GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 99, 1 April 1916, Page 5

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

BRAZIL'S NEUTRALITY. DnTTMD PRKiB APROOUTIOW London, March 30. The German official press, asserts that Brazil guarantees the . strictest neutrality, and is not seizing German ships that are in Brazilian waters. QUICK WORK. Mr Thomas Edison told the American 'Naval Affairs Committee sthat it is possible to build a submarine in a fortnight, and aeroplanes could he built much quicker. They could greatly speed up naval construction generally if the types of mechanism were standardised. EFFECT OF THE BLOCKADE. New York official statistics prove the effect of the increased stringency in the blockade. Cotton exports to Holland have only, been one-tenth since August 1, to Norway one-eighth, to Sweden one-twentieth, and to Denmark practically nil. ARTIFICIAL LEG MAKING. London, March 30. Sir Thomas Mackenzie visited Harefield (Middlesex) and Billy ardleake, where it was explained to him that artificial limbs were manufactured at half-price. Mr Mackenzie is considering the possibility of training some unfit New Zealanders, with Australians, thus enabling them to teach artificial leg making upon their return to the Dominion.