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FOUR Lateil! War ffews ad a ©bnae® ENGLAND London. —The British for* parii office has issued the fol lowing statement: “Owing to the eummary re jection by the German govern ment of the request made by hie Brittanie majesty’* govern ment that the neutrality of Bel gium should he respected, his majesty's ambassador at Ber lin has received his passports, and his majesty’s government has declared to the German government that a stale of war exists between Great Britain and Germany from 11 o’clock p. m., August 4th.” London. —A dispatch to The Central News from Amster dam says the Germans have captured Viser,, Belgium, a town with a population of 8,- 000 situated on the River Meuse, eight miles northeast of Liege. London.— Vice Admiral Sir John Jellicoe today assumed supreme command of the Brit ish home fleets with the acting rank of admiral. His chief of staff is to be Rear Admiral Charles E. Madden. The new naval commander in-chief took a prominent part in Admiral Seymour’s advance to the assistance of the lega tions at Pekin during the Box er rising. London.— An order was is sufd yesterday evening giving the government; control of all the railroads in Xlreat Britain. London.— Turkey has in formed Great Britain that the forces of the Ottoman empire are being mobilized. The mobi lization, Turkey says, is a pre cautionary measure and Tur key will remain absolutely neu tral. In some quarters, however, it is believed this step is being taken by Turkey in the fear that the Russian Black Nea fleet will attempt to force the Bosphorus and that Russia may even land troops on the Turk ish shores of the Black Sea and neize Constantinople. London. —ln the war Great Britain will take over all war ships now building in England for foreign powers, including two Turkish dreadnoughts •which are about compJeted. Work is being pushed on all British vessels in the hands of builders and repairers. London— The British admir alty officially announces that the Rovemment has taken over the two battleships—one com plete and the other nearly completed—ordered in Eng land by Turkey, and two de ntroyers ordered by Chile. The battleships have been named the Erin and Agincourt. London Thousands as sembled last night before Buckingham Palace until the king and queen, the Prince of V ales and Princess Mary ap peared on the balcony. The statues of military heroes throughout the city are being draped with flags. London. —Servian mobiliza tion hns been completed, ac cording to a Nish aispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. The Servian government has prohibited the sending of press dispatches which is taken as a prelude to the Servian invasion of Bosnia. London.— 2B steamers nre being held at Gibraltar and the Cunard Liner lvernia, now due there, also will be detained. Bailing of the White Star ■teamer Oceanic from South ampton August 12th has been cancelled. FRANCE Paris.—Mrs. Myron T. Her rick, wife of theAmericanam bassador, desires to join the French Red Cross and is only waiting to determine if official considerations would make her offer of her services unwise. “My wife,” said Ambassa dor Herrick, "feels that this is the greatest servi'ce she can do for humanity.” Count Du Monceau, who is organizing the French Red Cross, says that thousands of French women, including al most all the titled women of France and many American women are volunteering their services. Belfort.— A number of Ger mans were taken prisoners yes terday and brought into Bel fort. A squadron of the 11th French dragoons stationed in Belfort rendered funeral hon ors today at Joncherey to a German lieutenant, the first victim of actual conflict be tween France and Germany. Several hundred Alsatians, Swiss and Italians have enlist ed here and have demanded to he gent to the advanced out posts. Paris.—A Havas dispatch from Algiers says it is reported that French warships have sunk the German cruiser Pan ther. Paris.