The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-05
KAISER " AN IS
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 SAYS EARL COREY
Ru1nor of Naval Battle Off Scotland Is Denied By
 Britisk


 London. Aug 5-The Times this morning says that the foreign secre- tary, Sir Edward Grey, is expected to make in parliament today ia state ' ment even more grave than that made. yesterday.
 It adds that i5 is probable that the diplomatic papers will throw an u1l- expected light on Germany's motives which, it isi supposed. are aimed at as theS price of British neutrality Germany was prepared to give a guar ! antee that she would not annex any portion Of France in the event of a French defeat.
 The GerrnAn anlhassador to Great Britain is not expected to leave L1on- don before tomorrow It was report ed today that a British cruiser might be placed at his disposal to insure his safe passage across the Channel. He visited V7scount HaIdaine at his prf- vatte residence this morning
 The Gazette the official newspaper, today published the notification Of the state Of war existing between Ger many and England, as wel1 as an orr der in council signed by the kfng re- IAting to the merchant vessels Of the country with which the British ena- pfre is at war.
 Articles specified conditional eoutrabrand are foodstuffs.l fuel. har- ness telescopes and deld glasses The ruuor that a naval enga ger enent had occurred off CroEnartys scotlasnd, was set at rest today by an ofhcial denial that there had been q battle in that vicinity. Detectives during a raid on houses occupied by Gern1ans in London in one place dascovered a Iarge number of bonus and rifles Several arrests wore made.
 sTrhss B,-i4iist government will pay in the neaghborhood Of sz5 s00o 900 for the two Turkish battleshdps oeing constructed in English yards. They are first class batt1eships.
 despatch to the Chronicle from Paris says that, after Eoonbaraing the Algerian town Of Bona the German cruisers Goeben Breslau and Panther were caught t by British and French squadrons which had been sLWaAfine them The Trench warsnips captured the Goeben and Brezlau and sunk the Panther:
 The Germans have invaded 3tuch territory at TiIburg. 1t is reported that German troops met with l-esist- ancs after erossing the river Aeuss at Edysdens Belgium.
 No official confirTnation has been received here of the reported capture or destruetion Of Czerrnan warsl1sps by the French fleet off the Alaerdaza coast. E4acn Ht4ksS<11@tt-4-5s 5 pendencies, include:
 Morocco, an northern Africa: area 220,o00 square miles popu1ation 40o0, : 0oo. The effectfve total of the Trench army of oeeupa# #on is given as 9o ooo men. while the native troops number AIrerias on the 1iorthern coast Of Africa ares. 34s,500 square miles. European population 750.ee0, native B. 000O9o Garrisoned by the Nineteenth French Army Corps and six regiments of native troops
 French India fPondicherry) on the southeastern coast of India. go miles south of Madras Area, 195 square miles: Egksalatien z76s 800.
 French Indo China east of Siam north of Singapore. south of Hon. Kong. Area, 256,0o0 square miles. population 1T 600 ,ooo Military force consists of 1o,6s1 Europeans and 1s. : 96si native troops commanded by forces one gunboat, three sdestroyers, several torpedo boats and two sub marines. Equatorial Africa, or the French Congo west coast of Africa, between KaneruTl. German colony. and the Belgian Congo; area 669,000 squars miles; white population 1,20o. native s.o00s6e9. Military force, 63o Euro- peane. 7,1 ,145 natives Madagasear. off the east coast o1
  French population 10000; native B. 5a8. .000 Military forces ?, fl Euro. peanss 6,Sz6 natives
 In the Indian Ocean, Mayotte Islands and Canoro Islands between Madas car and Africa, and the islands 0. Reunion. St. Paul. Amsterdam and Kergue1en.
 French 5oman Coast western coas of Red Sea- opposite Alden: area. 5, ,7s square mi1ess population, POS GOO. French West Africa comprises Sene gal French Guinea Ivory Coast. Da honey and Maurit mia. senesam hls and Nigeria, area 1,5o0.0o0 suuau, miles, European population, 9,o00,00e Africans 10. 900 900 men
 Tunfs on the northern coast of Afri ca: area 50sO00 square miles; popula ton. 1s80o 900. military force 17,5o men.
 French Guiana. west of Venezuela area 3o.50o square miles, population Martinique, west Indies; area. ss square niles, population, IA 600.
 GuadeIOpe, West Indies; area, 68 square miles; population, 212,0Oo.
 St Pierre and Mfquelon south 0 Newfoundland Area of both islands 6 sqxa<e miles population 4,652.
 1 the Pacific Ocean, New CaIedonf, @nd it's dependencies the Wallis Archi paeIago. $he Loyalty Islands; the Huol Islands and the New Hebrides. Othe French establishments in Oceanic scattered over wide area, are 4h island of Tahiti the Society Island. the Marquezas, the Tuamoto grour the Ieaward group and other Jesse islands Total area 6, TAI square miles total population 81. 100.