General Items

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 7, 26 August 1914, Page 3

General Items

BRUSSELS UNDER AMERICA'S PROTECTION,

Paris, August 25

The newspaper Le Matin publishes a message from Ypres, which states that the American Minister accompanied the Burgomaster of Brussels on the entry of the Germans and informed the Germans that America had taken Brussels under its protection, and would see that the laws were observed.

(Ypres.—A town on the river Yperlee, West Flanders, Belgium, 32 miles south west of Bruges. Has a population of 18,054, and was one of the most nourishing Flemish towns of the 14th century, with over 200,000 inhabitants. It has a military school, and its chief industries are linen and lace manufacture. Its Gothic cloth hall, with its imposing belfry, dating back to the 13th century still exists. WIRELESS NEWS FROM GERMANY. New York, August 24. War news from Berlin received through high-power wireless stations at Sayvillo states that.the steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm, which recently left New York with six months' visions and 6000 tons of coal, is acting as a mid-Atlantic relay station. She carries several guns.

News of German victories is constantly arriving, but later accounts from British sources indicate that these are greatly exaggerated. THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY. London, August 25. The Evening Standard reports that refugees from Germany state that there are persistent reports of the Crown Prince's death. OPINION OF MILITARY EXPERTS St. Petersburg, August 25. Military experts knowing the distribution of the armies do not believe it possible that the Germans can overcome the Allied forces at vital points on the Franco-Belgian frontier.

CAPTURED CARGOES.

ADVICE BOARD FOR DOMINION CONTINGENTS.

(Received 10.5 a.m.) London, August 25.

Mr Bonar Law and the Chairman of the Board of Trade Committee will advise upon the methods of dealing with the discharge and disposal of captured cargoes. The Hon. Mr Harcourt has appointed a committee under the chairmanship of Lord Islington (ex-Gov-ernor of New Zealand), to render advice and assistance to the Dominions contingents.. The, includes ihe Rt. Hon '. , James; J{ rype> (ex < Brit- 1 ish Ambassador,,i,o States of America); <Jjorcf, Penman, '(ekiGoV-ernor-General of Australia) f. "Colonel Sir E. W. D. Ward (Permanent'tJhv der-Secretary, to .thei British War Office), Sir Owen Cosby Phillips (Chairman of the Royal Mail, Steam Packet 'Company), and' ' Sir "Gilbert Parker, ; M.P. (the famous novelist ( and public writer). ,: