Second Edition. In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 45, 23 June 1915, Page 6

Second Edition. In the West

MENTIONED |N DESPATCHES.

• United Pbebi Association.

(Received 2.10 p.m.)

London, June 22

' Sir John French’s despatches mention Lieutenant L. F. Robinson, of Armoured Tt-ain (a Victorian); Captain J. T. McColl, of the Commonwealth Forces; Lieutenant J. L. Turner, or New Zealand Artillery; and Lieuten-ant-Colonel Hayes, of the Middlesex Regiment (a Victorian).

GENERAL WAR S^WS.

London, June 22. Times and Sydney Sun Service London, June 21,

An experiment in qpeh air treatment of wounds at Cambridge proved that the greatest success was obtained with wards wide open to the winds and sun. It is recognised that it is not the wounds hut the germs entering them which kill. Ten thousand nine hundred and forty-four patients were treated suffering from septic wounds, tef anus',pneumonia, and typhoid from Flanders, and tlierc were only eightyfive deaths. ?

Sir Thqraas has arranged extensive settlements for time-pxr plied English soldiers on the Canadian Pacific Company’s western lands at the conclusion of the war.i

Unrid Fsmt Amoo^akon. Directly Mr McKenna excluded Ids speech enormous queues of city men commenced to assemble at the Bank pf England to await the' prospectus. The general opinion is that the investment is the most attractive one of modern times, and particular approval is given to the facilities offered to small subscribers. A dozen vans carried consignments of* the prospectus to the railway *termini for distribution i in the provinces. The National Union of Railwqymen’s conference, representing 302,000 men, has opened at Nottingham. Mr Bellamy, the president, stated the -war could only be won by: the .workers and the \yerkshops of the country. investigations have revealed that duping the war Britain must be Urgely self-supporting .in meat for civilian consumption. Householders will havp to be satisfied with' three-fifths of the normal quantify., I ■ x An . Australian at the Dardanelles writes :—The Turkij sehpi to be making their last desperate stand before their frjgm .pnd tjie fighting has become one rtmtihuous battle, daypight. We are more like spectators than anything else. The wily Turk very selddm shows himself outside, his trenches, and is dug in so skilfully that artillepy has npt much effect. There is one hill from where the Turks, have keen entrenched since the start. We -have qwered it with shells, knocked lumps off it, and vaked it for days, and when we ceased the Turk came out with his six-inch guns and spat at us. g I; • Amsterdam reports that Professbr Kraws has returned from his medical ■visit to the King of Greece. He <leclares the King was neither poisoned nor wounded, but was suffering from a natural -illness, which ‘developed into pleurisy. The American Embassy at Beilin i has submitted a report to the British iloveyunept of the civil.internment camp at Ruble ben, where practically all the 4500 British prisoners l are interned. The'report shows many 'improvements in the new barracks * have; ended over-crowding. huU arrangements have been made lor football, music, and amusements. system of relief.-has been instituted, providing extra food and clothing. Lecturing before the war committee at Berlin, Professor Ballad said, according to the London Times, that the shortage of German food supplies was only twelve per centum, so that the attempt to starve Germany had failed. The dagger now to be averted was that of excessive optimism, which might Result in waste. If the war lasted another year Germany would have to practice great economy. There would be sufficient bread and potatoes, but the authorities wotfid have to reduce the meat consumption.

Copenhagen, June 22

An official report says no Order of Merit was conferred, op the submarine captain for sinking the Lusitania.

Commander Her sing, of the U2l, received an Order as a reward for his five-thousand kilometre trip in the Dardanelles', which resulted in the sinking of two British warships.

Rome, June 21

A,u auxiliary cruiser, after a hot chase, captured an Austrian naptha ship 160 .-miles off Naples, conveying submarine .supplies.

Antivari, June 22

t Numerous mutinies have broken out von Austrian warships. Several Italian speaking sailors were hanged on the yard-arm. • j.w

Sydney, June 22

Mr Samuel Hordern has given £IOOO to the Australia Day Fund, conditionally that the money -goes to the lied, Cross. If all the, money collected goes to the Red*Cross Mr Hordern will give a further £IOOO. Mr -Hoithan states the Red Cross handles: the whole of the collected moneys.