THE OVERSEAS EMPIRE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2241, 29 August 1914, Page 8

THE OVERSEAS EMPIRE

; r : jUvf-CANADA. .■ v \ :ii : ; ' ■"■:' iXltJpttawa,' August 27. '■ Hundreds of Americans are volunteering to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force,'ikoludins expert airmen and submarine engineers. ."- ' '■- ':. -Mr.. Hughce/Minister. of Defence, was obliged rtb. decline-the offers owing to United States'neutrality. • ■ v Over,:ten .per .cent, of Canada's Expeditionary Fdrce is composed of Canadians who returned from the United participate in the-war...'■-■' .. i CENSORSHIP OVER LETTERS. '•■; ■'■-'' Ottawa, August 27. ;'. The Government las established ■ a censorship over : all-letters from' and to' Germany 'and Austria. ■ ■; 'ANOTHER' Wt OF FLOUR-., : ■ , . Ottawa, August 27; - ; : 1 Ontario province has' given 250,000; bags of flour, to supplement the Dominion's gift. Most of.' Canada's contributions are already en route to .England. ; ;.:• ,, .-: ..-• •'/'--. ; ..;.;.. BARBADOES. \ GIFT FOR-RELIEF FUND, (llec. August 28, 6.5 p.m.) , . ' -■■■'■ London, August 27. . Barbadoes has offered £20,000 ..as a contribution to the Relief Fund. . Mr. Harcourt, Secretary of State'for the Colonies, replied that the country gratefully- accepted . the offer, . which would be most welcome in the form of sugar. \ • AUSTRALIA. , MORE CONTINGENTS IF NEEDED. ' '.■.''-.; ; _ Melbourne, August 28., ; Commenting on Lord Kitchener's speech, Senator Milleii (Minister of Defence) states that already lie has submitted to Cabinet proposals for tie organisation of-'further contingents if required., : : ' BUSINESS FOR BRITAIN, (Rec. August 28, 9.10 p.m.) : > Sydney, August 28. Already many orders previously filled by German firms are being placed in England. . ;\ /■ ■ ■ ■■-.'! FUNDS. . \ ■ Sydney, August- 28. . The Lord Mayor's Fund has reached £60,000 and the Chamber of Commerce War Food Fund £lfi ; 000. "CATTLE KING'S" GIFT. Melbourne, August 28. • Mr. Sidney Kidman, the "Cattle King," has offered Senator Millen (Federal Defence Minister) 200 horses ■ or £4000. ■■■■-. ■ ISLAND SERVICES RESUMING. Sydney, Auguet '28. . The Burns-Philp Company notifies the resumption of the Island services. ITALY'S ATTITUDE ' EVERYTHING READY FOR WAR, London, August 27. '"The Times's" Rome correspondent says that Italy is apparently oalm and unmoved , <by events, but the-Adriatic coast and the. Austrian frontier are well-guarded, and everything is ready for, the'. most popular war since 'the unity of the kingdom. Italy cannot, long postpone her decision. The popular hatred against Austria is intense', i in a leader discussing the .positions; says: "Those wTio know and love Italy best are confident she will take her-right stand , and placo at the right time." '' ■ ■' : GERMAN RAIDERS ■IN UGANDA PROTECTORATE. Nairobi, August 27. A patrol captured, two Germans, beeides a quantity'of dynamite, while at- , tempting' , to' 'bldw up- the railway near I Vei'Station, jOn"'the line between Mom- [ basai and '

STRANDED IN THE ISLANDS PASSENGERS ON GERMAN LINER. .■■? Sydney, August -28. A letter from •Mγ. Mark Fey, the Sydney merchant, states that lie left Sydney by the German steamer Cobletiz o.'i July 25 for Hong-Kong. When lie reached Gorman New Guinea he heard that war had been declared. The Coblenz landed her passengers and left hurriedly for a neutral port. The passengers were stranded. They chartered a outter in order to reach a port and get a , steamer to China, but the cutter was wrecked. The passengers returned and were picked up and taken to Yap, ia the Caroline Islands, where they now are. . ' >