Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 32, 9 February 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

104,000 CASUALTIES. BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE United Press Association. (Received 9.25 a.m.) London, February 8. Mr Asquith, the Premier, in the House of Commons, said the casualties of the Expeditionary Force to the 4th inst. were 104,000. PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES TO COST 346 MILLIONS. (Received 8.5 a.m.) Loudon, February 8. Mr G. N. Bames, Labor M.P. for Glasgow, Blackfriars, stated that tjhe actuarial estimates show that pensions and allowances had been recommended by the Select Committee to cost 346 millions.

POPE’S PRAYER FOR PEACE.

(Received 8.5 a.m.) London, February 8

The Pope’s prayer for peace was offered in Westminster Cathedral and other Catholic churches in Europe. Sixty thousand attended St. Peter’s, Rome, and there was an immense congregation in Paris at Notre Dame Cathedral,

COUNT LA LAING’S ILL-HEALTH.

(Received 12.45 p.m.) London, February 8. Count La Laing has resigned owing to ill-health. BERLIN AND VIENNA. Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, February 8. . A neutral from Berlin says the difference between Berlin and Vienna is very marked. The war has made life in Vienna livelier, owing to th streams of wealthy Galician refugees lavishly spending. Museums and universities have been transformed into hospitals. Compared with Berlin there is less talk spies, less talk of war, less bitterness against England. He J had heard Berlin described as all optimism and seriousness, and Vienna as all pessimism and gaiety. The Viennese do not take a happy issue of the war for granted as the Berliners do, but they still have great confidence) in their powerful ally. Mr J. H. Thomas, Labor M.P. for Derby, addressing the railwaymen at Leicester, said that negotiations for increased wages were progressing satisfactorily. Anyone advising a strike at the present would not only bp guilty of a crime but would do the greatest disservice to workers.