Do we say mobilize or mobilise

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<Move, mote, mob> (move): (1) move, movement, removal, remote, promote, promotion, motion, motive, emotion, commotion, motor, locomotive, mob, mobilize, automobile, moment; (2) immovable, motivate, locomotor ataxia, mobility, immobile, momentum.

During its course Russia would have continued her military preparations, while Germany would have had to pledge herself not to mobilize.

The decision to mobilize had been taken earlier, and as M. de l'Escaille wrote, was made public at four o'clock on the morning of July 30th.

Moreover, in the meantime Russia and Germanyin spite of the latter's denialhad commenced to mobilize; Austria had mobilized and commenced hostilities against Serbia.

Steps already had been taken to mobilize workers in stores, offices, and homes for work in the orchards and grain-fields, should the I.W.W. situation seriously threaten harvests.

Any effort is almost paralyzed because the range of fluctuation of energy, the ability to mobilize energy, in turn dependent upon an ability to increase the metabolic rate, is limited.

"He did not say that he would oppose a moderate plan of voluntary arbitration, but he insisted that arbitration must be injurious to Germany; that Germany is prepared for war as no other country is, or can be; that she can mobilize her army in ten days; and that neither France, Russia, nor any other Power can do this.

V. be in motion &c adj.; move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit; hover about, hover round, hover about; shift, slide, glide; roll, roll on; flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along; wander &c (deviate) 279; walk &c 266; change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters; dodge; keep going, keep moving; put in motion, set in motion; move; impel &c 276; propel &c 284; render movable, mobilize.

On July 24 the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs told the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg that Austria's conduct was provocative and immoral; that some of her demands were impossible of acceptance; that Austria would never have taken such action unless Germany had first been consulted; that if Austria began military measures against Servia, Russia would probably mobilize.

On being asked what he meant by 'mobilizing against Germany', he said that 'if Russia mobilized in the South, Germany would not mobilize, but if she mobilized in the north, Germany would have to do so too, and Russian system of mobilization was so complicated that it might be difficult exactly to locate her mobilization.

At any rate the Consul at Kovno announced it on July 27th before any Russian mobilization at all had taken place, and the fact that Germany did not instantly mobilize shows that at the end of July that Government did not consider Kriegszustand in Kovno to be equivalent to 'mobilization against Germany'.

Then Germany threatened to mobilize unless Russia ceased her military preparationsan inexcusable step, which increased Russia's apprehensions of a general war, and made a general Russian mobilization inevitable.

If Russia was the first to mobilize, she took this step in consequence of German threats.

" [Sidenote: see exhibit 11.] On July 27th the Russian Secretary of War, M. Ssuchomlinow, gave the German military attaché his word of honor that no order to mobilize had been issued, merely preparations were being made, but not a horse mustered, nor reserves called in.

I comprehend that You are forced to mobilize, but I should like to have from You the same guaranty which I have given You, viz., that these measures do not mean war, and that we shall continue to negotiate for the welfare of our two countries and the universal peace which is so dear to our hearts.

I therefore have been forced to mobilize my army.

The Secretary of War has given me his word of honor that no order to mobilize has as yet been issued.

The Russian evidence shows that, on July 29, Germany threatened to mobilize if Russia did not desist from military preparations.

Why did Russia mobilize her troops?

The German leaders were also mistaken in calculating the time that Russia would take to mobilize her troops.

That isn't the mettle which for two weeks stopped up the German tide before the Liege forts, giving the allies two weeks to mobilize, and all they had asked the Belgians for was two or three days of grace.

That fifteen-mile run from Reuilly to Paris was through a long lane of sorrow: for not to one section or class, but to all France had come the call to mobilize.

Meanwhile the coachmen and draymen in the plot were told off to mobilize the horses in their charge, pikes were manufactured, the hardware stores and other shops containing arms were listed for special attention, and plans were laid for the capture of the city's two arsenals as the first stroke in the revolt.

Servia and Bulgaria informed Greece that in three days they would mobilize their forces for the purpose of imposing reforms on Turkey, and, if within a specified time they did not receive a satisfactory reply, they would invade the Ottoman territory and declare war.

Let us even suppose that the factory is ready and that the proprietor must mobilize his managers, overseers, foremen, and labour from far and neara force individually competent, but which had never before worked together.

mobilise 21 occurrences

We understand that the War Office will mobilise him as a special corps as soon as they can think of a sufficiently comprehensive title for him.

"Supposing Russia and Germany were at war, and France, as Russia's ally, were compelled to mobilise.

Russia must protest; she must mobilise.

Mobilise the fleet to-night.

Mobilise to-morrow.

I am going to mobilise the fleet to-night.

We were told to mobilise the fleet an hour ago.

The field is so vast and complicated that unless public opinion begins to mobilise without further delay and to form clear ideas as to how the principles laid down by our statesmen are to be converted into practice, it may find itself confronted, as it was confronted in 1814, with a situation which it can neither understand nor control, and with a settlement which will perpetuate many of the abuses which this war ought to remove.

Meanwhile the great men in Calcutta began to mobilise a field force at Nowshera, and all official India said uneasily, "Thank Heaven, Luffe's on the spot.

He said that if Russia only mobilised in south, Germany would not mobilise, but if she mobilised in north, Germany would have to do so too, and Russian system of mobilisation was so complicated that it might be difficult exactly to locate her mobilisation.

Something, however, would have soon to be done, for it might be too late, and when they mobilised they would have to mobilise on three sides.

But without doubt it was useful to the Turks, for it enabled them to mobilise their armies, and to strengthen enormously the defences of the Dardanelles.

One is so afraid that at the next European crisis the War Office, having learned its history from picture papers, will simply mobilise the women and forget all about the men.

Russia continued to fight and mobilise until 1917, by which time she had collected a huge army of over twelve million men.

But Russia had already begun to mobilise; and Prussia, presuming that Servia might thus be rescued, declared war.

But Prussia had already begun to mobilise; and Prussia, presuming that Servia might thus be rescued, declared war.

In a minute of February 22d Moltke writes that it would be better for political reasons not to mobilise yet; then they would appear to put Austria in the wrong; Austria had now 100,000 men in Bohemia and it would be impossible to undertake any offensive movement against Prussia with less than 150,000 or 200,000; to collect these at least six weeks would be required, and the preparations could not be concealed.

A report was spread throughout the papers that Italy had begun to mobilise, and that a band of Garibaldians had crossed the frontier.

As soon as Austria had begun to mobilise, war was inevitable; the state of the finances of the Empire would not permit them to maintain their army on a war footing for any time.

That and his lack of the use of ruthlessness, his alleged three days' delay to mobilise in 1914, are the principal charges against himcharges which, in my opinion, may eventually result in his downfall.

German women, however, having proclaimed that they regard themselves liable for national service under the spirit if not the letter of the law, it has finally been decided to mobilise their services on a more systematic basis than in the past.

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