EUROPE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2255, 15 September 1914, Page 6

EUROPE IN WAR TIME

; BRITISH INDUSTRIES 'STAFFS 1 ; REDUCED I*3 PER CENT. ■ .■.-„. ■v : f London, September 13. ; *'C. .Th'e"Board: of .Trade : has.made"■■ in- .•':.'■ ! ; ',quiiies,vpf 'tKdi'principal' manufacturers. ■ ;; The'results', show , that 75 per cent, are ;...' .γ-but little affected 1 by the.war:, ■ ;: ■ :..-. The- total reduction of staffs since the ; ./-'middle of July'is bnly 1:3 per cent. '■■■ •;"'-3Venty-five per-cent.' of the', employers .' . : Have 1 Tedticed their staffs by 27 per cent. The cotton industry is tne one chiefly r -'affected.;.:.-.:■;;'■;... ■/■.■/ '■ "■ " " RECKLES9 BRAVADO IN BERLIN. :'V::'. ''EVERY KICK, A BRITON." V,',;> ("Times", and Sydney "San" SerYices.) .■■■...... ~■ .' - ■ petrograd, September 11. . / ■ Berlin is filled; with the hectic anima- ■ ;' : .:ti6n' of "gamblera making their last des- : .*"'p'erate throw. iThe hatred of England is . burning'fierceiy.;. , -}; , . ;.: -.. : ■■. y-Patriotic. concerts.. are held daily in -■'■/■■ s<"the~halls.and cafes:- The latest popular '; • ■sdng.,.',]iasf.,on]y,;aa'.;.accompaiiimeiit. of ■'drums,'and translated-it runs: "Every ■ knock-a Frenchman,; every shota-Rus- ■; .-■■■'•■ siaiy every kick-a Briton." . . : \ r :'.■ ■' There .'i« a colbssal.outpufrof postcards ' '.:'.•. ■ jvrhich: are- unfit to describe, but are re- « ga-rded'" by the' Berliners as riotously ;,-■■'' humorous. .■ Underneath the . arrogant .- of the 'population is an acuto ■ of anxiety. .;.'. .'.'■.. U -"WORK FOR WOMEN" FUND. :. .: ( . : •: ■■ v .;-■ ; London, September 13. • > ."Her Majesty the Queen will patronise : 'I the Butt-Rumford concert at the Albert • -. Hall on-October.lo.'': The 'entire prc- •'■ ceeds; of i the concert' mil go"/to- Her ■-•.; ; Majesty's "Work for Women' Fund." '.'-. of Westminster.is going ~j fothe front with'tho Red Cross Service. WAR LOAN. ..•-- ; UNDERWRITTEN BY ;■ -;>v: ; .v o,upps: ;;•; . •■-.•■ ' . -, /•:■■■:. : i Rome,-September 13. \Tlie "Messagerq" /publishes a tele- ; >ram.from Berlin stating that Krupps . .. have -underwritten' thirty million marks (£1,500,000 sterling) of the German war ■■ '-.' lojm. I'"-'-,''--.-.- , . ■'■'■',■.'■.■'■' - :; " .-;'.' ; '■ ' ; REFUGEES FROM EUROPE. THREE'NATIONS AT ■■/::'.,■ ;. '■■:■- -,' ...FOLKESTONE. . ■'.'.'. ; j ;: London,-September 13." ■: /.Twenty, thousand Belgian, and French ".-■':■-. refugees; landed, at.Folkestone during- :.'; ,-ffieweek..;. .-;...' ■,;-'■/ .■'■' ••"■••.'"".' ■'■'" .;-.; /..A Targe party.-'of' German girls, left "' -Folkestone to go home.' '. ■ ■■'.■- .'•■' ;;■'; .;.'-,' It ia hoped, that- they can'be es- ■•'.-;. changed for English girls. ' . : . • • .3 ;;' JAPANESE FROM BERLIN. ' i '-■.;.".•'., (Rec. September 14, 6.1o : p.m.) :':''*?'■ "'■ : -■: London," September 13. ' . ■: Hundreds of .Japanese; refugees from -''•■;'. Berlin arid Vienna'have departed from :"■ London'for Tokid.—("Time's"- and Syd-; ".-.'•''ney '.'^nV-lßeWpes'jy^'j;''.;''.',.-;,'.'-;.-' , ;"' t,: .:. ; V '' SHORTAGE OF'KHAKI.; ■; . i, Lohdoni^Septemberl3. ■ ,;■;: Owing to the'.scarciiy of khaki, re- '.--.'.,:. crnits are : receiving blue. ; -to ivear -until they 'go on.active service.,-"Russia-placed an order , for a hundred .. ~ '■_ uniforms.—("Times" . ;i and ;'(■Sydney^,"Suii".Services:);; -j .; : :•