Central Powers

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 58, 5 October 1916, Page 5

Central Powers

ALLEGED LACK OF MEN.

CFRMAN FRONTIER TRICKS. Press Association—Copyngnt. Reuter’s Telegrams (Received 8.50 a.m.) Amsterdam, October 4. The Germans have reduced the number of sentinels guarding the Dutch frontier from one in every hundred metres to one in every thousand. Also, with a view to frightening away would-be smugglers and deserters, the enemy made use of dummy soldiers, which were arranged fifty metres apart on portion of the front and disappeared at daybreak, while on one section of the frontier there hut cavalrymen only. These steps are believed to indicate that there is a great lack of men. n I'jjjiun - .. . pJT£"7T! ; 1 • ROYAL DECREE TO DEPUTIES. I" 'Q: i REJOIN ARMY IMMEDIATELY. I { ; Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Amsterdam, October 4. A Royal decree in Hungary orders all deputies on leave to attend the session and rejoin the army immediately. DEFENSIVE LINE NEAR DENMARK.

ucmvmnr\, i ~ i Press Association—Copyright, Austra- j lian and N.Z. Cable Association ; (|i London, October, 3. j The iaily|Telegrapli’s Copenhagen' , instances the nervous- j res s of Oeriii'any. All the vulnerable ■ points' $ th|i pro-Danish districts of | Schleswig #> Extensively billeted with Germans, and there are many troops in the Skooby, Abkjaer, Branzstry ami Toftelund districts. Subterranean concrete chambers have l>oen constructed on tlio northernmost defensive line. “ j SERIOUS FINANCIAL SITUATION t DONATIONS OF COURT JEWELLERY.

AT EMPRESS’S DECREE. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.50 a.m.) New York, October 4. The seriousness of the financial situation in Germany is emphasised bv a despatch from Berlin. Tbo i Empress has ordered that all the dispensable articles of gold in the Court Treasury not possessing a historic I value bo donated to the collection of j gold articles for tbo purpose nf in- j creasing Germany’s monetary gold supply. Many members of the Court are following the Empress’s example. REPORT FROM J SOURCE.

I 1! oss Association—Copyright, Austraiiau and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.30 a. in.) Copenhagen, October 4. 'Urgent appeals are being made to Germans to give up their gold coins, jewellery, and ornaments. ' The Tageblatt reports that the Empress is sending the ornaments of the Imperial Family to the Reichstag. Wealthy ladies are following example.