Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 55, 31 October 1914, Page 5

Great Britain

THE SPY MENACE. PRECAUTIONS TAKEN IN LONDON WITH THE ENEMY. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.m.) Loudon, October 30. Arrangements have been completed for permitting German and Austrian women and' men not of military age to return their own countries. Since the outhfbak of war 10,000 apjplications were made for naturalisation, | but only twenty were granted. Nearly 8000 Germans and Austrians have been arrested in Greater London land placed in the concentration camp, j Twenty-nine thousand of the enemy and aliens registered themselves with the police. i Every member of the Stock Exjchange using a safe was searched for explosives, because many German firms use strongrooms.

RALPH CONNOR, THE NOVELIST.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.m.) London, October 30. Ralph Connor, the novelist (Rev, C. W, Gordon) has volunteered as chap* lain to the Winnipeg Contingent'.

CARE OF WOMEN DEPENDENTS.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. , ifwß .• (Received 8 a.m.) London, October 80. Lhdy Jellicoe Opened clnbrooms at Hammersmith for women, dependents of soldiers and sailors, the object being to afford companionship to counteract the temptations of publichouses.

RESIGNATION OF PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBERC.

United Press Association. London, October 30.

Official.—Prince Louis of Battenberg has resigned from the Admiralty.

Prince Louis of Battenburg, in a letter to Mr Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, said he had been driven to the painful conclusion that his birth and parentage were impairing in some respects his usefulness to the Board, therefore 'it was his duty as. a loyal subject to resign. Mr Churchill paid a warm tribute to his services. The present life and death struggle, he said, was exciting terribly racial' passions. „ The decision of Prince Louis showed the same spirit in which Prince Maurice had given his life.

“A CHIVALROUS DECISION.”

(Received 9.25 a.m.) London, October 30. The newspapers pay a tribute to Prince Louis of Battenberg’s chivalrous decision.’ RECRUITING IN IRELAND. London, October 30. The Times, in a leader, says: 'The fact caiinot be disguised that Mr Redmond’s campaign in Ireland has so fair proved disappointing., . Only twenty thousand recruits answered h’p appeal. ' This result compares poorly with the spirited response of Ulster to the call of the Empire, and cahndt be regarded as a contribution, worthy of the fighting traditions of the Irish people. The question arises whether the Government has done all that it might to strengthen Mr Redmond’s hands.” The Times suggests the suppression of the Sinn Fein group of papers. ACTIVITY IN ENGLAND. London, October 29. A German who was spying and using a flashlight on the Fifeshire coast was shot in the leg by a sentry. A number of suspicious fires have occurred in the last few days in factories in various parts of England where military and naval tactics are being carried out. The fires are littrbuted to German spies. THE NEW FIRST SEA LORD. (Received 9.5 a.m.) Loudon, October 30. It is understood that Lord Fisher succeeds Prince Louis of Battenburg as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty. - (Admiral Lord Fisher of Kilvcrstone, who is 73 years old, has served most posts of honor in connection with the navy and naval administration.' He was appointed Senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty in 1904] was First Sea Lord during 1904-10; created peer in 1909; and was a member of the Special Naval Committee of 1912). (Received 11.45 a.m.) London, October 30. Official: Lord Fisher has been appointed First Sea Lord. COMMERCIAL. (Received 10.15 a.m.) London, October 30. Butter is quiet. Danish is easier. Colonial is nominal in the absence of supplies. Cheese is dull. Canadian about 7os. Bacon is weak owing to heavy shipments from Denmark. PRECAUTIONS REGARDING THE CARGOES OF NEUTRALS.

(Received 9.25 a.m.) Washington, October 30. Tiio United States Government has instructed the port authorities not to disclose except to the Government the destination of outward cargoes until a month after clearance. It is understood that the instructions arise from a belief that immediate information facilitated the seizure and search for neutrals.