General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 53, 29 October 1914, Page 5

General News

[United Press Association.] Amsterdam, October 2, . It is reported that the submarine which the Badger rammed returned to Germany. I The Press Bureau issues an Admiralty's order closing several Thames channels.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS A SCREEN IN BATTLE. London, October 27. The Times’ Shabatz correspondent reports that when advancing on Shabatz the Austro-Hungarians forced two thousand Servian women and children to march before them as a screen. AMERICAN OIL FOR BELLIGERENTS. Washington, October 27. Sir Edward Grey has notified America that Britain possessed proof that much American oil useful for aircraft and submarines' exported to neutrals had been re-exported to belligerents. Sir Edward Grey \v-)rns shippers that the papers must show that the shipments are destined for neutrals.

THE KAISER AT COBLENZ. Paris, October 27. Max Aghion, correspondent of the Matin, saw the Kaiser at Colbeoz. H« says: “Everybody rushes to the door. The Kaiser is passing to inspect the forts in the suburbs. Commanding trumpet calls rend the air. A white motor car appears, with a black eagle, resembling a monstr ms butterfly, painted on the side. The Kaiser weais the double-peaked army cap and the time-honored cape of bright blue. His moustache is only slightly twisted upwards. With him is his officer, with a helmet too small for his broad face, which is very pale, because the Kaiser seems angry. The crowd watches, silent and subdued. The Emperor has been robbed of the Hearts of the people!by the Crown Pmce.” London, October 27.

Some Indians, including a mountain battery, are quartered in the New Forest.

Brocklehurst, the Antarctic explorer, was wounded in Franc©, Immense quantities of clothing and comforts have been sent to the tefngees in Holland by the International Women’s Relief Committee. A thousand tons of provisions are leaving England to-morrow for American c;btribution in Belgium. THE NEUTRALITY OF ITALY. Rome. October . 27. The Mjlan correspondent of the Seccolo protests against Italy being transformed into a vast field for supplies of grain, meat, vegetables, moter cars and chemicals for making explosives for Austria-Hungary,