EUROPE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2249, 8 September 1914, Page 6

EUROPE IN WAR TIME

PRESS CENSORSHIP

SEVERE CRITICISM

(Rec. September 7, 5.15 p.m.) .London, September 6. . . "Tho Times," in'a leading article on the."Press in War Time," says:—-"If important : people in England should receive a steady flood of: information, it / is .' infinitely more important that the Dominions,, on whom so much depends, should promptly be told all that is permissible of the facts about the war. ; Tho foolish -censorship'-over Press telegrams to the Dominions is almost incredible, and. wo/are... convinced that Cabinet is not aware of them. Wo will give one glaring example. It was overwhelmingly imperative that the Dominions should' bo told immediately and fully why tho Empire had gone to' war. but the censors at the cable offices held ' up for four days the reports of the momentous speeches of Mr. Asquith and Sir Edward Grey, and then censored them beforo they were dispatohed." Commenting on the general dearth of news, "The Times" says:—"ln a .month we have had only one statement of any value. Wo have received infinitely more from Petrograd than from the British War Oilice."—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ','■■-' A BRIGHTER DAY FOR EUROPE. ' SIR EDWARD GR.EY ON THE FUTURE. ■ • London, September 6. ■Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for JToreign Affairs,'in a letter says:— '•lEngland is""engaged in a- conflict with a militarism under which Western Europe will fall-if tho Germans succeed. , "If Itlie independence of the smaller Stafe is secured, tho German people themselves will be freed from the Prus,;ian militarism which has driven Ger- ■ many into'conflict -with ■ Europe. A orighter,'.freer day for Europe Will com--pensate'.for'the awful sacrifices;" . ; -EX-BRITISH SOLDIER FINED. : ' ... London, September 6. ■ Captain-von Herbert, tho author of "The • Defcnco of Plevna," who served ',n"the' British: Army in.South' Africa, iiid.who.is well,known on the Isle-of 'Wight,, where ho, was frequently visited by, Germans, .'has been fined £25 1 for failing.to register', '■--.'.'- . ■'

IRISH UNITED AS NEVER BEFORE STIMULATING SCENES. ' (Reo. September 8, 1.50 a.m.) }'"'.'••' London, September 7. Belfast correspondents mention' the ' extraordinarily stimulating spectacle of Protestants joining the National .Volunteers, also of reservists leaving Ulster towns for the front headed, by the bands of two volunteer forces.' Thus, the two sections of Ireland have united in the common aim as never before. CERMANY. STRANDED BRITISH SAILORS. London, September 6. •'An Australian who has. reached Lon- .'. don from Hamburg via Amsterdam es- . timates that there are a thousand British in Hamburg, not counting the crews of forty or fifty ships.' The British have full liberty,- and are treated as ordinary inhabitants' by the shopkeepers if they have money, but none are allowed to be employed. Many are glad to receive; one or two marks (shillings) daily from the relief funds... i 'Hamburg, he says, is a cosmopolitan city, and more latitude is allowed, there than elsewhere : The feeling against the British is very bitter, but the Germans are anxious not ■ to offend the Americans, so the British escape detection. There is complete ignorance in Hamburg regarding the war, and no casualty lists, have been published.JAPANESE,STUDENTS CAPTURED. (Rec. September 7, 5.15 p.m.) \ The Hague,' September 6. ; Six' hundred Japanese students in German universities have been captured on'the Dutch frontier and imprisoned. —("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) . .'■;■....' FRANCE. .''. AN AMBASSADOR REPLACED. ■ (Rec. September 7, 5.15 p.m.) - ' ' " Paris, September 6. The Spanish Ambassador.lias been replaced because he disagreed with the Government's view that he ought to remain in Paris and not proceed to Bordeaux!—" Times"; and Sydney "Sun" services.- • -.'.'. When the Government of France was removed from Paris to Bordeaux all the Ambassadors except the American Ambassador decided to follow. The Spanish Government ordered its Ambassador to. remain iii Paris and represent the Allies in the' event of the German occu< pation of the city. A SOCIALIST MANIFESTO. ' •'-■.-■- Paris, September 6. The 'Belgian and French Socialists -haro issued a manifesto to all the na> tions, justifying" the French Government's • defence against German Imperialism 1 . '■■.':-■'■ BELOIUM. 'REFUGEES AT OSTEND. '; •■ London, September 5. Crowds of refugees have congregated at Ostend, where the rich are poor, and i the poor destitute. Many people are ■ jiving :in bathing-vana.—"Times" 'and Sydney. "Sun" Services. ■. !

