New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-10
Throngs Watch for News
of British Troops on
Way to Liege.
ALL CHURCHGOERS
PRAY FOR VICTORY
Actors Sign on as Policemen
and Militant Suffragettes
Become War Workers.
By FRED u. PITNEY.

frondon CORRESPONDENT New York Tribune.
London, Aug. 9.-There were special
services in the churches of all denomi-
nations throughout the country to-day
for the success of the British arms and
an early termination of the war. Inc
prayer for the occasion was written by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the
request of the Privy Council. There
were large congregations in all the
London churches.
The first war Sunday here has passed
uneventfully, except that, if anything,
the crowds that gathered around the
bulletin boards were larger. There was
great rejoicing when il became known
that Liege had not been captured and
was still bravely fighting. Everybody
is awaiting with intense expectancy
news not only from the feet, but now
from the troops who are hurrying to
the aid of the Belgians.
News from the great fleets in the
North Sea is meagre. There have
been many rumors of battles.
In the Mediterranean the dread
nought Goeben, the pride of the Ger
man navy, is believed to be fleeing
before the English and French fleets.
With the Goeben is the Breslau, the
German cruiser which fired elght
broadsides into the town Of Bona, IN
Algeria. Since the Goeben and Bres-
lau left San Salvatore, in Sicily, where
they sought shelter but were driven
out by the Italian Government under
international law, no news has been
received of them until to-day. dis
patch from Naples says that the cap
tain of the steamship Unione report
ed sighting the two German cruisers
in the Strait Of Otranto. There have
been other reports.
Before they feI from Italian waters
at Messina. the Goeben and the Bre3-
/ lau asked help of the Austrian ieet,
and il is understood that the Aus
trians refused, on the ground that war
has not been declared between Austria
and England nor between Austria ana
France. Among the many reports ana
rumors concerning the cruisers IN adj
dition to the one that they are seek
| ing an asylum in the Adriatic Sea, are
some which state definitely that they
are fleeing desperately through the
Mediterranean. chased by British and
French warships.
Cyril Maude a War Cop"
The enlistment of nine thousand
special policemen for London will be-
gin tomorrow. University men, bro
kers, bank clerks, actors and men OF
all classes purpose joining. They will
afterward keep their slaves as treas
ured mementoes.
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Cyril
Maude and Sir George Alexander are
organizing the actors, while Viscount
/ Goschen heads the bankers. They
will guard the waterworks, railways,
tunnels, ETC., relieving the territorials
/ for more important work. Each man
will be on duty four hours each day.
Two hundred and twenty German re-
servists were arrested at Folkestone
to-day and taken to the Shorncliffe
camp.
Forty Germans who were arrested at
Newcastle-on-Tyne were to-day re-
/ leased from custody.
A steamer arriving at Liverpool to-
day brought in four Germans found in
a small boat in st. Georges Channel.
They had taken to the boat to avoid
coast guards who were pursuing them.
I They were nearly starved.
The international Women's Suffrage
Alliance has arranged to look after
German women and girls in England.
/ The National Union OF Women's Suf-
frage Societies is preparing for active
service in relieving English women
who may suffer through the war.