Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 227, 4 August 1914 — Page 1

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GREY BACKED IN STAND BY THE CABINET , Viscount Morley and John Burns Tender Resignations Majorityeiennined on Defense of France. LONDON, Aug. 4. With a majority of the British cabinet in favor of the defense of France, and the maintenance of neutrality of Belgian and Holland, the mobilisation of the nary completed and that of the army ordered for today, the breaking point between Oreat Britain and Germany seems very near. Further clearance of the British cabinet of members opposed to the policy of the cabinet, came today when viscount Morely, president of the council, submitted bis resignation. John Burns, president of the local government board, resigned last night because of his inability to agree with the policy decided on. Lord Morley did not attend today's aaeeting of the cabinet. He submitted liia resignation as a protest against the war policy of the government. As a majority of the cabinet Is firmly determined to carry out the policy outlined by Sir Edward Grey In the house of commons, the acceptance of the resignation was expected. Commons to Decide. Sir Edward Grey's declaration to the commons that England is prepared to ct was repeatedly, cheered, but the members have not yet taken a vote on England's action, although the foreign secretary declared that the cabinet left? the final decision up to the house of commons. Arthur J. Balfour, one of the leaders of the opposition, said the speeches of those who criticised Sir Edward Grey's speech did not represent ' even . the views of the parties to which the speakers belonged. John Redmond, the Irish Nationalist leader, came in for a splendid reception as he left the house, the news of his speech In which he said every soldier could be withdrawn from Ireland, having preceded him. 8eek to Dodge Blame. Every power involved in the European conflict Is endeavoring to escape responsibility for the slaughter, devastation and suffering of what promises to be the world's greatest war. In its declaration of war against France, today, Germany sought to show that the republic was the aggressor In the movements along the frontier during the last three days. lue kaiser has also sought to lay at the door of the czar responsibility for the break between their nations. Rus(Continued on Page Two)

GERMAN STEAMER LADEN WITH GOLD RETURNS TO U, S. Cecilie With $10,000,000 in Gold Anchors at Bar Harbor After Abandoning Trip to Europe.

BAR HARBOR, Me., Aug. 4. The

North German Lloyd steamer Kron-

prinzessin Cecilie, carrying more than $10,000,000 in gold, and whose where

abouts has been more or less of

mystery since she sailed.. from New York last Tuesday, arrlved'in the harbor here today. " The Cecilie dropped anchor at 6

o clock, after a forced run of four,

aays, ner orncers rearing capture. ' With a cargo of ten millions in gold and a million in silver consigned to French and English bankers, with an

estimated value of more than five millions in herself, the Kronprlnzessln

Cecilie has constituted probably the

finest sea prize ever open to capture. All Port Holes Blanketed. As she crept along the Maine coast and into the harbor under the cover of night, each deck, at every porthole, was blanketed with canvas, so that no gleam of light betrayed her whereabouts. Her four stout stacks had been tipped with black paint, bo that she resembled an English steamship. She had 350 first class, 130 second class and 736 steerage passengers. About a third of the first class are Germans who sailed to anticipate the war crisis whose sudden precipitation drove them back to America. Most of the rest are Americans. Friday night while a dance was In progress one of the passengers noticed that the position of the moon had unaccountably shifted to the port side of the ship. Before the significance was realized the captain called the men into the smoking room. Nervous Laughter and Oaths. "Gentlemen," he said, "war has been

declared between England, France,

Germany and 'Austria. We are going

back to America. We have enough coal ;

for our return home and it is my ear

nest hope that we shall not be intercepted by foreign war vessels." There was nervous laughter, applause, oaths, congratulation protests

which gave way to a grave state of apprehension as the seriousness of the situation became apparent. Electric lights were turned off and

the ship was covered from prow to stern In a shroud of canvas.This smoth ered whatever beams of light escaped through chinks in the stateroom windows. According to the ship's log she was then 46.46 north latitude, 30.21 west longtitude. In two days she would have docked at Plymouth.

