OFFICIAL NEWS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2231, 18 August 1914, Page 6

OFFICIAL NEWS

FINANCIAL CONDITIONS EASIER GOVERNMENT MESSAGES : '' '' The following; cablegram' 'has. teen sent • .by 'the . Secretary- of'.State , for ■ the Colo- , lues to- His Excellency the Governor'■ "Oivingto'.vigorous' aqtibii taken terp ; to , deal with financial situation,. particu'-' N larly "in regard tc> bills of exchange, con- ■ ditions'have become, much-.easier; 1 and v'/credit has greatly improved. Every hope : - ithat trade, Home" arid 'foreign, will xapid- ; ' tlj' resume its 'normal, course. ' Will be glad if your Minister's .'will'. mako tsffs . . : Harconrt." , : London, "August IG, 8.50 p.m. : •• Official: The.Fronch and Bavaria&s ensaged at Blamont, Circy, and Avrinconrt. The French. were completely, successful, and captured tho-heights at Andela. The French continue.Mtheir 'advance in the! Vosges. A state' of' siege has been pro- ■ claimed in Bulgaria.', / . v HOW THE KAISER GOES TO WAR 'J' I ( A . . A LUXURIOUS TRAIN. .. ' - London, • August. 15, evening. Mr.:-. Edgar Wallace.' correspondent of. ~^the^Birmingham„,''l, o st," says the, Ger- • inan' railway linos are kept open to caTry- -. . . the-Kaiser'and' war staff,' whoso ifead■"quarters\ajre .luxuriously 'fitted, up.' The s train has .fecial: boxes for chargers, and flrm'oured . tfaiiis. ' The ' Kaiser will use a small . tent ' ' ■,when tha simple life is deemed'expedient, KAISER AIOVES TO MAINZ.' (Received August 18_,; 0.40- a.m.). v . Berne, August-17, morning. ,\lt'is reported that'the'Kaiser, with, the ;: ' ..'Headquartere . Staff, has - left Berlin. for' Mainz, on the Bhine. -'-r - 1 - . »- ADMIRAL MAHAN'S VIEWS - . A CRYPTIC MESSAGE.- • New York, August 14. ; .-. • w .Rear-Admiral. Mahiin, .thei'. well-known 1 ; • -;..writer- on naval matters, iii the'course of 'an-interview, said lie thought' it-incred- ' iblo that Austria would have taken action .-, \ against Servia'unless she waa'assured of . ■ , Germany's support.. Evidently war- had already been determined upon before , the' . ultimatums .were':,issued. Now-that the German advance had been delayed,-Bri-tain has the power'of;.'determining thai: ". rstruggle-or to force -the German fleet to - . j; fight. If, however, Germany wins "she \h' "w'ciuld be ablo'to dominate the -world '• through; her fleet. 1 .Italy might.declare ' • war" against her-former friends, because 1 it >vould "improve her Mediterranean, posiy '-. tion. "Russia's-fleet is negligible, but her 1 forts are. strong and modern, and . States, cannot afford to: send war fleets against forts-"when they ought-instead ,to bo . seek-. ;v ; v ,.ing.:the enemy... ._ • x ' The message is given as received, but . certain portions'..of it do not seem 1 at all - cleayyand appear to have been mutilated in-transmission. THE UNITED STATES ■ AIR. ROOSEVELT'S VIEWS. New York, August 15. f - Sir. Roosevelt,.-sneaking at, Hartford, Connecticut,-sfiid that if- the " I'-. Monroe doctrine had not. been, maintained. . tho' United States would nave boon. . dragged into-tlio European- War. He de- ■ ' nounced Mr. Bryan's peace treaties' as vis-. : ionary arid unworkable. Arbitration wo uldprovo merely an excuse for. an'aggressive ■ country, te'establish "itself .in an enemy's ; territory before continuing war. ; ' INFLATION OP PRICES. . ' ' ' "New York, August 15.','" Three, inquiries, have been opened in Chicago-'by'the Federal Civic State authorities .regarding the rise in the price of foodstuffs, allegedly' as- tho outcome of , ... the .war. ' ' ■ Counsel representing the Chicago packers consented to give any information de-sired,:and-disclaimed that'a combinc; ex- . , isted to inflate prices unduly. BRITISH EAST AFRICA | ' - 'Mombasa, Aiigust H. - u..... AIL British, residents.have been enrolled ' as a defensive-force; -■ j There: arelso Europeans' at Mombasa, ■ end 5000 Europeans an<f Eurasians in the j -whole of British East Africa. .. | CONSULS DETAINED. . j MORE GERMAN DISCOURTESY. j • (Received August 18, . 0.10 a.m.) j '..V Pqrls, August 17, morning. ) The.French Embassy, states that the ' . Jintish, French, and Russian Consuls at ' Danzig were treated with great indig- . . 'nity. They were peremptorily ordered to - • leave in August 5, and when the train .' reached Kentheim three days later the ' ' Consuls were separated-from their fain- . ■ flies.'- The women were sent with men to 1 .a. tavern and tho Consuls imprisoned in 1 a tiny cellar. The British Consul, Mr. J ". i<\. E. Drummond Hay, was released.on ! j:tliß thirteenth, but the Russian - and ' ,'j French Consuls are still detained. ~ ■ ■ Americans from Berlin state although J ;.j. tho-popular hatred against the English ' is intense thsy aro -being well treated by ! . the i '