Evening star., 1914-07-26
SERWA DELAYED REPLY;
IS REPORTED TO HAVE
MOVED TROOPS EARLY

VIENNA, July 25-Diplonatic rela-
tons between Austria-Hungary and
Servia were formally broken off tonight.
War Is regarded by the public as almost
a certainty.
The Servian government waited until the
last moment left it by the terms of the
note, and only ten minutes before the
hour Of 6 when the Austria Hungarian
ultimatum- expired, did the Servian
premier appear and present his govern
nents reply to the Austrian minister.
Baron Giesi Won Gieslingen. s
No details Of the tenor of the reply |
have been revealed here. but the terse |
statement was made that it was ''un-
satisfactory
Immediately upon receiving the note the
Austrian minister informed the foreign
office and diplomatic relations were
broken of.
Minister and Staff Leave.
Half an hour later the minister and his
staff. with their families. had boarded a
train for Austrian territory. The train
was in readiness to depart, as an un-
favorable reply to the Austrian demands
had been expected.
high official of the eAustro-Hungarian
foreign Office made the following state
nnent toNight:
ScrNld at tn1S stage OF audlrS
take military measures against Austria.
every penny of the cost of Austrian
mobilization will have to be paid by
Servia."
According to newspaper messages re-
ceived here. the mobilization of the Ser
Wan army was ordered at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon.
King Peter Leaves Capital.
King Peter. who had hardly returned to
Belgrade when the Austrian ulti1natum
was announced. left the capital this
evening on a special train with the prin-
cipal members of the government, in the
realization that the Austrians could cap
ture Belgrade without difficulty. The
temporary seat of the government will
be established at Kraguyevatz
The portentous news of Servia's de-
cision was made known to the public bv
extra editions of the evening papers and
at o'clock tonight half the population
of the city seemed to be on the streets
They fought eagerly for the papers, and
professions were formed which marched
through all the thoroughfares, singing
national hymns and cheering for EN-
peror Francis Joseph, Emperor William
and the army.
Everywhere throughout the country
similar demonstrations are being held
War Ministers Confer.
Count Won Berchthold, the Austro-Hun-
garian minister of foreign affairs, visited
Ischl early in the afternoon and had a
long audience with the emperor. Later
he conferred with the minister of war,
Gen. Krobatin. and the emperor's chief
military adviser. Gen. Baron Rolfras Won
Abnenburg. and the minister of finance.
Count Won Berchthold had another au-
dience at Z o'clock with the emperor to
whom he communicated the Servian note.
The Austro-Hungarian government re-
fused all the requests of Servia to ex-
tend the time limit for the reply to its
note.
Military Necessities Supreme.
An official communication issued late
last night points out that the foreign
situation has assumed DEVELOPMENT
which makes regard for military necessi-
ties the supreme law. 1t proclaims
series Of ordinances applicable to the
whole empire. including Hungary
These ordinances include the transfer
OF the civil administration OF Bosnia
Herzegovina and Dalmatia to the COM
niander-in-chief: the suspension through
out the empire of the constitutional laws
on liberty of assembly, OF private corre-
spondence, of the press; the suppression
of juries. the restriction OF the issue of
passports. the submission of civilians ac-
cused of reprehensible acts against the
army to military Jurisdiction: the partial
prohibition of the export and import of
products: the enforcement of military
jurisdiction generally. and the closing of
the provisional diets and the reichsrath.
The communication trusts that all
Austro-Hungar.an subjects will appre-
ciate the grave necessity which compels
the government in the exercise of a heavy
responsibility to take exceptional meas
ures.
1t is understood that if Servia recon-
siders her decision and accepts all the
Austro-Hungarian terms, she Will 0e
called upon to defray the cost Of Aus
trias mobilization.