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SATURDAY. AUGUST 1, 1914.

BY TELEGRAPH.

(Reuter's Service to the Chinn Mail.).

THE EUROPEAN CRISIS.

MARTIAL LAW IN GERMANY,

GENERAL MOBILISATION IN HOLLAND.

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BRITISH COLONIES AND THE MOTHER COUNTRÝ.

LONDON, July 31.

Rustin and Áustria.

Converentions are being resumed in Vianns and St. Petersburg.

THE FINANCI IL SITUATION.

Emergency Action Unnecessary.

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BY TELEGRAPH.

THE CHINA MAIL.

(Router's Service to the China Mail.)

HOME CRICKET,

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LONDON, Aug. 1. Yorkshire best Gloucestershire at Harrogate by an innings and 118 runs.

FAMOUS FRENCH SOCIALIST

SHOT DEAD,

LONDON, Aug 1. The French Socialia: leader. M. Jaures, has been shot dead in a este at Paris.

The Murderer.

LATER

The tundrer of M. Jaures is a Jouth, the son at a Court usbur of Bivins. He is believed to he mad.

Government's Appeal To Workers.

The Government has issued a pro- It is officially stated as that the result clanation appealing to the workers not to add to the grisis by igitution of interviews. between "Mr. Asquithin conection with the murder of M. London Stock Exchange Closed. | Mr. Lloyd George and Londonbanke s Jaures, as thus they will throw the

it has been decided that the present capital into disorder. financial situation does not justify any emergency action, but in the event of further developments the Treasury wil: THE ARMAMENTS The prepared for such action im.

mediately,

The Stock Exchange in closed until further notice.

Ban on the Bank of England.

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Crowds of people are changing bank- mötes for gold at the Bank of England..

Sailing of "Imperator" Cancelled.

The Hamburg-Amerika liner Imper ator will not sail for America owing to the situation.

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Exporta of Food Stairs

Forbidden.

Germany and Belgium hæref lagund order forbidding the export of all food. tuff and materials useful in the event

•of war!

Martial Law 'Proclaimed by the Kaiser.

A telegram from Berlin states that the Kaiser has proclaimed martial law.

LONDON, Aug. 3.

Increased Discount Rate.

EUROPE.

ALLEGED THEFT BY AN INDIAN SOLDIER.

A Chinase woman,, aged 60 yasis, of Maz Yau Tong village. Kowloon City district, was on Wednesday last working in the Belds when an Indian came up behind her And caught hold of her. She shouted out and ran away. The Indian gave chat and caught bus sgain and took a pair of silver bangles off her wrists valued at $10. The man then bolted down the hill is the direc tion of Sai Tha Wan with the woman, itz

HENLEY REGATTA

FINALS.

STEWARDA' CHALLENGE CUT. Barks Station Leander Club,.............. Bucks Station-Mainzer Ruder Verein

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MAINDER KUTEN VEREIS, MAYENCE, AKÁZALANA.. W. Furthipan

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persuit. The villagers took up the chase and the thief was stopped by three Indian. Corded Military Palies who arrested him. He was ound to be a "oklist, and was taken to the barracks at Reunias Mill. He will also be charged before the Court of Hongkong.

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The Germans wure rowai out 100 yards fear the pot, and did not finish. Times: Fawley Court, 3min 41sea; finish. Twin

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THAMES CHALLEJON CUT.

Barks Station-Caius College, Cambridge 1

·Bucks Station--Jesus Colloqu, Cambridge 2

CAIDS COLLEGE, JAMBRIDGE.

(7 building); battle cruise and 9 build. ing: armoured craïners 30 9nd clam; 4 sape tootel craisama; 193 torpedo boat. H. Ward, how dostreyers and 9 building: 80 torpedo boats; C. M. Billington. and 23 submarines, and 9 more building. E. B.. Blason

The strengh of the personnel in 1913 we | H. E.. Hart...... 79.880, of whom 3,304 were commissioned R. W. Nichol. ofacers

TRANCE.

France has a standing army of $46,000 in the country, and 74,900 în Algeria-

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JESES COLLEGE, CANDAI BOE.

