The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-07-31
Austria Gives Servian Minister
His Passports Despite
Humble Reply.
RUMOR OF CLASH ON DANUBE
Report From Semln Says servIan
Forts Fired on Austrian Trans
ports-No Formal Declaration.

tria is determined to make war on
Servia and the possibilities of a gen.
eral European war seem greater than
ever have confronted the present gen.
Grafton.
The Servian reply to the Austro-
Hungarian ultimatum was an accept
ance of almost all the imperious de-
mands except that Austrian officials
participate in the investigation and fix
trian propaganda. Servia proposed
an appeal to the powers at The Hague
for the settlement of that feature Not
withstanding this humiliating surren-
der, which was more than Europe ex-
pected of the proud little nation, the
Austrian government gave the Ser
Wan minister his passports, which
may be construed virtually declara-
ton of war.
Austria committed an act of war by
arresting the chief Of the Servian gen.
eral STAFF, General Putnik, near Buda-
pest, but he soon was released by the
emperor's direct command
A formal declaration of war is not
expected because Servia is not party
to The Hague convention, which re-
Quires this. The suspension of all par
liamentary and judicial institutions
has been decreed in Austria, and an
ironclad censorship has drawn cor
don of secrecy around the country so
that the outside world is in complete
ignorance of everything happening
there, except what the government
wants the world to know. The Aus
TRAN armies may be closing in upon
Servia and launching a sudden blow,
as Japan did when she sent her fleet
against the Russian ships without
warning.
While Austria announces a par
tial mobilization" the Austrian am
bassador at London has issued a sig
nificant notice to all Austrians liable
for military service to return home.
The only possibility recognized is that
SerVia shall reconsider her reply to
the Austrian note and bow to all the
demands. Even then Austria proposes
to exact payment for all her expenses
in connection with her military meas
ures.
First Clash Reported.
Misunderstanding to a Semlin ru-
NOR the first encounter between Aus
tria and Servia has occurred near Sc
mendria on the Danube, twenty-four
miles southeast of Belgrade. Some
vessels conveying Austrian infantry
are said to have been fired on from
the Servian side of the Danube and to
have returned the fire.
General Radomir Putnik, chief of
the Servian general staff, who was ar
rested shortly after 10 o'clock at night
at Kelenfoeld, near Budapest, while on
his way to Belgrade, is still prisoner.
Vienna-Baron Won Giesl de Gies-
lingen, the Austro-Hungarian minister
at Belgrade, has been instructed to
leave Servia with the entire legation
staff if the Servian government does
not notify him that it agrees without
delay to comply with the demands of
Austria's note.
Although the peremptory character
of the ultimatum and the brief time
allowed to Servia to reply came as a
surprise to the Austrian public, the
governments action meets with popu-
lar approval.
The relations between Servia and
Austria were felt to have become in
tolerable. The attitude of Servia to-
ward Austria since Servia's success
in the last Balkan war has been un-
bearable in its arrogance.
SerVia Hopes for Revolution.
1t was believed in Servia that the
time was ripe for the disintegration
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and
that Austria would suffer anything
rather than run the risk of European
war. Hence Servian statesmen as
pired to bring Bosnia and other Aus
trian Slav provinces under Servian
rule. ~
Germans and Austrians have for sew
eral years attributed the bad trade in
the monarchy and the crushing taxa
tion caused by repeated mobilizations
to Servian hostile intrigues. and there
is feeling of relief there that matters
now have been brought to head and
that Servia will be settled with once
for all.
It is believed here that the Servian
crown prince. who is now acting re-