EUROPE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2231, 18 August 1914, Page 5

EUROPE IN WAR TIME

LORD KITCHENER'S SECOND ARMY' HEAVY ENLISTMENT (Rec. August 17, 8.50 p.m.) ' London, August 17, morning. * thousand men were recruited .for Lord Kitchener's second army during the week, and recruiting is now at the rata of seven thousand daily. Newspaper comments suggest that Lord Kitchener's big scheme is intended .to provide a great annj'. to meet, needs when the Frencvh reserves are exhausted. GERMAN REPORTS. • EXPEDITIONARY FORCE BLOCKED BY' SUBMARINES. / London/ .August 16. German wireless messages, declare that tlie British fleet hifs not dared to approach the. German coast since the sinking of the, Amphion, and that Britain will not. send an expeditionary force for fear of submarines. THE CHURCHES AND THE WAR. SILENT PRAYERS FOR VICTORY. v ■ Londoh, August 16. Thero were great congregations at the churches and chapels to-day, when collections for the Prince of Wales's fund, and in some instances for the Belgian fund, were taken up.' The clergy urged many of the congregations to observe tho Chaplain-General s suggestion that eveijbody should offer up a momentary silent prayer for victory at- noon daily. , "SENTRY FIRES ON A SUPPOSED | nw ,S- SPY. ■ , (Bee. August 17, 8.50 p.m.) London, August 17, morning: Private Robertson, a sentry at'Brooklands Aerodrome, 'thrice challenged a supposed' spy, and then fired. Tho spy returned the shot, wounding the sen-try, and then escaped into a neighbouring wood. , . ■ ■■ WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED WOMEN. . (I!ec. August 18, 0.10 a.iii.j • London, August 17, morning. The Queen, is inaugurating a scheme to securo work for women who are unemployed owing to <the war. TEN THOUSAND GERMAN "WAITERS REMAIN. (Rec. August 17, 6.20 p.m.) London, Aflgust. 16. Ten' thousand German and. Austrian waiters are still : n London, and English waiters are placi'ig placards in hotels 'and

restaurants calling upon British .citizens ."" to refuse to be served by "our alien enemies,"—"Timis" and, Sydney "Sun" Service. - - BRITAIN'S AMUSEMENTS. London, August 14. West End clubs have reduced the cateS ins.to plain and simple fare. The Jockey Club is advising race clubs to hold meetings wherever possible to avoid throwing thousands of people out of employment. • ■ -■ '. ■ The council of the Actors' Association appeals to the public to support' the theatres, where twenty thousand people -are employed. The variety artists have outlined a schema for working the musio halls on : the co-operative principle,.otherwise they will demand 'ftdrsalary;-^'iTimes'-- , ant i Sydney "Sun" Services.) GERMAN BOMBS FOUND. T ■■•'■ London, August J6.' i The residence ofa German near Livei*... pool was raided after the occupants'had'"'/ left. A quantity of •bombs,'- loaded' firen ■■'• arms, ammunition, and German documents were found." ".""'.:.; •.::'•' Russr.A,'.'.'V.V.'.'. .".'V''., *'^.'- COSSACK WOMEN APPLYING FOE SERVICE. -'■ " ■•'••■ '. (Received August 17, 10.50 p.m.) St. Petersburg, August 17, morning-.. The Tsar has gone to Moscow. '' "' : ' ' Many women, principally Cossacks, •are' applying for service in. the ranks. The Dowager Empress Marie reached • St. Petersburg by a circuitous route and had a great reception. .The previous reports of Iter being in Switzerland were . circulated as a blind to her real movements. /■■' ■■-. ■ ■ The Cossacks"comprise a portion'of.'the' .' -Russian population numbering oyer two and a halt millions, who are settled along the frontiers, .and;are endowed with; - certain privileges and bound in; return ' to give military sefvice'.'all at"'a'certain - ago, under special, conditions. In time of war the Cossacsk' are- bound to supply' '.. 4267 . officers, 177,300 . men, and 170,695 horses. GERMANY. ' CITY DEPRESSED''bY ; THE : WAB ; '• ■'■' NEWS.' . (Received August-17, 10.50-p.m.) Copenhagen, 'August' r7."' A traveller from Berlin states "that- 1 the Scandinavian mails giving detailed reports' of" German, defeats in Belgium cicated a great surprise in Berlin. The night revels ceased, dancing halls closed, and the city was in. absolute darkness. Leipsig has been transformed into alios-, pital town for' the reception of the wounded from Liege. : :■ .'...;.. DETAINED BRITISH SUBJECTsT'.-.... London, August 1&, . Germany' has furnished. Sir Edwari; Grey with the names of scores of British subjects, tourists who have been cotnpulsorily detained on the ground that they are'of age serviceable for war. ■•' DENMARK. ;' ;' .•_"-';' : l' A ROYAL PRINCE'S PLIGHT.. -,' (Rec. August 17, 6.20 p.m.) . . ~:;". London, August 18. ■' Prince Aage, of the Danish ,Royal House, has arrived at Copenhagen, after. ■'■:■■ an uncomfortable journey from Milan;'; through mobilised Europe. Soon after he crossed the' German frontier he was stripped Baked,; and his clothing scrupulously searched. Ho travelled in a cattle train through France, eating dry bread, and '. embarked at Havre in a freight 6tcamer; • in company with hundreds of Russian \ and Scandinavian refugees.—"Times" andSydney "Sun"' Service. " -. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. BRITISH SUBJECTS ARRESTED. Rome, August-16..,.. The English Consul at Trieste''has"ar» rived at Ancona. He'states, that .severe ~ measures/have been adopted against Bri-' -■ tish subjects.in Austria. Many have beer arrested and imprisoned. PORTUGAL, ."... .s. MORE MEN FOR COLONIAL' GARRISONS. ' Lisbon, August "16; '' The Government has decided.to send,, immediately two thousand men to Portii-'' guese Africa and increase the naval units: by arming merchantmen. SWITZERLAND. DOWAGER EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. Berne, August 16. ' Tha Dowager. Empress Marie of:_Ruß< '; sia, who it was supposed went to Copen-.-hagen, is. actually at Berne, where she), will undergo an operation;