Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-04

rent funds.
st. Petersburg, August 2: The rup-
ture Of diplomatic relations between
Russia and Germany was dramatic. II
was midnight. Friday, when Count Won
Pourtales, German ambassador TO
Russia, formally asked Foreign MINIS
ter Sazanoff that Russia cease her mo
hiIization in twelve hours. The allot-
ted period passed without an answer.
At 7 O'Clock. Saturday evening, Count
Pourtales again asked IL Russia would
cease mobilizing her forces. To this
the Russian statesman replied: lnso-
much as the Russian government mas
not answered within the time you spec
flied, it follows that Russia has de-
clined to agree with your demand
Three times Count Pourtales repeated
the German ultimatum and each time
the Russian foreign minister gave the
same firm negative. Finally Count
Pourtales bowed and left the ROOM
He and the members of the staff at
once departed from st. Petersburg by
way Of Finland. According to the Novo
Vremya, Count Won Pourtales held the
typewriter texts Of two replies from
Germany. One was for the presenta-
ton in the event Of Russian acceptance
Of the German ultimatum and the other
in case of it's rejection. In his great
agitation the German ambassador pre-
sented both replies to NJ. Sazanof at
the same time.
New York, August 2: Further
withdrawal Of bottoms from freight
service today added to the difficulties
of the export blockade already threat
ening American trade on account OF
the European war. British mercantlle
firms owning steamships which might
have been rechartered, have capleo
them to proceed under instruction 10
specified points in the British colonies
These vessels probably will be char.
tered by the British government II
England goes to war. The trans-At-
lantic lines would be kept open by the
British navy, ii was understood
in case of war, and some Of the pas
senger services maintained. The ships
of a long list Of British lines, however,
are likely to be commandered by their
government as armed cruisers ana
transports. The North German Lloyd
line. which has Cancelled its passenger
and freight services, has notlneo
shippers that the company can not as
sumo responsibility, at the present
time, for return or storage OF SNIP
ments. Official confirmation is lacking
of the report that the merchantmen or
the French trans Atlantic line have
been drafted into their government S
service. Officials of the line say they
have not received orders respecting
sailings from New York and other
ports on this side Of the Atlantic. La
Provence of the line alone has been
held at Havre Railroads have sent
orders to stop freight outside OF the
metropolis, as near the point OF snip
ment as possible. Wheat shipment to
New York alone will be continued un-
diminished.
Washington, July 81: Determined
to prevent If possible the strike OF
$4,000 engineers and firemen on nlne-
ty-eight western railroads expecteu
Friday. August Z, unless the employers
and employees can be brought together,
President Wilson tonight held long
conference with Judge William l..
Chambers and Judge Martin A. Knapp
of the Federal board Of mediation ana
conciliation, preparatory TO meetings
he is to hold to morrow with represent
atives Of the railroad managers ana
workmen. The president Will appear
directly to the employers and en-
ployes to settle their differences with
out a strike He will tell them that
because Of the war in Europe and the
necessity of moving the large crops IN
the west, strike at this time would
be disastrous to the country. Repre-
sentatives Of the managers and OF the
employees are to see the president sep
arately. He will talk to the managers
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon ana
to the employees at o'clock. Later II
is expected both sides will CONFER
again with members Of the mediation
board. Judge Chambers and Judge
Knapp told the president tonight Of
their fruitless efforts to bring the two
sides together during negotiations at
Chicago. 1t is understood the mem
bers of the board believe the only way
to settle the differences is by arbitra-
tion under the Newlands law. The
president was informed that more than
10000 900 persons live along the rail-
roads affected by the threatened strike
and that many thousands in addition
to the railroad employees will be thrown
out Of work if the strike is called.
There are between one and three
hundred thousand American tourists
in various parts Of Europe who have
been badly embarrassed by the declar-
alton Of war, and the events rapidly
following. For one thing all the great
passenger carrying ships with very
few exceptions belong to either Great
Britain, Germany or France. and all or
these countries being involved, it was
not deemed advisable to trust their
ships on the high seas. Such ships as
were in neutral ports were instructed
to stay there, and such as were on the
high seas were instructed by wireless
to hurry to the nearest neutral port at
once Several German ships that were
in Canadian ports Immediately set sail
for American ports. A great majority
of the Americans in Europe have gone
there in foreign ships and were de-
pending upon foreign ships to bring
them home. There are but few Amer
lean ships engaged in the ocean pas
senger carrying traffic, and such of
these as are in European ports have
already been packed to their capacity.
Then again the Americans abroad have
but little cash money. Their funds
are in foreign exchange and letters of
credit. With the war declarations these
letters of credit and bills of exchange
became discredited and the foreign
banks ceased to advance money on
them. This leaves the Americans
stranded, and American consulates
having no means available for the
purpose are unable to do anything. The
president and his advisers, including
leaders of the house and senate have
been doing what they can during the
past few days to make arrangements
to enable these Americans to get home
as soon as possible.
A general European war would be
commercially suicidal for Germany
and England, according to the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger. The direct cost
would be vast, but the loss in trade
credits would be even greater. The
Panama canal will soon be open. The
United States is about to begin an ag-
gressive campaign for the trade of the
west coast OF South America, which
England and Germany have heretofore
practically dominated, and by trans
shipments at Valparaiso our mer-
chants will be able to reach with bet
ter advantage into the Argentine
market The dominance which the
United States might readily acquire
while the energies of her two princi.
pal competitors were being exhausted
in strife might easily become over.
whelminE. To Argentine alone Ger
many and the United Kingdom now
export about $4,000, 900 in merchan'
disc annually; to Chilli, about $4,000,
900: to Peru, about $ll,OO0,00O: tC
Ecuador, about $4,0OO,OO0; to Bolivia
about $9,O0O,OO0 British exports t
Bolivia were Doubt in 1910 what the!
were in 1909, which gives some idea O
how the South American trade ha!