SCIENTIFIC WAR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12306, 5 August 1914, Page 5

SCIENTIFIC WAR.

INFECTING AY.ELLS WITH cholera: Londou, August 3. r. i ? German Embassy has been rioti•V , - T ! le Chief of the General Staff hat a_ trench doctor and two assist- -.? ts w ho tried to infect th-e wells near j, lrore captured, court-mart jailed, iiad tiio.t, " ' "

| GERMANY'S LAME EXCUSES. [ FRANCE'S ACT OF WAR, | _ Paris, August 4. Baron Von Schoen delivered a letter declaring that French aviators had flown over Germany and Belgium, and owing to their acts of aggression Germany considered herself at war with France. M. \ ivaui pointed out prior molestations by Germany, and protested against the violation of Luxembourg and the ultimatum to Belgium. FRANCE REMAINS CALM. RAILWAY TRAFFIC CONGESTED. FUGITIVES HELD UP. Received August- o, at 10.10 a.m. Paris. August 3. The city is calm. ■ There are hundreds of men, women, and children, mostly Germans, at- the Gare-du-Nord (one of the Paris stations). waiting to leave, but the railway services are wholly used for military purposes. The mobilisation order instantly set the country in movement, and was responsible for extraordinary scenes. Men rushed about as if demented,, women fell on their knees and wept. Motor-cars, motor-cycles, horses and everything of use in military operations, were immediately requisitioned. M. Poincare, the President, has issued a proclamation emphasising France's strong efforts to secure peace, and says he now relies on the patriot-; ism of Frenchmen who arc ready to -do their duty. .