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THE COMMONWEALTH, SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0. SERVIANS FIGHT IN DESIRE FOR NATIONAL UNITY Diplomats of World Have Long Foreseen That Struggle Was Bound to Come. " " " i M . n A AwwrA rnnUTITO I - KUSalA unuaatia rnuraiicn STANDS IN WAY OF AUSTRIA Dream of Statesmen of Dual Mon archy Has Been to Acquire Salo nika and the Land Between That Port a:id Fron tier of Bosnia. While the immediate cause of Austria-Hungary's attack on Servia is the demand for reparation for the murder of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, the duchess of Hohen berg, the ultimate causes are the movement of the Hapsburg empire toward the south and the desperate efforts of the entire Serb race to re gain complete national existence. Ever since the repulse of the Turk ish army from Vienna in 1683 the Aus tria ns have steadily fought their way southward, expecting ultimately to make their way to the Aegean over the ruins of the Turkish empire. Aus tria, like Russia, was not unwilling to Bee small buffer states set up to oc cupy the middle ground during the in tervals of rest in her forward move ment, and so most of the Balkan states of today came into being. Of the Servian race, which in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries ruled a vast empire, extending over the western half of the Balkan penin sula and the eastern coast of the Ad riatic, practically all had come under Turkish domination in the sixteenth century. The Serbs of the hinterland of Istria and Dalmatia were soon tak en from Turkey by Austria, and Mon tenegro won its independence. This left the Serbs of Bosnia, the Herzego vina and Servia proper, as well as of the Sanjak of Novi Bazar and North ern Macedonia, still under Turkish rule. The Serbs of the present kingdom became autonomous in 1S30, but re- sible for the ruling jf the powers, which compelled the Servians to give up part of their conquests in Albania. Thus Servia lost her chance to get a seaport and remains a landlocked power, her only outlet being through the friendly Greek ports on the Ae gean sea. But the Servian victories in Mace donia, and the Greek capture of Sa lonika put an unexpected obstacle in the way of Austria's march to the south. No more could the dual mon archy hope to inherit Salonika and the land between that port and the frontier of Bosnia on the final down fall of Turkey; Servia was now squarely across her path. So the Balkan wars left the Servi ans confident of their military ability, elated by victory, determined on com plete national unity, and angered by Austria's continued hold on the north ern part of the nation and by her ac tion in depriving the nation of an out let to the sea. These wars left Austria Hungary with increased difficulties in dealing with the Slav tribes, particu larly the Servians, now in her domin ions, and convinced that the march to the southward must be given up alto gether unless Servia could be put out of the way. To this were added minor irrita tions, such as the railroad question in Macedonia. The Servians wanted to add the railroads in the teritory con quered from Turkey to the state sys tem, but the stockholders, most of whom were Austrians or Hungarians, objected. Moreover, there was con stant friction in Bosnia, and the party in Servia which regretted the break up of the Balkan league was inclined to attribute the discord between Bul garia and her former allies to the op erations of Austrian diplomacy. Thirty years ago Servia was a cats paw for Austria in Balkan schemes, with Russia backing Bulgaria, but now the Servians can count on Russian sympathy, for their cause is indirectly the cause of the entire Slavic race in its double struggle to be free from German rule and to fight with the Ger mans for the heritage of Constanti nople. Peter Made King by Tragedy. King Peter, undei- whose rule Ser via has advanced to a strong position in southeastern Europe, came to the throne as the result of a crime that shocked the world. Eleven years ago King Alexander of Servia and Queen Draga were assas sinated in their palace at Belgrade. Half an hour after midnight on June Is Repulsed in Skirmish Column With Artillery Enters German Ter ritory at Schwinden. MAP SHOWING RELATIVE ARMED STRENGTH OF COUNTRIES 7T Berlin. A Russian column of artil lery, has crossed the German frontier at Schwinden, southeast of Bialla. Two squadrons of Russian Cossakfl are riding in the direction of Johannes burg, in East Prussia, 15 miles from the frontier. The Russian patrol which entered near Eichenreid attacked the German guard at the railroad bridge over the Warthe. The attack was repulsed. Two Ger mans were slightly wounded. The above information was given out by the Imperial staff. The staff at the same time said that the invasion near Schwinden showed that war had act ually begun. A French aviator has been dropping bombs from an aeroplane in the neigh borhood of Nuremberg, Bavaria, ac cording to an announcement made by the military authorities. In making: this announcement authorities added that this action was a crime against the rights of man, as there has been no declaration of war. The Emperor, who arrived here from Potsdam was followed in other automobiles by the crown prince, Prince Henry of Bavaria, his brother and other princes. Later in the afternoon, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg the