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RUSSIAN TROOPS C
&
MANIFESTO THAT BRO
International News Service.
Vienna-?The great and cruel war
chat now bids fair t<} devastate and
impoverish all Europe was directly,
though not primarily, caused by Aus
tria-Hungary's declaration of war
against Servia. Slavonic Russia came
to the aid of the Slavs of Servia and
Germany took her place beside Aus
tria. This brought about a clash of
the triple alliance and the triple
entente and France and England were
drawn in.
The real "last straw" of the great
conflict, therefore, that "broke the
camel's back" of the peace of Europe
was the manifesto of the aged Em
peror Joseph of Austria-Hungary.
For the first time this edict is here
with given in full, as the ruler of the
dual monarchy wrote it:
Dear Count Sturgkh:
I have resolved to instruct the min
isters of my household and foreign af
fairs to notify the rqyal Servian gov
ernment of the beginning of a state of
war between the monarchy and Servia.
In this fateful hour I feel the need of
turning to my beloved people. I com
mand you, therefore, to publish the
Inclosed manifesto.
Manifesto.
To My Peoples: It was my fervent
wish to consecrate the years, which,
by the grace of God, still remain to
me, to the words of peace and to pro
tect my peoples from the heavy sac
rifices and burdens of war. Provi
dence, in its wisdom, has otherwise
decreed. The intrigues of a malev
olent opponent compel me, in the de
fense of the honor of my monarchy,
for the protection of its dignity, and
its position as a power for the security
of its possessions, to grasp the sword
after long years of peace. With a
quickly forgetful ingratitude, the king
dom of Servia which, from the first
beginnings of its independence as a
siaie unui quim rwuuujf, uaa uccu
supported and assisted by my ances
" tors, has "for 7ears trodden the path of
open hostility to Austria-Hungary.
When, after three decades of fruitful
work for peace in Bosnia and Her
zegovina, I extended my sovereign
rights to those lands, my decree called
forth in the kingdom of Servla, whose
rights were in no wise injured, out
breaks of unrestrained passion and
the bitterest hate. My government at
that time employed the handsome
privileges of the stronger, and with
extreme consideration and leniency
only requested Servia to reduce her
army to a peace footing and to prom
ise that, for the future, she would
tread the path of peace and friendship.
Guided by the same spirit of modera
tion, my government, wnen servia,
two years ago was embroiled in a
struggle with the Turkish empire, re
stricted its action to the defence of
the most serious and vital interests of
the monarchy. It was to this atitude
that Servia primarily owed the attain
ment of the objects of that war.
Hatred Blazed Higher.
The hope that the Servian king
dom would appreciate the patience
and love of peace of my government
and would keep its word, has not been
fulfilled. The flame of its hatred for
myself and my house has always
blazed higher; the design to tear from
us by force inseparable portions of
Austria-Hungary has been made man
fest with less and less disguise. A
criminal propaganda has extended
over the frontier with the object of
destroying the foundations of order in
the southeastern part of the monarchy;
of making the people, to whom I, in my
paternal affection, extended my full
confidence, waver in Its loyalty to the
ruling "house and to the fatherland; of
leading astray its growing youth and
inciting it to mischievous deeds of
a n rl 'hie'Vl trPflSfiri. A SerieS
iuauuc>oa **.0_
of murderous attacks, an organized,
carefully prepared, and well carried
out conspiracy, whose fruitful success
wounded me and my loyal peoples to
BIG BROTHERS TO WAR; |
GIRL AND MOTHER SAD
To Lotta Krell, fourteen years old,
the war in Europe is the most terrible
thing that has ever happened in her
lire.
With her four big brothers, Peter,
Ludvig, Joseph and Louis, and her
mother, Mrs. Augusta Kreil, a widow,
she sat under the trees in Jackson
park, Chicago. They were having
their last picnic together. Joseph and
PANIC OF WAR FELT IN
FRANCE'S GAY CAPITAL
Paris.?The panic of war is here.
There is no money. Prices are going
up. Flour is already higher and provi
dent persons are hoarding their mar
ket purchases as well as their silver.
The law has gone forth that the im
mortal evening entertainments of Pa
risians shall be no more. All the res
taurants on the grand boulevards have
their tables and chairs stacked up in
KE PEACE OF EUROPE
the heart, forms a visible bloody track
of those secret machinations which
were operated and directed in Servia.
A halt must be called to these in
tolerable proceedings, and an end must
be put to the incessant provocations
of Servia. The honor and dignity of
my monarchy must be preserved un
in paired.
