CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2355, 11 January 1915, Page 6

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

HUGE WAR TAX GERMAN SCREW AT WORK. (Rec., January 10, 3 p.m.) London, January 9. A war tax of twelve million, francs was imposed by the, Germans on tlie City of Courtrai. Four millions were demanded instantly, but the municipal treasury was empty, and the town was suffering greatly. Wool to the value of twenty million francs was then seized.—("Times", and Sydney "Sun" Services.) GERMANISING OF LIECE. DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS. (Rec. January 10, 3 p.m.) London, January 9. The Dutch Press describes the invaders' efforts to Germanise Liege. "Everything Flemish has been expunged. Scenes showing German soldiers providing Belgian children with food have been pub-' lished in neutral countries. . The forts have been restored and connected with gigantic trenches, which are fronted by barbed wire entanglements. —("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) IN THE' CIRAFFE AND "RHINO" COUNTRY. HUMOURS OF AFRICAN CAM- ' PAIGNIiVG. (Rec. January 10, 3 p.m.) . London, January 9. An East African mounted rifleman says that he has had plenty of fun. "Our field telegraph for forty-eight miles was erected on bamboos. During one night a giraffe wound the wire round his neck and started off at top speed. ' 'A' rhinoceros joined our bathing squad the other day. Every man was naked, and every tree had thorns. The 'rhino marched majestically into the middle of the pool, and swallowed happily, while the bathers in their bare skins, were blistering- in the sun."— ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) IN HIS ABSENCE, BISHOP SENTENCED TO DEATH. (Rec. January 10, 3 p.m.) Cairo, January 9. Tho Roman Cailiolic Bishop of Haifa, in Palestine, has been sentenced to death—in his absence—for preaching in favour of the Allies. TRAIN LOADS OF DEAD. GRISLY FREIGHT FROM GERMAN 'BATTLE FRONT. (Rec. January 10, 3 p.m.) Amsterdam, January 9. 'The "Telegraaf" etates that every night trains full of German dead arrive at' Capelle, near Antwerp, bound together in threes with wire. 'They are buried in graves dug by the inhabitants. VINDICTIVE FINES, WHAT VALENCIENNES SUFFERED / (Rec. January 11,' 0.5 a.m.) London, January 10. The Germans mulcted the city of Valenciennes in two million francs as a protest against some of the people being found in possession of copies of a song entitled. "William's Will," and also imposed a fine of one million francs because' the requisitioned-for flour was not forthcoming. The whole population, including the poorest, combined to raise the; fines to prevent the threatened execution of ithe Mayor. FATE OF A CHRISTMAS COOSE. FOR AN AUSTRIAN COMMANDER. London, January 8. • Russian artillery wrecked an aeroplane loaded with Christmas . presents for the Przemysl garrison and a goose for General KLusmanek, commander at Przemysl.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. . GERMAN ATROCITIES IN FRANCE. (R«c. January 11, 0.5 a.m.) London, January 10. ' According to a French official report of the German atrocities in France, the participators in the pillage of Chateau Baye included not the Crown Prince, but his brother-in-law, the Duke of Brunswick. The report mentions that eight generals, all noblemen, permitted the massacres and vandalism.