The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-08-04
Warming
GIVEN To
GERMANY
ENGLAND STATES SHE WILL NOT
PERMIT GERMAN FLEET TO OP-
ERATE AGAINST FRENCH COAST
GERMANY PRESSES ENGLAND
TO REMAIN NEUTRAL.

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London, Aug. 3.-All the great Eu-
ropean powers except Italy and most
of the secondary powers are mobiliz-
ing with all their energy. Mobiiza-
tion has not yet reached a stage
where any Of the armies have met in
battle.
Italy, which declared her neutral
ity, will begin to mobilize officially
tomorrow, although the process prob
ably is we'll under way.
Great Britains mobilization is
nearly completed. but she has not an
nounced that she will join in the gen
eral war.
Tonight war officially existed be
tween Austria and Germany on one
side, and Russia, Serva and Monte
negro on the other. There has been
no official declaration of war be-
tween Germany and France on either
side. But tonight the German am
bassador in Paris received orders to
demand his passports,
The most important event in the
past twenty-four hours was Ger
many's demand upon Be gium, in the
form of tweve-hour ultimatum that
the German troops be permitted to
cross Belgium to the French frontier,
coupled with the promise that Bel
gian integrity should remain unim-
paired at the end of the war and that
Belgium shonld be compensated. To
this Belgium refused to concede on
the grounds of her rights and honor.
Sir Edward Grey, British secretary
made a statement in the house of
commons indicating that Great
Britain's interests an obligations
could not permit her to submit to the
violation of Belgian territory. This
virtually left the decision as TO
whether Great Britain should make
war to the public opinion. There is
no doubt that their sentiment favors
war.
Germany, through her diplomats,
has tried to keep Great Britain out
by a virtual offer 20 refrain from
using her navy against France as the
price of Great Britain's neutrality.
BGt the English people clearly aro
convinced that their honor AID vital
interests compel them 20 protect Bel
gum. France and the other nations
wf'ch are their closest neighbo~s.
There is a report tonlght that Hol-
land has been invader through tha
province of Limburg. The people of
the Dutch kingdom, resolved to go TO
ary extremity, are said 20 be opening
the dykes and flooding the country.
which would make the passage Of an
army impossible.
Great Britain Mobilizes.
Great Britain has modified her
forces and awaits events. Today She
is not a belligerent power, nor IS she
a neutral one.
The government has given France
assurance that the British fleet will
not permit the German fleet 20 attack
the French coast. 1t has MT yet
pledged itself to contribute an army
to the continental war
The British government regards
with the deepest distrust Gerlna1y's
violations of Belgium's neutrality bit
makes no declaration as to whether it
considers that measure 7royocation
for war.
This pronunciamento of govern
men tpolicy-the result of two days
Almost continuous deliberations
made to the house Of commons late
today by Sir Edward Grey, secretary
of state for foreign affairs. There
fore the trying hour of suspense for
the British people is prolonged in
definitely.
Meanwhile the German embassy in
London is exerting every effort of
diplomacy to induce Great Britain to
hold aloof from the conflict and bring
public opinion to Germany's side.
The council or the German embassy
issued a strong appeal for the neu-
trality of Great Britain, asserting
that Germany would agree to keep
her fleet from attacking the northern
and western coasts of France II Eng
land would pledge neutrality. and
argued that Eng and would gain more
in the end by standing outside tie
European war and using her influ-
ence as mediator when the moment
was ripe.
Referring to this suggestion the
British foreign secretary said:
81 have only heard that shortly be-
fore | came to the house."
He raised his voice and raped the