Exeter Times, 1914-8-13, Page 2•••
AESTRIAN FORCE ROUTED
Report Regiment Destroyed and Another Defeated
'Near Belgrade
A despatch trona Belgrade says:
It is reported here that an Au.strian
regiment has been destroyed by
Servians in a battle east of the
capital. The Austrian colonel fell
at the head of his men,
The Sixth Austrian Artillery
Regiment, opened Etre On idle Ser
-
vial), defenders west of here, near
Obrenovatz, on the River ;Save,
The Austrians were quickly silenced
by tite t-larvian Are d retired,
leaving two damaged gtlne on the
field. The, whale aspect of the war
in the Balkbeen ehanged
by the deciar,atilon of war on Ger-
many by Be/gium and It'lleand-
-From planning a defenee against
Austria; the whole Servian generel
staff has turned to eehernes of eg-
greseion. On receipt a the news
every soldier plitieed &mars ia the
muzzle of his rifle and machine
, guns were likewise decorated. An
1; immense erowd of soldiers and
'civilians, women and ehildren,
paraded the streets as if celebrating
a great national fete. No one now
believes that an Austiian SOldiel
i, w °
. '
ill cross the Danube, The Ser.
vians, now talk of a triumphant
, !natal) through Bosnia and Herze-
govina to azonse, tbe Slays and re-
, claim therm to the Servian nation
'To meet tlt menace of on, invosi,on
or Bosnia and gerzegavina at
laa.at, dve a tite sixteen Austrian
, army corps are required in these
, provinees, Every Servian reser\--
let has been gelled to arms, 7).ree
hundred thousand of the finest':,
1, fighting men in EaraPe, ltrared to
war and haring the experience af 1
two great earanaleene„ ere now con-;
,centrAted in the*Ilorui-tr Valley,
ready and eager to assist their,
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But 'Main Belgian Army fa Ea-
Crttu,,ers Sweep the Seas of Clete;
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THE ESSEX AT IIALIPAN.
Cantata Says Hie Shin Could I/lane
die All Three Prowlers.
OF UBN A despatch from Ottawa aaysa worry of iotthitip,' aftez these prie A despateh from If lila N S
One or the war duties whive ema., sonersi They will probably be 5,ent. •Sa,yS;" The Britieli eraieer Ease%
Ada wint prahable, ha . t to Weatern Canada,. where local Ateamed in here vonvoying the
unbitia forces eau easily guard atn ASInte later iner Cethee. As the
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deSpaten ,,trOV-11?"4r4S St,T,yst The • at . ta ng ea.re of C e ..t ' einemlitrpp.p.t, 41.1a.4: NvlAggre. " ther- Eeeex went, up the herbor • the
German .helit fire bg,,s, reduced twe 4."sPaf'''''h. f'="4",4 i,Corliidene °Tows That British 00Vertlattlet prieongr or war. Thenen will' would he little nSe, •,(,).1 their attempt- pasn,sengern on the Mauretania*
of the 1,14,0 forts, h•sz the Bielmaas 4,4 11147, Mer4,1,,,Ark undonhteicily allanaapda af tbasa beg to. escape aince eonnananieatiOn wh4011 had arrived at won raised
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eontinue to resist with untiring Igearael's gt44Pritt4e5ula • eireee eer,nienenxeaue to wetni eeerneeny ...,,,rastria <won VIA grea% QA*eer *Or the cruiser
The Germans were able 4114 Ade''hett 'have 1)ef°11' k th Jr f I th d t
eep em iere oar sup- 1.41 e 1, es 'eel piaetically Esseee preeeedec at once for the
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to use their lighr‘ guns aping Se;Z,,O„;, wars, .rpi. ;ley , • plies will ha mom or legs ,ent ori Imo the telhiwatton oc l" le 4 ,gt,.?g,g • 4
;years ,otua, Two of t beat wOr*e b'Pze4g114 th(1' '8,1311-414°.ms 'Pf Panlo' Over the guns- with great Smoothness, but tbel nent noted lead to trumeren,„ mo r -t wooli.i not. bo a_ ,b44 Ce'aptain ?Angie I). Be "Viratson is la
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silenced and the German coluvana ISMI'mer TulPotntiOa iton of food and money supplies (royernrnens's railway SerVICO, on" tempts to a8ea,pa, charge the cruieer, gna angh
