New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
Joint Proclamation of
President and Cabinet
Bids People Be Cool.
PARIS SAD AS MEN
RUSH TO COLORS
Boulevards Strangely Silent at
Night, Whereas Gay and Vi"
vacious in Summer.
rBy cable to The Tribuns1

the members of the French Cabinet
issued a joint proclamation to tho
French nation.
The text of the proclamation is as
follows:
"For some days past the states OF
Europe have been considerably aggra-
rated. and Notwithstanding the efforts
cf diplomacy me horizon has darkened.
At the present hour a greater part OIL
the nations nave modified their forces.
Even the countries protected by neu-
trality conventions have deemed 1t
their duty to take this measure as
precaution.
"The powers whose constitutional or
military legislation differs from ours
have. without issuing decree OF mob
/ ilization, begun and carried on prepa-
rations which in reality are equivalent
TO mobilization and are but the anticl-
pated execution Of it.
France, who always has affirmed her
desire Of peace, who on many tragic
day has given to Europe counsels o.
moderation and a living example Of
decorum and who has multiplied her
efforts to maintain the peace OF the
world, has now prepared herself for ali
oventualities and has taken from hence
forth her first indispensable DISPOSE
tions for the safeguard of her terri
tory"
"But our legislation does not permit
/ the completion of these preparations
without a decree of mobilization. Con-
scious of its high responsibility and
/ foI - fs aooroH
I duty if it did not take this measure, the
government has signed the decree
Mobilization is not war. Under the
present circumstances It would appear,
on the contrary, TO be the best means
] of assuring peace with honor.
/ Strong in It's ardent desire OF arriv-
/ ing at a peaceful solution of this crisis,
/ the government, under cover of these
essential precautions, will continue its
/ diplomatic efforts and still hopes to
succeed. II counts upon the GOODNESS
| of the people not to give itself up to
uniustifed emotion. 1t counts upon the
! patriotism of every Frenchman, and it
/ knows that there is not a single one
I who is not ready to do his duts at this
/ hour.
"There are no longer any parties.
! There is an eternal France--a France
peaceful and resolute. There is faith
erland of peace and justice, all united
in calm vigilance and dignity"
Parisians Resolute.
Il was a different Paris from that Of
1870 that saw the troops depart to-day.
Then the flags snapped in the breeze,
the bugles blared. the crowd yelled
and screamed ss the cavalry pranced
down the boulevards. To-day the peo-
pie were calm and resolute. War was
| not glorified. 1t was looked on in the
! light of grim task that had to be car
| ried out.
Workingmen stopped to talk. in
quiet tones. There was no need for
the gendarmere to dispense them. No
one seemed to wish to shout or laugh;
nobody wished to cry, defantly, ION
! to Berlin!" The mystery of what was
going on behind the screen which fell
along the German frontier puzzled and
! dismayed everyone. 1t was generally
accepted, however, that mobilization
had been ordered in Berlin, and, there
! fore, it seemed as if it had become the
duty of France to fight her own enemy.
| The flowers were thicker than ever
before the monument of Strasbourg,
! ir the Place de la Concorde, and it
/ was here that a few Of the hotheaded
ones rushed just after the order Of
mobilization was published, and
| screamed threats against the Kaiser.
A crowd gathered, rolling up like the
proverbial SNOWFALL, and bodies of men
| broke loose from the main assembly,
| forming themselves into regular COM
panies of ten ranks and marching about
| the great open space waving the tri-
color, singing the "Marseillaise" and
| tossing their caps in the air.
But even then the real meaning OF
the great Continental struggle had be-
gun to impress itself on Paris, and
women and children who stood on the
sidewalk and looked at the marching
enthusiasts were moved to tears. The
men. themselves, felt the sadness Of
the atmosphere and soon quoted down.
It was like that almost everywhere.
Few made 4 demonstration, and when
they did it was soon done with.
At the Care st. Lazare and the Care
Montparnasse, particularly, reservlsts
crowded into the waiting trains, their
women accompanying them and weep
ing farewell as the trains left the sta
tions. Troop trains departed at regu-
lar intervals, all the soldiers in heavy
marching equipment.
Americans Eager for News.
Tonight the boulevards were strange,
ly empty. Ordinarily the first day oil
August finds Paris gay and vivacious.
Tonight the city is calm and still
Under the awnings at the Cafe dc la
Paix little groups of Americans and
English sit and discuss the great topic
of the moment and eargerly seek even
the slightest scrap Of information from
the passerby. Where the Place de
rOpera is usually swarming, tonight
il is wellnigh deserted
Even the tarxis go slowly and there
are not so many of them as usual, Tor
the soldiers Communicated a NUMBER
for transport purposes, along with pri-
vate motor cars and horses and carts.
Every one of the autObuses has dis
appeared. Their coachwork was re-
moved and rough bodies placed on the
powerful chassis to carry food supplies
fer the armies.
Americans, too, were asked Dy the
government for motor cars and horses.
While meme of the Americans private
vehicles have yet been commandeered,
they will be taken in case Of extreme
necessity. Spencer Eddy, Herman Dur,
yea, James Gordon Bennett and Edward
Tuck, as we'll as Milton Henry. TOO
Sloane and Others of the sporting circle
have been communicated with.
Intense satisfaction is felt that Am
bassador Herrick will remain at ms
post instead of returning to the United
States, as he intended before the pres.
ent trouble began. Relief is felt not
only by the Americans living IN Paris
but by the government itself.