New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-06

lice. while train after train loaded
with troops was rushing to the coast.
Once more England fights on the
field Of Waterloo, but this time with
Germany as an enemy instead Of an
ally Sir John French is expected to
command the expeditionary force.
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener has
been appointed Secretary of State for
War. TIE first report was that Vis-
count Haldane, Lord Chancellor, had
been appointed TO the post, but this
was denied and quickly followed by
the above announcement.
Several Ships Captured.
Several German steamships in Brit
ish waters, including the 500-foot. 5000
ton Hamburg American liner Belgia.
with seventy-three German reservists
and quantity Of foodstuffs on board,
were declared prizes of war The Maria
/ Leonhardt in the Thames, and several
/ German steamers anchored at Hull
| have also been taken as prizes. The
crews, made up mostly of naval re-
servists, were made prisoners of war.
/ A distinct surprise to the popular
mind is the country's apparent pre-
psredness to change the machinery Of
I ordinary life to war footing on snort
notice. Not only is the army mobilIZa-
tion proceeding with great smoothnoss,
but the governments railway service,
under the direction of the committee
of managers, is being operated with
out confusion. The cricket and foot
ball grounds in a number of cities
have been occupied as camps, while
schools and other public buildings are
being transformed into hospitals.
The critics who always predicted
that a sudden war would throw the
country into confusion do not find
their forebodings justified. The life
Of London, except for the crowd around
the government buildings. was normal
to-day. An unusual number Of terri
torials in uniform and the newspaper
extras were the only indications
! through the greater part of the city
that any extraordinary events were
afoot. Martial law is not being en-
forced except at the naval and mill
tary stations.
A British warship in the English
Channel seized the German bark Per-
keo, which left New York July Is for
Hamburg.
the cutting of the German telegraph
and telephone connections and the
severance of the German TRANSATLANTIC
cable nave virtually cut Germany of
from communication with other coun-
tries. Reports from France, Belgium,
Holland and Russia, however, showed
that Germany's armies were steadily
moving toward east and west, and
that her advanced posts were in con-
tact with the opposing Russian and
! French armies.
Premier Asquith yesterday announced
that the British Government would
as for another credit of 100000, 900
to-day.
To Succeed Lord Morley.
Earl 3eauchamp was appointed to
succeed Viscount Morley as Lord
President of the Council.
/ The action of John Burns in resign
/ ing from the government has com
msnded respect because Of the fact
! that he is a comparatively poor man
! and has sacrificed salary Of S25, 900
! to his convictions.
Business men have organized the
Employers Patriotic Association. They
pledge themselves TO continue to pay
the wages of the men who enlist and
70 care for their families.
Sir George Pragnell, who presided
over the meeting, said:
"The experience of the South Afrl-
can war and the horrible things then
done should lead us to determine in
the present crisis to prevent unscrupu-
lcus persons from again effecting cor
ners and fattening on ill-gotten gains.
l. is always the poor who suffer in
these times of national peril"
Branches of the association will be
formed in all towns.
Women volunteers for nursing num-
Der thousands, and several wealthy
residents of London have offered their
houses for hospitals.
To Ward on Unemployment.
The London Chamber Of Commerce
has adopted a resolution saying that it
is important that the banking COM
munity be afforded fullest support by
the government; that it is vital that
the industrial population be kept in
employment and that the government
should support the bankers only on
the clear understanding that the banks
afford similar support to the industrial
end trading interests.
A remarkable feature OF the sltua-
ton is that the Austrian Ambassador
TO Great Britain and his staff are pur-
suing their customary duties, relations
not having been broken of. The sec
rotary of the embassy remarked to-
day: ave are on quite good terms with
England"
The British government will pay in
I til neighborhooc of S25,000,000 for
the two Turkish bsttleships being
constructed in English yards, and
Vhich il has taken over. The one
which has been renamed Agincourt is
completed. The other, 0sman |, and
which will be known in the British
ravy as the Erin, is nearly completed.
| Thoy are first class battleships.
IS the Black Sea has been tightly
closed by Turkeys shutting the Oar
danelles and Bosporus in order to
maintain her neutrality, the Russian
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