MISCHIANFOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1918, Page 3

MISCHIANFOUS ITEMS

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QUESTIONS IN COMMONS

LONDON July 4

In the House of Commons, replying to David Mason, Lord Robert Cecil . stated that lie could not see any ae- j tion that could usefully be taken regard- j ing Herr Von Kuhlmann’s vague in- i conclusive statement of the. 25th. The j British war aims were well known, : but wo waited vainly for a clear, unanimous declaration of the enemy’s war aims

ALLIED FRIENDSHIP

LONDON, July 4th

Admiral Sims speaking at an AngloAmerican Naval friendship. America had at present, in European waters, 250 vessels, three thousand officers and forty thousand men serving, from the "White Sea to the. Adriatic.

During the. coining year, over treble the present number of destroyers would be fighting for the Allies, while over one hundred and fifty submarine chasers would soon be doing duty in the war zone, of which half were already here.

SENATOR TILLMAN DEAD. WASHINGTON, July 3. Senator Tilman, Chairman of tile Naval Committee, died of paralysis. THE WHEAT SUPPLY. CHICAGO, July 3. The visible wheat supply is 2,156,000 bushels. -IN APPRECIATION. LONDON, July 4th. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil, said that Britain had presented a few- aeroplanes to Chili for courteously agreeing to sell Britain a Chilian battle cruiser, now building in Britain. **- ENEMY PRISONERS. (Received This Day at 1.20 a.m.) • LONDON, July 4th. In the House, 1 Sir George Cave statthat 6,000 Germans, 5,500 Austrians, and 1,100 Turks and Bulgarians were « now interned, of whom 4,000 belonged to 1 friendly races, and only technically ! were of enemy nationality. Three ! - ' thousand aged and invalid Germans, in- j eluded 3.500 married to British wives, and 2,600 had sons with the British forces. THE CHANNEL TUNNEL. COMMERCIAL CONFERENCE FAVOUR IT. LONDON, July 4. The International Parliamentary Commercial Conference unanimously favoured the construction of a Channel Tunnel, ns soon as possible. BANKRUPTCY PROBLEMS. LONDON July 3. Lord Emetl, speaking on the Finance Bill in the House of Lords, said Germany relatively- had made half our of- j for to meet the financial burdens of ! the war. We were not only meeting the cost but providing to pay off portion of the national debt. If the war lasted very much longer he would view the position with apprehension. He • should view it in Germany’s case with absolute terror. It was now certain that Germany would get no indemnities. She was . working towards bankruptcy which would possibly result in serious internal trouble. When the people who made the war have to pay for it, it might chasten the German spirit. ,

>. BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE. LONDON, July 8. Private Reno Bertrand, oj the French Colonial Infantry is perhaps the bravest living soldier of the Allied armies. He has three rows of decorations, including the Croix do Guerre, with seven palms and fivo stars, the equivalent of 12 bars. Ho is terrible mutilated having lost an arm, and he carries a bul let in his thigh and 29 other wounds. He has been over the top at th e Yser, the Somme, Monastir, the Aisnc and the Marne. He received several bayonet wounds last month, but refused to leave the ranks, remarking: “Such wounds cure themselves.” • He has now lost his leg, and his soldiering is finished.