New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-07
- Months Change
Attitude Of Nation
Toward WorIdW al
Start Of Conflict for |. 5. Re
ccivcd with Apathy: City
Tumultuous in 1914

america y hNhNutAtN wv lN'''
is i'm vivid contrast to the stirring, tu-
multuous scenes witnessed IN the capt
tals of Europc. and even here. when the
world conflict began back in Au-
gust, 1911
The thirty-two months which have
passed since then months crowded
with swiftly moving. epoch making
events. i'm which the whole world has
come TO look prosaically upon war as
an undertaking to be conducted with
the same mcthodical. machinclikc pre-
cision OF huge, we'll organized busl-
ncss-havc worked wonderful change
in the way the public mind reacts to
such momcntous event as the en-
trance of the worlds greatest republic
into the war
Had such am event occurred three
wears ago New York probably would
have witnessed the same hystcrlcal out
burst Of patriotism which greeted the
declaration of war in Pctrograd. Ber-
lin. London and Paris IN the sum
OF 1919. Europc'S war disturbed \ew
York then far more seriously than
Americas war diSturbs IT now ThrongS
TANNED the streets in front Of bulletin
boards German and Austrian reserv-
lists marched through the streets sing
ing their national hymns and crowded
the consulateS
Wall Street ParalyIed
Wall Street was paralyzed by the dis
jointinG Of the worlds finances. Rela-
tives Of thousands Of tourists caught IN
Europe appealed TO the government and
the newspapers for the latest word
from abroad Frenzied trading ID
wheat shot that grain up above the
dollar mark. and. finally, the stock eN-
changes all over the country were
closed. and Secretary McAdoo rushed
500 100000 Of emergency money TO the
New York banks.
The financial panic abroad began OH
July "a. 1914. when Baron Won Giesl
de Gieslinrcr. Austro- Hungarian Min
istor AT RclgraGe. received instructions
70 leave Serbia. Russian stocks broke
badly in Berlin and the next day the
Bolrse was dcmoraliZed. Thousands
paraded tho Wilhelmstrasse, Inter den
Linden and the Friedrichstrssse, sing
ing Die Wacht am Rhein' and cheer
inc as they passed the statues Of BIS
msrck. MoltEe and Room. The Kaiser
addressed the throngs from balcony
of he Imperial Palace.
Paris forgot the trial OF Nine. Carl
lauN. and students paraded the 0oule.
wards singing the "Marseillaise' and
shouting "Nive In Russie'' The So
c;alists tried 20 interfere with the war
advocates and were charged by the po-
lice. The Avenue de rOpera and the
Boul' Micn were Uttered with broken
umbrellas and canes and hats and torn
clothing.
Jean Leon Jalres. leader Of the Uni
fed Socialists IN the Chamber OF Dep
uties, one Of the mos powerful anti
war agitators in Europe. was assas-
.inatcd I'm q Paris restaurant. radlhg
in French rentes was suspended ana
al length tie BourSe was closed. 1900,
London forgot the Home Rule bill
and Dublin riots, and the army clubs
we're crowded days before war was de-
clared. Even while the nation awaited
the word Of Sir Edward Grey. great
Montreal and Toronto, where women
man shops were wrecked
on the day war was declared the
crowds stoned the German Embassy. in
Carlton House Terrace. and large
number Of stores were ralded and de-
molished. Thousands marched TO Buck
ingham Palace. where the King and
Queen and Princess Mary and the
Prince Of Wales appeared on q balcony
and addressed them.
Duplicated in Canada
Scenes in London were duplicated in
Montreal and Ottawa, where women
paraded the streets to urge the men to
90 their bit. 4 few German shops were
wrecked.
Nowhere was war received with a
greater clamor than IN Petrograd,
: where thousands marched along The
+ Nevsky' Prospekt, singing the Mar
scillaise" and bearing Russian, Eng
H,h and French flags. The Gar 70
ceived a rousing ovation when he at
tended the theatre. In all the churches
PRAYERS were offered for victory, be-
fore the army began modifying and
the pcople were demanding that tho
name OF ST. Peters burg be changed.
In practically every European city
Socialist and anti-war riots occurred.
4 serious clash with the police TOOK
place al Stuttgart. Not until many
days after the governments got dow
to the serious business OF training mil
lions for the trenches did the heat Of
patriotic feeling sober down to the
solemn task ahead
war, War" was the cry every
where
"Wen. we've finally been dragged in
is the way the average American re
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