ITALY'S ATTITUDE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2254, 14 September 1914, Page 6

ITALY'S ATTITUDE

AUSTRO-GERMAN PRESSURE CRUCIAL POINT OF THE WAR (Rec. September 14, 0.45 a.m.) Rome, September 13, morning. Germany and Austria-Hungary aro again endeavouring to induce Italy to abandon neutrality. They point out that her action would probably prove decisive for . oither side at tins' crucial point of the war. CANADA CIVIL SERVANTS' GIFT. (Rec. September 13, 5.5 p.m.) Ottawa, September 12. Every member of thu Civil Service in Albsrta, including the Governor and Ministry, is giving five to ten per cent, of their salaries to -the Patriotic Fund as long as the war lasts. AUSTRALIA FEMALE VOLUNTEERS. (Rec. September 13, 5.5 p.m.)\ Sydney, September 13. The ladies aro forming a battalion of volunteers, between the ages of 16 and 22. Five hundred enrolled the first, day. FRENCH AVIATOR RETURNING. (Rec. September 13, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, September 13. M. Guillaux, the French aviator, mada bis final flight at Bat-hurst yesterday. He proceeds to France to offer his services to the Government.

SYDNEY FUNDS. (Rec. September 13, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, September 12. The patriotic funds now total £183,000. WAR TAX BILL PASSED. (Rec. September 13.) Perth, September 12. Tho War Emergency Income Tax Bill has passed the Assembly. .WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. Sydney, September 12. ■ Official, reports show that 14,120 are unemployed in New South Wales. The Government is arranging to give, large numbers half-time employment on public works. TRADE AND PATRIOTISM. ' Sydney, September 12. The newspapers are publishing an appeal to. the British, . New Zealand, and Canadian Trade Commissioners to support the Empire's industries by purchasing only goods manufactured within the Empire. '

THE KAISER'S VIEW WHAT HE TOLD A DIPLOMATIST. ' London, September 11. The New York "Evening News" states that Her von Eckhardt,, the German Minister to Mexico, describes a conversation with the Kaiser before leaving Berlin. i i j Ho says the Kaiser told him he had been trying for years- to win France 6 friendship, but had, failed! to gain- her good-will. • ' ••... "Germany's attitude, he said, is that-we must take Franco and subjugate her army or die. We will not take France to keep, but; to destroy the menace of (-French, militarism.