EUROPEAN WAR

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 56, 27 July 1914, Page 5

EUROPEAN WAR

But a Question of Hours TEUTONS Versus SLAVS. Russia Accepts Austria's Challenge ■ 11 ■ i Humbling ServiaTroops Mobilising ; Naval Activity. B} Cable— Press A»socia£lo»—Copyright

3LAV-TEUTONIC STRUGGLI IMMINENT. * THE SERVIAN BUSINESS ONLY AN OCCASION. NOT THE CAUSE. Received 26. 5.5 pun. London, July ti. Leading papers emphasise thejjmvity •f the European situation. Ministers cancelled their week-end engagements, chiefly owing to the AuatroServian crisis. The Daily Telegraph says the Austria* Kote in tenor and tone goes far beyond International usage. St. Petersburg, July ti. The ultimatum created a deep imnresnon. M. Zaianoff had an interview witi the British, French and German Ambaasalos and the Servian Minister. The newspapers declare that Russia ■Cannot be indifferent to Servia • fate. Vienna, July ti. The Austrian Minister at Belgrade has *cen instructed to leave with the Legation staff to-night, if Austria's ribands We not complied with.

view is that Austria cannot be the sole protagonist in the Servian question. Austria's grievances should be laid before the Powers. In the event of Austria refusing to prolong the ultimatum, extreme measures may be looked for, owing to the feeling in Russia. A RIFT IN THE ALLIANCE. I AUSTRIA'S NOTE NOT APPROVED I BY ITALY. Reeeived 85, 5.* p.m. Rome, July ti. The tone of the Austrian Note caused amazement. The Tribune declares that Austria wishes to exclude every loophole for conciliation. The Note has not Italy's approval. The Giornale d'ltalia says that the Note is the most terrible and humiliating ever inflicted on any State. It points out that Roumania has the power { to make it impossible fur Austria to J attack Servia by raising th« Traasylvania question.

AXTi-AUSTRTAX SENTIMENTS. IN TIIE FRENCH PRESS. AUSTRIAN RESERVISTS SUMMONED HOME. Received 2C. ."i.."i p.in. Paris, July 85. The Press generally condemns the Note Lee Debuts declare* that should Servia be forced into war. slie will not appeal vainly for the support o: the Powers, who wish to maintain the balance of power at all cost?. Most newspapers remark that Austria has chosen the n.cmieiit \\ ;m MM. Poincarc and Viviani are absent, when Russia is involved in industrial t;,:moil. and Britain is involved in i:.e Ulster struggle. Berlin, July 25. Many Au-trian reservists hav t! left fJerlin to rejoin x::• ■ir regiments. Vienna, July 25. Austria has gii.n an assurance that •he does not intend any territorial acquisition in Servia. London, July 25. Lord Haldanc, speaking at the City liberal Club, said the situation in the Near East was causing every Govern, meet anxiety, and lie hoped Britain's interest in the East would be on the side of peac*.

Belgrade, Jnly ti. There is much excitement, a:;d the' situation is considered more -ciious than prior to the Balkan war. Cabinet's reply is expected to be of ftn indefinite nature. ' Paris, July ti. Jt is reported that the Government fca? telegraphed to President Poincare to ybandon his Stockholm visit, and hasten to Paris. London, July K. Dr. Dillon, the Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Vienna, says that although there is an optimistic feeling in Vienna, the best-informed circles at Budapest consider vat inevitable, end hostilities will begin to-night. He adds that almost everybody in Austria hopes the long-threatened storm will burst, Hot because national sentiment has be.come suddenly bellicose, bat because the people are sick of periodic crises, which paralyse trade and commerce. The dispute does not turn on the assassination; that at the most is only an occasion. The real crises lie deeper, and AustroBervian differences are the first symptom of a gigantie Slav-Teutonic str-jg-Jle. OPINIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL PRESS. uERMAXY AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. A WARNING TO RUSSIA. Received 26, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, July {5. The newspapers approve of the Note. The Kreuz Zeitung says that the labor troubles in Russia, Humbert's reTelations in France, and the Ulster question will deprive Servia of much hope of .-upport from Europe. Germany is Willing to carry out its duties under the Triple Alliance to the fullest. The Tagcblatt says that if any third party attempts to cripple Austria, Germane* power will be thrown in Austria's favor. The Neueste Xachrichtcn says: "Let it be known on the Neva that a Russian attack on Austria me.uis war with Germany." The Berlin I'o,t take, Austria to task, •a> ing that the nature of the demands made them impossible. The Pest doubts if Austria desires settlement except by resort to arms.

