Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 14, 3 September 1914, Page 5

Great Britain

EXPRESS DERAILED NEAR MAN-

CHESTER.

MANY WERE INJURED (Received 8.20 a.m.) London, September 2 (morning,). Tln» Blackpool-Manchester express was derailed near Manchester «nd many were injured. THE KING AND THE BELGIAN MISSIONERS. London, September 2. The King, in reply to the Belgian Mission's address, expressed himself as being shocked at the reports of ths Germans' brutality. He added: "Wo are grateful to the Belgians for th«ir gallant resistance." THE VALUE OF INTERNED GERMAN SHIPPING. (Received 8.30 a.m.) London, September 2. The Financial Times states that 226 German vessels are laid up in Britain, which including the cargoes are worth thirteen millions. A considerable portion of the proceeds represents bounty to the "Navy and the balance will meet the expenses of the war. The total value of the interned German vessels and cargoes at neutral ports is about forty-seven millions.

POSTMASTER ARRESTED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGE.

London, September 2

Tonlin. the postmaster at Eastchurch, his wife, and a lady visitor, have been arrested. Plans of th» Eastchurch aviation schools were found in a bedroom of the defendants' house. It is alleged the plans were left by a lodger uamed Budd, who had been attending the electriclighting of the school.

The Spirit of Kitchener

SPLENDID ORGANISATION OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

(Received 8.30 a.m.) London, September 2

Newspaper correspondents state that the spirit of Kitchener pervades tha whole expeditionary force. Ammunition was supplied without a hitch., Oi a thousand motor vehicles, only one traction engine was lost. The Germans are firing with their rifles underneath the shoulder relyiiig upon the volumn of lead rather than their accurate shooting.