From This Morning’s Extra
LONDON. August -V Wood lias at Iasi been shed in
i!>i' great war and the might!.' conflict is now raging.
Wireless messages received here yesterday afternoon
state that a naval battle was raging in the North Sea to
wards the l-Vcnch coast and it is assumed that the h tenth
and German navies l ave conic together in tone and that
the combat lor supremacy between the Teuton and the
Latin on the ocean is now proceeding. Nothing further is
known but the result is being awaited with Ieverish anxi
ety in London and the v hole populace has simply gone
crazy.
lust before the news of the tiring reached London the
announcement was made that Germany had dot luted war
against France and it is assumed that immediately after
the declaration of war the German fleets swooped down
on the enentv m the eflort to aunihdate the I ti.Hu lliit
he|-o,T the lfrhis’i government had time to declare war
and go to the help of Franco. This is only an assumption,
however, and ail that is definitely known just now is that
eery heavy til ing is going on.
I.IKGK, Belgium. August 3.—Special editions of the
newspapers were issued here last evening with the an
nouncement that the first great land battle has been.
fought between the French and the Germans and that the \
Germans have received the worst of the light. This news,
is supposed to i-e authentic hut so careful a censorship is
being maintained that continuation is lacking from an
ollicial source.
According to the accounts given in the papers a tier
man army nun tiering twenty thousand men was thrown
across the Freach border near Nancy immediately after t
the declaratiot of war and was repulsed by a superior!
French force vv tii heavy loss. The Germans were at the
disadvantage o having to attack the enemy in a position
chosen by itsel and the French are said to have fought ]
with the skiil a .d vaior ot old.
The repulse s expected to mean only a delay until the
main body of tl German force in that district has time to j
come up. The. tai k is described as a most desperate one j
and may he not lit g more .ban a feint to draw the atten
tion of the Fix.hIi generals from the real point of the
main attack.
BRUSSELS. Belgium, August :{.—The German army
has crossed into the duchy of Luxemburg and is moving
towards the French frontier by the way of Metz where
the Germans defeated Marshal Bnzaine in 1870. The fact
that the Germans have chosen this route is taken to mean
that their plan ol campaign will be similar to that ol the
former war. It is evidently their intention to strike once
more at Paris and end the war as quickly as possible.
The Baltic sea near Kiel is teeming with German war
ships and transports, indicating that they intend to in-j
\ade Russia some place near Kronstadt, or, possibly, to
land a force on the eastern coast of England.
The chief scenes of the war will undoubtedly be the
Prussian and Polish frontiers, and England il the British
government declares war at all.
It is certain that if Britain declares war the first result
will he a tremendous battle between the British and Ger
man navies in the Baltic. England has not, however, yet
entered the conflict.
ST. PETERSBURG, August 3.—Germany declared
war formally against Russia yesterday and the announce
ment of the declaration created the wildest outbreak of
patriotism ever witnessed in the empire. Thousands ol
parades were at once formed in all the cities throughout
the nation and in the streets of the capital great hosts of
people marched cheering wildly. The entire nation is now
under martial law as such a course has been tound neces
s.'! ' to carry out 1 ho tremendous mobilization which has
I,c0., ordered. Within a week millions of men will he un
der arms and ready to march. Hundreds of thousands of
;ho llo'A er of the army are ready already and regiment
• i;or regiment is now streaming across the country to
• - Ike the first blow.
Vi \SHIN(JT()N. August 3.—The administration is
preparing to make proposals to congress to send
, States transports across the Atlantic to bring
home the thousands of Americans who are stranded in
F.urooc without means of reaching home. Money will he
itsl.eJ lor flic purpose and congress is expected lo give it
without a word as the predicament of the Americans is a
had one abroad.
President V ilson will await developments until today
,\hen he M ill probably issue a general proclamation ol
neutrality covering all the combatants. Ibis is icgaidcd
as the only policy to pursue. In the meantime the whole
i nited States is watching events with an anxiety that can
hardly he imagined.
