INTERESTING ITEMS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 114, 16 January 1915, Page 5

INTERESTING ITEMS

THE RECRUITING QUESTION. LONDON, Jan. 15. . The London papers publish large advertisements covering - four questions to women, ending: “Women of England, do you sendyour men to-day to join our glorious army?” Mrs. Winston Churchill, addressing a woman’s recruiting meeting, said women suffered as much as the men from the horrors of war, but they did not enjoy the consolation and excitement of going to the front, and the glory of action. LORD KITCHENER’S FATE. LONDON, Jan. 15. Lord Kitchener, reviewing the British troops from India going to the front, said if any division could break the German resistance it was this one. He had hoped to lead the troops trained in Indi°, but Fate had made his duty elsewhere. TURKISH WAR. AN UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT. LONDON, Jan. 15. The Times, in a leader, says the seizure of Tabriz is a curious and unexpected development. It doees not appear to. have been'a formal military operation, being evidently the work of the Turkish irregulars. An organised invasion of Persia destroys the last shreds of Turkey’s pretence of waging a holy war. THE MERCIER INCIDENT. CARDINAL STILL A PRISONER. .LONDON, Jan. 15. The Daily Telegraph’s ' correspondent at Havre says the Pope’s reply to King Albert was most cordial. He stated that he did not regard the Mercier incident as grave, and considered it closed, The correspondent adds that Cardinal Mercier is still under arrest, and guards are posted at the doors of the palace. FEVER AMONG THE GERMANS. ROTTERDAM, Jan. 15. An epidemic of fever is causing the Germans anxiety. Attempts to isolate the patients interfere with the movements of the troops. EMPLOYERS AND THE WAR. HEAVY. FINE FOR DISMISSING CITIZEN SOLDIER. SYDNEY, Jan. 15. An employer was fined ,£2O and costs for penalising an employee for rendering personal service as a member of the citizen forces. Evidence showed that, under military orders, he attended a mobilisation camp, his employer promising - to keep his position open. When he returned he was told to take another week, for which he would be paid. He was then dismissed. The employer pleaded that the man was dismissed for incompetency. This was the first case since the outbreak of war. FATHER VAUGHAN SPEAKS OUT. LONDON, Jan. 15. Father Bernard Vaughan, at East I End, in reply to the censure by the i Jesuits, for alleged insult to the KaiI ser, said the British Empire was fight- | mg for a:great cause and wptild never sheath- the sword until a righteous, abiding victory had been secured. No man on earth would change his