Subject to the foregoing provision all persons in the employ-
ment of the Government of Canada who, during the present
war, have been or may be called out for active service as mem-
bers of the Militia, and all persons who, with the consent of the
head of the Department in which they are engaged, enlist in
any expeditionary force raised in Canada for service abroad
during the war, shall be entitled to receive their regular salary
during such period of service subject to such regulations and
conditions as to the payment of such salary to the families or
dependents of such persons or otherwise as may be prescribed
by Order in Council or by the head of the Department in each
case.
The Committee concur in the foregoing and submit the
same for approval.
RODOLPHE BOUDREAU,
7-3 Clerk of the Privy Council.
38 Department of the Secretary of State, Canada,

No. 26

Supplement to The London Gazette, 11th August, 1914 — ISth

August, 1914-



Announcement of war with Austria-Hungary.
NOTICE.
Diplomatic relations between France and Austria being
broken off, the French Government have requested His Majesty's
Government to communicate to the Austro-Hungarian Ambas-
sador in London the following Declaration: —

"Apr^s avoir d6clar6 la guerre h la Serbie et pris ainsi la
premiere initiative des hostilites en Europe, le Gouvemement
austro-hongrois s'est mis, sans aucune provocation du Gou-
vemement de la R^publique FranQaise, en ^tat de guerre avec
la France;

1° — ^Apres que I'Allemagne avait successivement d^clar^
la guerre a la Russie et k la France il est intervenu dans ce conflit
en declarant le guerre k la Russie qui combattait d6ja aux c6t6s
de la France.
