Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 57, 23 October 1914, Page 5

Great Britain

BRITAIN'S NAVY. ON A HICHER STAND THAN EVER THE NAVY LEAGUE'S ATTITUDE. ADMIRAL JELLICOE EULOGISED. Times and Sydney'Sun Sebvices. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, October 22. < The Navy' League, in" a" Trafalgar manifesto, declares the strength and fighting capacity and general efficiency of the British Fleet stands on a higher level than ever previously achieved. Our naval administration in all its complex and elaborate detail was being conducted with vigor, skill and foresight, leaving nothing to be desred. The League congratulates the Government on the appointment to the supreme command of Admiral Jellicqe, whose name was an' inspiration of hope and confidence id Ins officers and men. It was determined to oppose any premature and ill-advised peace proposals, and the League will exhort the nations to accept nothing less than the destruction of the menace of German sea-power, and until it can Secure the future peace of the world the League urges that the war continue.

LOYAL INDIAN PRINCE. United Press Association. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, October 22. The King gave an audience to the Gaekwar of Baroda. A BREACH OF HONOR. (Received 8.45 a.m.) Amsterdam, October 22. Two British sailors who attempted to escape from Gooeningen were recaptured, and gaoled by the Commodore as having committed a breach of honr. ' LONDON MONEY MARKET, BUOYANT. (Received 8.45 &.m.) London, October 22. Applications. for Treasury bills totalled forty-three millions sterling, the Government paying 3f per cent. This has very little effect on the discount market. CAPTAIN LAMPEN'S ACTIVITY. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received, 8.0 a.m.) London, October 22. Owing to the perishing cold at Bulford, in Wiltshire, Captain Lampen applied for Cardigan jackets. The New Zealanders' Association ransacked the city emporiums" and warehouses, 1 whose supplies had been depleted by the war Office, and managed to purchase 200.