—A German detach ment entered the village of Monieville, in the department of Meurthe Etmoselle. A Par ish priest was killed. Em BEEP IN FRANCE Premier Addresses Chamber of Deputies---Wild Cheers Follow Speech Paris—Prrmlsr Vlvanl madr Trance’* •taten en* on war In the chamber of deputte* today Ml* remark* created deepest enthuslam. He detailed events of the t net fortnight, declurlna Ger many, "Irrefutably and logically Jus tlfted the act* of the Trench govern ment." During hla remarks the premier sntd "Trance he* been unjustly pro voked; she did not aeek the war; eha has done ell In her power to avoid It. Since war wan forced upon her, she win deTend herself against Germany end any other power who takes part by the side of Germany In the conflict "Against an attack which violate* all the laws of equity and all the rights of nattone, we have taken all neces sary disposition*," The house turned toward the Rus sian minister, M. Isswoltskr, who aat In the diplomatic gallery and cheered Russia, The premier continued: "Belslum ha* finOnoo men In srm* prepared to defend th# neutrality and Importance of their native land. The English fleet la mobilized to the small est \*s*el and and the English army Is mobilising." Th* deputies arose again, turned toward where the British ambassa dor, Sir Tranels Bertie, was sitting In the gsllrry and cheered wildly. Lusitania Sails For English Port New York,—The t'unard liner Lual- Uanla *all»rt at 1:15 this morning for England. Tha Lusitania carried I] firm dare, 77 second clae*. and 75 third class |«nim|tn It was learned that two British cruiser* th* Essex and th* Ijincaeter, war* off Bandy Hook. It was assumed here ihey would escort the Lusitania arroe* the ocean How to Overcome Sleepless ness !n th* August Woman 1 * Home Com panion Willhim j rromle writes a mod practical and Interesting erllcie entitled Every Girl Should Know Row to Stand. Bleep and Walk " Fol lowing I* hie advice as to how to overcome slccplesnrs*: To overcome eleepleseng** you should perform Intense mental wo-k during the first pert of the day; tfu. evening* should I** devoted to a uni form occupation In a uniform environ ment. and >ou should he careful to take a sufficient amount of muscular exercise If th* lung* ar* cramped by Improper posture they fall to get the proper amount of oxygen and do not throw off the wnat* and potsonou* matlara thay should. A warm hath will often draw th* Mood to th* »ur f«e of th* body end thus bring about sleep Those who persist In going over In their mlnda the affair* of the da' should alp a cup of *aem water •lowly or a glass of warm milk.* GERMANY Berlin Dr. Von Bethman- Hollweg, the imperial chancel lor said: “France was able to wait; we were not. A French ag gession on our flank would have been disastrous, and we therefore, were compelled to overrule legitimate protests of the Luxemburg and Belgian governments. We shall repair the wrong we are doing assoon as our military aims have been reached.” Berlin. —Shortly after seven o’clock yesterday afternoon Sir William Edward Goschen, the British ambassador, went to the foreign office and an nounced thßt Great Britain had declared war with Germany. He then demanded his past ports. ITALY Horae. —Germany made an appeal to Italy to stand with her, according to the Giomale d’ltalia. The news papers says the attention of the Italian government has been railed to what Ger many describes as hostile acts on the part of France which the German govern ment asserts constitute a ease coming within the terms of the treaty of al liance, even though on ac count of these acts the de claration of war came from Germany. The Giornale d’ltalia says it understands the Italian government will not change its attitude of nuetralitv. Tokio. The Japanese cruiser Chivoda, at Kure, has beemordered to proceed hurriedly to south China waters. Constant inople. —The Turkish government an nounced tonight it would observe neutrality in the crisis. Brussels.— lt is repo Ned here that following a de mand by the Germans for the surrender of the city of Liege an engagement ensu ed in which the German-' were repulsed. All Germans have been expelled from Liege and Namur. Algiers. —According to an unofficial report a French fleet has captured two Ger man cruisers, the Goebon and Breslau. BESIEGE LEGATION OF U. S. Copenhagen. —The Ameri can legation here was practi cally in a state of siege today. Nearly 1,000 American citi zens have reached this city from Hamburg whence they had intended sailing for Am erica on the Imperator and other liners. Most of them left their baggage in Germany. Some of the Americans will en deavor to reach America by way of England while others will sail on the Danish liner, United States. fHE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA. CANADA Quebec—The announcement that England and Germany were at war was received with the greatest enthusiasm in this I city, where English, French and Irish paraded together. Montreal—The steamer Vic torian, of the Allen Line,sailed from here today for England, with numbers of British and French army and navy reser vists. Toronto —Orders were re ceived from Ottawa last night to detail sufficient troops to guard the Welland Canal and locks. Montreal—News of the declaration of war was re ceived by Montreal citizens much as they might have heard the result of an election. They were practically unanimous in accepting 1 it as inevitable. Toronto. —The official an nouncement of the war decla ration came with a shock. Im mense crowds surrounded the newspapers offices and the streets resounded with cheers for the empire. Never since the memorable Pretoria night has this city wit nessed such a spontaneous out burst of patriotism. Ottawa, Ont.