The chronicle=news., 1914-07-31

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st. Petersburg, Russia, July H.
The mail train for Germany Will not
leave ST.. Petersburg tonight and the1
line Of boats running to stockholm.
Sweden. has been stopped..
Paris, July 3l.-Gold was at l x.
per cent premium here today. Eng
iish sovereigns were selling at 2SI
francs eacl instead of the normal
rate Of slightly less than 70 francs,
A cabinet council is to be called to-
morrow to consider an extension of1
the terms OF payment for obligationsI
falling due.
The approximations Of the smaller
trades people here have gone TO such
an extent that many of them refuse
to take the new government 20 franc
and 8 franc bills.
Department stores are doing ONLY
about hnlf their usual business, ow-1
irg to the lack OF small change.
The Temps today relates details.
OF the conversation between Count
Won Pourtales. the German ambsssa-
dor, and SergAs Sazonoff. the Rus
sian foreign minister in st. Peters
burg. yesterday.
Count Won Pourtales first asked
whether. in case Russia were as
sured Austria would not retain any
territory conquered in servia. Rus
sia would stop her mobilization. 10
this M. Sazonoff replied no. ana
said that Russia could not permit the
execution" OF Servia which had
been announced by Austria.
Count Won Pourtales then asked
NJ. azonoff under what conditions,
Russia would demobilize.
NJ. Sazanoff answered that any
question Of this sort must tirst be
raised at Vienna. which had commit :
ted acts OF war and declarations
which alone had determined Russia
to mobilize. ;t,
The conversation did not continue
further. ~, sr.e t.-. 4
In no case has any considerable.
force Of French troops advanced clos
er to the Ger49n frontier than six
miles. The FSehoh foreign Office Of
ificials we're consider bly, more passi-
mistic today because. as they ex-s
planned, the gravity Of the situation
was increasing with the lapse Of
each day. At the same time. It was
said that 1t must not be suncd that
all hope of a peaceful solution had
vanished. France. 1t was SAIL. will
not mobilize her army until after
Germany has done so.
berlin, July 31.-The German fed
eral council today issued decree
prohibiting exports Of grain. flour.
foodstuffs, meals, animal products,
automobiles, trucks, motor cycles, pc
trcleum, coal tar and coal oils. This
goes into effect Immediately.
The step taken by the federal
council. whose members represent
the rulers OF the federated states
composing the German empire. was
said to have been necessitated by
the heavy exports Of tie last few
days reported by the chambers OF
commerce. &
1t was semi-officially announced
that the matters dealt with by tho
federal council were OF secondary
Importance.
OFFICIAL confirmation OF the report
of blowing up by Russian troops OF
the railroad bridge between Gran
lea, Russia, and Szokova, in Gaifcin,
on the railroad from Warsaw to Vi
enna was received here this even
ing.
All dispatches returned by the >au-
thorities as Objectionable are now he
ing returned to the ssnders, ard
rigid censorship on telegram9i to all
parts of the world has bee4 rppt into
operation. - .uIa 4
New York, July 3l.--The Presi-y
dent Grant OF the Hamburg-Ameri-
can line which sailed from this port
Yesterday has been recalled by wire
less.
Hong Kong, China, July 31.-
Most active preparations are going
on here in vie wof eyentualitics.
The Canadian Pacific steamer En-
press OF Asia has been chartered by
the government and guns are being
mounted on board. At the dock yards
work Is proceeding night and day
an ddouble guards have been placed
on duty. All troops have been con-
fined to barracks and leave has been
stopped.
The British battleship triumph to-