the' forts of -Liege, which are thirty !tVi'3'1N-';" 31; POtattath, The t--itsfriit•c*-11 front LontiOn SaYs: tire army mobilization proceeding a'ad wbero tbe nearnesS to the oon-, the, war. had assembled, and coatrug at once
kyree for liantbarg earrTtng 4 hs'd,(1 aiteaVv Wedpesciav der the directiOn ooMMt
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broke through. The other tarts ure ; , „ , . . • .44 the ;tine of the 13ect me,nt, space aftar. the atar oth.attti telIor"t' fro' or lie 7Esgtn,-/c"
bolding out. The, Belgians are 34'rg go4 ,seoree Thery elinflf,ience twat 1.11,7,44goist .1,pmng opernve „ soners rf',' 5"1/t, ,t44 TieTruAlda, erable nunabet.' of these' lorisonura,044 oritiser 114,0 ,be eu 'trying-- to •
making a ilidermine4 reeisreuee ba, of_ 0_,,,.,ea_m.a4, ,11.101 rty. ,t,1,4 -e' 4'14 41)„111f11544t" T.he erlfke-P, 4144 ['the. Pre-eiit 041Iada, could roe. turgid become Permanent residents Y
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mourn earlier, Thirty German .0,orerruinent will aR-er the, ertem; football grounds in n ourneer ,der. acksigtaximo. by renieNe, efolkado, ..tud ti4ke tomelitea,„44 • • -
.X011114 un the three Gerniaii ovule -
e usuless tor e caern-
%tee 1 ecd ro vermarinder semi-
f*Triiitt111,4),:rh.oYi Artillery Are ilau been ft? far, calitnred.„ bY • that. ,the ulone,y .eities have been OeellPied catuPall* A '; et% in t3,060 INAters. The ot
*1, .nag brrtnan fjA 4CVS.t. tue ernisers 01-1, the 4,,tmeriaeu and
heard „tututerrtrotellis ail around 4415$' i'411131" 4 tla`‘.1"ete" sllia5n.. 444 t4'at tlte ,ANIAntle route noire senoras atm oraer PAINZO.,
tate, -t uo„ . dad taken near the Orkney Islands„ off will be kept open tnra. ter shipments buildings are being traneformeeti
. ermans w suc..ocre
enterang the creche of forts at the tuortlt ot Scotland-, A- sus- 'roa Arneiebat* 140SpitSIS. TU`gliTSISIIWS Icrui
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F1 d:, peeted of 'being a spy and several ,,,jany, shops ilave plaearded their The reporp spread by 14044,1010 eING SITI, ATI ON CA14111.4V.
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rel;Mol
j their fire, an., Dressfaur, and earner pigeons were found aboard. windows with the tlianneller s news ngerneres rne t ' GOVerninein TalieS Over
wr4ke xanbol,1;e& Tile? Thittalt deautur ReInerlek. Warning' n$nlitnit tbe welmo,d0 that, the wiodotta ot the, German!, Two prezonouots, talon of .1I.N1*leria 7,,,,Iallecahle in ,
During the nught, nmrd or...es of bout Oalveltott for litregten* 'WAS hoarding food to the cletrirnent of Embassy were broken is denied by Vrench vapital,
*Tim lu Dripper, the eivil 'caPtutea oft. wo6t l'4'tiv'tti"k r°41rer dnsss Ile ° id the big" the eonnuissioner,of who d?spetv11 from LO11410i4 524yS: datch ,,rom
gOard despatched patrols, in all clis. tokon tot Queenstown. Tire Eniner‘ gest attprea has, linaited the 4114444t "4144"40, thAt ihtTe VAS PO The r'it•l$14 GnernMetit 'WM PAY Avhiao es_th''u-"
rugh Pnr
rectioas with levies to auttounee lek had "If0/°1) trimtera tut wheat ot ford tu be sold to eaell Pollan outbreak. The German colony 'is! the neighborhood Ot (4.15* Ablj ter Nray
city wokti'ld nos surrender ah`c'rel 1'1)1' the 'C'terg144s" tu "vet' P"344 in Wei.ght; others in ,samething a panie, however, Lthe tWQ Terbish hattleshiPs lit"1"1 "W" to the I:1°4d
and gae atmy VOIVIUMe / refuse to =bog delirerfee, no that because many et them cogageet s:onitrunted in English yards and Art* 15 4 ntigld'a °Pm") °III'
, A...1.2.1vormommOM
brave resistance- Amara- the Ger- E.1' LE° itU-SSIAN:'. PeePle can bony oftn;37 nthtUY Valrit516:VCUI1e45146 °4fe4114155 WrCI4 ,e4;c''cit:1-48:41r4artoinn;kig 14ertle
1 4,4% e. mar. One
manoe
s captured in the att. able to ? tale aw St 11 oth re will he ragendr.oct by the war and AV 414 bas been renamed Agin -
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Liege was Lieut. Baron von r„4„vtit. 0114gli?1" DuPre s Tolo:(5 OD of limit the AMOVint any feedstutl ruin their business. The American court is tb
corureted, The other klviu whu Are being left e
A distinct; surPrl5o to the peon.
