France Reels As Mobilization Sparks War Stress
Paris reports mixed relief and rage as general mobilization is ordered. Cabinet members refuse eight day delay while crowds rally with torchlight processions and patriotic anthems. Americans in Paris organize aid through Ambassador Herrick and embassy staff.
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Poincare
France
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Chamber of Deputies
Bar-Le- Duc
M. Magino
Germany
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E. H. Gary
Courdert Brothers
Thackera
Spencer F. Eddy
War Call to French Reservists in America
Horace Clauss French chargé d affaires issued a general call to the colors to all French reservists in the United States. They are ordered to report at once to the nearest French consulate and arrangements will be made to transport them to France.
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America
Hamilton
United States
Horace Clauss
Clauss
France
French debt moratorium proclaimed by Finance Minister
Paris announces a moratorium suspending all debts in France through August 31. Deposits and current accounts are included and withdrawals are limited to 50 dollars plus five percent of remaining balances, affecting bank depositors.
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Paris
France
Tourists from Paris in Panic as War Fears Grow
London crowds await cabinet decision on Britain’s war stance amid antiwar protests and German aggression. Refugees flood French and Belgian ports, Americans stranded, Paris hotels close, and tours from Paris scramble to Dieppe amid motorist evacuations and hotel closures.
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London
Straus
Oscar Straus
Formr
Turku
Dieppe
Ccaclais
Carleton
Lipton to Cancel America’s Cup Race If England War
London Aug 2 Sir Thomas Lipton declared he would not race at Sandy Hook next September for the America’s Cup if England becomes involved in war.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Sandy Hook
England
Montenegrin Army Ordered Mobilized
In Cetinje on August 2, King Nicholas signed a decree mobilizing the Montenegrin army. The measure signals a critical escalation amid regional tensions and potential involvement in broader conflicts. The decree formalizes deployment readiness and may affect neighboring Balkan states.
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Cettinje
Nicholas
Portsmouth Harbor Closed to Steamships
London reports from Portsmouth and Gibraltar describe prohibitions on steamship traffic through Portsmouth Harbor and a Gibraltar bay defense precaution proclamation. German shipping moves to Spanish ports while crowds gather outside Downing Street as the cabinet meets. Prince Max von Lichnowsky visits Asquith and the foreign office before the cabinet session.
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Portsmouth
Gibraltar
Downing Street
Paris
Berlin
Charles Max Li
Asquith
Foreign Office
Edward Grey
Crowded Channel Steamers Continue to England
Channel steamers remain busy with passengers from France and Belgium including many Americans. The Paris Nord line informed English agents it could no longer guarantee trains to and from Paris.
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London
England
France
Belgium
Paris Nord
Paris
Last Great War Begun Exactly 44 Years Ago
Forty-four years ago Saturday the first blow was struck in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 71. France decided to invade Germany on August 1 1870 and the Second Army Corps crossed from Lorraine into Rhenish Prussia, moving toward Saarbrucken where the Prussian garrison fled and was later recaptured in four days.
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Germany
Lorraine
Rhenish
Prussia
Saarbruecken
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