GENERAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1914, Page 7

GENERAL ITEMS

BOMBARDMENT OF SENLIS TOWN WRECKED WITHIN AN HOUR BARBARIANS PUNISHED BY TURCOS. (TIMES AND STHNET SUN SBRTICES.) (Received September 23, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 22nd September. A brave tobacconist at Senlis, exasperated by the insolence of the > r invaders, declared : "I will serve men, not bullies." He was hurled to his knees. His wife- rushed out shrieking for mercy. Both were shot. The townspeople became infuriated and fired on the soldiers. The guns were then turned upon the town, killing men, women, and children. From the shattered houses the people ran, wounded and terrified at the horrible bombardment, which continued till the town .was wrecked within an hour. The Turcos arrived and pursued and punished the barbarians. WITH THE RED CROSS RUSSIAN GRAND DUCHESS SERVING HER COUNTRY. > » __ (TIMES AND SYD.NBY SON SBRTICES.) (Received September 23, 8 a.m.) 'PETROGRAD, 22nd September. The Grand Duchess Olga, sister of the Tsar, joined the Red Cross Brigade, concealing her identity. An officer, recognising her, requested to kiss her hand. The Grand Duchess Olga placed her fingers to his lips, and commafided him to address her simply as Sister. SEAT OF FRENCH GOVERNMENT RETURN TO PARIS WANTED. (HUES AND SYDNBT SUN SEimCES.) (Received September* 23, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 22nd September. Paris is becoming restless at the delay of . the Government in returning from Bordeaux. / RUSSIAN GENERAL DECORATED BRILLIANT AND SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCE AT LEMBERG. (Received September 23, 9.20 a.m.) PETROGRAD, 22nd September. General Dimitrieff has been decorated for his brilliant and successful resistance when the Austrians attempted to recapture Lemberg. He was for four days and nights fighting against odds of four to one. [General Dimitrieff was, at the outbreak of the war, the diplomatic representative of Bulgaria at St. Petersburg, and offered his- services to Russia.] • "PURELY IN SELFDEFENCE " THE WICKED ENTENTE. WHAT EDUCATED GERMANS BELIEVE. LONDON, 21st September. An Englishman who has just returned from Germany says that Berlin persists that Germany is warring purely^ in selfdefence against the wicked ambitions of the Powers of the Entente, who are anxious to crush their strongest rival. Educated Germans confidently expect victory on land, and are prepared for a naval defeat. They assert that there is an impossibility of faniine in Germany^ as the crops have been extraordinary. (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) DEMONSTRATION IN ROME "LONG LIVE BRITAIN! " "THE FRIEND OF ITALY." ROME, 21st September. A crowd of 100,000 persons made &¦ demonstration in front of the British Embassy on Sunday last. They gave vent to deafening cheers, shouting " Long live Britain, the friend of Italy ! " Troops specially guarded the ' German and Austrian Embassies. RUSSIAN GENERAL IN CHAINS A COURT-MARTIAL. LONDON, 21st September. German newspapers announce that the Russian General Martos has been taken in chains to Halle and court-martialled for burning German villages and shooting the inhabitant*.

