JUSTIFYING OF AN OUTRAGE.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2994, 3 February 1917, Page 9

JUSTIFYING OF AN OUTRAGE.

SINKING OF THE BRITANNIC A SINGER'S STORY , (Itec. February 2, 10.55 p.m.) London, February 2. The Admiralty reports:—A Germai wirelesß message alleges that the Brit auirio carried 2500 British soldiers whi were not invalids. The allegation i: based on the. sworn testimony of Alber Messany, an Austrian singer, who liac been interned in Malta at the outbreal of war, and returned' to England ii November aboard; the Britannic. Thi only true statement in Messany's stori was the fact that he returned on thi Britannic, because he was an invalid and because of which he was repat riated. .'German Press messages were nllet with similar falsehoods with a view o manufacturing pretexts lor the lates' mefll'ods of warfare announced. It cannot be too emphatically ,re stated that never since the beginnm; of the war have any'but invalids an< hospital staff embarked on any Bntisl hospital ships—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Keuter. , ENEMY WAR COUNCIL SITTING AT SOFIA. . (Rec. February 3, 0.50 a.m.) . 'Athens, February 2. It is reported that General Falken hayn is at Sofia,, presiding at a Wai i Council of Austro'-German and Bulga: > Generals, discussing the expediency n an offensive at Salonika.—Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn. > i " ' NATIONAL'SERVICE PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD. (Rec. February 3, 0.50 a.m.) London, February 2. Mr Lloyd George, Mr. Neville Cham berlain, and Mr. J. Hodge will inaugur t ate a national service'public meeting a "Westminster on Tuesday—Aus.-N.Z i Cable Assn. STRANGE IRONY NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AND THE KAISER. 1 (Rec. February 2, 8.45 p.m.) Amsterdam, February 1. The "Dusseldorf Anzeigcr" _ pub lishe6 a telegram from Constantinople that the Stamboul University propose! the Kaiser as a candidate for the Nobe Peace Prize.—Reuter. - PRICE OF POTATOES FIXED WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. (Rec. February 2, 8.45 p.m.) London, February 1. The Press Bureau states ,that' the Food Controller (Lord Davenport) ha; fixed the growers' maximum selling price for the 1916 crop of. potatoes at 160s. per ton for delivery in February, 180s. March-April, 200s. _ May-Juno. The maximum retail price is fixed al three halfpence per.pound.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.-Reuter. NEUTRALS ON YARROWDALE VERY HARSH TREATMENT. Copenhagen, February 1. Neutrals aboard the Yarrowdale stitf that when she was approaching Icelanc 500 prisoners were placed in the coa rooms, the shutters of which 'wcrt closed. They remained there, three days during Christmastide, and wcr' then released. The men were half dead when thev reached Trondhjans. —Aus;-N.Z.: Cable Assn. CONFERENCE; OF NEUTRALS Zurich, February 1. It is officially'stated that Sweden has invited Switzerland to join a confer- ■ ence of neutrals. Switzerland has asked for details..—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn,