GENERAL WAR NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 60, 9 November 1915, Page 6

GENERAL WAR NEWS

United Press Association. ; London. November 8. j The Kaiser, reviewing fifty thousand troops at Thielt, prior to then ' departure for the front, said: "It is mi the Western front where necessity' lor success is paramount. JJritaiu lias dragged in other Powers to help to. crush the only nation she feared. By} tfie Grace of Cod \V« ar« ma renins triumphantly to a final victory." j An undispatched letter Found on the body of a German officer on the Kastern front says that the Russians are fighting as they never fought before'. The German failure's are due to the recent drafts proving worthless. They, are ready to bolt at the moment the .Russians appear. , The German people have been asked to send jewel.s and gold coins to the imperial bank, owing to the scarcity of sold. . I The German press is disappointed at the firmness of Mr Asquith's speech.. It expected some reference to the possibility of a peace compromise would be made. i Petrograd, November 7. j A neutral resident of Turkey who lias arrived in Copenhagen says that Mr Asquith underestimated the mim-j her of Turks at the Dardanelles, which' was nearly half a million. They had had terrible hoses of killed and. wounded. Constantinople needed help very much. Supplies and ammunition. were lacking. The city was swarming with Germans. 1 General Brusioff told a representa-, tive of the Bourse Gazette, who wasj visiting the front, that he was disgusted with the pusillanimity displayed in Petrograd and the stupid rumors. 1 He, said that there was no doubt if. the enemy was brought to a halt he woidd not possess sufficient strength to overthrow the Russians, who will advance at the proper time and drive the Germans forth. It. is essential| that the public remain calm, and that] the troops be amply supplied ">\ itli am-] munition and well clad, fed ami shod., Germany was sending to the war crip-, pies and old men. Disgrace and death was the porl ion of those who were dreaming of peace. I' »«« better to] die than even to think of failure. '■ The Xovoe Yreynia interviewed General Dimitrieff, who said that he firmly believes the great masses of Bulgaria are averse to the political in-| trigue and regard events with sorrow'. The Bulgarians had been led into self-immolation, and King Vo(\dinand is indifferent whether the Bulgarians survive or perish. He is losing Tibtliing. Genera) Dimitrieff thinks that the Bulgarians will not offer a determined resistance to the Russian fcFOOpS, and says: "If my voice reaches Bulgaria, 1. believe my old nru/y H ill heed it." Basle. November 8. French aviators, destroyed a large voisonoits gas factory at Dornach, in Alsace. The explosion workers and the German colonel -<'ho 7;ks mannger. while others are in hospital,