— As Canada's revenue has been falling and as borrowing in English is im possible, it is expected the gov ernment will impose special war taxes. The news that a state of war ■existed between England and Germany was received at the capital without popular excite ment. Ottawa. —The date for the meeting of parliament is Tues day, August 18th. The government ' decided that the representatives of the people should be assembled to express the representative voice of the country on meas ures for offence and defence, i The summons to the sena tors and representatives was 'sent out by telegraph imme diately after a cabinet council tonight. Ottawa— The Canadian gov ernment has decided to sum mon parliament to deal with the war situation. The date will be proclaimed today. WM. HI TABLOID London—Great Britain declared war on Germany last night. The momentous decision of the British government, for which the whole world had been waiting, came be fore the expiration of the time limit set by Great Britain in her ultimatum to Germany demanding a satisfactory re ply on the subject of Belgian neutrality. Germany’s reply was the summary rejection of the re quest that Belgian neutrality should be respected. The British ambassador at Berlin thereupon received his passports and the British government notified Germa ny that a state of war existed between the two countries. All Europe is in arms. On the one hand Austria-Hungary and Germany are opposed by Russia, France and Great Britain, Servia and Montenegro. Italy has declared her neutrality, but is mobilizing. Belgium, Holland and Switzerland have mobilized. The German demand that the Belgian government should permit the free passage of German troops through Belgium was answered by hasty preparations to resist such an advance across Belgian territory. Sweden has made no answer to inquiries from Russia and German regarding her attitude, but is preparing to defend her neutrality. Japan is making ready to live up to her alliance with Great Britain in case of certain eventualities. Spain is reported to be preparing a proclamation of neutrality. Austria-Hungary for the moment has retired from her campaign against Servia for the purpose of holding back Russia and Servia has mobilized with the reported inten tion of invading Bosnia. ILL IMIS USE SEINE MINED London.—•Arriving’ today on what probably will be the last boat for Horn® time from the Hook of Holland, W. T. Metzrath of New Brunswick, N T . J., reported that the harbor at the Hook was Leins' mined and that count less Americans were stranded in the Netherlands. He said: "At Hanover, Prussia, I saw a wo man and her two children with $2,500 In checks but without any cash. The American consul was unable to aid her. ‘'Americans, however, are showing \ ■plendfd spirit and are dividing their last crust. W® traveled for 24 hours j without food, locked in the cars all i night in cramped positions.” Weilegly Harrngton of Albany, N. V., on leaving Berlin, wag on the train for 30 hours without food. All gta- I Hops a rng the line had been taken |in charge by the government. He had hard work proving his citizenship. One American, he said, was arrested because he had a kodak and he was detained while the films were devel oped to show if he was a spy. All the touriats say the enthusiasm for war in Germany is past belief. PROCLAMATION WIDE NT HR Tokio.