Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 59, 26 October 1914, Page 5

Great Britain

GRATEFUL BELGIANS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, October 24. . 1 The Belgian Minister, acknowledging the Xow Zealand donations to (he I relief of distress wrote to tin; Hon. Thomas Mackenzie (High Commisjsioner): “Belgium will never forget j the help received from all parts of the British Empire.” THE TROOPS “DEAD BEAT,” (Received 8.0 a.m.j An English doctor, conniu cling on Abei-exhaustion of the soldiers through lack of sleep, said that no matter how badly they were wounded or how great the pain, they dropped asleep almost immediately they reached the hospital. THE SUPPLY OF FOODSTUFFS. SHORTAGE OF FLOUR IN BERLIN United Press Association. (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, October 25. Wheat is very firm. Sixpence advance is asked, but very little is offering. The Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association have made an appeal to members to earmark one acre of next year’s crop for the Patriotic Fund. It is expected that this will realise 600,000 bushels. ' Berlin, October 24. Owing to the shortage of flour, the authorities permit the use of twenty per cent, of potatoes in bread-making. AUSTRIAN PRINCE IMPRISONED. (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, October 25. The Austrian Prince Jean Sapicha, who was committed at the Marylebone Street Court for failing to declare that he had a revolver and ammunition and a camera when registering, was not allowed bail. A nephew' of Prince Alexander, a lieutenant in the Austrian lancers, has arrived as a prisoner of war. “THE CAUSE OF RIGHT, JUSTICE, AND LIBERTY.” (Received 9.35 a.m.) London, October 25. Lord Roberts, addressing the Canadians at Salisbury Plain, said; “We are fighting a nation which regards the British as a barrier to its development, and which lias long contemplated our overthrow. Germany has manufactured a magnificent fighting machine in order to achieve her ends, and is st'raining every nerve and is prepared to use every means, however unworthy and brutal. You will be fighting for the cause of right, 1 justice, and liberty.”

OFFICIAL.

[Per Press [Association. 1 Wellington, October 25. The High Commissioner cables to the Premier : >

“With a view of crippling Germany’s trade, the British Government has prohibited the importation of sugar to the .United Kingdom. He states that there is no danger of a shortage, for supplies are available to meet several months’ demand. The price will not exceed per lb, and probably will be further reduced. This action is necessary, owing to Germany selling to neutral countries, and the latter sending to England.” General headquarters reports: The region where the fighting is progressing at present bears a melancholy aspect. Once prosperous homesteads and hamlets, they have been literally torn to pieces. The walls are pitted with shrapnel balls. The villages and churches are smouldering ruins. Horses and cattle, caught in the hail of shrapnel, litter the village streets. The peasants are digging graves for the German dead. The work of burial devolves on the inhabitants. Amidst the graves in the countryside are rifle pits, trenches, and gun emplacements used by the enemy.