The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-22
WAR ECHOES

London Cable to the Philadelphia Pub
 against German hotel restaurant employees
 become that every waiter nowadays is
 subjected to close scrutiny by London | diners In a fashionable West End res-
 taurant at the dinner hour recently a ter
 ritorial officer suddenly arose and an
 nounced indignantly that he, would not
 submit to be served by an alien enemy | The manager of the establishment hurried
 forward apologetically and forthwith dis
 charged the offending servitor, who yainly protested that he was a naturalized Brit
 ish subject It was found, however, that he carried papers showing that he had
 registered with the police as a German.
 and his knowledge of English was ex-
 tremely scant.
 l Owing to the newspapers campaign
 against the retention of Great Britain s
 enemies as hotel servants, the big hotels, With few exceptions, have rid themselves
 oi every German and Austrian employe,
 but the restaurants of a less ostentatious I character still permit the Kaisers sub
 Jects to draw wages. It is even reported
 that representations have been made to l the home office as to whether the paving Tor services to hostile enemies does not
 come under the head of lending aid and succor to the enemy and whether the ! managers of hostelries who persist in re- taining Germans and Austrians on their pay rolls cannot be prosecuted under that statute
 London Cable to the New York Tribune: The Petrograd correspondent of he Daily Daily Chronicle says:
 Tt is difficult to summarize the crowded events Of the last few days, during which l have travelled about in the rear of the main Russo-German fighting line
 "The first stage of the gigantic battle that began last week is being fought out in Poland, and the German Austrian ad- vance has been met by the determined i'm pact of strong Russian force.
 All that can be said for the present is that while this is regarded as the most serious moment of the campaign the gen eral outlook is most hopeful for the Rus sians At several important points the Germans have been compelled to retire
 My chief impression formed on my trip Is that of the extraordinary fine quality of the Russian soldier. During the last few days l have seen thousands of sol- diers and spoken to scores of them. Il have seen them in various circumstances. l have seen Cossack patrols in warm. hooded overcoats cantering through for ests in the twilight or at early dawn. Il have seen Cossacks in camp, smoking around their bivouac fires, and have come across long military trains at wayside sta tions, where the soldiers stretched their legs after almost interminable journeys, and where they bought bread and cigar cites and asked for the latest news of the war.
 One cannot help being struck by the fine physique and hearty, open manner of the soldiers. They are cheerful when marching through the streets of a town. when strolling along in charge of trans ports, munching turnips within sound of the cannonade, and even cheerful when suffering from wounds. Such magnificent soldiers as these deserve to win.
 Milwaukee Dispatch to the New York Herald: Wisconsin is sharing to an un- usually large degree in business from sources representing the allied armies ir Europe. One Milwaukee packing company shipped to Canada the last week 50 car loads of fresh beef.
 The British government has contracted for the entire surplus of shoe leather of the Badger State Tanning company, of Sheboygan. As the company will con. tinue to supply its regular customers, the plant Is working IS hours u day ship ments applying on the British order are being made every morning The con tract is said to be the largest single order ever given tannery in the United States. |
 Greece has placed an order for 5000 | sets of harness and another order tor 60000 sets of harness is being negotiated l with Holland. Milwaukee tanneries will | benefit by these orders.
 The Bradley Knitting company of Del l avan, has closed a $1000,0OO contract to | supply one of the warning nations with | sweater coats. This also is said to be one | of the largest orders of It's kind ever re- | oeived. The Jersild Knitting company of | Neenah has an order for 15000 sweaters | to be used by the British army
 Representatives of the French army arc carrying on negotiations for the purchase of 5000 Wisconsin horses.