taken charge Of Genoa' intereets''in the ir'itieb navy as the, Erin„ :r1h4$3191thaeritule,;:tlotriothulls4"1":;:r4tonlhetIvrorertits:
ner, the young caner whOse , beat Beard SPertul. sold to twe Poundg- „Embassy and Consulate which have Osman I ATI 10401 Will be known,
haughty treatment of the French daspatoh from r-.----
— save The Dowa er
tar mind is' tile oramfrevapparetit tern, find that they evill have to uearly completed. They Are first -
inhabitants of Zabern, Alsace
brought on the dterturbonees there sillssia startett 1,00; ,m7i:04.744;xitt rgrt prpparedne,5$ to change tire ma. taco Itea..7 work, and it is Probable class battleships, udde.d to by the oectuaalat raPorts
last year which, were aired, in the y. way aa tte
b 1 Fi d Ste 'fermi A -a dutuerY ot, ordinary lite 41 tss, war that titerr stairs will bare ro be. 4ra QaarQoannpnigthatar:Maaatttenliaarglill;abliallide.
Reichstag and resulted in Von 000 11, s m„/ 1104 tooting sltort notiee. Not only intereed, u an Kt eXpe
Forstuer being sentenced to six bora Gerulaw, and who cam here,
FRANCE REGAINS CITIZI'INS, lug baok ibe German investor). The
general feeling that Franee iS des -
weeks imprisonment in a fortress. to travel. with ilex, ber special. tined 43turin this war to et full
train.
CONS114A.PE ST0101,111).
Essex 00 to Sea.
Vatteauver Mob Tore DoWit "Ger-
A despatch from. Balifax, N.S,,
man Bale. says,. Amid the chore of thetozoti says ; Foll_owing_ the annonc..nco- The Gstette, the ofaeiat newspaper,
o_ people lining the wharree and ment that Great Britain an uer on wednesday pubbnkes the nom_
A despatch from 'Vancouver, B. f
0., 4ays: A mob on Wednesday house tops, B.M.S. Essex steamed many wore at war, huge printedJeation of tile state of war „pain.,
stormed the German Consulate out. 01 Halifax harbor,. her baud placards appeared on the walls of between German and E f
here, tore the big double eagle PlaYin? "Rule, Britannia," which ,tlic ett,y and in the restaurants and well as an order-iraeourmil signed
from above the door and trampled the citizens ean- as she glidoti down cafes- All carried, the Nv°1.13$ by the King, relating to the incr.
h in the street. The glass in, al/ the stream- VI eheer4 °f'the PeQ- "Lang live :King Genrgc and 411°*ohant vessels of the countries with
the doors and WiadOWS Of the Con- Pie eoekt be heard over in Dart- valiant British nation!" A aunlher which the British. Empire is at ever,
sulate was 'broken and the furni- 'mouth, across the harbor, where a students and workmen elinibed ,order specifies as absolute eon.
