General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 55, 21 October 1914, Page 5

General News

SNOW IN THE ARDENNES. Times and Sydney Sun Seb vices. Paris, October 20. Snow is falling in the Ardennes and harassing the Crown Prince’s positiQn, INVASION OF POLAND, London, October 20. It is reliably stated that Germans contemplate entering Poland. FRENCH AGRICULTURAL AREAS. Paris, October 20, The agricultural areas of France have almost entirely escaped the blight oi war. Naval conscripts are gathering the harvest, whilst the womenfolk and old gaffers are working the farms, while the husbandmen are absent with the colors. Thousands of women are feverishly knitting warm garments, which are indispensable to the troops in winter camping. LOVE FOR THE BELGIAN SOLDIER London, October 20. A correspondent watched the Belgian soldier for two months at every kind of duty and fighting, and whilst wounded. As a result he developed a great admiration for his careless courage and a greater likening for a man who with alb manhood has so much child in him. He is such a chatterbox and, so full of laughter. His cheerfulness and bandinage were never so lively as when doing the stoniest work. Whilst he is unshaven and hungry, tired and unable to walk, h© still lifts his rifle and still bears himself with gallant gaiety. Altogether he is a fascinating figure. FINED FOR CARRYING MAILS.

United Press Association. London, October 19,

An American citizen was fined at Bow Street for carrying 27 business letters to and from Berlin and London on behalf of merchants. The penalty was £3 for each letter.

THJE GERMAN VIEW.

Hamburg, October 19

Tho Frieu den Blatt states that Portugal’s alleged intention to participate in the war shows that Britain will use the Portuguese against the Germans, retaining her forces for island defence. •

TURKEY’S ASSURANCES UNFULFILLED. London, October 19.

Reuter’s correspondent at Constantinople says the Porto has repeatedly assured Britain that she would repatriate the German sailors. It is now evident that she is unable to dis : pens© with them, even if she so desired.

THE FEAR OF SPIES.

London, October 19,

The commander at Dover has ordered foreign refugees to leave within a week, as there has been considerable trouble with suspected spies. THE SULTAN'S MOVE. Petrograd, October 20. The Bourse Gazette’s Constantinople correspondent says that as a result of a family council, the Sultan, in order to combat Enver Bey’s dictatorship and,German influence, unexpectedly proclaimed the heir-presumptive Izzedin as generalissimo of the army and navy. AMMUNITION FOR TURKEY. Rome, October 20. A freight train of 150 trucks, loaded with artillery and ammunition and war material from Germany, travelling towards Turkey, was seized at Singovo. Similar trains freely traversed Roumania prior to King Charles’ death. GENERAL HAMILTON’S DEATH. ’ Hubert Hamilton was standing with a group of fellow-officers under cover, when a shell burst a hundred yards away. A bullet struck General Hamilton on the temple, and killed him. No one else was touched. The shellfire throughout the day prevented the removal of the body, but at dusk it was carried to a little church and buried. As the party reached the church the attack recommen. °ed violently, and the chaplain’s voice became inaudible. The flashes of the guns lit up the building, which was in darkness, save for a tiny torch, by which the parson read the service. (Major General Hubert lon Wetherall Hamilton, C. 8., D. 5.0., a veteran of the Burmese, Egyptian, and South African campaigns. He was military secretary to Lord Kitchener iu South Africa and India.)

THE SPY MENACE.

KAISER’S MASTER SPY CLOSELY

SHADOWED.

(Received 9.15 a.m.) London, October 20,

The Daily Express describes that Steiuhauer was the Kaiser’s master spy, and acted in close co-operation with the Potsdam military bureaucracy. He established a vast network of naval and military espionage in Britain and supplied abundant money to thousands of Germans in every walk of life, who acted as subsidiaries to Steinhauer’s agents. When the Kaiser visited England in 1911, Steiuhauer was a member of the suite and stayed at Buckingham Palace. The Admiralty and War Offices became aware of Steinhauer’s role at the end of 1910, and thenceforth had him •shadowed and largely thwarted his i plans,