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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1914
Page
5
Britain, France, Germany and Russia push mediation in the Austria Serbia dispute. Sazonoff and the Austrian ambassador in St Petersburg work toward direct understanding. Serbia ready to accept war if needed, while London eyes a conference with Austria Hungary, Russia, France, Germany, and Italy. Market panic persists in London and Europe.
The opinion warns that failure to settle could cause the greatest catastrophe to the concert of Europe with incalculable consequences. Austria-Hungary plans moves tomorrow to Serbia while backing from Germany and Italy. Serbia’s reply is praised as fair by most outside Austria-Hungary and Germany. Mediation seems unlikely as Austria-Hungary treats the issue with Serbia as a bilateral matter. Europe readies for war and even England prepares warships though staying aloof unless drawn in.
London reports The Times St Petersburg correspondent notes the emperor left for Finland after declaring calmer times allow him to quote his verdict on seven and a half years of strain. He ordered partial mobilization limited to the fourteenth army corps and signaled to Germany that wider mobilization would follow.
Washington July 27 An official dispatch from St Petersburg reports Russia’s war minister calling a Russia Austria war almost inevitable. The Russian ministry declares Hugia greatly disturbed and unable to remain neutral as Serbia Austria Hun crisis deepens. President Wilson says the United States will not seek to intervene or alter the traditional policy of noninvolvement in European war. He indicates the US could do nothing in the present crisis.
The French president cancelled a Copenhagen trip and heads for Dunkirk amid the crisis. A French warship carried a note to the Danish king about the revised plan. In St Petersburg striking workers expressed support for the Russian government's stance on Serbia. In Constantinople a Greek minister warned that Greece would dispatch 100000 troops to aid Serbia if war erupts with Austria Hungary.
In Eydtkuhnen Germany on June 7 a 41 Cossack patrol fired on men alleged to be attempting a border crossing. Germans say the group fired upon were army officers, sparking significant tension among locals including merchants.
In St Petersburg a modest improvement in mood follows a growing belief that a joint interview between Russian Foreign Minister Sazonoff and the Austrian ambassador signals progress. The meeting is seen as a sign Vienna is willing to discuss Isaee points, while Russia remains firm yet seeks delay of any decisive action. The hope is that Berlin’s influence will prompt a timely peace.
Violent anti war demonstrations erupted on Paris boulevards with singing of revolutionary songs. Large police and republican guards under Prefect Hennion controlled crowds, many people were knocked down or injured. Demonstrations included patriotic displays and occasional clashes with German sympathizers. War tension sparked extra bank withdrawals. The socialist party issued a manifesto denouncing war and calling protests against hostilities between Austria and Serbia.
A jumble of phrases from the Tweatenison Globe and Washington Herald reports strange assertions about Eve and Adam, Noah, and a Chicago physician. The text hints at limited supplies and calls for scrutiny of the “bull moose crowd” regarding wart growth claims.
Vienna says Servian reply to Austrian note on ending Pan Balkan agitation and punishing conspirators in the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand is dishonestly limited. It claims Servia rejects joint investigations and measures against anti-Austrian press, calls the Servian answer unsatisfactory and notes the mobilization before the note. It concludes arbitration would not avert war and cites Serbia not signing the Soa Tejue convention.
Reports from Potsdam indicate high level talks among German leaders including Chancellor von Hertmann and allied envoys. British and French ambassadors discussed preventing further Austro-Servian hostilities while Russia reportedly orders precautionary army measures and troop withdrawals. The crown prince cancelled plans to return to Berlin as Wilhelm II may visit Wilhelmshaven, with mediation proposals still under consideration.
An army worm outbreak spans the eastern United States from the Rockies to the Atlantic as farmers wage large scale battle. The pest emerges from moth eggs and, at about a sixteenth of an inch, begins a life cycle that includes multiple molts as it feeds on lawns trees and crops. Farmers burn oil in ditches to kill the worms as they fall in.
Amid talks between Austria and Russia the Vienna circles doubt Germany will back Britain’s foreign secretary proposal. They view any mediation offer as pressure on Austria and reject it as meddling. If Vienna senses undue pressure it will dismiss the idea at once.
A chaotic scene in Vera Cruz as Carranza returns to the state, meeting Candido Aguilera to discuss oil delays and oil rail repair plans. Carranza plans to deploy thousands of federal troops to rebuild tracks destroyed in the revolution and scatter soldiers to deter counterrevolution. A Veracruz City steamer bearing Reginaldo Cepeda from Veracruz is due to confer with Carranza.
Reports indicate General Villa planned to move his army toward Mexico City leaving garrisons in captured territory. Eastern and western divisions mobilize southward, delaying the move, while General Angel is now on border duties as artillery chief. A broad southern advance was expected by midweek.
Bryan Orozco Jr abandons his independent revolutionary movement and intends to leave for Canada. In Washington, the secretary says the situation between the Cardal government and the constitutionalists in Mexico is progressing toward settlement with peace talks to be held in Saltillo as delegates depart Mexico City.
Reports from southern Mexico state that Carranza envoys had a lone conference with Zapata to discuss the general situation and seek peaceful cooperation with the constitutionalists. Cerrando Iglesias Calderon, named minister of foreign affairs, reportedly injured in New York and en route to Carranza headquarters as a delegate.
General Leuro Villar and David Gutierrez Allende depart Mexico City for the north to join the interim government delegates for the peace conference with General Venustiano Carranza's representatives. They travel by special train to San Luis Potosi then on to the conference site, believed to be Saltillo.
A Manchester Union clipping asserts Kansas will pay $1,000,009 for a wheat crop and urges buyers to trust the claim at retail. The ad promotes a medicine labeled LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE claiming to cure a cold in one day and instructs to look for the signature of E W Grove.
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