Peking, Oct. 12.
No reply has yet been sent by the British Legation to the protest lodged on Saturday by the Chinese against the occupation of the Shantung railway by the Japanese, The Chinese pointed out that they recognized that the British had not taken part in the occupation, but they felt that it was necessary to make a formal protest in view of the fact of Britain ce-operating in the attack on Tsingtao.
Information here indicates that the bombardment from the mountain have reached Cassel in the Department of the Nord, south of Dunkirk. It is possible that the allied army will be thrown towards the coast.
Berlin states that the decisive phase of the campaign on the western theatre of war has been reached and "all advantages are ours."
The army, which has besieged Antwerp, is now free and is marching against the loft French wing.
The Austrians have successfully repulsed the Russians at Preemysl.
'A decisive battle in Poland not expected in the immediate fu ture on account of the general retreat of the Russians,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.