BRITAIN'S SECOND ARMY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 5

BRITAIN'S SECOND ARMY

ANOTHER 100,000 MEN WANTED ATQNCE A GENEROUS RESPONSE _,_;,' London, August 9. Lord Kitohener, Commander-in-Chief, addressed the Lords Lieutenants and Chairmen of the Territorial Associations, asking them to use their influence to enlist a second army of a hundred thousand men, which is wanted immediately. Tho Territorials may enlist and their places bo taken by new Territorials. Lord_ Kitchener's appeal for army -re-cruits-is being generously responded to. USE FOR OVERSEAS TROOPS. . „ _ London, August 8. In the Houso of Lords, Lord Denman suggested that if the overseas troops are utilised they might reinforce tho garrisons of Egypt and India. There were, Ire said, no finer regular mounted troops m the Empire than the Australasian Light Horse, EUROPE IN WAR TIME. DEMONSTRATIONS I LONDON. RELIEF FUND REACHES £400,000 . London, August 9. ■There was a great demonstration outside Buckingham Palace. The crowd cheered the King and Queen, also the Grenadier Guards, who marched past.' A big demonstration proposed to be held outside tho Belgian Legation was x abandoned at the request of the Belgian Minister, who said ho felt it was not the time for such demonstration. . Two thousand 1 persons raided a, provision store at Dudleyport, Staffordshire, and carried off .£l5O worth of provisions. Great crowds nightly cheer the Italian Embassy. tumorous raoo meetings have been abandoned, as the 'railways are unable to carry the horses. The Prince of "Wales Fund for. alleviating distress has reached .£400,000, including donations from the Imperial' Tobacco Company of J25.000; and the Duke of Devonshire .£15,000. The first contribution to relief fund of which the Prince of Wales is president, ' came from the regiment of the Grenadier Guards, who sent 418,000. Tho King sent 5000 and the Queen 1000 guineas, Queen Alexandra 500' guineas, the Prince of Wales iI3OOO, George Coates (thread manufacturer), &50.000, Lord Ashton 425,000. There are a number of A'lo,ooo donations. NO HOARDING OF GOLD. '. • STATEMENT BY MR, LLOYD GEORGE. m , '■„, • . , .' London, August 9. Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George, speaking in the House of Commons, said the queue'at the Bank of England had vanished, and a sum of 45,607,000 had been paid, in on foreign accounts. Telegrams from all parts of the country showed the>e was no sign of hoarding of gold. Trade was assuming its normal state.' OFFICIAL PRESS BUREAU. . , GOVERNMENT TO SUPPLY NEWS. London, August 9. Mr. Winston Churchill, • speaking in the House of Commons, said tlie Government had established a press bureau under the control of Mr. F. E. Smith, K.C., M.P. for Liverpool, to supply a steady stream of information from tho War .Office and tho Admiralty. The country, he said, owed a great debt to the press for voluntarily combining to ignore information which the/ Admiralty did not want published. I OFFERS OF SERVICE. ADMIRALTY CONTRACTS EXPEDITED.-' London, August 9. •Employers and workmen on the Tyne are warmly co-operating to expedite Admiralty contracts. The Bishop of London '(Dr. Ingram), who is chaplain of tho .London Rifle Brigade, will servo six weeks with the brigade whenever he is ordered.. Lord Lonsdale has been appointed colonel of a colonial contingent. CARING FOR SICK. AND WOUNDED. NEW ZEALANDEFS ACTIVE. London, August' 9. The New Zealand Association is promoting hospital convalescent homes for the sick and wounded. It has' already received offers of a medical staff and nurses. An appeal for funds is being made. . - ■ Lady Dudley has received splendid support for her hospital i movement. She makes an appeal to residents of Australia to contribute, and this is endorsed by Sir George Rcid (High Commissioner for Australia). The War Office has accepted her ladyship's offer. QUAKERS AND THE WAR. A TIME FOR WILLING SERVICE. London, August 8. The Society of Friends has issued a mess«fte to the Empire, stating that it recognises that tho British Government Strenuously sought to preserve peace, and.only entered on war under a ffravo sense of duty to a smaller State. The Society, while it firmly believes that force is no solution of any question, holds that the present moment is not one for critioism; but for devoted service. For those whose conscience forbids the taking up of arms there'are other ways of serving the Empire. Plans are being evolved to 'enablo meinbers to help sufferers by tho war. London, August 9. The Archbishop of Canterbury has offered' Lambeth Palace, and the Duko of Sutherland and miyiy notables have offered their country bouses as hospitals. The Queen has apDrovcd of an appeal to the Empire- for Queen Mary's Naval Hospital for a fund to acquire the Palace Hotel at Southend to accommodate four hundred patients. ■ KING'S MESSAGE TO IRELAND. ' DEFENCE OF THE' EMPIRE. : '..(Kec. August 10, 5.20 pirn.) London, August 9. The King, in <t, message to Ireland, says he knows he can rely on the Irish, of all parties to unite loyally in the de. v

