OCR Text |
Show GERMANS INVADE FRENCHJTERR1T0RY TROOPS SEIZE VILLAGE AND IMPORTANT IM-PORTANT CUSTOMS STATIONS ON FRENCH SOIL. France Charges Violation of the Neutrality Neu-trality of Luxemburg, Which Was Guaranteed by the Treaty of London, signed in 1867. Paris. Germany began hostilities against France on Sunday, and Sunday Sun-day evening messages from the east reported cannonading in the direction of Longwy. Previous messages have reported the invasion of French territory by German troops at Longlaville village, which has 800 inhabitants and is near Longwy, and at Bertrambois, a village vil-lage of 1,000 inhabitants near Cirey sur Vevuuze, in the department of Meurthe et Moselle. At the same time the important customs station at Petit Croix, six miles from Belfort, was shelled by German troops. The Germans also violated the neutrality of Luxemburg, which was guaranteed by the treaty of London, signed in 1867 by France, Belgium, England, Italy, the Netherlands, Nether-lands, Prussia and Russia. A troop train filled with troops arrived ar-rived in Luxemburg Sunday morning, and the government of the Grand Duchy is now in the hands of the German Ger-man military authorities, who have installed in-stalled headquarters at the government govern-ment house. All railroad and telegraphic tele-graphic communication was immediately immedi-ately cut off. Undoubtedly Germany has put herself her-self in the position of an aggressor toward France and Russia, and not the slightest doubt is now felt here that Great Britain will lend her military ind naval support against the forces of the kaiser. Men leaving for the front were filled with grim resolution to go to the bitter bit-ter end in the fight to crush France's enemy. The most striking feature of the attitude at-titude of the French people, as a whole, is their calm determination and their confidence in a Franco-Russian victory. "We must win this time or we shall cease to exist as a nation," is the sen-i sen-i timent of all. |