MARTIAL LAW

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1914, Page 7

MARTIAL LAW

PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT AUSTRIA-HUNGARY SUSPENSION OF JURIES AND LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. (Received July 27, 9.55 a.m.) VIENNA, 26th" July. Official decrees proclaim martial law throughout Austria and Hungary. The decrees order the suspension of juries, and the liberty of the press, and partial prohibition of the importation and exportation of goods. The provincial Diets and the Reichsrath have been closed and military censorship of telegrams established. DEMONSTRATION IN PARIS "DOWN WITH AUSTRIA!" PRIME MINISTER HURRYING HOME, (Received July 27, 9.50 a.m.) • ■ - ' PARIS, 26th July. Slav students and others held a demonstration outside the Austrian Legation, and shouted "Down with Austria!" They attempted to burn the Austrian flag. Several arrests were made. M. Viviani/the- Prime Minister, is returning from Russia, via.Berlin. BEFORE THE DECLARATION EXCITEMENT IN EUROPEAN ' CAPITALS. RUSSIA'S KINDLY OFFICES. LONDON, 26th JuJy. There has'been excitement in European capitals throughout the day. The Russian Charge d'Affaires called at the Vienna Foreign Office, and asked for an extension of time for the ultimaturn, but received a negative reply.. It was then rumoured that Servia would accept under protest, but early in the evening it was definitely announced that the ultimatum had been rejected... BELGRADE, 26th July. Cabinet is Jn constant session. The Crown Prince the Opposition leaders to accept the decision of the Government, to be made at 6 o'clock. M. Pasics, the Premier, personally visited the Austrian Embassy, and delivered the Servian Note. The Austrian Minister immediately left Belgrade with the Legation staff. The King, the Government, and the garrison left Belgrade with the archives, and the administration will be conducted from Kragujevacs, a strong strategical position. ■ ■ Orders to mobilise were issued at 3 o'clock'. The Crown Prince commands the troops at Belgrade, but the city is not seriously,defended. . [Kragujevacs is about 59 miles south-south-west of Belgrade. It is the main arsenal of Servia. In 1885 it was connected by a branch line with the main railway to Constantinople.]