GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1814, 16 April 1918, Page 1

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

TURKS WANT BOSPHORUS BRIDGE. According to the Vossiche Zeitung, the Turkish Government has. introduced in the Chamber a Bill asking for a credit for examining the question of the construction of a bridge and tunnel connecting Europe with Asia. EX-TSARINA’S MENTALITY. There was recently a widespread rumour in Holland and Denmark to the effect that the German Government had been informed that the exTsarina- has become insane, and was confined in a sanatorium in Tobolsk. MARQUIS SEEKS EMPLOYMENT. A marquis, who is also an army major, applied to the Edmonton Education Committee for the vacant post of secretary under the committee. The advertised salary was £450, rising in three years to £6OO. DECORATIONS FOB PIRATES. A special war decoration for Üboat crews was created by the Kaiser on the occasion of the anniversary of the inauguration of ruthless submarine war, as “ a recognition for meritorious work during the wav.” It can be secured by officers, petty-officers, and crews of the U-boats after making three voyages against the enemy. , ROUMANIA’S GOLD SEIZED. The Neuc Freie Presse hears that the amount of gold belonging to Roumania seized by Russia was £20,000,000. The paper adds that Vienna and Berlin attach great importance to the confiscation, as the Roumanian States gold reserve is the chief guarantee of the Roumanian debt with the Central Powers. PEER’S DAUGHTER A CLERK. The young daughter of one of Britain’s wealthiest peers is working as an ordinary Government clerk. She obtained her position under an assumed name through a. labour exchange, and soon became very popular with her fellow-work-ers. It was only upon investigating how the young wage-earner could afford to give her companions so many presents that the authorities discovered the real cause of their distinguished employee’s independence. KILLING OFF THE AGED. Mr Gerard’s recent statement that the Germans would not, in the event of necessity, hesitate to starve all aged persons has received confirmation from the Rev. Aloysius Daniels, a Roman Catholic priest who arrived at New York recently from Germany. This gentleman says Germany-now, only cares for those who are engaged in the prosecution of the war. This has led to a brutal neglect of the aged. When persons go to a police station and ask permission to buy milk or eggs for sick persons, food is refused if the person ill is beyond any age of active service.