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SERVIANS PLAN TO FIGHT FOR COUNTRY Mass Meeting Called for Sun day by Braunka Pekich, of Benevolent Society. EARLY SETTLEMENT HOPE Austrian: Wlio Will Return to Sup port Emperor Said to Re FVw, While iconic Announce Inten tion of Taking: Other Side. The attitude displayed by Portland's Slavonian ami Servian population yes terday indicates that steps for sending home a corps of Servian volunteers will be taken at a mass meeting called for Sunday, when the present internati nal complications will be discussed. After reading the latest reports from the scene of the trouble yesterday, Iiraunka Pekich. president of the Servian Benevolent Society of Port land, issued an order for all Servians and Slavonians to meet Sunday at their lodgerooms. earner of Russell street and Williams avenue. "I have called a meeting of Port land's Servians and Slavonians today and we are all going to co-operate to help our brothers out in Servia." said Mr. Pekich yesterday, discussing the situation. "We are going to raise a fund far the benefit of Red Cross work. as well as to make arrangements for sending volunteers. The Austrian gov ernment has issued a call to Portland for volunteers and you can say for me that the number who will respond to the call can be counted on your fin gers, but instead of Austria's appeal they are giving their helping hand to the Servian government" Early Agreesaent Thought Probable. Unless Russia and Germany take a hand in the trouble local Servians and Slavonians are of the belief that the trouble will not last long, but that an parly agreement will be reached, but , should Russia and Germany take sides a war of all European nations is looked for. This is the view held by a num ber of the Americanized Slavonians. "I come here from Austria, where I was born, but. believe me, I am going to help Servia." said Theodore Kaneze vich. who already has purchased trans portatlon to Europe with the expecta tion of leaving early next week to Join the Servian ranks. "I have a brother in the Austrian army, but I don't care for that; I don't like Austria and I will fight against her." Mr. Kanezevich has not had any war experience and says he wants to know - how it feels. A revolt of the Austrian troops la predicted by F. J. Ugarkovlch, a Sla vonian, who has been a resident of Portland for 14 years. "This Is not the real war that is coming about before the next 20 years pass," said Mr. Ugar kovich. Future War Predicted. "The Slavonian race has taken steps to unite under one flag, and then will enter Into a war with Germany to pro- cure the freedom which they certainly have not got under the present system. This trouble that they are now having undoubtedly will be settled between Servia and Austria, and I doubt if Rus sia and Germany will take sides, but if they should then the real war of the Slavonians to gain their freedom will start. Slavonians over the entire world are uniting more now than ever before, and if all of them ever get together Europe can look out for one big tight." There is one Servian who Is sorry that he cannot leave to help his coun try, and that man Is M. H. Mitcovlch, who lives with his family on the East Side. "1 would like to fight for Servia in this trouble, but my wife and chil dren make it almost Impossible for me to leave." said Mr. Mitcovlch yesterday. "I will not join the Servian army until Germany and Russia take a hand: then I will be convinced that a real war is on," said S. J. Marlch, who served In the Servian-Turkey war several years ago. "1 think this trouble will be settled before many days pass." Miss Valeria Maretich, who resides twith her sister-in-law. Mrs. M. R. Mitrovlch. on the East Side, has four brothers serving in the Austrian army. She says she deeply regrets that they are not enlisted with Servia, the coun try which she upholds In the present - trouble. Although she has received - news of the first conflict, the young I woman apepars little disturbed over the safety of her brothers. An advertisement in a local news- paper calling for 3000 Servian volun teers to enlist in the service of their native country, is branded as a fake by Mr. Pekich, president of the Portland Servian Benevolent Society. The ad vertisement over the name Idim Petrtck offered traveling expenses to all volun teers. At the address given in the ad vertisement, 214 Union avenue South, where Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hornick have lived for the past year, no one knew anything of Petrick. Mr. Pekich says that as yet he has - not receive any notice from Servia re tarding volunteers. ; BOSTON COLONY ALL ACTIVITY loO to Leave Washington Coal Fields for War Zone Soon. ROSLYN. Wash.. July 30. (Special.) Plans are being made for the depar ture from Roslyn next week of about 150 Servians. Montenegrans and Rus- sians for the European war. Enthusiasm is running high among 5 the local Slavonian colony, which com- prises nearly 2000 in this coal field. A Z big mass meeting has been called for r next Sunday at Ronald, when plans ' will be discussed for sending the men home. Local Servians communicated with the Servian consul at New York today nnd arranged to join the ship which has been chartered to take American Servians to the war. Some of the men here have been called to their regi ments, others are volunteering. 