Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 20, 25 January 1915, Page 5

Germany

ANOTHER "SCRAP OF PAPER " THROWN TO THE WINDS. AIR WARFARE AND THE HAGUE CONVENTION. (Received 8.40 a.m.) r London, January 21. The North Geramn Gazette, supplementing the Berlin justification cabled on the 22nd, semi-officially claims that international law relating to air craft is not binding in the present war, and states that the old terms of the Hague Convention conicerning bombs has expired, while Germany, France, and Russia have not ratified the new terms. The statement adds: The Hague regulations do not refer to air warfare. WAR PLANNED LAST SPRING. United Peess Association. Rome, January 24. A correspondent at Venice states that Vienna newspapers for the first time frankly acknowledge that the pre. sent war was planned between the Kaiser and the late Archduke Franz Ferninand, last spring.

BONUSES FOR COMBATANTS. Amsterdam, January 24. The Reichs Anzieger states that prizes ranging from £25 to £125 are offered to the first soldier landing in Britain as a combatant, to the crew of every airship flying to the English coast and dropping bombs, and to the aviator dropping the first bomb in Dover. "PORK FOR THE FLEET." Times and Sydney Sun Bkbviob». London, January 23. Rotterdam reports that German agents have been buying large quantities of salt pork for several weeks, and are speeding up deliveries, saying the pork is wanted immediately for the fleet, which is preparing for early activity.