by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent

The local papers remain largely silent on European issues. The Austrian Council of Ministers agrees to send an an ultimatum to Serbia on Jul.25, hoping to provoke a localized conflict. Serbia will be given only 48 hours to respond. The Austrian chancellor, Berchtold, reassures Berlin “that there was not a thought of hesitation or uncertainty in existence here.”

The role of women was the subject of a column by Mrs. John Martin, Author:

Between feminism and the family there is an inherent and irreconcilable antagonisms. They are PULLING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, and sooner or later society will find itself called upon to choose between them.

THE FAMILY IS A CLOSELY ORGANIZED, COHERENT, INTERDEPENDENT GROUP. THE BASIC PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH IT RESTS IS THE MUTUAL DEPENDENCE OF ITS MEMBERS. IT IS FOUNDED UPON THE NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS FOR ONE ANOTHER. WERE IT NOT FOR THOSE MUTUAL NEEDS THE FAMILY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORMED.

When the cave woman sat nursing her infant in the cave the cave man went forth to STRANGLE WILD BEATS WITH HIS HANDS at a risk of his life to provide food for them all, and the stirrings of gratitude in her savage breast, prompting her to make the cave warm and comfortable against his return, to COOK THE FOOD ACCORDING TO HIS LIKING, mark the beginnings of the home.

THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF OUR RACE DEPENDS UPON KEEPING THE DESIRE FOR CHILDREN ALIVE IN WOMEN. BUT THE FINAL OUTCOME OF FEMINISM IS INEVITABLY THE DEADENING OF THIS DESIRE BY REASON OF ITS ANTAGONISM TO THE FAMILY – THE SOLE MEANS OF KEEPING IT ALIVE. WOMAN TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY HOLDS IN HER HANDS THE KEY TO THE SITUATION.

(Emphasis in original)