"ERASED FOR ETERNITY."
BOHEMIAN REGIMENT DISHONOURED. PARIS, July 22. The "Matin" quotes an Army Order found on a German nontenant, in which it is noted that the Emperor Francis Joseph, overwhelmed with grief, ordered the 28th Regiment of Royal Infantry to bo erased from the list of tho Army for eternity, for cowardice and high treason in the faco of the enemy. The order states: "Those officers and men who remain will havp to expiate this grievous fault with thoir blood." Two battalions of this Bohemian regiment surrendered to a Russian Battalion at the Dukla Pass in April, without using their arms. AUSTRIAN SHORTAGE OF COPPER. (Received July 2.3rd. 5.50 p.m.) 'VIENNA, July 23. Oh-ing to the scarcity of copper, the Government has ordered church roofs to be st tipped. "COMPULSORY ALCOHOLISM" IN POLAND. ("Times" __d "Sydney Sun" Sc:vire«.) (Received July 23rd. 7 p,m.l LONDON, July 23. Thc Paris •'Journal' - says tho Hermans are enforc'i.g a sy>tem of compulsory alcoholism upon tbo Poles, ox erupting from war indemnities only those who purchase liquor from German esiaoi.'-hments.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15339, 24 July 1915, Page 9
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