RECRUITS FOR BRITAIN.
LORD KITCHENER'S REQUEST. . JOINT COMMITTEE APPOINTED. LONDON, September 1. The King has intimated that he desires racing to continue, and that his "" own horses will fill engagements. At Lord Kitchener's request all political parties have formed a Joint Re- \ cruiting Committee, . including the Junior Whips and the chief officials of " the parties, and Mr Asquith, Mr Bonar \ Law, and Mr Henderson, of the Labour '; Party, and Major-General Rawlinsoa **** will serve on the committee. Besides ~ the organisation of public meetings, -i suitable publications will be issued. Mr •'' F. E. Smith, head of the Press Bureau, « admits-that he personally edited the -k message to*'' The Times'' on Suntfay, a and added the paragraph insisting on ""'. the necessity of increased recruiting. V The remarkable absence of war news •J suggests that the Germans have been .'■ awaiting the anniversary of Sedan, '■'- when they had planned to gain an overwhelming _ victory. - Apparently/ the 7 British have had-no fighting since Wed- -"'" nesday. They may be temporarily in the second line. -'■" It is'rumoured that the German supply system has broken down, and that some of the troops are living on horse flesh. RUSSIANS STEADY ADVANCE. /WpALLING SCENES OF ) \ "■?' SLAUGHTER. AUSTRIA'S MILLION MEN. ST. PETERSBURG, September 1. Although Austria-Hungary has a* milf, lion men in the field, the Russians are steadily advancing and successfully ' holding back the enemy's attempt to outflank them in the vicinity of Lublin, in Poland. Moreover, Lemberg, in Galicia, is half encircled. The slaughter on the rarioua battlefields has been appalling. The Austrians were defeated outside the fortified town of Zahiose, fifty miles '' south-east of Lublin. " THE LEVY ON BRUSSELS. EIGHT MILLIONS GUARANTEED. TO SAVE THE CITY. LONDON, September 1. The "Daily Express's" .correspondent at The Hague says that four of ' the richest, men in Belgium, M. Solway, the alkali king, M. Lambert, the repre- - eentative of Rothschild's in. Belgium, M. Waroque, a, mine-owner, and Baron '. Empain, a railway magnate, have guaranteed Germany payment of the eight millions levied on Brussels. Otherwise Brussels would be treated as Louvain was. Big guns have already been mounted in the PJace du Congress, in front of the-Palace of Justice.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 178, 2 September 1914, Page 8
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355RECRUITS FOR BRITAIN. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 178, 2 September 1914, Page 8
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