General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 41, 5 October 1914, Page 3

General News

RUSSIA AND AMERICA. [Bt Electric Telegraph—-Copyright] [United Press 'Association.] Washington, October 2. Russia and Afncrica have signed an arbitration treaty re-establishing the treaty, relations broken off by Mr Taft. THE KOMCATA MARU. I Calcutta, October 2. Official.—The Komgata Mam’s Sikh passengers rejected at Vancouver'have arrived at Bajbaj. Many refused to entrain for the Punjaub and fired, killing Lomax, assistant traffic superintendent on the railway and four natives, and wounding the Commissioner of Police and several policemen. A volley from the troops killed sixteen Sikhs, and the remainder scattered. Many were arrested. (The other day we were informed that the vessel was still in Vancouver waters, but that message was evidently incorrect).

EIGHT HOURS CELEBRATION. Sydney, October 4. At the annual Eight-hour Celebration dinner, the speeches were marked by much patriotic fervor. Mr Fisher declared that England was fighting the battle of humanity for the right of the little nations to live. Australians would give the utmost shred of their substance to assist. He trusted thafc they would deal justly with the Germans, for they must remember that industrial Germany was the victim of Prussian military tyranny. Ho hoped a court of international arbitration would be established to try and punish the breakers of international law. The financial difficulties of Australia were very groat, but the Government would do nothing at such a time to embarass the people. Mr O'Brien, President of the Labor Council, said that when the useless labor had been eliminated a shorter day than eight hours would be possible, and the world’s progress and prosperity would be still faster. Sir Gerald Strickland declared that he had learned to respect the Labor movement in a manner which he hoped when he returned Home would add to his usefulness to the King and the Empire.

London, October 2. The Stock; Exchange .Committee has postponed the settlement of August, September and October Consols accounts find ordinary accounts up to mid-October until November If-; November Consols account until December 1, and taken powers to suspend the rules with reference to defaults. These steps are regarded ns preliminary to the partial re-ooemng of the Exchange. , London, October 3. Three hundred actors and 150 county cricketers are!serving .with the colors, including Douglas, \Vaniei, Sewell ‘ Blythe and Spooner. ' The,’ Board of Trade has comp l oted arrangements' for special nn..mploved grants to trades unions',where unemployment is abnormal. The grant amounts to one-third or one sixth of the associations’ unemployed beneThe Australasian Associated Banks have reduced the rate of purchasing drafts by 20s per cent., H the commission for collecting 11 jn Australia and New Zealand by, os per

cent. i Tbe Government is inyijvnig .tenders for 15 million six months' Treasury bills. _ . . i Melbonr is, October 4. Tim Defence Depare'm'd cabled Sir (George Reid, High for Australia, asking if Loid K -ti oner’s cabled statem- *i that the war is unlikely to la-t long was correct Sir George Red replied that the statement attributed to Lord Kitchener was absolutely incorrect London now cables that l>-d Kitchener’s statement was tnk.n rrem the Globe’s report of a farewml gathering of Territorials at winch tbe captain repeated what Lord Kitchener had said when inspectig them London, October 3. The extraction of Gorman bullets Las been tried succe '“fully at the Lyons military hospital by means of the electric-magnet. One e . bedoec 4’in. in the flesh was extracted Amsterdam, October The established camp of 18,000 pmnc Wc/.el, near the soners ol wai .at Dutch frontier, is surrounded by mg' l fonces of barbed wire. Too* Frenc soldiers are digging trenches vni.ei the orders of armed Germans v. In,o the British are playing football. Copenhagen, October I. Great care is taken to conceal the Kaiser’s movements. He is surrounded bv a large body of life guards, an an enormous staff of detectives .no Red Cross is painted on the roofs of the carriages of the Imperial train. Copenhagen, October -• The Berliner Tageblatt, in a remarkable article, says; “The Germans, far from having won, are in a difficult position. The English are working through hy the force of thenmasses, and they don’t stop, eithei. Amsterdam, October 2. It is reported that the German General Staff has left Luxemburg for Mayence.