Australia.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 88, 20 March 1916, Page 3

Australia.

COMMONWEALTH'S 200,000 MEN. United Puush Association. Melbourne, March 18. Mr Pearce does not favor men joining the Imperial forces in any capacity. He states that the Australian army ought to he good enough for Australians. Official figures show that 150,043 1 troops, were dispatched to February 14, and there were 'in training on March 1, 60,107. ■>i iiej-i ;i; -j •» ' i>s ■ '.• ■ ■ PRISONERS IN TURKEY; '*"« ' Sydney; March' 17. Official.—The complete list gives' 09 Australi'ah's pfis6ner s mitt the Turks, and eight others haVe died since they' were taken prisoners; ALLEGED UNREST AT FIJI. ' . >. i' tI • • ~ ' Sydney, March 18. , TJie Daily Telegraph's Suva correspondent is inclined to ridicule the reports appearing in the Australian press regarding the alleged native unrest in Fiji. Without making certain allowances for , the native character the alleged incidents may seeni serious enough, but because these say that the. Islands are disaffected and antagonistic to British rule is" a libel to an honorable .and loyal race. . AJNJI-CONSCRIPTIONISTS FAIL. , ! ", ".(Received 9.-J0 a.m.) . Melbourne, March 20; The Socialist Society passed a motion at a recent meeting, at which three housand were present, against conscription in Australia, but a body; jof returned soldiers rushed the platform round Socialists, and a motion of confidence in the war authorities was carried. CERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. (Received 9.40 a.m.) Sydney, March 20. Mr.J. Rupert Thompson has returned after a year spent at Ruhleben concentration ca'mp. He describes the Germans as cr'uel, vicious, and unreliable. Their prisoners were brutally treated, and for many months they were not supplied with hot water. At the Wurteniberger camp there were six hundred typhus cases, and the only medical attention was afforded by h few members of the British Red Cross. At Ruhiehen an Australian Society was formed, with Mr C. King, of Napier, New Zealand, as president THE MERCANTILE MARINE. (Received !). 10 a.m.) Melbourne, March 20. The Marine Board passed a motion that, during the currency of the war. enemy subjects be not allowed to apnly for a certificate to the mercantile marine.