that the Japanese fleet has begun the bombardment of Tsing tau. This message was passed by the censor of the Navy Depart I ment. Communication between Japan and China has been severed for twenty-four hours. Except for the very meagre news that has reached here from New York the entire country is kept in the dark regarding the progress of the war in Europe. It is believed that the cable between Shanghai and Nagasaki has been cut. The officers of the army and navy are absolutely ?phinxlikr regarding the progress of events in the China Sea. Everything is quiet here, the attitude of the public being almost in? different. Peking, A ? ? -. ? r ? ? ... regiment ? - ? . . . . . . N'o reliahle informal I . ? ? r, i .. rnnu-nt il I ^gestion for dis pteil 1 .? ... - ? ? : . ? v. hi? h the .... .... ? . t in giving tl ? oints their ire i ?? ...... nc. i .: I * ? . mmediati panes? ffaii and ? ? ?? any, of whom there an - ? ? '111! that Germany had n i te thai did leven go thai ' tting th? Itii I I 10 |V ? ? ... nds to meet ?res and ? ? ? -, - upon ? . ? It is not b? ever, that 1 : . . mparative I j atter- n to this ? ? lug. 24 (via Loi e J ? who ????.j i.?* ernment yesterday, left B? Hin ? I by no lent. He - Th* li tive turned es ovei to the -?? tection of I . upon ? - ?? . ? hi, the .!.<: Consul ai and - Die G y n ou ?totka, '''I ? h< i.ind I tau 9Am\ r.rrr ?? ? ? ??I ? Ul the ullca Aquitania. Bow Damaged, Arrives at Liverpool ? ' ent ..in hored ' with hi ? bow ***t?f*Jl!l?? \<j _ H? . ??'Ill I.I* ? . ( ZEPPELINS USELESS SO FAR. SAY FRENCH Partea, lag, 24, ? Zeppelin airship?. ni ?In. Ii llie ?,< rniHii' e\p?'?ted V'real t h i MK?. appear as > e! l?> ha?e heen innfTeiiM? r. according t.. .'inn loa m Hi?- l reach rapital. 01 ti?e fifteen Zi-|i|iehn unil-. ?me i>> ho !i?\ed In have I??? ?I disahled h> the ??re ?.I l he I i,Ke forts on \ugusl ?i ?ml another ?a?, demolished in a -lied .?I M?rtl h\ (he I'renrh aviator I inrk. Twn others h;??r hern seen h) Belgian anatnrs. apparently ? re? ked h> ?ind sijualls, jn the lor? es! hrlnecn Metl and \ix-la-< ha Pelle. Another has heen brought do?n at Radonviller. near I.unc>ille. Of ?he remainder, two are sup? posed 'o he on the Russian frontier and the others at ( ologne, llamtiurg and Kiel and o-i the | remit froniier. \ l.ernian hiplane raptured at ? erna\ has heen added to the Iwenty.twe puns and olher trophies to he placed at the fi.ol ..f the \|. s.H e monument. GERMANS IN NAMUR, IS LONDON REPORT ... he Trfl fcug. 24. It i? current!} re that N al confirmai ion ? I I CARDINALS WOULD HURRY CONCLAVE May Re^in Nexl Mnnda> With ?uit American Prelates, Who Are Still Travelling. \ u- '? \.. ? ..,-? ani? ten fixed for the i ? ?? which will ele.-l h surr.- lOT Ithoug :.. I," h il-1" ' of the cardinall preaenl en Rom? ? ? Monday. If ' ahould hav? t>i? ir way I will . i . ai ? ia doubtful i.lso wheth? ? Farl? ? ho m 1 ...-???... i land, to-day, eat. Worki.gaged t? .- ? . ? ? ??? ng the cater e.eral mai-:- for Pope Pina, which will be ?'eiehratoil nexl Sui day. Immediately after the service ?ip?>] ?.?. ill i>. ? ',.; ormed ill, gregal ? ?everal cardinal! from the pro? ng for the I r I time . archbishop of Boulogne, and Cardinal Mer? v a 11 e i ted eordiallj bj I .r. U . i \i- ..nh. Mei ? o Vai nutelli, wl ? ? ?tuation with him. GERMANY PLANS TO RETAIN BELGIUM eLondoi . Aug. 24, The eeLoi ?, ? Germa "T?gliche Rundachau" a- ii?' B< Igium \? ill bitterly rue the da ? red t? oppoae her ? Great Britaii th? German ne? ?11 pay dearly for her inter? eeing thi i ? .incut of a <;<-rnian ? of Belgium i ? Germanic organ ??? ... ? Belgium now oeei run by tne German army will he pei . ? a the G? i FRANCE DROPS ONE AMERICAN RECRUIT Single Rejection Out of More than 100 Volunteers for the War Is Reported. Auk 24. American re? . 1- rem h army will r Ron? ipplied ?nh uniformi anddi ? i.