GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1902, 14 November 1918, Page 1

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

LUDENDORFF’S AIRMEN RONS. In the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Cemetery at West End, near Berlin, an ornate column has been put up in memory of the two youthful sons of Ludendorff, both of whom were killed on the Western front while serving in the air force, MEANING OF “STUNT." “Stunt” is a word (hat is as worn-out as “camouflage.” It was greatly in favour in baseball circles before the war. Probably (he noun means “a dodge for stopping the growth of anything,” and generally “any (dever dodge or trick.” FLAG OP SIBERIA. Siberia, which is gradually crystallising into a nation about the Japanese army and the little bands of Czeeho-Slavs, has* already adopted a national flag. Its colours are green and white, an epitome of the country; the green stands for the innumerable forests, the white for its cnternal snows. CARELESSNESS A CRIME. In the motor-transport service of the French Army any driver who reports a cracked cylinder is given a stiff prison sentence. During cold weather these drivers must use extreme care, for the scarcity of certain chemicals prohibits the use of non-freezing solutions. Consequently all radiators must be drained when the trucks arc allowed to stand for awhile. The supply of trucks is limited, and each must therefore yield its utmost service. The lack of one truck may mean the death of a number of valuable men. So in France conservation is compulsory —and carelessness and waste are crimes. A VETERAN OF THE ANTARCTIC. Second Otiicer Alfred ('beetham, the world-renowned teamster for Captain Scott, has been killed by enemy submarine action on a trading vessel. Chcetham endured more in Antarctic waters than any living Britisher, and as an ieo-mnster who had crossed (he Antarctic 14 times, knew more than his famous commanders of Antarctic conditions. Born at Liverpool, 51 years ago, Chcetham sailed, on the Nimrod. Endurance, and 'twice on the Terra Nova, with Scott’s four expeditious. He was awarded the Polar Medal by King George. GERMANS RELY ON MACHINEGUNS. Germany's apparent reliance on machine-guns to counteract her waning man-power in France is reflected in an article in the Vossiche Zeilnng, of Beilin, by. Captain von Salzmann, a military critic. The Daily Mail’s correspondent at The Hague says the captain explains that (he Western front has been made impregnable by machine-guns. The critic declares that the effort of Marshal Foeh to convert tactical gains into a strategic victory will he defeated by machine-guns. Horsedrawn machine-guns, he adds, have been distributed to each company.