Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 56, 9 March 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

THE STOPPAGE OF RACING. CONCERN FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. BELGIANS, SUN IS CLOUDED. United Press Association. (.Received 9 a.m.) London, March 8. Lord Dunraven, in a letter to the press, supports the stoppage of Ascot and Epsom festivals. Lord Rosebery’s Napoleonic comparison was undoubted, he writes, but then we had only ourselves to consider. Now we had our neighbours, whose feelings might he wounded, and we should not amuse ourselves while the Belgians’ sun is clouded. MISCELLANEOUS. London, March 8. Dissatisfied with the Government’s attitude in regard to food prices, the Labor Party’s War Emergency Committee has summoned a national conference on Friday to discuss it- Although there are no strikes in London. there is widespread discontent owing to the dearness oi food. London, March 8,

The market for all war risks has widened. Business is easy, and a cheerful feeling prevails. The impression is that never since the start of the war has the watch of the Navy been keener or more effective.

Tlio Times, in a leader, declares that with the definite and permanent withdrawal of the Ship Purchase Bill there disappears the potent possibility of friction between the United States and the Allies.