In vain did my government make an
attempt to accomplish this object by
peaceful means and to induce Servia,
by means of a serious warning, to de
sist. Servia has rejected the just and
moderate demands of my government
and refused to conform to those obli
gations, the fulfillment of which forms
the natural and necessary foundations
of peace in the life of peoples and\
states. I must therefore proceed by
force of arms to secure those indis
pensable pledges which alone can in
sure tranquility to my states within
and lastine Deace without.
In this solemn hour I am "fully con
scious of the whole significance of my
resolve and my responsibility before
the Almighty. I have examined and
weighed everything, and, with a se
rene conscience, I set out on the path
to which my duty points. I trust in
my peoples, who, throughout every
storm have always rallied ir lity and
loyalty round my throne, anu have al
ways been prepared for the severest
sacrifices for the honor, the greatness,
and the might of the fatherland. I
trust in Austria-Hungary's brave and
devoted forces, and I trust in the Al
mighty to give victory to my arms.
CASTLES TO BE BLOWN UP
Great Buildings in Belgium M|#efj.for
Destruction on Approach
of Enemy.
Namur, Belgium.?On arri UvJ
Namur, I found a hug? crowd jof
man prisoners, says Maurice' ?ferb*>
ciult in the Chicago News. Th^'jfirere T.:
well equipped, but seemed dfomoff
lized, and would talk but little^ Th?
complained of having had ^SUl
cient food, and their appearance su
gested that the complaint "wa^'io*"
fled. The German quartermaster d
partment, apparently, has beeri ovt
taxed. Military men here, sajjj-'tfu
Teutonic marksmanship has be?n-i
accurate, the artillery being slow^
rectifying its aim. The German ca
airy, however, is first class, and ul
quitous, burning farms and haysfcck
ransacking post offices, and ovfjrfu
ning the spaces between the for|s.
In Namur all the big trees
been cut down or blown to pleceiFl
dynamite, to prevent their tse in t
recting the enemy's artillery Are. |Tb
most beautiful castles and villA'?
the valley of the Meuse have beca u
dermined, ready to be blown up Wie
the enemy appeared.
I have seen Belgian soldiers slee;
ing on velvet and silk curtains Inhtt
villas. The owners do not care,-bi
feed their guests well, and treat-tie.
as if they were their own children.
Innumerable trenches protected' 1
barbed wire have been excavate<$l
the Belgian soldiers, assisted by "Wor
men from the idle factories, tty9 e*.
gineers and foremen especially^ f
dering splendid service. The Belgian
officers are actuated by a high fight
ing spirit, which is fully shared by
their men. tVjj
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The soldiers declare that waiting in
the trenches for the next battle makes' *
them nervous. The officers have trou
ble in restraining them from taking
the offensive, although they respect
the resolute qualities of the invaders.
The captured German horses are
emaciated and weak.
It is estimated that the number of
French troops in the Belgian province
of Luxemburg is 120,000. They are re
ceived with many demonstrations of
joy. In marching they sing and adorn
their guns witn llowers.
| Ludvig had brought their sweethearts
with them, too, to go rowing on the
I lagoon and to see the German build
ing by the lake.
Lotta held Peter tightly by the hand
and followed him everywhere. Ke was
her favorite brother, and had been her
playmate ever since she could remem
ber.
"They went to the German consul
and told him they would fight for the
kaiser," said the mother, with grief in
her eyes. "They must go because their
father was a brave soldier."
dismal piles, and their gayety is gone.
The government steadfastly refuses
to receive its own bank notes and
nothing but silver and gold is accepted
all over the city. The shops refuse a
sale rather than take paper money and
hotels give meals gratis in preference
to changing a hundred franc bill.
Indeed there are scores of people go
! ing around Paris with several thou
sand francs worth of notes in their
pocket and they can neither eat nor
taxi nor go to the theater nor do any
thing that makes life enjoyable.
telMOM
SBMSOlOOt
Lesson
fBv E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 30
A DAY OF QUESTIONS.
LESSON TEXT?Matt. 22:15-j2.
GOLDEN TEXT?"They say unto Him,
Caesar's. Then said He unto them, ren
der therefore unto Caesar the things that
are Caesar's; and unto God the things
that are God's." Matt. 22:21 R. V.
The title of this lesson suggests
more than the portion of Scripture se
lected seems to warrant. We have
seen in previous lessons how the Mas
ter condemned and denounced the
' 1 vu ?v> Innr 4n no T*Q hlafl
rui tiia uy in a icaLiiiug |/iM?*v*wV>
This led the Pharisees to take coun
sel how they might ensnare him (v.
15). Three questions were asked, one
political, one doctrinal and one ethi
cal. Our next lesson deals with the
third question.
Secret Methods.
