The British Cabinet

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 91, 7 August 1914, Page 5

The British Cabinet

DEALING WITH THE STATE OF WAR. LORD KITCHENER IN SUPREME CONTROL OF THE ARMY. (Received 11.25 a.m.) London, August 5. This morning the King held a Council at the Palace, the meeting lasting until midnight. It was not for the purpose of signing a declaration of war, but because, as the German answer was unsatisfactory and a state of war exists automatically, a certain proclamation had to be signed. Lord Kitchener has supremo control of the army administration. The position is anal agon s to the old one of Commander-in-Chief. Mr Asquith retains the portfolio of war in the Ministry. Lord Haldane is in charge of the Territorials. The Foreign Office, has announced that owing to the summary rejection by the German Government of assurances in respect to Belgian neutrality, the British Ambassadors have received their passports. • The British Government informed Germany that a state of war had existed from 11 o’clock last night. The report of the chasing of the Pathfinder was incorrect.