05 Aug 1914
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1914
Page
1
The article notes that Belgian losses are trifling compared with Germany s, highlighting the ongoing battle to fully combat the German invasion and the relative impact on Belgian forces.
Reports from France Belgium Holland and Russia show Germany’s army advancing while German communications are severed. Britain prepares naval activities and seizes public buildings for hospitals. Russia uses the closed Black Sea to seize vessels. Premier Asquith seeks a new credit. Tennessee sailing delayed. German embassy in St Petersburg destroyed. Lorraine sails for France. Twenty one spies arrested in Britain.
Great Britain declares war after Germany rejects Belgian neutrality, marking a continental mobilization. Europe unites in arms as Austria Hungary Serbia Russia France and others mobilize. King and ministers appear in London as crowds react with mixed emotion.
London reports that King George today appealed for volunteers. Russian warships seized several German and Austrian merchant ships in the Black Sea. Russian forces are near the German frontier as French and German units clash on the French border. Belgium notes German Seventh and Tenth Army Corps proceeding through Belgium. Germany freezes Russian funds in its banks. Canadian papers told to withhold army and navy movements.
Germans invade Tilburg and resist in Belgium. A German torpedo boat sinks after the blast of its boilers in the Baltic. German violations reach Swiss territory. Russian ships seize many German merchants in the Black Sea. Russians drive Germans from Ruetsi an frontier area. Germans burn villages. Two Russian officers die when their aircraft is shot on the German border. Seventeen Alsatians are captured and executed trying to enter France. Direct cable to New York and Germany cut. The Dardanelles and phosphorus closed to protect Turkish neutrality. Wilson offers U S mediation. Japanese fleet mobilizes after Britain declares war. Lighthouses along the Siberian coast extinguished.
In Portland Maine heavy firing was heard offshore with about ten shots from heavy guns noted at several points. Eight warships including German British and French vessels were said to be off the Atlantic coast. Portsmouth New Hampshire naval officers dispute a sea battle claim saying no warships were in the immediate area. United States battleships in Chinese waters have ended their cruise and are heading toward Shanghai.
Belgium's war minister, speaking in an official statement relayed via London, affirmed that Belgium is successful in its strategic position and expressed resolve amid ongoing hostilities. The communication highlighted resilience and continued cooperation with allied forces in the conflict.
Authentic confirmation from Algiers via London states the German cruiser Panther was destroyed and the German cruisers Goeben and Urestau have been captured. The report arrives as Allied forces press naval gains in the theater.
Nothing has been heard of the North German Lloyd vessel Kronprinz Wilhelm which left New York on Monday. The missing ship's fate remains unknown and no distress signals or subsequent sightings have been reported.
Detectives raid houses occupied by Germans and seize a large number of bombs and rifles. Several arrests were made.
A fragmented note from Liverpool dated August 4 continues a price list for retail goods. The brief entry cites pace four and appears to be part of a larger market or trade update. No further context is available in readable text.
A fragment notes a large daily amount linked to ErvendI ture or a similar term, described as necessary. Specific figures or context are unreadable, but the mention implies a required daily sum for an unknown purpose or project.
Paris August 5 a French statistician M Jules Roche estimated daily military costs for a large European war. He computed about 18 million dollars per day if France Russia Germany and Austria are at war, with 3 million men under arms. earlier wars averaged 6 million dollars daily for two to three powers. He notes difficulties in exact budgeting.
A New York report analyzes rival powers in World War I. It compares resources of the Triple Entente and Triple Alliance, noting UK France and Russia wealth exceed Germany Austria Italy but US wealth surpasses both groups combined. It outlines the Serbia Austria tensions and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand as causes and Russia’s role in Balkan balance of power.
The text compares mobilization figures for France Germany Austria Hungary and Italy, estimating rapid conscription scales and daily wartime costs. It cites 1890s and 1913 figures from economists and statisticians, detailing personnel, provisioning, transport, weapons, and subsidies. Total daily outlays run into tens of millions with multi‑national mobilization possible within 48 hours in a large conflict.
The Senate Banking Committee recommended confirmation of Paul Warburg and Frederic Delano to complete the Federal Reserve Board.
Deputy Sheriffs Arthur Grant and W Steele returned from Baton Rouge with four prisoners to the State penitentiary. James Buckley and Harry Douglass received seven years each for robbery. John Whatley got two years for forgery. Elberta Lucky received seven years for manslaughter.
Washington reports the President's wife, ill since March, is in serious condition. Two daughters have been summoned home as the record confirms President Wilson wrote the neutrality proclamation seated by her bedside.
The Foreign Office announces that Germany rejected Britain's demand to respect Belgian neutrality. The British ambassador in Berlin has received his passport and Britain declares a state of war with Germany starting from 11 o'clock August 4.
Excited and clamorous youths move through a London area resembling New York's Broadway district. The scene creates a striking, chaotic impression as American visitors observe the crowd's intensity and energy.
London reports King George issued a telegram to the Russian Emperor pleading to keep ground for negotiations toward peace. The Russian reply said Germany declared war despite mediation hopes and cites Austrian and German moves pushing Russia to mobilize. The Emperor trusted allies would avoid action if negotiations continued.
Washington reports the financial system functioned smoothly after yesterday’s measures to handle the war situation but notes limited progress toward resuming the exchange of credits and goods between the old world and the new. Continued on Page Four.
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