General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 24, 29 January 1915, Page 5

General News

HEIGHT OF IMAGINATION. AMUSING REPORT OF THE KING'S CAPTURE. lr i and Sydney Sun Sesvioii. (Received 8 a.m.) i London, January 28. 1 The following is an example of the entertaining stories being circulated by the enemy: It is believed by credulous Arabs in Egypt that a German Taube, under cover of darkness, made 'an audacious and successful flight to London, Hew in the window of Buckingham Palace, captured the King, and carried him to Germany without accident.

"NO SACRIFICE TOO GREAT." [TJnited Pbebb Association. 1 London, January 28. Mr Harcourt, Secretary for the Colonies, speaking at the Victoria League, said that no sacrifice of men. money, and material seemed too great for those of our blood, which was wide-flung throughout the vvorld, and also for those not of our blood and color. Some misguided fools had thought that when England became involved in war, India would mutiny. As a matter of fact, there would have been mutiny if the Indians had not "been permitted to fight with us. 111-conditioned and ignorant comments that no South African troops were serving in Europe were the carping of fools. Some hours before war was declared, Mr Botha, the Premier of South Africa, invited the removal of British troops from South Africa, undertaking themselves to defend the Union. The offer was accepted, in the certain knowledge that Botha's word was Botha's bond. And so, indeed, it had proved.

BRITAIN'S RESPONSIBILITIES. M. Sazanoff, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking in the Committee of the Duma, said Britain was accepting all the responsibilities in the war that could be expected of her, and much more. There was no danger of a premature peace. LONDON'S AIR-RAID SCARE. There was a notable increase in insurance, in consequence of the belief that an air raid on London or the east coast would be atternptd in celebration of the Kaiser's birthday. RAID ON ESSEN DENIED. London, January 28. A Berlin telegram" denies the aerial raid on Essen. THE EMBARGO ON CAPITAL. A small advisory committee of hankers, with Lord St. Aldwyn as chairman, has been appointed to assist the Treasury in connection with the embargo upon capital. COMPULSORY CADET TRAININC. Lord Methven, in a letter to the Times, urges legislation to provide compulsory cadet training. TRIBUTE TO BRITISH CHANCELLOR. At their annual meetings two of the leading banks paid a tribute to Hon. D. Lloyd George's masterful handling of the financial and'commercial crisis.

ARREST OF ENGLISH IN BELGIUM Dunkirk, January 28. General Bissing ordered 'all Englishmen in Belgium to be transferred to Germany. Some escaped to Holland, but the majority were arrested at their homes, hotels, or in the streets. THE USE OF PHOSPHORUS. Paris, January 28. The Academy of Medicine investigated the use of phosphorus in a German shell, causing necrosis among many of the wounded. This manner of using phosphorus seems to prove criminal intention on the part of the enemy. (Necrosis, the death of circumscribed portions only of bodily tissue, most frequently the death of bone.)