SCRUPULOUS REGARD FOR BRITISH HONOR.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 23 October 1914, Page 5

SCRUPULOUS REGARD FOR BRITISH HONOR.

AN AMERICAN PROTEST

(Received Oct. 23, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 22. Applications for Treasury Bills totalled forty-three millions. The Government paying 3£ per cent, had very little effect on the discount market. President Poincaire has accepted the Rectorship of Glasgow University. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 22. Two British sailors, who attempted to escape from internment at Gooeningen (Holland) were 'recaptured and sent -to gaol by the commodore as their attempt, was a breach of honor. NEW YORK, Oct. 22. The State Department has protested at the seizure of the oil steamer John D. Rockfeller, which was captured off the Orkneys. The department declares she was never'under foreign registry, and was bound to New "York from Copenhagen.