—A proclamation Issued Tues day l>y the government hopes for the speedy restoration of peace. It points out Japan's desire to remain neutral but says that should England partici pate In the hostilities and the pur poses of the Anglo-Japanesc alliance be threatened, Japan may be compelled to take measures for the fulfillment of ita obligations. Th* proclamation was issued after an extraordinary session of the cabinet and was gent rally Interpreted as pre paring the people for the action of the Japanese navy as soon as Great Brlt in's decision has been announced. The German fleet i s very active around Kiao-Chao and has alraady captured a Russian cattle steamer. It Is pointed out that Kiao-Chao may possibly he occupied by the Jan anose inth e event of a defeat of the German squadron in the far east, thus closing the Pacific ocean for the war vessels of Russia, France and Great Britain and permitting them to pro ceed to Europe undisturbed it they de sire to do so. Extraordinary excitement prevail* In Tokio. Anti-German Riot Antwerp; Expelled ATTACK CONSULATE. Antwerp— Serious anti-Ger man rioting occurred here to day. An angry mob sacked the German cases and restaurants and tore the escutcheon from the door of the German consu late. The police being unable to check the disorders, the Bel gian military government placed the city under martial law and ordered the expulsion ofall German residents. DUTCH TERRITORY. London —The Germans have invaded Dutch territory at Til burg. It is reported the German troops met with resistance aft er crossing the River Meuse at Eysden, Belgium. LONDON CROWDS GATHER AND CHEER THE WAR ANNOUNCEMENT London.—Excited and clamoroua youths marching through ihut area of London which corresponds with the Broadway district of New York may cause American visitors to car ry home reports that England is em barking on war with a light heart, but ihosa who know this country real ize the op posite is the truth. Young men have been parading through the streets, .carrying the union Jack and tricolors, with voci ferous cheering but the busiest sac tion of the metropolis has not been as crowded or as noisy as on minor occasions of popular excitement. Crowds gathered about the govern ment offices today and cheered the ministers whenever they appeared; the railway stations were filled with army reserves and territorials in khaki, but the great mass ot the peo ple went about their ordinary oceu pations with serious faces. Opposition to the war has been al most dissipated by the events of the past twenty-four hours except from sections of organized labor. Two i.iberal papers, The Chronicle snd The Dally News, have come Into line and are supporting the govern ment. David Lloyd-George, chancellor oT the exchequer, announced in the house of commons nis scheme for in suring shipping against war risks. IN SELF-DEFENSE, SAYS KAISER, SWORD GRASPED Berlin,—Emperor William opened the imperial parliament in person. He de livered an important speech from the thione, which was partly as follow*; •'The present situation arose not from ttmpoiary conflicts of interest or-dlplo .r.atic combinations, but is the r»suit of ib-will existing for years again the rtiength and prosperity of the German tn«pire. “We are not pushed on by the desire of conquest. We are moved by the un bending desire to secure for ourselves and those coming after us the place on tvs-eh God bus put us 'My governmen: a d, above ill, *ny chancel.or tricl iVY 1 the last nnmuit to prevent the worst happening. “We Grasp the Sword.” “In enforced self-defense, with clear conscience and clean hands, we grasp the 8 word. “To the peoples and ra?es of the Ger man empire my appeal goes for*h to stand together fraternally with our al Scareity ol Provisions Increases the Seriousness in Paris Paris. —The scarcity of provisions in Paris and the withholding of money by the French banks today increased the seriousness of the situation insofar as it affected Americans. Henry W. Piederich, the American consul general sent a cablegram to Washington asking for a relief ship. Elbert H. Gary and H. H. Harjes, chairman and secretary, respectively of the committee formed to aid Americans in Paris, have issued a circular which reads In part as follows: “The secertary has received the names of many hundreds of Americans who are here and he is learning their par ticular circumstances and desires con cerning transportation and so forth. The committee is obtaining the facts relating to their financial condition and the means of departure from France.” German Advance Through Belgium Was “Going Around The End”. London The vital importance of Belgium in a war between France and Germany lies In the fact that un lesa Germany moves across Belgium territory, neutralized by treaty, an In vasion of France would have to he through the heavily fortified French frontier proper. The entire northeastern frontier of France is, roughly, 440 miles In length. For a distance of about 250 miles this frontier line separate* France from Belgium and Luxemburg. Tha re mainder. about 190 miles, separates France from German territory. With the neutrality of Belgium ob served the scene of action would be re duced to the eplendidly fortified France-German frontier proper. This line of defense runs. broadly speaking, from Verndun to Nancy, to Epltnal, to Belfort and to Besancon. Each one of these villages Is the can ter of a group of fortifications extend King George’s Manifesto. London.