THE FRYATT MURDER

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2855, 21 August 1916, Page 6

THE FRYATT MURDER

MR. ASQUITH'S COMMENT DERISION IN GERMAN PRESS 'Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. ' ; Berne, August 18. Germany has received Mr. Asquith's statement on tho Fryatt case with outbursts of savage derision; The "Strasburger Zeitwng" says: "If relations are not resumed it is because Germany has decided- to boycott the criminal 'English." - ■; The "AllgomoineZeitung": "Wo, not the British Government, shall decide when diplomatic relations will bo resumed, and on what terron." -'The VBayrischer Kurior": "Wo despise England's threats. They mean nothing. W© shall shoot as many Fryatts as we can catoh. The British anger rejoices, ns intensely." [In the House of Commons, Mr. Asqirith, replying to Sir Edward Carson, said the Government would not tolerate resumption of diplomatic relations with Germany until reparation had been made for the death of Cantain Trv-RtT.. Mr. Asq-uith proceeded:' "Some of our Allies.havo suffered even grosser and more'extensive brutalities from German authorities than ourselves. The Government is consulting; them regarding the best and most effective steps to be taken, and also what conditions should ba exacted in the pence terms to secure reparation which will satisfy justice.''!TORPEDOED GREEK STEAMERS DEMAND FOR REPLACEMENT BY GERMAN SHIPS. 'Australian-Hew Zealand Cablo Association. (Reo. August 20, 5.5 p.m.) ' Rome, August 19. 'A; wireless states that Greek newspapers urge the Government to 6eize German steamers in Greek ports to replace fourteen Greek vessels which were torpedoed. THE SUBMARINE HUNT SUBMARINE TO CATCH A SUBMARINE. ■Australian-Hew Zealand Cable Association. Norfolk (Virginia), August 18. It is reported .that two British submarines voyaged to America ind are watching the coast for tho Deutschland and Bremen. > DEUTSCHLAND REPORTED AT ■■'~.. BREMEN. (Reo. August 19, 3.15 p.m.) Geneva, August 18. < It is reported from Berlin that the Deutschland has arrived at Bremen. AND AGAIN OFF NEWFOUNDLAND! • (Eeuter's Telesram.) (Reo. August 19, 5.5 p.m.) London, August 18. It is reported that the Deutschland has been sighted off Newfoundland. BLOWN UP BY INFERNAL MACHINE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ■ RAGNAROK. Copenhagen, August 18. ' The captain of the Swedish steamer Ragnarck, whioh was blown up in the North Sea when bound for Rouen with » cargo of iron, declares that Germans at Gothenburg smuggled an infernal machine aboard. BRITAIN'S ""BLACK LIST » ' 'ACTION BY A SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC. 'AUBtralian-Now Zealand Cable Association. ■ Santiago, August 18. Chile.has made a formal announcement that the Government has taken steps to restriot the English commercial black list. No details are available. , • EXPORTS TO SWEDEN BRITISH RESTRICTIONS. (Beuter's Telecram.) . '. London, August 18. The King has signed an Order-in-Council prohibiting exports to Sweden, except under guarantee that the goods will not reach the enemy. THE ?c ARCH-APOSTLE OF FRIGHTFULNESS" •SUMMARY SHOOTING FOR ALLIES' FRIENDLY FIGHTERS. Australian-New' Zealand Cable Association. • (Rec. August 19, 5.5 p.m.) Berne, August 19. Count Reventlow, who is regarded as '■"the arch-apostle of frightfulness," demands that Americans, and othor neutrals who may be taken prisoner while fighting with the Allies shall be shot eummarily as/" franc-tireurs (guerilla lighters). "CYNICAL BRUTALITY" Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. August 19, 5.5 p.m.) Berne, August 18. A wireless message states that the Austrian military authorities, with cynical brutality, are exhibiting moving pictures of the execution of Dr. Battisti from the time he was pinioned in his cell until his body was riddled with bullets. This is intended to strike terror into the malcontents, and demonstrate the penalty for their opponents ;in war. [Dr. Battisti, an Italian patriot, of Trieste,- who- before the war .was a deputy in the Austrian Reichsrath, and subsequently fought with the Italians, was taken prisoner by the Austrians and executed on a charge of liigh treason.] HUN SLAVE RAIDERS ANOTHER OUTRAGE. lustralian-Kcw Zealand Cablo Association. The Hague, August 18. It is reported from the frontier that the Germans have compelled 1200 inhabitants to leave Charleville (south of Namur). They passed through Aix-la-Chapelle going to Germany. AN AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT'S IMPRESSIONS. Australian-New Zealand Cablo Association, (Rec. August 20, 5.5 p.m.) New York, August 19. Writing to the New York "Times" from Sedan, Mr. Cyril Brown says: "I am told that 22,000 French civiliansmen, women, youths, and young girls —who were evicted from Lille, Roubaix, and Tourcoing, have been distributed chiefly in tho Champagne district. I visited tho evicted civilians at Sedan and thirteen other villages. One officer stated that two thousand had been sent back because they had been evictedthrough a mistake. He said that the difficulties of feeding tho masses had caused this action, and was inclined to believe that it had been dono to relieve the non-military pressure on the strategic railroads, and also because of tho necessity of obtaining workers to gather the bountiful harvest in Northern France. The military commander in the Sedan district related how he had solved the problem of housing seven hundred by tho cottago systemtwelve to sixteen to a house, with men and women separate."