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Received 8.30 p.m. I LONDON. Aug. 12, Morning. The Press Bureau states that at this period of hostilities no news of importance can be expected. No movements of the British Army or -'Ues can be divulged and over the proceedings of the enemy lies the fog of war. There is good reason to believe that the mass of Germans is distributed at Thionville and Liege, while Lorraine is held comparatively lightly. There it every indication the Austrians (*) have entered Alsace. HOW GERMANS ARE DECEIVED. BRUSSELS, August 12. M. Netou, the French Consul-Gen-eral at Dusseldorf, who arrived at Calagne on Friday, states that the German people there are being informed that Liege was taken at the point of the bayonet, that Brussels is in flames and Antwerp has been blown up, also that the Kaiser at the head of the army expects to reach Paris in a week. JAPAN WILL SHORTLY DECLARE WAR. LONDON, August 11. Reuter's Peking correspondent says there are convincing indications that Japan will shortly declare war on Germany and seize Tsingtau.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12864, 13 August 1914, Page 5
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