THE MURDER OF FRYATT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2839, 2 August 1916, Page 5

THE MURDER OF FRYATT

. MR. ASQUITH ANTICIPATES 3 MORE FRIGHTFULNESS CRIMINALS WILL' BE PUNISHED PARIAHS AMONG NATIONS ' . (Router's Telegram.) . London, July 31. ( Speaking in tho House of Commons, j Mr. A'sqnith said that the Government i had learned with the utmost indignation | of the atrocious murder of Captain 1 Fryatt. The question of taking imme- t diato action was engaging attention. | "Coming contemporaneously with tho i lawless cruelties in connection with the i wholesale deportations from' Lille und t other parts of France (said the Prime i Minister), _ tho murder shows that the i German high command, under the 6tress i of military defeat, has renewed tho pol- 1 icy of terrorism. It is impossible -to con- ( jecturo what further atrocities may oc- i cur, but the Government repeats em- ( phatically. its resolve that theso crimes i shall not go unpunished. When the time I arrivos it will bring criminals,' what- \ ever tho position, to justice In cases such as this, the man who authorised" tho I system under'which tho crime was com- i mitted nmy woll be the guiltiest of nil." -] Sir Edward Carson suggested the intro- ( duction of a Bill making it clear that 1 Britain will refuse to admit the German i people into the community of nations ( until such crimes aro expiated. ( Mr. Asquith said that the Govern- ] ment would consider the suggestion. i J- COMPASSIONATE • [ Australian-New Zealand Cable 'Association. \ (Koc. August 1, 7 p.m.) 1 London, August 1. ' The Government is giving Captain 1 Fryatt's widow an allowance of 4100 a ( year, and tho Great Eastern Railway " Company (owners of the mail steamer *, Brussels), .£250. ' NEW ZEALAND'S ENDORSEMENT. j "I am quite certain," said Mr. Massey, < after having read the, foregoing message i to tho House, "that every one of the Do- i minions will do everything it possibly i can to support the Imperial Government . in its resolve to see that such crimes 119 i tho murder of Captain Fryatt and the 1 murder of Nurse Cavell -will not go un- ' punished. I am-quite certain that this 1 is the opinion of every, one of the Do- 1 minions, and of every citizen of this Do- 1 minion." : GERMANS ALARMED AT NEUTRALS' INDIGNATION . . '(Router's Telegram.) .' • (Rce. August 1, 7 p.m.) London, August 1.~ Reports from Amsterdam indicate that • tho Germans, alarmed at tho unanimous > outburst of neutral reprobation at tho ' news of the Fryatt crime, have com- 1 monced to issue explanations and justifications. • FLUSHING MAIL-BOAT MINED AND ' SUNK ; London, July 31. ! ■ Tho Flushing mail boat Wilhelmina 1 6truct a mine and sank. - ! Tho passengers and crew woro rescued, ■ but some were injured. i GERMAN jUETHODS IN THE BALTIC : NEW TACTICS TO AVOID SUB- '■ ■' MARINES. Australian-Now Zealand Cable Association. Copenhagen, July 31. Tho Germans aro employing new methods in tliq Baltic. Merchantmen aro ' convoyed by aeroplanes, and sail in long ; columns, tho last Shi being a disfuised auxiliary' cruiser. The Germans ave discovered that submarines always attack tho hindmost ship. , A few days ago such a cruiser sank , a submarine by gunfire; A few minutes ■ later another submarine, which witness- '■ ed tho disaster, attacked and sank the cruiser,, whoso orow was rescued. TAKING STOCK OF SEIZED SHIPS \ -• OVER THREE HUNDRED AT VARIOUS PORTS. , (Keuter's Telegram.) London, July 31. , ; Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of Block- ' ade, announced that the following enemy vessels have been seized in the Allies' ■ ports:—British, 144; French, 12; Rus- ; sian, 30; Italian, 59. Britain and Italy are employing all the vessels they have seized. ' Tho Portuguese seized 71 steamers and ' three' sailers, and all will be employed as soon as they, arc repaired. THE SENSITIVE' SUBMARINE ; . ' DEUTSCHLAND ' RETURN VOYAGE AGAIN POSTPONED. CRoutor's Telegram.) (Rec. August 1, 3.10 p.m.) New York, August 1. The departure of the German TransAtlantic'Submarin© Doutschland has been further postponed on the score that British freight steamers uoW- block tho outlet, • THE BRITISITmACK LIST" I OPINION IN~WASHINGTON Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Washington, July 31 It is generally believed that the protest of the United States against the "Black List" is intended to convey to Briiain tho United States's disapproval of trade discrimination, such as was laid ■ down by tho Paris Conference. N • THE TURKISH TERROR IN 1 SYRIA ATROCITIES AND EXECUTIONS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. .Rome, July 31. Refugees give shocking details of the situation in Syria. The Christian popu-lation-is starving, and wholesale executions and atrocities commenced at the '\ time of Enver Pasha's visit, when Dje- }\ nial Pasha's attitude towards the Chris- , tians became more hostile. I Many villages have lost a third, and even a half of their inhabitants. The starvation is due to the food blockade. At Lebanon a score of Christian leaderswere executed or exiled. Four bishops were called up to the colours, and havo not since been heard of.