Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 75, 31 March 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

REVIEWOF THE POSmOH,

FRANCE S IMPASSABLE BARRIER

RUSSIA USED ONLY FIVE PER CENT. , Unitid Pbess Association. (Received 11.15 a.m.) Paris, March 30. A review of the war sums up the position to January 10th as follows,: Germany hag failed to Crusfh France and has sustained a severe' defeat, which is of high significance. ■ France established an impassable barrier against the most formidable effort ever attempted. France will make an effort in her own time, the necessary means being ready. The Germans at A pres showed (they were insufficiently prepared for the offensive.

France is daily strengthening and the British are heavily reinforced, the number training in England being very large. Russia continues to draw on her immense 1 reservoir, of recruits, hitherto having only used five per cent. 11 France is superior to Germany because the latter’s wastage is greater and her losses double ours. As Germany’s resources are largely expended they are scarcely sufficient to offer a defensive.

France will begin the offensive with an entirety of forces. ,

GENEROUS GIFTS FROM SYDNEY (Received 11.30 a.m.) London, March 30. The Queen inspected the Sydney war chest gifts, and thanked Lady Coghlan and the donors for their generosity. United Pbess Association. London, March 30. A deputation, representing the leading shipbuilders in the United Kingdom, urged the closing of publichouses and clubs in areas were munitions are manufactured. They asserted that the average time worked in most yards, despite day and night work for seven days, was below nor- ’ mal before the war. Eighty per cent, of the loss was due to drink. In one instance a battleship requiring immedite repairs was delayed a whole day because the rivetters were drinking. More curtailment would not meet tho problem, Mr Lloyd George said his own information was equally startling. The greatest of these deadly foes was drink, and excessive drinking was seriously interfering with our output of munitions, which must be enormously increased to eable us to