The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
GREAT BATTLE IS
EXPECTED SOON
Forces Gathering for Titanic
Struggle
ADVANCE ON ALSACE
Diplomatic Relations Between France
and Austria Have Been Broken
and Ambassadors Leave the Capt.
tails.

Diplomatic relations between
France and Austria have been broken
and the ambassadors have left the
capitals. A French foreign office
statement says the initiative was
taken by France because Austrian
troops We're aiding the Germans.
The French are advancing in Al
SAGE. but against what opposition is
not knewn.
The Germans occupy the city of
Liege while the Belgian troops hold
the forts. Phe Belgian official view
is that the situation Is quite salts.
factory. strong forces guard all the
approaches to Brussels.
The Austrians before Servia are
bembarding Belgrade, while part of
the servian Amy is taking the of
fensive in Bosnia.
The North Sea again is closed to
the fishing fleets, which is regarded
as significant in view Of the fact
that there are large British and Ger
man fleets in that water.
The German cruiser Karlsruhe.
which arrived at San Juan, Porto
Rico, reported an engagement off the
French cruisers.
The French government forbids
the publication of the French casual
ties list, 30 that Germans may not
know the movement Of the French
troops.
All Grrrl@ns and Austrians in Bel
GUM must declare themselves within
twenty-four hours or they will be ar.
rested as spies.
A Brussels dispatch says:
The lull in the fighting around
Liege appears to be the lull before
the storm. There is little doubt that
an engagement on a scale not yet
witnessed in this war is imminent.
The people of Brussels are extra
ordinarily watchful against spies
There is universal belief that proofs
exist Of an organized system of es-
pionage, in which German business
men Of the highest standing are in
volved. The governor of Antwerp
has issued proclamation warning
all German and Austrian residents tC
present themselves before the police
refusal to do so will put them il
danger of being shot as spies.
German soldiers who have become
separated from their regiments ant
have lost their way continually are
falling into the hands of Belgians
For the most part they are cavalry.
men and surrender without striking
a blow, apparently glad to be fec
| and lodged by their captors. Tive
hundred Germans were captured il
this way.
One of the most important devel
| opments In the eyes of experts is thu
| general testimony that the German
| infantry formation is obsolete and in
| effective against the weapons of TO
| day, and means an enormous siaugh
ter If retained.
France and Austria finally are of
ficially at war, the ambassadors hav
| ing left the respective capitals. TIL
French government broke off diplo
matte relations with Austria on tn,
| grounds that Austrian troops were re
infOrcing the Germans.
Austria appears to have abandoned
the advance on Servia for a time, ant
apparently is cooperating with Ger
many in the supposed strategy Of at
tempting to crush France before Rus
STA can mobilize.
Financial conditions In, England ar
returning to normal. Although Their
is great disorder In many trade
the prices Of foodstuf1s have rises
only slightly.