TAKES RELIEF ABROAD.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. The armored cruiser Tennessee was today selected by the navy department as the vessel to take relief funds abroad.

Aircraft

Fight First Battle

in Clouds High Above Earth

Giant Zeppelin airship (above) which will be used by Germany in her invasion of Russia, the English dirigibles Gamma and Beta,: and Gen?ral Joffre, the French war cpmmandcr, who will have charge of the French aerial fighters. A French aeroplane is reported to have spent Sunday dropping bomos into German cities. In a fight between a German dirigible and a French monoplane, the French craft rammed the big balloon and both air vessels fell to the ground. ;

JAPAN HELPS ALLY.

TOKIO, Aug. 4. Japan will assist England if the war spreads to the far East and that government is involved in It. Semi-official announcement to this effect was made at the foreign office today.

German and French Fleets Steaming Forth to Battle

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The German fleet (above) counted as the strongest in the world, with the exception of that of Great , Britain, which is reported to have met the French fleet (below) in the North Sea Sunday and fought with It the first great naval engagement of the present all-European war. In the lower picture the battleship Justice ' la shown in .the foreground, with the Verite following. . .. .

Govt, per day, If seven powers war ... $54,000,000 Anotherestlmate of a famous French statistician for four European powers, per day. 18,000,000 Herr Schaffle, former member of the Austrian cabinet, estimates the cost a day to France, Russia, Austria and. Germany would be: France 5,100,000 Russia 5,600,000 Germany 5,000,000 Austria 2,600,000

A daily expenditure of $54,000,000! That is the estimaed cost of armed conflict between, France, Russia, Germany and Austria. - With England and

the Balkan nations included the total is a much; higher sum.v .. At the time of the Russo-Japanese conflict there was much discussion of a possible European"war, although no one accepted it seriously at that time. M. Jules Roche, the famous French statistician, however, studied the problem carefully and estimated that war involving the four nations named would coBt $400,000,000 the first two months, or $6,000,000 a day each. Most of the conclusions arrived at

by M. Roche were based on figures of expenditures for previous warB. He allowed for the difference in cost, for modern warfare is much more costly even than warfare at the time of the Franco-Prussian war.

Summary of Cost. His calculations may be thus sum

marized:

In January, 1871, the actual cost per

day to the French treasury, according

to the BoreauLajanadie official report

was 16,000,000 francs, or $3,200,000;

this for 6,000,000 men under arms.

Conditions generally have consid

erably changed within the last thirty

years and warefare is now far more ex

pensive. To begin with, the number of

men under arms in France, on a declaration of war, would be far greater

than in 1870. France then began by put ting 600,000 men into the field;; but in the next great war in which she may be engaged, -her military organization is such that within forty-eight hours she can mobilize, in round numbers, 2,000,000 men and 600,000 horses and mules. The first troops to be called up would, be , the thirteen classes of active and active reserve troop. Each class number 160,000 men, so that the actual number of men to

I be mobilized at once would be 2,080,-

uuu. Against mis uermany can pu 2,550,000 men, the Austrians 1,300,000 and Italy 1,200,000 men. Considering that if France, Russia,

Germany, Austria and Great Britain went' to war there would be some

where near 10,000,000 men in the armies alone, not to mention the navies of the powers nor the armies of Servia, Roumania, Montenegro, Greece and other small nations either now involved or likely to become involved, it can be seen that H. Roche's estimate in reality is a conservative one.

MARCH ON CAPITAL. i-aRIS, Aug. 4. One hundred thousand German troops in three columns are advancing from Luxemburg to invade France. This information was o.ficially reported to the war depart

ment today by aero scouts who have

been operating in German territory.

REJECTS ULTIMATUM.

BERLIN, Aug. 4. It is semi-official-ly stated that Germany, has decided to reject the ultimatum from- England demanding assurances of Belgium's neutrality.

17 RUSSIANS DEAD.

POSEN, Germany, Aug. 4 Seventeen Russian soldiers were killed and fifty taken-prisoners today in a skirmish with German troops near Hohensola, eastern Posen. The Russians were today taken by surprise after they had crossed the frontier. .

