Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 52, 4 March 1915, Page 6

Great Britain

ALIENS IN ENGLAND. (Received 2 p.m.) London, March 3. "Mr Joynson Hicks (Union member for Middlesex) in the House of Commons, moved the desirableness of concentrating the administration of enemy subject and aliens into the hands of one Minister, who should be responsible to the House. Ho stated that there were seventy .thousand aliens in the country, twenty thousand being in London, of whom sixteen thousand were Of., military age. He complained that the treatment was too lenient, through the responsibility of internment being divided between the Home and War Offices. Lord Charles Beresford said it was a singular coincidence that ships which sailed, without proper escort were blown up by German submarines. It could not bo denied that the Formidable Was blown up, because her departure was known to spies. Mr Tennant said overy alien enemy was under, constant police surveillance, j and it was unnecessary to create a special department.

CERMAN AEROPLANES DROP

BOMBS AT SEA.

(Received 2 p.m'.) London, March 3iTwo German aeroplanes dropper! three bombs harmlessly near the Glasgow steamer Dalblair when off the Essex coast. ; « * tfßMfflV ■ • "COD SAVE THE KING!" (Received 2 p.m.) ) London, March 3. . Prior to engaging the Germans at the Falklands Islands, Admiral Sturdee wirelessed "God Save the King!" The signal was repeated by every ship in the fleet. 1

ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED., . United. Pbesb Association. (Received .2 P-mO Petrograd, March 3. A communique states?. We repulsed German, attempts to approach .the fortress at Ossowiecz. We continue to .repulse furious .Austrian, attacks between the Ondava/ and, the, San. We enveloped and annihilated, two German companies in the region of Coziuvka and Rojanka,. The-Austrians, in defending the passage to Lomnitza, suffered a serioiis/reverse. Our troops crossed the.river and occupied the village of Krasna,.captured six thousand men,, sixty-rfour,officers,., four, guns, seven machine guns,, and many transports.