Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.
Aug. 8th.......
At Nottingham On Monday Lord Lansdowne Gave An Excellent...
of the events that led up to the war, and showed how deeply our honour was pledged. Germany had forced on the war. She knew all about the demands Austria was making on Serbia.......
We Desire Most Heartily To Support An Appeal Which Has
been issued by Dr. Sarolea on behalf of the Belgian Relief and Reconstruction Fund. As Dr. Sarolea points out in his leaflet, the Belgian refugees in Britain are only a section......
The Papers Of Monday Recorded Several Naval Events, Of Which
we may mention the following. The ' Pegasus,' a cruiser of about two thousand tons, was caught in Zanzibar Harbour while under repairs by the German cruiser Konigsberg.' The......
In A Speech On The War At The Queen's Hall
last Saturday Mr. Lloyd George dealt out indignation, contempt, and pathos with extraordinary effect, and he ended with a visiorary passage of great beauty about a newer......
Speaking In Great Spirits At Liverpool On Monday, Mr....
said that he had come to ask for a million men for Sir John French's Army—" a million of the flower of our manhood, nothing but the very best, every man a volunteer, a million......
We Deeply Regret To Record The Loss In The North
Sea of the three British cruisers Aboukir," Hogue,' and' Creasy' on Tuesday morning through a German submarine attack. These three sister-ships were engaged in patrol work when......
The New York Evening World Of Thursday Week Published What
is said to be the answer of Germany to the American suggestions of peace. The upshot of it is that Germany is willing "to call the war a draw," but that if the Allies insist on......
General Beyers, Commandant-general Of The Defence Forces...
has resigned as he disapproves of General Botha's plan of making war on German South-West Africa. His arguments are absurd. Even if the Germans had not invaded - Union......