GREAT BRITAIN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 8, 11 January 1915, Page 8

GREAT BRITAIN.

iHOT£S ON THE CAMPAIGN. TRUST THE PEOPLE. ( - ‘ '■' i ' Times and Stdnk Son Bibviom. London, January 9. The Times, in a leader, says: “The nation will only rise to the full height of the emergency when they are told ithe dimensions of the problem, and every man deeply impressed with the possible need of individual sacrifice. This will never be attained by the vague statements that recruiting is going on very well, or the excuse that it is a military matter which cannot bo discussed.” TRADE UNION LEVY. The Amalgamated Engineers Association voted a sixpenny levy for the Belgian trade unions. DES E C RAJ 1,0 N 0 F CHUR C H ES. The Press Bureau publishes details of atrocities in Belgium. Churches and religious houses have been destroyed and profaned in almost every village, the majority of the edifices being utilised for stables and prisoners. “GERMANISING” LIEGE. The Dutch Press describes the in-

■.aiders efforts to “germauise” Liege. Everything Flemish lias been expunged Scenes showing German soldiers providing Belgian children with iood are published in neutral countries. The forts have been restored, and connected by gigantic trenches and barbed wire entanglements. WAR TAX ON COURTRAI. A war tax of twelve million francs has been imposed on Contrai. four millions being demanded instantly. The municipal treasury is empty, and the town is suffering greatly from requisitions. Wool to the value of twenty million francs was seized. GERMANS’, LATEST HATE. - fr *- ' The Chronicle’s Poland correspondmt states that the Kaiser’s latest pro. •lamation, found on some prisoners, states that, if compelled to retire in Poland, they are to leave standing {either house nor town, only the bare 3arth underfoot, ■ J v v- . : V NEXT, PLEASE! it An East African mounted rifleman says: “There is plenty of fun. A field telegraph forty-eight miles in length was being erected on bamboos. During the night a giraffe wound the wire round, his neck aiid started off at top speed. On another occasion a rhinoceres joint'd a batching squad. Every nan was naked, and every tree had thorns on it. The ‘rhino’ marched najestically into the middle of the pool and wallowed happily, while the bathers’ hare skins were blistering in the sun.” CREjEjKjE} IN ASIA MINOR. Loudon, January 9. Repeated murders of Greeks in Asia Minor are reported. The arrogance oi the Turks towards the Greek consuls is makiiig a continuance of good relations between Greece and Turkey difficult.. NO EXPQRJ, OF HORSEFLESH. United Press Association. The Minister "for Customs turned lown the proposal to allow the .export >f horseflesh, adding that the deoartmental refusal was absolutely definite.

GERMANY’S BREAD SUPPLY. The bakeries in Germany are prohibited from working at night, to prerent fresh bread being supplied in the morning, expecting tlnis to reduce consumption. AN IMPRESSION OF BERLIN. ■w vc ».*) n/jl rrfiH P' i-H '■ ( London, January 9. An American returned from Berlin says tile anxiety on the faces of the people to-day is in marked contrast to die confidence expressed at the beginning of the war The impression is i’rowing that all is not well, that reported victories are not victories, and actual victories are secured at immense cost. The Socialists are doing their utmost to foster unrest. Criticism of the Kaiser’s advisers is far more open than is tolerated in places. Refugees from East Prussia total three hundred thousand.

LONSDALE’S CASE. Copenhagen, January 9. Lonsdale’s application for appeal to the Military High Court has been granted. (Lonsdale, a British prisoner in Germany, was sentenced to death for insubordination.) NO “HOLY WAR.’’ Paris, January 10. All Turkish' attempts to proclaim a “holy war” at Bagdad were unsuccessful. “WILLIAM’S WILL.” The Germans mulcted Valenciennes of two million francs, as a protest against some people being found in possession of copies of a song entitled “William’s Will,” and imposed a lino of a million because flour that had been requisitioned was not forthcoming. The whole population, including the poorest, have combined to raise lines, to prevent the threatened execution of the Mayor.

ATROCSTIES IN FRANCE. According to the French official report on German atrocities in France, the participators in pillage at Chateau--I,aye included, not the Crown Prince, hut his'brother-in-law, the Duke of Brunswick. The report mentions tho names of eight generals and noblemen permitting massacres and vandalism. WILSON AND POINCARE. President Wilson, in a letter to President Poincare, regretting that the latter is unable to visit the American Academy, expresses America’s friendliest sentiments towards the citizens of 'France. EDISON ON THE WAR. New York, January 10. Edison, asked for an opinion on tho war, said it will last till 1917. llie submarine bad proved the greatest naVal offensive instrument, but probably Britain’s newest Dreadnoughts would provide protection whereby the effects of the torpedoes would, bo greatly minimised. Germany’s capital error was in mistaking Franco and Britain for decadent nations. The sooner- the German military caste system was ended, the better for Germany. The -present war had taught the world that killing men was merely a •scientific proposition, hut the length of wars was dependent on other factors. THE PRISONERS AT LODZ. Berlin, January 9. The Vorwaerts publishes a German surgeon’s statement that prisoners at Lodz were extremely well treated, and all were praising the Russians. A Marconi- wireless was received from Austria, requesting information of the fate of imprisoned Austrians, li unsatisfactory, Austria threatened to alter her treatment in the case of future prisoners. Amsterdam, January 10.

The Prussian Government lias forbidden festivities on the Kaiser’s birthday (January 27), and recommends religious observances. The Ministry for war has cancelled the usual parades and substituted a church parade. BISHOP SENTENCED TO DEATH. /■> ? i i Rome, January 9. The Catholic Bishop of Haiffa, a port of Syria, has been sentenced to death in absentia for preaching in favour of the Allies.