Notes on the Campaign

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 14, 18 January 1915, Page 3

Notes on the Campaign

LIFE IN THE CELLARS. United Press Association. Loudon, January 16. Fugitives from Crony arriving from Paris state that they lived in cellars during three months’ lighting. Only one house was left standing in the town. They were fed during the night-time by the soldiers. They witnessed a terrific combat in the last few days, and had the mortification of seeing their countrymen forced to retire, though only a few hundred metres, before greatly augmented force. ■< , , THE POSITION IN BERLIN.

London, January 16. A neutral who has returned from Berlin says that' he constantly met people mourning wounded soldiers. The citizens attend the theatres and cafes as usual, but dancing is prohibited, and the dancing saloons closed. Ihe belief in the infallibility of the army is waning. A German officer had confessed to him that if Lngland, at the commencement had put a million men in the field, the war would have been drawing to a finish now on German territory. > 1 '; THE DUAL MONARCHY. Amsterdam, January 10. The Lokal Anzieger says Count Berchtold’s resignation is due to tension with Count Tiszo, Prime Minister of Hungary, who is the real director of the Dual Monarchy’s foreign policy, i , BRITISH OFFICERS IN FORTRESS Amsterdam, January 15.

Without explanation, the Dutch authorities suddenly removed thirty British officers from the ' Groningen camp to a fortress at Bodegrruen. The interned British naval officers were transferred from the internment camp to a fortress, because seven had escaped from the camp. Five were re-captured, but two reached England. The officers had previously, been relieved of their pal-ole. the panama exposition. Paris, January 17. The French Government has offered Belgium the place of honor in the French hall of the San Francisco Exhibition. LORD ROBERTS’ WILL. London, January 16. Lord Roberts left £77,304. The whole estate, except bequests to servants, is bequeathed to his widow and daughters. The will provides a contingent reversion to military charities of the bulk of the £IOO,OOO voted to Lord Roberts after the South African war. FREET S A t R IFICE.

London, January 16. _ Sir Albert Spicer, the well-known .freetrader, seconded the resolution which was adopted by the London Chamber of Commerce, urging tiro establishment of aniline <lyo. factories, by a .guarantee of adequate tariff protection for at least a decade after the .termination af the war/ The recommendation is on uon-jrarty lines, as the matter is of vital national importance. < ,~. t v,-, r . ' THE DEATHS AT HARTLEPOOL. London, January 16. Further deaths at Hartlepool have raised the total to one hundred and fifteen. - tl , , . , BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE. London, . January 16. The secretary of the Liverpool Shipowners’ Association, reporting on the congestion of British overseas transports, said the imports’ for the five inonths from August to December were Valued at £262,515,278, as compared with. £327,614,354 for the same period in 1913; and exports £130,367,734 and £221,211,400.

\THE RECRUITING RALLY. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, January 16. Colonel Bottoinley, addressing a recruiting rally, said lie would not hesitate to court-martial everyone taking advantage of the country’s trouble to line, his pockets with gold at the expense of the soldier. He said that three fourths of Lord Kitchener’s army were married men, and unless the single men enlisted more freely they would soon have to he compelled.,