The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-14
WAR ECHOES

New York Herald: To the dramatic ca reer of the German cruiser Emden has come dramatic ending. Caught at last, this most famous of German sea rovers was driven to the beach of one of the Islands Of the Cocos group, southwest of Java, and there destroyed.
 To the gallantry and skill of Capt Karl von Muller and other officers of the Elm. den the men of all nayies will pay a tribute that is deserved. From early Au- gust until finally run down the Emden was menace and terror to British shipping in the Bay of Bengal, the Indian ocean and other waters theoretically un- der British domination. Her relatively nigh speed and the perfection of her handling enabled her to destroy and es- cape to destroy again. It is estimated that her toll in commerce of the enemy destroyed reaches a total of between $i0,ooo000 and $200o0,O00 The Emden's most daring exploit was her slipping, disguised, into the harbor of Penang and there sinking Russian cruiser and a French destroyer.
 Not the least interesting fact concerning the ending of the Emden's career is that she met her fate at the hands of the Aus tralian cruiser Sydney. This is Australia's hrst appearance in sea warfare and right gallantly did the Sydney prove her worth. In this engagement, as in the earlier op- erations by New Zealand contingent against German Samoa and Germany's other insular possessions in the south Pacific, Australia and New Zealand have proven themselves important factors ins the military strength of the British em- pire.
 The removal of the Emden and the bot ting up of the cruiser Koenigsburg in German East Africa have removed the last vestiges of German naval strength in the Indian ocean.
 London Cable to the New York Times: Lucien Arthur Jones, correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, with the Belgian army" in a dispatch dated Monday, says
 ''Ypres is in flames and the greater part of this fine old Flemish town is a ruin. Early this morning the Germans man. aged to get the range with their heavy artillery and from dawn onward Il and 13-inch shells were poured into the city
 ''The town itself is completely deserted and no loss of life has resulted from the heavy shell fire. naval officer who left Ypres this morning declared that the only living beings in the town were an aged and crippled Flemish woman and her dog.
 The former was vainly attempting to quell the sweeping flames with buckets of water. Famed by a northeasterly breeze the flames greedly licked the houses, the majority of which are timbered, and soon the western side of the town be- came mass of red hot wreckage. High powered explosive shells and in some cases, I am informed, incendiary shells, fell into Ypres at the rate of 10 to 20 minute.
 The objective of the Germans destruc- ton appeared to be mainly the famous Cloth Hall It is the most considerable Gothic edifce of it's kind in Belgium Much of the structural work dates from the thirteenth century and it's destruction is crime against civilization no less than the destruction at Louvain and Rheims.
 ''The tower of the Cathedral of St. Mar tin is also partly in rL,ns. This building is an example of the transition style and dates from 1221. Many paintings chiefly by pupils of Reubens,. are reported to have been carried away in safety. .as,
 Tn the northern quarter of the town, where there were many fine old buildings. considerable damage was also done by fire and shell.''