EUROPE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2230, 17 August 1914, Page 6

EUROPE IN WAR TIME

QUIET WEEK-END IN LONDON '.;■: MINISTERS IN THE COUNTRY (Rec. 'August 10, 5.5 p.m.) '•■ London, August 14, Evening. m Jjondon was remarkably quiet to-day. There ivas.no Privy Council meeting, Mid only a brief Cabinet meeting. The Premier, Mr.' Asquith, spent the afternoon in the country; Mr. Lloyd George left, -early ior Walton; and the other Ministers propose taking a week-end holiW. 'lie prince of "Wales's Fund has reach,ed a total -of Owing to the. .release of prisoners in vw of the. political crisis, the Women's bocial and Political Union has definitely suspended activities. HERR KRUPP'S MISSION. •. •: VISITS ARMAMENT WORKS. '•' „, London, August 15. The "Daily Mail's" Berlin correspondent says that Herr Krupp's recent visit to England'was undertaken at the direct instigation of somebody higher up. • Herr Krupp, after privileged visits to the armament factories ; n England and Scotland, immediately reported, to the Kaiser.— ."Times" and Sydney, "Sun" Service.; : ■. WAR'. PRISONERS''; BUREAU, '..; • ' (Rec August 16, 6.5 p.m.) •. '■■/■ ■:'■'■■./■ -■■..J','' London, < August 15.' The Government■. has started .a war prisoners' information bureau, under' The Hague Convention, i , • COMMISSIONS JOE 'VARSITY MEN. . ■';:': (Rec. August 16, 5.5 p.m.) mi- -n >i Lo " d »n. August .15. - the Press Bureau states at large num-ber-or undergraduates of Oxford, Gambridge, and Dublin Universities have been given commissions in the Indian Army, the Royal Artillery,, etc., etc. ■ GERMANS CHANGE THEIR NAMES. • :.'■. —.'(Rec.-August' 16,'5,5 p.m.)' V';' .■■ ■ "■■London, Augustf.ls,Eveningi ■ -Many legal notices are appearing in the newspapers of Germans Anglicising their surnames. .;-.-'' LADY DUDLEY'S HOSPITAL,-SHIP. ' V i '''(Rec. ; 16, 5.5 p.m.) ;. : T ■••'. 'V -,'-'•' -•.'■. London,: August 15.; .Lord Dumraven has chartered a yacht for Lady Dudley's hospital. He will personally command the. vessel and defray the expenses. ' v. SEASIDE ,;fiESORTS, FOR WOUNDED. ' ■' : (Rec.'August 17,. 0.5 aja'.) •,.., -'..\fi London, August .15, Evening. scheme, has been initiated to accommodate the Allies' wounded at .English seaside places... . L ,V : - ';''' France, i ;■ .;•'.■'• GERMAN OFFICERS SHOT AT TOURS. MOTOR ffULL OF.MELINITE. ' --_."■■ _'-'.:'irK--' 'Perth, August 14. '• Two German officers, with'a;motor-car laden _ with sufficient melinite to destroy the'"biggest"b"ridge in France, were arrested in Touirs, on the Loire, and the occupants immediately shot. < . [Tours is the headquarters of the Ninth France. In 1870 if was for a .time'; the seat of the delegation of the Government on national defence. It was occupied ! 'by the Germans from January ;to March, 1871. Two suspension bridges and "one stone bridge cross the Lome.] ;.■■'■ ■'■~ V GIFT 05 A FAMOUS' STABLE. ', .'"■ ";'. ; (Rccr August 16, p.m.) '". ' Paris, August IS. >, M. Camilla Blanc has sold his stable as xrmy ; Temounfs, at- the rate of' forty pounds apiece, though one horse was valued' at two thousand pounds. BINOTHER"AEROPLANE FOR FRANCE. •., :-.■ • (Rec. August 17, 0.5 a.mj . "" ■••:; London. August 15, Evening. 'Mr. Oswald Watt has joined the French array,, and has presented a Bleriot aeroplane to France.. NEWS FOR FRENCH TROOPS. ■.' (Rec. August lfi, 5.5 p.m.) \r-"'ir '' '"'"'"" ■''.■■.'• PariS ' -AllgUSt- 14. M. Messimy,' Minister of War, has ar■anged' with Mi Viviani, Prime Minister, personally -to issued a daily bulletin ,of news for circulation among the/troops tomable them to judge of the importance )f their individual efforts in relation to ;he national struggle. ~' . - EXTRA ARMY CHAPLAINS. ;'V ' .(Rec. August 16, 5,5 p.m.)'' '„,,-_•■ '■'•■■' Paris, August 15. I The Government is increasing the number of Army chaplains by two to each livisibn.. Thisis regarded evidence of ;he toleration of the. Prime Minister,-M. Wviani, in Teligious matters. ... -■' ROTHSCHILD DONATION. -■ ' ,'■'•, Paris, August W. I The banking house of Rothschild Brokers has given a million-francs (.£40,000) I 10 the National Fund. J , GRANT.FOR SOLDIERS' WIVES. | ' '' ' Paris August' 14. Cabinet has decided to grant the wives >f soldiers one and a' quarter francs daily, md fifty centimes for each child below rixtecn.' V. ,' -~.'■ GERMANY: TOURISTS HELD AS HOSTAGES. ! London, August 14. A Rhine steamer carrying British and bnerioan tourists near Cologne wa9 searched, and fifty men separated .from' ;heir wives and held as hostages without (xplanation.. '" It is'supposed this act is one of re»liation for England detaining Gennan :eservists.' '; 'ENGLISHMEN GATHER THE •--.- HARVEST. . (Rec. August 16, 5.5 p.m.) ';„ ■■_ Berlin, August 15. All Englishmen between the ages of 5 and -44, including tourists who have leen detained in Germany, are employed n getting in the harvest..' ■ REPARATION TO-FRANCE. (Reo. August; 16, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, August 15. .Germany, has remitted the 8600 marks about .£180) which the French Ambasador at .'Berlin was compellod to pay for lis passage home. ' ' GERMANY'S WAR NEWS. mu London, August 14. The Wireless Press, Signer Marconi's lew organisation,- is circulating -messages lathered : by- wireless from - Germany, ihowing how Germany is being filled vith stories of tbff victories of her'array mdnavy, v -,;'- RUSSIAN CONSUL BEATEN. '-';''""' ■:'■' 'Paris, August 14. _ It is reported that the Russian ConsulJeneral.at Frankfort was beaten, kicked, Ml forced'to wncover his head and bow before a statute of Germania, ," '■' :••..;.; RUSSIA. , .POLES.',.OFPERED AUTONOMY. (Rec. August 16, 5,5 p.m.) ~ , ■"'—■»., ~ Paris, August. 15. AtelegrarniifroinSt. Petersburg siiystlie I'wjc '■ has.'issued a' proclamation ewting .. '--'- *2« - •' - "

