The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-10-29
GENERAL NEWS OF THE WAR
German Cruiser Emden Continues to
Capture and Sink British Ships
Lille Destroyed.
Sinks and Captures British Ships.

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Sinks and Captures British Ships.
London, Oct GA Lloyd dispatch
from Cochin says that the British
steamer Exford has been captured by
the German cruised Emden off the
Malabar coast.
Another Lloyd dispatch reports the
sinking of the British steamer Chill
kama, Troillies, Benmohr and Clan
Grant, as well as dredger off the
Colombo coast.
The German cruiser Emden has to
her credit the sinking of Is British
steamers and the capture of three
other vessels flying the union jack.
Allies Destroy Fort Near Cattaro.
Rome, Oct. ga Cettinje dispatch
to the Messagero says that the British
and French war fleets in the Adriatic
have destroyed Castelnueve fortress
just outside of the gulf of Cattaro and
north of the entrance. The Austrian
fleet is reported to have taken refuge
in the gulf of Cattaro, having lost a
submarine and torpedo-boat de-
stroyer An engagement between Ger
man torpedo boats and hostile sub
marines in the Baltic near Rugen is
land, off the Prussian coast, is report
ed from Stockholm.
Germans Command Turkish Army.
Milan, Oct 21.-The special corre-
spondent in Constantinople of the
Secolo telegraphs that to all intents
and purposes Turkey has become a
German colony. The grand vizier fol-
lows orders from Berlin. About six
hundred German officers have arrived
in Turkey since the war started and
brought siege guns, field guns and am
munition with them. The German
colonel, Weber Pasha, has taken COM
mand OF the Dardanelles forts and big
German guns are being mounted in
| them.
Say Lille Is Destroyed.
London, Oct. 22.-Lille, the principal
city of northern France, practically
has been destroyed by German can
non. The most beautiful buildings
have been shot to pieces. Flames have
laid waste the principal streets.
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were received from an eyewitness by
correspondent of the Daily Mail in
the north of France.
Germans Lose 1850 More.
Berlin, Oct. ga German casualty
list issued today contains the names
missing.
r. Diet Grants Big War Credit. y
Berlin, Oct. 22.-The Prussian diet
met today and passed war bills, in
Guiding one granting credit of 1915,
100000.
Belgium Being Germanized.
London, Oct. 24.-All Belgium is be
ing "GermaniZed" as rapidly as pos
sible, says correspondent. "A fort
night ago." says this writer hundreds
of Belgian postal clerks went on strike
refusing to work under German regu
lations. Hundreds of Germans are
being imported to take the places o
the strikers. The grounds at the pal
ace of Laeken, one of the summe
residences of King Albert, have beel
turned into a camp. German ofIicer
occupied the kings palace for severa
days"
Barges to Invade England.
Copenhagen, Oct. 25 (via London)
Two shipyards at Kiel-the Gel
mania and the Howard-are building
80 armored lighters, capable Of carry
ing 500 men each and travelling at tn
, rate of nine miles an hour. to procee'
| to the River Scheldt should event
permit the landing of German troop
on the coast of England. Further
/ more. 1t is asserted that three of thes
, lighters are completed and already o.
. their way to Scheldt. The German
, are building an airship shed in Schles
, wig for two large Zeppelins.
> Germans Have Enough Soldiers.
Berlin, Oct. 24.-The general in con
1 mand of the German Seventh arm
D corps, it was stated officially in Be-
!, lin, has declared that the calling c
i the landsturm is unnecessary, as emo
I nous numbers of the landwehr ar
!, still available. Nor has 1t yet bee
necessary to call out volunteers.
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