GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1835, 4 June 1918, Page 4

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

HOSPITAL SHIP MYSTERY;

The body of one of the junior officers of the hospital ship Gle'nart Castle, which was torpedoed in the Bristol Channel on February 26th by a German submarine, has been picked up not far distant from the spot at which the vessel was sunk. On examination, the body was found to have sustained gunshot wounds, one in the neck and the other in the thigh. While there have been no reports that the Germans fired on the escaping crew of the hospital ship at the moment of the outrage, this discovery suggests that an attack was subsequently made on some of the boats. THE RUSSIAN FLESHPOTS. A communique recently gave the Germans the following comfort: — “The farther our troops advance into Russia the richer the enormous treasures of grain and food turn out to be. The farther east we go the more favourable the food question becomes. Meat can be had for 3s a, pound, and eggs at 2|d apiece. In the larger towns nothing is lacking. Even tea, coffee, and sugar are plentiful. Only the towns arc suffering from lack of transportation facilities. Once order is restored there will be food enough not only for the population, but for export.” FRENCH LAND ARMY. in order to provide workers for the laud the French Government has decided to mobilise all males in France between the ages of 15 and 50 who are not engaged in a profession useful to the country. A census is to be taken of these men immediately, whether French, allies, or neutrals, and no one is to be exempted except students and those doing their “bit” or persons unsuitable for farm work. Those called up will remain civilians, but will be under the command of officers and subject to military discipline. Farmers will provide food and lodging and pay about Is 2d a day.