TRAINS CRAMMED WITH WOUNDED CRAWLING' BACK FROM THE FRONT. PARIS, 21st September. Every evening trains crammed with wounded crawl back from the front. Thirty coachee compose a train, and they are packed fuller than excursion trains. The worst cases are lucky if they can lie at full length. DUMDUM BULLETS. PARIS, 21st September. Thirty Dum-dum bullets have been extracted from wounded men. GERMAN WAR BONDS SAID TO HAVE BEEN OVERSUBSCRIBED. (TIMES AND SIDNEY BUN SERVICED ' LONDON, 21st September. Germany claims that the war bonds of £50,000,000 have been over-subscribed, and thai the subecriptians to the unlimited loan have totalled. £63,000,000. | AUTHENTIC WAR NEWS GERMANS DO NOT WANT ANY s OF IT. AN ARREST. LONDON, 21st September. Reuter's agent reports that the manager of the Ottoman Telegraph Company,- Constantinople, who was well known as having friendly feelings for Britain and France, haa been arrested as the result of German pressure, because he published authentic war news. i TO DIMINISH UNEMPLOYMENT c IN ENGLAND. , KING GEORGE'S ORDER. rtIMBS AND STDNBT SUN SEBVICBS.) LONDON, 21st September. The King fois ordered extensive plant* ing to be done at Sandringham, in order to diminish unemployment. A CLERIC'S HOPE. (TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.) LONDON, 21efc September. The Rev. Dr. Jovvett, preaching at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, hoped that now Germany would be emancipated from her servitude to militarism, a-nd that now Britain would be purified from her moral and spiritual indifference and frivolities. ALLIES AS TEETOTALLERS GERMANS LEAVE BEHIND MANY EMPTY BOTTLES. LONDON, 21st September. This is a teetotal war so far as the Allies are concerned, but the trail of the Germans is marked by myriads of empty bottles. V MONSTER GUNS GROWING A LITTLE BIGGER. LONDON, 21st September. The German seventeen-inch siege gun discharges a projectile weighing 21001bs, and describes a parabola covering twelve miles, and rising in height 1200 yards. It ia discharged electrically from a considerable distance, the operator not daring to remain in the vicinity. The shell on exploding liberates deadly gases. GERMAN DISCONTENT DISAPPOINTMENT AT COURSE OF EVENTS. LOST TRADE. NEW YORK, 22nd September. Cablegrams from German sources indicate widespread disappointment at the course of events. PeojDle are becoming discontented, particularly in the manufacturing districts, which are realising that Germany's foreign trade- has been lost. THE CRUISER EMDEN ASSISTED BY MISTY WEATHER. INTERCEPTION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES. CALCUTTA, 21st September. The German cruiser Emden, assisted by misty weather and by intercepting wireless messages, sank between 10th and '14th September two colliers, two empty steamers, and the steamer Diplomat, with a cargo worth £350,000, including forty thousand packages of tea. All the captured crews were transferred to the . Kabinga, which was sailing for America. The Kabinga arrived at Calcutta on l'6th Sepember. A British warship is pursuing the Emden, which escaped southward. All sailings in the Bay of Bengal have been tempdrarily cancelled. The Emden caused British owners and underwriters a loss of three-quarters of a million. The Germans treated the crews well. ANOTHER VESSEL SUNK. (Received September 23, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, 22nd September. The Emden sank the British steamer Clan Matheson in the Bay of Bengal. The crew was landed at Rangoon. [The Clan Matheson was a steel vessel of 4775 tons gross, built in 1906, and owned by Cayzer, Irvine, and Co., Ltd (Clan Line).] JAPANESE ROUND KIAO-CHAU DROPPING OF BOMBS. SOME OF THE FORTS ARE BOMB PROOF. (HUBS AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.) TOKIO, 21st September. The Japanese are employing waterplanes to drop bombs in Kiao-chau, the machine* subsequently returning to the warships. Home of the forts are bomb-proof. The garrison is granted one day in three for liberty in town. The reservists are living in deserted private residonces. The shops and restaurants have been opened, and music halls and moving picture shows are open nightly. JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT SUNK. (Received September 23, 11.30 a.m.) PEKIN, 22nd September. Advices from Tsiao report that a German cruiser sunk a Japanese torpedo feoat outside Kiao-chau.

H.M.S. PEGASUS REVISED LIST OF CASUALTIES. CAPETOWN. 21st September. Official.— The revised list of the Pegasus casualties shows that 25 were killed, 52 wounded, and 10 missing. WAR FUNDS SYDNEY DOING WELL. SYDNEY, 22nd Septemt**. The Lord Mayor's Fund now amounts to £118,000. .. The New Zealand and Australian Land Company, lias decided to distribute £15,000 among the War Relief Funds in the several Australian States where the company carries on business. GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA • MEETING IN ORANGE FREE STATE. UNION GOVERNMENT'S ACTION SUPPORTED. (Received' September 23, 8.35 a.m.) CAPETOWN. 22nd September. ) A crowded meeting at Bethlehem (Orange Free State), a strong Hertzogite centre, overwhelmingly supported the Government operations in German SouthWest Africa. : THE PEACE OF EUROPE RUSSIA DESIRES GUARANTEES. (TIMES AND 6TDNBT SUN SERVICES.) (Received September 23, 8 a.m.) PETROGEAD, 22nd September., The press says that Russia is in no mood to accept a settlement which does not guarantee the future inability of Germany to disturb the peace of Europe. The guarantees must enable Belgium independently to defend her integrity against Germany. Russia does not require German territory. (press, association.) THE DOMINIONS ARE WITH THE MOTHER COUNTRY. ' PREPARED FOR ANY SACRIFICE. (Received September 23, 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Mr. Fisher, the Federal Prime Minister, speaking at the Show luncheon, took the opportunity of assuring the , public of the co-operation of the Federal ' Parliament with the Mother Country, that her dominions were with her in her success or her difficulties. They would tell her again and again— and tell the enemy, too, if he cared to hear— tjhat they were prepared to be sacrificed with her if the necessity arose.