ITALY AND THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2239, 27 August 1914, Page 6

ITALY AND THE WAR

STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER

NEUTRALITY AFFIRMED

(Rec.. August 27, 0.5 a.m.) Rome, August 26. The Premier, Signor Salandra, assured a group of Deputies that mobilisation was not proceeding, and even if it did occur it would not mean the abandonment of neutrality.

AUSTRIANS ON FRONTIER,

LARGE FORCE MOBILISED. London, August 25. Router's correspondent at Rome states that Austria is mobilising troops on the Italian frontier, especially at Trent and Innsbruck. Seventy thousand men aro already reported to have concentrated.

EUROPE, IN WAR TIME

HOUSE OF COMMONS RESUMES

NEW LEGISLATION

. (Rec August 26, 8.5 p.m.) ■London, August 25. The sittings of the House of .Commons were resumed to-day. There was a orowded attendance. Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, said the Government did not propose to resume the right to capture the enemy's merchandise in neutral vessels. ■ Mr. F. D. Acland, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question, stated 1 that Mr Page, the United States Ambassador in London, had sent £2000 to the Ambassadors in Berlin and Vienna for it-he relief of Britishers, also that Germany had allocated.£lo,ooo for the relief of foreigners. Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced a Bill giving the Government power to call in the'new banknotes'and to substitute for them others less easily forgeable; also power to issiie Treasury certificates instead of notes to bankers, thus enabling the latter to assist traders. '. . ' Bills'were also introduced restricting the sale and consumption of alcohol during the war; also permitting Britishers to rnake use of any German, patent. ' The Government is considering the appointment of a committee to develop the chemical industry, hitherto largely »n the hands of Germany. ■ GOLD FOR THE BANK GF vENGLAND. . ",. (Rec. August 26, 8.5.p.m.) "■■'■.:■" London, August 25, ■ The Bank of England has received • a further £474.000. in gold to-day. GERMAN RESERVISTS' FAMILIES. ' (Rec. August 26, 9.30' p.m.) . n ! London, August 25.. ; The Government has decided to permit the, waves and families of. German and Austrian reservists who have gone • to the war to return to their respective countries. ''..'■■ ' LADY MOTORIST SHOT. ;'"'" 1 " A London, August 25. i A sentry at Donaghadee, near Belfast, shot a lady motorist who did not answer, to three challenges. • BLACK LIST OF TRADERS. . (Rec. August 26, 5.5 p.m.) ', . / London, August 25. Manyfirms in the City aro'"keeping a "black list" of traders who are enforcing war prices unnecessarily for use when the war is over.-r-("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ;■•: i ~' , ■ GERMAN FIRMS TRADING. (Rec. August 26, 5.5 p.m.) _ , London, August 25. Investigations made have revealed the foot that a multiplicity of Germanowned companies with British-sounding names are operating in Britain, Ger" man goods boing , brought to England through Copenhagen, while German firms are sending British travellers round for orders. Tho public is refusing to'buy all German-made articles. —("Times" and Sydney ''Sun" Services.) -.'■' FREEMASONS' DONATIONS. - (Rec. August 26, 5.5 p.m.) London, August 25. The United Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England and the Colonies is asking members to sanction a preliminary donation of £4000 to the Prince of Wales's Relief Fund, and £1000 to the Red Cross Fund.—("Times" and' Sydney "Sun 1 ! Services.) ' CAPTURED CARGOES'. . ■', London, August 25. Mr. Bonar Law and the Chairman of this.Board of Trade Committee i will advise upon the methods of dealing with the discharge and disposal of captured cargoes. '. DOMINIONS' CONTINGENTS. London, August 25. Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of Stato for the Colonies, has. appointed a i committee,'under the chairmanship of I Lord Islington, to render advice and assistance to the Dominions' Contingent Committees. The committee includes Viscount Bryce (late Ambassador at Washington), Lord Denman (late Gover-nor-General of Australia), Colonel Sir Edward Ward Gate Under-Secretary of Stato for War at the War Office), Sir Owen Fhillips, and Sir Gilbert Parker '(lion, colonel of Kent Royal Garrison Artillery; associate editor "Sydney Morning Herald," 1886).. A SENTRY ATTACKED. London, August 25.. ■ A sentry challenged two foreigners in a shipyard on the Clyde at midnight. The men did not answer the challenge, and the. sentry fired in the air. The foreigners attacked him with their walking sticks, whereupon the sentry bayoneted one seriously ; while the other was arrested' by a civilian. The man tried to wrest away the sentry's rifle, but the sentry felled him with the butt of his rifle. PAPERS SUSPEND PUBLICATION. London, August 23. papers, mostly trades and sports journals, have suspended publication since the war. MOTORS FOR WAR OFFICE. London, August 25. ■ Tho Automobile Club has supplied several thousand motor-cars for the use of the authorities, of which a fleet iB stationed in St. James's Squaro night and day. COLONEL CRADOCK'S REGIMENT. London, August 25. Colonel Cradock's rogiment has been named "Tho Second King Edward Horse." LicutenantColonel Montagu Cradock commanded the Second New Zealand Contingent in the South African War from Deccmbor, 1899, to May, 1901, and during tho same campaign also commanded the Third Mounted Infantry floras and tho Bushmen's Brigade.,.

