THE WAR IN THE NEAR EAST

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2323, 3 December 1914, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE NEAR EAST

TURKEY'S GERMANISED ARMY EGYPTIAN -PAPER'S EXPRESSION OF LOYALTY ("Timee" and Sydney "Sun." EerTicea.) London) December 1. Petrograd holds 'the view that the Turks undor the influence of German training and discipline, and equipped with excellent firearms, are now an enduring and steadfast army, . (Rec. December 2, 10.35 p.m.) Cairo, December 2. Rusdi Pasha, the Egyptian Premier, in an interview with journalists', paid a high tribn'to to Britain's "magnificent and abiding work in Kgypt," and added: .."Sho -fulfils all the'conditions entitling and enabling her to remain Egypt's protector." ' . . I Tho Turks havo seized tho Jorusulom

branches of th'e Credit Lyonnaise and the Anglo-Palestine Bank. The lat-. tor's safes hold £24,000.KING OP RUMANIA'S "APPEAL. '("Times" and Sydney "Sun" SerTicca.) London, December, 1. The King of Rumania, in opening Parliament, referred to the exceptional gravity of the international'situation.' Ho appealed to the spirit of patriotism of tho whole nation.' • . GENERAL JOFFRE IN ALSACE "YOU ARE FRENCH FOR EVER!" (Ree. December '2, 9.20 p.m.) Paris, December 2. General Joffre, Generalissimo of tho Allied armies in .the Franco-Belgian theatre, lias visited•Tliaini (in' Alsace, ■ 12 miles from tho French frontier), vrhnre ho interviewed tho leading not- . abilities, who, siiico t!io. French occupn-, lion have loyally assisted in the provisioning of tbo troops, Gcnsva! Joffre suld; "Our roturn is definite. You are

French for ever. France brings to you the spirit of liberty, and respects your traditions, beliefs,' and customs." One of the Alsatians replied:. "For nearly fifty years we have suffered every humiliation; wo have been crushed, wounded, and tortured.in the namo of a civilisation boasting itself superior to ours.. This we well knew to be untrue." Ho concluded by assuring General Joffre of the absoluto devotion of the Alsatians.