General Items

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 1, 19 August 1914, Page 8

General Items

YOUNG MILLIONAIRE SHOT. [Bv EijEOtuio Tei-eubai’h —Coi’Tkight] [Ufa™ Paasa Abbooiation.l Rome, August 18. A sentry shot Eugene Goldschmidt, a young millionaire, who was motoring to join his regiment r‘ ; Cyongyos (a town in Austria) and failed to halt. Goldschmidt did not know the Hungarian language. RENEWAL OF THE BALKAN ALLIANCE. Q London,' August 18. Reuter says tnat the practicability of a renewal oi the Balkan Alliance, with the addition of Roumania, is the subject of conversations in diplomatic quarters. There are doubts regarding Bulgaria, which is believed to bo unwilling to enter unless the Bucharest Treaty is revised. GOLD FOR AMERICANS STRANDED IN EUROPE. London, August 18. The battleships Tennessee and North Carolina brought to Falmouth a million dollars to relieve stranded Americans. ‘WHOLESALE ARRESTS OF GERMANS. London, August 18. The Norwegian ship Obidonso, arrived from Jamaica, announces that the whole of the German residents in the West Indies have been arrested. SCARE STORY FROM AMERICA. Washington, August 18. It is stated here, that Japan intends to capture all Germany's Paciic possessions, including Samoa, German New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. The statement is unconfirmed.

GERMANY’S MERCHANTMEN OUT

OF ACTION.

Paris, August 18. .

It is estimated that on August 1, Germany had 635,'merchant steamers, aggregating million tons, and valued at 200 millions sterling. Of these'," '2OO have already been captured, and the remainder are practieallv out of action. •