DENMARK. COMPETITION' FOF FOOD SUPPLIES. Copenhagen, August 25. Gorman food buyers are securing supplies from Denmark and Scandinavia, outbidding the English buyers by 20 per cent.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.

THE OVERSEAS EMPIRE

CANADA'S RESPONSE OFFER OP 20,000 MORE MEN PROBABLE Ottawa, August 25. Owing to the enormous -number of recruits offering themselves the Militia Department' is considering the question of offwing an army corps of 20,000 men for service abroad,..in addition to the original 30,000 men; Colonel Hughes, Defence Minister, considers that Lord Kitchener's warn- , ing that no one can tell how long the war will last is sufficient to induce Canada to prepare for every eventuality. NEW SPIRiT IN THE DOMINION. London, August 25. The Canadian correspondent of "The Times" says:—"The war has brought a revelation to Canada; some of our cherished beliefb have been absolutely shattered, and dawning convictions powerfully strengthened. We can never again discuss the Imperial problem in the' old fashion. . Finding how necessary it is to co-operate m a common danger, we shall be more willing in time of peace to organise for 'the protection of common ideals. The Dominion would not hesitate if asked tp provide fifty, even one hundred, thousand troops."— "Times"-and Sydney "Sun" Services. INDIA. PRAYERS FOR BRITISH VICTORY. Calcutta, August 24. At a Mohammedan festival, the mosques throughout India were thronged with people praying for a British victory. AUSTRALIA. COMMISSION ON PRICES. Sydney, August 24. A commission to report on the prices of necessary commodities, rander the special Acts recently passed by Parliament, has been appointed, under the Presidency of Judge Edmunds. "FILLED WITH GRIM DETER- - - ' MINATION.". (Rec., August 26, 10.40 p.m. ) Melbourne, August 26. ■Sir Alexander Peacock,. Premier of • Victoria, referring to the atrocities of the Germs.n troops, who' have been de-, scribed as the "Redlrjdians of Europe," said: "We_are now filled with a grim determination to make th 9 repetition of these outrages impossible." PATRIOTIC FUNDS. (Rec. August 26, 9.40 p.m.) Sydney, August 26. The Lord Mayor's War Fund now totals £46,000, and the Food Fund €1550- ' ~ Melbourne, August 26. ' The. Lord 1 Mayor's J?und is now £71,000, other funds £21,000."' NEW SOUTH WALES MORATORIUM Sydney, August .26... The moratorium has received ' the Royal assent. ."■ ■ ■ ,■' .-' •

OFFICIAL 1 NEWS

THE BRITISH IN BELGIUM j

PRIME MINISTER'S BUDGET

. The Prime Minister yesterday received the following telegrams from the High Commissioner :— London, August 25, 1.55 a.m; _ Official.—The destroyer Kennet, chasing the German destroyer S9O, on Saturday' afternoon, approached too close to a battery at Tsingtau. Three men were killed and seven others' wounded: Tho Rennet was not materially damaged.. ■ •; • . • . London, August 25, 5.30 p.m. The Belgian Minister has issued a startling statement containing a long ,list of outrages committed.by German troops and vouched for by the Committee of Inquiry. Belgium troops resisting an attack, of German cavalry killed a German officer; no civilians took part, yet the village of Linsmeau was invaded by German Artillery, cavalry, and/machine-guns,' notwithstanding an assurance by the \ burgomaster. No recently fired guns were found, but houses were burned and peasants divided into groups were afterwards found in ditches with their skulls fractured by rifle-butts. The German cavalry entered Velm while the inhabitants were asleep, fired the houses and looted'; seized, undressed women, shooting their husbands. An old man was hanged headlong (head downwards?) and burned alive. Children were outraged and wounded soldiers hanged. A Belgian commander, Van Damme, and several wounded were finally murdered. ' The . German ' infantry fired into Month (?). The report includes accounts of many similar atrocities. London, August 26, 0.5 a.m. Official.—The British casualties number two thousand. Earl Kitchener's first speech in tho House of Lords congratulated the troops and praised the Dominions for the assistance offered. The scale of the now Field Army is thirty divisions. > In tho House of Commons Mr. Asquith stated that the Government would not resume the right of capturing the enemy's merchandise in neutral ships. Reliable.—A Zeppelin'airship dropped bombs on Antwerp. There were twelve fatalities. Minor encounters have occurred at Antwerp, and Ostend. London, August 26, 0.5 a.m. Official.—Tlie French report no furthor engagement. The condition of the troops is satisfactory. _ ii Germany is ordering boys of sixteen to nineteen to undergo military training with retired officets as instructors.

in the pacific

DISPATCHES FROM THE ISLANDS. (Rec. August 27, 0.55 a.m.) Sydney, August 26. Tlio steamer Zambesi arrived to-day from Nauru, a German possession which lies midway between the German Solomon Islands and tlio Marshall Group. Communication with tlio Zambesi was not allowed. An armed guard of naval men was' stationed at the gangway. It is understood tlio Zambesi brings important dispatched from tho Pacific.