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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editorial Section pages 9-16 Gaa Tito vat except by Ever company1. Amt Tell. Carton president Ana general manager. Ephone Calls. Private Branch Exchange ends. Day and pm Trot. Dec Erfe. Soo Mailer Tell dons. 305. No. 1 Wes Hill London i Poat office Neal rites. Freedom of Trade Liberty in religion Equality in civil rights. Monday August 17 1914. How the Wab started. The correspondence columns of the United states dailies Bear Stin Iony to the acute desire of the Ennas to put a Good face upon the Empire s declaration of War against Russia and France. With Damnable iteration they repeat the cry that Ger Many knew that Russia and France preparing to attack and fore stalled their action by getting her blow a first this is the defence the apologists of the German j emperor contemporary Public opinion i Rill give it but Little considers Tion i and the courts of history less. This a War of ambition and aggression and the Trail of guilt for it leads erect by to the Kaiser s Castle at pots ism. The sequence of events throws illumination upon the Austro Jurman programme. The austrian Intima turn to Servia was the sign that Astria and Germany had reached a Baision that this was the time to put a end to the ambitions of the serb actions in the Balkans and take the ext Long step towards the fulfilment i the dream of pushing the frontiers of pan germanium to the shores of lie Aegean sea. In 1909, when aus annexed Bosnia in cynical con tempt of the provisions of the treaty of Berlin to which she was a party Germany also a party to the treaty Drew her sword and warned All nations from interfering. The tactics successful then were to be repeated in 1914. Austria was to go ahead and put Servia out of business while Ger Many looked on with drawn sword to prevent the intervention of Russia. To make sure that Austria would lot be deprived of its pretext for War the 48-hour ultimatum sent to Servia was As the London daily Telegraph said at the time the most peremptory ultimatum which the world has Ever the answer of Sestia was delivered three hours before nhe expiration of the time limit. Pas hitch the Servian Premier con ceded nine Points out of ten. H agreed to express regret for the anti austrian propaganda fostered by his country to publish condemnations of this propaganda in the official Gazette and in an army order to dismiss officers and officials who had any share in it to suppress newspapers 4 Nich encouraged it to try serbians had a share in the Sarajevo plot and finally to suppress the great patriotic pan serb organization the n Arona Obranna. He did not How Ever bind himself to dismiss out of Cand any officers whom Austria might denounce As blameworthy nor would he agree to the participation of aus Trian agents in the trial of the conspirators and to their supervision of is police measures. Pie would How agree to communicate with these agents in the course of the in Quiry and he offered to submit to the Hague any question As to whether the Steps agreed Poir Haf been Vloya Fly carried out the times of these As unheard of concessions for a Sovereign state however Small to ii offer to even the mightiest of it added what will the think if Austria Hungary to them the Points on which protests and asks for explanations undoubtedly involve an of the most elementary of the rights inseparable from even on these she does not bang the door to an arrangement is Austria Hungary go ing to bang it regardless of the too probable consequences to herself to this is precisely that Austria Hungary proceeded to . Three Days later on july 28, Anstena declared War and moved her troops against Servia. Germany it is admitted was a party to Austria s assault upon Servia. To a intents and said a in the London daily mail it a carefully considered move to measure the strength of the triple against that of the triple j Alliance at a moment when both the reach and ourselves Are engrossed Aln Domestic troubles of the utmost National sir Edward Grey the British for eign Secretary promptly took the obvious course to limit and Localise a conflict the test of the Servian As he told the British House of commons was a basis on which mendly and impartial Powers might arrange a settlement he proposed s the instrument of mediation a con in London of the ambassadors the four disinterested Powers and Italy at once agreed to i. Germany held that a con Ference was too formal and that aus Tria could not be expected to come before a tribunal of the Powers. Austria refused to suspend her Mili tary measures in the interests of mediation but professed herself ready to Welcome sir Edward Grey s efforts to Localise the conflict