Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 20, 24 May 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

NATJOS3 A L GOVERNMENT.

NEWSPAPER FORECAST. ft viteh f v<*kih iation. 1 (Received !) ji.m.) London, May 2'i, Some newspapers forecast the following: Home Secretary, .Mr. McKenna; Colonial Office, Mr. Chamberlain; War, Lord Kitchener; Minister of Munitions, Mr. Honor Law; Secretary for India, Mr. Churchill; Works, Lord Sel bourne; Attouey-Ceneral, Mr. Smith. THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. (Received 8.10 a.m.) London. May 23. The London County Council lias instructed the tramway strikers eligible for military or naval service to return their uniforms and badges, as the Council had decided to appoint men above the military age as motor conductors during the period ol the war.

NATURALISED GERMANS’ GIFT

(Received 8.10 a.m.) London, May 23. One Licoy, a German, who is naturalised in Hull, handed the mayor £2OO for the master and crew of. any Yorkshire vessel sinking a German submarine. THE PUBLIC IN THE DARK. (Received 1.15 p.m.) London, May 23. The Right Hon. James Lother, in a speech at Penrith, said that everyone in Germany was doing their share. The same. could not be said of the British people. The Government which, so far as he knew, was carrying on the war efficiently and successfully, had suddenly found it necessary to reorganise themselves. Even now, the gravity of the situation was not being revealed to the public. SIR GEORGE REID INTERVIEWED (Received 9 a.m.) London, May 23. Sir George Reid, in an interview, rejoiced at the prospect of a truly National Cabinet. If the change was due to friction, all he could say was “God bless Friction!” He considered a National Cabinet most practicable, the more so' since the war began, in order to develop our resources to the fullest limit.

Sir George Reid concluded: "The way in which the Opposition parties in all Parliaments of the Empire supported their respective Governments in furthering military activities is on the same high plane of patriotism as shown by tho Parliament of the Motherland. MISCELLANTOUS'. UNITED PHEM As" nn TATTOI» London, May 22. The Prize Court has condemned as enemy property 447 bales of wool shipped in the. Clan Davidson from Sydney by Messrs Dohnert, Muller, Schmidt and Co.

The Hon. F. W. Young (AttorneyGeneral for South Australia) has transmitted £5750 to the Belgian fund on behalf of South Australia, the Hon. Peter Mcßride (Agent-General for Victoria) £3500 on behalf of the Victorian State Schools Patriotic League, and £2OOO from the Geelong district. Tasmania sent £220. The fund now totals £340,000.

Mr Runciman states that measures have been taken to expedite the discharge of Australian and New Zealand refrigerated cargoes. The Daily Telegraph, states that banking magnates in the city approached Mr Asquith and expressed regret at the announcement that Mr Lloyd George was being transferred to the War "Office post. Mr Asquith decided that Mr Lloyd George would remain at the Treasury.

The newspapers unanimously denounce the Daily Mail attack on Lord Kitchener, especially the disparaging reference to Lord Kitchener’s military