- ? nui dred oi m< ... ? pi ei! e?e amination prepai tmeni 1 ' bear? "KAISER OF EUROPE" ON LIEGE'S WALLS ,,...,, a u !4 A man wl ! ?- ?y? thai , - ,? that citj ??,. ? . ?alla, "\\. Il, h.. ? I ? I EuroPJ Af_r M Murom I? R*i?way TRAvii /,',,i THKKN RAUM 4V, Premier through ( ... ? . N ?,. offl ? 14 1 ,"-i Are. I A?! L ITALY READY TO CAST LOT WITH ALLIES Diplomatic Circles Hxpcct Her to Announce Dc cisi?n Soon. STRONG PRESSURE BROUGHT TO BEAR England and France Mak ing Every Hffort to In? duce 11er to Act. FEARS RESULT Oh dlRMANS' SUCCESS Rome Believes That Triumph of the Kaiser Would Be I "I lowed by Revenue. ?i ? .?*-> * London. Aug. 24 w'l ?run d?finit? 'on, ?t ??rally believed that Italy loon nee her pari in th?* ? n ihr sido of the allir I, Tin- nlii-"- aro now bringing tronirn pressur? to bear on Italy to lako mi aethro part, ar:?l rumen in diplo eirelea ;ir?' ?ha* ft ? e !? " ?-??., ?: ? fat? ''il ??? p. \> . - , ? | r, < ? r. r.. . r'T. m from Italy tell stor ei ???* a eompleU II b) the army I it one i mbasay I?,-,'. -.'.;, biding her time, -o<* the i \ -, froi late that trie ? . that if ?*-?' i" r man*. : hould eoi pletoly I would take a hai v ? ntrality. Brit ? edi? ??? -i< cruing to II o i the allies, even ;?? 'I.' ? '.nt of (IlifllS i! ig v i n? .,f \?.i,r in tho shape of add it or i. torcd pro? in? ? Italy ? ? ? ? ? ? while there if not the ?lightest 1??*. thai tho all" 1,, rmani and Aus? tria, i? is well re? ?? ? ? that II tan re would mak.- sueeesi mora ??i quicker, Th?' i ? to in? duce Italy *?' rea? ha. .i.- un? known, but there is no doubt that Hhk land, Fran. ? ? id R -ia are all using every conceivable argument, and in Kuthoi itati e qua rtei hop Il Isa bell? ed thai Her many and Austris re ? g hut ' .? ?ne amoi i- ? ? believes .. .m up. ' l era is good ras m lo believe that Italy will be tdo next na? tion t<> ho ni\.iipp.l m ti-, great coa? flagra tion. * ' Rome \ Ig -I The Gorman Am bassador here ha-, been trying ?,, p<r the Italian pre-- *,. ., vorate Italy '- act ? ? ? ? *> r ention behalf of and holding out ;. r .1 Mgei ?a. So I failci. Not a single new pap.r, ovon which were Austrophite h.-'".,re tin* war. has pul- i ngle tide ;n favor ol I i li neva, Aug. "I Italiai * o? i eording to thoroughly reliable informa ti..n reach ?:?.? I g on tl,. \ frontier, \ ?rdii k* to report Gene? a. the Italian a? nr ? . rai ed to - ? 300 AUSTRIANS DIE IN BAYONET CHARGE i ,. doi \ . ? tinje d patch soys 'hat the M tenegi Mi^-. ha\o ropu fresh Austrian attach ..* Rahovo, tak? ing IM pi ' l en ami killing 100 An* ti nm Mils ' . ? \ pat. ? to ?ho "i orn. re la Sei ? bat a Montenegrin army, 1.0 strong - of notabl? ?i the boi I? i of M. rsege h ? BULGARIA SHOWS FAVOR TO GERMANY . ? ???? - Pai \ug .i A diapatch frota Latex that the Buljfnrian frovern tnent |i tending t??.? k to their country alt Austro Hungarian and German *<? m ..'.??:? Multar?an bilized 1 roopi ar preferential raili ! ??..I , on derabl? ...inn.. ? ?. . ? ? French and Ru ade to pay full rates and obtain no fa th a hatavor. Harvard or Oxford, the tat. I - ??? ??h-* II roundeyei ? Spencer's.? Maiden I4UM, Ad?. L J ?-?-??-? Austrian Kaiser s Death Momentarily Expected London, Aug. 25.?A Copenhagen dispatch to the Ex? change Telegraph Company, dated August 24, says: "The condition of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, according to telegrams received to-day, is much worse. His death is a question of hours/' GERMANS FLEEING FROM CZAR'S ARM\ In I*nil Retreat .Along the Entire Front in Last Prussia Where the Russians Have Occupied Fifty Mile Strip of I erritory. ;By Cable to The Tribune.| St. 1 . ug. 24 Hip official bul ? ? at a late houi -' ? .it. announcing the occupation b; the rcei ol ?'vcr.i point? in East Pi entirely ? ' th? Forecast ol the Rus ?ai plan telegrapl All the placel tegi? German railways .in? I arc ?point! of jun lion toi ? terior of Germany. Ru si. . in, .i- in the northern tl tre ol the uar. thus lecurei linei ad upply h?