Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 61, 15 March 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

MISCELLANEOUS.

United Press Association.

London, March 14

Germany having refused to supply coal to Switzerland, Britain has offered all that is needed.

In the House of Commons, Dr MacNamara, Secretary to the Admiralty stated that every loss of the British mercantile marine was published, and nothing was suppressed.

In order to relieve the congestion in the dock the Port of London Authority is erecting additional sheds with a storage capacity of 3,500 tons. A largo part will be completed in three weeks, and the whole in two months. Mr McKenna, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, said the Government was aware that a Britisher was publishing aii English newspaper at Berlin and disseminating false news regarding Britain and the neutrals. In the House of Commons, Mr Dalziel said there was overwhelming evidence of the unsatisfactory treatment meted out to Britiish prisoners in Germany. They were not receiving food and money sent by their relatives and their letters were strictly censored. One wrote: "We're as happy as if wo were at Dartmoor." Probably the censor thought that Dartmoor was some palace, and did not delete the word. As the outcome of meetings of the Conciliation Board in England and North Wales the colleries will amend the proposals to submit to the owners. A miners' strike is considered unlikely. The South Wales Federation rejected an offer of a ten per cent, war bonus.

Mr Lloyd George, referring to the Defence of the Realm Act Amend merit, said that business men would be subjected to "some inconvenience, but til at was inevitable in war time. "Instead of business as usual," we want "Victory as usual" and that is impossible unless everybody in the community is prepared to suffer all kinds of inconvenience and discomforts, even sacrifice. It is essential that Britain shall increase enormously her output of ammunition. "The use of tills drasfc'C measure would not be justified unless he felt that they could not proceed further without it. The national need was so overwhelming, and those aware of the military position understood how much depended upon getting an adequate and overwhelming supply of explosives at the critical moment.