Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-01

one year ago last Monday the Austrian
A%rchduke, Francis Ferdinand, and his
wife we're shot and killed in the little
Bosnian town Of Seraievo by Garvio
Frinzip. It was tho act of prinzip. a
poor student. which ultimately result
cd I'm II nations going to war. These
nations are. on one hand. Great Brit
ain. France, Russia. Serbia, Japan,
Belgium. Italy and Montenegro, and,
on the other, Germany. Austria and
Turkey. The war to date. according
10 conservative estimates compiled
from the best available reports. has
caused a loss to the various hellker-
ents Of more than six million men,
dead, wounded and prisoners. and more
than five hundred ships. OF these
about 100 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 Fast.
4 part of the Dardanelles Is In the
possession of the allied troops.
Portions Of France and Russia are
in the possession Of German troops.
4 strir Of Alsace has been taken
from Germany.
on tho continent Of Africa parts of
territorial possessions have been lost
by both sides.
Various isla-d possessions of Ger
many have been taken by the forces
Of the allies.
Italian troops are in possession Of q
strip Of Austrian territory.
The outstanding results at sea arc
these
German and Austrian mercantile
chipping has been driven from all the
open seas.
German and Austrian war vessel,
having a total displacement Of ap,
proximately $500 tons have beer
destroyed.
War vessels Of the allied nations
having a total displacement Of approx.
rately Ia2.oo tons have been sent tc
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 OF from the rest o
the world.
Efforts on the part Of the German
to place the British Isles in a simila
predicament has resulted in the sink
ing by submarines of hundreds Of yes
sells flying the flags OF the allied an,
neutral nations.
The sinking in this manner of tn
Cunard liner Lusitania with the los
go
lives precipitatcd n request upon tn,
part Of the United States that sucl
practices insofar as they might men
ace Americans. be stopped.
PRINzIp'S CRIME.
frlnzip's crime WAS committed -,
June IS. An INVESTIGATION disclose,
what was alleged to he proof that tt
assassin was the too If a group o
Serhians ON July %. after consider
able correspondence and negotiations
en- ~ultinatum was sent to Serbia y,
the Austro-Hungarian government
which Serbia declined to meet. !
week Later a general mobilization o
Russian troops along the German Dor
der vas ordered and the followin,
day Germany declared war on Russia
1 ~ w w llli| ' WAS Y 81
in a few hours by the announcement
that a general mobilization had bee
ordered by the French cabinet.
ON August . German troops entere
Luxembourg and Germany demande
free passage through Belgium to tn
French frontier. This was refuse
and two DAYS later Great Britain des
patched to Germany an ultimatum d.
handing that the neutrality OF Bel
GUM he maintained. The ultimatur
reiected, German forces attacke
Iiege. on the same day Presider
Wilson issued n proclamation of new
lrality,
The following day saw the declare
tion by Great Britain of a state of Wa
with Germany, and two days late
the Germans entered Liege as tn
French invaded southern Alsacc.
These events We're quickly followe
by an affirmation on the part of Ital
for her neutrality by an Austrian il
vasion of Serbia, and by the endin
by Japan of an ultimatum to German
This had to do with the German 20,
session Of Kiao-Chow of whic
Tsingtau was the port,
BRITISH LAND IN FRANCE.
ny August II the first British a,
reditionary force had completed i
landing In France and on that da
there began also "A fierce battle on II
Jadar between the Austrian and Sc