GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 24 August 1914, Page 8

GERMANY

KAISER'S SON KILLED. GERMANS CROSSING THE MFX'SE. MOm'G OX ANTWERP. WARNING TO WAR CORRESPONDENTS. P-'V-nv. August 'lt. An Independent cable message, dated yesterday, state that the list of wounded published in the Cologne Gu/x-tte eoo--lirms the report that Prince Kredoruk William, son of the Kaiser, was killed before Liege. The '(-einiicns continue their passage across the Qtfeusc. In the vicinity ui ilfuy important concentration is being carried out by Belgium. No French territory has been occupied excepting a piece of enclosed html tit Ardunlerohaii Antwerp is apparently the m:.U goal of the Germans, upon which they are steadily moving. The Times' correspondent reports thai preparations for the defence of the city extend over an enormous area. All classes are working day and night to complete tin: defences and provision for the siege. The Daily Chronicle correspondent at Antwerp reports that 'he has been informed by the. staff otlice that all war correspondents found iu Belgium aft.-i-Thursday night will be shot. .MAN- II U : NT 1X G. A POPULAR FRKNXV. The Hague. August '2l. A Dutch official recently in Berlin stales that wages have fallen 30 per cent-. The sin lighter of cattle is restricted, the object being to obtain Dutch cattle and reserve German cattle for future use. Spy hunting lias 'become a popular frenzy. The ollicial saw several so-called Russians lynched, though they apparently were Germans, 'but they were too frightened to explain. The inert) accused one man of being a spy and the polrce arrested him, without,the least attempt to investigate the facts. Huclt scenes are of hourly occurrence. TVOMKN AS TRAM CONDUCTORS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 22. 5.20 p.m. London, August 22. Women are acting as tram conductors in Merlin, and old men as drivers.