The World in Arms

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3091, 11 August 1914, Page 5

The World in Arms

ON THE EVE OF MUCH BLOODSHED. Britain Declares War against Germany. PATRIOTISM OF THE COLONIES. BRITAIN'S FIRST BLOW. German Mine-laying Vessel Torpedoed. SIR E. CARSON'S MESSAGE. Heavy Fighting in Belgium—Bs,ooo men engaged at Liege. Severe German Losses—2s.ooo Casualties acknowledged. GERMANY ASKS FOR AN ARMISTICE BUT BELGIUM REFUSES. Rumoured Battle in the North Sea. HOLLAND DECLARES WAR AGAINST GERMANY. GERMANY SENDS AN ULTIMATUM TO ITALY. Kitchener Praises New Zealand Soldiers.

Wc'li. et'>n, AU7. ."i | Hi« ExceW'a _ t.e Give, n , It is l announ ed that war has been de- j clared hy Eiiu'.an I 4'. r a'ii>t G Tina y. • Lnmbn. Airaia ! j Baron vhi Sch m the German \m- j

hassado'. has quiae! Paris. Germany j has de''a "1 a -ta'e of war. Renter con r itms the G n Note to Belirum 1 declaring her inter i>n to n-- Be;- j gian te-ritory, if n-'cassiry. Sii{ E. GREY S SBEIH il. In the House of **->'n*iion< ' E. Grey spoke for ninety mintre-. lie declared: "I was asked if ann«'d - rport ! wou'd he given, md re-die I that I couid pronii-e n'> f hin*r uii'-s k r>- ' ceived the who'e-ho-rtod «ir p rt of public opini n. hut I ti 'he ' French and G •:•?!• ••. A* m- i i'»rs j that if war w f .reed on France. I punlie opinion would ra 11 > r.emd j France. "My own opinion is t ha: i' a j Foreign fleet came and haltered j the undefended coasts of France, j we wou'd not stand with arms Md- . ed. disi-ass onate'y dam: n->thi:,' ' Sir E. Grey concluded:—"!' the; situation develops. as seems pro I liable. we will fa it. [ oelieve i thai \vhen the e uintry realises 1 what the stake is it will support j the Government with de.erminaii<m. 1 resoiuim. .ind endurance."—Loud cheers. Mr Redmond sai l that in time oast : when the Empire was ensured in terrible enterprise-* the sympathy of the Nationalists in I-eland had altered the situation. The wider , knowledge of Irish uis ton hid altered the view of British democracy towards Indmd. and lie h iiiesth he-, lieved that I-ish demo-rai-v wi'l turn '

with tin* utmost a;i\i<■ tv ,t;i' 1 sympathy tn Britain in every tri t' ami danger pos-ible. The fii>*- ry nf 1 77s . would ho reoe itel. when lO'i.Ono v >l- - sprang into existence to rlt' r cii<i Ireland from invasion. BELGIAN TROOPS MOBILISED. | 150.000 TROOPS CALLED IT.

Brussels. August One hundre i ind fifty thou-and B' ician troops have heen mobilised to defend lie - neutrality. Twe::tv--ix tlnti-anl tr o: s- ar" encaged diLrjriii tr trenches between the forts. St. Peter-burg. All?. 5. The Czar addressing a crowd before the Palace said tiiat Ru-s;a would never make peace until her enemies l.i<t soldier had left Russian territory. Thousands of people demons! ra <■ ! before the British "Embassy and >ir Geo rue Buchanan (British Atnti.a.-sad-dor) was frantically cheered. lie declaring that England was in perfect sympathy with Russia. Sir K. Carson has advised all I 1ster volunteers who are liail' to he called out. to respond inline ii.itoly as their first duty is to the Kin?. London. August j. At thief o'clock this morning it was. reported that the Belgians had rerulsed the Germans at Liege. The Germans have entered Switzerland. thus violating the treaty. They crossed the French frontier near Saint Marcellian.

THE SINEWS OF WAR. GOVERNMENT WANTS HUNDRED MILLIONS. BRITAIN'S HUGE NOTE ISSUE. London Augu.-t The Government is asking for £100,000,000 to-morrow, and is issuing three million pound and ten shilling notes notes on Friday, and afterwards live million daily. SEIZURE OF GERMAN SHIPPING, j, La-t evening the Belgians seized the Norddeutscher-LLoyd liner One;-, senau at Antwerp, and turned pa-- , senders out, including many A list ra- , lians with return tickets. The> <uf- : fered great hardships and some reach- j ed London almost penniless. The Agents-General are arranging . their passages hy an English vessel.