LONDON. August 3—The British government is now
hastily manning the forts on the eastern coast to prevent
any attempt at a surprise should Germany decide to de
clare war against this country and try to land an invading
army. Powerful artillery is being mounted where the
fortilications had not been sullicicntly prepared and regi
ments are being hastily moved towards the coast cities.
It became known today that Austria bad accepted
England’s offer of mediation but her acceptance came too
late and the opinion is current that the Austrian govern
ment merely intended lo give the impression that it was
desirous of peace when it really wanted war. By this
means i! is supposed that she wished to just it y her actions.
Italy has remained neutral up to the present and
should she continue to he so it is possible that Great Bri
tain ma' also stay neutral il she can. I his has caused a
leeling of hope here that this country still has a chance to
keep out of the great conflict but it must he said that there
is only very little ground for this hope as the general be
lief is that the British are bound to aid France.
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OTTAWA, August 3.—The dominion government has
offered to send twenty thousand troops to the aid of Eng
land within two weeks if they arc required. The Cana- j
dians believe that the mother country must become em
broiled and preparations of a preliminary kind are al
ready being made to go to her assistance.
BRUSSELS, August 3.—French and British shipping
was still continuing active yesterday hut the French ves
sels have probably all run for cover by this time. Several
German warships are said to have been dispatched to
wards the French coast to intercept some of the French
merchant ships that were far out to sea.
PARIS, August 3.—It is regarded as most likely here
that Turkey will enter the conflict within a day or two and
attack Servia from the rear. By this maneuvre she could
recover some of her lost provinces while the Austrians
have the attention of the Servians engaged in Iront. The
Greeks may also become embroiled but Austria would be
sure to send reinforcements to the Turks and so strike a
telling blow to the enemy in that part ol the continent.
Germans and Russians who have been residents of this
city are now stampeding for the depots tearing that the
trains will be cancelled and that they would be held in
France. The Russians are hastening to light for their
country and the Germans are still more anxious to get out
because of the fear that if the German armies move on
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Paris they might he in danger from the people of the re
public.
The wildest scenes take p-ace here during the daytime
but tonight the streets are deserted, all the men having
gone to join their regiments. The people of France are as
wild with enthusiasm as ever they were when the nation
was the most martial one in the world. Yesterday was
one of the most exciting of a 1 the exciting days that have
come in this capital. The dc laration of war by Germany
was followed by the most extraordinary demonstrations
in the history of Paris. Countless thousands marched
through the great thoroughfares and as the regiments
marched out one after the other they were almost smoth
ered by the crushing, wriggling, struggling masses of citi
zens that surrounded them in wild frenzy.
All the trained citizens of the nation are going to the
colors not only willingly but with a grand enthusiasm and
France is once more allame with martial spirit from end
to end.
BERLIN, August 3—Berlin again went wild last night
when the kaiser threw down the gauntlet to Russia and
France and challenged them to mortal combat. I be Gei
man nation is going into the war with a spirit that is ti ulj
wonderful. It is ready to gi\ e every cent of its money and
every drop of its blood.
The kaiser issued a proclamation as soon as he had
taken the fateful step of dec aring war against two of the
greatest powers on earth.
In this proclamation he announced that he had appeal
ed to Nicholas to prevent the war while the German gov
ernment was negotiating wiih Austria in an effort to get
the latter country to avoid hostilities in !ser\ia, but that
the Russians continued to mobilize and compelled Ger
many to declare war in its own defense.
The statement to the nation also contained the asser
tion that the mobilization of the French armies forced
Germany’s hand also and compelled the declaration ol war
against the republic.
Fifty thousand people marched to tne palace lasi mgnt
singing the war songs of the fatherland and (hecring
madly. Once more the kaiser was forced to come out and
address the great mass and his appearance was greeted
with an extraordinary outburst.