Tanis, the estimatedwar strength of the first and second line land forces in Fration buing 1.250,000. Fler navy at the beginning If. J. Buyton, how of the year comprised 21 hattleships com.. White missioned. 7 building: 20 armoured J. D. Maitland cruisers, no clasi protected cruisers 4 J. W. L. Napier 2nd class and 3rd class; 4 torpedo vernela 73 torpedo best destroyers and 1 build ing: 163 torpedo boat73 tbmarines am

OF 8 building

It is expected that the Back Act POWERS FIGHTING FORCES will be Auspended.

Italy Undecldså.

Italy'sattitude, far is uncertain, and it may be of the most importance at the eleventh hour. The "Tribuna " says that the Cabinet has come to no Becision regarding military moRKUTUS.

Britain's Final Effet.

COMPARED.

In view of the ponsibility of war inṛol: ving the leading powers of Earope it is interesting to compare their fighting forces.

AUSTRIA,

Austris's military forces far outnumber those of its little opprint. Serria. The Austrian army was re-organised in 1912. 1913, and now craints of three distinct organisations, the Common Army, which includes forces raised in Bosnia and Herze govina; the Austrias Landwehr and Land

and the sturin

Honved and Hungarian Landstarm. Recruits serve for either two or Atogram from St. Petersburg three

sirs, according Fer

to leta

icts drawn, with states that Cirent Bruin is making the colours, and the pass thrugh the a final effort to find a formula eceptvarious reserves, each grade entailing able to theantagenists, but there is certain annual training zarying i

The Corsman rmy consists of 1,879 little hope of succyss.

officer, 6,444 officials, and $14,843 men. In the Bosnia Herzegovina forces there are 406 oficera and 6,212 men the 43,617 men in the Austrian Landwahe are controlled

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Grave Frontier Movements.

An authoritative note from Paris deseries, the German tuorements on the frontier as very grate. The French Cabinet sat till midnight considering the situation.

The Bank of England rate of dis- Germany's Telephonic Communication count is now & per cent.

Dutch Mobilization.

A telegram from The Hague étaton that Qusan Wilhelmina has ordered urgant and general mobilisation.:

Interrupted.

Telephonic communication between Germany and other countries is iu- terrupted.

Austrian Mobilisation.

The General mobilisation of the New Zealand and Canada Roady Austrian Army and Navy has been ordered by the Landstrum, called To Help Britain.

out in response to the Bussian mobi liation.

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GREAT BRITAIN.

G. Cameron

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5050000 20000OTHÉE,

Won by three quarters of a length..

Jarin 100.

VISITORS' CHALLENGE CUP.

Bucks Station.Lady Margaret Boat Club (St. John's College), Cam. bridge ......... Berks Station, -Magdalen Collage,

Oxford......

LADY MARGARET BOAT CLUB (ST. JOHN'N COLLEGE), CAMBRIDGE.

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The total of all rack in the British Times: Fawley Court, Sain 38eec: finish, Army, including the various auxiliary | and Colonial forces under the control of the British Wer Office on January Tet 1913, was 235, 353. Of this cum- her 137.557 ware on the Home Estab lishmenr. 76, 706 being infantry, 13.218 envalry, 26,826 artillery, 156 engineers and 833 belonged to the military wing of the Royal Fiving Corps. In the summer of 1913 the Territorial Force at Home mustered 249,334 offenen men, the shortage being 53,466 The full details of the state of the military forces of the country at the beginning of this year are appended; Regular Army, J. G. Stilwell, bow British establishment. 167.868: netual W. L. F. Browne streng.b 162.231. Indian Army Madigan................ establishment 75,897, strength 27.007, T. Campbell, steers... Army Reserve, establishment 145,000; 4min 5ece; #nish, Smin 25sec. strength 14,808. Special Reserve; establishment 78,714; strength 61,048, Territorial Force, establishment 315,438 strength 265, 867. Mllitia, 630., Military Reserve Division 4:

by 9,350 officer and 1.484 other officials; Channel Islands Militis, establishment

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bridge....... Berka Sation-First Trinity, Cambridge

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PEMBROKE "COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

and the Hungarien Hoared consists of,166, actual strength 9,928; Malta K. Blow, bow......... 3477 officiers, 1,431 official and 33,638 and Bermula Militia and Volunteers, L. N. Younghusband

establishment 2,894, actual 2,170; A-Lon-Waltor......... The retal peace footing of the enbined Isle of Man Volunteers, eatablishment. Gregson

