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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-8-20, Page 7JAPAN SENDS ULTIMATUM Distuntling of Forts and Disarming of Ships In. sisted Upon A despatch from Tokio .says Japan has sent an ultimatum to Germany demanding that elie with- draw liter warships, and evacuate Kiao-Chau. Unless Germany un- eenditionally .accepts by August 23 Japan will take action, Text of Ultimatum. "We consider ;it highly important and necessary in the .present situa- tion to take measures to remove the causes of all disturbances' of the peace in the Far East and to safe- guard the, general interests as con- templated by the- agreement of .alliance between Japan and Great Britain, "In order to •secure a firm and. enduring peace in eastern Asia, the establishment of which is the aim of the said .agreement, the-Imper- ial he- Imper-ial Japanese Government sincerely believes it to be its dutylo give•S the advice to the Imperial German Gov- ernment to carry out the following,, two propositions :---- , Immediate Withdrawal. "First—To withdraw immediately from, Japanese and Chinese waters German men-of-war and armed ves- sels of all kinds, and to disarm at once those which caunot be so withdrawn. "Second—To deliver on a date, not later than. September 15 to the Imperial Japanese aubhorities, without condition or compensation, the entire leased territory of Kiao- Chau, with a view to the eventual restoration of the same to .China." SIR W. EDWARD GOSCHEN, pritish Ambassador in eBrlin, who deliveredthe, British declaration of War. 4 GERMAN OFFICERS ,SLAIN. Were Making 'Observations •of Rus- sians in Airships. A despatch, from St. Petersburg says: Unprecedented .secrecy sur- rounds, the army movements; regi- ment after regiment has left, no- body knows whither, and even the commanding officers :are ignorant. Before their departure each re- ceives sealed orders to be opened at specified hours. The Russians, after a sharp •encounter, drove back the 1st •.and 21st German army' corps, who were endeavoring to 00- eupy Eydtkuhnan. A message has been received from Vilnastating that a German .aeroplane, which was making observations of Russian military movements in the Polish Government of .Suwa:lk, was fired upon and brought down with a crash. Its occupants, four German officers, were killed, according to the despatch: SILK FOR ENGLAND. Shipment From New York Will Be Convoyed by Warships. A despatch from Chicago says : Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds of Japanese silk -were rush- ed through here on Thursday for shipment to England. The con signmene, which was shipped in bond and closely guarded by secret service men, was the second in- stalment of a total shipment of nearly a million pounds which will go forward to England this week, wording to plans, under convoy of two British warships. The silk will be put on a White Star liner and the warships will pick the mer- chantman up outside the three-mile limit. JAPAN ALREADY AT WAR. "To Cavy Out to the Full Its Obligations." A despatch from London. says: The Daily Telegraph . learns from a diplomatic correspondent that the • Japanese Government intends to carry out bo the full its obligations. under 'the•,Anglo-Japanese Treaty. The correspondent says that bhe Japanese navy has put to sea and will co-operate with the British fleet' in taking effective ,action against the enemy's ships in the. Pacific. • TERRIBLi CARNAGE... Germans riven Back Trying to Rush Liege Forts. A despatch from • Brussels, via Landon, says The Germans • sus- pended the bombardment of bhe Liege forts on the .right bank of the river and concentrated all their efforts'"on • those to the west of the town. - Fort Pontisse and the neighboring forts resisted extreme- ly well the fierce German 'attack. The Germans have been trying to rush Pontisse . by main force, t o longer relying_upon siege artillery. They have been unable, however, to get beyond the glacis of the font, where they have been mowed down by the .fire of the defenders. The besiegers were provided with bun- dles of wood and mattresses with which .to fill up the ditches about the fort, but they •were unable to make use of them. Fort Liers, which is just west of Pontisse, has lent efficacious assistance to . the latter fortification.. The object of the Germans obviously is to seize the forts on the left bank of the Meuse, --which in the hands of the Belgians would be terribleweapons against them. . On the other hand, these forts in the hands of the Ger- mans would serve as -a base for ac- tion directed against the Belgian centre or for defence against the Belgian .attack. The attack is- de- veloping great fierceness, the Ger- mans • being mowed down at •eve•ry attempt to carry the fortifications. Terrible German carnage resulted from the last attack. NUMEROUS- TRIUMPIIS. Recorded by Aviation -Branch of French Army. A despatch from London says: The aviation branch of the French army has won aeveral triumphs, of which the most brilliant is that near the Woevre River in Lorraine,. where a German aeroplane flying .at a Height: of 3,000 