The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-10
Interesting Sidelights On
the Great War.

LONDON, Feb. 10 Because Of the
great pressure upon the passport de
partment Of the foreign office, Lord
Grey Is having an emergency building
erected In the court about which the
various branches Of the foreign ser.
vice are grouped The temporary
shelter for the passport department Is
large wooden structure hastily
thrown together
A general order hus been published
that all British passports issued be
fore August 8, 1914, to British sub.
jects now In the British Isles would
become invalid February l. Pass
ports issued brfor the war aud held
by Britishers now in France, Spain,
Portugal, Italy, Switzerland. and Hol.
land, Denmark, Norway and Sweden
win become invalid on March
The clamOr for new credentials has
been unprecedented In the history Of
the foreign office.
LONDON, Feb lU-lundon hns or
gnni7ed the "Ncyer Forget League.
Its purpose b. lo aid soldiers aud sail
ors who find themselves out Of EN-.
ployment when the war is over Thir-
" thousand leulleJs Of the organi2a
ton have been distributed, and fif-
teen thousand persons have already
promised 10 wear the purple ribbon Of
the league, binding themselves to SUI.
port the men who return from the
front as Loyalty Ms they are support.
ing them now.
PETROGRAD, Feb. lO-POlice re.
ports for the past year from Warsaw
show that the number Of suicides
there has decreased one-third, not
Nithstanding the thousands OF starv
ing refugees who have crowded the
city since the beginning Of the war
The number Of suicides last year was
G71, as against 1,OO3 for the previous
year,
BERNE. Switzerland, Feb. lO.-Ba
yarlan troops serving on the western
front sent home S,500,OO0 Of their
pay for deposit In saving banks dur
ing the first five months of the war,
according to posta statistics pub
llshed in Munich.
CAIRD, Feb. 10-The Turkish au-
thorities have issued orders for the
Communicating OF several hundred
cats In Syria They are needed TO
protect the vast stores Of grain and
provisions In the military depots from
the incursions of mice and rats
LONDON, Feb. 10.-The list NJ the
weeks coroners cases includes the
name Of Mrs. James Cubitt, wife of Il
bank manager, who was killed by the
esving OF a Cyclone cellar" which she
was having dug under her htcheT
window, IN a bomb. proof shelter from
Zeppelin raiders.
No evening services are now held In
the Parish Church ut Yarmouth, one
OF the largest and most conspicuous
sdifices OF the city, for fear OF seryic,
a. a lamp post for Zeppelins. Othel
churches are screening their windows
AMSTERDAM, Feb. l0.-Adylcei
from Brussels say life there has be
come almost normal, and Sunday
find the usual crowds In the cafes ant
boulevards. Only few German
troops remain IN the city, German
postage stamps are now sold IN th'
postoffices, and the names Of the rail
road stations and public building
have been Germanlzed Some classes
OF municipal officials have been com
PEELED to sign contracts which make
them German subjects for period oi
six months.
Most Of the shops are open hui
money Is scarce The troops pay casl
for everything they buy German
commercial travellers are busy offer
ing their wares to the shop keepers.
COPENHAGEN, Feb 10 The de
mand that the terms Of peace. wheI
made, shall be IN plain Language
which the common people ~ the va
rlous countries can understand, Il
voiced by Herr ven Tleydebrand
leader of the conservative party It
Germany, In an address which hai
Just reached Germans here Won Hey
debrand is quoted as saying
1T Is a matter " wonder to many
how It hns become possible for Ger
many 10 We so alone In the world. ant
there Is feeling that German diplo
matte ability could have been NOR
pronounced When the terms Of peace
come to be- considered we shall no
allow these terms to become involve,
IN sort ~ complicated diplomati
art, but they should be- put into Ian
gunge which the common people cal
understand and nrc agreed upon
LONDON, Feb 10 Captain Davi,