1 Local Austrian? have not determined on their course of action. SPEEDING ATTORNEY FINED J. P. Slaplcton, Father of Bridge, Is Convicted at Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash., July 30. (Spe cial.) H. L Parcel, a Progressive and Police Judge -of Vancouver, today con victed James P. Stapleton, attorney. Progressive and father of the inter state bridge, and Dr. Herbert C. Lieser. on charges of demolishing the city speed regulations. The speeders were fined $. and costs of J 2.10 each. The defendants said their machines could not make the 35 miles an hour that Henry Burgy, policeman, said they were going. The officer said the two raced for less than two blocks down Main street. Camda In 1813 crew 404.600.000 bushels f oats, valued at (138,893,000, en 10.434.000 acres of land. VIEWS DESCRIPTIVE OF ACTIVITY AMONG LOCAL SLAVONIANS IN CONNECTION WITH AUSTRIAN SERVIAN WAR. 1 (Lett to Right) Savo Palch Shaking Hnuds With Theodore Kanesvlch, Who Is About to Leave to Join Servian rIv. s Miss Valeria Maretich. Who Has Four Brothers In the Austrian Army. 3 Braunka Pekich. President of the Portland Servian Benevolent Society. 4 (Left to Right), Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Mltrpvich and Children, nnd Miss Valeria Maretich (One of Portland's Few Servian Families. BELGRADE IS TAKEN Second Invading Army Enters Servia at Semendria. RUSSIA CLOSELY WATCHED Vienna Believes No Power Can Stay Czar's Hand If St. Petersburg; Believes Time Ripe for Her Cherished Projects. (Continued From First Page.) tonight concerning the movement of Austrian troops says: "The covering line of our troops on the River Drina has been pressed forward to the main arm of the river. There was some fighting during this advance, but not of a serious char acter. One man on the Austrian side and about ten Servians were killed. Bands of Servians vainly attempted to harass the Austrians at Bjeiina. "About midnight machine gun flre was opened from Belgrade and In reply the Austro-Hungarian monitors bombarded the city. Powder Magazlae Blowa 1 i. "At 1 o'clock in the morning the powder magazine in Belgrade blew up. At dawn the Servians made another unsuccessful attempt to destroy the bridge. "As shots were tired from the Servian Custom-House upon our troops, our artillery was trained upon the building, which was quickly de molished. This was followed by the sound of rifle fire. Simultaneously fires broke out at different points in Belgrade. During the Servian at tempts to blow up the bridge 16 Servians were captured by our men and taken to Petervardeln. Tt is rumored that serious disturb ances have broken out in New Servia, where the non-Servian element are reported to have refused to enter the army." Frenzied Crowd Greets Emperor. Emperor Francis Joseph's arrival here today from Ischl was the oc casion for one of the greatest dem onstrations ever witnessed In Vienna. A crowd estimated at 30,000 gathered at the station and cheered the Emperor with frenzied loyalty. The Emperor appeared in better health than for a long time past and was deeply moved by his reception. From all parts of the monarchy comes news of old officers volunteering for active service. The volunteers in clude numbers of men of Bosnian origin who display patriotism equal to that of the Austrians. ALL EYES TURN TO GERMANY" London Believe.- Kaiser Is Man on Whom Europe's Fate. Depends. LONDON, July 30. With the excep tion of official reports from Vienna COST IN LIVES AND MONEY AND DURATION OF GREAT WARS OF LAST CENTURY. Wars Year. England - France 1793-1S15 Crimean War 1854-1856 I'nited States Civil War..l8Sl-1865 Franco - German 1870-1871 Itusso t Turkish 1877-1878 Spanish - American 1898 . Boer War 1899-1902 Russo-Japanese -War 1904-190.'. 4 Balkan Wars 1913-1913 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1914. given in the briefest form and thus far dealing with the bombardment of Belgrade and the capture of several Servian vessels on the Danube, little news has been received in London con cerning the course of hostilities. Numerous reports are current that battles are in progress at various points, including one report from Milan that a heavy engagement is raging south of Belgrade tonight, but accord ing to Servian official accounts all at tempts on the part of the Austrians to cross the river have been repulsed, and the reports of the occupation of Belgrade are considered premature. While the' news of the actual de velopments in the Austro-Servlan war is unsatisfactory, the general situa tion is one of growing menace. There Is a vague report that Austria and Russia are still engaged in diplomatic negotiations through the medium of Berlin, diplomatic Intercourse between these two countries having been sus pended; but slender hopes are enter tained of success In this direction. It is understood that on the failure of his conference scheme. Sir Edward Grey invited Germany to suggest some way out of the difficulty and all eyes are now turned to the German Emperor as the man on whom Europe's fate depends. It is believed that if the Ger man Emperor so desires, peace will be maintained. The German view is that it behooves Great Britain and France to bring pressure on Russia to allow the two principals to settle their differences without outside interference. In the meantime, every nation in Europe is taking active steps to be prepared for any eventualities. