General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 276, 19 November 1914, Page 6

General News

A REMARKABLE REPORT. A telegram from Athens, published in Rome last month, stated that the German Minister had informed the Greek Government that the new Greek Dreadnought Georgios 1., which has been built at Hamburg, would be handed over to Greece on October 1. provided an undertaking was given that she will not be used against Turkey.' Should Greece refuse to give tins undertaking, Germany would "cede" the Georgios I. to the. Porte. KAISER SHORT OF HORSES. A Paris message from a British correspondent, dated September 24, state!:—"The British Army veterinary surgeon in charge of the hospitals for horses on.the lines of communication, declares that the German horses are in a wretched condition. Of the hundreds captured by'our troops only about 5 per cent, are fit for us©, and the others have to be destroyed. , In his opinion, the German draught 'horses are worn out and are dying of, fatigue. A captured Germari cavalry officer told him that the greatest anxiety of the headquarters staff was the supply of remounts. The British - horses are in excellent condition, and fodder is plentiful. The good health of the horses probably is largely due to the fact that all their fodder has been brought from England, thus rendering unnecessary a change of diet." r .