that lie intends to restore to Poland her integrity, and to give 'her complete autonomy, with religious liberty and the free use of the Polish language. MONGOLS PRAY K>R TSAR'S 1 TROOPS.' (Rec. August 16, 5.5 p.m.) St. Petersburg, August 14. A message from Urga, the capital of Mongolia, states .that a solemn service yas held at the principal Pagoda to pray tor Russian viotory. it was attended by ten thousand Llamas from all parts of Mongolia, headed by tho Grand Llama, who officiated. Italy. .'• british subjects assisted , HOME. / . „,:'.. Rome, August 14. The Bntwh Embassy is chartering Italian ships ior the conveyance or British, subjects 'who wish to return to England or tho Dominions.—"Times" and Sydney "b\m." Service. ■■ AMERICANS IN FLIGHT. (Rec. August IG, 5.5 p.m.) Genoa, August 15. American, tourists are arranging, at enormous prices,' for special steamers to take them from Italy to New York; .ANOTHER MYTH. ' (Rec. August 17, 0.5 a.m.) ■im. ir i o , Par,s > August 16. . Ihe Madame' Schwarz story is untrue. The lady is safe in Basle. /HOLLAND. j FOREIGNERS; BEING EXPELLED. (See. Aupst,l7, 0.5 a.m.) ' n ■'' . -u Amsterdam, August 18._Owinff to tho cost of feeding the people, Holland is expelling foreigners, especially hundreds M -German refugees'from England and Belgium, including a well-known journalist, who wag expelled, from .London. , So, far no English-speaking people have been expelled.