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GUI IN CALGARYCalgary,. Alta., Aug. 5—The • wa» fever 'broke over Calgary In real red earnest last night, Fanned to lntensa fervar.hy tlLe receipt ..of. the long-expected news that Britain Jiad-been forced Into the European conflagra* tionr it. raged la all quarter* of city until long- after midnight. ..For a fefw hours Calgary Waa xriili* taiy mad. Not since the never-to*bo-forgotten days of the Boer waiyhave such scenes of wild enthusiasm beezi seen in Calgary.The centre of the eltF'Was a surging, tnase of enthusiasts, blieerlng,. shouting and singing, ^Frenchmen nmt Englishmen joined’hands in; patriotic songs. The British National Antkein and the Mars nil laiBG floated lip from every. htreat corner. Hundreds of Uiiion* Jacks ' BDrang into existence. Motor . parades, flaunting tiio rati. white and blue made their noisy way., along the main - thoroughfare 3, thim-doroua torrents pf national airs pour-i?g from them. Bonfire? glazed on the north hill and in South Calgary. All Calgary, the suspense gone, and tlie certainty ahead that'' th iTEtnipIfo was involved in the conflict,'. seethed to rejoice ove.T t.he tiiTh. of events.'The greatest crowds gathered at tho •hulletin hoards. Thousands flocked up to the minute service given by tho Morning. Albertan at the comer o' First street West and Eighth avenue, anxiously hanging upon every word that came from, the seat of action, cheering every, pcragmph that indicated Britain's d tier ruination to take decisive ■ action against Germany. There was no mistaking 'which ..way sentiment went.Quiet in the German Quarter •But, while the crowd'was noiey, it was peaceable, and no active demon-StratioiiB . Avera tanilc against th© per-eons or property of Austria us, aa took place In many cities.' All wag quiet itx the German quarter.
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Wed, Aug 05, 1914
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