Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 14 April 1916, Page 6

Great Britain

AN AMERICAN PROTEST. i6ifK* , Jj' ,, .' i '- " ; ••"'•'' ■'- '■-''" Ukitsd PRESS Asbooiamom. London, April 13. Mr Page (the American Ambassador) has iSifi E&vard ? Grey protesting against the Trading with the Enemy Act, which, he says, is pregnant with possibilities of undue interference with American trade.

Sir E. Grey, in reply, says that the Government has confined itself to passing purely domestic legislation. Every care will be exercised not to injure neutrals. the Daily Mail states that the pro- ! test is one of limpness, and says that in spite of the blockade enormous quantities of tobacco are permitted to enter Germany, through the medium ef neutrals. MUNIFICENT GIFTS FROM INDIANS, Native princes and others cohtiirnc to contribute largely to the war and hospital funds, the gifts raclurle: From the ruler of rupees: the 31aharcpa ot Durbhanga,half a lakh of rupees; the Maharaja of Panna and La tea'will establish a convalescent hospital; and- other rui( : rs .give an armored aeroplane, a ftilty6quipped laboratory, and motor ambulances.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

London, April 12. Hon. E. S. Montagu announced that the Government had withdrawn the railway, ticket-tax. As a result, of a discussion with the Treasury, and. Customs dffiqials, the match" manufacturers' have withdrawn their opposition to the tax, and will: resume deliveries next week. Mr Asquith informed a deputation of married men that the Government were resolved,, in an equitable if not generous spirit, to make pecuniary provision for the liabilities incurred by those married men who had joined. The Evening News says that ..Mr Lloyd George., is determined that wliisky distilleries shall be nationalised .till the end of the war. The larger concerns are already undr control of the Ministry of Munitions, which is negotiating for a' further reduction of the output for public consumption. This will probably result in whisky costing the public half-a-guinea a bottle. The public are taking largely to beer. An Order-in-Council declares that gold, silver; paper money, all negotiable instruments, and realisable securities are absolute contraband. The Daily Chronicle.says that there is no foundation for the report that -Britain intends nationalising the whisky trade; In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Mr Asquith said he had not suggested that the Dominions should be specially represented at the Paris conference. If. it had been possible for the other Prime Ministers, id addition to Mr Hughes, to attend, they would have been invited.