Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-01
ASOUITH AND BALFOUR UNITE
IN CAMPAIGN FOR RECRUITS
Special Efforts Are to Be Made to Fill
the Ranks of the British
Army.

LONDON. September Premier AS
quith and Arthur ]. Balfour one of the
leaders of the opposition in the house
of commons, are to speak in the his
toric Guildhall in the city of London
this week in an effort to encourage re-
cruiting The Guildhall will be used
as a recruiting station.
The official press bureau says the
government has gratefully accepted an
offer from the people of Alberta of a
half million bushels of oats for the
use of the army and from the gov
eminent of Quebec of 100000 pounds
of cheese
Belgian Queen in London.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and her
children. who arrived in London last
night. were met by the Belgian minis
ter at the station and proceeded almost
unncticed to the residence of Lord Cur
zon of kedleston, former viceroy of In
dia, whose guests they will be for a
few days
William Waldorf Astor has contrib
uted s125.0G0 to the Prince of Wales
relief fund, which is now approaching
$10,000,000.
A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Antwerp gives the
latest official communication issued
there. II says:
The situation throughout the coun-
try is stationary The Germans have
evacuated Aerschot and railway COM
munication has been restored over the
great part of the Campine country.
'Malines was bombarded for an hour.
although the town was not occupied by
Belgian troops This was a fresh
crime against the civil population"
a dispatch to the Post from Antwerp
says that the Germans have evacuated
the province of Antwerp, presumably
as part of their scheme for the with
drawal of unnecessary troops who will
be used to replace those taken for
service against Russia. Part of the
forces in the province of Limburg have
also been withdrawn
Guarantee Huge War Tax.
A dispatch to the Express from The
Hague says that the four richest men
In Belgium have guaranteed the pay
ment to Germany of the war tax which
the Germans levied against Belgium.
The four richest men are Ernest Sol
way, the alkali king: Baron Lambert.
the Belgian representative of the
Rothschilds; RaouI Warocque. the mine
owner. and Baron Empain, the rail-
way magnate.
Had not this guarantee been given
would probably have been treated as
Louvain was. Big guns were mounted
in front of the palace ready for bonn
bardment"
A Belgian business man who has just
arrived in London said that food was
already very scarce in Brussels.
Only about one person in hundred
can afford eggs and milk, he. said.
"People who are rich enough to have
milk twice weekly are considered very
lucky. The Germans have directed the
suburb of st. Gillies to supply to the
military 400 bottles of wine daily
Brussels proper has to contribute daily
10000 pounds of bread. while the sub
urb of Audergheim supplies 10000
pounds of meat
Malines Not Seriously Damaged.
The Chronicles Antwerp correspond
ent who has just visited Malines says
The recent reports of the disastrous
effect of the German bombardment OF
that city We're greatly exaggerated. 1t
is true that about eighty houses were
destroyed. but the towers of the Cathe-
dral of st. Rombaut and other FAMOUS
landmarks are unchanged.
The cellars and underground passages
are still filled with refugees who are un'
willing to come out, although the DOM
bardment ceased long ago.
A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Amsterdam says that the