GENERAL WAR ITEMS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 67, 18 November 1914, Page 5

GENERAL WAR ITEMS

NATURALISED BRITISH SUBJECTS WELL-KNOWN BANKER’S LOYALTY IN QUESTION. (Received 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, November 17. Replying to a question in the House Mr. McKenna stated that Baron Bruno Schroder, banker, was natural* I ised on the 7th August. Julius Riltershausen, a prominent member of Schroder’s firm was naturalised on September 28. Mr. McKenna said ho wag satisfied that it was advantageous to the public to grant them certificates. PRINCE OF WALES AT THE FRONT. JOINS SIR JOHN FRENCH’S STAFF. (Rec. 9 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 17. The Prince of Wales has joined Sir John French’s staff. He went to France yesterday. SECOND ANGLO-INDIAN CONTINGENT. (Rec. 9 a.m) LONDON, Nov, 17. An important Anglo-Indian contingent has arrived at Marseilles. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR DOUGLAS HAIG. PROMOTED TO GENERAL’S RANK. (Roc. 9 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 37. Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig lias been promoted to general for distinguished service in the field. ENEMY’S SUBJECTS IN ENGLAND. 145,000 INTERNED. 28/300 STILL AT LARGE. (Rec. 9 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 17. In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. McKenna stated that 145.000 aliens have been interned at die concentration camps, and that 28,000 are still at large. KILLED IN ACTION. (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, November 17. Lieutenant Frederick George Andrews, of the Fourth Liverpool Regiment, and a New Zealander, has been killed in North France. Brigadier-General Charles Pitzclarence was killed at Ypres. HOY/ WAR SHOULD BE CONDUCTED. JAPAN’S EXAMPLE. PUNCTILIOUS COURTESY. LONDON, November 17. The Japanese behaved at Tsingtau with punctilious courtesy. Their siege guns sank warships in the harbour, but did not touch the town. When the 24 hours’ demand for surrender elapsed, before commencing to bombard they signalled: “Are you now ready gentlemen?” The reply was whizzing bullets which grazed the signalman’s ’ moustache.—Times and Sydney Sun services. CLOTHING 'THE ARMY, HUGE ORDERS. LONDON, November 17. Orders for army clothing comprise: 5.250.000 dress jackets, 1.500,000 great coats, seven million pairs of pants, six and-a half million pairs of boots, five million pairs of trousers, eleven million shirts, 11,000,000 pairs of socks. The khaki ordered from Yorkshire ■ mills would extend over 10,000 miles. RECRUITING NOT GOING WELL. LONDON, November 16. The Tribune comments that things are not going satisfactorily in the raising of recruits for the salvation of the British Empire-Times and Sydney Sun Services. LONDON, November IG. The King is busy visiting recruiting camps. He .advocates the transfer of troops from canvas to wooden huts. EMBARKATION OF CANADIAN TROOPS. SYDNEY Nov. 17. 9 The Sonoma’s passengers give inter- ’ osting details of the departure of Can- ■ adian troops from Quebec, Thirty-one transports were required to carry the men, guns, horses and supplies. The convoy consisted of eleven warships. The embarkation of 31,3000 troops and 8000 horses was performed faultlessly. WAR BUDGET DISCUSSED. LONDON, Nov. 17The Times, indulging in speculation as to the possibilities of the war budget, points out that incomes have been lowered owing to the economic disturbance. Any increase in taxation is peculiarly difficult; nevertheless the Ministry will possibly propose to meet part of the war expenditure from revenue, and certain articles of consumption previously free will be taxed.