STATEMENT FROM dABAN. Tokio. Aumist (i. The Foreiirn Office lias issued a statement reiteratim; the statement that Japan will take the necessary metsu.es to discharge her onligations to Britain. GERMAN LINER SINK. TWO GERMAN GRI'MiRS GABTIRED. GERMAN' LOSSES ENOKMOI'S. I. union. A iiust (i. It is offioi-.Hy announced t.hat tin' I>'i;i-hd est r> \ er. Am• •h i -11. sink the Ham'ur<:-Amerikan liner. KoenL'i.i Louise, which was heim: utilised for layiiu; nrnes.

\ r o'clock in the morirm: the A ini ■ h:oii o hiltli t the K .eniu'in Louise, app * M-hint: the mouth of the Thames and torpedoed her. The liner sank with ail hands. BRI'SSELS. Auit. C. It is uti'K-ia'lv stated I'l'iat fierce took place on the environs o r Lie.'e earlv t his moriiim;. AII German attacks were repulsed and no tie' man who pis-ed the forts .survived. (hie lic'-'um soldier ihim: himself o-i The (; •• in in ranks, ki'l- d four men and rear; e 1 to his comrades. The general situation at Belgium ieX<*e 11 en t. I ? is reporte 1 that Fort Liers "■ ii*e I two rcLrimeats id cavalry, which crossed the Mouse. The fort a's'i n»-e\-ented the infantry from c'o-s;n-. Brussels Auu r fi. The (! e■ min tro ios huilt a hridire rt Ve ;• the Mouse at Vise, a Bel/ium T'lV. II I:o ir I. e-e hu' the forts desf lived [, iter the German cavalry r e |o j tly r;\-or aI. m\ e \'ise. The lurn War ();lice reports

that tlie Gc man lo—e- are enormous. Eight bundled woiinde I Germans are coining to Bru--els. L'Tid'in, Augu-t ."). The Frenc.h fleet oiT Algiers eaptu' ed the German battle cruiser G >eben, and the cruiser Bre-lan. They sank tie' gunlioat Panther. The Bie-lau i- an armoured cruiser of (17* ton-. h.p., 2ii.7.") knots having an armament of 12 4.1 quick-firers and two machine guns. The Gni'Pii is a nattle cruiser (-i.-ter ship to the Moltke), 22,(>1(i tons, .Y2,OU'i n.p., 20.0 knots speed ami curies in 11 : n guns. 12 quickliters, and 12 3.1 quick-firer-. The Panther is a gunboat eommis--'oned in IWH. i- '.177 ton-, 18.a knots •ced with two 1.l quick-firers. The uli will tie remembered owing t'i . • notoriety she attained at the time of the Agadir incident.

ERMAN LOSSES. London. August 6. An engagement in the 'North Sea is officiary reported. Eighty German pri-oner- were taken. There were no British casualties. Official intimation has been received' at Grimsby, Hull and Haw ich which' -ugge-ts that an engagement ma> have occurred in the North Sea. The Daily Mail's Tientsin correspondent reports that the German' cruiser Em den engaged the Russian cruiser A-kold at We-hai-wei. Both' were sunk. < August ■ The Daily Telegraph's Rheinis cor-' resjondent sa\s that Monday's fight' at Longwy, acros- the French border,' was more important than is revealed iu the official despatches. It is believed that five to ten regiments of German cavalry made a'

dash through Luxemburg. and tried to slip past and hold positions lie-' tween Verdun and Me/.ieres. The old fort at Lonuwv gallantry withstood the attack, and thanks to' the fire of its (latteries and the havoc' ot the machine iruus. the fury of the German onslaught was nroken. After a stubborn liirht, in which BM'ioO to 15,000 were en:ra'_ r od. the» German cavalry retreated, leaving con>i<leiMfj'e number of dead and some wounded. There were few French' ea.-ualties owing to the protected po.si-; tions. MR ITU'S SPEECH. PROTECT! NC SMALL NATIONALITIES. AN APPEAL FOR TROOPS. LORD KITCHENER WANTS HALF

Many German vesse,- ii.iv neen seized in British ports, inclu liii.' th»Elfried at Bristol, the steamer Franzholm ;inil the i»;« •;'» ' Perk':- at Dover; the steamer Alt""t Diment at Tyne. the Dryad. Warriir.:t'in a:id Bel,da at Newport, W a'e , and -evral colliers at' Blythe. GENERAL SIH lAN HAMILTON. COMMANDS HOME FORCES. LORD KITCHENER AS WAR SECRETARY. London. August 5. General Sir lan Hamilton commands the Home Army. Lord Kitchener has accepted the Secretaryship of ar.

GERMANS IN NEW SOITH WALES Sydney. Au'/u.-l (». A meeting of Germans in the Wallawalla district adopted a resolution of un-we-v.n- T > yhlly to the British flajr and a-> Aus'r i!:an born they ar# 1 prepare i !'> -tand -houMer to shoulder with Australians and jrive their Moid and rnonev to tlie defence of the country and British flair no mattor who th« invaders may bo.