Russia meanwhile ordered the mobilization of 14 army corps near the austrian Frontier and it became quite Clear that she would intervene if Austria persisted in making War upon Servia. The Kaiser thus found that the tactics of 1909 would not again be successful. He had then to choose Between advising Austria that she must abandon her High handed course of action and remit the difficulty to the diplomats for settlement or going Forward in a course that must Lead to War. He deliberately chose the latter Road. A peremptory demand was made upon Russia to cease mobilization followed on aug. 1 by a declaration of War. The same Day a German army took Possession of Luxemburg preparatory to invading France and the following Day German armies with the same objective in View marched into Belgium in Defiance of great Britain s protest there followed the declaration of War Between Germany and great Britain. One need the task of the apologist or historian who will under take with these the record to. Prove that in this War Germany played the role of a Lover of peace forced at last by the aggressions of her neighbors to draw the sword. The Allied flags 3010 the 1vae a Jed some Rifet Strals. A dispatch from Rome that the Balkan league has been recon league assembled to defeat the Turk and which warred within itself Over division of the spoil. This is Good news if True. It shows Magn amenity on the part of Bulgaria who has ground for a grudge against the other members of the Alliance Servia Greece and Montenegro hardly less against Russia and her protege Roumania. For Servia is at War with Austria and therefore Allied with Russia. The Balkan league May be expected to throw in its whole strength against Austria should the territorial integrity of any one of its members be threatened by the pan germanic onslaught. This ability to get together in face of common danger and forgetful of past animosities Speaks Well for the Balkan league especially As it is Likely enough to provide the foundation for the great Balkan state that May emerge from the present War. The league May be put to the test of Hattle very shortly if German plans of Embr oiling Turkey succeed. Bri Tain cannot afford to pass Over the transparent artifice by which the Goeben and the Breslau became and parcel of the turkish Fleet. The turkish pretext that this is a make weight for the seizure on English stocks of the two turkish dread noughts approaching completion is too Flimsy to Merit attention. That was an act of self defence sanctioned by immemorial naval usage. On the other hand the turks sought at once to deprive Britain and France of their prize and to radically change the naval balance of Power in the Aegean sea. this foolish piece of work the r Rte invites War with the Balkan league and gives Russia the prize excuse for descending of. Constantinople and the Dardanelles. Italy has her own rights to defend both against Austria and the Balkan states. But she has most to gain by the defeat of Austria when the latter s provinces of the Tyrol and in race language and fall naturally to an Italy Allied with the victors quite possibly to an Italy that hag rain trained her Ulso exercise sufficient height in the final settlement to maintain the integrity of Albania the Buffer state on the the serbs. But she must face too the Chance of Var and the Victory of the germanic states when either As an opponent or As a Neutral open to the charge of having betrayed her victorious allies her position would be delicate indeed the naval situation must have great weight with the italian government. Of France and Britain could crush the austrian Fleet at Pola before. Italy took a decisive step it might Well be supposed that her statesmen would reluctant to expose the italian Fleet built Only by great National sacrifices to a similar late again it is open to question whether Italy a Neutral state historically has proclaimed the Adriatic an. Italian sea could stand idly by while the foreign fleets of France and England were bombarding her former ally from within sight of her own. Shores. Holland offers a problem All her own and Here it is Happy that no Boer question exists in. South Africa. For after All the nether Landers Are More nearly Allied in language and Labit of mind to the germans than to either the English or their neighbors the belgians. The belgians Are a mixed people with French influence pre dominating Over flemish. But hol land has As Fine a tradition of Independence As Switzerland and As Sion ate a sense of patriotism. A victorious Germany must mean the extinction of the Netherlands As a nation and German naval domination of the North sea. a curious Freak of geography Holland holds in Vlis Singen or Flushing As it la More