Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 29, 21 September 1914, Page 5

Great Britain

THE BRmSH ARMY.

NOTHING UNDER ONE MILLION IN LINE TOGETHER.

TO FINISH WAR AS MUST BE FINISHED.

[United Press (Association.] (Received 9.-10 a.m.) London, September 20. Mr Churchill sent a message to a re cniiting meeting at Acton Park, stating that nothing less than a million British soldiers in a line together would finish the war as it must he finished. •* OFFICIAL. The High Commissioner reports under. London, 18th September (8.45 p.m.)

Official.—There is no particular change in the situation. There has been some activity hy the Allies’ cavalry, without at present any definite result.

On the 16th, Commander Samson, with a small armoured motor car and force, attached to the Naval Flying Corps, encountered a patrol of five Uhlans near Doullens, killing four and wounding and capturing the other. The British force suffered no casualties.

London, September 19 (10.20 p.m.) Official.—A casualty list which has been published includes 20 officers kill'd and 10 wounded. Eighty men rounded have been admitted to Lonlon hospitals. The officers killed in•hule Lord Guernsey, Lord Hay, and 'upturn Liicns-Tootli (Ninth Lancers, ate of; New- South Wales). The loss of the Australian submarine is officially announced.

KEMEWAL OF THE LEASE.’

PREMIER ASQUITH’S FINE SPEECH AT EDINBURGH. THE KAISER AND CULTURE. London, September 19. Mr Asquith, speaking at a recruiting neeting at Edinburgh, said that Britain had no direct concern in Austria’s jUtirrel with Servia. A settlement had been actually in sight when Germany deliberately made war on Britain, in the well-founded belief of the leaders of German thought that domination arried with it the supremacy of Gernan culture. The spirit of the Kaiser’s, armies which are now his misionaries in Belgium and France is hat which has been specifically a forman world movement for the last diirty years, and there, has been a dde development of the doctrine of upreme.....ultimate progression in hull an affairs from a material force. In pursuit of this doctrine, Germany behoved treaties were only “pieces cl parchment.” All her talk' about “the fights of the weak” and “the obligafions of the strong” are only nauseating cant. This has turned out to be a very purblind philosophy, and has led the Kaiser into grave miscalcnlat ions regarding ■ Jihe . British Empire. After six weeks’ war, full supplies of ood and raw material are reaching nir shores; industries, with one or two ‘xceptions, maintain their activities; .unemployment is so far not seriously in excess of the average; the monetary ; .ituation has improved, and every elfiort is being made to re-establish ‘oreign exchange. Meanwhile, Brl- ■ ain’s supremacy at sea has not been eriously questioned. The fleet is still oatiently - waiting to try conclusions vith the Germans. Our army has refived its most glorious records of the 'ustj; equally splendid in retirement ml advance. General Sir John French and his gallant officers and nen will long be remembered.

A NATION FED ON LIES COULD NOT SUCCEED.”

(Received 9.15 a.m.) ./lEb'ndon, September 20

Mr Asquith added: German culture s branded on the brow by Louvain, dalines and Termonde. The Power ■burning to impose culture on Europe vas the Power whose generals revived nethods of warfare which are conlemned by the civilised world. A ration fed on lies could not succeed. r t has long been known that the British Empire must be preserved by var, and now that war has come it will be a fine*renewal of the lease of the Rrnpire.

BRITAIN AMD BELGIUM.

KINGS EXCHANGE SENTIMENTS.

Times and Sydney Sun Services, London, September 19

King Albert of Belgium has telegraphed his deepest admiration for the stuhhoi'n courage of the British in the battle of the Marne.* “God.’ be added, “will surely .help our armies to avenge the atrocities on our peaceful citizens and country, whose only crime is that they refused to bo false to their engagements.” King George’s reply declared that the heroic efforts of the Belgians and their armies were beyond all praise. l Me hoped the combined efforts of the Allies, including Belgium, “will free your much-tried country of the invader.” HOARDED SUPS* LIES CONFISCATED.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, September 18. The Board of Trade has authorised the confiscation of all hoarded supplies. the bombardment OF RHEIMS London, September 18. Advices dated Thursday, received from Paris, stated that the Germans were making a determined stand among the wooded hills east of Rheims, and wore bombarding the town, which was afire in eight places.