Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 11, 11 August 1916, Page 5

Great Britain

LORD DERBY'S VIEWS. TIGHTENING THE ALLIED IRON RING. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received 9.45/ a.m.) New York, August 10. Lord Derby, in an interview , with American correspondents, stated: ''The Allies are.drawing the iron ring around tho enemy tighter every day. The Germans will be pounded down until they will break under the strain. The war must result in victory for us. The Allies now have the Germans where they. cannot swing men from one front to another, and are forced to be on the defensive everywhere, endeavouring to keep their line intact. They have not a man to

spare anywhere. The ground the Allies have gained will never be lost. We will keep tiring the Austro-Ger-mans and killing their men until they [will be bound to give up. All the :portents show that the day is not far distant when Germany mus't crumble, as her armies cannot survive the pressure."

TREATMENT OF BRITISH PRISONERS.

Press Association —Copyright. Published in "The Times." London, August 10

In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith announced that the Government had appointed a Departmental Committee, under the chairmanship of Lord Newton, to deal with the question 'of the treatment of British prisoners. A traveller who saw the Kut-el-Amara prisoners in northern Syria, states that a number were in the poorest condition. They marched towards Tarsus, over a gap in the Bagdad railway. For some reason they marched across to the gates of Silicia and back again. He heard there .wore forty officers in the Tarsus hospital. They had evidently undergone great privations, as there were no medical comforts, the Turks lacking drugs. MR HENDERSON REMAINS IN THE CABINET. Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. London, August 10. Mr Henderson remains in the Cabinet as Labor advisor. He attended a Cabinet 'meeting yesterday in that capacity. (Mr Henderson recently resigned his portfolio of Minister of Education.)

POST-WAR ECONOMIC POLICY.

London, August 9

At a special conference of the National Unionist Association, Mr Bonar Law admitted there bad been differences of opinion among them on the Irish question, but there were considerations oven more important than maintaining party union. He was prepared to' run the risk of disunion for the course he thought right, Respecting the fiscal question, he believed the war had caused an over-

whelming majority in the country to feel that never again should our German enemies be allowed to use our markets as they did before tho war. Also, that what had happened to the self-governing Dominions had made a tremendous difference in the point of view which everyone hitherto held in relation to the political and economic conditions which ought to exist in the future. The Government had done the right thing in having the whole question inquired into from a new viewpoint, and they should ascertain whether it was possible to carry it without a party fight either at Homo or in any parts of the Empire. HOLIDAYS FOR MUNITION WORKERS. London, August 9. Mr Henderson's Committee on Munitions and Holidays reports that no general scheme for relays and holidays is practicable owing to the urgent need to keep up supplies, but where it -is possible, four days rest will be given at the end of September, that will also enable machinery to be overhauled.

DUKE OF SUTHERLAND'S CIFT.

London, August 9

Tho Government has accepted the Duko of Sutherland's gift of 12,000 acres, for settlement by soldiers and sailors who served voluntarily. THE PRICE OF FOODSTUFFS. RAILWAYMEN WANT MORE MONEY. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.40 a.m.) London, August 10. In consequence of Mr Asquith declining to receive a deputation from the National Union of Railwaymen regarding food-control, the Union's executive resolved to make a request that the rail companies advance the wages ten shillings per week, placing the responsibility on the Government for their inaction regarding food prices.