A MILLION MEN. London. August li. In a statement in the Hou>e of Commons Mr AsqiPth said:— i "Britain has unsheathed her sword ; to protect small nationalities against the arbitrary will of an overmastering Pov. o". ulmw promises are not trustworthy. Britain would be degraded if we a'luwed Germany to purcha.se onneutrality at the expense of our o e mi ol Eva i' hi -. Germany's proposal meant that we >hou!d, behind France's I back. -Tve Germany five license to i annex the whole of France's domin- ! "fin-; mi' ide Kiroee. What would be i the British position if in the face of i our obligations we consented to such ! an infamous proposal ? What were we j to get in return for betraying our | friends and dishonoring our obliga-

tions? Merely a promise as to what Germany would do in certain contingencies—A promise given by a Power which at that moment had the intention of violating her own treaty engagements and was inviting us to do the same. If ;t.he Government had temporised in such a moment we would have covered ourselves dishonour and betrayed the country's interests. Xo one ever entered into a great conflict with a clearer conscience and stronger conviction that we are fighting, not for aggression nor our own selfish ends, but for the maintenance 01 principals vital 4io civilisation."

On Lord Kitchener's behalf he asked for half a million additional men. He was encouraged by the fact that India was sending two divisions, and every se'f-governing colony had spontaneously tendered to its utmost limits men and money, but the Motherland must set the example while responding with gratitude and affection to filial overtures.

Germany Declares War Against Italy.

Holland Declares War Against Germany.

SEVEN GERMAN REGIMENTS SURRENDER.

British go to Relief of Belgians.

Depression in Berlin.

Germany asks for 24 hours' Armistice but the Belgians refuse.

Germany lias declared war atrainst Italy and Holland has declared war airainst Germany..

The hank raw has lowered to 5 pet'i 1 111.

There is no news of tho North sea cirrairement, hut the German fleet is said to tie hotly pursued, making for a Dutoll port.

The Germans acknowledge losses minit e:~:iiir 'io.OOO ln-fore I/pvo. Seven Gcmian regiments surrendered. There is irreat depression in Berlin.

Kngland is despatching troops to the relief of the Belgians. who so fai have heen a hie to hold their (Own.

The British made an important oaplure of German tneivantile marine on the South American coast. The Kaisc* «vills on every ahlehodied Germ an to rally to the support of the Fatherland. An extraordinary message to the I'iess Assoeiati< n marked official, says that a message from Brussels states that the Germans have asked for 24 hours' Armistice. The Germans acknowledge 25.000 casual ties.

Brussels. Auu'ust S

It is reported that Germany's re ijue-t for an armistice has r»een re filled. A divi-ion of Gemany cavalry ford ell the river Meii-e to the north siih

of and was practically anni hilatcd. Seven regiments surrendered. London. August fi.

The Daily Chronicle's correspondent roport.- that the third torpedo noat flotilla went into action immediately ift e • leaving port on Wednesday and returned very little injured. Twenty-two Germans and six British were wounded and taken to the hospital at Hawick. I'ari.s. Auirust (i.

It is officially announced that Norway has notified France tat she will defend her neutrality despite German threats. ONE HEN'DRED MILLION VOTE.

Londin. Aug. (>

hn the Hou>e of Co.mmons Mr As<|Uith, in t he course of a speecn askin? for a vote of a hundred million pounds, said that none know netter than Ministers the terrible, incalculable suffering associated with war. With that awful overpowering consciousiiess they have thought it tlieir duty as ell as in the,.interests of the country, to go to war. He was sure tin* country would agree that they would uiisheath the sword m a just cause --(Loud cheers). SORROW IN' GERMANY.

A Dutchman exie'led from Cologne states that in (i'Tinany a' 1 is sorrow, anxiety and lethargy. Women and eliildrcfi arc weeping, men .are depressed. and nowhere are flags displayed. Marching soldiers do not sing. All men from eighteen lo fifty have Ih-cii called to the colours. Children are gathering the harvest. MESSAGE FROM EOR1) KITI IIENER

NEW ZEALAND'S BRAVE SONS

Wellington, August !)

Tne Prime Minister has received tic in 1 1 i\\ in- un's-age from the High ( o:: iiii-- i jmv. dated London, August s \t invitation of Lord Kitchener 1 -;iw him this morning at the War Olli-e. He said ■ 1 desire to tender my sincere t hanks and appreciation to the Gnvet mm lit and people of New Zealand for their prompt, generous and valuable offer of material help." The cable continues- Lord Kitchener especially values the type of men New Zealand can send. He knew their valour and devotion and he will see that all care is taekn of New Zealand'- brave sons and feels that they will show a continuance of the same ce-ouree ti ml courage in the lield whieh thoy displayed in South Africa. The Dominion's honour would lie -a!'-' in their hands. He wished ane to semi that message I) the Government and people of New Zealand.'