Imperial Chan cellor, drove to the Imperial Palace. He was heartily cheered by the pop ulace. The receipt of war news hare gave occasion or entnusiastic patriotic demonstrations. A telegram from Koenigsburg says a Russian patrol has advanced to Bilderweitschen, near Eydtkuhnen, on the Russian border. An official statement says: "In consequence of a Russian at tack on German territory, Germany is in a state of war with Russia. The French reply to the German repre sentations - is of an unsatisfactory character. "Moreover, France has mobilized, and an attack of war with France therefore must be reckoned with at any moment." Another statement declares Russia has invaded Germany during a time of peace, "in flagrant contradiction of Russia's peaceful assurances." r TOTAL TONNAGE o NAVIES INVOLVED MUNGAW 2.18.063 tons 4, ITXL-V 335, 2. Zl "RUSSIA 5-61. A57 TONS FRANCE 718,63 TONS GERMANY 1,135,715" ENGLAND 2308,115 TONS 1 i FT SERVIAN CAPITAL BOMBARDED BY AUSTRIANS A ...y .vvww:--:-:::-:-:: t "I'm open for convic tion," said one lady. She liked her regular soap and washing powder. She tried RUB-NO-MORE fust tosee. Nowyowought to see how easily she keeps house dirt-free with this "workless" dirt remover. RUB -NO -MORE WASHING POWDER is a sudless dirt re mover for clothes. It clean your dishes, sinks, toilets end cleans and sweetens your milk crocks. It kills germs. It does not Deed hot water. RUB-NO-MORE RUB-NO-MORE Washing Powder Carbo Naptha Soap Five Cents All Grocers The Rub-No-More Co.. FtWayne, Ind. Usually the possession of money rep resents frugality and old age. For lame back use Hanford's Ral sam, applied thoroughly and well rub bed in. Adv. General view of the city of Belgrade which was attacked and partly destroyed by the Austrian forces. WAR SCENES AT TRIESTE, AUSTRIA'S ONLY SEAPORT volted in 1876-78, aiming at complete freedom. With them joined their kinsmen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Russo-Turkish war, which fol lowed, made great changes' in the Bal kans. Servia proper obtained com plete independence, but Bosnia and Herzegovina were left nominal Turk ish dependencies, but really to be oc cupied by Austrian troops. Austria's Seizure of Bosnia. The consequence of this was a four year insurrection against the Austri ans, the effects of which have never disappeared. The Austrians have Bpent large amounts of money on the country, but never allowed it auton omy; and in 1908-D, using as an ex cuse the constitutional revolution in Turkey, which would require dele gates to the Turkish parliament to come from these two states, which were actually in Austrian hands, the Hapsburg monarchy formally annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina. Germany backed up her ally, and the protests of the Slav powers did not go to the extent of war. Meanwhile the Slavs of Dalmatia are under Hungarian rule; and here, as in Bosnia and Hei zegovina. promises of local self-government have never come to anything more -aan words. Thus the northern half or the Servian race Is still under the Austrian empire. Meanwhile the southern half was finally united by the victories over Turkey ia the war of 1912. -Not only did this reconquest by the Servians of the core of their old empire in western Macedonia give a tremendous Impulse to the longing for complete national unity; it showed the Servian nation that its military organization could be relied on for hard work. In the fall of 1912 the Servians mob ilized 2G0.000 men in the first three weeks, and later added 145.000 more to the number; and while their losses in this war and in the struggle with Bulgaria in the summer of 1913 were heavy, the Servian troops fought bril liantly and proved themselves efficient and enduring. Robbed of Fruits of Victory. But the fruits of this war were in part taken from them by Austria, whose diplomatic activity was respon- AUSTRIAN TROOPS ON MOVE 10, 1903, forty army officers entered the palace, burst into the apartments of the king and queen and killed them. Details of the tragedy vary, but the best authenticated is that the couple died in each other's arms. The same night several ministers were slain by the plotters. The total number of vic tims of the conspiracy is said to have been fifty-four. At the time of the tragedy King Pe ter was in Geneva, living a secluded life, and, apparently, taking little in terest in the politics cf his native land. Ever since the terrible night of the assassinations he has denied that he had any foreknowledge of them. Nevertheless, suspicion has con tinued, justly or unjustly, to rest upon him, and it was some years after his accession to the throne before Great Britain and other powers recognized him formally as king of Servia. King Peter as a young man led an adventurous life. He studied in Switz erland and then went to the French Military academy at St. Cyr. He took part in the Franco-German war as an officer of the Foreign legion. For many years he is said to have engaged in conspiracies against King Milan of Servia, but for forty-five years he never set foot on Servian soil until he was elected king by the Serv ian parliament. New Capital Easier to Defend. Kraguyevatz, to which King Peter has moved his court from Belgrade, is about fifty miles due south of Semen dria, on the Danube, and about sixty five miles south-southeast of Belgrade. it lies on a branch spur of railroad about fifteen miles from the main line