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demanding that all German war
' 'ships be withdrawn from SKio
Chau and that the - Germans
evacuate the territory on. the
; leased in . 1897. Unless Ger
many accepts : the ultimatum
r unconditionally by August 23,
Japan will take drastic action.
I The hostilities - between Japan
tnd Germany seem certain The
growth of the. Teutonic influ
' ence in China is highly - dis
pleasing; to Japan and the.Jap
V' anese have been, trying by eyery
means' of diplomacy " to oyer-,
come it and oust the Germans
. from the Chinese territory. . - '
- -" . The acquisition " of K Kio--'
Chau : by -the. " Germans .. gave
" them their trade and commerce
the first foothold. This a walled
city on the south coast of the
Fc-i-s-Jar of Shan Tung near
the heaJ of the bay 'of Kai
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AMATEUR WIRELESS -
PLANTS CLOSED
MONTREAL; Aug. -16. All
amateur- wireless' plants in ' Mon
treal have been closed by the au
thorities v and the . apparatus tak
en apart.' This was done in order
to prevent official messages- from
i Demg.. incerccpicu ; aim t any uia-
semination
of - false, information
JAP. MINISTER CALLS
ON AMCR, AMBASSADOR '
TOKIO, Aug. 16,f ollowin$
the 'announcement . that i - Japaft
had served an ultimatum on Ger
many, Takkaaki iCato, Japanese
minister of Foreign Affairs, called
on George Guthrie, the American
Ambassador. It is supposed that
he gave assurances -.that in the
event of a declaration of : war,
Japan would safeguard vthe j in
tegrity of. China. It is desired q
the United States Government
that in the event of war in the
Orient, that China shall not suffer
with a lcrs of territory. ,
KAT :"U?.G AMEHICAN SHIP
TO ri'TNG AMERICANS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1
f-cictary of War, Garrison, to
day announced that Ambassador
Gerard and Dcrlin had telegraph
ed an offer to allow the United
to 13 any of the Ham
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NEW BERN. N, C. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST
- f
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French: and Belgian troops over
the battle One extending from the
interior of Belgium southwest a
long the French .border , to the
Northern , boundary , of Switzer
land. f An appeal is made to the
public to follow with, coolness and
'calmness the; various phase of
uic ujrtiauuus. u
the mighty conflict opened in
earnest today.' - .
GERMANS SAID TO BE
. GUILTY QF SAVAGERY
PARIS, Aug46- At 3:30 tf
clock the . war officials issued i a
statement sayingtV.'It is reported
that in the, villages in" upper Al
sace, the Germans are guilty7 of
savagery. Before being compelled
to evacuate, a number of the
houses were ;, wrecked and t the
coroses of nbn-combatants - are
said to have been;found underde-J
bris in the streets.- ,.-- - -r 'Y
FRENCH AND GERMANS. ' -IN
BIG BATTLE AT DINANT.
LONDON, Aug. 16.-The cor
respondent of theTimes in Brus.
sels telephones :&s ; follows : "A
battle was -.fought on Saturday
between the French and "Ger
mans forces at Dinant'inBel
giura, forty jniles southwest, of
Leige.-'c'At six o'clock in';, the
morhip j- the Germans'; occupied
a portion of y Dinant lying - on
the wLt Lank of the Meuse.The
rrench cc! of infantry, sup
ported by u3 and v artillery
r". J1 ' 1 t'.a Germans and after
a fl;!it :of ;vcrar hours, they
c ?ve the Germans out ' When
C 2 Gc.rr.ans fell back they were
d'for t:;a miles by , the
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and . infantry
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indicate that the Germans4 are
south of the . Meuse and are
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pressing forward toward the Fre
nch frontier.
FOR TWELVE MILES. .
THE LINE OF BATTLE RAGE
- LONDON,' Aug." 16. Terri
fic fighting is now going on be
tween, the French and Germans
forcse along a twelve mile bat
tle line stretching from Sarres
bourg n Southern Lorraine to
Luneville in the ; French depart
ment of the Meustse-et-Moselle.
