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Show ALL EUROPEAN ARMIES ARE MASSING; I AUSTRIANS FIRE ON SERVIAN CAPITAL I RUSSIAN ATTITUDE HANGS GREAT EUROPEAN CRISIS IN DALANCE German Emperor and Czar Nicholas in Telegraphic Communication Communi-cation Over International Aspect Hostilities Begin in Servia Austria-Hungary Expected to Respect Territorial Ter-ritorial Integrity of Little Slav Nation All Servians Residing in Austria Made Prisoners. DIPLOMATS FEAR GENERAL OUTBREAK English and French Officials View Situation as One of Extreme Ex-treme Gravity Both Austria-Hungary and Servia Resound Re-sound With Marching Troops Military Aviators Flit in Every Direction Montenegrins Mobilizing Mobiliz-ing on Bosnian Frontier Women Building Earthworks. St. Petersburg, July 29. A dispatc' from Belgrade 6ays the Servian capi tal has been bombarded and the - j bridge over the river Save blown up. It is considered probable thai it Ru68ia goes to war, Emperor Nicholas Nicho-las will become generalissimo of the Russian forces, with his second cous in, Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaie-vltch, Nicholaie-vltch, and General Soukhomllnoff, the minister of war, aa aeconda In com mand Berlin. July 29 The German emperor em-peror and Emperor Nicholas of Russia Rus-sia today exchanged telegraphic communications com-munications concerning the international interna-tional crisis. Paris, July 29. The Temps says Russia was officially informed about half past twelve this afternoon that Austria Hungary would reapect the territorial Integrity of Servia and wishes even to abstain from occupying occupy-ing Belgrade, the Servian capital. Portland England, July 29. The British fleet sailed from here today for an unknown destination No information in-formation could be obtained from naval na-val officials as to the movement of the war essels. Vienna. July 29. All Servians 11a-1 ble to military service residing in j Austria-Hungary are being arrested,! and handed over to the military as prisoners of war Berlin July 29 An important of fi-j cial conference was called here this evening owing to the reported mobilization mobili-zation of the Russian army It was still in progress at half past seven. No orders for a corresponding step in connection with the German mobilization mo-bilization have been issued yet. London, July 29. -Reports of the massing of armies in strategic positions posi-tions came from all points of Europe today but no actual clash of opposing forces was registered. Diplomats concentrated their atten tion on efforts lo confine the war to Austria-Hungary and Servia the two nation? Immediately concerned in th? quarrel. and the attitude of the Ger-'msn Ger-'msn and Russian emperors was close' ly watcned. owine to their near relations rela-tions to the countries engaged. Premier Asquith referred to 'he in ternational situation in the House of Commons, but all the information that hp was able to impart was contained con-tained in a few words S'tuation Extremely Grave. urn.. a i .. ,(- mnmdllt " lie said, "is one of extreme gravity and 1 j can onlv say that the British govern-j JL mem is not relaxing its efforts to do ; everything in its power to circum-, scribe th area of conflict. 'The British government has received re-ceived no Information as to an alleged revo'uticnary outbreak in Russian Po land " Troops and Aviators Moving. Austria-Hungary and Servia resounded re-sounded today with tho march of th? troops toward positions of attack and defense, while military p. viators on both sides flitted through the air along the frontiers in an effort to discover dis-cover their opponents' positions. No idea of the plan of campaign could be obtained by the general pub lie. however, owing to the rigidity of the censorship in regard to military movements. It was known that the - Austro-Hungarian government had requisitioned the entire train service nd that private telephone In the dual monarchy had ceased. It was glean ed from dispatches from Servian points that the Bosnian frontier was looked on as the most likely point of attack of the Austrian troops and thither the soldiers of King Peter were hurried in great numbers I Montenegrins Concentrate. The Montenegrin soldiery, evident Iy preparing to support their brother Serbs, also concentrated along the Bosnian frontier. The stock exchangee everywhere in Europe were demoralized and where they were not closed business was all most at a standstill. David Lloyd-George, British chancellor chan-cellor of the exchequer, today made the financially tranquillizing statement state-ment in the House of Commons that I the Bank of England saw nothing in ! the present financial situation to make it necessary to call a meeting of bankers to deal with It Baron RothBchlld, In an interview today, said: "1 think the situation looks rather better today but I don t know personally person-ally of any developments. At the same time it looks as if there were more chance of the war being localized." local-ized." London, July 29. While Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary was today preparing to strike at Servia, against whom she yesterday declared war, the rest of the European nations, although still hoping that the conflict would be localized, lo-calized, were getting ready for the greater war that must ensue in case Russia should intervene on behalf of the small Slav nation The state of the stock market in ( London showed that the situation was considered