The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, August 13, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1284, 13 August 1914, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, August 13, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Owing to the abnormal sales on newspapers, not only in this country but throughout the world, as a result of the war, the demand for printing paper exceeds the supply and as a result many of the large journals are compelled to issue reduced editions. The British supplies are drawn principally from Canadian and Swedish mills. There are no white paper mills in Australasia, but there are a number of brown paper mills. The refuse from the flaxmills should make the finest white paper and it is remarkable that the hundreds of tons of this waste product is not put to profitable use in this connection. It is a subject which should receive the attention of the Flaxmillers’ Association.

The British Associated Chambers of Commerce send the following important message to the Empire, which should go far to allay the fears of business people: —“Within the last week a very large number of orders for goods have been cancelled, reduced In volume or delivery postponed, possibly due to temporary advance in the price of money or uncertainty regarding war risks. The Government has provided against both, and therefore we appeal to traders not only to confirm orders, but to Increase them. The Mother Country has a large mass of industrial population, and manufacturers are doing their best to keep them in employment, but cannot succeed if customers suspend orders or delay payment for goods already shipped. The Association is satisfied that if their kinsmen overseas know the facts they will not overlook this particular means of assisting.”

An interesting question at the present time is as to how far naturalisation as a British subject exempts Germans from military service. The Press says it appears that it does not exempt them at all. Should they happen to return to their native country while they are still of age to serve they still remain liable to penalties for nonservice. Only last year it was reported that three Canadians, formerly Russians, on re-visiting their native country, had been

sentenced to Siberia for life on a charge of evading military service. Sir Wilfrid Eaurier cited it as an example of the incompleteness of Canadian naturalisation, the Foreign Office having declined to interfere, but Sir Edward Grey explained that it was immaterial whether they were nationalised in Canada or in Britain, as in all such cases the law of Russia would be the governing law.

Eare Kitchener (Horatio Herbert) has left his mark in more parts of the British Empire than any other living man. He was born on 29th June, 1850, and is a son of the late Eieutenant-Colonel H. H. Kitchener, of Leicestershire. He was educated for the Army, and joined the Royal Engineers in 1871. He took part in the Palestine and Cyprus surveys in 1574-82 ; then he was appointed to the command of the Egyptian Cavalry. In 1884 he led the famous Nile Expedition, receiving the brevet rank of lieut.-colonel, the Khedive's Star, and other honours. From 1886 to 1888 he was Governor of Suakim ; in 1889 fought on the Soudan frontier, was adjutant-General of the Egyptian Army for many years, and Sirdar in 1890. In 1896 he commanded the Dongola Expeditionary Force, and was promoted to major-general, made a K.C.8., and received various medals. The great Khartoum Expedition, from which he derived his title, was in 1898; and for his work he received the thanks of Parliament and a grant of ,£30,000, and was raised to the peerage, made G.C.8., and had two clasps added to the Khedive’s medal. In 1899-1900 he commanded the forces in South Africa, and in the two following years was Com-mander-in-Chief. Then he received the thanks of Parliament, was promoted to General, and created Viscount, and given a grant of ,£50,000. He was Commander-in-Chief in India in 1902-09, and in 1910 was made a member of the Council of Imperial Defence. In that capacity he toured a great part ot the Empire, including Australasia, and upon his recommendations the new system of military training in the overseas Dominions was based. Since 1911 he has been his Majesty’s Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, and has continued the magnificent work he had begun years before in reorganising the country. This year he was made an Earl. In military matters he ranks second to none in the whole world and as Secretary for War he will practically be the directing genius.