General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 28, 3 February 1915, Page 5

General News

GERMAN TEMPERAMENT.

SATURATED WITH BELLIGERENT EMOTIONS. CALCULATED POLICY OF TERRORISATION. Fiusc and Bydniy Sun Bimvioil. (Received 8 a.in.) London, February 2. The translation by Professor Morgan of the instructions issued to the German general staff is filled with sensational revelations of how the temperament of the Germans is saturated with belligerent emotions. It discloses a calculated policy of terrorisation of every description, and describes the Hague Convention as the crest of the wave of sentimentalism and flabby emotion, in fundamental contradiction to the nature and object of the war.

LITERATURE AND WAR. Timm and Sydney Sun B*bvio«B. London, February 2. Libraries report that the public taste is for books engrossed in the war. Bernhardi comes first in demand, followed by Professor Cramb and Usslier. There are enormous sales of King Albert’s and Princess Mary’s books, but a general slump in novels, while a wonderful revival of sales of Kipling’s works is recorded. NEW POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE. Ttvss and Sydniy Sun Sibvioib. London, February 2. The Germans are employing an’ extremely powerful explosive, which the French have christened “bottles of champagne,” the word bottle being used because the missile is cylindrical, and of the size of a champagne bottle.' The shell is supposed to be filled with liquid air or liquid carbonic acid. The missiles are thrown some 300 yards by mortars, and, without great initial velocity, the explosive makes a hole 40 feet in diameter and 30 feet deep.

FIGHTING THE BABY-KILLERS. Tiuxi and Sydney Sun Sieviom. London, February 2. A naval chaplain who was present at the North Sea fight writes:—“The public would -have loved to have heard the cries of the men as they loaded the guns: ‘That’s for Scarborough!’ ‘That’s for the baby-killers!’ Then they sang ‘Tipperary.’ The enthusiasm was intense. For the evening service we had a voluntary attendance, and the battery-deck was crammed. The men realised their gratitude to God.” THE KAISER AGEING. Tiuim and Sydney Sun Siayioaa. London, February 2r The Times’ Amsterdam correspondent says that when a picture' was shown at a cinema theatre of the Kaiser visiting the troops, a murmur ran through the house, “How small he’s become!” The impression is confirmed by a new and striking portrait. His features are sharp, and his cheek-bones and nose more aquiline.