The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-07-02
Items of the War.

One year ago last Sunday the Aus
TRAN Archduke, Francis Ferdinand, and
his wife were shot and killed in the little
| Bosnian of Serajevo by Garivio Prin
zip. 1t was the act of Prinzip, a poor
| student, which ultimately resulted in
10 nations going to war. These ma
lions are, on one hand, Great Britain,
France, Russia, Serbia, Japan, Bel
GUM, Italy and Montenegro, and on
the other, Germany, Austria and Tur-
key.
The war to date, according to con-
servation estimates compiled from the
| best available reports, has caused a
loss to the various belligerents of more
than 5000, 900 men. dead, wounded and
prisoners, and more than 500 ships.
Of these abouts12O were war vessels.
The outstanding results on land are
these:
The greater portion of Belgium is
under the control of Germany.
Germany has been driven from the
Far East.
| A part of the Dardanelles is in the
possession of the Allied troops.
Portions of France and Russia are
in the possession of German troops.
| A strip of Alsace has been taken
from Germany.
On the continent of Africa parts of
territorial possessions have been lost
by both sides.
Various island possessions of Ger
many have been taken by the forces of
the Allies.
Italian troops are in possession of
strip of Austrian territory.
The outstanding results at sea are
these:
German and Austrian mercantile
shipping has been driven from all the
open seas.
German and Austrian war vessels
having a total displacement of approx
imately 257, 900 tons have been destroy
| ed.
War vessels of the Allied nations
having a total displacement of approx
| mately 1872, 900 tons have been sent to
the bottom.
The greater portions of the German
| and Allied fleets in the North Sea re-
main intact.
Except for communication through
Holland and the Scandinavian nations,
Germany is cut off from the rest of the
world.
Efforts on the part of the Germans
to place the British Isles in a similar
predicament has resulted in the sink
| ing by submarines of hundreds of YES
sells flying the flags of the Allied and
neutral nations.
| The sinking in this manner of the
| Cunard liner Lusitania with the loss
of more than 100 American lives pre-
cipitated request upon the part of
| the United States that such practices
insofar as they might menace Amer
leans be stopped.
| PrlnZlp crime Was COHlIllLLeu on
June %. An investigation disclosed
what was alleged to be proof that the
assassin was tool of a
group Of Serbi On July
E3. after considerable correspondence
and negotiations an ultimatum was
sent to Serbia by the Austro- Hungar-
! ian Government which Serbia declined
to meet. A week later a general mo-
! Utilization of Russian troops along the
German border was ordered, and the
following day Germany declared war
on Russia. The news of that event
was followed in few hours by the an
nouncement that a general mobi liza
ton had been ordered by the French
| Cabinet
On August 2 German troops entered
| Luxembourg and Germany demanded
! free passage through Belgium to the
French frontier. This was refused
and two days later Great Britain dis
patched to Germany an ultimatum de-
manding that the neutrality of Bel
GUM be maintained. The ultimatum
rejected, German forces attack Liege.
On the same day President Wilson is
sued a proclamation of neutrality.
The following day saw the declara-
ton by Great Britain of state of war
with Germany, and two days later the