MISTAKEN LENIENCY.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2284, 19 October 1914, Page 6

MISTAKEN LENIENCY.

OUR TREATMENT OF ENEMY :/■■.■■' ■ SUBJECTS.;.. London, October 16. i The "Morning Post" asks who is rev sponsible for t tho order forbidding the 'Navy to arrest belligerents in neutral * ships, and complains of the leniency of '': the treatment of aliens.. It argues that the Government ought not to tru6t naturalised and unnaturalised_ Germans . and: Austrians in any position of • au- .; thority in regard to matters of.war or ; . where-important, information is gather-' viable. ■■ ' ■'. ''•'■ :'v,; :: ' :■••.''. v ".-;'! The paper contends : that there is a ; strong feeling : in the' country over the •'.'Government's lukewarmness ' in ■ such V matters, which is "neglecting and im- : perilling the safety _ of. the Army and 'Navy'and,of our'.Allies." ■'.'- ; . (Rec. October 18, 10.30 a.m.) London, October 16. K ' 'A" German spy, wearing a Belgian uni- '■''■ lfarra''and'Red;Cross badge; was arrestledamong.the refugeee.'at.Dover. ! . Many suspects'have been arrested dur- ■ Shg the week at Channel ports. SIGNIFICANT CASE IN POINT . &erman music firm's fort-like .■:•■; ..»■ '■'• ■•-building. ; ■~ ■ l\' ( (Rec. October. 18,-.10.40 a.m.) . London,, October 16. .'The polico raided the , factory of i .'Messrs..'Roder, Ltd., at Willesden Junc- ;. tion,- a ■ German music-printing firm. ..The position'commands important rail-.- : iway;-)ines and junctions, including tho .' 'Great' Western and North Western main 3ines; also-gasworks reservoir and' elec- .: itrio".light 1 works.'' Tho foundations are .. 'of. very thick'concrete and roof of cqn- .-. Crete" three feet thick. It was explain- : ed.that this was necessary, in view of . future additional' storeys.. Twenty-two . .German, employees were arrested. The 1 'French recently blew .up ■ the; firm's Paris factory. . sensational seizure of wireless ■'-:■;_.' -/.plant -•AT PROFESSOR ARTHUR : -'''/.;;, SCHUSTER'S. .'•'.';. ; ' ,(Rec. October 18, 8.25 p.m.) ~ ' London; October 17. The police hare eeized a powerful ■wireless plant at Professor Arthur .Schuster's residence at Twyford, Bork--..''shire.. 'Schuster, who is a brother of .Sir-Felix admitted that he could receive messages from Berlin and 'Paris;''

Professor Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., ; Secretary of the Royal Society, is'a native of Frankfort-on-Main, and was educated there. Ho was chief of the •"Eclipse" expedition to Siam in 1875; President'of the A Section of tho British Association in 1892; and"', is prominently ■ connected with various distinguished societies for the advancement of science and philosophic learning. - Professor Schuster's brother, Sir Felix Schuster, has been a member of the Council of India since 1906; is Gov- _ ernor of the Union of London and ' Smith's Bank, Ltd.; has served in various important, State Commissions on matters connected with railways and 'finance. . ' i' ' —; — FOREIGN WAITERS ROUNDED UP. (Rec/ October 18, 8.25 p.m.) London, Octobor 17! The police have arrested all the waiters who are Austrians at a Vienna Cafe, which is a favourite haunt of Austrians and Germans. Owing to the agitation against Austrian and German waiters, twenty of the leading London hotels announco that waiters of these nationalities will no longer be employed. STRICTER WATCH ON LETTERS. London, October 16. Tho • Govornment has prohibited tho transmission otherwise than through the post of letters or written messages intended for persons carrying on business in tho enemx'." Country..