The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-06
SWORD FORCED
into OUR HANDS,
SAYS KAISER
Germany in State of War; Brit.
ish Warships off for North
Sea; Russia Calls Out Re-.
servists; New York Stock tx.
change Closes
BATTLES RAGE ALONG THE
AUsTR0-sE FOUNDRY

eerIin.-Five thousand persons as
sembled in front Of the Palace anc
eheered the Emperor and the empire
During the demonstration Empero,
William appeared In a window anc
addressed his subjects as follows:
"A fatefuI hour has fallen for Ger
many. Envfous peoples everywhere
are compelling US to our just defence,
The sword has been forced into our
hands,"
London.-The first move in a gen.
eral European war was made when
Russian troops blew up the railroad
bridge on the Warsaw-Vienna line be-
tween Granica, Russian Poland and
Sxcakova, Galicia.e
A despatch from Nish, the head
quarters Of the Servian Government,
to the Secolo, says the battle at Los.
nitza, near the Bosnian frontier, be-
tween the Austrians and Servians,
was the most important that has yet
taken place. A few hundred Servians
held several thousand Austrians in
check for more than five hours and
retired at nightfau after having Sc
Verely harassed the enemy.
The Austrians did not advance.
They evidently were afraid of a trap.
Referring to the attack on Semen
drla, the correspondent expresses tbs
opinion that it is the purpose OF tho
austrian force there to reach Nish at
the earliest possible moment, but
thinks 1t will take a week to over.
come Servian resistance at the we'll
defended positions at Palanka. Jago-
dina and Portor1u.
Kaiser Wilhelm issued decree pro-
claiming martial law throughout
Germany, save in Bavaria.
The proclamation practically mar.
alyzes transmission of news, tele-
graphic, postal and railroad service
so far as the public is concerned.
me railroad station and the tracks
1t koenigsberg, Germany, are lined |.
With soldiers, who will not permit any
'ne to approach the railroad nearer
han 100 yards.
The Kaiser's decree forbids the
passage of uncensored news concern.
ng the movement of German troops
ND OF war material. It announces
military movements on the frontiers
md the armed protection of the rail-
Dads. -
Inc Car has openly defied Ger
many and continues to rush troops
oward the Austrian border. +
Premier Asquith, in announcing the
russian mobilization, told the House
I Commons he would answer NO
uestlons. Meanwhile the British
+overnment is preparing for any
mergency.
In Vienna the tension is great: no
ktra editions of the newspapers are
Vowed and no reference to the seiz-
re OF Belgrade is permitted.
An alleged Russian spy was arrest
l Dy the Germans at Allenstein. S
Jean Jaures, the French Socialist 8
ader and active anti-war agitator '
as killed in Paris by a. war-crazed t
'uth. The man who shot him ia t
aoul Villain, 20 years old. a student I
the Archaeological School. He is s
70 SON of clerk in the civil court p
Relms His mother has been a n
natlc for twenty years and he him
II is known as a crank.
British warships left Plymouth os- s.
nsibly for the North Sea. They had S
the coal they could carry in their s.
mixers and more was stacked on tt
cir decks. The battleship Goliath b.
esented queer app earance with
al stacked on her deck SO that the
e turret was hiddenI The wives
q children of the troops have re,
wed from the Plymouth fortifica IL
ms. al
Stock Exchanges Close. ca
New York.-On the news of the do. TO
ration of martial law in Germany &C
1ch was taken to presage a genera,
ropean war, all stock markets in
world were closed.
The governors of the New york cit
'ck Exchange ordered the institn- AS
closed 10 minutes before the on. tiy
ng hour after a conference of hank. st;
In J. P. Morgan's office decided ne
to keep the Exchange open AZ The err
: market in the world was unsafe ers
ne managers of the New York Cot. CO,
Exchange closed that institution lea
the first time In its. history an 90.
: and a quarter after the opening for
NC set In at the opening and pricss mi
Re $3.50 to So n bale tee
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