Western Kansas world., 1914-08-22
Z COUNTRIES NOW AT war!
England. France, Russia Belgium and Servia Pitted
Against Germany and Austria-Armies Nav
Spar Ten Days Hide Plans for
Worlds Greatest Fight

opponents will use mostly aeroplanes-
OF these lighter and faster ma
chimes, which look like huge dragon
flies or 4-snake-doctors,' France has
an -incoInparable fleet of more than
$500 Most of these travel faster
than 80 miles an hour and all of them
carry explosive bombs and light rap
id-fre guns
Refused to Respect Belgium
| London.-Great Britain has declared
war on Germany. An announcement
that Germany had declared war on
Great Britain was due to an error in
the admiralty's statement.
The British foreign Office has is
sued the following statement:
lowing to the summary rejection
by the German government of the re-
| quest made by his Britannia majesty's
government that the neutrality of Bel
| gium should be respected, his maj
| esty's ambassador at Berlin has re-
ceived his passports and his majesty's
! government has declared to the Ger
man government that a state of war
exists between Great Britain and Ger
many from IL o'clock p m, August f.
/ Martial law has been declared
| throughout Great Britain and Ireland.
The step places the military authori-
ties in supreme control everywhere.
French Port Bombarded.
Paris-A Havas dispatch from AL
giers says it is reported that French
| warships have sunk the German
cruiser Panther. Another unofficial re-
port from the same place says a
! French feet has captured two Ger
man cruisers, the Goeben and Bres-
Iau.
| The governor of Algeria, in a te1e-
gram received by the French govern
ment says that the German cruiser
Breslau fired eight broadsides-some
sixty shells-into the French fortified
town of Bona. One man was killed
and some buildings were damaged.
Two German steamers at Bordeaux
have been seized.
Fight in Belgium.
Brussels, Belgium ru-
mors that Germany had official
ly declared war upon Belgium, the
kaiser's columns crossed the frontier
in dozen places. The large CONNER
cial city of Liege was shelled by
force of German artillery, supported
by infantry. The Belgian troops re-
pulsed the Germans.
Declares War on France.
Berlin--Germany has formally de
clared war on France. In a lengthy
statement issued from the foreign Of
flee accompanying the formal declara-
tion it is alleged that France has been
| the aggressor.
Berlin.-The German border troops
from Lublinitz, Silesia, after a short
skirmish with Russians took posses
sion of Czenstochowa, Russian Po-
land. Bendzin and Kalisz, Russian
Poland, also have been occupied by
the Germans.
Czenstochowa is a city of about 50,-
600 in habitants on the River Waethe,
near the Silesian frontier. 1t is noted
chiefly for its manufactures of woolen
and cotton cloths and paper. Bendzin
is a coal and zinc mfDing center. 1t
has population of slightly more than
10000, about half of whom are Jews
Kalisz is the capital of the province
of the same name. 1t is the most
westerly city in Russian Poland. It's
population of 10000 is engaged in
various manufactures.
First Naval Battle.
Stockholm, Sweden.-A battle was
AOuSAl DClHSSA lnc 6GIludn anu nus
sian fleets off the Aland Islans and
resulted in the Russians being driven
back
The Russian war vessels took refuge
in the Gulf of Finland, where they
still remain.
i Holland Opens Its Dikes-
London.-There is a report that
Holland has been invaded through the
province of Limburg. The people of
the Dutch kingdom, resolved to go to
any extremity. are said to be opening
the dikes and flooding the country,
which would make the passage of an
army impossible.
/ Japan to Aid England.
Tokio--The Japanese foreign Of
fee has issued statement that if the
war extends to the Far East and Eng
Ia nd is involved in it Japan may find
it necessary to participate in fulfill
ment OF the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
Serbs Won Big Battle.
Il Paris.-A dispatch from Nish, Ser
via, to the Matin says the Austrian
troops were defeated with heavy
losses in a battle against the Ser
'vians near Semendria.
Powers May Cut Cables
Washington, D. C.-Although all the
cables between the United States and