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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 60, 15 June 1916, Page 8

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CASEMENT'S TRIAL. [United Pkkkh Abhoom*to?».l London, .rune !3. An American lawyer, .Mr Afichacl Kranris Doyle, has arrived to partake in tin- defence of Sir linger Casement, under Liu- courtesy of the British Government. SECRET CONCLAVE OF THE ALLIES. ' Paris, June 11. Sixty delegates of Llie Allied Powers will meet in secret conclave a I 10 o'clock this morning at the Foreign Ofliee. under M. Briand's presidency. After tin- early sitting members will break into commit tees to draft reports (in special questions, which will then lie submitted to the whole Conference. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SAILOR 9. ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL. (Received 12.0 p.m.) London, .Tune 11. S f . Paul's was thronged on the occasion of the memorial service for the dead in the naval battle, chiefly with the relatives of these There were also present many officers and bluejackets who participated in the light. CHILDREN'S BELGIUM DAY. IN AID OF YOUNG BELGIANS. (Received I'-'.•■) p.m.) London, June 11. The National Committee for Belgian Relief is arranging a Children's Belgium Day on July 10th. The children of the Empire are holding sports and a concert in aid of K 2\ million Belgians under sixteen years of age still remaining in Belgium under German tyranny. THE PREMIER'S INSPIRATION. TRIBUTE TO KITCHENER. SURVEY OF WAR SITUATION. (Received 12.5 p.m.) London, June 14. Mr Asquith (Premier) addressing his constituents at Ladybank, alluded to Kitchener's boundless devotion in serving his country from the first day o!' the war until his death, It was impossible to forget .the embodiment of virile force and resolution. In the plentitudc of his powers he had gone forth to his doom, leaving a place in constitutional life which nobody • else could till. His memory would live a.s long as the Kmpire. He bequeathed an array of armies, and it remains witii us to make the best use of them for the Allies' cause. Mr Asquith proceeded to survey the situation, in which there is to he found much to inspire. The Russians' advance was one of the most brilliant feats of the war.—(Cheers). The Italians, with indominitahle spirit, were. J resisting daily and more effectively the j Austrian onslaught. Nothing could | exceed the valor of the gallant Allies in maintaining the defence of Verdun.