feet was brought to earth by rifle fire from • the ground which disabled the motor. Two German officers, who were piloting the ;aeroplane, are prison- ers. German aviators dropped bombs in the Department of the Meuse, but nobody was injured. The peak of .Saales, in the Vosges, and the Village of Saales have been occupied by French artillery, facili- tating the infantry advance into Alsace. BELL TELEPHONE CO. HELPS. • Will Holli. Positions Open for Ein- ployes Sent to the Front. A despatch from Ottawa Ottawa says : The executive of the Bell Telephone Company has announced that em- ployes who are +sent to the ,front in the present war will have their posi- tions kept open for them, and those whose families are dependent upon, and not otherwise provided for, will receive ' half -pay during their ab- sence in the field. , ANOTHER PRIZE. Armed Steamer Captured in British . Central Africa. A despatch from London -says : It is officially announced from Ny- assa Land, British Central Africa, that the Government eteaamer: Guen dolin yesterdayc surprised and cap- tured • the German armed (steamer Van Wissonar, on the eastern shore of Lake Nyassa:. NAVAL HGIIT IN ADRIATIC Two Austrian Ships Sunk, Third Afire, and Fourth Put to Might by French A despatch from London says: A despatch from Reuter's Telegram rftCo., Nish, under` date of Sunday, says : A naval battle� between French .and .Austrian warships began off Budua,J Austria, in the Adriatic, at „a o'clock this morning, The rrench SIR JOHN FRENCH, who has been appointed Inapectori General of the British army. SOCIALIST LEADER SHOT. Refused to Perform Military Ser- vice for Germany. A despatch from London Stays : The Daily Citizen, organ of the Labor party, says it was learned from a reliable authority that Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the German So- cialist leader, has been shot for re- fusing to do military service. The Daily Citizen says thatthe story was brought to London by a Ger- man refugee, who reported .that Berlin, owing to the .shortage ; of food, was in a virtual state of revo- lution. Dr. Liebknecl t was .an offi- cer of the reserves,' and was called upon for service. He refused, to respond on conscientious. grounds, whereupon, according to 'the lstory,. a detachment of soldiers was sent to his residence. He was taken to the military barracks and . court- martialed. After a short trial he was convicted and shot by a pla- toon of infantrymen. It is also re- ported that Rosa Luxemburg, the noted Socialist writer, who declared that soldiers ,were maltreated in the army, has been, shot. THE MAIL SERVICE. Postmasters Not to Accept it For Certain Countries. A despatch from Ottawa, .says: The Post -office Department has is- sued the following memorandum : "The British _ Post -office advises that the mail service •between the nited Kingdom and Germany, Ger- man colonies, Austria-Hungary and Luxemburg is entirely suspended and that mails for other European -countries can be received for de- spatch as opportunity offers, but bhat all services are irregular and uncertain. In accordance with this, postmasters -throughout the Do- minion will, until further advised, not .accept mail matter for Ger- many, German colonies, Austria- Hungary and Luxemburg for on- ward transmission by our Canadian service to the United Kingdom." squadron, coming from the south- west, attacked the AustIlan war- ship et arshipet • "Two Austrian ironclads were Bunk a third was set on fire, and a fourth fled nor•thwa:rds toward Cat+taro, The fight lasted over an hours: SURiXT. Uo OT, dN B,ELO, Jury Finals iliac Xtespoa►sible for L''1!'eaelA Reservist's ''Death. A despatch from ,Montreal says: Sergeant G. II. Hootene of the Montreal Heavy Brigade, who shot and killed Antoine Notter, a French Army reservist, at, the drill hall on Friday when he .failed to halt at the'eonammeel of the soldier,: will not .go to war. He was held criminally responsible For the deed by the' Coronet'.s,Cow b Ari enorm- ous orowd"jammed every inch' of space in and around the court, and many witnesses were examined. The •evidence seemed to show that Netter did not understand a word of English, and , had been killed without any idea that he was dis- obeyiug the order,.ef the sentry, In summing up, Coroner McMahon re- marked that Heater had, ter his own admission, ordered the man to move on, and then when he was moving, had called on him to halt. It was .for disregard of this order that the shot was fired, The Cor- oner said he considered the sentry's excuse that he thought the deceas- ed was about. to ,pull ;a revolver a poor one. Hooters was taken to the drill hall under a:,military guard. TILE GERMAN VERSION. Claim to Rave Taken 2,000 French; Prisoners in Alsace. GERMAN CAVALRY OFFENSIVE And Are Once 'More Dri'i-en Back By the, Belgians. A despatch from London says : The War Office announces: The Belgian army has won victories in the district around Haseelt against German cavalry, which was trying to take the offensive again after its defeat at Diest. German infantry is moving toward Vise and Tongres. AUSTRIAN LINER BLOWN UP. More Than One