—-The prolamatlon which boar* the signature of King George •ays: •'Where**, the present state of public affair* in Europe is such as to constitute an Imminent nations! danger, we strictly command and en join our subject* to obey nnd conform to ail Instructions and regula tions which m»v be Issued by us or by our admiralty snd army coun cil. or hv any officer of our navy and army, or by any other person act ing In our behalf for securing .he object* aloresa d; and not to hinder or obstruct but to afford all th* assistance in their power to any perse acting In acco.tlsnce with such Instruction* In Ui« execution measure* taken for securing those object*" WEDNESDAY. AUGUST % "Because this scheme is promul gated in the midst of an emergency." said the chancellor, "it is not in any sense a panic scheme prepared in an emergency.” The committee of imperial defense hag labored on the plan for more tljan a year he asld. Its aim was that iu case of war British commerce sboul4 not be interrupted by inability to se cure war risks and to insure that in surance rates should not go so high as to cause any considerable rise in prices. “We are perfectly convinced," he continued, "that with the protection o. the British navy we can make cer tain of that vital condition ’ 1 The chancellor expressed the hope that the time for putting the scheme into operation had not arrived but it it had the plan would relieve the anx iety of shipping Interests. The government today took control of railroads. Th* complete preparations ot tile government to place all the machin ery of the country on a war footing came as a revelation to the people, who have grumbled over the govern-1 ment'g supposed backwardness in military organization. Fitld Marshall Earl Kitchener un doubtedly will take charge of the army. lies In defense of that which we iiav* created in peaceful work. "Following the example of our fore fathere, firrn and faithful, earnest, and chivalrous, humble before our Gi.l anl ready to fight when in face of tha enemy, let us confide oursdves to the everlasting Almighty, who will strongm en our defense and conduct it to a good ind." Directly Addressed. At the conclusion of his speech ftom the throne the emperor addresser tha deputies directly, saying: “Gentleman: You have read what I said to my people the other day from the balcony of my castle. I rsptat now that I no longer know any parties. J know only Germans and in order to tea tify that you are firmly resolved witnov.t distinction of party to stand by »«- sbiw through danger and death I rail upon the leaders of the different par’ies In this house to come forward and lay their hands in mine as a pledge." The committee asks that the Ameri cans be ‘‘patient and calm.” “We believe there is no cause for alarm,” says the circular. The United States embassy yesterday issued about 1,000 certificates of Am erican nationality an dthe consulate general handed out as many more. All day at the embassy the crowd never numbered less than 1.300. All the men employed in the sador's house have t now gone or :*re go ing to join the colors. The embassy ’s so short of cash, owing to the reques*# of American citizens that there was rot erough money to pay off the servants in full. The military' administration has taken over all stocks of arms in the retail shops as a precaution against rowlU*. It also has requisitioned and paid for many thousands of bicycles. ing northwest and southeast and all facing th* German border. Each haa its outposts and Its flanking protec tion and the line Is said to be virtual ly continuous for the greater part of the entire distance between Luxem berg and the Swiss border. Behind thle line of fortification* France has a second line of defense, broadly speaking, running parallel Rheims to Chalons and to Verdun and from ''halor.e to Langree, to Dijon and and to Besancon. This second line of line of pprotection i» from SO to 120 miles from I’aris and the first fron tier line of fortifications, Is roughly speaking, from 140 to 220 miles from the French capital. The French fron tier from the Straits of Dover to Ger man territory, the line which sepa rates France from Belgium and Lux emburg. also Is well protected. Thus a German advance through Belgium Is. in effset, "going around the end."