*r army ,i? it advances The Germa re i . : the ? itire front, burning an<l wastini i ???? g in ill rel ml the Angerapi highway from Gumbinnen meet ??? Darl h men, the importance ol which therefore : le foi the advancin| Russians. 1 en mil? i to the wesl ....... Russi&'i two armi? . ?' ?i advancing on a front more than seventy miles u i If Napoleon ti ! Ida of Kylau a ind arc taken ai thi ' , eiif thi rill i te witl fficient < i tnesi the .. tu il position ? ? the Russian forces aa thej are advancing to th ? great pitched battle, sue ? which event I austere Russian commander in chief. Grand Duki Nicholas N'icholievich, probabl) will d? I .?il .? victor] ?.? word hitherto scrupul in the opini ? this battle cn ? ( eastern front will develop within three or four days, and il it is not preceded by a conflict on the Frencl fronl I vil!, at ai rat? nearly uch a battl? to Mi - r for < ?ermany t?> de? te.? h assist * ' Paris, Aug. 24 g ol vas ma : ... miles v n the I ierman tiei. ' ftei .i greal vi I the Servians arc i to invade Austrian territ? rj i.. tl. I the Riv? r . "The Russian line on the Germai tei rom Tilsil to [pverburs and Ktyc. Thi itting Willenberg, ninety-one milei south? I the arrival from P '..'il ... Ru iiai orces which aln '? .... (rated ?? considerable distance toward Soldau " Inn?:..'. >' ; 'I I ' Central Nl ige fmrn Rome | dispatch received there from Si Petersburg declares that Rmperor N'ich ola has gone to the I I ? ? ?? ? . ??.hich ha I the ntT'-mi", r y ? igth. Wasl nu-' n. Aug. 24.?The i ' i Emba y hag issued thi foil ml on tl?. milit.r?. situation: "In I'.a tern Prussia the Russian dvai On \u ? ? 19 Lj Icon? ? ', were t : "li, ? ,..' ?i ie Russi in army ? Ran the right banV of the Ri i ??< >? Front a n? ?? Ful battle led to the captui e I? th? Ser am ol twenty I hi guns, on? howitzer, ??tm ambulance and quantil ?es of si rs and horses." GERMANS SET FIRE TO HELPLESS TOWN Men and Roys of Belgian V illage of I lussigny Marched .Away from I amilies After \ ilhi^e Is Destroyed. By J. de GRUYTER. Special Correspondent of New York Tribune and "London Standard") Maastricht, Aug. :; (delayed).?The Germans have set tire to the rtci?u:- village ?'t Hut .. owin| to the hooti ig ?>f .i German r^trol by inhabitants on August i? From a hill some distance from Hussignj the ' ilame^ could b?* teen I . place was then ?>n tire, the roof ?if the church lud fallen In .< d i I. the bare %<? j i I *> were lefl standing, ?he ??i\Acr. however, ? is itill itacl and ? the bell ringing amidit Ike crackling ol the Han es l he firing of the village the the irtiller and we leai ed .lut '.he village ??: God ?id been threatened with the same fate. road ' . . and Hussi) met a u iber of fugitives cai as the) ad been able to brl g away. V ?, d< loaded ilh children .?id house? hold goods; others carried I food; othei igain a -re loaded with furniture and d lie . rogues ? /<d tke '?: ? ? i?? plundei it t\ del d themselves, it was a beartrei ling sigkt. Vise, a little I mentioned at the ling <>t the \?.ar. acan ha-. hee?i the CC ?? ol devtttat I population entered | that is :<? lay, the women .1 ?boys, to the number ft ah.m; oo, the I tal lery was Inde? ,r;bab!e last light we heard and mitrailleuses land to-da\ the ; ,? ,.id happened tccord | :?? the G?f? iians. tin?ir troops had again been tired upon bj Belgian civilians a?ij the* I | > ?i.linur.l on i? i*"' I ? "I?".m I ALLIES THROWN BACK; ATTACK ON GERMAN POSITIONS FAILURE French War Office Admits Its Troops and British Have Retired on Their "Covering Positions." INVADERS TAKE 3 TOWNS IN FRANCE Luneville, Amanee and Dieulouard, Near Alsatian Frontier, in Hands of Germans?Reported That City of Nancy Has Fallen. Paris, Aug. 24, 10:50 P. M?The French War Office issued the following announcement to-night: "The French and English, the plan of attack having failed owing to unforeseen difficulties, have