to Salonika and Constantinople, and is well adapted to defense. It is the third town in size in the old kingdom of Servia, with about 20,000 people. Its only superiors are Belgrade and Nisch. The town was the first capital of the principality of Servia, after its partial liberation from the Turks serving as the seat of the Obrenovitch princes rrom 1815 to 1842. After that the family of Karageorgevitch occu pied the throne from 1S42 to 1858, the Obrenovitches again from 1858 to uud, and the Karageorgevitches since England is Not Committee, But Peace is Not Popular. Loudon. Four great powers of Eu rope, Austria-Hungary, Russia, France and Germany, are engaged in actual warefare. Two of them, Germany and France, have not openly declared war against each other, as far as is known here and have not even severed dip lomatic relations. This i? despite the fa.ct that Germany's ultimatum to France, either has been ignored or re jected. The explanation of this would ap pear to be that Germany and France are each seeking to throw upon the other the onus of bringing on a war that may plunge all Europe into bloodshed. In fact, while the Nations of Europe are fmg at each other's throats, they are vieing with each other in protecting their desire to maintain peace. In this curious situation, France, according to British opinion has the strongest justification. She was the last to mobilize and seems to have taken the greatest precautions to avoid frontier collisions. On the other hand Germany, in addi tion to invading French territory with out making a formal declaration of war has violated the neutrality of Lux emburg and declines to give any promise to respect Belgian neutrality. The effects of the British Anibassa dor at Berlin to secure such a pledge have been wasted. It is difficult to see how Great Britain can avoid be ing drawn into the conflict to pro tect Belgian and Dutch neutrality. On this point Premier Asquith's official announcement in Parliament is await ed with intense anxiety. The British public is no longer under any illusions ss to the gravity of a crisis which transcends anything in their experi ence. Austrian naval forces being rashed to the front in the war against Servia. erick, commander-in-chief of the Austrian army. The insert is Archduke Fred- PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRIA Japan Considers Attitude. Tokio. The emperor has especial ly summoned the privy council to con sider Japan's attitude with relation to the European war. The emperor has asked Lieutenant General Okla, minister of war, to report to him on the condition of the army. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA STUDYING WAR PLANS Count Berchtold who, next to Em peror Francis Joseph, is the most im portant figure in Austrian affairs. GRAND DUKE MICHAEL AUSTRIAN CAVALRY ON f THE MARCH Yes, Cordelia, the drum major ho longs to the band even if he dors give the impression the band belongs to him. Newspaper stereotypers use Han ford's Balsam of Myrrh for relief from splashing metal burns. Adv. His Address. Is he a man of pleasant ad- Bacon dress? Egbert Why, sure! where on Easy street. He lives some- No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX This is a prescription prepared es pecially for Malaria or Chills and Fever. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the fever will not return. 25c. Adv. Convinced. "Are you sure that man is thinking about resigning?" "Absolutely sure. He couldn't re fuse to resign so often if he weren't thinking about it." DON'T ITCH! USE RESINOL Just put on a little of that soothing, antiseptic resinol ointment and the itching and burning stop at once. Soon all trace of eczema, prickly heat, poison-ivy, poison-oak, or other torment ing skin trouble is gone. Every drug gist sells resinol ointment and resinol soap. Prescribed by doctors for 13 years. Adv. Religious Scruples. A soldier is allowed to "change his religion," as it is termed, if he can convince his commanding officer he has good reasons. On one occasion a man intimated his desire. "Now," said the colonel, "what are your reasons? Have you conscien tious convictions in regard to the mat ter?" The man intimated that he had. "And," continued the colonel, "to what denomination do you wish to be transferred?" Said the ease-seeking Tommy: "I dis-remember the name, sir, but it's them as parades for church half an hour later than the others." Getting P.eady in Pacific. Tokio. The Western shores of the Pacific showed active preparations for war. The British and German fleets are concentrating, while the warships of Japan are ready to saiJ at a moment's notice. Subject to Censorship. New York. The Commercial Cable Company sent cut a statement to the effect that the British secretary of state announced that all messages to England would be subject to censor ship. War Experts See Objective Point That Emperor's Generals Will At tempt to Seize. American Tourists Panicky. Antwerp. American tourists here are in a panicky condition. The would attempt to seize Mount Lov- cnen. overlooking Cattaro. Public opinion here demands of the Kroonland sailed with a full comple- JUontenegrm government joint action ment of passengers, many of whom with Servia in these hours so fateful Ieft their baggage behind rather than Cuttlnje. Austrian troops are on the move in the vicinity of Ragus, Dalmatia, and 22 Austrian warships have assembled In the Bay of Cat