Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-05
Side Lights From
the European War

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Paris, May 4.-The censor who had
rather overlooked postcards, has been
charged by the interior department
with the supervision of all views Offer
ed for sale. Photographs Of towns,
buildings and often views outside the
war zone, taken before the war. are
subject to no restrictions, but war
scenes, views of damaged or destroy.
ed towns and buildings, assemblages
Of troops, railroad lines-even humor.
Jus or sentimental scenes bearing up.
on the war, must have the censOr's
approval. Publishers Of postcards al
ready in circulation must have a copy
approved; otherwise all those in cir.
culation are subjec. to seizure.
Liverpool, May 4!!--Hn5ert William
Sstey, a student, and Harry Tanck, n
chauffeur, a pair Of we'll set up young
Americans who arrived in Liverpool
on the steamer, Devonian. from Bos'
ton on April l ard Immediately enlist
ed in the motor transport division OF
the Army Service Corps, were fined
60 cents each in q court here as un.
registered aliens in a. military area.
The fine was merely nominal and I'm
posed solely in order to make no 'ex.
ceptions to the enforcement Of the
law. But it developed that the ad.
%venturous pair had stated that they
we're Canadians when they took the
oath of allegiance to the King. This
constitutes raise ettestation. SO, &C
cording to the chief constable. 1t is
likely they will not be allowed to
serve. ID ~ .'. ~ H.
Lodon, May 4.-The blockade Of
Germany by; the allies viii prevent
England and France from getting Ger
man drugs through the medium Of the
United States, accordingto IN. Ian
Get. Already p%henacetin and acenti-
nalide are four times their former
price and %phenazone has doubled.
While cocaine is more than double its
pre.war quotation. this can not be
construed abnormal in view Of the
enormous demand. 1t is difficult at
this time to supply the medical de-
partments of the allied armies with
morphine and iodine, especially as
the supply of Turkish opium has been
cut off. However, a good supply Of
opium is obtainable from Persia and
India. Stocks Of .atropine are low and
the prices , CORRESPONDENCE high.
Choral hydrates and the bromides
have doubled in price since the war.
London, May 4.-That the authori-
ties have a very effective system Of
anticipating the visits Of Z%eppelins ~
evident. On the night before the Wis,
it over Newcastle the lights were ex.
tinguished for the first time in sew
eral of the towns near where the
aerial visitor dropped its bombs on
the following night. On the afternoon
Of the 18th of this month the special
%constabulary in London were notified
at four in the afternoon TO be on duty
that evening and later a Zeppelin
came the nearest to London that any
Of the German air craft have been.
Atmospheric conditions must be favi
orable for the Zeppelins and It is pro-
bable that either from Holland or the
sea patrol or both the authorities get
their warnings that the airships may
be expected. Earlier in the war there
was some anxiety about the probable
results Of these visits whereas nov
| there is no excitement and no fear ex-
pressed in any quarter.
London, May 4.-"The Turks so far
have treated all the foreign mission
aries and bushes people very hand
somely," writes the Rev. DR.. T. r.
! Hodgson, a British missionary from
| Constantinople, describing the state
Of affairs in the Turkish capital. He
continues:
1--WE are perfectly vel, comfortable
and happy-so far as circumstances
will allow. Our most sincere recogni'
ton Is due to the courtesy of the auth.
critics here; the Turks not only go
out of, their way to be Kind to us, but
have shown a delicacy Of feeling
which does credit to their humanity.
"Order has been strictly maintain
ed in this great city and we and our
people have suffered not the slightest
molestat:on 'or trouble. Our work pro-
ceeds as usual. Werdo not know what
a day may bring forth, but in the
| meantime our friends should realize
that we are really we'll and content
| ed, and that our confidence In the
authorities has been fully justified by
the fact that our doors have not been
closed for a single day.
london, May AT the order of
the war office, the censor has put his
ban on "Britain's Deadly Peril, a
book by William LIE Quex purporting
to expose the spy danger in Great Bri'
tain. Thousands Of copies which had
been distributed among dealers are
held up and the publisher is enjoined
from printing any more copies. This
is done through the Defense OF the
Realm Act.
LIE Quex told in his advance notices
Of alleged personal experiences to
support his theory that the islands
are honeycombed by German spies. In
one case he tells Of seeing a myster.
ious light in a lonely house on the
east coast Of England, where a Ger.
man lived. He claims that he rugged
IN a flash light some distance away
and, employing 1t n night when q
light appeared in the German house,
received in reply what was obviously
a code message, He then complains
that he took this information to the
war office, which merely sent a print
I'd acknowledgment and did nothing
in the war of investigation.
It is known that the censorship has
cautioned newspapers against pub