New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-15
CAPTIVE GERMANS
HAVE GOOD TIME
England Feeds War PrlS-
oners Better than Her
Own Fighting Men.
~ cahle 10 rhe TrLbune.
,ndnn. Aur. 14.--Inouiry at the Aus.

London. Aug f4.-lnuuiry at the Aus,
trian Embassy this afternoon reVealeu
that Count Mcnsdorff. Austrian Amoas1
sador to the Court of St. James VIII
nrobably leave on SUNDAY night IN
vessel provided by the Admiralty. he
will proceed to Vienna by way OF
Genoa, where the British ship Will lana
him. 1T,
Travellers returning from the south
of Germany report that the Russian
Consul General at Frankfort was con-
Quoted BY force before the Germanla
statue and ordered to uncover, after
being struck and kicked bv the crowd
The number of Germans held in Eng
land as prisoners of war is increasing
daily. Those interned at Christ's Hos
pital. at West Horsham, seem 20 ee
thoroughly enjoying their captivity
They play football all day long on the
finely kept lawns of the great school
German names are being cut deeply IN
everything soft enough to be worked on
with a knife. The men also are liviEg
on the fat of the land. They nave
much better food than do their guards
men of the West Kent regiment.
The official news bureau OF the Army
and Admiralty has issued warning 70
the public against placing the slightest
reliance on the many rumors current
daily regarding alleged victories or de.
fcats. or concerning the arrival oil
wounded or disabled ships OF Great
Britain. "These are. without exception,
baseless," the warning says.
The probable attitude of both japan
and Italy is still the subject of mucn
speculation. Conversations are gong
on continuously between japan and
Great Britain concerning Jspan's duty
under her alliance with Great Britain
and the part she will be permitted to
take in the peace conferences follow
inc the war. There are persistent ru'
nors that Italy will join the Triple
Entente. The Italian Ambassador is a
| frequent caller at the Foreign Office.
II. committee of American women re-
siding in England have obtained The
/ sanction of the War Office to their piar
/ for equipping hospital, and, If suti'
cient money is raised, hospital snip
An appeal for funds will be made to
/ America.
The American Embassy here Today
established the ruling, in accordance
with the British Home Office regula-
| ton, that all German Americans re-
| siding in the British Isles who apply
/ for American passports must prove
! their naturalization as American cltl-
zens or register with the police as Ger
man subjects.
to-day passed the 100000 mark
Bruce Ismay, former head Of the In
/ ternational Mercantile Marine, has
/ given $4,000.
The tension in the money market
was further relaxed to-day as result
of the government guarantee. Discount
! houses transacted bills more freely
| from ) to a per cent and the Bank OF
/ England was again doing a large bust
ness at about the same level. snort
loans were inquired for at about pei
cent.
The British Board of Trade to-day
issued a warning to holders Of share;
in the Canadian Pacific Railway anc
American railroad companies that II
/ their certificates are registered IN the
rame of a German, Austrian, or Ger
man or Austrian company, Immediately
to take steps 10 secure the registration
[ of their own names. =,
The British government has calleC
for bids for an issue of S75,OOO,OO'
/ Treasury bills.
With the arrival in English ports oil
many ships there has been sharp de-
cline in the prices of provisions