In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 52, 1 July 1915, Page 5

In the West

COTTON AS CONTRABAND.

SEIZURE OF VALUABLE CARGO.

i.MiTno Pkkii Association. (Received 8.55 a.m.) Paris, June i.'o Cotton worth £20,000, which was consigned.to the Swiss agent of a German firm, was seized at Marseilles. It was ~intended for the manufacture of gun cotton.

NEW ZEALANDER WOUNDED.

(Received 8.55 a.m.) London, June 30

Major George Relph Miller /of the Field Artillery (New Zealander) was wounded in France.

FRENCH PROGRESS.

(Received 11.50, a.m.) Paris, June 30

A communique states that there was a violent cannonade and some iniaiitiy engagements north of Arras. We slightly progressed north of Carl-eul-Chateau and repulsed German attacks at Cabaret Rouge to the east of Metzeral,

WOMAN WUH A WILL. YOUNC DUCHESS OF LUXEMBURG DEFIES THE GERMAN.

(Received 8.50 a.m) London, June 30

The Daily Express states that the Duchess of Luxemburg is defiant towards the Germans, and that «he has ordered her small bodyguard not to salute the officers. She does not conceal her feeling respecting the German treatment of Belgium, and disregards the salutes of the Germans, who fill the town.

(The Grand Duchess, Marie Adelaide of Luxemburg, was born on June 14, 1894. She succeeded her father the Grand Duke Wilhelm in 1912. By the treaty of London of 1867, Luxemburg is ' declared neutral territory: It has its own Chamber of Deputies. The population is -259,891, all of whom, with the exception of 5,500, are Catholics. Large mining industries keep the people busy. Early in the war the Germans violated the neutrality guaranteed by the treaty of London, and seized the' capital'on August 2nd of last year. The Ducal authorities had time to interpose such opposition as might have been afforded by the destruction of the great bridges and viaducts across the ravines leading fnto the city. The Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide made a futile personal protest, and it was later stated that GerImany had already acknowledged her claim by a first payment of 1,000,000 marks. Her attitude has been one of defiance to the Germans. It is staler that when the Kaiser entered Luxemburg' he sent a messenger to |the Duchess stating .that he would calk on her. When he arrived at the. Pal - Lace, the brave girl refused to receive him, and the pseudo-Napoleonic Wilhelm had to retire humiliated. It would seem that when the spoils are distributed, the Grand Duchess and her couutrv should be rewarded.,)