TROOPS IN REPRISAL. TRIVET, France, Aug. 4. French troops are blowing up all German frontier stations. The Germans are wrecking French posts.

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French Ambassador Given Passports by Foreign Office at Berlin, While Great Demonstration Follows

KAISER'STROOPSAHACKED BY FRENCH

PARIS, Aug. 4. A squad of German cavalry that invaded France early today north of Nancy was completely annihilated, fifty being killed and fifty-five taken 'prisoners. The raiding force entered France with the purpose of destroying telegraph and telephone lines. They had reached Chavaeties, a little town fifteen miles from the border, where they were overtaken by a squad of French cavalry who went in pursuit when their invasion was reported. Seeking shelter within the houses of the villagers, they stood off the French troopers for an hour, but finally their ammunition gave out and those that were left alive had to surrender. The commander of the German soldiers blew out his brains rather than yield his sword. Two German patrols crossed the frontier in the Veseds mountains and destroyed numerous telephone boxes and cut the telephone wires. They escaped" to the border after the raid. Asks for Passports. This statement was issued by the war office this evening: The German ambassador has demanded his passports and diplomatic relations between France and Germany have been broken, off... War. is. declared. ; , ,, . .

"FHe first act of the Germans, according to information, a posi

tive source to the war office, was to execute M. Samain, president of the French War Society, who lived in Metz and imprison all members of the society.

AMERICANS CANNOT LEAVE. WASHINGTON, August 4. No Americans can leave Germany for the present. Through the German embassy at Newport, the state department has been informed that during the progress of mobilization, no foreigners will be permitted to depart. V WAR IS OFFICIALLY DECLARED. " ' PARIS, August 4. France and Germany are officially at war. The formal announcement was made in Berlin, where the foreign office handed to the French ambassador his passports. The news that Germany had actually declared war on France was made public here today. It was responsible for one of the greatest patriotic demonstrations in the history of the capital. Thousands of frantic men and women paraded the streets in military formation, waving the national colors and singing patriotic songs. General Joseph Jaffre, commander-in-chief of the French army, left Paris today for the frontier. The German army of invasion, which today crossed the frontier from Metz, near Mars-le-Tour, scene of the battle of Vionville, during the Franco-Prussian war, was attacked by French troops today. Fighting is reported in progress between skirmishing parties and a general engagement is looked for.

The German forces are said to include cavalry, infantry and artillery, and the officials of the war office say

they believe this is the advance guard of the main army that will try to take Paris. It had been expected that u general invasion of the province of Meurthe-Et-Moselle would be the first offensive movement undertaken, and the reports from Marsla-Tour have confirmed that belief. A strong French army is in the direct path that the

Germans must take, and It Is beUvd that an important battle can not be avoided. Mars-la-Tour is fourteen miles west by south of Germany's strong for tress at Metz. The' Germans have penetrated French territory at three points. They first entered Lionglaville, in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, a port of aid Lorraine, near Longway, and later invaded mem. Today they crossed near Mars-la-Tour.

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War between France and Germany is now an official declaration. All diplomatic relations between the two countries have been severed and the ambassadors have left their respective capitals. Both countries are dodging the responsibility of an actual declaration of war. The question of who actually was the first trespasser is a fine point which in all probability will have to be settled by a counsel of nations at the close of the war. ' Germany appeals to Italy to stand by the Triple Alliance of which it is a member, but Italy declined and re-asserts its intention to remain neutral. All French ports have been closed rendering conditions of American tourists desperate. The United States is considering sending $2,500,000 in a cruiser to France for the relief of stranded Americans. Ambassador Herrick has taken charge of Germany's interests in Paris. Turkey orders reservists of army and navy mobilized. Belgium has refused to reply to Germany's ultimatum regarding the passing of German troops over Belgium's territory and a declaration of war, by Germany against Belgium is expected. If Germany declares war against Belgium, England will be forced to assert herself.; : . ; ' . ---.-.v.- .,;;,.'--.

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