His speech was entirely devoted to an appeal to the
people to stand by their country to the death in the hour
of its great crisis. He dwelt upon the lad that all paities
had attacked himself in times of peace but now that war
had come he forgave all things to all classes and parties
and only asked that Germans would forget all the differ
ences of the past and give themselves entirely to the great
duty which their nation's glory demanded.
All Germany is, indeed, united today in a bond ol mag
nificent patriotism. Not a cry has been heard against the
war in all the empire now that it has come and from all the
provinces comes the same cry of determination to fight to
the end whatever the end might be.
LONDON, August 3—Three great powers are now
actually looking forward to a descent by the German
hosts on their territory. The position of the German
fleets and transport ships indicate that an attack on some
point of the Russian coast near St. Petersburg is contem
plated. If this surmise is correct it can only lead to the
conclusion that Germany has no less purpose in view than
a descent on the Russian capital itself with a powerful
force while more of its armies are marching towards
Paris. And while this is regarded as possible the prepar
ations of the British government are going forward to
prevent a landing on the eastern coast of England in the
event of war with this country.
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ARMIES OF GREAT POWER
This table shows the relative
strength of the forces of the powers
as given by the Almanac for 1914:
Germany .... 870,000 5,000,000
France . 720,000 4,000,000
Russia. 1,290,000 5,550,000
Austria-Hun. 290,00 2,000,000
Italy . 250,000 1,200,000
Great Britain. 254,000 720,000
Japan . 250,000 1,200,000
Spain . 115,000 800,000
Turkey . 400,000 700,000
First Class Battleships—Great Bri
tain, 29; Germany, 19; Franco, 17;
Russia, 9; Japan, 9; Italy, 8; Austria
Hungary, 4.
THINKS CONGRESS WILL
AID BUSINESS MORE
WASHINGTON, August 1.—Paul
Warburg, who has been nominated
by the president as one of the federal
reserve board, stated today that he
believes congress will appropriate
five hundred million dollars mor»
to aid the business interests uf the
! country through the new means pro
vided by the democratic administra
tion.
BIG RAILROAD MEN INDICTED
President of the New York Central Is
One of Those in Trouble
CHICAGO, August 1.—Ex-Presi
dent Brown of the New York Central
and other officials of the Ogora coal
company were indicted today by the
federal grand jury for violating the
Interstate Commerce act.
RUSSIA TALKS ABOUT
EDUCATION FOR ALL
ST. PETERSBURG, August 1.—In
spite of the fact that the empire is
now on the verge of a groat war a
statement was issued from the cabinet
today to the effect that universal
education for Russian subjects would
be recommended. At another time
this announcement would be received
as a most important piece of news
but coming at this time it has almost
passed unheeded.
DORA KEENE COMES
TO STUDY GLACIERS
SEATTLE, August 1.—Dorn Keene,
the celebrated exporer, has taken pas
sage on the Northwestern for Cor
dove where she is going for the pur
pose of studying the glaciers around
Prince William Sound.
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Reports from Valdez indicate that
there is some consternation among
some people because of the soon and
unexpected return of District Attor
ney Spence. After he sailed to tl
westward with the “floating court” a
move was made with the sanction of
the town council to establish a new
restricted district. Puddings were
being moved and some were already
occupied. Now comes the report that
the district attorney doesn’t like this
travel on the turbulent waters. H *
didn’t get beyond Iliamna, deserting
the McCullough there to await the ar
rival of the steamer Sampson fro i
Knik to bring him back to Valdez,
where he will likely arrive on Mon
day.
Cordova now has a municipal Aus
tralian ballot law. The ordinance
that has been before the town coun
cil for a month or more past was fin
ally adopted last night, with but one
amendment. The hour for closing the
polls was changed from G to 7 o’clock
in the evening. Under this ordinance
all municipal elections, regular and
special, shall be held in the secret
manner provided by the law. It does
not affect the general elections held
for the election of delegate to con
gress and for members of the terri
torial legislature.
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