fence of the Empire.—"Times"' ".and Sydney "Sun" Services. ', •" '-. -"- SIR WILLIAM GOSCHEN RETURNS. , London, August- 8.Sir William Goschen, late British Ambassador at Berlin, has arrived in London. " INSURANCE RATE REDUCED." London, August 9. ' The Government war insurance rate has been reduced to four guineas., r . . —i ■:. ■.■'. . FRANCE. MINISTERS VOLUNTEER.';, '.' GARIBALDIAN LEGION ORGANISED. Paris, August 8. Many members of tho Chamber of Deputies and ex-Ministers have rejoined the Army as privates, officers, and subalterns, including MM. Caillaux, Lebnin, Ceccaldi, Klotz, and' Joan Bon, a Socialist deputy. ..::."..; ~.'." Tho Franco-Italian League 19 organising the Garibaldian Legion. • .- ■ GERMAN DISCOURTESY.;;:. ; .TREATMENT OF AN AMBASSADOR. Paris, August/8. M. Jules- Canibon, French Ambassador to_ Germany, complains of the discourtesy of the German authorities, who compelled him to proceed to Denmark, end required from him five thousand francs to cover tho cost of tho journey, before allowing him to cros3 the frontier. This treatment is in strong contrast to the, courtesy shown to Baron von .Schoen, the German Ambassador to France. ■ BELGIAN GALLANTRY. V APPRECIATION FROM FRANCE. : \ • ■ Paris, August 8. M. Poincare, tho French President, in a message to the King of the Belgians, eulogises tho gallant defence of Liege. CERMANY. BRITISH EMBASSY BESIEGED, POLICE ROUND UP ENGLISH. Berlin, August 7. When the mob besieged the British Embassy for soveral hours and smashed tho windows, British subjects wore, rounded up by tho police. Many English poople were arrested as spies, forty' being immured in the, fortress at Spandau. . The American Ambassador is endeavouring to secure their release. ■' '■ \ British subjects in Germany 'are required to roport themselves twice weekly. HOWLS OF EXECRATION. JOURNALISTS ARRESTED AS SPIES. Amsterdam, August 9.' A number of British correspondents accompanied the British Ambassador (Sir William ■ Goschen) from Berlin when the news that England had declared war was ■spread. - ■ ■. Howls' of execration from the throng in Uniter den Linden greeted what it termed Britain's treachery. • v .-. >vSevcral correspondents of ■< lEnglish. papers were arrested- as spies, but the American Ambassador secured- their -TSr lease. ■7.'-.'!:.H:J'7 William Gosshen succeeded in getting a number of Britisli subjects away. Many Australians are still in. Germany. A mob attacked and broke the British Legation'windows at Dresden. ; ' : •" Tho American Ambassador at "Berlin appeals for. British money to help-British subjects under his care. nii .;i;..-i . AMERICANS INSULTED?- '■" ' ; ' Paris r August 8. K Mr. Archer Huntington, president of the American' Geographical Society,, and his wife, a well-known authoress, were arrested at Nuremberg- as spies.,. Mr. Huntington was stripped naked ; ;an,d. his wife insulted. / jir"-'■ ■•■ SPAIN ACTS FOR BELGT|fM.. ; . London, August" 9. - The Spanish diplomatic aq'd. Cen6ular" Service is caring for "Belgians 1 -' in .Gormany. : , : _,- .RUSSIA. ; " WAVE OF LOYALTY COUNTRY. .-:..'... . • ACTIVE RELIEF'WORK: .;.' St, Petersburg, August 8. ; A wave of patriotism is sweeping over Russia. i The. families, of reservists have-been told to retain their homes without, .pay;, ing rent. \' Societies are forming to distribute food, tha Tsar's daughters personally supervising relief work. All religious and racial enmities have been dropped. Everywhere the organisation is admirable. ' J;' •..-- ■ - The Siesmological Congress' has" teen" postponed. TSAR; ADDRESSES DUMA. "GREAT IS THE GOD OF RUSSIA." St, Petersburg, August 9.. . The Tsar, at the Winter Palace, received in audience the Council of Empire and tho Duma. ; He said: "The enthusiasm and patriotic sentiments of love and faith to .the throne which have;swept, like a hurricane through the 'country are v a ■ guarantee that Russia will bring the war to a happy conclusion. At this moment I see with joy that the union of the Slavs with Russia strongly and indissolubly." The Tsar concluded by making the sign of the cross, and {-xclaiming: "Great is the Gou of Russia and the .fatherland." i .. ■ /. . ■ " '■' RECOGNITION OF POLISHJLOYALTY. ' . ' London, August 9. The Duma meets to-day. Among the Bills to be considered ,is ono granting Poland municipal self-government and use of tho Polish language, in recognition of the splendid behaviour of tho Poles since the outbreak of the war.' ; . 1 ' FINNISH PATRIOTISM. '.'.'. • St. Petersburg/August 8. Tho Finnish Senate has passed a resolution of loyalty to the Tsar, with the assurance that-the whole of Finland will sacrifice everything to/ drive back, an insolent enemy. GERMAN EMBASSY WELL ARMED. St. Petersburg, August 8. In connection with tho outrage at the German Embassy largo quantities of firearms and seditious proclamations were discovered, suggesting that the Embassy was being utilised as a centre for revolutionary propaganda. ....