The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-03
FOUR GREAT POWERS ARE
ENGAGED IN ACTUAL WAR
Continued From First Pace.

London, Aus. 3-Evcnts in the Euro
pcan Crisis developed with startlin
rapidity. At 7:S1 o'clock Saturdl
cvCn,rE the German ambassador at -
Petersburg, Count Won Pourtalcs, dc
liNcrcd a declaration Of war In tn
name of his government 10 tho Rusyiai
luoNernmcnt and the entire stan of tn
embassy .mmcdiatclS left 81. Peters
bur-
Although, aftcr the warliEc spec, hci
delivered by tho German emperor an,
The imperial chancellor at Berlin q,
! Friday. no other result could DC OK
! poct,d. some hope that tho dread event
might be avcrtcd had been raised By
! the intervention II Kin; GEORGE in ST
| po;cIshurg and the fact tina, the Ger
! man rciohstag was not TO bc convened
until Tuesday. Hence, the actual
dc, laratlon Of war had not been cx-
pccted for another day or two.
Tho German emperor and his advis-
ors have maintained to the last that
| they made supreme efforts for the
sake of peace and that the last OF the
series of earnest appeals by Emperor
William To Emperor Nicholas was a
telegram repudiating responsibility
for the calamity threatening the world
on the ground that while Germany was
engaged in mcdiating with Austria
Hungary at Russia's request, Russia,
by general mobilization was threaten
ing Germans safety.
Kaiser Addresses Great Crowd.
Berlin, Aug. 3.-Thc emperor. speak
ing from q window OF the castle sat
urday night to a great crowd beneath.
said:
Il thank you for the love and loyalty
shown me. when | enter upon fight
let all party strife cease. We are Ger
man brothers and nothing else. All
parties have attacked me in times of
pcocc. | forgive them with all my
heart. | hope and wish that the good
German sword will emerge victorious
in the rrht."
The cmperur's speech was greeted
with tumultous Cheering.
The imperial chancellor also address
sed the assembly. saying:
AN stand as one man for our en-
peror. whatever our opinions or our
crccds. | am sure that all young Ger
man men are ready to shed their blood
for the name and only trust i'm Cod
who hitherto has always given us vic-
tory"
An imperial decree convokes reich
stag on Aug. 4.
Crown Prince Frederick William has
been gazetted commander OF the first
division of the imperial guards.
Russian People Enthusiastic.
St Petersburg, Russia, Aug Ger
many's declaration Of war against
Russia provoked in the Russian capt.
tai Il wonderful demonstration Of pat
riotic enthusiasm.
Saturday night the capital presented
a spectacle OF extra -ordinary ANNA
ton. The Nevsky Prospect and all |
the leading thoroughfares were filled |
with warfrenzied people marching in |
professions carrying portraits of the |
emperor with flags waving and torch |
rs blazing. From time TO time there |
was an outburst of cheering and sing
ing
Speakers fired with patriotic fervor |
harrangued the crowds. In front of the |
hazan cathedral each procession halt |
ed and sudden hush fell over the |
then the strains of the |
national anthem, sung in perfect har- |
mony by a section of the procession, |
rose in the air, the crowds listening |
silently with barred heads. Then the |
moved forward and the |
demonstrations continued with renew
ed ardor.
Demonstrations In Paris.
Paris Aug. 3.-The widest enthusi-
ism was manifested on the boulcvards |
when the news Of the ordering Of mob |
lization became known Saturday |
night. Bodies of men forced i'm regular
companies in ranks ten deep and pa
'aded the street waving the tri-color
md other national emblems and cheer
ng and singing.
ON the sidewalks were many weep
ng women and children.
The marching of the soldiers in the
streets with the English, Russian and
french flags dying, the singing of
patriotic songs and the shouting OF,
ON to Berlin," was much less re-
than the general demeanor
ma cold resolution of most of the
people.
The response to the order of mobili-
alton was instant and the stations of
III the railways, particularly those
eadng TO the eastward, were crowded
With departing reservists. The troop
rains departed at regular intervals
nd the Paris streets were quiet and
iearly empty.
Italy Prepared For Emergency.
Rome, Aug. "a strict censorship
las been established i'm Italy over dis
'atches To places abroad. King Victor
emmanuel is keeping in close touch
With events and is said to he i'm fire.
uent direct communication with other
European rulers. especially the Ger
1an emperor
The queen IL greatly affected by the
act that her relatives in Servia and
lontcneero are again involved in a
-ar.
The pope is said to have made great
forts To prevent the war. as. since