Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 21, 11 September 1914, Page 6

Great Britain

THOUSANDS'OF REFUGEES EX PECTED FROM BELGIUM.

THE PRINCE OF WALES' FUND

PROCLAMATIONS REGARDING ALIEN COMMERGE AND RESIDENCE.

JUnitsd Pbkss Association.]

(Received 10.5 a.m.) London, September 10

The Refugees' Committee expect 60,000 refugees, mostly Belgians, in the next ten days.

The Ceylon tea-planters have given £2OOO worth of tea to the Russian troops, and also subscribed £2OOO to the Prince of Wales' Fund. A Royal Proclamation has been Gazetted extending the former prohibitions regarding trading with the enemy. It forbids the paying of money or entering into commercial financial and other contracts for the benefit of the enemy. Additional restrictions on aliens entering or leaving the kingdom are Gazetted.

AUSTRIAN EXCUSE FOR FALL OF LEMBERC. (Received 9.50 a.m.) Amsterdam, September 10. The Vienna Zeitung says that the Russians only seized Lemberg because the Austrians were surprised; also that resistance would have exposed the town to bombardment.

OPINION OF MILITARY CRITICS.

BATTLE STILL PROCEEDING.

CERMANS SUFFER SEVERELY.

(Received noon.) London, September 10 (evening)

Some military critics point out that no part of the German army has been definitely broken and that it has made no desperate effort to break through the eastern lines. There are several puzzling features about the recent operations. • It is difficult to account iOr the turn in the tide when the Allies ;vre not on a strong line of defence. Possibly, the arrest of the German advance was caused by the threatened new army in Belgium or in Northern France. The battle is still' proceeding; The Press Bureau" yesterday stated that the''enemy had been dnven back ; jL.along the line.'• - Sir John French reports that the British First Army buried 200 Germans and had taken twelve maxims,

prisoners, and a battery. The Germans suffered severely and are said to be exhausted.

LMDIAN PATRIOTISM AND THE

COST OF THE WAR.

(Received noon.) Delhi, September 10

The King's Message was received with' enthusiasm. In the Legislative Council, onlhe proposal of the native members,'''a resolution was passed that the Government consider whether India should bear part of the cost of the war.

HOW THE CITiESf AND TOWNS RESPONDED TO THE CALL.

(Received 1.25 p.m.) London, September 10

Some of the large towns have thus responded to recruiting: London 60,000, Glasgow 22,000, Liverpool 20,000. Nottingham 10,000, Crewe 2000, Bradlord 1500, Chester 5000, Stockport 1500, Leicester 4000, Oldham 2000, Middleborough 5000, Bury 4000. These ;>ro under rather than over the actual i ; .gures. CLEARING OUT SOME OF THE GERMAN SPIES. London, September lb. An Ostend correspondent, who relates that a spy was betrayed by muttering German while sleeping in a cafe, slates that the British slrot seventyfive Germans at Lagay because they continued firing after raising their rifle lr.itfcs as a token of surrender.

DIRTY TRICKS BY THE MINE-

SOWERS.

(Received 1.25 p.m.) London, September 10.

The trawler Agatha in the North Sea discovered a derelict ship's lifeboat. When she commenced to tow a terrific explosion occurred, but did no damage. The mine was evidently attached to destroy the finder.