Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 52, 17 October 1914, Page 5

Great Britain

EXPERIENCE AT A CHURCH SERVICE IN CAiyiP. United Press Association. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, October 16. During service at a British camp one Sunday, shells began to fall among the worshippers, who rushed the guns and repulsed the surprise attack. CLIMAX OF VIOLENCE. i EXPECTATION OF ATTACKS ON ENGLAND. (Received 8.0 a.m.) / London, October 16. The Times military correspondent says: “The war has reached the climax of violence, and we must expect to be attacked at home.” ABANDONMENT OF HACjEtyBECK’S I MENAGERIE. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, October 16. Hagenbeck’s menagerie has been abandoned in Switzerland, the employees, joining the colors, and the Government have commandeered the horses and are using the elephants to carry arms and provisions. KOEPENICK, OF “HOAX” FAME. ■ London, October 16. Captain Koepenick, of hoaxing fame, volunteered, but the Army General Staff, though much appreciating the offer, declined it. CANADIANS IN CAMP. WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND. , , (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, October 16. The Canadians aboard the transports lined the decks and rigging and cheered in acknowledgment of the greeting from crowds on the foreshore. The Canadians are mostly between 25 and 35 and are physically equal to the picked British regiments. In the evening they landed and entrained for an unnamed training centre. THE ENEMY’S LOSSES. (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, October 16. A Dutchman recently in Berlin, writing to an English friend, states that the authorities in Germany estimate the total losses in France and Belgium at 700,000 killed, wounded, and missing, in addition to 150,000 in East Prussia and Galicia. The Austrian loss exceeds half a million. No official lists are yet published of the losses among the Bavarian, Saxon, Hanoverian, and Wurtemberg troops. “GUILELESS ALBION!” GOVERNMENT TREATMENT OF ALIENS CRITICISED. NATIONAL SAFETY INVOLVED. (Received 9.15 a.m). London, October 16. The Morning Post asks who is responsible for the order forbidding the Navy to arrest belligerents in neutral ships. The paper complains of the leniency in the treatment of aliens, and argues that the Government ought not to trust naturalised or unnaturalisod Germans or Austrians in positions of authority in matters of war or where important information is gatherablc. It contends that there is a strong feeling in the country that the Government’s lukewarmness in such matters is neglecting and imperilling the safety of the army and navy and our Allies.