t el 1^ 1 d. re rted the residents hnenediatelY flecked to the roof of tbe Grerraalt ErebassY traband; Arms of all kinds;
that Herr Von Eltinger, the Ger- to the werterfront, and their enthu- and tore the gold eagle from the elothing and harness of a military
man Corned, who is a naturalized; siastie farewell re-echoed across top of the fla.getaff. They then ran character; animals suitable for war
British subSeet, has resigned and the harbor. It was a never -to -be- up the Bus,,,aa nag, A maeslel purl, joes; foodstofis; fuel; bar -
thrown bi.s fortunes with his adopt- forgotten neene. statuary dePicting a grout) 01. ease; telescopes and fmld glasses,
horses led by men was hacked to
ed corrutrY•
)toilted Cavalry pieees with tines and the debris
hurled into -the canrd. A bonfier
A despatch from London
SPIES IN BRIT.IIN. A Brussels despatch to the Ex -
'a3"' then was roade of the contents of
the Embassy, and an attempt was
-- change Telegraph 0
Twenty-one Germans Are Arrested that thehenoilreititarertetdh-eoonnigpa:rbrutiyIsor
Liege, &LIT, but mounted police routed the riot -
In Twenty-four Hours. ers. Another -crowd later tried to
that the men could get
sleep, took the ofiensivf; Friday by
sma repeat the performance at the Aus-
A despatch from London says: s° -
The Home Secretary introduced a a turning movement in Belgian, trian Embaseer, but that building
bill in the Bonze of Commons een was too strongly guarded.
Luxemburg, where .they routed a .1,
Wedneselaa- to restrain the
move" German eavalry
110ARDING OF GOLD.
British Chancellor Aslts Public to
Leave It in Banks.
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SCENES IN ST. PETEllgilUBC, 1 vosTRARAND op )v,kit,
.......-- II .........
'Long Live 104f4 Ue4rg4-' mid thel Royal Proclamation I/ethics Illott
!
,Valinut British Nation:" -must wtte sozi,,j.
A despateh from St. Petersburg A despatch from London says:
rnent of undesirable aliens with the 1,
object of facilitating the removal prince Benius Duties.
of apies, This was immediately
given a second reading- Mr. Me- A despatch from London says:
Kenna announced that 'en apes had The Prince of Wales commenced
been arrested in the British Isles his duties in the Guards, and was A despatch from London says:
during the last twenty-four hours, enthusiastically received by the Ohancellor Lloyd George eontend-
chiefly in important naval centres. officers and men. ed on Wednesday that anyone
hoarding gold was assisting the
CRUISER SLNK BY MINE
13o British Marines Perished When the Atnphion
Sank of the Coast of Holland
A despatch from London says:
An Admiralty report says that the
British cruiser Arnphion was sunk
by striking a mine. Paymaster J.
the stern of the German ship,
leaving a gaping hole. The sea
rusthed in, and the Koenigen sank
in six minutes.
Most of the crew jumped into he
No WIRELESS TALKS.
T. e7.ecige and 130 men were lost. sea, and some of them were picked
The' captain,' 10 officers and 135 up by the British sailors.
II.S. Government Closes German
n
mewore saved. Twenty-eight prisoners were
The Gern2an mina -layer Ko,enigeo landed at Harwich. Four of the Tower at Sayville, LI.
Luise had placed some mines be- German wounded lost their legs A despaf,eh from New York says;
fore she was „Alia, by the Lritasla and two their arins. The British It was reported from Washington
torPeCk-boat Lance. It was the had no casualties.
on Wednesday that after consider -
Lance, not the Amphion, GaPt. Fox, who was in command ing. the siabus ,of German -owned
the Germawned
sent the Germa.n. mine -la of the Aniphion, was a-rnid,shipman wireless tosre.r at Sayville Long
steenter Koenigen leitise to 1'48 on board tho British wa,rsbip Ool- Island, the corresponding station
bottom, Lione, the only warship which es- to the tower at Nauen, Germany,
The- Noeningen Luise was Out coped destruction in the t,errifie the State Department has come to
laying mm ines, e0 miles froHar- Samoa tornado of 1889. the conclusion that it must be
wixbe c'ff the coast of Holland. Tlie The Ainphion was of ;the Boadicea closed during the European war,
Lane() arca • fan'. sh,e,te. The first class of vessels, The of these This decision is based on the inten-
t -1,i° were °Ver.. 1("g -e
Inn b"'ts to be launched was the Fear- natioual agreement signed by Ger-
Luise, bet the third salonnavy
tale less, and the total number in the many, the Unite,c1 States and
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and other
beidge, The ' fourth carried away na3, is seven. countriee at Ile Ilague m 1907.
