New Britain herald., 1914-08-02
PROBLEM CONfRONTS
  CONSUL-CENERAlS
NO Ships To Carry RcSerVists From
 America to Europe.

New York, Aug. 1.-The cancella. |ftipr of sailings of all ships of the sN orth German Lloyd and Hamburg american lines has confronted the Austrian and Servian consul m this city with the problem Ef get ting their reservistS and volunteers to Europe. All over the country men are on the move toward New York Respecting to be embarked here and transported to the scene of action. The conSul-generalS are. wondering what they are going to do with them when they arrive here.
 This problem was discussed yestef- l day by pr. Fischera uer of the Aus strian consulate and by Paul Pavlo- witch of the Servian consulate. MT. Pavlovitch said that this was one of the reasons why thousands of Serbs who desire to go to the old country shave been told to await develop 5anents. During the Balkan war sev- #eral hundred of them arrived in this l Gity, but there was no way of get ting them back, and being without Funds they spent a miserable week until arrangements could be made for Ithen. They will be told this time not to come until the way is cleared for their transportation
 Mediterranean May Be Closed. fi We can't say how we will get the Ereservists back said Dr. Fischerauer }a.The German vessels are held up now land even if they were not and France Fshould become involved, what would #be the result? The Mediterranean |would be closed imme ediately. It would f- f0,~ Ay,1 If England became involved Germany [wou1d be mewed up by the British fleet There is a small fleet of Ger man warships in the West Indies and lit has been suggested that they knight convoy merchantmen filled |with German, and Austrian reserves, but it would be a forlorn hope. With England in the fray they would nev Ter reach the other side.
 "In few days we expect reservists ito arrive here from all parts of the [country in response to the call to the |colors. From the way things look now Ithey will have to stay in New York. We can house a lot of them at the Austrian and the Hungarian homes Ifor a time and then if a general war ensues we. will have to send them
 
 liability is that if England and France Ibecome involved in this war our re- |servists in America will be of no use Ito us"
 Thinks Austrian Cause Just. Ijr. F'ischerauer said that he and |Dtl1er Austrians here are much ag- .grieved at some of the. editorial cOn-
 nieffts in the newspapers. He de- |cFareG that Austria has been contin- Iua1ly misrepresented in the citation Iof the historical facts that lie behind |the present crisis.
 | There never was a war more Just," The said. "The American people would |have declared war ten years ago in |the same circumstances. Only the fn- |1uence of a beloved and peace loving |emperor has held Austria back in the face of the insulting propaganda |against her. Austria stands for or |der and justice, but it seems impos- |sible to make this understood. As |Austrians it seems to us that the American people should look with (some misgiving upon this great Slav |propa ganda, but that is not the point |now. The point is that Austria, real |izing the great value of that public |opinion which is created through the