EUROPE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 6

EUROPE IN WAR TIME

WHEN BRITISH GOLD WILL TELL SPEECH BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE London, September P." Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of tho Exchequer, in addressing a municipal deputation in regard to loan provisions to meet distress in France, said: "Wo are going to, play a great part in the war, and' wo must husband our resources. The Inst few'hundred millions might'win. the war. Our enemies' could stand the first hundred millions as well as we could, but the.last hundred millions they could not: therefore money is going to count. We have won with a silver bullet before." Mr. Lloyd George expressed, on bejialf of the Govaraman*, +jie aatips'a

gratitude to Sir John French for the work he already .had accomplished. MORE MEN FOR THE ARMY. PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY NEEDED. London, September 9. The Prime Miinister (Mr. Asquith)' , will ask the Houso of Commons tomorrow for additional men for the Army.. v ' r ALIENS IN BRITAIN. 8500 ARRESTED AS SPIES. London, September 9. Mr. Reginald M'lienna (Home Secretary), replying to a question in the tlouse of Commons, said' that 8500 persons had been arrested as spies since the declaration of war. Only ninety had been detained. There was no evidence of a combination of aliens in England to commit hostile acts. Maximilian Dinz, a German cigarette manufacturer, has beea sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment, and ordered to be deported, for failing to register. Ho was masquorading as an Englishman, and was enrolling as a special constable. London, September 8. An order has been issued ordering all aliens to surrender arms, and investing the police with powers of search without warrant.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. SUFFRAGETTES AND THE WAR. (Rec. September 10, 6 p.m.) London, September 9. ' Mrs. Pankhurst, speaking at a mass meeting in the Opera House, said the defeat of Britain would be calamitous from a woman's point of view, as enfranchisement depended upon the preservation of the Empire.—''Times'.' and Sjdney."'Sun" services. MANY REFUGEES 'ARRIVING* (Rec. September 10,-10.15 p.m.) ■ London, September 9, evening. ■ Thousands of refugees, mostly Belgian, ' continue' to arrive in England. PRINCE ALBERT'S ILLNESS. London, Septembe- 9. An operation for appendicitis was performed this morning on Prince Albert, file King's second son, who recently was invalided home from H.M.S. Col-' lingwood. The condition of the Prince is satisfactory. GERMAN BARBARITY. . .•'•.-■ London, September 9. "';Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, in addressing a recruiting meeting at Sheffield, said Germany would have to pay dearly for her. : savagery, causing the destruction of innoceats and the iridjfccriminate mine-laying. She did not pos-sess the chivalry' of| the old-time buccaneers and filibusters, who respected women and children and did not firo on the Red Cross. ' CERMANY. ■ NO DISHEARTENING NEWS ■■:'■- ALLOWED'. ■ • . London, September .9. Mr. the South African Labour leader, in; the "Daily Citizen," states _that when he left' Berlin on August 27, the authorities were not allowing anything to be published likely to dishearten, the people. Notices were posted forbidding tho relatives of -those killed in the war to wear mourning. The German mobilisation proclamations were printod in ,1912, the alteration of the dato being made in blue pencil. .-.--.'. KRUPPS BUSY DAY AND NIGHT. Amsterdam, September 9. A 'German-American, interviewed, states that Jirupps are working night and day making guns. .-. Forty new Zeppelins, ■in which new features have been embodied, are ready for service. .' ;_ ,' . The Germans claim to have guns able to' bombard Dover from Calais. BIG LOAN ISSUE. ■ ' Amsterdam, September 9. Berlin papers rtport that Germany has .issued £50,000,000 •; 5. .per cent. Treasury bonds with a. currency of. ten years. The /issue is at 97J, repayable in 1924.. . . . ITALY. DOMINION!? , RESPONSE COMMENTED ON. (Rec. September 10, 6 p.m.) Rome, September 9. In a leading article, the "Gazzetta di' Venecia" refers to the British Dominions' ' instant response, and says: "Those who think England is degenerate will find themselves sorely mistaken."—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. ■-.■'' . >