New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-28
Austrians and Serbs in
New York Besiege the
COnSuIates.
100000 MEN MIGHT
BE ORDERED HOME
Hungarians Are Expected to
Unite in Support of the
Dual Monarchy.

great melting pos. Of all the nations.
bat also as the gateway 10 the Western
World, was intensely interested in the
developments Of the expected European
war yesterday. Germans. Austrians,
HuaRlr!ans italians. French, Russians
and English. as well as the peoples
from the little Balkan States, were
eager for information.
OF course. the greatest excitement
centred about the Austrian and Ser
Wan consulates. The notice that the
Austro-l Hungarian Ambassador would
be ready at cny moment to order all
the reservists of the Dual Monarchy
back 70 Europe had set the Austrian
and Hungarians on edge. DR.. Ernst
Winter, acting consul general in the
absence Of Consul General Alexander
Won Nuber in Europe, had his hands
full, for the consulate was besieged in
the morning b. men wishing 10 have
The telephones kept ringing and men
kept pouring into the Offices seeking
information.
There are about 10000 reservists in
the district covered by this consulate,
which embraces New York. Connect
cut and New Jersey" said DR.. Winter.
$50 you can see we should have busy
time of it were the men ordered back
DR.. Winter received several dis
patches from Vienna during the morn
ing, but they were so muddled he had
to order them repeated II is under
stood they dealt with the question Of
the reservists now in the United States.
At the Servian Consulate, Little
Servia." as il is called. in West 22d
St. information was sought by Serbs.
not alone in New York. but in all sec
tons Of the country. Paul Paulovich.
the secretary. who acted in place o.
Professor Michael Pupin, answered
many kilograms. One enthusiastic
young Seryian in Cleveland sent
query of twenty-five words. Four hun
dred Los Angeles Serbs sent the fol-
lowing message:
Inform US at once by telegraph Il
you have any information from Serys.
Which is better for US to do, combine
volunteers or collect money? We want
a quick answer
This message was signed tine Serb
Sokol and Committee OF the Red
Cross" The Sokol is Pan-Slavonlc.
mi-political. semi-military body Of
young Serb athletes. Mr.. Pauloylch,
who is also secretary Of the Serbo-
American Educational Alliance. sent
them an answer, and then turned %
talk over the telephone to a young
American VINO had returned from
lighting in Mexico, and who wished 20
offer his sword to Servia. Mr.. Paulo-
vich told him he would let him know
about it later.
Both the Serbs and the Austro-H Hun
garians in this country are mad 20
fight.
II has been estimated that about
100000 men are now in the United
States who could be called on by the
armies of the various nations that MAJ
be involved in a general European war.
Census figures for 1910 of the foreign
born men in the country more than
twenty-four years old place Austria at.
10000, Hungary az 255.000. Russia ~
1874 600, Germany at l.27S,000 Italy az
10000, France at $500. Rumania AZ
2S,000. Bulgaria at 10000. Montenegro
at $500 and Servia AT 1881.
From the Balkan States. Italy and
Austria, as we'll a. Russia. hordes have
poured in since 1910. 1t is though,
that. in addition 10 100000 reservists
from the Dual Monarchy there are
100000 German reservists here. Rus
STA would not draw so heavily; the
consular officials say most of the Rus
slanS here are free from military duty.
That Hungarians. who are none too
fond of Austria. will unite to support
the Dual Monarchy and fight the hated
Serb is the belief of Alexander Korta,
one of the most prominent Hungarlans
in New York
az Austria fights" said M Konta,
s-ka yTtt,, ,,.tif
side. just as Count Karolyi, who Is
himself opposed to Austrian rule. is
doing. The Serb race is the lowest IN
Europe. Il has long talked Of oppres-
sion. but has it ever considered that
1t is Austria that helped it 20 win rs
freedom from Turkish rule?
III Sorvia ana Austria alone were 70
fght--it the other rations would stand
back -Servia could be taken by an Aus
trian military band Mr.. Konta con-
cluded
Djcjel Munif Bey. the Turkish Con-
sui. said:
Turkey will certainly get into the
war II Russia attempts ~ .ake her
feet out of the Black Sea. as "A treaty
provides that these war vessels shall
rot 20 through the Dardanelles in time
Of war. Il would be disastrous to Tur-
kew 10 be plunged into war AZ th.f
time, rs she is just recovering from
the war with the Balkan States"
Ivan Narodny. first Russian war
correspondent. and later a revolltioniS;.
is convinced that Russians will stand
together TO fight Austria forget
labor difficulties and revolution in tie
question of Slav supremacy in Europe.
81 am a radical myself. | was grant
ed amnesty by the Car only last
spring" said Mr. Narodny. at his Office
AT III Broadway. But in this instance
! feel that the people will demand war.
because Russia and the Slavs have been
deeply insulted. Almost every Russian
is a Slav."
At the Office of the Austro- AmerIcan
steamship Company. II Battery Place.
it was said yesterday that the Austrian
government had made no demands ON
the vessels OF their line The forty-odd
ships in the feet Of the only Austrian
line entering this port are all subject
20 orders from the Austrian govern
ment at any time.