Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 286, 1 December 1914, Page 5

Germany

ACTIVITY AT HELIGOLAND. ETERNAL VIGILANCE. United Press Association London, November 29. The Times’ correspondent describes a visit to Heligoland, gained through a gentleman he entertained years ago. The island has-been completely changed since the war. A beautiful little bathing-place has been converted into a huge fortress, tremendously fortified. Civilians have been compelled to leave, and only naval men are seen in the streets. All are busy, continuously improving the fortifications. Many houses and trees have been removed to give an uninterrupted view of the sea. Doubled sentries are watching unceasingly, to prevent surprise. The only women on the island are five nurses. KAISER IN EAST PRUSSIA. Amsterdam. November 30. An official Berlin message states that the Kaiser is now at the eastern front. VON MOLTKE A PRISONER. (Received 8.50 a.m.) London, November 30. The Daily News’ Copenhagen correspondent says that Von Moltke’s Danish wife writes that her husband is a prisoner by the Kaiser’s orders in the palace at Homhurganderhoehe for interfering with the Crown Prince’s operations on the west front in the early stages of the retreat. TWO IMMENSE ARMIES. (Received 8.50 a.m.) London, November 30.

Colonel Shumsky estimates that twenty-two to twenty-five German corps are concentrated on the eastern frontier and thirty to thirty-four west of the Rhine. HORSE TRAINERS IN LUCK. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Amsterdam, November 30. Berlin newspapers explain that several English racehorse trainers were released in order to attend valuable horses belonging to German nobles. A PAPER SUPPRESSED. ‘ (Received 8.50 a.m.) Bayreuth, November 30. The Socialist newspaper Volks Tribuene has been suppressed for appealing to the Reichstag to end the persecution of the British in Germany.