I. The First Question, w. 15-22.
This parable of the wicaed husband
man (ch. 21) seems to have- been
clearly understood by the Pharisees
(v. 45). While It stung It did not
bring them to repentance. The hard
ening effect of unaccepted truth is one
of its most terrible results upon the
human heart The record tells us
plainly (ch. 21:46) why these Phari
sees were withheld from at once put
ting Jesus out of the way. They
therefore resorted to secret methods
and endeavored to bring him into con
flict with the Roman government. The
Pharisees entered into this plot to en
tangle Jesus with their most deter
mined enemietf, the Herodian party
(Mark 12:13). It was a good scheme
from their viewpoint to get Jeeus to
utter something treasonable and then
to turn him over to Herod, who was
a pup.pet of Rome. These Pharisees
scorned to pay taxes to this same gov4
ernment with which they are now con
niving. They began with words of
smooth flattery (v. 16). The devil is
never so subtile, so dangerous nor so
malicious as when he flatters. Apart
from Jesus each party would have
given quite a different reply to this
question. In fancy we can see them
as they must have gloatingly ex
claimed, "Now we will see him en
trapped." If Jesus declared it illegal
to nay tribute to Caesar they could at
once formulate a charge of sedition
against him. On the other hand, for
him to declare it proper thus to pay
tribute to a foreign government would
seem to them for him^o deny his mes
sianic claim, according to their under
standing of the messianic program.
Calling for a Roman denarluS, a
legal taxpaying coin worth about 17
cents, he asked, "Whose Is this image
- J' r-' ig
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^ ^ of God." Mar
riage Is a relation of this present state
of affairs only and not with the resur
rection life. We who are worthy of
Ute resurrection of the dead neither
marry nor are given in marriage
(Lake 20:35), nor do we die any
more (Luke 20:36), but are equal to
the angels, e. g., in the Immortality of
their nature (Luke 20:30). More than
that we are "sons of God" (Luke
20:36). These Sadducees accepted
only the Pentateuch, yet of this which
they professed to accept they were
ignorant Here as elsewhere God defi
nitely and repeatedly declares himself
to be the God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob. Jesus proclaims these men,
their patriarchs, as yet alive.
Jesus accuses them of error in be
ing ignorant of these Scripturee. This
ignorance was not among the un
learned and can be commonly dupli
cated today among those who profess
to be scholars. Most especially do we
find a marked ignorance of "the power
of God." Some of these discomfited
ones could not conceal their admira
tion of Jesus' reply (Luke 20:39).
The Teaching. Jesus here shows ue
the true relation of himself and of his
people to poHtical questions. He rec
ognizes the authority of human gov
ernment and it is his will that his fol
Ut..A?.n ^Vinll f V> n I^KAtW-lAn
privileges which that government haA
to offer; at the same time they are to
submit themselves to its requirements
under one. clearly stated condition,
viz., Gdd's supreme will. In so far as
the lav.s of the state are Just and
true and in harmony with the law of
God it is the duty of Christian people
to support and to obey them. Jesus
would ally himself with neither party,
thereby avoiding complicity with any
measure of evil. We may likewise
maintain a siTuHar relationship with
God and 6peak with authority in the
correction of abuses, and in the direc
tion of civic and national life.
German ambulance corps picking
von Schlenning of the German army.
,4 j|?; ADVANCE Gl
Picture of the advance guard of t
the invasion of the Germans.
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This armed sky-cruiser is the bes
air. The pilot is above and the gunne
it can be pointed in any direction.
ONE OF GERMANY'S
One of the kaiser's powerful ba
Admiral Paschwitz of the German na
INITIAL COST OF THE WAR
Enormous as Are the Sums Already
Appropriated, They Are Small Com
pared to the Total.
ungnty million aouars was uie bum
Austria put forward as the cost of
mobilization tbat Servla had entailed
upon her. A quarter of a billion of
dollars has been voted by the Hritish
house of commons for England's in
itial war needs. The k iiser's war
chest is to be replenished to the
up the wounded after an engagement.
jiSiShiiiiSSi?imSil?SSiiiSiSSSSSiiiiK6iiiimtiiiiiKiii?imi6^ "< ""^
he French forces as it joined the Belgii
I0RS OF THE AIR
i m
t equipped of England'*, fighters of the
sr below, with his gun so mounted that
I5DCAT QATTIECUIPQ
uni.ni uni i bLiWiiii u
.ttleshlps firing a broadside. Inset is
vy.
I amount of a billion and a quarter of
dollars, with the appropriations by
France scarcely less and of Russia as
much more.
Thus the sums needed to enter up
on the war and to carry on hostilities
mounts rapidly to a staggering sum.
