The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-02

I These nations are, on one hand, Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Japan, Belgium, Italy and Montenegro, and, | on the other, Germany, Austria and ! Turkey. The war to date, according | to conservative estimates compiled from the best available reports, has caused a loss to the various belliger- ents of more than six million men, dead, wounded and prisoners, and more than five hundred ships. Of these about 120 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. IuItlous Oi rrduCe anu Nussid art 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 257OOO tons have been destroyed.
 War vessels of the Allied nations having a total displacement of approx mately 192.OOO 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 on from the rest of the world.
 Efforts on the part of the Germans to place the British Isles in 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 oi | United States that such practices in solar as they might menace Ameri cans. be stopped.
 Prinzip's crime was committed or June 2S. An Investigation disclosed what was alleged to be proof that the assassin was the tool of group O Serbians. On July 29, after consider able correspondence and negotiations an ultimatum was sent to Serbia by the Austro-Hungarian government which Serbia declined to meet. 4 week later a general mobilization O Russian troops along the German bor | der was ordered and the followin, day Germany declared war on Russia The news of that event was followai in few hours by the announcement that 6 general mobilization had beer ordered by the French cabinet. On August 9. German troops entered Luxembourg and Germany demanded free passage through Belgium to tn, French frontier. This was refused and two days later Great Britain dis patched an ultimatum demanding tfra the neutrality of Belgium be main tained. The ultimatum rejected, Geu man forces attacked Liege. On thu same day President Wilson issued proclamation of neutrality. II The following day saw the decIara ton by Great Britain of a state of wa With Germany, and two days later tn, Germans entered Liege as the Frencl invaded southern Alsaca. | These events quickly followed by al affirmation on the part of Italy for he neutrality, by an Austrian invasion O I Serbia and by the sending by Japai of an ultimatum to Germany. mi had to do with the German possessio of Kiao-Chow of which Tsfngtau wa + the port.
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