Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 11, 11 August 1916, Page 6

Great Britain

COMMON ALLIED MUNITION FUND. Pr s Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Received 12.10 p.m.) Borne, August 10. It is reported that the Allies are about to institute a common fund for the purchase of munitions abroad and the manufacture of munitions at home. . ~. ■ EXCHANGE OF BRITISH CERMAN INTERNED. Press Association—Copyright. Renter's Telegrams (Received 1.55 p.m.) London, August 10. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil said the Government had agreed to the exchange of British and German interned over thef age of fortyfive on condition that the remaining interneds exchanged are equal in numbers. PRESS COMMENt ON ITALIAN SITUATION. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and'N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 1.55 p.m.) London, August 10. .Paris is excited, declaring that Gorizia was the AUstrians' Verdun. M. Gustave Heme, writing in ' La Victoire, says the breaking-up of the enemy has begun. To-day it is Gorizia, to-morrow it will be Lemberg, then in a few weeks there will be a general debacle. The British press is cautious, unanimously pointing out the possibility of Austria collapsing but that Germany is still strong.

The Times points out that the great naturally fortified Carso Plateau, of which the Ifconzo Valley is the moat, must be conquered before Trieste can be reached.