SWITZERLAND. - /RESERVISTS RECALLED. ; . (Rec."September 7, 5.15 p.m.)' ■ .--'„■ - Berne, September 6. In .order to maintain the neutrality of Switzerland, and to prevent a violation of i its'territory, v mobilisation ■". 'has been ordered by the Swiss Government, and reservists in England are being recalled.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) SPAIN. PROTECTING BRITISH CABLE. '■ ( (Rec.- September '7, 8.40 p.m.) ' London, September 6, evening.' Renter's Madrid correspondent reports 'the Government is protecting the British cable at Bilbao, and is also preventing the distortion of telegrams.

SOUTH AFRICA ANOTHER GERMAN COLONY TO ' BE TAKEN.; London, Sept-ember 6. Further reports from South Africa indicate that energetic preparations are being made to deal, -with' thirty thousand armed Germans in German South-' west Africa. MOSLEMS OFFER TO SERVE., (Rcc. September 8, 1.50 a.m.) Cape Town, September 7. Tho Moslem Association .has offered the Union Government a corps of two thousand to serve as town guards or in any other capacity. CANADA ARMED GERMANS IN BUFFALO. (Rec. September 7, 5.15 p.m.) New. York, September 6. Intense anti-Canadian feeling exists among the Germans in Buffalo, where there are seven : thousand Germans armed and. better equipped than the New York militia. Amongst them the cry often heard is: "On to Canada." It is''not feared that the movement will take a serious form. —("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)

TRADE AND PATRIOTISM. Ottawa, September' 6. The Hon. G. E. Foster, Minister of Trade and Commerce, has issued an appeal to Canadian manufacturers to capture all available German - overseas trade, to make up to tho Empire for its losses during the war. The whole Empire, he says, should covenant together to purchase only goods made within the Empire itself.

MINES IN THE AIR

A NEW SUGGESTION.' Washington, September 5. Tho Army Staff at Washington considers it possible to mine the air like tho sea. It is only necessary to 6cnd aloft in the evening a large number of small captive balloons at varying altitudes, carrying sufficient explosives to destroy aeroplanes. They.could be taken down in the morning.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)

IN THE UNITED STATES

A LONG WAR EXPECTED. I Washington, September 6. American ollicial opinion regarding the Franco-Russian-British Agreement as to the joint conclusion of hostilities is much depressed, as it is now considered that a prolongation of the war is inevitable^ EXTRA' TAXES ON LIQUORS. . Washington, September 6. In order'to raise tlio necessary money ' to finance"the United States and make' up the loss of revenue through the fallingoff ofHrade, it has practically boon decided-.to\tax beer, fermented liquors, and .di|tiUed : liquors, ■

THE BALKANS. BOSPHORUS ZONE EXTENDED. '. Constantinople, September 6. The forbidden zono about the Bosphorus has been considerably enlarged, and now oxtends for ten kilometres (6.2 miles). ALBANIA UNDER NEW RULE. Paris, September 6. Router's agent states that the notables have taken possession of Valona by agreement. The insurgents will entor amicably to-morrow. Many of the insurgents were welcomed by the inhabitants as thoy marched to Durazzo, where hoisted the flag at the Palace. AUSTRALIA PROVISION FOR BELGIAN REFUGEES. (Rec. September 7, 9.15 p.m.): Melbourne, September 7. The State Government has cabled to the Queen offering to provide for 150 Belgian refugees each week while the war lasts. SYDNEY PATRIOTIC FUND. (Rec. September 7, 9.15 p.m.) Sydney, September 7. The Lord Mayor's.Fund now amounts to £72,000.