Great Britain.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 68, 24 June 1916, Page 5

Great Britain.

I gn firm.) 11 t |rHJE|SEppETARYBHIP FOR f WAR. London, /qne 23.- Z' l| The Daily Chronicle states that it is almost certain that Mr Lloyd George will accept the position of Secretary for War, but the official announcement is not likely to be made until the Ministerial troubles in Ireland are settled. THE PARIS CONFERENCE. BLOCKADE OF GERMAN GOODS. sl London, June 22. The Daily Mail’s Paris correspondent states that M. Clementel (Minister for Commerce), is of opinion that the period after the war for the exclusion of German trade should be flv'b years. [ The Daily Mail publishes a plea for. a more rigorous control of German cable communications . with the outer world via neutrals.

IN THE COMMONS. London, June 22. In the House of Commons, Mr Macnamara said that the Hampshire in--1 quiry had been held, and that there will not bo a court-martial. Admiral Jellicoe considered that it bad been established that the warship was mined. Asked whether a vessel flying the i Dutch flag had been seen near the spot immediately before the disaster, ‘and was possibly mine-laying, Mr Macuaniara replied that he had no information.

, To a further question Mr Macuamara said that it was impossible to define i/he full German losses in the Jutland 'battle, but the Admiralty had no reason to modify its estimate of June 5.