JAPAN TO DRAW THE SWORD
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EUROPEAN FACTORIES CLOSE
LONDON, Aug. 15.—Factories all over Europe have
begun to shut down and trom this time forward business
will commence to enter into a period that can be described
as chaotic. The gloom w hich is descending over the Euro
pean continent cannot be imagined. London only too
clearly sees now that the present moment is the darkest
in the history of the world.
ALSATIAN TRICKS GERMANS
LONDON, Aug. 15.—One railroad engine driver beat
a w hole regiment of German troops yesterday by a daring
ruse. This engineer is an Alsatian who has remained
loyal to France although he has lived under German rule
in Alsace all his life, lie was the driver of a German troop
train in which seven hundred troops were being carried to
the front. The driver got up full speed near the border
and raced his train into the territory occupied by the
French. The seven hundred Germans were surrounded
and captured.
POLAND MAY (JET FREEDOM
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 15.—'That Poland may gain
freedom as a result of the war that is now devastating
Europe is a possibility w hich has been made all but a prob
ability by the offer made today by the Russian govern
ment that the land of Kosciusko will receive autonomy if
she stands by Russia during the present conflict.
“You can have freedom of language and religion and
full autononn if you remain loyal to us*’ is the offer in
effect made by this nation to Poland. At the present mo
ment while the German armies are threatening Russia
through Polish soil the action of the Poles is regarded as
most important to this country and their help is worth the
price.
BELGIANS DESTROY FORTS
BRUSSELS. Aug. 15.—The Belgian garrisons of the
forts around Liege that have not yet been taken have been
ordered by the government to destroy the fortifications
around these forts and prevent them from being used by
! the enemy. This order is tantamount to a confession of
the inability to hold the forts any longer as the Germans
now surround them on every side. There is a very great
fear prevailing now that Germany will attack tins city
and destroy it with their guns. Preparations are going
forward fast to defend it and the French have promised to
throw a large force into it lor its defense.
UEIBNECHT REFUSED TO FIGHT
UONDON, Aug. 15.—A socialist paper of this city de
clares today that Dr. Carl Ueibnecht was executed by the
orders of the kaiser because he refused to serve in the
army. Ueibnecht was the leader ol the German socialist
party and attempted to create a disturbance when he was
summoned to the colors like all other reservists. Fearing
I that his example would be followed by others the kaiser
and his government decided to make an example of him
and he was shot summarily as a traitor to his fatherland.
His execution is said to have had the effect of crushing the
rest of the socialists although among the more rabid there
are murmurs.
SEATTLE. Aug. 15.—Another result of the great Eu
ropean conflict became evident here today when diugs
and acids rose in price fifty and one hundred per cent.
Photographic supplies also 1 avc risen fifty per cent and
the rise is only beginning.
During the last few days Seattle people seem to have
not been so absorbed in war news and one of the reasons
; is that the papers have sent out thousands of extras con
taining news that was later proven to lie laise. false
rumors are started every hour of the day and range Iron
stories about great naval engagements in the North Sea
to faked attacks nearer bon e. It is becoming more evi
dent all the time that the powers engaged in the war arc
moving very slowly and carefully at sea.
mine sinks ship and people
LONDON, Ai:g. LV—The Austrian steamship Baron
Gautsch was sunk bv a mine yesterday off the Dalmatian
coast and one hundred and ifty of its passengers an"
crew were killed. The total number of people aboard the
ship was three hundred and hose who were saved had an
almost miraculous escape as he vessel was rent trom stem
to stern. It is supposed that the mine was laid either by
Servians or Montenegrins ard was intended toi Austiian
warships.
AMERICANS SENT TO HOLLAND
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.—A message was received
today from Gerard, the United States ambassador to tier
many, that the Americans stranded in Germany are now
being sent to Holland to be out ot the way ot danger.
The German government is bearing most ot the ex
pense ot moving the Americans but some ot the funds
raised in the United States are also being used for the
purpose.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—The English steamship lines
are resuming their sailings across the Atlantic as they
have begun again to feel secure because of the knowledge
that the great majority of the German warships are in
European waters. It is generally telt that the great bulk
of the German battleships are at Kiel and that they will
not dare to come out at present because of the certain
presence of the British fleets near the coast of Denmark.
On the other hand it is gene- ally agreed that the British
can never dare to go in and attack them in their present
position. That the Germans have made their position at
Kiel impregnable there can hardly he the least doubt. At
least this is the opinion all over the United States and
among American naval men.
FRANCE MAY WANT LOAN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—J. P. Morgan and company
have asked President Wilson and Secretary of State
Bryan what their attitude would be in case France asks a
loan from that banking house for the prosecution of the
war against Germany. The president and Mr. Bryan
have not given answer and will probably investigate with I
a view' to learning whether such a loan by an American
banking house would be a violation of the laws of neu
trality. The Morgans have asked the question as a hypo
thetical one but public men in this city are fairly well con
vinced that France has actually asked for the loan. The
answer of the president is therefore being awaited with
great interest. The request of the Morgans is taken as
one more fact that goes to prove how many and various
are the ways in which this nation might become involved
in the struggle.
Secretary Bryan has called in two expert assistants to
aid him in directing the delicate affairs which are con
stantly arising as a result of the war. He is particularly
busy, it is said, in trying to devise some means by which
those who are raising prices might be prevented from do
ing so or be punished. The conditions all over the coun
try are becoming really alarming.
REPORT REVOLUTION IN AUSTRIA
ATHENS, Aug. 15.—A revolution has broken out in
the Austrian province of Herzegovina and its people are
said to have joined w ith their neighbors in Montenegro in
the hope that they can throw off the Austrian yoke. Her
zegovina w as formerly a province of the Ottoman empire
but was placed under Austrian government by the Berlin
treaty of 1878. Its people have always been dissatisfied
with Austrian rule and the report of the revolution re
ceives full credence here.
The population of the province is about 200,000.
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