The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

are set afloat by German agents, Tor they are always of kind to alarm the British public. For instance, one night last week I was solemnly assured that message had come through on the ticker announcing the surrender of General Smith Dorrien and an army corps to Won Kluck, whose way to Paris was now clear The story was all over London, but no such message came through on the ticker and that very night an officer told me of letter he had received from Smith Dor rien saying that the British "were doing their job in France and doing 1t very well," and that the prospects for the all lies were uncommonly bright.
 Another of these rumors dealt with Ad- miral Troubridge, whom the club arm chair strategists blame for the escape in the Mediterranean of the Goeben and the Breslau. This rumor was that Troubridge has German wife and that his brother in-law was In command of the Goepen. It never occurred to the people who re- peated this islander to consult Who's Who" which would have told them that Admiral Troubridge was married twice and that both of his wives were English women. Another story Is that the ad- | miral received a message in the British naval code instructing him to allow sho cruisers to escape. The British admiralty never sent 1t, so 1t must have come from the Kaiser.
 England and Her Aliens 1 There is growing dlscontent In London with the leniency with which the authori- | ties deal with the German and Austrian subjects, both natura1zed and unnatural | ized, of whom there are many thousands | in the city. Stricter measures are being taken with the German prisoners who are interned at Olympic. At first these were guarded by territorials who had orders to treat them kindly. The Ger mans soon learned of this and the more boisterous spirits among them used tc l disarm the sentries and spank them tc the great glee of their fellow prisoners No attempt was made to escape. Nov the territorials have been replaced by men of the Grenadier Guards all six foot CTS, with instructions to stand no non sense and not to hesitate to use bayonei or butt if necessary to preserve order and their own dignity
 Recruiting Boom
 | The fall of Antwerp has proved a great stimulus to recruiting in England. Aftel i, the first 500,000 recruits had been obtained for Kitchener's new army the men begar | to come in more slowly, but during tn, last week the average number of enlist ments per day has just about doubled and the authorities have all they can dt to handle the new recruits Some O l them, indeed, are too enthusia stic On, young man who had enlisted six time
 in one day. drawing 36 cents each time k now thinking it over in one of hi n'ajestys jais where he will be a gues
 for six months
 Another effect of the fall of Antwerl Is to increase the precautions against ;
 raid on England by hostile aircraft Al the lights in central London are darl rcw at night, and some of the theatre
 have found it so hard to get people t. attend at night that they have reverse, the usual order of things and are givinl six matinees and two evening perform
 arces a week. The police are strictl,
 enforcing the order against light and on club that I know of which has glas
 roof over the kitchen has been com
 ptlled to paint the glass so that no ligh
 can shine through 1t at night. The tram
 and omnfbuses are running in darknes
 and there Is rumor that before very lon
 they will be stopped altogether after 1 D. m.
 As a matter of fact, there is little t fear from Zeppelins. These great ga
 hags are too unwieldly to have muc
 chance of crossing the North sea am
 they afford too good a mark to Englis
 gunners. If any raid does take plac
 t is likely to be by aeropanes and tn
 damage that they can do is so small a
 to be negligible from national point o view, although, of course, they ma, make things very uncomfortable for tn few people who happen to be within tn
 radius of the bombs they drop. The ru nor factory Is busy with these aeris raiders of course. Hardly night passe . that one does not hear of someone wh has seen someone who has seen Taut or Zeppelin over Buckingham palac oi the houses of parliament. but the always get away without being spotte by the men whose business 1t Is to watc
 for them.
 I met a sailor the other day who ha just come ashore from one of the destroy
 CTS which are patrolling the channel an