The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-10

markable adaptability to Circumstance
es. Though all illusions to such a
contingency had been strictly forbid
den in the newspapers, that the gov
eminent will be transferred to Bor-
deaux was AN open secret several days
ago among journalists and public Off
Gals and in military circles.
Among these persons the effect of
the announcement had been largely
discounted. The public, after it's first
surprise, is viewing the situation with
composure and there seems to- be a
better feeling all around
Military secrets are being so well
guarded that all reference to them is
largely speculation; but it is a rea-
sonable supposition that General Jof-
fire prefers to accept a decisive battle
against the Germans in front of the
forts and the entrenched camp Of
Paris.
An immense and complicated sys-
tenn of entertainments is being con-
structed outside the city. 1t is re-
ported that the engineers in charge
of the work are keeping several hun.
dred thousand men busy
| 1t is officially announced that Gen.
eral Gallieni, commander of the army
| defending the city, issued the follow
ing proclamation to the Inhabitants
Of Paris:
"The members of the government
of the republic have left Paris in Or
der to give new impetus to the de-
tense of the nation. I have been or.
dered to defend Paris against the in
vader. This order I will defend to the
end.
(Signed) "GALLIENI,
Military Governor of Paris, Command
ing the Army of Paris"
Poincare Arrives at Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France.-President Pom
care and the members of the French
cabinet arrived here and we're greet
ed by immense and cheering crowds.
President Poincare has taken a res
idence in the prefecture. The minis
try of war is located in one of the
buildings of the University of Bor.
deaux. Offices for the other minis
tries have been found in various pub
lie buildings
| Turkey Bars u. S. Cruiser
Neutrality-suspicious. has declined
to grant the request Of the United
States for permission to send the cruz
ser North Carolina through the OAR
danelles to Constantinople to deliver
$150,0O0 in gold deposited here for the
relief of Americans
The grand vizier has Informed the
| Am oria
of the Dardanelles are mined and that
it would be unsafe for a vessel as
large as the North Carolina to go
through the straits. He declared also
that it might establish precedent for
the passage of other foreign warships
and suggested that the American ma
val yacht Scorpion, on duty in Turkish
waters, be sent to sea to meet the
North Carolina.
Agreement Means a Long War
Observation-Disclosures and diplomats
here believe the agreement just sign
ed by Great Britain, France and Rus
STA not to make peace except by mu-
tual consent, meant the war would be
fought to a decisive end. On all sides
the announcement was accepted as
meaning inevitable prolongation of the
Istruggle. President Wilson and Secre-
tary Bryan were said to have been
depressed by the news.
British Cruiser Reported Sunk
New York.-The German cruiser
Karlsruhe has engaged and badly dis
abled the British cruiser Bristol off
the coast of Hayti, according to S. H.
Weissner, a lieutenant of the German
army and leader of seventy-eight Ger
mans who arrived here on the Clyde
line steamship Algonquin from Puerto
Colombia on their way to join the col.
ors.
Astor Contributes to Relief Fund
London-William Waldorf-Astor has
contributed $125,O00 to the Prince of
Wales relief fund, which is now an
preaching ten million dollars.