familiarly known to English Earsin the the flags shown in the above Cut Are the National flags of great Britain Belgium and France and the mercantile Marine Flag of Russia. Door to the Mouth of the Scheldt acid therefore of Antwerp the great Bel Gian port and fortress. It is Well enough known that Brussels the Bel Gian capital perhaps the most magnificent City in the world and the repository of the world s greatest col Lection of Art treasures is alike ind be usable and undefended. Once the germans break through the Allied Field forces Northeast East and South East of Brussels the belgians will make no Effort to defend the City itself and Lay it open to bombardment but will retire on their second line of defence a wide Semi Circle behind Brussels with Antwerp. The Eastern Ghent Mons and Charleroi to the South As other salient Points. That at least is the Well recognized to Ivory of belgian text Book strategists. Antwerp has been fortified at enor Mous Cost and is said to be impregnable. Her wonderful importance in the present War is that doubtless she provides a Safe and convenient Point of debarkation for the British expeditionary Germany can strike at this sea Avenue Only through Flushing and Holland. It is matter of ascertained fact that for years Ger Many has urged Holland to fortify Flushing and the Mouth of the Scheldt and that British diplomacy has sought to stiffen Holland. Against such a policy Flushing is the chief responsibility of Holland in the present conflict and there is Little fear that German threats or promises will Avail on the nether Landers to abandon their neutrality in any attempt to close the Scheldt to British ships of War and transports. The . The Dominion. Parliament re assembles tomorrow. The session is expected to be Brief and marked by an entire absence of political con the members have been called to Gether to consider the serious Situa Tion created by the great War. It will be their duty regardless of political affiliations to give their Hearty sup port to every step taken by the government towards the support of the British cause in this War. There is no diversity of opinion in Canada about what the Dominion must under the conditions which prevail. The unanimity of -.feeling, which is so noticeable in great Bri Tain is equally in evidence in Canada. This is a War to make Tho prussian Drill sergeant the embodiment of twentieth Century civilization. It is a War against Freedom democracy and constitutional government. It is a War to exalt militarism and the War spirit into the resistance to emperor Wil Liam s plans of world Conquest Canada must if. Necessary put her last Dollar and her last Man. The government has shown itself Active in dealing the emergency. Parliament will unanimously and heartily approve what has been done to Date and Mil give the government what it desires in the Way of enlarged Powers and material support. The Unity of Canada will it is believed be strikingly illustrated by the conduct of the people s representatives at Ottawa during the nest fortnight Russia axe the poles. One of the most interesting develop ments of the War to Date is the Appeal to the poles which is being made by the russian government. Russia in this Appeal pled Giss herself to re establish Poland As an autonomous state of the russian Empire. It is not Clear whether this pledge applies simply to russian Poland or to the territory included in ancient Poland. To reconstruct the ancient kingdom of Poland would be to make great changes in the map of Europe. The kingdom of Poland included the province of Galicia now in Austria free press War maps the tree Large War maps published in the free press during the past showing the whole continent of Europe the other the Franco belgian German Frontier which is the present theatre of been printed together on a single Sheet of paper of Good Unali Tyvand can now be purchased at the free press office. These maps sire the largest the fullest and the most accurate published. They Are based on recently published Continental maps Hare been carefully drawn for a particular supplement and elucidate the War news from Day to Day. Supplied wit i these maps the Reader can follow the news reports of the it is on land or sea on the German or the russian a Clear idea of tie developments that Are taking place. Particularly valuable is the Large map showing the present Battleground Between the German forces and the Allied armies. This shows try from Rouen in France to Frank fort in Germany and from Antwerp South to the Swiss Border. This will embrace the theatre of the present Franco German War. The map is drawn on a fairly Large scale 2t Miles to the Inch Aad it shows the location every town and tillage every River the mountains