Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1916 — GERMANS ARE NOW FIGHTING PORTUGESE [ARTICLE]

GERMANS ARE NOW FIGHTING PORTUGESE

Declares War When Ultimatum Regarding Seizure of Ships is Ignored. Germany Wednesday declared war on Portugal and the Portugese government became the fourteenth nation involved in the world’s conflict. The German declaration was based on the act of Portugal of seizing without warning merchantmen in Portugese ports. This action, Germany charged, violated the existing treaties between the trwo countries and evidenced that Portugal “is a vassal of England.” To this note on March 4, Portugal replied with a communication to the German foreign office flatly refusing the German demands. In official circles it was hinted that as a result Spain will enter the war on the side of Germany.