CONGENIAL WORK
nil Strength to Perform It.
.A person in good health is likely
to have a genial disposition, ambi-
tion, and enjoy work.
On the other hand if the diges-
tive organs have been upset by
wrong food, work becomes drud-
gery.
"Until recently," writes a West-
ern girl, "I -was a, railroad steno-
grapher, which means full work
every day.
"Lik-e many other girls alone in
a large city, I lived at a boarding
house, For breakfast, it was mush,
greasy meat, soggy -cakes, black
coffee, etc
enemy of his eountry. At the same "After a, few months of, this diet
time, with the view of economizing I used to feel sleepy and heavy in
gold and maintaining the integrity the mornings. My work seemed a
of the gold standard, it was pro- terrible effort, and I thought the
posed to issue notes of £1 ($5) and work was to blame—too arduous.
los. ($2.50) convertible to gold at "At home I had heard my father
the Bank of England. These would speak of a young fellow who went,
be available on Friday to the ex- long distances in the cold on
tent of $15,000,000, and after that Grape -Nuts and creain and nothing
would be issued at the rate cf more for breakfast.
$25,000,000 daily. Postal orders "I concluded if it would tide him
are also to be made legal tender on over a mornings heavy work, it
the same terms as notes. He made
an appeal to patriotic people not
to withdraw gold.
might help me, so on my way home
one night I bought a package, and
next morninr, I had Grape -Nuts
and milk for breakfast.
"I stuck to Grape -Nuts, and in
less than two weeks I noticed im-
provement. I remember I. used to
walk the 12 blocks to business and
knew how good it was simply to
live.
"As to my work—well, did you
ever feel the delight of having con-
genial -work and the strength to
perform itel That's how I felt. I
truly believe there's life and vigor
in every grain of Grape -Nuts.
Name given by Canadian Postum
Co., Windsor, Ont. Read "The
Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
"There's a Reason."
Ever road the above letter- A new on
appears from time to time. They are
genuine, true, and full of human interest.
Natives el* 41"41e*Lnriratne Illy ravens* or 1870, and the ooert-
g
Joie Preneh Amities. •
A despatch from Parts says: All
1poinzpedeeepuotfiesroso a taint,rleallurcefed*n
et in Hourly tim )1nPression is gainIng instead of, Gold Pieces -
Canadian coest engaged in the
same search Are the Suffolk (flag-
ship), Berwick, Lancaster and
Bristol. All the Informatmn any
of them bed obtaineel had been by
'wireless. The gaptaiu is anxious to
obtain reports from ship masters
ate May see Anything of the s
rathat -
e, aud he n.sks at this be tor.
war4t4 promptly.
The Lusttatim has been In tough
with a German 'cruiser, but es -
capped in the fog, Not ono of tliO
Alps had been sighted.
The Essex, he Saitts ift prepared for
the whole ,three of them together.
'There is very little, danger of Any
tho Germans attempting to land
at any port in Canada Where there
are military. could not
thkink,
gine at thy ld ey wouventure an
at tack.
&nee that is everywhere expressed cANADLieN MU,S,
ba S Made a. marked Impression on
all still marooned within the eity.
1•MenMelf•M
ednesday to confer French na- strength that the war will not last
tronakt5 on natives of Alsace and long, cannot last long, because
Lorraine enlisting in the Irenell Germany, cut off as she is, will
army. Several sick Senators wereoon be forced to eapitedate or
earried to their ceats, as they !starve to death. There is even a
were unwilling to he absent from well-defined feeling here that when
the hietoric session. the pinch of famine vornes, if the
Kaiser does not submit of his own
accord, he will be forced to do so
ANTI -GERMAN 1110 PS. by popular revolts within his em-
pire. Even with France a war
and a a;reat part of her male popu-
lation enrolled and off to the front,
all of the lightsornenese of the
Parisian spirit is not lost. There
are humorous incidents on every
curred here on Wednesday. An band, Above many of the shopa
angry mob sanked the German tbat have been elosed, for instance,
cafes and restaurants and tore the are suspended posters making light
,escutcheon from the door of the runieuneements ca the eause of
_German Consulate. 'Mho pollee be- business suspensions. Here are the
lug unable to cheek the disorders, words on a placard posted in the
the 33elgian military governor window of a, barber shop in the
nue Royale: "Our clients are here-
by notified that we have transfer-
red our staff to Nancy." Nancy is
city on the French frontier.
