The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-07

Germany's reply to. This was
brusoue note to Belgium. to the ef-
feet that since peaceful consent had
been denied to the passage of troops
through Belgium, Germany is now
prepared to make such passage ny
force of arms. Also, she will declare
war. and annex the Belgian Congo
territory. It is said; unofacially, that
war is declared.
Brussels has officially informed
England that the German troops have
invaded her territory. and that the
time has come for England. to take
the action she had promised.
Readjust the Cabinet.
The. cabinet is being gradually re.
Formed to include only men who are
Il. full accord with the government
g. f. C. Musterman, who did not favor
war. resigned John Burns resigned
ard viscount Morley was absent from
the days meeting, giving the impress
sion that he will quit soon.
It is now expected that Premier
.Asuuith will place the war portfolio
ID the hands Of Field Marshal AOro
Kitchener.
The army and, navy are now ready
and minor preparations for war are
being completed
All Rritish trading vessels have
been ordered not to leave port. Ihe
liner Otway or the Orient company
reached Gibraltar and was forbid Gen
to leave.
All British censuls have received
this message from SIR Edward Grey,
the minister Of foreign affairs:
Urgent you should, warn British
merchant ships not to proceed to OF
enter. German ports until further no
tice. British ships already being de-
tanned La German ports" :
London firms have begun In earnest
to lay in supply of timed goods.
Overwhelming orders for timed
meats were placed with American
firms with offices in this city, and the.
price leaped from ten to thirty per
cent above what 1t has, been.
Big Naval Battle Reported.
A naval battle is reported to
have been fought Off the coast
of. northern Scotland, in the North
sea. A message from Comarty,
in the County of Aberdeen, says that
many wounded men are being brought
ashore there and that surgeons from
all the country around have been
called to attend them.
Numerous reports from the Scottish
shore have told of the sound of heavy
firing, but none could tell what it
meant. 1t was believed that French
and German fleet had met, but it Is
not known that any French warships
are in these waters.
British and German Fleets Meet?
There is a possibility that a por-
ton of the German battleship fleet is
in collision with the British fleet, al
though 1t has been thought that the
Germans had concentrated all their
fighting craft at either end of the
Kaiser Wilhelm canal at Kiel and
Wilhelmshaven.
Special trains have been chartered
here for surgeons and nurses, but the
officials refuse to say where they are
bound, or fer what emergency. It Is
believed here that they are to assist
in caring for the wounded in the naval
battle which, it is persistentiy ru-
mored, was fought. 1t can only be con-
iectpred what ships may have been en-
gagged, as all the powers days ago
stopped giving out information of the
movement OF warships
It is also rumored that the surgeons
and nurses are being sent in advance
to the scene of a naval battle for
which orders were signaled to the feet
Immediately on the declaration Of war.
Martial Law Proclaimed.
The London Gazette published a spe-
cial edition containing proclamation
of martial law in the British Isles,
signed by King George.
Statement issued by Foreign Office.
Public announcement of the final
step was made in the following state
ment, given out by the foreign office:
Owing to the summary rejection by
the German government of the request
made by his Britannia majesty's gov
eminent that the neutrality of Bel
GUM should be respected, his majesty's
| ambassador at Berlin has received his
! passports, and his majesty's govern
ment has declared to the German gov.
eminent that a state Of war exists
between Great Britain and Germany
i from IL o'clock p. m, August A.
Beat Time Limit of Uitimatum.
The momentous decision of the Brit.
ish government, for which the whole
| world has been waiting, came before
! the expiration OF the time limit set by
Great Britain demanding a satisfac.
tory reply on the subject of Belgian
neutrality.
Germany's reply was the summary
rejection Of the request that Belgian
neutrality should be respected.
Great Britain is ready to meet the
issue. The navy has been modified
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