MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15445, 7 September 1914, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

COUNT BERNSTORFF. FINDS ANOTHER MARE'S NEST. Received 5.5 p.m., Sept. sth. NEW YORK, Sept. 4. The German Ambassador, Count Berasfcorff, stated that he had proofs that British cruisers wer© communicating with the British Consulate via wireless, thereby securing supplies of coal, thus infringing American neutrality. Mr Courtenay Bennett, the British Consul, refused to take any notice of Count Bernstorff's statements. BERNSTORFF MUNCHAUSEN. Received 5.5 p.m., Sept. 6th. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Count Bemstorff announces the capture of ninety thousand Russians ; that all the northern ports of France are captured; a retreat of Russians from the Austrian borders, that German cavalry have made a to the walls of Paris; that a great victory (has been gained near Paris; and a retreat of the French and Belgian armies. Even American newspapers now openly confess their disbelief in all statements issuing from German sources. The English Rugby Union, in deference to Lord Kitchener's appeal, has cancelled the international fixtures and county championships. A COMPANY FROM CHINA. SHANGHAI, Sept. 5. Mr Hardoon, a wealthy Jew, is raising and equipping at his own expense a mounted force of local Britishers for the front. British .Columbia has decided to make a gift to the Motherland of 1,200,000 lbs of canned salmon for the use of the troops in France. A great exodus has set in from Havre to England, including many refugees. The German crews are still on board the Goebe'n and Breslau.