ROOFS FIRED ON IN SURREY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2226, 12 August 1914, Page 5

ROOFS FIRED ON IN SURREY

GERMANS & RAILWAY BRIDGES : SPECIAL POLICE TO WATCH VITAL POINTS r< London, Aufftfet' 10. • l'roop trains were fired on from both ' le3 nt Crowliurst, Surrey. AVindowe ' the carriages were broken. The police' •■; 3 ficarcliing for the culprits. Motor- .'- rs were seen near by. , ■ ( Hermans in aevercil parts of the country " ve becu arrested or wern disturbed i«n apparently tamtiering with railway idges. . ■ •;•;. ' ■ Che police discovered several wireless * paratus in. houses of Germans in the * ndou suburbs. London, Außust 10. * German Naval Eerorrists were - found rkinp on Tt.M.S. Zealandio, which w-as ' ■ lipping for sea. v llymp'.a hna ljceu made a concentration up, and 300 Germans are- -..internal '. ire. Jinny Germans from thb North "- Eneland are interned at York Caetle..

Sir Edward Ward is organising special constabulary to' sorve; four; fours', daily to protect the docks, bridges, gasworks, : and waterworks. The equads as fur as ' possible will consist of ton friends. Motor-cyclo3 aro speoially wanted. West End actors are offering their ser. vices as spocinl police, preferring to do .duty from .midnight tjll i .o'clock' in the morning. ; •■ -.'- •■'-■ - •". '•'., - GERMAN COUNT DISAPPEARS. GOVERNMENT SEIZE COUNTRY HoysE.'■;■;■■ . \ . (Rec. August 12, 1.5 a.m.) ■ • London,» August 11, jiioniing. Tie police occupied Croydon Hall, neat Dunsfer, which was in tho occupation- o: Coutit Hochberg, a member of the Plcsi family. The property is valltwl .at .£IOO,OOO. The Hall contains many art treasures. When' war was declared Coun' 'Hochberi; (old the servants tlmt thej'.' , might never sea him again and disap-i "''"*. peered, : ■••..-,... ,-,. MORE GERMANS DETAINED.' "-' GLAD TO AVOID SERVICE. :' ' • (Rec, August 11, D.£s p.m.) ' ,'' _.- : London, August IC. A steamer picked up and arrested fouj Germans in a row-boat in the Mersey;' who were cndoivo iring to olode arrest. •A body of 219 German reservists wh# .-■ were'at Folkestone, en route to Flushing. .■•"■'•• have beon arrested by tho Irish Fusiliers, ■•■■ They appeared delighted that their jour* noy had been interrupted. fr : -, In consequence of their excellent ser< vlco in patrolling the Toads, guarding the cables and telegraphs, and assisting the Coastguards, the War Office will probably!. ." ■ give tho' Boy Scouts official recognition.' < ■ Germans long residont in Britain have . unanimously expressed bitturnessat the Kaiser's war spirit, and friendliness to-, wards England. The majority of: the - ; .- Germans romaining in Britain are .peaceful and and Sydney "Sun" Services. . •' .■.,... ~,.....'■ - GERMANS ARRESTED IN FRANCE, BRIDGE.BLOWN.TJE AT!TOUEg',".' : ' : <_■■* Paris, August 10. Fifty German spies ;havo been captured, . and it is stated nave been ordered to be Bhot. .-..... . . , ■.' ~, r ~,, ~, ■ A 'German hotelkeeper in Paris was.—'■'■ shot, wireless eauipmont being Idiscdvered , ' on the roof of his hotel,':; ■■.••■■• ■ •'.-. , A German u;njor surprised' Toiirs, on • tho Loire, one, hundred mjlea south-wesl: ,-; ,; . of Paris, by blbwini; up a, railway bridgec. Ho was court-martialled and.phqt.';; ,;.,,. _, DISCOVERY AT ANTWERP,; ■' GEBMAN ARMS DEPOT. , Brussels, August 10. _ A- large depot- of arms of German, otv gin lias been :diseoyered _,rf - DISASTER IN'CANADA. ,'..'.' • TRAIN FALLS THROUGH,BRIDGE.' ' Ottawa, August 10. .."..*- '. A train near the Canadian mobilisation camp at Valcartior, Quuboc, fell through a , bridge, and three jiien were killed, H is believed' the, supports -of ■ the. bridge had- boeix>.undermined..'i.. ;".' ' '. ' ' ■ . ■ ARRESTS AT; BOMBAY. . ' INTERFEKENCE WITH WIRELESS. Bombay, August 10. Thirteen Germans, ; membora.,<)t .>tho crew of a Gormaii..tranip'.steani% , have ■-. been arrtated on a charge o£ interfenn'ji ■with wireless- oommunicatipns •betwee? two,warships. . ~'...' V'V ALLEGED JAPANESE SPIES SHOT. '■':■ ./ ■• -Tiehtslri," August'lO.:' Three' Japanese caught ; sketching vtha fortifications at Teing-tan, near ■■ the. German naval base at KiaocUau.,,were..sjio». byGermaufl. . ,"' , .. .......'..,.. : ■ arrests at :..'.: ■"■• (Rec' August 11, ■).'.-■-. London, August 10. • Sixty German reservists who-were em. barking at Folkestone were arrested today. . ' . ' : - , ■ ■". . SUSPECT NEAR GUNPOWDER ' ' '; (Rec August-11,;9.35 P.m ; ) . ! . ' t ' ■'. ■-' London, August IC' bnonundfed aid twenty Gennaßs preBumably reservists, have arryed. at.rortsmouth, and have been imprisoned, bixty have been detained at Swansea.,, , ... A woman believed- to be a German spy was .arrested at the MiUhouseGunpqwder Works at Dunoonv ....',...'., : |-.... ~.;, ,