This initial cost cannot be taken to
measure anything like the total cost
of a general European war, yet all
this money is to be poured out be
cause of miFunderstandings readily
adjustable, that the powers were un
der toward each other.
Inset is a portrait of Surgeon. General
Portable and collapsible tower
used by th? German army.'
I of ataff of the Austrian army.
In addition to the amounts appro
priated, several of the nations, nota
bly Germany, have war chests of great
sums to devote to the costs of war.
The drain mad? upon the financial re
sources of the world is terrific and the
United States is doing noble service
in calmly meeting the stress of this
drain as it falls upon this country.
Six killed in a political riot in
Spain indicates a heated state of
Spanish politics. A mite worse than
In New York.
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washboard. Use RUB
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per?save your clothes
?make washday play
day. "Carbo" kills
germs. "Naptha".
cleans. Watch resj^ks.
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the finest fabric
and makes .your >
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sanitary. It does ^
nor need hot water.
Carbo Disinfects Naptha Cleans,
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OZARK 1
Soathera Traat
Certainly.
"Do you think it Is unhea^thful.for
a man to keep bis mouth open while
ho In nsloon"
"No, but It Is annoying to those V
with whom he comes In contact for
him to keep it open while he la
awake.", X
You can safely place faith in Han
ford's Balsam of Myrrh. Adv. ' , ,
?______? , r
The Way It Impressed Him.
"Has this town ever experienced a
reform wav<*?" asked the ministerial
looking person. i ,
"Oh, yes," answered the frank indi:
vidual. uFor about four years life in
this town wasn't worth living."
We hear of hew uses of Hanford'a
Balsam of Myrrh. In dehorning cat- '
tie, light applications help to stop
bleeding, making the use of a hot iron \
unnecessary. Adv. '
.
Poor Creature.
An egotistical man who believes
himself the* center, the object and tbe
cause of everything that takes place,
said to his friend one day:
"It Is only to me that such misfor
tunes happen." . ' Jl
"What," asked the friend, "Is the
matter?"
"Don't you see that It Is raining?"
he answered.?Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph. ;
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fk
In Squedunk.
The justice: "T'm goin' to fine ya
50 cents, BIJah, an' ef you don't pay . .
ye'll have to go to the calaboose."
The convicted one: "Fifty cents, '* '
squire! Well, me fer th' calaboose?
an' don't you ferglt thet I'm to have
three meals a day an' a clean blankit"
The Jestice: "What you aimin' at,
Bjjah? Tryin'< to have th' taxes rcis
ed? You're discharged."
Ill-Mannered Genius.
Francesco Berger, the composer and
piano teacher, in his. "Reminiscences,
impressions, ana Anecdotes, speaim
of Hans von Bulow as "a very ec- ,
centric man." Invited to dine with the
directors of the Philharmonic, Von ,
Bulow answered: "What have I done ,
that, besides playing at your concert.
I should also be expected to dine with
your directors?" ' ?
Grievance of Suffraglsm.
One of the grievances of suffragists
is the inferior position occupied by (
women as parents. A couple of aays
ago a woman, whose husband had, so ;
far as she knew, gone down in the
Empress of Ireland, applied to th^
Willesden magistrates for a vaccina
tion exemption for her infant son. She
was Informed from the bench that the
exemption order could not be granted '
until the father's death was legally
proved, as "the law did not recognize /
her as the parent of the child." If. '
the law does not enable a woman to *
ranjc as the parent of her children It
must be a "bass" of the most asinine
type.?London Globe.
DISAPPEARED
Coffee Ail* Vanish Before Postum.
It seems almost too good to be
true, the way headache, nervousness,
insomnia, and many other obscure
troubles vanish when coffee is dis
missed and' Postum used as the regu
lar table beverage.
The reason is clear. Coffee con
tains a poisonous drug?caffeine?
which causes the trouble, but Postum
contains only the food elements in
choice hard wheat with a little mo
lasses.
A Phila. man grew enthusiastic and
wrote as follows:
"Until 18 menths ago I used conee
regularly every day and suffered from
headache, bitter taste in my mouth,
and indigestion; wap gloomy and irri
table, had variable or absent appetite,
loss of flesh, depressed in spirits, etc.
"I attribute) these things to coffee,
because sincell quit It and have drank
Postuin I feel better than I had for
20 years, am less susceptible to cold,
have gained 20 lbs. and the symptoms
have disappeared?vanished before
Postuin."
Name eiven by Poatum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellvllle," in pkgs.
Postum comes In two forms:
Regular Postum?must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum?is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever
age instantly. 30c knd 50c tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
"There's a Reason" .'or Postum.
>ld by Grocer*
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