BRITAIN'S SECOND MOVE

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 174, 28 August 1914, Page 5

BRITAIN'S SECOND MOVE

vious to tlie war, and every manufacturing city in the kingdom was landed with German bills for large purchases of goods* Bradford's share was £8,000,000. German accounts are proving the main obstacle to the renewal of business on the Stock Exchange. Travellers returning from Germany declare that the economic situation is desperate. A large number pf export firms at Hamburg have already closed down, and a general trade catastrophe is anticipated. LOYAL CANADA. ONTARIO'S GIFT OF FLOUR. -CENSORSHIP ON LETTERS. (Received August 28, S-25 a.m.) OTTAWA, August 27. The Government has established a on all letters to Germany and Austria. The Ontario Province has given 250,000 bags of flour to supplement the Dominion's gift. Most of Canada's contributions are already en route to England. „ THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. AMERICANS OFFER SERVICES. DECLINED BY MINISTER. (Received August 28, noon.) OTTAWA, August 27. Hundreds of Americans are volunteering to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force, including expert airmen and submarine engineers. Colonel Hughes, Defence Minister, is obliged to decline their offers owing to the United States neutrality. Over ten per cent, of Canada's Expeditionary Force will be composed of Canadians who have returned from the United States to participate in the/war. BOMBS FROM ZEPPELINS. . THE GERMAN METHOD. MAN IN BULLET-PROOF CASE. ! LONDON, August 27. An Englishman who has returned from Germany states that lite Zeppelins' method is to hover beyond the range of the guns and then lower a man in a

bullet-proof case on two or three thousand feet of wire. The bombs are released from this case.