SOMETHING WRONG

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 138, 28 February 1918, Page 5

SOMETHING WRONG

Melbourne, February 20. Of 49,754 members of the Expeditionary Forces who have returned to the Commonwealth up to December 31 last 10,333 saw no service. They failed to pass the standard set by the medical authorities in England, and were sent i back as unfit. The Minister of Defence j (Senator Pearce) is perplexed at this I result of conflicting opinions as to the | medical standard. On tho grounds of i the cost of sending tho men Homo and j tho detrimental effect on recruiting, it j cannot be allowed to continue. Tho Minister has approved th& sending of tho Director-General of Medical Services (who will bo assisted by other experts) to England and France to fully investigate the matter. —Press Assn. EVERY GERMAN A SPY Berne, February 26. Adolf Friodmann, n German resident in Zurich, openly declares that every German in neutral countries, including Switzerland, is required by the German ! Govornment to worlc as a spy or pro- j pagandist. Friedmann adds: "All tho . Germans in Switzerland fulfilled the obligation very loyally and patriot!- ; cully." Tho Swiss newspapers indignantly re- ■ join that Friedmann's candid statement i shows how formidable is tho scope of tho espionage and propagandist organi- : sation, inasmuch ns there lire, approxi- • mately, forty thousand Germans at i largo in Switzerland. Eighty million kronen worth of foodstuffs, withheld ' from rationing, was found concealed . in various warehouses,—Aus,-N.Z. 11 Cable Assn. '■