New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-04
Keep Excited ReServiStS
from ClaShing in Con
suIate Row."
GERMANS MARCH TO
AIRS OF WAR SONGS
1000 French ReserviStS TO San
ON La Lorraine - Many
Seek Naturalization.

dSv. The proximity OF -
The warning European powers eScH
surrounded by the largest Groves o.
enthusiastic rcscrvists that nave gam
cred since tho 6ghung began mace
~, ,resence OF the police necessary
r.l;slIv when curbstone orators pc
~ 10 fire the fighting spirit OF the'r
hearers. ;.A he
lTvo hundred Germans, each WIN ms
,ntrv's flag pinned across his breast
"a. . marching in military order down
R-os6p,sv TO the consulate. at No. IL,
sop,o Of them wearing uniforms ana
~. ling their swords. They llned up
h.tors tho consular Offices and pledged
tre;r services 10 their Emperor with
.h,ers and waving hats. Il was neces-
49, for the police 70 open passage
.E-ourb the crowd Of two thousand be-
fore traffic could proceed. ,,.--
Frono the consulate the ex-soldiers
,,sr.b.d "a the bsndstand IN Battery
psrk and started 70 hold mass meet
ne The pol'ce warned them that they
LID not do this without permits ana
raj thew might start a row with other
nstjonaljties. so they disbanded.
N Inc afternoon City Hall plaza
..ko.d N the strains Of Die Wacht am
pbs;no and Austrian national anthems
,,tsn hand Of war stirred Ieutons
gathered in front Of the building.
Hundreds Parade Street
g., the evening a band Of four hun
ia marching behind large German
srd American flags dashed 70 the same
oois and singing "Die Wacht am
Pbsin." paraded the downtown streets
rbsv Maid their respects to Horst
Fslcke the German consul gen
.rsl and completed their tour with
sncechos AZ the Offices Of "The German
Herold" and "The Staats-Zeltung. 8,
A. the consulate the paraders odered
their services TO the Fatherland'
Cheer followed cheer when a blond
curiv-hsired giant, who carried IN one
hand the mated emblems, waved IN the
air tiny German flag $780,.
Swinging into the military goose
stem" the battalion headed Tor tne
"Staats-Zeitung." Al every corner me
ranks we're increased and the cheers
crew louder. By the time the pro
ccssion reached the Tribune bullolnG
II vas more than block long.
Report Cables in Danger.
The atmosphere yesterday was filled
with disquicting rumors. One nad II
+hat a wsrship OF one Of the belliger-
cpt mowers was not far OF the coast,
chi mowers was not far or the Amerl-
can coast. graphing for the submarine
c,,bles TO cut them The German ship
Dresden is the only foreign ship that
has been reported of the coast, and
nicion was fastened upon her. me
o officials said they had heard oil
tamperinc with the cables and that
,munication was not interrupted,
Practically a French trooPshlp, me
o rainc. OF the French line, VIII san
-morrow from New York Tor + rance
England with two Thousand re,
cfvists aboard IL Is thought she VIII
make for HalifaX 10 get under the pro
',ction OF English ships there oe'o'e
-tcSsing. a..
Consul General Fslcke said that
within tho next two or three days be
expected two thousand Germans 20 GET
away for the war. He apparently had
70 definite idea as to how the voyage
would be made He said four thousand
of his country's reservists were here
ready 10 sail.
The Youngest volunteer for the war
presented himself al the French Con-
sulate Yesterday He was Marcel
60 chard. OF The Bronx. fifteen years
\ old He wanted TO 90 as drummer boy
OF bugler lie was told that his
fathers consent would be necessary
| he started out 10 get 1t.
Irishmsn French Partisan.
Michael Roach. who was born in
County Meath, appeared at the French
Consulate and wanted 10 fight for the
tri-color. lie was directed 10 the Brit
ISL Consulate.
Tho largest crowds O., rescrvists
aero in front OF the Austro- Hungarian
Consulate General. az % State 81. They
filled the street all day long. At noon
socialist mounted box and began TO
make an anti-mlitsrist speech, but was
soon howled down.
All foreigners arc not so eager 10
snswcr the call TO the colorS. Charles
Neiser, 10 charge Of naturalization in
" Federal District Court. said there
mad been great increase in the appli-
cations for citizenship.
Filty-hye French veterans who are
going 10 offer their services TO France
met yesterday at Nine. Girard's res
taurant, in William ST. Some OF them
will sail on the Lorraine tomorrow.
Serbs who had come from Chicago,
Pittsburgh and other inland cities we're
incredulous yesterday when II was an
nounced at the Servian Consuls Office
that il was impossible to obtain pas
sage for them back 70 their native land.
Eager TO Fight Austria.
ave must get back said one burly
volunteer. ave will 90 to France.
There arc 10000 Of US in this country
according TO the enrolment book. Send
US to France and we will make a road
for ourselves to Seryia."
Professor Michael /. Pupin, honorary
consul general, explained that others
had made the same offer before. Asked
whether France would accept such vol
unteers. he replied that, az yet, no
volunteers had been wanted.
A message which Professor Pupin
described As Official" reached him from
seryis yesterday, saying that up TO
Sunday night no Austrian had set foot
on Servian soil. The Austrisns had
been repulsed all along the Danube, the
Drins and the Sava rivers, he declared.
Official notification was received At
the Russian Consulate yesterday that
a state Of war existed between Russia
aud Germany. The news was passed TO
he honorary consul at Philadelphia
and the honorary vice-consuls II Bos-
ton. Baltimore, Galveston, Mobile, Pen
sscoia and Savannah.
Russian reservists who reported yes
terdsy we're directed TO seek passage
by the Russisn-Ameriean Line.
The Commercial Cable Company an
noeneed that messages 10 Europe. also
Bermuda. Jamaica and British West
Indies. would be accepted, subject TO
DELAY and censorship and az sender's
rtsk They must be written IN plain