Hundred and Fifty on Board Perished. A despatch from Triest, Austria, nays: It is officially ,announced that ,the Austrian -Lloyd merohant liner Baron Gautseh struck :a float- ing mine of Lussin, Dalmatia, and was destroyed, 150 of the crew were killed, and the remainder, 130, were saved. Dalmatia is •a narrow strip of Austrian territory on the Adriatic. ADMIRAL VON "TI PI`fZ, Coromande,r of the C,n.man naval eoreeo . BATTLE CONTINUED ALL DAY Infantry Action In Morning and Artillery Duel ii'i Afternoon A deepatch from London :saes : The Times correspondent at Namur, Belgium, who +witnessed the fight- ing at Dinant, Saturday, gays : "The battle .occupied,a .hole day, w but was made up of ,two actions. The first oocupied-fror morning un- til 2 o'clock in the aufternooe.:' The second occupied the remainder of the afternoon. Froin early Morning, when the Germans took possession of'a part of Dinant, on the left bank of the Meuse, and a regiment of French infantry advanced at the same time from the south to the north and occupied the other side of the town, skirmishes between the Cato forces proceeded throughout the forenoon. In the afternoon the fighting took ,the form of an artil- lery .engagement: The French in - A despatch from New York says: The,. first despatch direct from Ber- lin uncensored by the .authorities taf the nations at war with Germany was received on Thursday by the Associated Press through the medi- um of the Goldsohmidt. Wireless Company's station at Tuckerton, N.J. The message contained the important information that during the fighting at ,Muelhausen con- siderably over 1,000 French officers and soldiers were taken prisoners by the Germans, whoalso cantured four cannon, while in another :fight with the French on the border of Lorraine, further to the north, the Germans also took 1,000 prisoners. The despatch adds that German soil has been cleared of French troops. SOLD HIS COUNTRY. Wireless Operator on Eiffel Tower Convicted. A despatch from Paris says : A Frenchman •'accused of espionage was condemned to death by a court- martial which sat in camera:, This is the first case of espionage since the declaration of war. The censor will not allow the : publication of his name. Be' was arrested on Aug- ust 3, and a report on •aviation sta- ti' ns and the Eiffel' Tower wireless °' terineotion was -in his possession. The Frenchman handed these docu- ments to a detective mistaking him for a German spy. ''It is said the Frenchman was a commercial em .ploye of the War Office. It is ad- mitbed he visited the Eiffel Tower once or twice a day. His duty was to send out true news in German and English. BOMBS FROM AEROPLANES. Dropped in Namur and Five Are Wounded. A despatch from London says: The London Times, in a war extra, prints ,a despatch from Namur say- ing that eight bombs have fallen in various parts of the city from a German aeroplane. One of these fell , on the Domalius bridge, wounding five men. The Place de 1a Gare, nearby, was crowded with civilians at the. time, all watching the evolutions of a German aero- plane and •a Belgian machine.• The latter was velplaning to earth. The crowds saw a flash from the German machine and then the bomb struck the bridge. . The legs of oneof the victims of the bomb were shattered. A hdle two feet square ,and eight inches deep was torn in the bridge. Later a bomb struck the roof of the railwaystation, covering the plat- form with broken glass. No one was injured. GOVERNMENT IIELD UP. fantry withdrew from the town into the woods at the side of the Meuse, four miles fromthe river. The are billery then took eharge of the _bat- tle. At the same moment a French infantry regiment, advancing along the 'Meuse on the right bank from Houx, at the south of Namur, flung itself on the Germans in the town,. and, aided by artillery, drove them off. Then from 3 o'e1oclr until a the twoarmies were engaged in an artillery duel across the town. It was always the Germans who were retiring along the hills to the south of the town`.anecl always the French -who moved their batteries little by little. Gradually the French drove the Germans southward probably along the road to Han -Sur -Leese, pursuing all the time with infantry and chasseurs." ' NOTHING CAN STOP. IT! Neither Wars nor Rumors of War Affect the Canadian Exhibition. It was thought at one time that war and its troubles might in some way affect the Canadian National Exhibition but as time wore on, and the rush of entries became heavier than ever before and the. demand for epace nearly doubled the supply, while every other de- partment showed a big .increase, it became evident that the Big Fair at Toronto keeps right on going and growing no matter what happens, In so far as the attractions are con- cerned, the splendid bill announced earlier still stands, the only change being that the Grenadier Guards Band will necessarily be absent. However, its dates have been filled by the engagement of a number of the best American bands, and there will still be a dozen band concerts daily with the , famous Creatore featuring the 'bill. The Interna- tional Peace Tattoo,featuring the "100 years of peace -between Can- ada and the United States," is the big patriotic number of a year that promises to run. high in patriotism, while the spectacle `Babylon," with its 1;000 performers and won- derful fireworks - effects, should prove •a favorite. Another.