The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-05
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I i,tr. Davis address is as follows:
Mr.. Davis Address.
Il 1t will be very difficult, and per-
haps impossible, for me to add any.
thing to your store OF knowledge con-
|cerning the European war, since most
of you read the newspapers and keep
so we'll posted. The American news
papers do not lead the world in point
lof circulation but they do lead in the
qualification Of war news. The news
Apapers of London and Paris are lead
lers in circulation, some of LOndon's
Idailies reaching millions in circula-
ltion while in Paris the leading pa
lpcrs circulate more than million
topples daily. No newspaper In this
lcountry has reached as much as a
half million in daily circulation, and
the largest Sunday circulation in the
limited States is about 100000 cop
lies. What our newspapers lack In
circulation, however, is more than
made UP in the volume OF war news
published. The European newspa-
IpcrS are very closely censored ami
Imuch of tho war news is prohibited
from being published at all, anu
much of 1t is first printed in the
American newspapers. Then, too,
1.-The supply OF white paper in Europe
lis very much curtailcd by the war
land many Of the papers of Europe are
only publishing editions OF limited
size.
In order to better understand the
reasons for this nation wide peace
movement it might be OF interest to
review briefly. the causes of the
trouble.
On the 2Sth of last June Archduke
Ferdinand, heir to the thrones Of
Austria and Hungary, was assassinat-
ed in Bosnia, an Austrian province in
(which the Servians manifested a
very hostile attitude towards the Aus
ktrian government, by a young SCI Z
viau student. Austria protested to
King Peter Of Servia against the out
rage, and the following diplomatic
correspondence was had between the
two rulers:
Emperor Franz Josef to King Pc.
ter of servia:
"You must quell all Pan-Servian
demonstrations in your Kingdom
suppress all Pan-Servian publications
and Jail agitators who espousc their
cause, and give the utmost assistance
( in your power to the Austrian army
officers whom ! shall send into your
country to arrest, try and convict
those OF your subjects who were im'
plicated in the assassination of the
Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the
thrones of Austria and Hungary
King Peters reply:
81 promise to crush the Pan-SerT
sian movement in my kingdom, tc
hail agitators who preach revolt
against your empire, and to suppress
the publications that abet them in
their aims. o,permit Austrian army
officers, however, to enter my king
dom, jail, try and condemn my sub
Iects, amenable to the laws OF my
Kingdom and who owe no allegiance
to Austria, would be an insult to the
National honor of Servia to which l.,
as ruler, would never submit.
Servia refusing to permit the Aus,
trian army officers to NEEDLE in the
trial of Servian subjects war was de-
clared, and on the 29th day of July,
lust one month after the assasstna-
ton of Archduke Ferdinand, Austrian
Ibegan the bombardment,o of Belgrade,
1.-The Servian capital. Russia protest.
ed against the war on Servia and Ger
many warned other nations not to in;
terfere. The mobilization of troops
at, once commenced in Russia and
Germany and one nation after an
other declared war within the next
few weeks in such rapid %success1on
that within a short time practically
all OF Europe was turned into all
armed camp with millions Of the best
trained soldiers OF the world lined
Iup against each other for death
struggle. 1t seems as II the millions
of warriors are rushing pell nell into
| the awful caldron of death regard
less OF the consequences, and within
The past sixty days we have expert
enced the beginning of the greatest
war Of all history, and tonight while
we are peaceably assembled here to
promote, ifl possible, program Of
peace, the greatest battle OF history
is in progress in northern France.
having been waged now for the past
three weeks without decisive results;
Nature in her fury has at many
times wrought terrible havoc in the
destruction Of life and property
we have had volcanic eruptions to
rise mountain high and bury sleep
ing cities beneath their avalanches
Of lava and. ashes; we have had our
San Francisco earthquakes and yol-
canoes OF Sakura j lima, to lay waste
to beautiful cities and take tneir toll
OF, dead; and we have had our nigh