General.
MISCELLANEOUS. United Phesb Association. London, .May 1. The Daily Telegraph says the Government intends to tax increased profits of manufacturers of war materials, based on the average earnings for two or three weeks before the wa r. .Negotiations in the coal crisis have broken down. It is feared that only immediate Government action will prevent a strike. The miners’ conference unanimously rejected the employers’ oiler of an immediate increase in wages, and decided to leave-the claim of 20 per cent, increase entirely to Mr Asquith’s decision. Lord Guram, speaking at Caxtou Hall: “We have got to punish Germany for her abominable crimes, and chain up the mad dog of Lurope. fhe one in v had shown no mercy to anybody, and there was no reason why mercy should ho shown to him. Me have to endure for months a sacrifice greater than anything yet sustained, •iud' we ought to calculate the war into I DIO, while it might'last beyond that year.” London, May 1. Turkish communiques have been making ridiculous claims, including one that they have driven most of the Australians and New Zealanders into the sea, and that the remainder surrendered.
The Daily Chronicle remarks that the Australians and New Zealanders were given the post of honoi tlneatcning the Narrows forts, which must be the first main objective.'
The Evening Standard says the fortune of war has at last been given to the Australians and Xew Zealanders and in turn they are making the best use of it. The Dardanelles operations have special dangers, being met wy special and peculiar skill and valor.
Athens, May 1. It is reported that the Australians, through the medium of a ruse, captured 070 prisoners, including' two German officers. Sofia, May 1. The Turks are hurriedly sending great reinforcements to the Gulf ol Saves and' the shores of the Sea of Marmora. Copenhagen, May 1. A message from Berlin says Djavid Bey has arranged a Turkish war loan of fifty million sterling. Melbourne, May 1. Lord Liverpool cabled to Sir R. Muiuo-Fergnson (Governor-General), conveying the pride the Dominion feit at being associated with the forces of the Commonwealth in the great undertaking at the Dardanelles, and rejoicing that the two forces so signally distinguished themselves. Sir R. Munro-Fergnson replied, thanking Lord Liverpool for this fresh testimony of the strength of the Bonds uniting Australasia. “Our pride in the valor of our men increases the knowledge that New Zealand’s sons fought shoulder to shoulder and shared the glory of the battlefield.” Amsterdam, May 1. The Prize Court at Hamburg awarded several Dutch companies indemnities for the seizure and detention of trawlers. London, May 1. The I'2fl torpedoed the Russian coal steamer Svorao off the Kerry coast. She sank in twelve minutes. The crow was saved in the boats. Xew York, May 1. Fifty anonymous telegrams were received fly wealthy Americans aboard the Lusitania, on the point of sailing, warning them that the lines would lie torpedoed. Relatives of passengers besieged them, hogging them to abandon the voyage. The majority, however, departed. Foreigners round the docks passed the word that death accompanies the Lusitania this voyage, Unis creating a panic. London, May 1. War Office lists show 039 officers killed, wounded and prisoners in Europe. Asia and Africa from March 27 to April 25, and 19,159 men from March I I to April Id. The figures include 25d officers and 5218 men killed. London, May 1. The Gorman losses in Flanders for the past week are unofficially estimated at 25,000 to 30,000.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 2, 3 May 1915, Page 8
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588General. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 2, 3 May 1915, Page 8
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