, 1914-12-02
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said there was no case yet for legislation for
the supPl ession of professional football. He
would await the result CT the communications
between the Football Associations.
Mr.. McKenua stated that 10000 cases
Of suspicious aliens had been investigated by
the police, 5000 houses ransnckol, AMI q
lumber of alien enemies interned. With
regard to the suggestion Tint all Germnns
and Austrians should be interned, he said
that not I'll The English in Austria aud Gen
many ha3 been interned, 4ud that if all the
aleu- enemies in The United Kingdom w,re
locked up it would be useless, ana a gross
injustice would be done.
Mr.. Churchill, replying to a question, said
that ~nyiators ut high attitudes find it almost
impossible to determine the course they are
taking. The British oirmen who made the
recent attack upon the Zeppelin factory had
explicit instructions to avoid crossing neutral
territory, and they Carried maps Indicating
the course they were to follow. No agree
ment was reached at the Paris conference re-
gardiDg the passage Of beliger,nt aircraft
over neutral countries.
NJ. Birrell announced that he ind called
the attention Of the authorities Of University
College, Dublin, to Professor MacNtill's con
nection with the newspaper The IRISH Vol
u%nteer," which is happeriu9 recruiting in
Ireland.
The amendment to the Defence of the
Realm Bill has been agreed to. Tie sub
stitute clause reads: ''ro prevent the spread
Of false reports, or reports likely to cause
disaffection to His Majesty, Or to interfere
with tue success Of His M%ajesty's forces on
land or sea, or to prejudice His Majesty 5
relations with foreign Powers" Sir Stanley
Buckmaster, Solicitor General, accepted the
amendment IN its otiginal form, stating that
the Government was able to suppress nl
criticism of rs members ia the Press or on
the platform.
It is believed that 815 men were on board
the battleship 'BuIwark" when the ex plosion
occurred. There ale only II survivors, and
80 bodies have beer recovered, mostly in q
mutilated condition. The explosion occurred
at breakfast time while the band was playing.
Before the smoke cleared away the 'Bul-
wark'' was invisible AMI there was only u
gap in the line where she had been. The
explosion was felt seven miles away and
there was hardly any glass left unbroken
within a mile, even pottholes being broken.
An inquiry is proceeding, but there is moth
ing authentic, the explanations being merely
conjectnrnl, namely, perhaps it was due to
spontaneous combustion of the deterioration
Of explosives; perhaps a shell fell or exploded
accidentally otherwise, thus exploding the
magazine; perhaps a spy or a traitor was on
board or perhaps it was done by a sub
marine.
The Admiralty has announced that the
collier "Khartoum" was blown up to day by
a mine off Grimsby. Her crew landed at
Grimsby.
A French official communicate states GA
slockening Of the artillery fire of the enemy
has been noted all along the line. During
Thursday two infantry attacks directed
against the heads of bridges which we had
thrown down on the right bank of the User,
south of DiXmude, were easily repulsed.
There was no other engagement on the rest
of our front in Belgium and as far as the
Disc, nor was there any action on the Aisns
or in Champagne, nevertheless Rheims was
rather violently bombQrded during the time
a number of Journalists from neutral coun-
tries were visiting the city. In Argonne
several infantry attacks resulted in the loss and
then the recapture OF certain trenches, the
men engaged ia this fighting never exceed
ed a battalion and the ground lost and then
retaken was never more than twenty-five
yards.
A Berlin official bulletin states ''The
British ships did not attack the coast Of
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