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m9WWOT mmmmmmmmm nation, nom dominated by German troops. London. The Daily Mail, in dis cussing the almost certai ncapture of Ostend, today says:J-The British fleet could bottle up Ostend "as effectively as they already have bottled up the great German ports and they insist the only advantage Germany will get from holding Ostend will 'be a base for an aerial raid." Paris. The slaughter at the front is described by the war office as enor mous. The Germans constantly charge the allied lines in the face of a terrific shell fire from the artillery mounted behin dthe trenches and a withering rifle fire from the trenches themselves. While details are with held it is stated that at points where the French have followed up the re pulse of (be Germans by a forward movement they have found their way blocked by heaps of bodies piled breast high. The valor of the Germans is admit ted everywhere. They have charged the entrenched positions of the allies time and time again in close forma tion. As fast as a gap was torn in the ranks the survivors have closed it up and pressed on toward the goal. The percentage of German officers killed is stated to continue large as they lead their men in the assaults. Pekin. The Japanese forces land ed on Shantung Peninsula to" begin their investment of the forts of Kaio Chau and the Gennan concession, ac cording to information reaching the Chinese foreign office. The Japanese landed under a covering fire from the light draft British cruisers which were able to approach closer to the position than the heavy draught Jap anese battleships and battle cruisers blockading the ports. The forts are reported to have had the range of the British and to haye killed ten men and slightly damaged, the British war craft. It is reported here that not only have the Germans completely mined their harbor, but they have strewn a line of mines outside which en danger the blockading fleet In ad dition the Germans have removed some of their guns in the coast forts to new positions, thus making value less the maps of the defenses possess ed by the Japanese. BELIEVED OSTEND WILL BE FORCED TO SURRENDER London, Aug. 26. Reports from Ostend today say that the German attack on the city has been renewed. Scouts report heavy bodies of Ger man reinforcements coming up and it is believed the city will be forced to surrender. The London newspapers say the capture of Ostend by the Germans will be a direct menace to England inasmuch as it is only 66 miles off the British coast They profess to be lieve it is, the intention of the Ger man general staff to take the city and then mount heavy guns to pro tect it from raids by sea. The dan ger of Zeppelin raids is also discussed at length. There is no disguising the fear England has toward these "vul tures of the air," as they are describ ed in today's reports from Vienna. The bitterness of the feeliny against England, and the fact that up to the present the British fleet is' in tact, may lead the Germans to un dertake an aerial raid which might have serious results. BAY IS MINED Tokio, Aug. 25. That the entrance to Kiao Ghau bay is heavily mined was learned here today. This prevents Japanese or other blockading war- V ships from entering those waters, but the allied forces have made the block ade of Tsing Chau, the. principal port, very effective.' The Mikado'B government hopes to starve the German garrison of Kiao Chau into surrender without blood shed. The authorities here have Is sued verv strict orders that all Ger- ' man residents in Japan must be pro tested , . .,...,.