Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 57, 23 October 1914, Page 6

Great Britain

(Received 9.30 a.m.) London, October 22

Despite weaker American advices, wheat is steady and unchanged in London.

The tenderers for the £15,000,000 six months Treasury Bills at £9B Is 3d, received thirty per cent. The Home Office has ordered the arrest of all Germans and AustroHungarians between the ages of seventeen and forty-five. Two hundred were arrested in London and hundreds were arrested ■in Manchester, including well-known men.

The Star, in an unconfirmed report, states that the authorities intend sending them to concentration camps. Thousands''filed past Nelson's column. Admiral Jellicoe's wreath was prominent. The celebrations were unparalleled in fervour. Two hundred and sixty-one cities and towns formally hoisted the Allies' flags. There was .a crowded meeting of the Navy League at the London Opera House, at which the Allies were represented. Lord Chaeles Beresford was the principal speaker. He said: "Belgium's fame, despite ruined shrines and defiled homes, stands in the world's regard upon the highest pinnacle of all." The Hon. Thomas Mackenzie moved a resolution that a message be sent to the Commander-in-Chief, officers and men of the grand fleet,expressing confidence in the British and Allied fleets and earnest wishes for a very early triumph over the enemy.