New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26
Servia Declines to Accede
to Demands of the
Dual Monarchy.
PREPARES TO FIGHT
HER BIG NEIGHBOR
Belgrade, Opposite Hostile
Territory. Evacuated
by Government.
GREAT WAR HANGS
ON WORD OF CZAR
Little Slav Kingdom Looks to
Big Northern Brother for
Aid and SuCcOr.

Aid and Succor.
Vienna. July 25.-It is reported to-
r;qht that partial mobilization OF the
Austrian army has been ordered.
Shortly before o'clock the Aus
tro- o-Hungarian Minister at Belgrade
presented a note to the Servian For
c.gn Office saying the Servlan reply
was unsatisfactory. The Austro-
Hungarian Minister and the staff OF
the legation then left Belgrade.
Diplomatic relations between Aus
t-ia-Hrngary and Servia were thus
formally broken of. War is regard
e6 by the public IS almost GER
tainty.
The Servian government waited
until the last moment left it by the
terms OF the note. and only ten MIN
utes before the hour OF six, when the
Austro- Hungarian ultimatum ex-
pired did the Servian Premier ap-
pear az the legation and present his
Governments reply to the Austrian
Minister. Baron Cicsl Won Giesling-
en-.
Train Was in Readiness.
No details Of the tenor of the reply
have been revealed here, but the
tcrse statement was made that 1t was
unsatisfactory
Immediately upon receiving the
note the Austrian Minister informed
the Foreign Office and diplomatic
relations were broken off. Halt an
hour later the minister and his staff.
with their families. had boarded
train for Austrian territory. The
train was in readiness to depart. as
an unfavorable reply to the Aus
trian demands had been expected.
Martial law has been declared
throughout the Austro- Hungarian
empire.
An official communication issued
late last night points out that the
foreign situation has assumed a de-
velopment which makes regard for
military necessities the supreme law.
It proclaims a series OF ordinances
applicable to the whole empire. in.
cluding Hungary.
War Measures al Home.
These ordinances include tha
transfer If the civil administration OF
BOSNIA. Herzegovina and Dalmatls
to the commander in chief; the sus-
pension throughout the empire OF
the constitutional laws on liberty OF
assembly. OF private correspondence.
OF the press; the suppression OF
juries, the restriction OF the issue of
passports. the submission OF civilians
accused OF reprehensble acts against
the army to military jurisdiction. the
partial prohibition OF exports and
imports, the enforcement OF military
jurisdiction generally and the closing
OF the provincial Diets and Reichs-
rath.
The communication trusts that all
Austro- Hungarian subjects will ap-
preciatc the grave necessity which
compels the government in the exer-
else OF heavy responsibility 70 take
exceptional measures II is under
stood that if Servia reconsiders her
decision and accepts all the Austro-
Hungarian terms. she will be called
upon to defray the costs OF Austrias
mobilization.
According 10 newspaper messages
received here, the mobilization OF the
Servian army was ordered at 3
o clock IN the afternoon. King
Peter, who had hurriedly returned to
Belgrade when the Austrian ulti-
matum was announced, left the capi-
tai this evening on a special train
with the principal members OF the
government. in the realization that
the Austrians could capture BELGRADE
without difficulty. The temporary
seat OF the government will be es-
tablished at Kraguyevatz
The portentous news, OF Servia's
decision was made known 10 the
public by extra editions OF the even
ing papers. and at 8 o'clock tonight
half the population Of the city