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Show oo ENGLISH CABINET ; SPLIT OVER WAR Announcement of the definite policy poli-cy of the British cabinet, which It was expected the prime minister would make in the parliament today, was postponed. John Burns, president of the local government board, resigned tonight from the cabinet, owing to disagreement disagree-ment over the war policy of the British Brit-ish government, and a late report said that Viscount Morley, lord pres ident of the council, was considering resigning. Sir Edward Grey, in the commons, reviewed the situation and, although he used qualifying phrases, his words were taken generally to mean that Great Britain is committed to war The German ambassador at Paris was ordered by the emperor to de-' de-' mand his passports, which lines up ! France with Russia, Servla and Montenegro Mon-tenegro against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary. The mobilization of most of the countries of Europe has been vlr-j vlr-j tuallj completed. Holland has been ! invaded at Llmburg by Germon troops according to report, and the Dutch people are said to be flooding the country to prevent the passage of soldiers Germany has issued a white book justifying her action with reBpect to Russia, and at the same time German Ger-man diplomats at London are using their utmost efforts to win Great Britain to a position of neutrality-Few neutrality-Few reports of actual military movements are being received owing to the censorship. Germans Seize Russian Town. Berlin, Aug. 3. The German border bor-der troops from Lublinitz. Silesia, to day after a short skirmish with Russians, Rus-sians, took possession of Czenstecho-wa, Czenstecho-wa, Russian Poland. Bendzln and Kallsz. Russian Poland, Po-land, also have been occupied by the Germans. Czenstochowa Is a city of some 50,-000 50,-000 Inhabitants situated on the river Waethe, near the Sile6lan frontier. It is noted chiefly for its manufactures manufac-tures of woolen and cotton cloths and paper. A picture of the Virgin in a noted convent there attracts thousands thou-sands of pilgrims annually. Bendzln is a coal and zinc mining center. It has a population of slightly slight-ly over 20,000, about half of whom are Jews Kallsz is the capital of the prov ince of the same name It is the most westerly city in Russian Poland Its population of 20.000 Is engaged in various manufactures. oo |
