General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 54, 30 October 1914, Page 5

General News

GREATEST OBSTACLE TO PEACE. Amsterdam, October 29. Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, commanding the sixth army corps, issued an order of the day: "We are fortunate in being opposed by the English troops, representing the people whose envy has been at work for years to surround us with enemies in order to strangle us, and to whom we owe the present bloody war. Therefore now that" we are facing the enemies who are the greatest obstacle to peace, we will take reprisals for the enemy's cunning and for all our sacrifices, and show them that it is not so easy to wipe out the Germans."

GERMAN PILLAGE FORBIDDEN.

Amsterdam, October 28

A proclamation at Antwerp forbids soldiers to pillage. There must be no requisitioning without a written order, and soldiers must pay cash for everything.

PASSPORTS FOR GERMANS.

BRITAIN WATCHING CLOSELY.

Washington, October 28. Sir C. A. Spring-Rice complained to the State Department.,that American officials in Germany were issuing passports to Germans" for England.' America has promised the strictest vigilance. . ,

PROVISIONS FOR BELGIUM. London, October 28. Britain and Germany have arranged, through the American and Spanish Ambassadors, for provioipning Bel. gitim. ■ ———— THE LATEST PROCLAMATION. Paris, October 29. The latest example of German mendacity is a proclamation placarded in three languages in Brussels, as follows: "Paris being infected with cholera, the Kaiser has. withdrawn his troops and permitted them to winter in Berlin, where they will enjoy their repose so nobly earned." ,; A NEW ZEALANDER KILLED. London, October 29. Lieutenant Robert Goe, of the Wiltshire Regiment, the eldest son of Mr Gee, of Wellington, was wounded in Prance, and d|ed' at ; Netley.

MISCELLANEOUS. Loudon, October 28. A Bergen paper publishes an interview with a number of the German general staff who commented on the Englishmen's cd'ol indifference to danger and to the dispenstions of Providence. He also made referance to the magnificent shooting. At the London County Council, meeting the chairman announced, that ;a committee had made investigations to ascertain why some German firms in recent years had constructed buildings with foundations of undue strength. The findings had been refer, red to the military authorities. One hundred and seventy-four German soldiers, many mere lads, were brought to Camherley. A hundred German and Austrian civilian prisoners were warmly greeted, shouting "Hoch der Kaiser! The army will soon come and deliver us!"

At a meeting of the English and Scottish Bank, the directors stated that they had never felt the slightest uneasiness. Thanks to timely precautions, the bank was unusually strong in coin when the moratorium was enforced.

Mark Hamburg was awarded £SOO damages against the London Dail Mail for asserting that he was a German. Reports show that there is a steady flow of German deserters into Holland.