EUROPE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2236, 24 August 1914, Page 6

EUROPE IN WAR TIME

jJ;V-V" :: FRENZIED'SPY-HUNTING ': p:V' /.'v ■'- '.'■'. '.'.■'"».■. ; .'' -.- ' ' -r : : r : : : '•'■'■'■•'"_■. , . \'T*w< Hague,^August' 21. "-" [■'■; -■;'"■. ..Spy-hunting. has- become, a., .popular :. : : : frenzy;. ( An oflicial°saw several , 6o-called .. V : ; , fiuesians : lynched, though they.were ap- .;,.;:■.. parently Germans. to ex- '. ■.. -■• ■• plain..'.:_,:.. ".'• .:; ~ .'■ ;, ':.. : The..mob accused one man of being a ■■■'■■■. :.Bpx,'and r when : cli6.polico arrived hewa-s '■;■■/, /'arrested without the-least attempt to in-' . :.;:■, •■•vestigate the "facts. - Similar ; scenes't are v: • of hourly occurrence."'; '. ' !"'.

-J,' :;' ; i; ffIGH;TRffiLS6NIIN;ENGLAND;:- \.;-. . (Reel August 23,' 5.'5 p.m.) • - .'.-■.-■■- London;' August 22, morning. i\ : \ '. Mjv A'. Ahlers, the German Consul ( . at; Sunderland,, has been committed, on ': iv charge ofyhigh treason.: •'-...■ : ••;'. Mr.- Ahlere'was I 'appointed s Gorman , ■ Consul at Sunderland in 1906 '",■■ / , _■ ■ ';■:',■■■' HOME RIFLE CONFERENCE. .. ..•: (Rec. August; 23, 5:5 p.m.) '■! London, August 22.. <■'_■. ; .There;liave>-beeu several meetings of ■..-■. the Irish-leadens and' Mr. Asquith regpectihg'Home:Rule; .. ; .;! ■ , . : : '. : . BOMB -rPIENDS IN: ITALY, , .'.. (Rec. August' 22, 6.15 p.m.) ''■'■' :,'':'"''';. '.■■'f:-"'"'.''.Rbmei August 21. ;' ; .; Nine .simultaneous , ' bomb attempts •'.,'■ '/o're'made against trains in the vicinity ' '■■..'■ .of'; Naples :on Wediies'day.' .■. :" '.'. .'., ; ■ -■: FOREIGN VOLITNTEERS FOR ' .::: ix—iERANCE.:,,.'-,.;. . ' ■'; „,„■_ ■-■„. Paris, August' 22.' j Eightean.4housancl foreign volunteers who tho . ■Invalidos,.uildorthe.flags ofiheir respective nationalities.■"'-' The force includes 4500 Jews, 4500 Italians, 3000 BeMans :" . 2600 "Russians; "/2000 Swiss" '" lood' . Spaniards,;:-400 .-...British;-and. 125 '~ Americans. ■""•'*. '.: The "-Petit Parisiou" states that Gen...,- erdU'.Jcsepli .:Garib.a]di.;and two other- . of. Garibaldi's grandsons havo arrived from Mexico.and offer-to form a volun- ;■■- tder- legion. IThey- declare that they can raise .fifty thousand men. ;.;;■-;- ST.;JpHN'-AMBULANGE. ;;: iSeCi,August. 23, 5.6 p.m.) -...:. ■'..;...,/ ...London,.:Au'gust 21. ' 'Tlie—Press Bureau-states that six nundred'-men-of the St. John Ambulance' Brigade enlisted in- ; the Army Medical Corps ': .'aiifl.-joined' £hf> Expeditionary Force; while over a thousand mobUised for-the Navy Sick Berth Re- \ serve and 2500-for the Military Homo Hospitals.Reserve. ~' ..' THE'REFUGEES. Berne, August 21. The, British Minister'has arranged to send eight hundred stranded British tourists to England.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Sorvices. (Rec. August 22, 5.50 p.m.) London,'Sugust 22. Biissinn -refugees at Copeiihageii report better treatment by Germany in consequence of the threat that overy German in Russia would be sent to .'.-■ Siberia.—("Timtfj" and Sydney "Sun" ■'. Services.). ■■■• ' '■■•.

INTERCESSION SERVICES. IMPRESSIVE SCENE AT ST. PAUL'S (Rcc. August 23, 10 a.m.) London, August 21, evening. An inteicossion service was lield throughout England to-day. Their Majesties attended service at AVestminster Abbej. An impressive farewell acrvico at St. Paul's was attended by thousands of officers and men and also nurses and doctors going to tlio front. Tlio Lord Mayor ajid Mayors of London attended in ciuo state. Tiiere was an enormous.congregation, many being unable to olltain admission. Twenty thousand people outside cheered tho soldiers

. - Votive Mass was celebrated at Wesi minster "Cathedral. ■ '; '

Tho Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Davidson), preaching, at Canterbury, said that the war: was the result 1 of tho pride, ambition, .and self-will , of a few men.. The British conscience was nnchallengably. clear. England could only have.stayed outside .it the cost of her honour, chivalry, and faithfulness to her plighted word.. ■