West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-07-30

occFctary Grey OF England Proposes
Joint hed.stlon to Settle Quarrel
Between Austria and Servia-Anti.
Miiitarist Riots Occur In Paris.
Kaiser May sc Blamed ~ Europe 10
Plunged Into War.
London. July 2S.-An engagement
between Aus.rsans and Servians is re-
ported TO have occurred On the Dan
ube, but no details are available and
II Is not believed 20 have been OF
any Importance. AS far as the cen.
sorship permits to be known, Austria
has not Yet opened her military oper.
atoms, although a Paris dispatch says
Official news from Vienna has it that
liostnitses will begin today.
Meanwhile diplomacy is proceeding
with energy along two separate lines
To avert the war il that Is possible and
II impossible to localize the conflict.
This Is largely due to the state
ment of Sir Edward Grey, the British
foreign secretary, that he had made
advances for a conference In London
on the trouble to Germany, Italy and
France and also his admission that
Germany was favorable in principle
to mediation between Austria and
Servia.
The announcement In regard to the
proposed conference was that Ger.
many, Italy and France had been
asked to join Great Britain In trying
to find solution Of the difficulty;
that Russia, Austria and Servia had
been invited by Sir Edward Grey to
suspend operations pending the out
come OF the proposed mediation con.
ference.
Sir Edward said in the house In an
nouncing his appreciation:
Il understand the German govern.
ment is favorable to mediation in prin.
ciple as between Russia and Austria,
but to our proposal TO apply that prin.
cipie by means of conference the
German government has not yet re-
Piled
Th8 failure of these efforts for gen.
erai peace would, Sir Edward believed,
bring on "the greatest catastrophe
which could befali the concert of Eu-
rope"
Military preparations of one sort or
another continue by all the great
powers, but so far as they have been
allowed to become known they are
no greater than might be expected
under the circumstances.
Against the tendency to optimism
must be set Austria's announcement
why Servia's reply was unsatisfactory
and tile Hungarian appeal to the na-
ton to stand together, i'm which II is
declared that I'VE stand on the
Threshold OF warlike developments"
Kaiser EuI ope's Man of the Hour.
Berlin. July 2S.-The kaiser is tho
man OF the hour. All Europe believes
he can, and at least will try, by vir-
tue of his personality and tremendous
influence, save Europe from general
war.
Whether or not the kaiser has the
power imputed to him, dispatches
from Paris, London and St. Petersburg
show plainly that there is disposI.
tion TO place the entire responsibility
. for war upon him IL he does not pre-
vent such catastrophe.
This tendency of the triple entente
to make Germany responsible for the
actipn of Austria is sharply resented
In governmental circles and by a por-
ton of the press.
The situation is unchanged; II con-
tinues to be most grave" These words
from parsonage who is in a position
TO speak for the government explains
the situation.
tussla remains the sphynx OF the
situation. Until she speaks the sus-
pense will remain and there will be no
real change.
The National Gazette prints a semi
inspired note which says: "The situa-
tion from the standpoint of Germany
10 unquestionably grave, even II not
exactly dangerously threatening. AS
soon as she considers II necessary
Germany will take precautionary steps
and measures which will give em.
phasis to her views of the position
THAI the Austro-Servian conflict must
be carried on without the interference
OF third pOwor