The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-13
GREAT BRITAIN
 DECLARES WAR
 UPON HUNGARY

2 London, Aug. 13.-It is officially an- nounced that a state of war has ex- isted between Great Britain and Aus tria-Hungary since midnight.
 As soon as the fact became public, a. large number of Austrians and Hungarians resident in London, and who are liable to be called up for military service, applied to Robert H. Skinner. the American consul gen. eral, for enrolment. The clerks of the consulate general at once began stamping the mems military books, and this will be regarded by the Aus trian authorities as evidence that tue men were ready to perform their duty.
 In accordance with previous in structions received from Secretary of State Bryan, Consu1-Genera1 Skinner has notified the American consuls
 throughout the British. Isles to take
 over the Austrian consulates.
 Ambassador Page was ready to as-
 sume charge of the Austro-Hungaria
 embassy here as soon as requested to
 do so The number of Austrfans and
 Hungarians in the British Isles is not known but its is expected they will add considerably to the problem of re- lief committees
 The British foreign office later is sued the following statement:  l France and Austria-Hungary being | broken off, the French government re- quested His Maejsty's government to com rannunicate to the Austro-Hungar- ian ambassador in London the fol- ! lowing declaration:
 ,st Having declared war on Servia and thus taken the initiative in hos tiIities in Europe, the Austro-Hungar: l ian government has placed itself, without any provocation from France, in a state of war with France and, after Germany. had successively de- clared war against Russ:a and France, Austria-Hungary has interfered in the conflict by declaring war on Russia.
 who already was fighting on the side 1 of France.
 | " According to fnformation worthy of belief, Austria-Hungary has sent troops over the German frontier in i such manner as to constitute a, di-
 rect menace again France. In face of these facts, the French government 1 finds itself obliged to declare to the Austro-Hungarian government that if will take all measures permitted to I it to reply to these acts and menaces.' tIn communicating his declaration l according to the lAustro-Hungarian | ambassador in London, His Britannic 1 Majesty,s government has declared to His ExceIlency that the rupture with l France having been brought about in
 this way it feels itself obliged to an | nounce that a state of war exists be
 tween Great Britain and Austria-Hun- gary, from midnight
 London, Aug. 13-A despatch to the
 Exchange Telegraph company from
 Paris, labeled official, says:
 At 10 o'clock w ednesday morning
 Pont-a-N1ouson, a town in the depart
 ment of Meurthe- -Moselle, 16 miles
 southwest of Metz, was bombarded by | the heavy artillery from a consider
 able distance. Shells falling in the towns streets killed and wounded
 many of the inhabitants and wrecked l a large number of houses At Gibraltar, more than 50 vessels l of all nationalities have been stopped and their sailing prevented. A despatch. from Basel, Switzerland. says:
 "Followtng a terrible battle at Muel- hausen, the hospital facilities proved absolutely inadequate to care for the l almost incredible number of wounded. 1 Not only are all the hospitals filled, l but schools, churches and hotels are | occupied to their capacity. Even then
 it has been found necessary to char l ter special trains to convey the 1 wounded to Muelheim and St. Ludwig and other towns.
 s~The latest estimates place the Ger man losses at from eight to ten thou
 sand."