GENERAL WAR NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 58, 6 November 1915, Page 8

GENERAL WAR NEWS

i l ; Mi eo J’bbsb Association. 1 London, November o. Thirty-six Distinguished Service Orders and sixty-five Military Crosses have been awarded to members of the Home forces, principally in connection with the lighting at Loos and Huliuch. Quartermaster-Sergeant V ictor Land of the New Zealand Artillery, has been fined one hundred pounds for wearing an officer’s uniform with three decorations. Prisoner pleaded that shrapnel had turned his head a little. Britain joined with Russia in the .protest to Persia, which litis replied that the rumor of an agreement with Turkey was unfounded. Colonel Repington, commenting on the recent fighting, say* that it there is anything to regret it is that with the growth of the armies the great qualities of Sir John French as a leader of troops are no longer available in the fighting line, as ho has been forced to delegate to others the fighting duties. There has been no other such master since Lord Roberts. In the House of Commons, Mr A. W. Yeo asked if the I’ost Office would refund the postage on thousands of parcels that had not been delivered to troops at the Dardanelles, but had accumulated and were spoiled at Alexandria. Mr Herbert Samuel said that a special injury was proceeding. The service was necessarily slow, owing to transport difficulties, and numerous parcels were insecurely packed and not deliverable. Swiss Socialist newspapers allege that unofficial conferences between General von Bulow and representatives of several of the belligerents will shortly occur at Lucerne, on the subject of peace. The statement is ridiculed, and is probably part of the German propaganda to interfere with the much-needed recruiting.

Au Athens telegram states that Greece lias refused to demobilise before the loan is fully paid, and this indicates an Allied loan to Greece. Serbian refugees are arriving in largo numbers at Salonika, making the economic situation extremely difficult. Food is scarce, owing to the presence of the international troops. Amsterdam, November 5. According to German newspapers a sporting element enters into the position in Mesopotamia. The British and Turkish forces are racing to occupy Bagdad, and it is questionable which will win. Paris, November 4. The Admiralty states that the submarine Turquoise has been sunk by gunfire in the Sea of Marmora. Twenty-six of the crew were taken prisoner. New York, November 5. A lire in the cargo of sugar on the British steamer Euterpe is believed to be the work of an incendiary. Damage to the cargo, which was consigned to the British Government, i.s 25,000 dollars. The vessel was on*y slightly damaged. President Wilson says that the only thing within the United States that is causing concern is that recently certain voices, professedly American, aud it was high time the nation called them to reckoning. He did not believe that America would take another foot of territory by conquest.