South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-30
CAR MOVING SPIRIT
IN WAR PREPARATIONS
Has Been Patient For Seven
Years and Intends to Show
Austria She Cannot Trifle
With Russia Any Longer.
BY c. +. BERTELLL.

PARIS July 30-Following i'm
mediately upon the firing Of the FIRST
shots on the Danube. Russia Wednes-
day sent Austria notification OF her
-intention To uphold Servia. This note
is tantamoUnt 10 an ultimatum.
This news was received from St
Petersburg in code telegram and il
.emanates from the most authoritative
source. Had not Russia taken extra
ordinary precautions 10 prevent any
communication Of any character from
crossing the frontier since last Satur-
day. her intention 10 support Servia
on the battle field would have been
known four DAYS ago.
The information received Wednes-
day night arrived Wednesday by spec
iaI messenger from st Petersburg.
Martial law was declared in ST.
Petersburg on Saturday after a cabi-
net meeting at Krasneie SelO, when
the car said
Il have been patient for seven
years, but my patience is now eX-
hausted and 1 am determined To show
Austria she cannot trihe with Rus
STA any longer"
The car thereupon ordered that
mobilization be rushed through Sc
cretly, beginning with ten army corps
along the Austrian frontier. The
Strictest censorship was Immediately
private kilograms stopped
I'retext to Gain Time.
Russia's uncomprOmising yet polite
attitude toward England and other
pacific powers is merely a preteNt To
gain time. 10 is no secret that three
weeks is ordinarily necessary to put
her great army on war footing. but
preparations have been carried on so
swiftly that the general staff Is conf
al Va a.
siderablv earlier.
Russisa's firm note to Austria fol-
lowed Immediately upon the news of
the nom bardment of Belgrade. Had
the Servian troops obtained the first
success over Austria, Russia might
have relented, but probabilities now
are that Russian troops may already
have crossed the frontier and invaded
Gdlicia. lt is the cars firm intention
10 do away once for all with Austria's
pretensions at exclusive right in the
Balkans. a kind Of Monroe doctrine
Of her own founding. Therefore a CON
flict between two groups of European
powers seems today inevitable.
This great struggle of races illus
rates the utter lack of foresight of
half the statesmen of Europe.
On Brink of Worst War.
The rough and ready patch work
European diplomacy which the triple
alliance and the triple entente repre-
sent has brought England France
md Italy on the brink of the worst
var in history on behalf of the Slav
sause. which i'm reality is as great a
menace 70 them as IL is TO Germany
and Austria. The best authorities be
ieve these are the inner thoughts Of
ne very French statesmen who are
low asserting their determination TO
back Russia. the greatest Slav power
With the mighty French army
The immediate object of Germany
and Austria is 20 cripple SerVia in or
Ter 10 increase the force with which
Austria may in the future face Russia
and thus leave Germany safe 20 send
more army corps against France. The
French view is that every Serb killed
the present war means another
German TO fight against France.
The unbrOken solidarity of the Slav
people makes the outlook for Ger
many and Austria extremely danger