grave and the anxiety I was added to by the issue of orders to the British fleet at Portland to sail for a destination which w-as not I revealed to the public I In the meantime dispatches from I Vienna showed that the movement of the Austrian forces toward the Ser-I Ser-I vian frontier was proceeding steadily. I but a strict censorship concerning the military movements prevented I the exact destination of the troops l from reaching the outside world All I the Austrian and Hungarian railways I were taken over yesterday for mill I tary traffic and transportation for I the general public was suspended. I Servia, it was known, was Just as i 1 active in moving her troops Strong j forces were dispatches to the fortified I tow ns of Valyevo and Uzhitza on the : Bosnian frontier and to Svllajnatz in the eastern part of the country, while strong divisions of volunteers rein-i rein-i forced by regulars were gathering along the river Drina near Losnitz on tne Bosnian ironuer. Montenegrins Preparing. The Montenegrins were also making mak-ing preparations and had stationed a brigade with a mounted batten near Priboj. where women were busy building earthworks. Servian and Austrian aviators at the same time were flying along the ! frontiers trying to locate the positions posi-tions of the opposing forces, j As far as a general European war is concerned, diplomats in London. while they confess the situation to j be most grave, consider there is hope of averting a conflict so long as the I Au8tro-Ruslan conversations" con-! con-! tinue at St. Petersburg. Unezslness in Germany. Another danger has arisen owing , to the uneasiness in Germany at the j preparations being made by Russia ' along her frontier. Ordinarily, it Is pointed out. Germany and Austria ULSTER VOLUNTEERS USEIQDERN METHODS IN MOBILIZING ARMY Mobilizing Ulster volunteer forces in Belfast. That the Ulster Volunteers are not the poorly equipped forces that some have been led to believe, was demonstrated during the recent mobilization in Belfast of the Ulstermen. Quickly-moving autos were used by the Unionists in gathering their forces together, and the well drilled, well equipped regiment brought many surprised ejaculation from those who were wont to scoff at the men who are fighting home rule. have the advantage over Russia it being able to mobilize more qulckl. and they don t wish to lose this a vantage. Reports have come throug' from Vienna that the Russian Pol have organized a revolution ant blown up several magazines but nc confirmation of this has come to ham from other sources Servian Merchant Vessels Attacked. A telegram from Premier Pachitch of Servia to the Servian legation In London, registers a formal complaint in regard to the Austrian attacks on Servian merchant vessels on the Dan ube. It says: "The Au6tro-Hunganan military anu civil authorities fired throughout the day on July 26 without the slightest provocation from our side and dam aged three of our trading vessels at Kostolatz on the Danube. The Servian Ser-vian flags were hauled down and re placed by the Austrian colors There were, however, no casualties." Partial mobilization of the Russian troops in the southern and southwest ern districts was ordered by the Rus sian war office last night, according to dispatches received here. It is argued in official circles that although this action dangerously di minlshes the chances of maintaining European peace, it does not neces sarily imply a rupture of relation1-, between Austro Hungary and Russia The hope is still expressed that some European power m3 succeed in bringing about an understanding between be-tween those two states The present mobilization order affects af-fects onl the Russian frontier con-tigous con-tigous to Austria and not the German Ger-man frontier. It is confined to Uu military districts of Kiev, Odessa. Moscow and Kazan Tho peace footing foot-ing of each of these districts is four army corps, each numherinc 4(1,000 men. or a total of 640. nun. The command com-mand to mobilize doubles this total., so th5t 1 280.000 men are affected by the order Diplomats Try to Localize War. Vienna. July 29. Germany and Italy It-aly today continued their ef(ort3 to localize the war declared yesterday by their ally Austrip-Hungary against Servia, and the efforts of all the Eu ropean diplomats are being directed toward the same end. No further declaration had been received re-ceived up to th's morning from Russia and that country also had made no fresh attempt to intervene in the controversy. con-troversy. Dispatches received here dated Warsaw. Poiand. report that several powder magazines exploded in that city on Monday and that several 1 bomb explosions occurred in the principal prin-cipal postofflce. many persons being killed or wounded Another telegram says the entire citadel of Warsaw was blown up and that semi-official explanations declared declar-ed the r-xplosion to hap been caused by lightning The dispatch dated there was no truth in the txiyyti tutl a revolution had broken out among the Russian Poles. Socialists Oppose War Stuttgart. Germany. Julv 20 So CialiSt anti-war demonstrations in this city today led to such yerious col-, col-, lisions between the manifestarita and the police that the authorities called out the troops to cope with the disturbances dis-turbances The district where most of the foreign legations are situated was surrounded by police guards why were attacked with volleys of stones by the people. , |