War officials claim that the Fre
nch, soldiers were, victorious in
the- first day of the battle which
commenced at daybreak on Sat
urday. The French forces pre
cipitated the fight, by commenc
ing ' an j offensive:;, movement all
along the line' of v Lorraine and
upper Alasatiany frontiers. .
NO MORE LIQUORS FOR
THE CITIZENS OF PARIS
Paris aW.Iio- An order
was .issued today absolutely pro
hibiting :the sale ' of absinthe ; in
any - form. v f Violation of this
order 'will- be ' punished severe-
ly. .
ALL FRENCH SOLDIERS
LiQFF THE GERMAN SOIL
PEKING, Aug. 16. The Ger-!
man; agency: nere4 nas receiveu
advices stating that all French
French soldiers have been driven
off of "the German soil., ; These
dispatches were issued to coun
terbalance the continued reports
of Belgian seccesses. . . ' 1
CPAIN HAS DECLARED n
UCrEN$ION OF TARIFF
MADRID, " Aug. 16. The
- irish
cove rnment today de-
! a suspension of tariff on j
:tt
16. 1914
iiMice
coal and grain.
U. S. CONSUL WILL
LOOK AFTER AFFAIRS
ROME, Aug. 16. During the
course of the European war the
United States Consul in Teries
te, Austria, will look after the
affairs of the British consulate.
THE ENGLISH CONSUL
HAS TO MAKE GETAWAY
ROME, Aug. 16. A dispatch
from-Triesrs says that Sir God
frey Herstlet, the English Con
sul at Trieste had to fly for his
life after England declared war
against Austria.
Before fleeing Sir Godfrey
Herstlet filed a vigorous pro
test against what he termed
Austria's shameful treatment
of a British resident." ..
GERMAN SUBJECTS HAVE
NOT BEEN . ILL TREATED
ST. PETERSBURG,' Aug. 16.
The Russian government has J. C. Swanner, whose home is it
issued i an official "denial of the Beaufort county four miles from Wash- "
rumor that the German sub- inston' was in New Bern yesterday
jects in Russia have been ill !?kin for his fte? t,dtn- - .
-'':V';. -;;;-;V' . y Swanner who left home about! .
treated.' f . V ; -- four weeks ago, and since the time of
GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS his departure Mr. Swanner hadrnot
DRIVEN) FROMpIOROCCO heard anything from him until yer rm
PARISi ::Kiur Th FrinrH;aay learned that he was in New Bert ,
government-today nade the oi'
ficia.1 announcement that all Ger-
mans and Austrians had " been
expelled y f rpm g Morrocco. A
rumor;:, prevailed ; here -.. .was
to the effect that a candidature
of. the Roman Catholic church,
member of the house, has been
proclaimed for the Polish thrdnet'
THE AtSTRIAN TROOPS t $
HAVE EVACUATED KIELC2
- ST. PETERSBURG Aug. 16
An official announcement was
made today " that the Austrian I
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
troops have evacuated the towns'
of Kielce and Chencin in Rus
sian Poland. The Russian cav
alry attacked a regiment of
Austrian dragoons and disperse
ed them.
STEAMBOAT LINE IS OF REAL.
ADVANTAGE
The merchants of New Beta are be
ginning to realize the value of a steam
boat line between New Bern and North
ern markets. The steamer L. B. Shaw,
that for several months has been run
ning from Baltimore and Norfolk ta
New Bern, is bringing at each trip lar
ger cargoes than the previous. The
boat brought twice the amount o
freight their last rip as they did the trip
previous.
LOOKING FOR SON
Boy Ran Away From His Home IdU
Beaufort County.
j son had been here for about two "week
, working in one ; of the X Io?al lumber"
The cause of Swanner of feavingf,
home, ' was a j repremanding' : by ; hi -
father.;:-;;':.! . .
CITIZEN OF OLYMPIA DIED PRI--
' WitoiiDunivone of the most pro
mtnen pljSzens of Olympia died at hi
Mom Friday night after an illness of
severaC, weeks. The funeral will be
held this afternoon 'at two o'clock at
Broad creek.,
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