Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-07
WAR SITUATION AS
ENGLAND Sees IT

sion.
There was not a run but there was
decided rush for Withdrawals, not the
result of panic but due to the fact that
funds, after being so long tied up, were
urgently needed.
Very little gold, to which the British
public is accustomed, was paid out,
however, its place being taken by the
new notes representing the English
equivalent of about 1920. Great
Britain s smallest notes hitherto have
been for approximately $24.
In response to the war Offices appeal
for volunteers recruits were already en-
listing in large numbers. TIL ecall was
for 100000 more men, through War
Minister Lord Kitchener was authorized
to bring the number up to 100000. 1t
was believed it would yet be necessary
to ask the full quota.
Recruits must be between 10 and 30
and the term of enlistment is for three
years or during the war.
The admiralty was authorized to add
$1,000 officers and men to the naval
establishment, bringing the total up to
2lS,000.
There was not a dissenting voice
Thursday night when the house of COM
mons passed war budget of $780,
5000.
A number of high French army and
navy officers were in consultation to-
day with officials at the British war
and navy ministers relative to the two
nations joint plans for the war.
German ships were still being seized
by the British navy but with all ship
ping scurrying for home or neutral
ports it was believed that henceforward
there would be far from so many prizes
taken as in the past few days.
News was anxiously awaited from
Chinese waters, where the German
cruiser Emden and the Russian Askold
were reported to have sunk one another
Thursday, and British and German ships
were said to be engaged today.
The British are not counting on al
early termination of the war. The
kaiser's call to the colors Thursday Of
call Germans capable of bearing
arms" was taken as notice that thu
fatherland was prepared to fight to tn,
DEATH
No news has been received today
concerning the result of the German
Baltic fleets attack on Sveaborg, tn,
Russian fortress defending the entrance
to the Gulf of Finland. Experts her
believed the Russians would be able t.
hold out, however, the Sveaborg forti
fications being enormously strong.
1t was admitted that German vic
-. 1 4 A
as it probably would mean the destruC
tion of the ear fleet in the Gulf an
might lead to a German occupation o
: st. Petersburg itself.
} All accounts agreed that German
was acting with much vigor along il
Russian frontier, and there were r,
ports that the kaiser s troops had OF
1 cupied Warsaw, the capital of Russia
= Poland.
a Though this did not cause any sati
= faction among the English Russia
+ allies, it was not regarded as meanin
l. anything serious, even if the rumoi
were true. To get the ponderous Ru
sian war machinery in motion, it wa
:. pointed out, time was needed. 1t SCENE
:, clear that, though all possible haste ws
: being made, the Muscowite mobilizatio
: was, nevertheless, slow. As soon as
: was completed, it was predicted di
: terent story would be told.
Germany, so far as known, had NJ
fulfilled its threat of declaring wf
against Italy unless the latter agree
d by midnight Thursday to Join Il
h Teutonic allies in their struggle again
the rest of Europe It was deemC
is likely, however that the Berlin COVER
ment hesitated to take this last ste
>. until absolutely convinced that no pre-
10 sure could avail to bring the Italians
their terms.
international authorities here we
II convinced, however, that Italian publ
50 opinion was such as to render it il
possible for the Rome government
declare for Austria Hungary withOl
le precipitating revolution at home.
n, was confidently expected here that ii
next few days would see the Italians
4. arms and attacking Austria from Il
:. south.
Twenty men, suspected of Deing Ge
man spies, were arrested today duril
raid by detectives on a fashionab
N London hotel, They were taken to pr
lt on handcuffed.
o. Reports early today that the Germ;
crown prince had been wounded by
ef would-be assassin were not given mu
II. credence here. On the Otner han
there was tolerably reliable inform
= tiOn that he was at Verviers, Belgiu
y safe and prepared to take person