CHICAGO. August 28.?Former President William H. Taft, here to attend the convention of the American Bar Association, which opens on Wednesday, told reporters today that Chicago convinced him he was out of politics. "I walked four blocks through the downtown streets and made one purchase in a store, without anyone apparently recognizing me," the former President said.
MANIA CASTS HER LOT WITH ENTENTE ALLIES Declares War Against Austria-Hungary on Sunday Evening. MAKES FOURTEEN NATIONS NOW IN GREAT STRUGGLE Almost Simultaneously Germany Announces War Against Bucharest Government. FORCES ALREADY MOBILIZED Estimated That New Ally Will Be Able to Throw Nearly 1,000,000 Men Into Kiehl. LONDON, August 28.? Romania has thrown in her lot with the entente allies by declaring war on Austria-Hungary, and almost simultaneously Germany has announced that she is at war with Romania. Already the troops of Kinc Ferdinand are seeking entry into the plains of Transylvania through the Eastern Carpathians toward Kronstadt, the chief city in Transylvania, and in the direction of Hermannstadt, evidently in an endeavor to pass northward through Transylvania toward the Rukowlna and Calicia borders and to take in the rear the Austro-German forces trying to hold back the Russians from entering the plains of Hungary. Nothing has come through to indicate what preparation has been made by the  Bulgarians to offset a probable attack by the Roumanians along the Danube front, or a possible attempt by the Russians at invasion by means of the Danube through Dobruja or by the Black Sea. It is estimated that Romania will be able to throw nearly 1,000,000 men into the field. 