The chronicle=news., 1914-10-22
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lCentt.seA from page III
day." according to dispatch from
Paris telegraphed to London by the
correspondent in that city Of the Ex-
change company.
| THE Germans are firing from
| Mariakerke and Middlekerke, the
French from Newport and the En-
aviators directed the fire of the al
lies on the German positions"
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph company from Petrograd says
1t ia semi-officially stated that the
number of the German troops sent
to the eastern and western theatres
Of the war since the middle OF Sep
TENDER is 100000.
The dispatch states that the export
Of any stores from Germany is pro-
hibited and that this may seriously
effect Switzerland. which heretofore
has received potatoes from Germany.
The wholesale arrests of Germans
Throughout England has brought the
German benevolent committee face
to face with a problem equal to that
of the first few weeks of the war.
The large majority Of those arrested
have been employed steadily and
their families will be dependent dur
ing the stay OF the bread winners at
the detention camps. Fl
Today a procession OF motor bus
SEES filled with young Germans and
Austrians and guarded by soldiers
with fixed bayonete passed through
the streets Of London on their way to
the detention camps.
I This was the roundup day for the
Germans. Austrians and Hungarians
throughout the United Kingdom, on
ly those having naturalization papers
issued prior to the war being spared.
It Ii estimated that there are g.
Kingdom, OF whom a majority are in
London. The burden OF combing
London and its environs falls on
Scotland Yard and all day long the
forces attached to the Metropolitan
police stations have been working at
high pressure. It will take some
time to completely clean up. In spite
! of the fact that majority of these
aliens have been registered with the
nolice since the outbreak OF hostili-
tiles. Five hundred have been arrest
ed In Manchester during the last "a
hours and the numbers elsewhere are
in proportion. AT Northampton 3
prominent German who was manager
OF the local street railway system
was forced to resign in soite OF the
fact that he had lived In England for
81 years. II is said that he did not
take out his naturalization papers
until after the war began. -
Washington, Oct. :2.-The Ger
man embassy announced today re-
lcepit Of the following dispatch from
Berlin:
"Official headauarters' report Of
i October 81 says heavy fighting 10 still
continuing on the User canal and
that the enemy's artillery is support
ed from the sea northwest Of Nieu-
port. where the German artillery dis
abled one British destroyer. Fight
ing Is also proceeding west Of Lille.
where the Germans have taken the
offensive and repulsed the enemy ut
different places. Two thousand Eng
lish have been made prisoners and
several machine guns captured. In
the Russian side there Is no decision
yet.
The Roman paper Tribuna p,1b-
fishes an interview with an Italian
deputy Just returned from France.
who expresses his admiration for the
Indian troops he saw at Aarseilles.
The Senegal troops made the best i'm
pression. he says. although they Here
SO bloodthirsty that the French army
commander was often prevented
from sending them to the front.
These negro forces often killed Ger.
man prisoners without the knowl-
edge of their officers and he says
that once the eZnegales murdered all
the German war prisoners In rail-
road transport"
Flushing. Holland. Oct. ga to-
tai OF 5000 penniless Belgians quar-.
tered today in Flushing were intent
in a desire to return to their homes
In Antwerp or other Belgian cities.
The schools have been dismissed
to accommodate these refugees. The
population of this city is 10000, but
1t Is today augmented by probably
10000, only 1900 of whom have
funds and are able to pay their way.
The municipality is bearing the ex-
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