Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 26, 17 September 1914, Page 5

Great Britain

the d*eath of a brilliant artillery officer.

[Uniled ' Press Association. ] (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, September 10. Brigpdior-General X. Findlay, one of the best artillery officers, was killed at the battle at Torey, northwards of Chateau Thierry, a shell blowing

him to pieces just as the British guns were getting the upper hand.

ACCEPTANCE Of- AUSTRALIAN cAdet CONTINGENT.

(Received 9.15 a.m.) London, September 16

Mr L. % tHiii •court (Colonial Secretary), in reply to Mr H. T. Barrie (Unionist), said the Government had accepted the generous offer of the Australians and counted upon the cadet contingent’s services for the remaining peiiod of their stay in England. He, had communicated 4ith the War Office, with e view to the employment of this efficient body lit some useful and congenial duty.

BULLY BEEF AND TEA.

BRITISH “TOMMIES” SHARE THEIR RATIONS, HIS HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE. (Received 9.15'a.m.) ' .London, September 16. British “Tommies” are providing innumerable refugees with bully beef ind English tea. “Tommy” is so well fed that he can afford to keep a large portion of the countryside alive out of ii s rations without himself going bun-

ROYAL EXCHANGE RE-OPENS.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ''RAILWAY COMPANIES.

(Received 9.30 a.m.) London, September 16. The Royal Exchange re-opens tomorrow and resumes foreign business,' The "Government has agreed to compensate the railway companies to the, Extent of the aggregate net receipts vhile the Government is in possession ( f the receipts fall short of those for ■die corresponding period of 1913.

FULL' OF iMFIZZI’ JRUNKEN GERMAN OFFICERS

CAPTURED.

CHOPIN’S "FUNERAL MARCH AT

CO,ULOiViMIERS.

'Lbiwlou, September 16

All reports concur that the Germans made free use of the cellars in the icharapagne districts. A number ,01' officers were captured dead drunk and’ awakened to find themselves prisoners.- Among the captured at debais was the head waiter of a famous London hotel, who was taking .efuge in a wine cellar. The Germans during tlie retreat occupied Coulommiei's and arrested the mayor and public prosecutor, demanding 100,000 francs. Tlie mayor and prosecutor refused, and the Germans :ook them oiltside tlie town to be shot, .playing Chopin’s “Funeral .Vlarcld’ 1 as: a last -• threat. The arrival of the British saved the mayor’s aid the prosecutor's livpsi ;; GERMAN ATROCSTtES. INQUIRY promised by the BRITISH PREMIER. THE USE OF DUM-DUMS. (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, September 16. Mr Asquith (Premier), In the douse of Commons, promised to hold m inquiry into the statements of he wounded in the hospital concerning‘the German violations of the laws yf civilised warfare. He suggested hat ■ the accusations regarding dmnlum gullets by both sides were due tc the fact that long-pointed bullets mused more serious and jagged vbtinds when fired at close ranges ban any form of expanding bullets, orohahly because the pointed bullets urn sideways after piercing the flesh.

■3ELCIAN COMMISSION’S SECOND

REPORT.

London, September 15

The Press Bureau states that the Belgian Commission’s second report rives instances of German atrocities it Louvain, Malin.es, and neighboring villages. They include a case in' which an old woman was hayonettod, her fingers still holding a sewingneedle after death; a man who had his aims and legs cut off; a woman hayonettod, covered with petroleum, ■md thrown alive into her own turning slain and burnt similarly; an old man suspended by his arms to rafters and burnt alive; and a cliildV aged 15, whose hands were tied behind her back and the body torn open.

The Belgian .Capiin ission’s report continues :—“Many corpses of peasants were found in an attitude of supplication. Two wounded Belgian soldiers were thrown into a flaming house.

“Witnesses completely confirm the statement that -the Germans, on retreating unexpectedly into Louvain, encountered the German garrison, win, fired. The Germans alleged that the civilians were guilty, and sacked the town.

“Drunken soldiers in several towns lulled unoffending civilians at random Fifty.,bodies were found in the road at Tirlemont and Louvain, and nuny others were incinerated on the cinor-

steps where Ley, had been shot who* [escaping from their . burning Irenes Li some cases drunken Ger u ■ is I*rod from deserted houses, and the -Lots

were used as a pretext for mass.vre and incendiarism. In several towns largo groups of citizens were thr'.if'ened with massacre and suop-wty.i to of mental torture. instances are given of outrages on women end girls.”

HARROWING STORIES OF CER-

MAN BUTCHERIES.

The Hague, September 16

Refugees ai'e streaming into Holland, from East Belgium. Harrowing stories arc told of Ger run butch.nies. A drunken German illhur at Lir.ee, near Liege, killed an "Id nan. .Jhe latter’s son then shot tl.e murdenr. whereupon the Germans fetched the old man’s wife from the kitchen, and killed her son before her eyes In [their drunken frenzy they made her drink his blood, all the while threatening her with bayonets. Records are being taken of these and other incidents for the purpose of denouncing the Germans.

THROWN ALIVE INTO A WELL WITH THE DEAD.

Times and Sydney Sun Services

London, September 15

A Belgian officer who has reached London says that there is a deep well at Termonde full of bodies of peasants thrown in by the Germans when alive. The odour made it impossible to stay in the vicinity, hut he saw that the bodies reached within two feet of the top.

NOTE THE CONTRAST.

ON FULL ARMY RATIONS.

WAR PRISONERS IN ENGLAND.

(Received 9.50 a.m.) London, September 16. A thousand German prisoners, sent to special prison camps at Aldershot, Dorchester, and elsewhere, are receiving full army rations.

FRENCH TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

j Rails, September 16. Th'e German prisoners in France are exceedingly well treated. They have coffee for breakfast, and soup, meat, vegetables and salad for lunch.

BRITISH PRISONERS HUMILIAT-

ED IN GERMANY.

(Received 1.20 p.m.) Paris, September 16.

British prisoners in Germany are being singled out for excessive humiliations, being prodded with bayonets for the amusement of jeering crowds.

i "••••" • “MAYOR OF SOISSOMS.”

FRENCHWOMAN IN THE ROLL OF CHIEF MAGISTRATE.

(Received 9.15 a.m.) London, September 16

When the Germans approached Soissons, the military authorities ordered civil , officials, to leave. In their absence, the Germans began pillaging the houses. Madame Macherd, presenting herself to the commanding officer, said: “You may consider me May. or of Soissons. Ask me for anything you want.” The pillaging then ceased. PEACE COMMISSION TREATIES. (Received 9.15. a.m.) New York, September 16.

The British and French Ambassadors have signed the Anglo-American and France American peace commission treaties.

GENERAL NEWS.

London, September 16

It is estimated that the British and French captured 60 cannon and SO mitrailleuses during the week. Many British Red Cross motor-cars traversed the Amiens and other districts, picking up wounded I'respective of nationality.

London, September 16

Captain Lampen..has enlisted 250 New Zealanders who are going into camp on Salisbury Plain to fill the gaps in the New Zealand contingent on the Continent. Baron Von Nettelbladt, of Cranbrook,. Kent, has been arrested and imprisoned at Aldershot. The King and Queen visited Nctley Hospital, and addressed a lonforting greeting to the British woun lcd. The King also spoke kindly words to the Germans, who were manifestly moved by His Majesty’s solicitude. The King assured the Germans that they were receiving the same treatment as the British.

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