taro. Official circles here Interpreted these movements as meaning that if Austria went to war with Servia, she Mere Pretenders. The gas grate Is an upstart and .a snare and no deceiver, declares a weary New Yorker who pines for the days that are gone. Its spitty blue and green flame smells always of gas bills and meteors. As an institution it is flavorless. It has no ash nor any dying coalc The dying coais of yes teryear, the soft flare of the embers our mothers used to have, where are they now when young love dreams its breams? What castles may we hope a young generation to erect when its for the two Serb kingdoms. remain in Europe. The civic guard has been called out. Take to the Woods. Mrs. Flatte This paper savs thai the national forests in Chile cover about seven million acres. Mr. Flatte Well, the men of Chile certainly have some place to go in housecleaning time. points of light are strung in Broad way signs and not banked within the family hearth? The snoring radiator, the artificial log what are these pre tenders to a vital place in home life? Jealousy. Patience When an English suffrag ette hacks a picture in one of the gal leries, why Is it always one of a beautiful woman? Patrice Because she dislikes to see another woman admired, is my guess. Swiss Reservists Called In. Washington. Under orders from Berne, the legations of Switzerland sent notice to all Swiss in the United States liable to military service to join their colors. Baltic Fleet to North Sea. Copenhagen. A Dane who has just arrived from Kiel says the German Baltic fleet is making its way to the North Sea. Only an armored cruiser and two old ships are left in the Kiel roadstead. Passports Given Ambassador. Berlin. The Russian ambassador at Berlin has been handed his passports. Russia Seizes Steamer. Tokio. Russia has seized a man steamer at Vladivostok. Ger- Onef miss figng generals. , Avoiding the Commonplaec. It was a gray winter afternoon; in fact, the street lamps were being lighted the time known as entre chien et loup, when colors are undis tinguishable. The hurried customer rushed into the ready-made clothing establishment and explained to the obliging proprietor that he wished to hire a black suit to wear at a funeral on the morrow. The next morning the mourner brought back the suit with maledictions on his lips. "I hired this suit for a black one last night," he cried, "and when I got it into the day light, blessed if it wasn't a blue one! And I told you I wanted it for a fu neral, too!" "Well, sir," said the philosophic and Semitic proprietor, "don't you know that there's nothing so ordinary at a funeral as black?" LIVELY ZOO IN THIS HOTEL One Chicago Man in New York Saw Strange Collection of Elephants, Another Ostriches. One of the rooms in an uptown hotel was transformed into the live liest sort of menagerie for a time. The principal performers were a herd of elephants, who, strange as it may seem, wore rubber boots. They were taken upstairs by a Chi cago man, and he is the only person who saw them. He had been making a round of the summer resorts along the coast, and captured the elephants at one of the late supper restaurants the other night. A doctor and two nurses had all they could do to get the beasts out of the room. The doc tor thought it strange that no salmon-colored simians formed part of this menagerie. Only the day before .another Chi cagoan brought a block of hydra headed ostriches to the same hotel, and the manager says there is no rea son to believe the increased demand for soda water during the heated weather means that prohibition is gen erally constitutional as yet. A ques tion he propounded was, Why does it remain for Chicagoans to discover such unsuspected denizens of New York jungles? New York Times. A Doubt of It. "Do you think there is any unan imity in that family?" "I never heard there was, but there might be on the mother's side.." NEW IDEA Helped Wisconsin Couple. It doesn't pay to stick too closely to old notions of things. New idsas often lead to better health, success and happiness. A Wis. couple examined an idea new to them and stepped up several rounds on the health ladder. The husband writes: "Several years ago we suffered from coffee drinking, were sleepless, nerv ous, sallow, weak and irritable. My wife and I both loved coffee and thought it was a bracer." (Delusion.) "Finally, after years of suffering, we read of Postum and the harmfulness of coffee, and believing that to grow we should give some attention to new ideas, we decided to test Postum. "When we made it right we like ! it and were free cf ilia caused by coffee. Our friends noticed ths change fresher skin, sturdier nerves, better temper, etc. "These changes were not sudden, but increased as we continued to drink and enjoy Postum, and we lost the desire for coffee. "Many of aur friends did not like Postum at flvt, because they did not make it righ. But when they made Postum according to directions on pkg., they liked it better than coffee and were benefited by the change." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Postum now comes in two forms: Regular Postum must be well boiled. 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum is a soluble pow der. Made in the cup with hot water no boiling. 30c and 50c tins. The cost per cup of both kinds ia about the same. "There's a Reason" for Postum. sold by Grocers. ,
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