• feature of the big bill is the Water Carni- val, with "everything` `from Indian canoe races -to flying ships. Animals for the Canadian Contin- gent May Be. Commandeered._ A despatch from Ottawa says : When the local military authdrities attempted to buy horses at Lans- downe ,. Park to -day for the local unit to be attached to the overseas contingent dealers .asked such prices that the purchasing committee' threatened to comanandeer the re gilired number of animals at a price to be fixed by a military veterinary. No horses were bought. , The prices asked ranged from $250 to $350 each. WILl. SEIZE : DRUGS. British Government Will Keep Prices Down. A despatch from Lopdon .says? The British Government, having successfully coped with the ;attempt to raise the prices of food, an- nounces that certain drugs, the. supply of which is limited, and the price of which has been 'raised in some instances fifty per cent., by the wholesale dealers, will be taken possession of if'exhorbitant prices are charged. • ALL SLAIN :BY ONE MAN. Achievement of a Brave "Young Bel- gian Corporal. A despatch from aOardiff, Wales, says: A letter received here from a private in the Belgian army who took part in the fighting at Liege described how' a young corporal by the name of Lupin shot the officers and gunnere of a German battery and then was killed by a German shell. The letter says that the Ger- mans, having failed in a frontal at- tack, were !bringing up artillery, when Lupin, exclaiming, "Leave them to ire," dashed out and, tak- ing cover behind a wall of the Ger- man left, enfiladed the crew of the German battery. He shot down in quick succession the chief officer, then the under -officers, and finally the gunners. Confusion ensued among the Germans, who directed their last gun at the wall, ibriuging it down and crushing Lupin to death. ON THE NORTH SEA. Merchant Vessels Resume Carriage of Food. A despatch from London says: Steamers with passengers and pro- visions continue to arrive from Scandinavian North Sea ports; coastwise traffic is being steadily resumed and trawlers are going about their legitimate business. Two cargoes of wheat from the Plate River and provision steamers from Rotterdam and Copenhagen arrived on Thursday. Among the passen- gers from Copenhagen was 'Jules Cambon, the former French. Ambas- sador at Berlin. DECLARED TO BE "BASELESS" Stories of Disabled British Ships 'Without Foundation. A despatch from London says-: The official news bureau of the army and Admiralty has issued a warning to the public against placing the slightest reliance in the many' rite more current daily regarding al- leged victories or defeats or con cerning the arrival of wounded or disabled ships of Great Britain, "These ere, without exeepti&iii, baseless,". the warning says. "You're very young to be left in charge of a chemist's .shop. «Have you any diploma i" yrllr---ne--sir, I'm afraid not, bat we've got a pre. partition of our own that's just as good. y,' Count Von Moltke. Count Von Moltke, the chief of the grand general staff of the Ger- man army, now engaged in war- ring against ;France, Russia, Hole land and Belgium. Von Moltke is the nephew of the great Field Marshal Von Moltke and rejoices in the Christian name of Julius. In -the same way that the Field Marshal was celebrated for his taciturnity, so is his nephew and successor as Chief of the Gen- eral Staff, renowned for never`smil- ing. He always has an .appearance, not merely of profound gloom, but even of• downright misery, . impress- ed on his fat countenance. •'Tie said that the Kaiser addresses him as "the Gloomy Julius." Gloomy he is, for his imperial master has proved a hard man to satisfy. The Kaiser himself has assumed su- preme command of the forces, with his gloomy general as his Chief of Staff. THE KAISER'S PLANS. To Reach St. Petersburg By Way of Finland. A despatch from London says : That Germany plans -to rush St. Petersburg by way of Finland is indicated by news which has been received here. From information from a thoroughly reliable source it is learned that the project was in- cubated a long time ago, and that it contemplated a rising of the Finns, to whom large quantities of arms were secretly shipped from Switzerland. The information gains especial interest from the following telegram fromHolgerR. Angelo, a. correspondent in Copenhagen: "The Russians have dynamited the greater part of Helsingfors and other south Finnish cities, accord- ing to aprivate despatch received here. Residents of these cities were sent away and enormous `masses of troops have been :assembled in the expectation of a German attack. It is thought that the rumors of •a sea. fight near the Aaland Islands ori- ginated from the dynamite explo- sions at Helsingfors." Grand Oult Nicolas, ;'iielteloviieh, the t'ommander-in-f'hief of the Russian armies.