EUROPE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2234, 21 August 1914, Page 5

EUROPE IN WAR TIME

BRITISH TROOPS' FAREWELL EXTREME SECRECY , London, August 19. The "Daily Mail" states that British soldiers are not ( allowed,, to write to their relatives, except on a postcard, saying whether they are well or in hospital. The postcards will be without ft postmark. Only officers of the highest iank know what is afoot. No English newspapers are now allowed to enter Franco. The troops. ontrained from tho poit on Saturday night. The townsfolk lined the streets for hours, cheering the soldiers, who were in uproarious spirits,' ana who variei the singing of musichall songs with efforts at the "Marseillaise,' mingled with performances by Highlanders on the bagpipes, and also sword-danoing. SPREADER OF FALSE NEWS, DEALT WITH AT BOW STREET. (Rcc. August 20, 8.45 p.m.) London, August 19. Mr. Keith Braflen has been sentenced to a month's imprisonment at Bow Streqt for improperly wearing a uniform of the British Army. An officer testified that he saw Braden at a theatre in tho uniform of an artillery lieutonant, and heard him 6ay that lio_ had travelled from Havre in a troopship with the survivors of tho Black Watch, who were cut up at Liege, also lOtli Hussars, who More also cut up in Alsace. Bra den at the War Offico admitted that the story was falso. INDIAN STUDENTS. . (Rcc."August 20, 8.40 p.m.) London, August 19. The Marquis of Crewe, Secretary of Stato for India, replying to the Indian Students' Memorial, rogrets that active service for them is impracticable, ' and suggests that the Indians should volunteer in tho Red Cross Contingent. HEAVY ARMFENLISTMENT. London, August 19. Eight thousand men are joining the British Army daily. (Rcc. August 20, 9.25 p.m.) London, August 19. Nino thousand seven hundred recruits were secured on Tuesday for Lord Kitchener's Second Army. PRINCES BID THE QUEEN' FAREWELL. London, August 19. Tho Duke of Teck and Prineo Alexander of Took took farewell of tho Queen at Buckingham Palace. It is understood that both are going on active service.

Tho Duke of Teck and Prince Aloxandor of Teclc are brothers of ■ the Queen. The Dnko is 46 years of nge, and _is Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Regiment of Lifo Guards; Prince Alexinoer in a Jlnioi- of tho Second l'-'cjji-uicut of Life Guards.

[ RESERVISTS RETURN TO COLOURS. London, August 19. Over ten thousand British reservists throughout tho United States are returning to'the colours. PRINCE OF WALES'S FUND. London, August 19. Tho Prince of Wales's Fund it'.ciudes a donation of £0000 from the Pegum of Bhopal. The. fund amounts to £1,"250,000. (Roc. August 20, 9.25 p.m.) London, August 19. The Prince of Wales's Relief Fund now amounts to £1,315,000. NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION. (Rec. August 20, 8.40 p.m.) London, August It). Sir. T. Mackenzie, High Commission|_r, presided nt a meeting of tho New I'ealand Contingent Association. Lord Flunkey.was appointed chairman of tho executive committee, and Lady Islington of the ladies' committee. Tho subscriptions total £2000. FOREIGNERS ARRESTED. London, August 18. Two Gorman currier pigeott dealers have been' arrested. Many Austrian® and Germans are being arrested daily for failing to register. A German was fined £100 at Bournemouth for having in his possession a revolver and an envelope containing information about,naval and telegraph matters. A BAKER'S OFFER. (Reo. August 20, 5.50 p.m.) London, August 19. A Camberwell bakor has offered to bako gratis Canada's gift of flour. — ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ALLEGED YOUTHFUL SPY, (Rec. August 20, 5.50 p.m.) London, August 19. A youth was committed for trial at Liverpool for espionage. It is alleged lie wrote to the Gorman Embassy in London offering to sell tho secret of the Mersey defences. Tho Embassy forwarded the letter to Berlin, and remuneration was promised the boy.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) GERMANY. BERLIN IN DIRE STRAITS. IN THE HANDS OF WOMEN AND BOYS. (Reo. August 21, 1.20 a.m.) /' London, August 20. Tho Rotterdam correspondent of "The Times" states that a party of Chinese medical men, refugees from Berlin, report that the city is in tile hands of old men and boys, and there i 3 a complete absence of the able-bodied. Boys aged fourteen have been set to guard the. bridges witli fixed bayonets. Corps of Amazons aro being raised, and leaflets, have been distributed calling women to arms. COLONIAL VISITORS INTERNED. SCORES STILL UNTRACED. (Rec. August 20, 5.50 p.m.) London, August 19. A considerable .number of Australians and New Zealanders remain wit-raced on the Continent-. The High' Commissioners are making urgent inquiries, but a complex procedure is. necessary as tho Colonial Office has to move the Foreign Office to move Washington to move the American Embassy at Berlin to inquire into the matter. ' ' Scores of colonials aro arriving in Paris from tho war zone, and 'report that hundreds of Britishers have been expelled from Berlin, taken to the border, and then ordered back to Hanover and placed in compounds.—("Timos" and Sydney "Sun" Sorvices.) EXPELLED JAPANESE. (Rec. August 20, 8.40 p.m.) London, August 19, evening. Eighty Japanese students, expelled from Germany have arrived in England after suffering much ill-treatment. They state that previous to Japan's ultimatum tlio idea prevalent in Germany was that Japan would attack Russia.

FRANCE. t M. CAILLAUX GETS A COMMISSION (Reo. August 20, 9.25 p.m.) / Paris, August 19. ; President Poincare has promoted M. Caillaux lately Minister of Finance, and an ex-Primo Minister of Prance, from the rank of sergeant to second lieutenant. TOBACCO FOR THE TROOPS. (Reo. August 21; 1.45 a.m.) Paris, August 20. Tho national tobacco factories at Lille, Nancy, Chateauroux, and Pantin are working day and night to keep the troops. supplied with tobacco. - HOLLAND. * ■ MOBILISATION COMPLETED. Amsterdam, August 19. The mobilisation of the army of Holland is completed, and military' administration of the railways has been established. SWITZERLAND. FRONTIERS VIGILANTLY GUARDED. Berne, August 18. Switzerland is seriously feeling the war pinch. Tourist and other trades arc paralysed. Nearly everybody is guarding the frontiers to prevent Switzerland sharing Belgium's fate. The Government is restricting' purchases of staple foods. London, August 19. Two thousand Swiss reservists have 1 left London. CREECE. GERMAN PROPOSAL REFUSED. Athens, August 19. Germany at the outbreak of the, war made a concrete asking the co-operation of Greece. The latter refused. The Greek Government adheres to its obligations _ arising out of the alliance with Servia.