BRITAIN IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2271, 3 October 1914, Page 7

BRITAIN IN WAR TIME

VAST CAMPS AT ALDERSHOT

MAGNIFICENT ENTHUSIASM

London, Ootober 1. . Aldershot is the centre of a vast senes of camps, there being over 120,000 troops in the vicinity.. The men are drilling for miles in the open spaces along the roads. The canvas town sketches far oui in the Gelds of the tvhole valley. The Government workshops are turning out new regiments "while you wait." The willingness of the men to learn and tho enthusiasm of all classes are magnificent. The townsfolk are bewildered by the business boom. The thoroughfares at nightfall suggest the Klondyko and Kalgoorlie gold rushes. "The Times" , says Lord Kitchener's new-army is taking shape with equal celerity in other parts of the United Kingdom.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) MERCANTILE DEBTS. MORATORIUM QN BILLS. London, Ootober 1. A proclamation' states that it is desirable in the best interests of the realm at the present juncture that all persons who can discharge their liabilities should do so without delay. The proclamation also announces tbe extension of partial moratorium regarding bills, giving fourteen . days or a month's grace. A decree has been gazetted prohibiting tho importation of sugar froin Ger- I 'many and Austria.

EFFORT TO INVADE BRITAIN. SIR R. BADEN-POWELL'S VIEW. London, ,Octobor 1. General Sir R. Baden-Powell, in a speech at the Lord Mayoral function, said the opposing armies were fighting with courage, common sense, and cunning. The British Tommies bad a fourth qualification—cheerfulness. The Germans would find it "A Long Way to Tipperary"; they would probably make a' desperate effort to invade ' Britain. "We must," added the General, "be ready."

NO LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.. London, October 1. One of. the effects of the war is that the Lord Mayor's Show lias heeu abandoned.— ("Times" and Sydnoj; "Sun" Services.)