and their passes. To All those interested in the War and desirous of following the. Story from Day to Day this map will be Ina Jumble. The free press has been urged to make these maps available to Tho Public in a form More durable than in the pages of a daily newspaper. It has therefore printed both maps on a single Sheet of Good firm paper and will Supply them to the Public at a nominal a Topy at Icyie free press office or Loc a copy by mall. The maps Are on Sale at the free office. Priced lock mail Loc. And much. Prussian territory including the port of Danzig on the Baltic sea. There would be difficulties in tie Way of such Radical re grouping of territory even la the event of a sweeping Victory of the allies it is always bes to too to kill the Bear be fore dividing the skin. Russia s engagement May not go beyond a restoration to russian Poland of the rights which were taken from the people of this territory after the abortive insurrection of -1864. This would be agreeable to the poles if they could rely upon the assurances now proffered them. The Bru Tal treatment of the grand duchy of Gililand by the russian government during the past ten years is not calculated to strengthen a be Lief in the Friend Liness of Russia to the development in the Empire of autonomous states representing non russian nationalities. Conceivably however Pijie exigencies of the War May in this and other , liberalize the Domestic and foreign policy of Russia. a Reader s notes books Are a hear world the world sir Arthur Conan Doyle s report Canada is Trtat nothing could be brighter than our future there is going to a bumper Harvest the Dominion is financially Soi ind and the test country going for the investment of British Money. Sir Arthur thinks it a pity that so much British capital s hould be diverted to South America and elsewhere outside tie Empire. Immigration 1 s practical r stagnant he declared. What Canada needs Noti Are farm farm hands and women. She Waits women. The native population is not in creasing because Many of the men can not get roamed. They toil on their farms alone and haying neither wife nor child to care for the moment things go against them they get Dis heartened. If we Send Canada our unwanted i think we might perhaps keep the farm hands for Australia sends Over a cry farm to Settle on the Virgin soil waiting for them. A Roan Ito a mile is the present rate of population area in the Southern British co it Talent. Land is crying far men it Ouight to the a simple solution of one or two great social problems. And snore the Best yeomen blood will Ibe spilled like the land untitled. Back to the land or on As the Case May the cure for half and than half the ills Tusit beset the working Man. A scientific Man has written Aii Able apologia for Small families. He says that the adoption of Tho Sifo All family is the title nerf his Book bring speedy Andt enormous benefits to humanity. India would be country in to. Begin the Experiment. But or. 3. V. Drys Dale poverty would in two or three years time be banished from this country England and in a. Generation or so from ithe whole Giorid there would be a rapid improve Anent in the duality of the and Day of the abolition of War would a family toe in would the Small family not mean that manual labor would be More evenly distributed among 4he classes that of itself would make for the re generation of the Idle Rich. J i have Mot seen the Book itself but it review of it. A correspondent of new York times discussing. To Binson Crusoe s real Island says that has just finished Reading that immortal Book for the Strenth time. I suppose to child Ever of Nesses the fascinating Story. The professor of Ferman. In the University told us in a popular Lesture last Winter How Robbins ii. Cru Rae gripped the hearts and minds and in agitations of the germans. It seems that even in England its popularity were nothing compared to that in Ger Many where Defoe had scores of imitators. In 1919 the 200th anniversary of this first of novels will be the new York times correspondent Jar. Stephen Chalmers of Saranac Lake thinks that Defoe was describing some imaginary Island in the West indies Toat English authors in the Early seventeenth Century re. About the West Indian colonies bin they did about the last word must be a Printer s error surely lit had been proposed and elaborated that to Bago in the lesser. Ati Tulles was Crusoe s real or. Chalmers will have no original he seems to be steeped in Crusoe a 3ie will have a mythical one in the carib bean sea where Defoe could safely dabble in limes Lemons and i saw a cartoon the other Day showing a bearded Crusoe on the coming to a human footprint and saying i won t look him up. It in ight be that Man on the other