Goverinnent Authorizes Payment, In
To prevent, any uneasmess or un-
necessary ;trouble on the path of
those not familiar with financial
matters, and with the strength of
our Canadian banking system, the
Minister of Finance has issue
timely arid reassuring statement,
Ile outlines the effective stele;
which the Government is taking to
sure an abundant supply of eur-
rency during the war, and author-
iees payments in Bank Notes in.
stead of in Dominion Notes or
Gold.
That is to say, the familiar fIsa,
$10 and $20 bills, and thoee of
higher denominations, issued by
our Canadian Chartered Banks,
have now exactly the same value as
gold.
Beltways, express coirmaniee,
merchants. everybody in Canada,
will continue -to reeeire and make
payments in Bank Notes. Our
Canadian Banks are, in splendid
pm
osition to eet any demands which
may be made upon them, as their
-reserves are exceptiot illy strong.
:doh in Ant werp Sadted German
Cates and Itestaurants.
A despatch from Antwerp says:
Serious anti -German rioting ec.
placed the city under martial law,
and ordered the expulsion of all
German residents.
CABINET VACANCIES FILLED.
Earl Beauchamp and Walter Rua -
email Appointed.
A despatch from London says:
Earl Beauchamp was on Wednes-
day appointed to succeed, Viscount
Morley as President of the C01.111 --
ea, and Walter Runciman to take
the place, of John Burne as presi-
dent of the Looal Govermnent
Board.
ee •
Patrolled By Airships.
TO ST01.) FIILP EXPOltT.
1.1.S. Manufacturers Notified That
St. Lawrence Will Be Iltined.
A despatch- from -Ogdensburg,
N.Y., says,: Paper manufacturers
in the United States importing
pulpwood from lower Canada by
shipload have been notified that urn
less special permission is ..ranted
the service will be suspended until
after the war. It is said to be the
purpose of the Dominion Govern-
ment to stop all vessel traffic on
A despatch from Amsterdam the St. Lawrence River east of
says: Travellers arriving here Montreal and plant the river with
from Germany say that the whole explosive mines. Large importa-
Franco-Gelman frontier' is patrol- tions of Quebec pulpwood are re-
ed by French and German aero- quirad at Ogdensburg for northern
planes flying parallel to the line. New York State paper mills.
German
p,
eservists
A despatch from London says:
German reservists from Canada
weio arrested on the arrival at
Avonmouth on the steamship Royal
George.
The British Government has re-
quisitioned all aircraft in the King-
dom and is mobilizingthem at, the
Hendon Aerodrome.
Sentries at Dover fired on a man
who was supposed to be tampering
with the telephone sysberia. The
Arrested
man escaped. Two suspected spice
were arrested in London.
The admiral commanding ' the
Irish naval division reports that
the Irish dockyard workers made a
splendid response to the call for
extra work. ,
At )3alina the National Volun-
teers gave an enthusiastic send-off
to the reservists going to join their
regiments. The band of the volun-
teers escorted the reservis:eto Che
-station at Blackrock.
JAPAN TO pRoTEct coLonEs,
Authoritative Statement Mettle by
Premier Okuma "„l'oldo.
A despatch from Tokio says: The
Japanese Premier, Count Olcuma,
in an interview on Wednes.day said
that Japan if -she were reluctantly
compelled tO int-ervene, would pro-
tect. the 13ritish colonies,, but under
no circumstances would she send a
fleet or an arinv to Europe.
VOLUNTEER. FOR SERVICE.
Sta' of Ontario Government Ofilee
Answer Call.
A deapatch from London says:
The Canadian Pacific steamer ,
Montrose, reached Gravesend with
four hundred British refugees from
Antwerp. Paactically the whole
staff 'of the Ontario Govarnmenfi
Office here have volunteered for
service.
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Taken Front Train and Shot,
despatch ,feeenn London says:
,Karl von 1..awvery, ,an American;
who arrived in London from Ger-
many, asserted that ho saw a
Frenchman taken from a train' un-
der the suspicion that he artia
spy, and shot -C.11 01,-.‘, -,t,ation at, Es-
sen.in athe prostaaa, i,f the paps-
Seligers.
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