THE KAISER

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 96, 13 August 1914, Page 5

THE KAISER

News from New York. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED IN KINGSTON. SENSATIONAL TALE OF THE / SHOOTING OF THE KAISER. TRAtfE PARALYSIS IN U.S.A. [By Electric Telegraph—Coptbight] j£TJNiTM> Fbmb Abbooiatios.] ,-. (Eeceived 12.55 p.m.) , New York, August 12. . Captain Plunkett, of the steamer Danube, from Bermuda, states that all news 'is. censored in the West Indies, and martial law has been declared in Kingston. " ■■ It is doubtful whether the Kroh--1 pririz Wilhelm was captured, but it ' is thought it might be an oil-tank steamer. , ' Tht> American newspapers are en'(JertrOring ,tb get messages through from Berlin by high-power. wireless to ' New York. The only one so far received is to the effect that the Kaiser w;>.s shot through the right, thigh at Aix la Chapelle. It is not stated whether it was a case of attempted assassination or an accident. Little credence can be attached to the report. i Owing to .the partial paralysis in ~ trade and tiCttsi ~rns revenue in the . United States, ii i» seriously affecting the Government «d» are likely to i Jmpo>o war taxes, stamp du- . ties, or restore the ) "liner tax on tea and coffee. r .;