GENERAL WAR NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 29, 10 January 1916, Page 6

GENERAL WAR NEWS

United Press Association. Amsterdam, January 8. The Neus Weiner Journal says that a German. Professor von Graeve, has discovered great water sources east of Mount Sinai, He reports that the whole desert is fertilisable, and urges the despatch of engineers and adequate machinery. Meanwhile the Turkish armies are assured of an ample water supply. London, January 7. The Daily Mail, in a leading article. says that General Hamilton's despatch sounds like the tolling of a bell in its cry for reinforcements, more men, and an army corps, where only a few thousands could be spared.' Of the Anzacs' deeds it is impossible to read without" emotion. They sealed the,last sacrifice with splendid heroism.

The Mail continues: "The dispatch rings with tribute*? to the Anzacs 1 bravery and valor, which carried the mountains with joyous alacrity in the face of death, and their tempeiment raised them to supermen. The -tra? gedy is that the sword of these mightly men was wielded in-vain because of mistakes *in generalship. The German press is excited over the thousand arrests in Greece, and denounces the action as an incredible violation of sovereignty and an unparalleled act of violence which it is impossible for Greece to tolerate. The Frankfurter Zeitung says that General Sarrai] has slapped Greece's face, and "if the blow is returned it will fill us with' great joy."