GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1750, 23 August 1917, Page 1

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

8,800 ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. About 8,800 artificial limbs have been made for soldier’s by private linns, at a cost of £127,290, and .over 7,000 crippled men have still to be supplied. THE GREAT EXPLOSION. The late Dr. Milne’s earthquake observatory at Slu’de, Isle of Wight, obtained what is presumably a record of the great explosion of mines on the western front at Messines. GERMANS AND TURKS. In spite 'of official outward show of respect for Turkey, the Germans in conversation do not scruple to express their contempt for their Turkish ally. “Die Hurkei warden wir billig abgebcn!” (“We’d let Turkey go cheap!” — is the opinion even in Government circles. RECRUITS FOR CANADA. More than 2,000 British ami Canadian subjects in the United Stales volunteered for enlistment at the British recruiting station. New York, to. Juno 23rd. While all these men were not accepted, enough qualflcd to form a battalion and ahalf, and they have been sent to Canada for training. DEFEATED GERMAN COMMANDER. It is the Fourth German Army which suffered such a heavy defeat at Mcssines, and its commander is General Sixt von Annin, who in the famous report upon the Somme lighting — in which ho commanded the Fourth Corps —showed a sagacious appreciation both of British methods and British courage. It is rather interesting that this veteran, who fought against (he French at St. Privet in 1870, where ho was severely wounded, should have succeeded Ilindenburg in his last command. NO FANCY BREAD IN AMERICA. American bakers recently voluntarily placed their industries under the food administration, and assured Mr Herbert C. Hoover, the food administrator, that they would curry out all directions issued by the administration as (o (he conduct of their business. A representative of the industry will be chosen to serve as a voluntary aid to Mr Hoover, and 200 local committees will be named to carry out his instructions. , One of the first moves to be made at Mr Hoover’s suggestion will be toward standardisation of loaves. The.juunber of styles and sizes will bo reduced considerably in (he immediate future. DEMAND FOR ORIENTAL RUGS. Turkish sellers of Oriental fancy wares seem to have multiplied in Berlin since the beginning of the war, but the articles they sell are of little importance. High-priced goods, such as Turkey carpets, are no longer allowed to be imported, as their purchase would unfavourably affect the value of the mark. Oriental rugs and carpets consequently are now at a premium, and cost three times as much as they did before the war. On selling my furniture, just before leaving, I was besieged by dealers, Germans, Poles, Galicians, all agog for my Afghan carpets, writes a correspondent in the Morning Post. Their first breathless question was invariably, “Have you any real carpets?” It is said that these dealers are buying them up in anticipation of a great demand in Belgium, Poland, and East Prussia when the houses destroyed in the war arc rebuilt. GENERAL BRUSSILOFF, Mr Hamilton Fyfc, giving his impression of General BrussilolT, says that for his age, which is sixtyfour. lie looks marvellously active. He cats little. Twenty minutes for dinner he considers more than enough. He is never flurried, never worried. He makes his plans and applies all the force of his character to getting them carried out. He inspires trust in good men, fear in others. His orders have got to be obeyed ; everyone knows that. Brussiloff is eager for action, eager to end the war. If any man can pull Russia together and make her see which way the parallel paths of duty and self-interest lie, that man is Brussiloif. His universal popu • larity is a very valuable asset.