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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 239, 23 September 1914, Page 4

Serious fighting seems still to be going on in Belgium, mostly confined to the area north of Brussels, while i he Germans continue preparing the defences in the south that they seem to consider necessary for the protection of their eommunnat ions and for shielding a possible retreat. Antwerp appears to be in apprehension of a set siege being instituted. At the same time we are told that the German troops are being withdrawn to France, and the occupation of Brussels left to Austrians, probablv tbe Army Corps that appeared in Belgium early in tiie war. Evidences are forthcoming of serious disaffection in the Bavarian regiments of the German army, resulting in courtmartial executions to quell the in subordination. The Russians are still able to give accounts of continued and decided successes against the bioken armies of Austria, which seem to be thoroughly disorganised. The Austrian authorities have found some satisfaction in court-martialling and executing out- of their own generals, while Germany complain l -.' bitterly of the destruction of some of her villages by tiie Russians and seeks reprisal in the form of a court-martial, and presumably execution, of a Russian general. Tins might serve as a hint to the Allies as to what to do with the German officers in .Belgium and France. Little Montenegro is pressing her advantage in the Austrian province of Bosnia, and lier army has now jmictioncd with the Servians, and captured the capital, Scrajevo. At the same time Austria is said to have massed some 200.000 men on the Italian frontier, a movement that may. according to the real temper of tlm Italian people, either give them cause to hesitate about, entering upon active hostilities, or act as a provocation to take up arms against their old foe. The latter.is probably the more likely alternative, if only sufficient diplomatic justification can be extracted from Anstiia's action. There are strong indications that it will not lie long before the Russian central army comes to close grips with the Germans in the vicinity of Posen. In connection with the probable movements of Russian forces generally, we cannot do better thsn refer our readrs to an article re published in this issue, under the heading “In the Hug of the Bear, ’ writeen for the Sydney “Morning Herald” *by a contributor for long resident in Russian Poland,