LATE WAR NEWS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 50, 27 August 1914, Page 8

LATE WAR NEWS

IN RUSSIAN POLAND GERMANS INFLICT A FINE AND SHOOT SIX LEADING TOWNS PEOPLE.

(By Telegraph.- -Press Assoclatlon.-Copjrrlfht.) (Received August 27, 1 p.m.) , LONDON, 26th August. , The Daily Telegraph's Warsaw correspondent states that Germans fined the town of Kalisz, in Russian Poland, • £5000. and shot six of the foremost inhabitants, who had been detained a* hostages, on a trivial accusation. They >lso bombarded the town. During the 'German fireworks display the Town Hall and many buildings were burnt. (Received August 27, 1.10 p.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, 26th Aug. , Madame Sokolva, .vife of the TreaI surer at Kalisz/ states that the Germans i shot her husband because he destroyed ' half a million roubles in paper money ; they also shot the police inspector and ■several officials, i . ' i The Germans jokingly requested the inhabitants to stand in a row, and then 'shot them. , They- bombarded the town with machine guns, killing several women. The whereabouts of the officials was obtained by a gang of epics, some of whom were dressed as women. [Kalisz is a town 132 milee west-south-west of Warsaw, with a population of 47,000.] ; SIX DISTINCT ATTACKS BRITISH TROOPS BEAR THE ' BRUNT. (Received August 27, 3 p.m.) v LONDON, 26th August. Paris reports that on Saturday and" Sunday the British bore the brunt of six distinct attacks, which were all repulsed.. , There were piles of German corpses near Mons. A BELGIAN SALLIE THREE GERMAN DIVISIONS THROWN BACK. (Received August 27, 3 p.m.) LONLON, 26th August. \ The Belgian Legation states th^t on Monday the Belgians sallied from Antwerp and on Tuesday threw back to Valorde three German divisions, which had previously bombarded Malines, where many houses and the cathedral were in--jured. GERMAN TOGOLAND SURRENDERED UNCONDITIONALLY. (Received August 27, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 26th August. Official. — German Togoland has been surrendered unconditionally to the British. PRIVATE PROPERTY WILL BE RESPECTED (Received August 27, 3 p.m.) LONDON, 26th August. The Allied forces will enter Kamina, Togoland, to-morrow. Commander Bryant said the British always respected private property, and there would be as little interference as possible with trade or private interests. FRANCE'S SOUTHERN FRONTIER ENEMY ATTACKS IN FORCE , BUT IS REPULSED ALL ALONG THE LINE. (Received August 27, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 26th August. The' Press Bureau states that the Germans in force attacked the French'southern frontier on the 25th, but were repulsed, and retreated all along the line. BRITISH TREASURY BILLS £40,000,000 TENDERED. (Received August 27, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 26th August. Over forty millions was tendered for the Treasury bills, at an average of £3 15s 6d. LONDON MARKETS (Received 4ugust 27, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 26th August. Linseed oil, £26. Turpentine, 34s 6d. Bar silver is quoted at 25d per ounce standard. , The Metal Exchange has fixed the price of best selected copper at £61. It will fix the prices every Tuesday and Friday. COURTEOUSLY TREATED JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO BERLIN. (Received August 27, 3 p.m.) LONDON, 26th August. The Japanese Embassy states that the Japaneese-Ambassadof in Berlin was courteously treated and provided with a special saloon. THE STEAMER KAIPARA LOCAL AQENTS -DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEARS. With "regard to the cablegram concerning the reinsurance of the .steamer Kaipara, the local agents for the veseel to-day stated that they did not eritertain any fears as to the vessel's safety. In the ordinary course a steamer of her tyoe would take about fortyfour days to complete the voyage from New Zealand to Avonmouth, for which port the Kaipara was bound. This steamer is now 47 days out, but the long trip is considered to be due to the fact that the vessel has no doubt altered her course as a precaution. She loaded in New Zealand under the auspices of the Federal and Shire Line, and sailed finally from Lyttelton on the morning of the 11th July, taking cargo for Liverpool, Glasgow, and Avonmouth. A call was made at Monte Video on the Ist August. The Kaipara is owned by the* New Zealand Shipping! Company, and is a vessel of 7392 tons, built in 1903 at Glasgow by John Brown and, Co. She is 480 feet long 68 feet beam, and 31 feet ifi deptJi,