El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
BRITISH To SEIZE
FOOD SUPPLIES
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and Great Britain is not known sg nus
: from these places appears to bavs 49,
/ suppressed, probably owing to the 90
communication
German Cruisers to Adriatie-
A telegram from Rome TO the Tan
/ trail News says semaphores on the soEfb
I coast Of Italy report the German cruiser
/ Goeben and Breslau making for m
/ Adriatic. request TO the AusIrian f1e--
| for aid was refused on the ground thar
! there had been no declaration Of va
| between AUstria-Hungary and Great
/ Portugal on EnEland's Side
] A dispatch to the EXCHANGE TeIe-
! graph from Lisbon says that al a sre-
! cfaI meeting of parliament TODAY he
. declaration was made that Portugal
I would place herself Internationally on
the side of England. according To the
terms Of her ancient treaty. The dec
Z laratiOn was received with enthusies-
| tic cheering for France and England
/ The spirit in which the British peO-
pie are taking the war has found ex-
preston in their acceptance Of their
I first misfortune, the loss Of the cruiser
Amphion with 156 men. In a lesser
conflict it would have been incurred
as a disaster. Today il is REGARDED
! as regrettab bic, but not Unexpected
I The papers accord the matter neither
Q the Aal 7G5L ntstuAAlLES NOT extended eT-
pressions of regret
The reports Of a victory in the North
sea. which were circulated Tuesday
night raised false hopes which the
admiralty promptly dissipated.
Rejoice Over Belgian Victory.
Friday night was another Of great
Z gatherings before Buckingham palace,
I which have come to be nightly occur
rences- The ovation before the Italian
/ embassy, organized by members of
D nn~ r-Tn
! demonstrations throughout the west
end by the younger sections Of the
community.
Thess took the form Of rejoicing
over the reported Belgian successes,
{ and continued into the early hours
today. The greater number partici-
pating, in many instances, We're Bel
gtens and Frenchmen who carried the
/ flags of their countries and cheered
nightly.
The business section OF the town
displays few flags, and even soldiers
march through the streets without at
said The temper which We are Ger
tain is going TO inspire the nation
cannot be expressed better than in
the word Of the greatest Of Americans,
Abraham Lincoln, With malice toward
none and with charity for ALL"
Only spies Arrested.
The authorities hold that t-ere is
certainly no malice being shown to-
NaE4 the oUFUNW AEEIIduS VINO remain
in England The war office believes
that the Germans have maintained for
several years the largest and best or
ganized system Of espionage that one
nation ever supported against another.
Consequently the police have arrested
a large number Of Germans About
So were rounded up Friday
Princes Residence Seized.
The police took possession Of the
residence At Ma-esfield Of prince
Muenster of DerenburS, who left for
Germany on the declal alton of war
Thew also raided the German monotype
works at Stafford, and seized a num-
beI Of rifles and some ammunition
Two Germans at the plant were ar
rested.
Few Germans MnItreated-
Several large German stores and
restaurants display notices announc-
ing that the proprietor is a natural
lied British subject"
A few German shops in the suburbs
have been closed. No instance Of Ger
mans being mobbed has been reported
and there have been only a few cases
where they have been insulted-
All cross channel steamer service
was suspended today.
King Praises Soldiers.
King Albert has issued an order 70
the army highly cOmplimenting the
defenders OF Liege against greatly su-
perior numbers The heroic defence,
he saws. will live for ever in the his
send his greetings 10 the French army.
which is coming TO the assistance OF
the Belgians-
Germans Exhausted
The Germans. It is said, retired be-
cause they were exhausted from the
attacks Of two days and were In dan
ger Of being wiped out by the fire from
the Belgian forts The Belgian losses
were great, but less than those Of the
Germans. Many Belgian officers were
nm - O %
correspondent says. the neroism OF the
Belgians or the superb valOr and skill
OF Gen. Leman. cOmmandant al Lle6e-
Italians Seize German Vessels.
A dispatch from Milan to the Chroni-
Gle says that the italian authorities
at Genoa have seized two German trans
Atlantic vessels, the MOltke and the
KOenig Albert. II is explained that
the action was taken when the cap
tains demanded n supply Of coal
though they already had coal aboard
Condemn Fake News Reports
Heated condemnation was voiced IN
the house OF commons today on the dis
seminatiOn Of false news concerning
the war, such as that published IN re-
gard to a great naval battle off the
coast OF Poland.
ut was absolutely false" said Regi-
Maid McKenna, the home secretary, and
he expressed the hope that the house
would join him in the strong condem-
nauOn OF the puOllcaLou OF SuSA re-
ports. He continued. 7 do not say
it was wilfully done in this case, but
it might be wilfully done in order TO
assist the circulation Of a paper.
The publication Of false news Is
misdemeanor and now that a press bu-
reau has been established the public
has the right to expect that no such
news Will be published except when
furnished by the press bureau"
Mr.. McKenna added that he was con-
fident the unanimous opinion Of the
house Of commons on this subject
would carry weight in the country.
American Woman Ends Life.
Mrs. James T. Macy OF Denver COM
mitted suicide today as a result Of ner-
vous breakdown caused by the priva-
tons she had undergone since she was
ordered out Of her sick bed at Ant
werp on Monday. She arrived in Lon
don seriously i'll She left her mother
and child IN Germany
Germans Held.
Enough German reservists to form a
large regiment were taken in custody
today by the TOlice in provincial
towns of the British isles.
May Ship Germans to Z. s.
Germans engaged in relief work sug-
gest that an attempt be made TO ship
their unemployed cOmpatriOts to
America, as they say they are afraid
there may be anti-German attacks in
case the British military forces sus-
tain reverses.
Their fears, however, seem ground