Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 73, 26 July 1915, Page 6

Great Britain

NATIONAL £ATSIOTIC ORGANI-

SATION. FREE TAXATIOM QUESTION. -Cniteb Press Association. (Received '■!-"> ai>i.) London,- July 2a. The'National- Patriotic Organisation has arranged 'meetings in the chief * centres-for August 4th, at which citizens Will be asked to record thoir unalterable .determination to continue'to a victorious end and ■ *jii;! : ideals of liberty and jii-tico f*ir vhkh the Allies are united in a common

sacred cause. • ... v The" Spectator 'states* that if necessary, we must have |n : dire«t taxation, and suggests a* national' octroi . ; nst*!<d of a tariff. The.paper, adds that, five per cenf&mdh port duties would'b* largely productive, but must ,not be a protectionist tariff. Several London Newspapers advocate the revocation of Orders in Council regarding cotton. HONORS FOR HEROES. (Received 8.20 a.m.) , ' Loudon, July 20. Victoria Crosses have been awarded to Captain Jothan. Kilty First Sikhs. On the seventh of January, at Tokhi Valley, 1500,, tribesmen attacked Jothan and a dozen Waziri.stan-.Mili-tia. /Captain Jothan ordered a .retirement, and sacrificed his life to rescue a man who lost his horse. ... Second Lieutenant Moor. THird H/impshires, bravery and resource at Krithia. When his battalion lost all its officers and were, rapidly retiring before a heavy attack Moor, realising the danger of the remainder, dashed back two hundred yards, led the men. and recaptured a trench. LancerCorporal''Tombs/ First Liverpool Regiment, for gallantry at Rue-du-Bois., On .his own, initiative he crawled out repeatedly under heavy shell and inachitie-gun.firo and rescued four men a hundred yards from the front of the trenches. Twelve D.tt.O's. have been awarded, including Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson,, Fifth Koyal Scots, for boldly recapturing a trench at Krithia whence the troops of another division bad been forced back.

Thirty-three military grosses have been awarded.. "';,". /