hand it might be Billy in Robinson which or. Chalmers reminds us has been a Best seller for two centuries you have a 1 study of How Little English colloquial language has changed since the Story was., written. It was founded on dam pier s voyage Lithe world 1697 and on Selkirk s experience while marooned. Fernandez. De foe met the House of a mrs. Daniel in Bristol and after wards received tie adventurer s papers. So Selkirk informed their hostess. De foe was a voluminous writer in his mow he is the Man of one Book. Among his satires was1 a poli tical history of the from the Golden books. The Brave at Home by Thoma 3 Buchanan read the maid who binds her Warrior s Sash with smile that Well her pain Dis Zembles the while beneath her drooping lash one starry tear drop hangs and trembles though heaven alone records the tear and shall never know her Story her heart has shed a drop As e or Bede wed the Field of glory. The wife who gird s her husband s sword mid Little ones who weep or wonder and bravely Speaks the cheering word what though her heart be rent asunder. Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear the bolts of death around him rattle Ilas shed a a sacred with bronchitis would not tie adversely affected by the fact of moving into an Altitude of feet. This would by no Means be considered a High Altitude s b. H. B., Oak Lake. T3ie Liberal strength in Manitoba is now 20 seats without including f. J. Idl xon who ran As Aii Independent but rec Crad the f us support of the Liberal party in Centre Winnipeg. J. F. B., Ardsley. It is not proo Abs that the Canadia i Northern will any work on their Thunder Hill Branch this year. L. R., cart Wright. It was Esti mated in a general Way that the. Kraf _ Chenko trial Caret the government some h. Of. C., Oak army during peace is her total for War time is a. M., rider Haggard is an englishman. His Correct title is now sir Henry rider Haggard. Pawnbroker May charge you at the is ate of 2% per cent. Per month. X d., City. The Mauritania was built at Newcastle in 1907. J a boils at 212 degrees fahrenheit. Directory of the War Frenchi Lotrn. 15 East South East of Yvancy. The in in strict carried on there include tanning and the manufacture of Woollen Cotton and Linen fabrics la 1so1 the treaty bet Ireen Vance and Austria and Germany was signed a by which prance Saim cil Al of Germany West of the Rhine. Haarburg or a Ger Man town 4w Miles East of Saey. It has manufacture s of stores and lace. The population is about 1o.ooo. N town of people is Miles of Border the French province of eur the is opposite to the German Village of Joe tech Agricourt. Twenty two Miles Soutsi Softli West of Colmar in. Alsace is a German town of about people with textile factories machine shop. And chemical works. Arje Julf the name Given to partially wooded Heights extending from North West to South East on each Side of the River mouse. The High est elevations Are about feet. The capital of the belgian province of Luxemburg and Miles to the North West of a Naeini Burgr. A Small town of about Isoo people on the Baltic sea in else russian province of Courland. Miles South of Ufa Mur is situated on the Side a Rocky Hill crowned by a Castle. It has manufactures of Glass paper metallic wares leather and so cauda cakes. United states opinion Strong against Germany the a tear evening Post with honorable record of More than a Cen Tury of its High standing As a Joi Rypl of recognized influence and author Ivy admittedly to the regarded n any ques Tion As to the leading newspaper United states As being second to no other it its title to that distinction. a notable leading article dealing with the decided condemnation by the peo ple of the United states of Germany s course in War in euro which condemnation is finding Cipres Sion in the newspapers in All parts of the United states the new York exp Ning Post says fair for prom a number of German sympathizers among our readers have come criticisms or appeals. Cannot the eve Ning Post which has invariably fair play for Germany As against Tho attempts for instance to stir to strife Between her and engl and Home to her defence without Weser Patlon now the evening Post of Carl Schurz and Henry Plllard it is asserted is in duty too Anil to stand by the germans one of our Geranan contemporaries goes so far As to Call upon its readers to four every copy of Thia newspaper they pen to run across. We Are assured that this is a. Holy Germany has been forced against her will that she is the Only bulwark Between the Ris ing tide of slavish and civilization of Western s by rope and therefore enlightened sentiment the world Over should Side with her against the aggression Powers like England and prance Peixi continued on p ten ;