Second Edition. At The Dardanelles

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 87, 12 August 1915, Page 6

Second Edition. At The Dardanelles

SOMETHING for empire. HISTORY-MAKING AUSTRALASIANS. United Press Association. • (Received 2 p.m.) London,- August 11. General Sir Tan Hamilton attributes tbe gain to the gallantry and dash of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

ALLIES LANDED 50,000.

(Received 2 p.m.)

Constantinople, August 11

The Turkish Minister of War, in an interview, said the Allies landed 50,000 troops at the Dardanelles. THE STATE MOURNS. SYMPATHETIC REFERENCE BY PRIM€ MINISTER. Per • Press Association. ' Wellington, August 12. Referring to the casualty lists/ the Prime Minister states "The lives of many brave men are part of the price of Empire which we are being called upon to

pay. The State again, mourns for t its dead, for those who have given their lives on behalf of their fellow-citizens and for the honor of the Nation, and our hearts go out in sympathy ,to the relatives and friends of those fallen —to the widows , and orphans. It is for us who are .left behind,. not only In this country, but in other Dominions of the Empire, to see

that the undertaking in which

our man lost thejr lives is carried through to a satisfactory ending, so that the sacrifices which have been made shall not have been in vain.” I DARDANELLES MUST BE FORCED GERMANY’S TREATMENT OF ! '< < ROUMANIA. 5 ' Received .2.1(5* ip-ui.) j. ~ Bucharest, August IT.'

A financial catastrophe threatens owing to the accumulation of wheat wortji Jsijkty ijfilJ ■ jidn^>ster|ii|g., UtWV are pressing for** permisslolf hut this is .impossible., as Germany is withholding* ‘trucks iti"punishment for Roumania’s refusal of a passage tor ■munitions towards Turkey. The only remedy is the forcing of the Dardanelles when this is accomplished. It is feared there will he a rising of the peasantry unless the prohibition of exportation is removed.