The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-24
How and When Beiligerents Entered
European War.

1914.
July 2S-Austria deslared war
against Serbia, because of SerDla re-
fusal to accept Austrian international
control following assassination by a
Serb of the Archduke Charles Ferdl-
nand.
JULY 3O-Germany gave Russia
twepty-four hours in which to explain
Russian army mobilization.
AUGUST Germany declared war
against Russia.
AUGUST 2-Germany invaded Lux
emburg and violated Belgian neu'
trality.
AUGUST 3-Germany offered Bel
GUM entente If Belgium will facilitate
movement of German troops across
her borders. Belgium refused ana ap
pealed to England.
AUGUST 3-England, through Slr
Edward Grey, announced She would
fight If the kaiser's fleet attacked the
French coast.
AUGUST 4-Germany declared war
against France.
AUGUST 4-Germany declared war
against Belgium.
AUGUST 4-England declared war
against Germany. Latter retaliated
by similar declaration.
AUGUST 6-Austria declared war
against Russia: Russia declared war
on Austria.
AUGUST Montenegro declared
war against Austria.
AUGUST 9-Austria declared war
against Montenegro.
AUGUST 1O-France. declared war
against Austria
AUGUST 12-Montenegro declared
war against Germany.
AUGUST 12-( (Midnight)- t)-Ensland
declared war against Austria.
AUGUST 23-Japan declared war
against Germany.
AUGUST 25-Austria declared war
against Japan.
NOVEMBER 5-England declared
war against Turkey.
1915.
MAY 23-Italy declared war against
Austria.
MAY 24-Germany announced state
Of war with Italy.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
ROME, May 24.-Austria has struck
the first blow since the formal decia-
ration of hostilities. While Rome
feverishly awaited news Of the first
land battle, Austrian aviators sped
over the Adriatic from the Austrian
naval base at Pola and bombarded
several Italian coast cities.
Only meaSer details had been re-
ceived here this afternoon. 1t was
reported several bombs were hurled
at the outer forts guarding Venice
from the sea and that bombs fell in
the lagoon. The enemy airmen are
reported to have been driven Off
Shortly afterward, word reached
Rome that a hostile aviator flew over
the ancient city Of Ravenna, further
south along the sea coast. Ancona
next reported an attack from the air,
but said no damage had been inflicted.
Later dispatches from Bari reported
sevegal towns along the coast. forty
miles to the north, have been lombard
ed from the air, several aviators par
ticipating in the attack.
Further details are lacking, but IT
is assumed that the Austrians few
out of Pola early today, were driven
off after the attack at Venice, and
then sped south along the coast. Ex-
cept at Venice, none of the bombs fell
near military works. The object or
the raid. apparently. was to terrorize
the Italian population and to score
first blood" of the war.
News that Germany had proclaimed
a state of war with respect to Italy
was received here today from Switzer-
land and occasioned no surprise.
Though no official statement was Civ
en- out, it was presumed that the 1ta'-
ian ambassador already has left Ber-
lin.
The government was in complete
control Of the telegraph system this
afternoon. The wires were in use for
official messages and little news Ill
tered through from the frontier.