MISCELLANEOUS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2788, 9 August 1915, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

LOOKING FOR THE CULPRIT. (Recuived Aug. 9, 9.15 a.m.) The newspaper Schaubuchung bitterly attacks the German ecaremoucriug press, working in the interests of a couple of ammunition firms, for causing the war. FRENCH CONFIDENCE. Paris, August 8, The Chamber of Deputies, by 417 to 13, adopted a BUI authorising the requision of oats, wheat, and corn. NEW NAVAL MEDAL. London, August 8. A new medal, knowu as the Naval General Service Medal, has been created, to honour minor naval operations. The first recipients' are the officers and men employed in the suppression of gun-running in the Persian Gulf. BRITISH LACE-MAKERS' LOSSES AT WARSAW. Some of the best-known Notitinyliain lace makers possessed large factories in Warsaw, involving £500,000. A DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER, . Paris, August 7. General Serrail, who replaces General Gourand as commander of the French Expeditionary Forces at the Dardanelles, is 58 years of age. He commanded the Eighth French Army Corps at tiie outbreak of the war, and replaced General lluffey, commander of the Third Army. After the Crown Prince defeated General Ruffey (near Redan) General Serrail's brilliant defence of Fort Trijou against the Crown Prince's furious attacks by superior force's was one of the decisive contributions to the Maine victory. He has since operated in the Verdun sector with great skill. Ho is reported to be a keen, cool, and tenacious lighter, and a master of modern warfare. PENNY POSTAGE WITH ENG- . LAND. The Chamber of Deputies' Postal Commission has recommended penny postage with England.. FRENCH TRIBUTE TO RUSSIA. The Chamber sent the Duma a resolution of profound admiration for Russia, enthusiastically concurring in the determination to continue the heroic effort for the independence of the allied peoples against Germanic militarism. THE BATTLING GERMANS. Official.—The Germans twice renewed their attacks on Hill 213 and were repulsed. The explosion of two mines enabled them to.gain a footing in one of our trenches, but they, were immediately expelled. The enemy maintains an intense bombardment in the forest of Apremont. f The Germans attempted to attack the Sehratznianellen Pass. Shrapnel checked them, and a second attack was repulsed with the 'bayonet and grenades. GREAT JUBILATION IN VIENNA. Zurich, August 6. The jubilation in Vienna over the fall of Warsaw was the greatest since the war began. Demonstrations in the streets lasted till early morning. YON JAGOW TO RESIGN. Berlin, August 8. It is stated authoritatively that yon Jagow's resignation as Minister for Foreign Affairs is imminent, as the result of the revelation that he instigated an attempt to divide the Belgian Congo. It is expected that Under-Secretary Zimmerman Avill succeed him.' - PREPARING FOR WINTER. Amsterdam, .August 7. Tlie Germans in Flanders are constructing hundreds of huta to accommodate troops for the winter. AN EMPTY TRIUMPH. Amsterdam, August 7. In Berlin there is a continued orgy by flag-waving and revelling crowds. In Vienna there were paraded effigies of the King of Italy inscribed: "He brought his enemies luck and his friends ill-luck. ,. Better - informed circles realise that the people ' are flaunting an empty triumph, which is irritating because they expected Warsaw's fall a week ago. It is known that the invasion missed its real aim, which was the destruction of the Russian armies. DON'T GET EXCITED. The Vossischo Zeitimy; deprecated excessive rejoicing over the capture of Warsaw. _ It points out that the principal object of the campaign is the destruction of the Russian arinips., not the capture of Polish cities. I FLAGS FLOWN ON GERMANSHIPS. Lisbon, August 7. Thirty-seven detained German vessels hoisted flags in honour of the fall of' Warsaw. GERM AN- AMERI CANS' JOY. New York, August C. in defiance of President Wilson's neutrality proclamation, tens of thousands of German-Americans demonstrated by holding processions and celebrating the capture of Warsaw. EXHAUSTED HUNGARIANS. Zurich, August 6. Two Hungarian army corps from Eastern Galieia, in an extremely exhausted condition, are withdrawing to tlio Austrian frontier, being replaced by newly-trained German Landsturmers from German districts of Bohemia. FEELING THE PINCH. Berne, August 7. A German merchant, in a letter to a friend in Switzerland, says German manufacturers are short (of niiekcJ. copper, zinc, manganese, tin. mineral and vegetable oils, cotton, wool, jute, and leather. There is distress amongst tlie north-west coast population owing to shipping stoppage, including over a million who are dependent on tlio Nord-Deutscher and Hamburg-America companies and the docks and fishing. MACHINE GUN CAMPAIGN. Capetown. August 7. The movement to purchase machine guns for the contingent is spreading in enthusiasm. One hundred and fo_rty were subscribed in five days, "the Rand miners, including the natives, subscribing freely. A women's meeting on the Rand donated six. MANUFACTURERS PROTEST. London, August 6 German manufacturers oppose calling up untrained ..town Landsturm. Several manufacturers conferred with the military, owing to the shortage of workmen. PRINCE OF WALES , FUND. The year's contribution to the Prinoe of Wales' fund, including interest, was £5.431,671. of which £2,395.000 has been distributed.