Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-31
TWO MOVEMENTS ON FOOT
WHICH MAY CONFiNE WAR,
EVEN IF DECLARED, TO AUS
TRIA AND SERVIA.
POWERS MARSHALING FORCES
AS PRECAUTIONARY MOVE
No Very important Engagements Have
Yet Occurred, Though Stage Is
Set for Great Outbreak at
Any Time-The Sit
uation.

LoHuon, July Gan engagement
between Austrians and Servians is re.
ported to have occurred on the Dan
ube, but no details are available and
1t is not believed to have been of i'm
portance. AS far as the censorship
permits to be known, Austria has not
really opened her military operations.
Ready for Operations.
A Vienna dispatch says very impor.
tant preparations are on the point of
completion with view to military &C.
ton which will be applied against Ser.
via, however.
Meanwhile diplomacy is proceeding
with energy along two separate lines
to avert war If possible and if that is
Impossible to localize the conflict.
First, Sir Edward Grey, the British
secretary OF state for foreign affairs.
mas proposed to the powers a plan for
Joint mediation which, it is stated,
france and Italy have already accent.
ed. Germany has not replied and her
acceptance is regarded as doubtful. Sir
Edward Grey explained in the house
OF commons his idea that the four DOW.
ers, Great Britain, France, Germany
ana Italy, cooperate in an endeavor ia
arrange the dispute between Austria
and Servia Oh the basis of Servia'a re.
ply to the Austrian ultimatum. This
reply he regarded as the foundation
ON which friendly and impartial row.
ers should be able to arrange an nc.
ceptable settlement.
Other Means, Also.
Should the British foreign secre.
tary's effort fail to avert war. it is ex.
pected he will endeavor, by soma
means, to prevent complications nv
conflning the nostilities to Austria and
Servia.
The second line of diplomatic an.
deaVor from which even more is hoped
for is taking place at ST. Petersburg
between the Russian minister of for.
elgn affairs, Sergius Sazonoff. and the
Austrian minister. 1t is expected that
M. Sazonoff is making a strenuous Of.
fort to bring about an understandings
and that the solution on these lines
would be more agreeable to Germany
than Great Britain's conference Dro.
posal. The Russian emperor has post.
poned his proposed visit to Finland in
order to remain at the capital during
the crisis. It is said Russia is urging
Servia to give Austria the fullest sat.
isfaction.
Spirit at Vienna.
An extremely Warlike spirit prevails
In Vienna, where the evening papers
declare that the Servians are only MAX
ing evasions and that therefore it is
impossible for the Austrian govern
ment to retreat. They hint that even
should Serv1a accept the Austrian I'LL
tlmatum Internationally and offer to
pay the cost of Austria's mobilization
Austria would be compelled to ask for
new guarantees.
Germans Hold Conference.
Berlin.-Important conferences were
held at Potsdam between the German
emperor, the imperial chancellor. DR..
Won Bethmann-Hollweg and the
strategic heads of the army and navy.
to determine definitely the German
policy in the cricis.
The British and French ambassa.
doris, Sir Edward Goschen and Jules
Cambon, called on the minister of
foreign affairs, Herr Won Jagow, with
communications from their govern
ments.
Authentic information has been re-
celved in Berlin that Russia, though
not mobilizing her army, is taking
certain precautionary military meas
ures.
Russia Takes Precautions,
The official announcement of Rus
STA that no mobilization of her army
had been ordered was supplemented
by trustworthy information from War
saw that among the precautionary mil.
itary measures taken were the with
drawal of troops In Poland from the
immediate frontiers of Germany and
Austria for concentration in the in
terror; the recall of the Russian troops
from their summer camps, and the
cancell1ng of leaves of absence of all
officers. The border is watched by a.
semi-military force attached to the
treasury department and known as
frontier guards"