GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6, 6 September 1915, Page 6

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

United Press Association. Copenhagen, September 4. Despite Germany’s appointing a. governor of Poland after the fall of . obviously without Austria’s cpnsept, ; Austria has now nominated General von Diller, as governor of the whole of the Polish territory she'conquered,. The,duties of the two governors overlap in some districts; z ...j Havre, September 4. ’ The, Germans sentenced at Verhaegheh a Belgian deputy to two years’ imprisonment for sending a letter to his daughter'containing, a message to the Belgian Government. 1 Paris, September 4. Official: A German officer states * that the enemy casualties latterly have greatly ■increased. They reached).on, Jptjo, Ist, 43,972 ; and ’on July Hi, '52,011. , Germany,is, now making a return : rtf men from forty-six to fifty years of -.age.,, Therf, ure indication's that she is preoccupied with the difficult ques- , tion.of after twelve months’| .■«hd, he.c;.'pr.ocligality, in the ef h\iman, fife. The only men at her disposal, according to the Journal de; -Gepeya, are the 1917 class less'those who haye volunteered. The Fyench mint is accepting gold jewefs and keepsakes for the , melting , pot. Though the result is slight, it . will help to swell the volume of gold in the Bank of France’s vault, which the Daily Telegraph describes as a solid cube, exceeding eleven feet. A Swiss newspaper has published th e story of a German soldier, ,a .participator, in a cavalry patrol on the Frent-], territory on August 2, 1914. , A service order instructed the lieutenant commanding the patrol to"break the French frontier toward Belfort. This ■ was done, and the patrol traversed several kilometres into French territory without meeting a single French soldier. Therefore it is well established that Germany was guilty of the first ‘ violation of the frontiers, at a time when French tnmps had been withdrawn by orders to avoid incidents. London, September 4. s “Issy” Smith describes the deed by Which he won the Victoria Cross, protesting that he had done nothing. He bandaged a wounded sergeant under a llfcavy machine-gun fire, and carried 8 uphill to the reserve trenches 250 Is ■ ayvAy. iHejj passed ' Lieutenant ister, who was immediately hit in the neck. Laying down the sergeant. Smith rolled over till lie reached Shipster. whom ho bandaged and car- . ried alongside the • sergeant. Smith carried them alternately for short stages to within ten yards of the reserve trenches. An officer then assisted Smith, who finally collapsed. Flight Commander Collet, who participated in the raid on Dusseklorf on September 23, has been killed at the Dardanelles. The skilled munition workers’ problem continues urgent, and it is feared that the supply will be insufficient when the now factories open, unless trade union restrictions are relaxed, especially in the number of machines per man. , The Transport Workers’ Federaotion National Union of Railwaymen, and the Miners’ Federation are negotiating with a view to combined action in national matters, retaining separate control of their respective industries. It is the biggest combine in trade union history. The South Wales Conciliation Board endorsed the week’s settlements and agreements. The men then demanded 12i per cent, advance in wages, but tie owners have offered five per cent. Viscount St. Aldwvn will arbitrate.