LATEST WAR NEWS

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 241, 14 November 1914, Page 10

LATEST WAR NEWS

PANIC IN EAST SILESIA. CIVILIANS FLEE TO DRESDEN. THE KAISER AT OOBLENTZ. By Cable.—-Press Association.—-Copyright. (Received November 14, 1.15 p.m.)' LONDON, November 13. Major William Cadogan, the PrincQ of Wales's equerry, was killed in action. The ' 1 Standard'' "states, that petitions in bankruptcy filed in Hamburg alone since the beginning of the war diselose a deficit of £25,000,000. COPENHAGEN, November 13. Advices from Berlin tell of a panic in East Silesia. Civilians are fleeing tQ> Berlin, Dresden, and other cities. PETROGRAD, November 13.

Two German aviators were forced to descend at Rypin and were captured by Eussian dragoons after a fight with German infantry. THE HAGUE, November 13. A telegram from Berlin states that the Kaiser is now at Coblentz. Two Zeppelins are continually circling over his residence. KEEPINtf IN TOUCtt* SYDNEY WAITING FOB THE EMDEN. REGULAR WIRELESS MESSAGES. (Received November 14, 11.20 a.m.) • SYDNEY, Novemberl4. It appears that the Sydney steamed silently and swiftly to engage her enemy. , For. many days priorto the engagement, messages of an insignificant character were sent out to the Sydney to keep her in touch with Cocos Island, b\it the transmitting; officer had no means of ascertaining if they , were received. ; ■ Senator Price has approved of the captured German ship, Komet, being renamed the Una, and being recommiasioned. : : *. v yA ' { . SPY SENTENCED. SEVEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. (Received November 14, .11.35; ami.) LONDON, November 13. The -German . spy Ernest has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.' AVALANChOf iHElis. GERMANS^TOiiBSDI; LEIPSIC AN^R^^DEf. (Received November 14, 11.35 a.m.) PARIS, November 13. ' ,are pouring ava.lanche.iof -shellg ony; Ypres, 1 bufcy the Allies' artillery is even mote' fonnidable, inflicting a terrible carnage. It has demolished underground galleries wherein Germans are takiiig refuge, mhnbers being entombed. .. V- • LONDON, November 13. Renter's Valparaiso correspondent states that the Leipsic and the Dresden have arrived there and are provisioning. . . : TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. EVIDENCE OF IMPORTANT CHARACTER. RAID IN MiLBOURNE. ' (Received November 14, 9.20 a.m.) . MELBOURNE, November 14. The Defence authorities raided several more business places, including the office of the Nor ddeutscjher-Lloy d Shipping Company; Hon Mr Hughes states that as the result.of further investigations arid the papers recently obtained, additional evidence of an important character had be<r made atfiilable. A High Court under the , .Trading with Enemies Act would be appointed. Frederick Wilson, receiver aiyl manager for the Continental Rubber" Company, in his evidence, Submitted that the Congo Company' was 'an. offshoot of a German company; 4995 of 5000 share§ were Held by Germans resident i|n Germany, and the remaining five by local shareholders, holding ope share each. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. IN AID OF BELGIAN FUND. The Belgian Fund is to receive, the assistance of the proceeds of a concert in the Colosseum to-morrow evening. The concert is being given by the; Orchestral Society, under Mr W. Handel Tliorley. The programme has been carefully compiled to suit everybody. • The orchestral portion will ctmsist of overture "Merry Wives of Windsor" (Nikolai), Ballet Music. ''Faust" (Gounod), "Dance of the Hours*' (Ponchielli), and by special request the orchestra will play "Ballet Egyptien" (Luigini), the celebrated tone, poem "Finlandia" (Sibelius) v and' "Patriotic Tribute,'' consisting-: of the Allies' National Anthems. The 1 soloist will be Miss Irene Edmonds (violinist). Miss Edmonds will play idyll "Sweet Seventeen,' 3 in which the composer, Mr Thorley, will play the piano. Mibs Edmonds will also play (by request) the well-known '' Valse Triste'' '(Sibelius). The vocalist will be Miss; Dulcie Mitchell, a leading contralto, who has just returned from London ' after • securing highest honours in the musical world. Miss Mitchell will sing '' Softly Awakes My Heart" from "Samson and Delilah '' (Saint Saens), : and '-When You Come Home" (W. 11. Squire). Admission will be by silver coin; The doors will be open at 7.45.