GREAT BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 121, 15 October 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN

,"£HE Fl" :riiVES FROM Antwerp. returning. i ... it 7 EiJt-ived 14, 9.20 p.m. i London, October 14. ' 'A proe!;u:ution, signed by the Mayor ;{ind shen.;- <i; 1 the German commander •of Antwerp, has been published on the .Dutch fr.ijti'T, asking the refugees to treturn to tin- <ity, and promising that .private j,/'ivriy will be respected. t Rome, October 14. ■ There t •: r; ports from Germany that :83,500 fu.dtiv'.'* are returning 1 to Antl9rels' ... .j_ l ie'--Lt ' E -" !j REFUGEES , &:> . * London, October 13. The Govi.nmieot is appealing to local bodies for further accommodation for Belgian refugees.

f- A STIMULI'S TO ENLISTMENT.' '* AMBULANCES WANTED. . ;f iCANADIAN GIFT UTILISED. *"*''-'' Londoy, October 13. t The 101 l of Antwerp has acted as a •ttimnlus to enlistment. Two thousand men joined in London to-day. The AeigH standard has been lowered to oft. Jin.

' Major G. S. Richardson, of New Zeallnnd Staff Corps, participated in the defence of Antwerp, and has returned to |Xondon,

. Ernst, an alleged spy, has been limner ifemanded. Postal officials gave evidence :£hat many of Mb letters had been open•ed and contained remittances of from JSS to £ls lor various spies. ■ Hard Charles Beresford, in a, letter to ]B»e press, recommends a campaign to urge the Government to deal more stringently with aliens and to abolish naturalisation during war. He declares that ■Belgium suffered countless horrors from she treachery of naturalised Germans. ..I/Md Kitchener has devoted £20,000, tiie gift o! Canadian Women, to the purchase of motor ambulances. Other efforts are being made to raise funds for 409 motor ambulance to which motorists in Scotland have promised to .subscribe £20,000.

'•'• bkt for the first lord. SReceivcd 11, 0.20 p\in. London, October 13. The Morning Post, commenting on Mr -visit to Antwerp, understands that his activities in fields which do not properly concern him cannot eoiiduce to good working. t XAVALS RETURN TO ENGLAND. '. * Received 14, 0.20 p.m. T London, October 14. Five thousand of the contingent returned to England from Antwerp, and had an enthusiastic reception at Dover and Oca].

JS'EW ZEALAXDER AT ANTWERP. Received 14, 0.20 p.m. 1 London, October U. ilr Barr, an officer of the Union Steam Ship Company of Xew Zealand, escaped from Antwerp with his wife and family *fter exciting experiences in the bombardment. He states that the Britis 1 ! contingent reached Antwerp inimediately *fter Mr Churchill's visit on Saturday week.