Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-11-15
HOW HUNS FORCED
WORLD into WAR
GERMANY FOUND EXCUSE IN The
ASSASSINATION OF GRAND
DUKE FERDINAND.
Students of Situation Believe This "a
Have Been Part of Plot to EmbroiI
Europe VIII the Aim of World
Dominion.

Inc prologue III LHe greatest wal II
history began with the assassination of
the Austrian Grand Duke Ferdinand
while he was visiting Sarajevo, Bos-
mia, June %, 1914. The assassin,
Prinzip, believed to be a tool of pan
Serbian fanatics, fled to Serbia, to
which country Austria sent a drastic
ultimatum on. July %.
This accused Serbia of permitting
and furthering intrigue against Aus
tria. demanded the dissolving of GER
tain societies of a patriotic nature, and
the prosecution of certain officers and
officials, as well as a limitation of the
privileges of the Serbian press. TIC
this ultlmatum Serbia replied promptly
agreeing to all conditions, but question
ing the right of Austrian officials con
Quoting inquiries into Serbia which that
country suggested should be referred
to The Hague for arbitration.
In this very temperate and reason
able reply Austria found cause for
sufficient umbrage to declare war,
stating that the Serbian answer was
Unsatisfactory" Serbian vessels
were seized almost Immediately and
on July %, 1914, Belgrade was bonn
barded. Thus began the world war
with seemingly trivial incident which
students of the situation now believe
to have been part of carefully pre-
pared plot to embroil Europe with the
aim of world dominion on the part of
Mittel Europa.
July 81, Germany sent an ultimatum
to Russia, demanding rehabilitation,
which the cars government haughtily
ignored. The following day Germany
declared war on Russia and invaded
Luxemburg.
August 2 German troops entered
Belgium, despite an acknowledged
treaty to safeguard the neutrality OF
the latter nation, which the German
premier later spurned as "a scrap OF
paper" This invasion brought an ulti-
matum to Germany, August 4, demand
ing that Belgiums neutrality be re-
spected. German troops attacked Liege
and President Wilson issued a procla-
nation of neutrality.
The following day, its demands hay
ing been ignored, England declared wal
on Germany. August the Germans
entered Liege, and the French invaded
southern Alsace. Italy declared neu.
trality.
These were the opening movements
of the great conflict which, little by
little, involved practically the entire
world. Each day was crowded with
events of international import. France
and England declared war on Austria
on August u, and three days later |
Japan sent an ultimatum to Germany |
which soon drew the former nation into |
the martial Whirlpool conflict |
marked chiefly by the taking of Using
tao, Germany's Asiatic colony, Novenr
Der 6, after a long siege
BY far the most important and basi-
cally important year of the war was
1917. A forecast of Americas entry
into the conflict came with the presi-
dents peace without victory" speech
January % land the passage of the
sol 10000 fertilization bill by congress.
BY February u the feeling over
'unrestrained submarine warfare"
had become so strained that this coun-
try refused to discuss the matter with
Germany. February IA diplomatic re-
ations were broken, and February 26
permission was asked by the president
% arm American merchantmen, which
vas later granted. In the meantime,
however, the world was startled by the
Russian revolt and the overthrow of
he Romanoff government America
ormally recognized the republican gov
rnment of Russia.
In swift panorama of martial hap
jennings, all of the greatest importance,
assed the days and months of 1917,
he first vital event after war declara-
ion being the conscription bill of April
8 for the raising of an army of half
million. Then came the espionage
i'll TO deal with the menace of internal
ro-German propaganda and intrigue.
general war appropriation of $780,
10000 and the first $2,0Q0,000,000 war
IAN were passed. Herbert G.. Hoover
as appointed to handle the food situa- {
on. /
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