General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 2, 4 January 1915, Page 5

General News

TRUTH WANTED FROM AUSTRIA. Unhid Pbem association. London, January 2. The Nieu Frie Presse demands the publication of a Red Book, describr ing, from the Austro-Hungarian standpoint, the negotiations preceding the war, and asks why Austro-Hungary silently accepts the blame, instead of proclaiming her efforts on behalf of peace. ALARM IN NORTH-EAST HUNGARY. Rome, January 2. A message from Vienna states that consternation and alarm has been caused by a formidable Russian invasion of North-east Hungary. The t clergy, municipal authorities and inhabitants of the frontier are panicstricken, and fleeing to the interior. AIRMEN'S WORK IN RHENISH PRUSSIA.

i ''.» ! Paris, January 3. A telegram from Berlin states that two hostile airmen on Friday flew over Liesdorff, near Saarlouis, in Rhenish Prussia, and dropped several bombs. The damage is not stated. CHANCELLOR'S SON KILLED. Amsterdam, January 2. The Lokal Anzieger states that the Bethmann-Hollweg's son was killed in Poland on December 9th. PUBLIC KEPT IN THE DARK. Copenhagen, January 2. Newspapers of Danish and other neutral countries, except the official organs, are forbidden in Germany. The Politiken, although a Government organ, with a large circulation in Germany,, has decided not to send in copies while the other newspapers are prohibited. Dr. George Wegner, in a letter to the Cologne Gazette, says Berliners are very downhearted, and nervously excited, asking why there is no news from the western front. Why ,they ask, is the nation kept in the dark?