SERVIA REJECTS THE ULTIMATUM. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BROKEN OFF. AMBASSADORS WITHDRAWN. MOBILISATION OF TROOPS ORDER EH. Received 27, 12.15 a.m. London, July 26. There was much excitement in the European capitals throughout the day. The Russian Charge d'Aftaires ealled on the Vienna Foreign Office, and asked for an extension of time for the ultimatum, but he received ;. negative reply. It was then rumored that Servia would accept the ultimatum under protest, but early in the evening it was definitely announced that the ultimatum had been rejected.

Belgrade, July 2u'. The Cabinet is in cou-tant session. The Crown Prince asked the Opposition leaders to a. iept any decision the Govcrnrient made. At six o'clock M. Pasiiitck, Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs. personally visited the Embassy, and delivered the Servian Note. [ The Austria!: Minister immediately | left Belgrade with the Legation's stall'.' ! The King an.) the Government garrison have Ift Uei-aue W itl, the an hives of the Admiuhfration, which will \, K conducted from Kraeujeva's, a strong strategical po.-ition. Orders to mobilise troop-: were issurd at three o'clock. Tin- Crown Prince command* the troops at Belgrade, r.nt the city will not he seriously defended.

"AUSTRIA MUST DEAL WITH RUSSIA." Received 26, 5.5 p.m. St. Petersburg, July 25. The Xovoe Yrrmya. in a defiant article, declares that Austria must deal With Russia unless the ultimatum is Withdrawn, also because it is rcallv dint-ted against Russia. Kt'SSIA URGES CONFERENCE OF THE POWERS. AS OCCASION FOR DIPLOMACY. Received 26, 5.5 p.m. St. Petersburg, July 25. Cabinet had a four hours' meeting. It is understood that it resolved to ask Jiustria to prolong the time under its Ultimatum to enable Europe in diplofeac/ to exercise action. Obiaefi

CONCENTRATING THE GERMAN FLEET. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN BERLIN. AXIT-SERVIAN DEMONSTRATIONS. Received 27. 12.30 a.m. Berlin, July 2(>. The Kaiser was staving at Bergen, but immediately went Berlin-wards. All divisions of the German fleet have been ordered to concentrate at pre-ar-ranged places on the Norwegian const. There is great excitement in Berlin, the newspapers being snatched from the distributors. Tens of thousands were distributed gratis. A procession of twenty thousand at Under-den-Linden marched, singing the Austrian national anthem and soldiers' songs, cheering at the Bismarck and Moltke statues, and groaning and hooting outside the Servian and Russian Embassies. The procession was formed chiefly of students, clerks and shop essistants, who will have to go to the fr> nt if war breaks out.

So: ialists distributing anti-war manifestoes were roughly handled, and the manifestoes trampled underfoot. The Socialists are convening many meetings to submit resolutions denouncing war.

ENTHUSIASM IN AUSTRIA. "DOWN WITH SERVIA." Received 27, 12.30 a.m. Vienna, July 2«. The newspapers containing the result of the ultimatum were eagerly purchased. Crowds cheered the Emperor and the ' Kaiser. There was much enthusiasm at Budai pest, the capital of Hungary, when the [rupture of relations was announced. I Crowds paraded the streets, despite tor- ! rents of rain, crying, "Down with Serbia!" ; M. Povanovitsch, the Servian Minister, [has left Vienna. Twenty-two Austrian warships have assembled in the Bay of Cattaro. A partial mobilisation has been ordered. The Foreign Office has announced that if Serria at the present stage takes military measures she will have to pav »ery penny of the cost of Austria's mobilisation. RUSSIA IS READY. ABWTRIA'S NOTE ACCEPTED AS A

I CHALLENGE. [ Received 27, 12.30 a.m. [ St. Pctcrburg, July 25. I -at a Cabinet Council, the War Minister announced that Russia was in a state of complete' military readiness, The ultimatum was unanimously regard ■ ed m a direct challenge to Russia. •FFBOT ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. FURTHER FALL IX CONSOLS. Received 27, 1 a.m. London, July 20. The money markets nave closed in tie gloomiest state. Consols have dropped to 73'4, owing to the rumor of Russian mobilisation. There were even heavier falls in Paris and Merlin, and almost a panic at St. Petersburg, particularly in mining and banking shales. GERMANY UNRUFFLED. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Berlin, July 24. Ominous reports are current regardin? the military precautions in Austria in connection with the Albanian trouble. Th,- tone of the Berlin Bourse is uncertain, but the impression is that thearlier excitement was due to speculation and that Germany's equanimity is unruffled. The Government lias i ued a statement that Austria drafted the Servian Note without consulting German*', which will hold aloof unless another Power intervenes. I n that ease she will fulfil he,- duty towards her ally.