Notes on the Campaign.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1915, Page 3

Notes on the Campaign.

“VERY LIKE A WHALE!” Timm and Sydney Sen Biißviowa, London, January 11. A whale drifted ashore on the Dutch coast riddled with three-inch .shells. It had apparently been mistaken for a submarine. FLOODS IN THE CARPATHIANS. Vienna reports that several rivers in the Carpathians have overflowed, and the country is flooded, making a continuation of operations impossible. THOSE GERMAN ATROCITIES. The French Government is printing hundreds of thousands of the reports of the German atrocities and placing them at the disposal of neutrals. THE PRINCE OF WALES. A Hertfordshire Territorial writes: “The Prince of Wales led Hertfordshires to the trenches on Boxing Day, after a march of twenty miles, to relieve the Indians.” SCHOOLBOYS FOR THE ARMY. Amsterdam reports that parents in Germany have been instructed to remove schoolboys of fourteen years for the purpose of military training. ARGUMENT FOR CONSCRIPTION. United Peebb Association. London, January 11. j Mr Ramsay MacDonald, M.P., speaking at Paddington, said: “1 he war has provided unanswerable arguments in favor of conscription. Today'we are relying on Conscriptionist Prance. We could imt enter any alliance again, and tell the Allies to wait for six months before our troops could support them in til© trenches.”

THE WHEAT PROSPECTS. The Times says the very good Argentine wheat crop will suffice to i&efck exaggeration of prices this year. India has some expectation of a record yield. The release of tonnage owing to there being no Australian shipments should tend to relieve the heavy Argentine freights. The authorities at Delhi report that they expect a large exportable surplus, of wheat if the weather continues favorable. INSURANCE CLAIMS. Industrial life offices have already paid £225,000 on 11,000 claims for soldiers and sailors killed in the war. i SOISSONS CATHEDRAL. Paris, January 11. Forty German shells on Saturday night‘ala ranged the facade of Soissoua Cathedral beyond repair. AVIATORS AT D.OMKIRK. Aviators flew over Dunkirk, and threw thirty bombs. . Casualties were few and damage slight, owing to precautions, 1

;HEW ZEALANDERS GETTING Fit. Cairo, January 11. General Maxwell and Birdwood reviewed the New Zealanders, and Hon. Thomas Mackenzie (New Zealand’s High Commissioner) addressed them. Ho said they would proceed to the front immediately they were fit.