General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 55, 31 October 1914, Page 3

General News

MORE GIFTS FROM CANADA. ' United Press Association. Ottawa, October 29. Ontario is presenting IOO.OOOIbs of evaporated apples to the British navy and a similar quantity to the Belgian relief funds. PRO-BRITISHERS PREDOMINATE. London, October 30. Mr Tim Healy has returned to London. He reports that the feeling in the United States i's as strongly proBritish as it could possibly be. On both the outward and homeward voyages American women, were knitting for the British troops. THE ENORMOUS WAR BILL. London, October ‘29. Professor Julius Wolf, of Berlin, estimates .that the armies in the held are costing 7-J million daily, and people must reckon that the waste in Germany will be 350 millions in the next three months. The conquered States will have to pay an enormous bill. GERMANY’S FOOD SUPPLIES. London, October 29 The Economist, commenting on the further increase in the price of coin iu Germany, states that it would he unwise to anticipate a shortage of food supplies in Germany for many months. It is inconceivable that the Government would have plunged into 'a. great war unless it was sure of at least a year’s supplies. GERMAN REPRISALS. Amsterdam, October 29. The German Press is urging reprisals against the rounding up of alien enemies in Britain. HOLLAND’S SOLEMN DUTY. Amsterdam, October 29, Newspapers state that the British Government has offered the Hutch Government financial is distance for I the relief of Belgian refugees. Hoi-

land declined, stating that ‘die would bear the cost as a duty. - The Prince of Wajcs’ Fund has .reached £3, 531,000. In consequence of the enemy's miner. Lloyd’s premiums for the North Atlantic voyage have risen from 7s 6d to 20s per cent.