MOST CRITICAL OF THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 124, 12 February 1918, Page 7

MOST CRITICAL OF THE WAR

THE NEXT FEW MONTHS LORD BEADING'S OPINION. New York, February 10. Lord Reading, the new British Ambassador to the United States, made a statement, in the course of which he said that Britain was more determined than ever to fight to victory, no matter what sacrifices, sufferings, and privations were incurred. The next few months would be the most critical of tho war, but tlioy would be faced with grim tenacity. General E. D. Swinton accompanies Lord Reading.—Aus.-N.Z. .Cable Assn. CONSCRIPTS' BUSINESS INTERESTS PROTECTED AGAINST UNFAIR. COMPETITION. London, February 10. With the object of protecting the business interests of, men called up for service, the Minister of National Service- has prohibited, except under licence, the establishment of new retail businesses or branches of existing businesses. Licences will to granted to soldiers' wives to carry on iheir husbands' businesses.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. HOLLAND AND THE ALLIES LIMITED SUPPLY OF IMPORTS. The Hague, February 10._ It is officially announced that the Allies have agreed to supply Holland with limited imports'bv Dutch v.ssels on condition that the Allies shall employ the remainder of the Dutch tonnage on trnnsnort work outside the danger zone. It is not true that, the Allies demanded that Holland should entirely cease exporting.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable 'Assn.