Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 51, 30 June 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

TtyE LOSSES TO DATE. I . 6,0«*,0K) MEN : : 500 SHIPS. fcp;: V 1 I « PuBBB ASSOCIATION. i. (Received 9 a.m.) London, June 29. On a conservative estimate, the losses if the various belligerents to ■tVte ire six million men (dead, /ffound/d, or prisoners') and over live hundrld ships, inculdiug 120 war I i i t- , OVERSEAS CONFERENCE. K ■ ■ , ■ ■THE TIMES REVIVES DISCUSSION |. i ..... .... L" (Received 9.0 a.m.) ►W London, June 29. I The Times is again urging the Gov-L-nment to hold an Overseas Confer-

WOMEN ANSWER THE CALL. (Received 9.0 'a.m.) London, Juno 29. [There is a daily increase of ladies Uiing up work to release men for reinjting. Some Australian and New uMand women are acting as painters |d doing light physical fork.

’HE MUNITIONS SUPPLY. SSISTINO THE GOVERNMENT. (Received 8.50 a.m.) London, Juno 29. Messrs Kynock. Ltd., Birmingham, Id a dividend of twenty per cent. | Arthur Chamberlain presiding at L annual meeting, said they had tae Government’s disposal I whole of the trade secrets without Itineration. Proceeding, Mr ChainBain, said that much of the critiKti of the methods of the War Office Ee from people without business Ining. There had been some n.bLs, but i;he War Offices work cm I whole 'had been done splendidly. I supply of drink should be dras■ly curtailed. Limitation of the ■ts of armament firms would ic- | jn a reduction, not increase, of But. Messrs Join Brown and Co., Ltd.. Be a profit of 12 J * per cent. Lord Bconway presiding at the meeting, ■ that if the supply of munitions ■ •hurt it; was not the fault of the Bmeilt firms, as the Government H* encouraged them to do more Btimes they found themselves in Bico pf the Government’s deBs. A foolish agitation had been Bee red to limit the armament ■ profits, but if the business had it would have been ■ costly.

nal relief committee.

(Received 11.40 a.rn.) London, June 20. Hon.' Peter Mcßride (Agcntil tor Victoria), has joined the ive of the N'ational Committee ief for Bel ilium, as representaL the Self-governing Domin-

WAR LOAN APPLICATIONS. (Received 11.40 a.m.) London, June 29. The Prudential Insurance Company has applied for three million of the war loan.

COMPULSORY FOR LABOR. REGISTRATION IN COUNTRY’S INTERESTS. (Received 11,40 a.m.) London, June 29. Mr Long, in the House of Commons, briefly outlined the scheme for compulsory local registration for men and women between fifteen years and six-ty-five. Particulars asked include age, what employment, and whether there is a special form of labor the persons are willing to volunteer for apart from that wherein they are at present engaged. The Local Government Board will control the registration, and there will be penalties for non-compliance. The object of the Act is not to coerce labor, but-to secure complete and generally satisfactory organisation. The Government believed the resources of the country would be sufficient if mobilised.

SIR JOHN FRENCH. THROUGH FEMININE EYES. AN OPINION ON CENSORSHIP. Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8.0 a.rn.) London, June 29. Miss Mary Rinehart, an American writer, who interviewed Sir John French, says: “He gave me the unexpected impression that he was not emotional. Reports suggested that he was austere, but I found a man with a fighting jaw and a sensitive mouth greatly beloved by those who are closest to him. After talking to him, I am convinced it is not his policy which dictates silence about the army, nor would shout to the world the names of the heroes of the British Army and publish great rolls of honor. But comparative silence has been his de-

cree. “America knows more of the great human interest iu this war than England. Few in England get the news which the great American dailies are publishing. It is an unprecedented situation, which the English have born in silence. With the progress of the months, they have been receiving the bare official despatches, and there is a tendency to protest. They want the j true picture of the conditions. They want to know what the army is doing. and what their sons are doing. And they have a right to know.”

VICTORIA CROSS HEROES. D.S.O.’s FOR CANADIANS. (Received 12.T0 p.m.) London, Jane 20. Ten Victohia Crosses have been awa rdell. Lieutenant Smyth, of ihe Indian Army, at Richobonrgli on May IS. with ten volunteers, carried ninety bombs within twenty yards of the enemy, am! after two parties liar) faded, finally Smyth and two others (eight having been killed or wounded) swam

:i stream while' exposed to howitzer, shrapnel, machine gun and iiHe tire. Fcmadar Mir, for dash with whieh lie assisted in the rescue of eight. British and Indian officers. | Lancs-Corporal Angas, of the Sth Territorial Highland Light Infantry, I who sustained forty wounds white rescuing a wounded officer. I Ssrgeant-Major Barter, of the Welsh Fu -iliers. When the first line of Herman trenches were captured at Festuhert on May 16. called for volunteers, eight responded, and Barter attached the German position with bombs,captu ring three officers and 102 men and five hundi'ed yards of trenches. Barter subsequently discovered and cut eleven of the enemy’s mine leads. Lance-Corporal Finlay, of the Second Black Watch, led twelve bombers on May !) at Hue dn Bois, and finally ordered two survivors to crawl back while he himself carried a wounded man safely over one linndi'ed yai’ds of fires wept ground. Private Lynn, of the Second Lancashire Fusiliers, when almost overcome with gas at Ypres on May 2, handled a machine-gun with such effect that he rallied his comrades. Lynn died from the effects of gas on the following day. Corporal Ripley, of the First Black Watch, was the first to reach the enemy’s parapets on May 9 at Bue du Bois, and thence directed the men to gaps in the German entanglements, and finally established a fire position and held it until all his men had fallen, and Ripley was badly wounded in the head. Corporal Sharpe, of the Second Lincolnshires, was the first to reach the German trenches on May 9 at Rougesbanks,. and used bombs with such determination that he himself cleared fifty yards of trenches; later four others joined him, and they captured a further 250 yards. Corpcral Upton, of the First Sherwoods, for conspicuous gallantry in rescuing wounded in the same fight. Private Warner, of the First Bedfordshires, after a trench on Hill 60 had been vacated on May 1 owing to gas, Warner re-entered, and singlehanded prevented the enemy taking possession. Reinforcements were unable to reach Warner owing to gas, and Warner then came back and brought up more men until he was completely exhausted. The trench was held throughout the attack, but Warner died soon after from gas poisoning. Major McCraig and Major C. B. Wright (Canadians) received Distinguished Service Orders for gallantry at Ypres in April.