THE WAR

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2489, 7 November 1914, Page 4

THE WAR

j WAR NOTES. S@ME MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. lix Jii.4-tli.iL. JLx.juiiaii^i.ii.—eUi iiilUili. I I'illi i'lLliaij iMOI-liil!)^. i.A-*J VViixlJiJi- O. LU-.il nuu V-Ji.iuuj vi.w Villi U . .o.»„u iii cjuc jOU ixv>iil liie cu«ii, vii j.Viii liur, oi. u -fi iiiliti. "llOiil i/Ub COaSt Ui ' •i>Ji»ii. ii "HUo Uliiil-i lO UUUliiiiSUiitLi "J vjilxittv jL>l'iiuiiJl iili<a<Jl' U C-Uu t Ciiuivlii IVll.il Liiv: VI JLLUii.c.) ell/ iii d iUit, XOi a. j uviucrui uumc LCiogiupuea 10 mc :. v-zuv iiim on liie U.Jiiaren oi tne ivusoian aimy in niß iaoi luiUugm ami its nesii aut auco ciuoo lm tub Uciiium. iluiiUei', «uuiug; "Kb, on our iiiUb, Oy cud- j gcuic o,i.u. liiSiSLeiii iioiivii, itcu.----j-ug u> ucj»tioy tiie cMciuy. Uur smut- j ; i-iuil lb goud." ■fix-siu.iig at, a iecrure at tho University, or on tne Derence ol tne .umipu-e, jloiu isryco said, an argument m mvour ol coionial navies was I tiiat tne excited greater local patri- ; and uiteiesc. Un cue oilier ; iianu, it wouici UouOtiess oe more con--1 Yemeni mat tne -.-xuniiruiiy siiouicL j Have at its uiuiuanneu disposal every j snip bymg the wnite ensign when- ■ ever urgent necessity arose.- Everyi one icit, tnat central control was a,o----l soiuleiy necessary in military and ; navui operations, Ootii iv tne interests jvi tne colonies ana iuotnexland. > Lord Cnariea uere&ioru, speaking at oroyuon, said: "We are ngnung like sportsmen against cowards, runiI ans, and brigands." He beiieved Bn- ■ tarn wouid need another' million men.

Tne Times, in a leader, says: "We are giad to see signs in many quarteis tnat the people are beginning to awaken to tbe gravity ot tne struggle and the consequences depending upon it. The Admiralty's strong measures to prevent the indiscriminate scattering of mines on trade routes are unusual and unique, but many recent disasters fully justify the decision."

it is definitely stated that the Germans stiil hold Ldle, and it is also Vouhrmed that the Germans aro taking many submarines to Zeebnigge, where it is intended to establish a sea base. A large number of mines have been strewn over the sea, and tne biggest guns are being mounted there.

Tne King and Lord Kitchener inspected the Canadians on Salisbury nam. There was immense enthusiasm. The King, in a message, said that the CanatUans' prompt reply was of inestimable value, and was evidence ot tlie solidarity of the Empire. The Leipzig sank the steamer Vine Branch off the West Coast of South ' America.

1417 men of the crews of vessels captured by the Karlsruhe have been landed at Liverpool penniless. They assert that the Karlsruhe was kept well informed by steamer scouts at every point of the compass, and as soon as the enemy's vessels were observed they flashed the news to the Karlsruhe.

ihe Kemuera; which has arrived in London from New Zealand, reported that 1 on the way to Cape Horn two berman - cruisers threatened her After leaving Monte Video tho Re- • murae sighted tho warships. She ex- i tinguished all lights, went at full I speed, and changed her course, elud- i ing the enemy. j It -is reputed in London that the ] German cruiser Koenigsberg has been put out or action in the Indian ocean A religious war has broken out in i the streets of Scutari. Catholics and Aiussulmans are encamped on opposite sides of the town. ,' «, Th !i_ Britifin Admiralty announces ; that three were killed and 20 are missing from the torpedo cruiser Hermes ♦ uFW a J len cam P s have be en es- : tabhshed in Britain and Ireland, ■bive hundred aliens have arrived in I London from Gibraltar, and thous- i ands of cases are being investigated. ti o i I 4 e l bourn e, November 5. ine-Colonial Ammunition Company has presented a million rounds of ammunition to the Expediionary Forces. _ Auckland, November 5. An- arrival in' Auckland Harbour to-day was the French steamer Francoes a vessel of 600 tons, which was in Papeete aHrbour when the place was bombarded by. German cruisers, and which within a few hours steamed away to carry the news to the P^! h uthontiee. The chief mate ot the Francoes states that when it was apparent that the hostile cruisers were beyond the range of the guns of the fort, the French decided to reserve their ammunition to r es ist any possible attempt to land by the enemy. ■*■

n. T1 . Sydney, November 5. «,«]- « ■ nd x t f a ? er Tofua repojrte that affairs at Apia are quiet. The New Zealand troops are well. Previous to the Tofua leaving Suva the Ua.irnhill, en route from Newcastle to ban 1< rancisco with a cargo of coal, arrived at Suva and was detained A steamer from Bougainville, in the German Solomons, arrived at Babaul. lwo Englishmen and several Germans were on The formor _^^ that German warships had been eighted off Kaweing, New Hanover. <v\ ' r„- * London, November 5. -liie limes military correspondent says the past three months have witnessed unparalleled expansion oi tho Briash Army The War Office was nanrpered and starved for years for guns, rifles, ammunition, and clothIw iT- wa ? un / ble to make good the deficiencies for several months, but every day brings realisation nearthe w/r™ 1 !*, 3 a ™ much older than the bojs usually joining the Army, perior ThI >hySl lf Ue . 1S A' perior. Jhe conduct and spirit of thf» men are all that can be de id T c St S°?' , and th * men enlisted nght and are tigers for work. xlie Kaiser witnessed tho renewed attacks at Arras, the violence S to t0 fk KaiSGl S^Si ™ the KatS6r s ho P cs ™c GhtnSrS ae «jplane j bombed the 1 ; m Bruges and killed two GerrnnS and funded a woman aid a chTd Mink, tera m Brussels estimate that 60 Onn tons of grain lfidnnT,, » w,wu anrf annnif™' V- tons of maize, tons of rice and neaa will gians. m ° nthly t0 »*£?& Bel

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An nffin; i petoWn ' 5. Soutl, ?f - al m « BS , a «c states that 106

diers, have surrendered at Carnarvon .

London, November 6. Admiral Sir Percy Scott has returned to the Admiralty for special service.

The Archibishofls of Canterbury and York have fixed the first Sunday in New Year as a day of prayer and intercession on behalf of the King, the Allies, and the soldiers and sailors, also as a day of remembrance of those who have fallen in battle. The King lias approved and considered the beginning of the year a fitting occasion. The Archbishop (also .announces that the Roman Catholic and Non-conformist Churches agree similarly to observe the day. General Robert Kekewich has been found dead, shot in the head, at his resideuce in Devonshire.

A doctor of the Red Cross Hospital m Paris writes: "Tlie German Csown Innce was recently nearly caught. Ihe writer helped to eat a still hot fowl cooked for him at the chateau from whence he fled. The French thought that the message that would be found there was a trap; otherwise they would have got him."