G.C. Dobb.... armies is given as 290,000 and the war forting as two and a half million troops, 126, actual 115 Offers Training M. H. Graham with approximately 2,000 g. The Corps, establishment 1,000, actual R A. Dobo.... AnDual military expenditure is in normal strength 791. Torde, establishment GA..8. Morris, hier V. St. R. Collins, cor times about 25 millions sterling, but in the 790,292. Actual strength 688,150 past two years owing to expender due to the reorganisation this amount has been excceded.

consisting of eight battleships of the Austria on-scsses & grod navy, ber fleet

Dreadnought class three second clans battleship, and three which would now rank as obselets. Ber cruisers number Raven, three being modern ships with speeds of 23 knota" er over. Thirty-six destroyers, 19 mndern torpede bouts, and fourteen submarines completed the strength of her navy at the end of best year, and to mas them she had penca perscope of 19,000, and 20,000 reserves.

THE NAVY..

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The Brities Navy included at the be- P. La T. Foster, DOE hatttleships of the Dreadnough and Soper, D. H. Bremner.......... ginning of this year no fower than 32 E. Barningham .....

Dreadnought types, built or building, of W. A. Young which eighteen were in commission. in 7. S. W. Raikes. October 1913. The latest of 'hese vessels J. A. Ritsons.... have as their main armsment eight fifteen E. B. Foghe

battleships with twsive inch and 9.2 inch. J. Rich, cox betale sink. There are ten second clase MCO, Rawlins, atc.... guns as their main artismante, of a. toomage Won by two and a half lengths. Ties of 16,500; and thirty battleships of the Fawlay Court, Juin 32 sec; haish, 7min third claw, the oldest of which was launch- - 24 sec, od.in 1894. Of the nine battle craisors, the largest, the Tiger, launched in 1911, has a Berks Station-Giuseppe Sinigaglia,

Lario Cluh, Como, Italy, 14st fulb... 1 Berria, though not possessing so large a chrage of 20,000, and their main armament force as that available by her opponent, is og fram eight twelve inch guns to Bucks Station. Celin M. Stuart,

Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 11st at va advantage in that her army is well eight 13.5 inch. There are 24 armoared trained to the arts of war, it having recent oldest dating from 1209, and the latest, of bridge and could not finish. Time: Fawley Bruant was rowed out at Phyllis Court cruisers of the old type in commission, the Prance has prohibited the export ly bean in the Baid, It is recruited by

conscription, the period of service with the the Minotaur class (of which there are Court, 4min 18; finish, 9mim. colours varying from one-and-a-half to two thrive) from 1908. In addition Britain has years. At the commencement of the for-16 first ela craisers 50 modern light mant in the Balkans Servis put into the cruisers, 162 modern destroyer; 36 large Beida fores, consisting of the first and type torpedo boats, and 91bmarines.

The men available, including reserves, second lines, totalling about 195,000 men,

The infantry is armed with & 1970 amber about 208,900.

France And Food Stufts.

A telegram from Wellington (N. Z.) states that the Premier (The Rt. Hon W. F. Massy) addressing Parliament, aid that the occasion arosa New Zealand would offer an Expeditionary of food stuffs. Faron to the Imperial Parliament. The Premier announced that Canada had alan offered assistance and exclaimer "Well doas, Canada?"

The leader of the Opposition heartily con-arred in the Premier's coggestion, and the whole Honas ross and sang the National Anthem.

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The Canadian Contingent.

AZAVI→

A megram from Ottawa states that it is expected that 20,000 mili-pattern, Mauser rifle.

in will be mobilised.

Audiences with The King.

RUTHITA.

DEKADNOUGHTS,

GEAND CHALLENGE (CF... Bucks Stat on.-Harvard Athletic As

sociation Boat Club, U.S.A..................................... Berks Station. --Union Boat Club,

Boston, U.82. HARVARD ATHLETIC - ASSOCIATION BOAT CLUB, U.S..

The programmes of the various powers L. Baronstall, bow The Russian Army, service in which is provided for the following opplated 3.0. Talcott ..... Mr. Asquith and Lord Kitchener. compalary except" to inhabitants of the Dreadnoughts in July of this year: Great H. 1. Meyer have had audiences of the King.

Grand Dachy of Finland and the native Britain 31'; Germany 21; Italy 4 ; Austria | H. S. Middender!.. It is understood that Lord Kit races of Asis, in peace times has an es, France 4.-

tablishment of 1,210,000 and about. 54 hener and Lt. General Sir F. Win-millions of trained men will be available cute the Sirlar of the Egyptian in time of war. the artillery having over Army go to Egypt on Monday.

