Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-06
Naval Battle Raging.


London. Aug a-The German crui,
er Panther. the warship which was
sent to ASadir in the Franco. German
Morocco clash in 1911, has been SUM
ey French fleet
Unofficial dispatches say that a ma,
val battle is in progress on the French
coast
Reports from the coast guard sta.
tons on the Yorkshire coast say that
heavy firing was heard early in the
morning
The French embassy here received
dispatch saying that the German
cruisers, which other reports say have
been captured. homharded the French
naval station at Bona. Algeria. at
o'clock in the morning and steamed
away to the west
Oticial information has been rc.
ceiVed here that n French squadron
sailed from Brest with sealed orders
few days ago.
Germany Declares War on Belgium.
London, Aug 5,-The special cor.
respondent of the Daily News at Brus,
sells telegraphed Tuesday: Il learn
officially at the ministry of war that
Germany declared war on Belgium this
morning"
italy Pat on Neutrality.
Rome. Aug. 6.-Germany appealed to
Italy to alter its decision to remain
neutral. Foreign Minister San Giu
liano informed the kaiser's envoy.
Ambassador De Flotaw that Italy
would not change its position
Germans Capture Three More Towns.
Berlin. Aug. g. Three more towns
in Russian Poland were captured by
to the vicinity OF Lublinitz, only nine.
ty-tive miles from Warsaw
French Annihilate German Force.
Paris, Aug. "a squadron of Ger.
man cavalry. numbering l25 officers
and men. was annihilated by French
cavalry force after an hours battle
near Chayanette. fifteen miles within
the French border. Fifty OF the Ger.
mans were killed and seventy-five
taken prisoners The German colonel
in command blew out his brains.
Germany Recalls Her Envoy.
Paris, Aug, 5-Baron Won Schoen,
the German ambassador demanded his
passports and left for Berlin at 10
O'Clock Tuesday night by special
train which he boarded at Il suburban
station.
The foreign minister Immediately In.
struCted NJ. Jules Cambon, the French
ambassador at Berlin, to ask for his
passports and return to Paris.
II is announced by the French gov
ernment that II wants II understood
abroad that the kaiser's representative
demanded his passports and that
Frances efforts toward peace contin.
ued to the end, this government do.
Ginning to be driven into handing his
passports to the German ambassador
without being requested by him to do
so.
The American embassy took owe:
the archives OF the German embassy
AT O'Clock In the evening, The Ba.
varian legation handed over the seals
and keys to the American embassy In
the morning Ambassador Gerard has
taken over the archives and seals OF
the French embassy In Berlin. Pre-.
mier Niyiani expressed his full ap
proval OF the double arrangement.
Germany Appropriates Billion.
Berlin, Aug 5--A bill was intro.
ducod in the German imperial parlia.
ment providing for the appropriation
OF 81 ,250. 600, 900 to meet the expenses
OF the war
Jelliooe Commands British Navy.
London, Aug 5--Vice Admiral Sir
John Jellicoe assumed supreme com.
mand of the British home fleet, with
the acting rank OF admiral. His chief
Of staff Is to be Rear Admiral Charles
f. Madden. The new naval command.
er-in.Chief took prominent part In
Admiral Seymours advance To the as.
sistance OF the legations at Pekin at
the time Of the boxer rising
Russians Can Enlist In France.
Paris, Aug. 5.--Czar Nicholas has
notified the Russian reservists In
France, through his ambassador here.
NJ. lzw0lsky. that they can serve their
country by enlisting in the army OF