GREAT BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 69, 11 August 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN

NORMAL CONDITION'S REGAINED. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FOREIGNER PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FOREIGNERS. London, August #. I London is swinging back to as near : ormal as possible. The rush of inland -ares of food has practically ceased, j ' ,ie people view the situation caintlr i id determinedly. I Mr. Samuel, President of the Board of Trade, is considering whether comj ilsory methods are necessary against i -Hers and bu\ors of provisions who act unworthily. It is reported that some iirge wholesale dealers are holding 'ip large stores. The Board of Agriculture static tint tiiere is five months' supply of breadstuffs in the United Kingdom, iulading the home crop now being harvested, but excluding wheat and flour due to arrive shortly. The Society of Friends has issued a message to the Empire stating that they recognise the British Government strenuously sought to preserve pea„-c and entered a war under a grave sense of duty to a smaller State. The Society, while firmly believing that force u no solution of any question, holds that the present moment is not one for criticism, but should be devoted to service. For those whose conscience forbids them taking up arms, there are other ways of serving. Plans are being evolved to enable members to help sufferers. Lord Denman has suggested that -i the* overseas troops are utilised th»y might be used to reinforce the garriin Egypt and India, though there are no finer regular mounted troops in the Empire than the Australian Li?ht Horse. The Amphion struck a cable connecting two mines which converged and exploded. The Amphion floated twenty mimutes. Prominent Indians in London, in a letter to the King, express a desire for Britain's success. Whatever differences there are in time of peace, Indians can have no other thought than being united with Britain when faced with an external foe. The Tyne employers and workmes are warmly co-operating to expedite Admiralty contracts. Colonel Lonsdale has been appointed Colonel of the Colonial Contingent. A mob of two thousand raided a provision store at Dudley Port (Staffordshire) and carried off £l5O worth of provisions. Great crowds nightly cheer the Italian Embassy. Numerous race meetings have been abandoned, as the railways are unable to carry the horses. When a patrol challenged a foreigner on the Tyne bridge the latter rushed down the steps to the river and jumped into a boat. A patrol in another boat chased him. and as he declined to atop, fired, and shut him dead. As he expired he threw an attache case in the river.

The Evening News says there is evi- i demo of widespread buying of lire- j arms and explosives by Germans i> London. Many rifles "and revolvers | have alreadv been si ized. Detectives ! day and night continue a systematic search, and there have been numerous other arreat*. ! All public buildings are strongly ' guarded. The General Post Office is , surrounded by bomb-proof wire netting, with troops stationed inside. It ) is understood that a number of letters j intended for Berlin have been inter- j cepted. i The search for Germans on the Tyne ' and Tees continues. The telephones of j Germans have been disconnected. Fried- •' liech Singer, pastor oi the German Seamen's Mission, was remanded at South Shields on a charge of espionage. Another German pastor at Sunderland has been detained. The first contribution to the relief fond, of which the Print- of Wales is president, came from the regiment of Grenadier Guards, who sent CIB.OW. The fund has Teached i 100(Vin. including a donation from the Imperial To i bacco Company of €25.000. one from the Duke of Devonshire of £15.000. Sir George Coats (braid manufacturer! C 50.000, Lord Ashton £25.000. and there ar; a number of donations of tlO.fXiO. The King subscribed 5000 guineas, the Queen 3000 guineas. Queen Alexandra £590, and the Prince of Wales £3OOO. The Bishop of London, chaplain of the London Rifle Brigade, will serve six weeks with the brigade wherever they are ordered to. A great demonstration at Buckingham Palace cheered the King and Queen, and also the Grenadiers, who r-m-lied past. A hi'-' demonstration at the Belgian Legation was abandoned at the request of tbe Belgian Minister, who felt that it va« not tbe time for demonstrations.

The banks have reopened withost excitement. The Oceanic, with 15,000,000 dollars in gold, has reached Southampton. Im order to outwit German cruisers the Oceanic steamed in mid-Atlantic without lights. The official food tariff for the next three days adds Id or 2d as a maximum on the prevailing retail prices. It does not include meat or flour. There is an improved position is the buildiag lock-out, and symptoms of am early settlement owing to the war. The marine engineers' strike has ended ia favor of the shipowners, and other strikes have been settled. The Norddeutscher Lloyd's Schleisea, from Brisbuie, was captured and taken to Plymoutn. The men arrested in Euston road have been released. They were both Irishmen, and buyers of rifles for a Dublin firm. Mr. Churchill, in the House of Commons, said that the Government had established a press bureau under M'.\ F. E. Smith for a steady stream of information from the War Office and Admiralty. The country owed a great debt to the press for voluntarily combining to 'ignore information which the Admiralty did not want published. Lady Dudley has received splendid support for her hospital movement, and appeals to residents in Australia to contribute. ' Sir George fieid endorses Wie appeal. The War Office has accepted the offer. The Xew Zealand Association is promoting a hospital and convaleseeit homes for the sick and wounded. It has already received offers for a medical staff and nurse. It appeals for funds. "any vessels are unable to üße the Suez Canal, owing to the demand for cash payments. The Foreign Offiee is arranging with the Bank of Egypt to overcome the difficulty. Scottish coal owners have suspends! the demand for reduced wages. KINGS MESSAGE TO IRELAND. CAN RELY ON ITS HELP. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 10." 5.20 p.m. London, August .9. The King, in a message to Irelaid, says She knows he can rely on the Irish of all parties to loyally unite in the defence of the Empire.