retired on the covering po? sitions. "West of the Meuse the bnglish army on our 1 ft was attacked by the Germans, but behaved admirably, holding its ground with traditional steadfastness. "The French assumed the offensive with two army corps. An African brigade in the front line, carried away by its eager? ness, was received by a murderous fire. They did not give an inch, but when counter-attacked by the Prussian Guard they were obliged to retire, only, however, after inflicting enormous lotset. The Pruttian Guard especially suffered heavily. "East of the Meuse our troops advanced across an extremely difficult country and made a vigorous attack when they emerged from the woods, but were obliged to fall back after a stiff fight south of the River Semois. "On order of General Joffre, our troops and the British troopt withdrew to the covering positions. Our troops ar*> intact; our cavalry has in no way suffered and our artillery has affirmed its superiority. Our officers and soldiers are in the best of condition, morally and physically. FRENCH ON THE DEFENSIVE. "As a result of the orders which have been issued, the aspect of the struggle will change for a few days. The French army will remain for a time on the defensive, but at the moment to be de? termined upon by the commander in chief it will resume a vigor? ous offensive. "We delivered four attacks yesterday from our positions north of Nancy, inflicting very heavy loss on the enemy. "In regard to the general situation, we have the full use of our railroads and retain command of the seas. Our operations have enabled the Russians to come into action and penetrate the heart of West Prussia; "It is to be regretted that the offensive operations planned failed to achieve their purpose as a result of difficulties impossible) to foresee. It would have shortened the war, but our defences re? main intact in the presence of an already weakened enemy. Thus detachments of German cavalry belonging to an unattached di? vision operating on the extreme right have penetrated to Roubairc (six miles north of Lille) and the Tourcoing district, which are defended only by territorial reservists. PORTION OF ALSACE ABANDONED. "Every Frenchman will deplore the temporary abandonment of portions of Alsace and Lorraine which we had occupied, and certain parts of the national territory will suffer from events of which they will be the theatre. The ordeal is inevitable, but tem? porary. "Our losses are heavy; it would be premature to enumerate; them. It would be equally so to enumerate those of the Germans, who suffered so heavily that they were obliged to abandon their counter-attacks and establish themselves in fresh positions in Lorraine. "Our valiant people will know how to find courage to sup? port this trial with unfailing faith in final success, which is not to be doubted. In telling to the country the whole truth the government and military authorities give it the strongest proof of their absolute confidence in victory, which depends only on our perseverance and tenacity." TOWNS OCCUPIED BY GERMANS. To-day's earliest official announcement contained this state? ment: "The battle between the greater part of the forces of England and France against the bulk of the German army continues to-day. "The mission of the English and the French is virtually to hold the entire German army in Belgium while our Russian allies pursue their successes in the East." An official announcement made this afternoon says that Luneville, Amanee, and Dieulouard, in the Department of Meurt ho and Moselle, have been occupied by the Germans. The French front otherwise has not been modified. The communication follows: "The general engagement continues to-day with desperation. Already both sides have suffered serious losses. "Our armies had resolutely taken the offensive between th? | Moselle and Mons, in Belgium. A general battle u now bein*