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Vienna, who is often the mouth piece of the Austrian government, says Sir Edward Grey's mediation proposal must not have the object of modifying the peace terms agreed on by the bel ligerents. "The Austro-Servlan conflict In all Its phases, from the wording of the note to the ratification of a peace treaty." he says, "is deemed to be a matter which concerns those states alone, just' as Count von Aenthal, the late Austro-Hungarian minister of for eign affairs, refused firmly to discuss the annexation of Bosnia and Herze govina with any power but Turkey, and accepted the suggestion to come to a conference only on the express condition that this question should be eliminated from the list of topics to be dealt with. "So will Count von Berohtold decline to admit any Interference between Austria and Servia when the conditions of peace are being settled, signed and ratified." If this correspondent's statement represents the Austrian policy, as probably It does, war with Russia ap pears to be inevitable. SERVIANS SEEK FARE HOME Austrians Also Apply in Great Num bers at New York Consulate. NEW YORK. July 30. Servians smthered at the Servian Consulate to night, seeking free transportation to Europe. It was said that negotiations are under way to have all who apply sent tack, passage defrayed, on either Greek or Russian ships. Several hundred Austrian reservist have arrived here from Wheeling, W. vo i'i,imh!,s (1 and other Middle West points and more are expected to morrow from coai mining wiss Pennsylvania. These will sail tomorrow on the steamer Martha Washington, of the Austro-American line. At the Austro-Hungarian Consulate t. tt u.oe aalri tnrlav that about 3000 subjects of the empire had offered their services. Duration Loss In Days. of Lite. 8,168 1,900,000 734 485,000 2,456 656.000 405 290,000 3.14 180.000 101 2.910 962 90,898 576 555,900 302 145,600 Cost in Money. $6,250,000,000 1,525,000,000 3,700,000,000 1,580,000,000 950,000,000 165,000,000 1,000.100,000 2,258.000,000 200,000,000 VESSELS HUG PORT Lloyds Regards War as Cer tain; Withholds Quotations. SHIPPERS AVOID CHANCES Uncertainty Causes Havoc Among Exporters Cook & Sons Suspend Issuance of Travelers' Be cause of Premium. SAN FRANCISCO. July 30. To an insurance company here asking for rates on foreign shipments, Lloyds of London cabled in reply today: "No quotations possible. War be lieved inevitable on all sides." Lloyds' San Francisco manager said, In commenting on tke cable, that he had not been given to understand that quotations had been suspended, but that they probably were so erratic that It was useless to put them out, be cause a quotation offered now might not stand ten minutes hence. The uncertainty over insurance rates has thrown the export business here into the greatest confusion and hesitancy. The voyage to Europe is so long that no shipper cares to risk the chances of the passage without insur ance. Two French sailing vessels, three British steamships, one Norwegian steamship, one American and one British sailing vessel, and a Danish ship are lying in the roadsted or at their piers all under charter, and all laden with barley consigned to British and other malsters. None of them will sail until they ob tain insurance and in the meantime the charter price goes on just the same. Thomas Cook & Sons, steamship and Insurance brokers and travelers' agents the world over, suspended today the issuance of travelers' checks, because of the high rate of exchange in Lon don, by which they must either lose or charge a premium, which they were unwilling to do. GOLD INSURANCE IS REFUSED Underwriters Want No More Even at Rate or $5000 per $1,000,000. NEW YORK. July 30. Brisk buying of war risk insurance covering gold exports continued today at the record rate set yesterday of $5000 per $1,000, 000 of gold Insured. Even at these figures some of the underwriters re fused to take any more risks for ship ments on the St. Louis, which sails tomorrow with about $5,000,000. Their reason for doing this, they said, was that they had so much on the ves sel already as to make It undesirable to add more to the hazard. JAPAN IS BOUND TO AID (Continued From First Page.) Is unkonwn to the State Department or to the Japanese embassy here. Therefore the possibility of Japan's being drawn into any war that might involve Great Britain with Germany or Austria or Italy is believed here to hinge entirely on naval developments in the Far East. In those waters are many vessels of European powers en gaged In looking after the interests of their citizens resident in China, Korea and Japan. Just as the first blow in the naval war between the United States and Spain in 1898 was unex pectedly struck In the far away Philip pines, it is suggested the first clash be tween European powers might occur in the China Sea. 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Tremendous as the statement may seem, the present Imbroglio In Europe may be said to have emanated Iancely from the "grouch" of one man. Count Berchtold. the Aus trian Foreign Minister, whose name was attached to his country's decla ration of war. Is the real power be hind the guns. He Is known to bo filled with a vindictive spirit of re venge against Servia for having worsted him on the diplomatic field during the Balkan war turmoils. Be wrot the humiliating ultimatum th Kerbs declined to accept. which Count Berchtold was Austria s Am bassador to St. Petersburg in 1000. when Count Aehrenthal, with the aid of Germany, humbled Russia on the occasion of the Bosnian annexation conflict. He Is credited with a de sire to repeat that historic triumph and wipe out the stain which de spised Servia inflicted on his own escutcheon. eludes two armored cruisers, five gun boats and one destroyer. 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