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International Trains Suspended.

Stock Markets Disorganized.

With the closing of the New York Stock Exchangeto-day the world's stock markets are at a standstill. Other markets are disorganised and foodstuffs, International trains through etc., are continually becoming dearer, many have been suspended. Sugar has increased by £2 per ton.'

Russians Destroy Austrian

Railway Bridge."

A telegram from Berlin: states that the Russians have destroyed the rail "way bridge in Azatrin between Ezcza.

kowe and Granitza,

Russian and German Mobilisation.

1,000 guns

A genius is a man who has sufficient The infantry is armed with ive- cartridge magazine rife, and the cavalry sense to let other, people do the talking with

a similar weapon, fayonet, sword and about himself. lance; while the artillary have a 3 inch Ger-quick-fing gun of 1902 pattern, 4.7 inch

Russia Placing 4,000,000 On A War Footing.

The Times correspondent at St. Petersburg states that general mobi- lisation was decided on lato on the 80th, ult, placing 4,000,000 men on

war footing.

THE CANTEENS SCANDAL.

Colonel Whitaker's Sentence

J. W. Middendorf.

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We have just discovered, says a con-

S. A. Sargent, jus 6 inch howitzer.

J. E. Wid Russia at the beginning of 1914 had a temporary, the cause of all our woss, fleet consisting of nine battleships, six "Yotes for women contains thirteen Withington of P. Withington xrmoured cruisers and a similar number of letters. Perhaps the substitution protected cruisers, three torpedo vassals,females "for women" would bring them. R. W. Carler, str

torpedo beat destroyers, torpedo what they want and bring other folks peace. CT. Abeles, cox........

Won by & length and a quarter. Times 1 data, and 28 submarines.

Fawley Court, 3min 34sso; finish, 7min 2000.

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WYTOLD CHALLENGE çor

Bucks Station, Loudon Rowing Club... 1|| Berks Station.Lady Margaret Bost

Club (86. John's College) Cambridge 2

LONDON BOWLING CLUB.

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An elaborate building programme to cost £44,000,000 was adopted by the Dome in 1912, when the standard of the Baltic feat Alert II. 5an boen greatly audied by laid down at 24 battleships, 12 battle the quaint questions asked at the Eubber cruisers, 24 protected cruisers 100 de Exhibitim by ingenuous visitors chiefly stroyers and 36 submarines, with a strong of the fair sex. says the L od U. Expiras feet in the Black Sea. At the end of 1913 Hera aras few of the pazzlers — What there were on fawer than eleven battle part of the coconut tree do you tap to get ships of the Dreadnought class under con rubber 7 Talatoz another name for struction, four of 23,000 tons each having the milk out of the soconat? I always H. Lumb, steers. been laid down in June 1909, three of similar thought that coconute had three kernels in F., Laskey tonange in October 1910, and the remain that. How, is it yours have only one?" M.3. E der 32,000 ton boats, in December 1912. "I thought you and a tree here with the · LADY MARGARET. BOAT CLUB (ST. JOHN'S Four of these battleships are now in rubber growing an it. Where is it?" LONDON, "Aug. 1.

commission.

Dues rubber grow on the trees like COLLEGE CAMBRIDOR tanna1" On the other hand, we have R. W. Cobbold, steers The remarkable military activity of the hoard & young lady offered a piece of rabber P. Carder Gorean Empire in recent years enininated under the suggestion she should have. W. Ure.............. in the Law of 1913, the main effects of piece of gingerbread.

Remitted.

Before the adjournment, Mr. Asquith said that, be had just heard through Germany shat Russia had proclaimed a general mobilisation of her army and Sent. To consequence of that martial Light Infantry, in connection with the faw had been proclaimed in Germany Army canteens scandate, bas boen and mobilisation would follow if the remitted, "Russian mobilisation was of a general

The sentence of six months' imprison- ge ment passed on May 27 on Colonel Whitaker, formerly of the Yorkshire

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which were to curtail very materially the period necessary for mobilisation and to

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THE BILVEE OOHLEN,

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gold and £6,000,000 in sirer. Germany's ARE YOU GOING UNIA JOURNEYbridge expenditure for this year on her Army waHAMBERLAIN'S Colis Cholers and salimosted to require £81,000,0:0,

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TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE

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