THE GENERAL OUTLOOK

Evening Star, Issue 15607, 25 September 1914, Page 2

THE GENERAL OUTLOOK

INSPIRES THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE. LONDON, September 23. 'The Times,' referring editorially to the North Sea losses, says: " We mtist expect more occurrences of this character, and we must make up our minds to accept them with equanimity. The -wonder really is that we have not lost moro ships in this manner. The avowed German policy is to endeavor to weaken our naval strength by means of mine* and submarines. Nevertheless, the general outlook continues to inspire the utmost confidence."' A TRAWLER SUNK. LONDON, September 23. The trawler Kilmarnock was sunk by striking a mine. Six of the crew were killed.' SINKING OF A GERMAN STEAMER. EVERYTHING WELL PREPARED. LONDON, September 23. It is now known that the steamer Baden was acting as tender to the Dresden when tho Holmwood sur-.k the latter. Sh© cleared from Cardiff with another Hamburg- Amerika liner with coal on July 20, and" precede* to Las Palmas. She there awaited the German cruisers and the declaration of war. She •lever; under normal conditions, carried coal, but was chartered a week before the 20th to act as tender to German oraisers during the war upon which Germany was> determined before Austria delivered her ultima-turn to Servia. SATISFACTORY, IF TRUE. WELLINGTON, September 24. The following messages were received from the High Commissioner this evening? : " Reliable: Paris reports that while a German cruiser and two torpedo boats were relaying mines in the Baltiothey were all sunk by the- Russian cruiser Bayan." THE SMASHING OF THE PEGASUS. LONDON, September 23. ! A Pegasus bluejacket says that the cruiser broadsided Dar-es-Salaam for five minutes, and there w?r« whit© flags everywhere. The Germans bl«w up the wireless station and sank a gunboat across the mouth of the harbor. The Pegasus captuTed three German mailboats in port. He adds: " The Pegasus had been searching for the Kohlgsberg." AUSTRALIAN* STEAMEIR CAPTURED. « german"Eimness. • ~ SYDNEY, Septembei' 24. The eteamer Moresby bringe news that the Burns-Philp steamer Imluna is bel-d bv the Uevmana as a prize at Johiet (Marshall Islands). ,Xite cafttaiii and ore*-., and ,

also the Laves Company's agent are safe as prisoners of war. The firm s other Island steamere 'are safe. The Germans also captured a Japanese steamer and trapped & number of other vessels in Island ports before any but themselyes were aware of a declaration of war. CAN IT BE TRUE? ■ LONDON, September 23. The ' Daily Telegraph' reports that Germans captured 14 unarmed peasants at Lebbeke, tied them together against a wall, and bayoneted them. Their limbs were afterwards .cut off. AN AMBASSADORIAL VIEW. "GERMANY HAS WON THE WAR." WASHINGTON, September 23. Count Von Bern&toff, the German Ambassador, says that Germany has won the war, and it is for'the Allies to propose terms of peace.' Tha destruction of Rheims could not bo helped. If France and Great Britain were fortunate enough ta invade Germany they would do likewise. WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST. "THE WORLD NEAR DAMNATION. 1 ' LONDON, September 23. Earl Rceebery, speaking at Midlothian, said: "We are fighting against the Prussian military caste, whose policy of aggression is un-German. If the principle that might is right, which treats treaties as ' straps of paper,' he allowed to become the principle of Europe, the world will get very near damnation. Louvain, Malines, and Senlis all attest that German culture is spread by the bayonet." DESTRUCTION OF RHEIMS CATHEDRAL. LONDON, September 23. An eye-witness describes the Rheims Cathedral as not completely gutted, and says its will be possible to restore the main features of the outline.

The official German vcrst.n is that "since the 20th, when the whit© flag was : hoisted on the spire, the cathtdral has been respected by our artillery. We discovered that the French w-re using the spire as an observation po*t, and therefore it was necessary to remove the w*>t, vhich was done by the field artillery. The heavy artillery wa-af not allowed to fire. The , bombardment ceased immediately the post was removed. The French alone were to ' blame- for misusing the white flag." The famous tapestries in the nave of the Rheims Cathedral were removed before the deetruction of the edifice. BARBARIANS EVERYWHERE. (London ' Times' and Sydney' Sun' Services.) I COPENHAGEN, September 24. Reports received here state- that the news of the destruction of Rheims Cathedral was received in Berlin with intense [ enthusia/sm. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. GENERAL BOTHA IN COMMAND. CAPE TOWN, September 23. General Botha will take supreme command of the operations against German ; South-west Africa. The ' Rand Mail' describes General Botha's appointment as an answer to General Beyers and to his splenetic, sanctimonious satellites. MISCELLANEOUS CABLES. The factories at Leeds, Bradford, and Iluddersfield are working overtime to sup. ply Government requirements; otherwise trade is quiet. The Imperial Government are considering a scheme for advancing money t-o bus.'n eases temporarily embarrassed by the war. A Vienna correspondent states thnt the 'Prince of Wied ie. addressing a proclamation to the- Albanians announcing his abdication. The Ministry of .Agriculture (Egypt! has decided to reduce the- cotton area by a million acres and devote it to cere; Is. Ontario -farmers are preparing .in exceptionally large area for autumn, wheat. It is anticipated that there will he a 50 per cent, increase in the y:'eld if the conditions are good. The Paris 'Matin' ptiWishes a New York message to the- -'fleet that >» conflict, the outcome of race rivalry, took place on the German steamed 1 Blucher, on the voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Ayres. Three sailors and 50 passengers were killed. A message from Malta, delayed by the c-ensor, describes the landing of a force of London Territorials on the 14th inst. A -second batch of 400 British women and chikh-en has arrived at Amsterdam from Germany en route for England. -■ ' " ■'■■ '