WAR TALK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 180, 6 April 1915, Page 8

WAR TALK.

11l the “Zukunft,” of Berlin, Herr •Maximilian Harden declares that Aus* ! tria lias ruined Germany, and that ' there is no necessity for the latter to sacrifice her soldiers to save a country which has proved unable to defend ■ itself. According to the “Konische Zeitung," the Bavarian soldiers remitted to their families in the mouth of December alone the “Kolossal” sum or £70,000. The Cologne paper does not’ s ay hemuch of this was pay and how ’much was loot. ; j ’ The French Ministry of War, having Rested a bullet-proof breastplate which : [■was submitted to it, and ascertained ; beyond dispute that it is dangerous to ; the wearer, is prosecuting the inventor on a charge of chicanery. i i V , The Dutch Roman Catholic paper “Maasbode” announces that intimation has been sent to the Belgian clergy that they will receive their stipends > from Germany “when they sic,a the promise to say and do nothing against that Government.” The Potrograd journal “Vetcherne Vromya” announces that the German '■ M j:r yon Gc-c-tenkoia erderdo the 1 shooting of six Russian boys, from I eleven to sixteen years of age, for refusing to act a s guides for the Germans. • “ i Sergeant Roland Shubotham, Ist i Cheshire Regiment, Who is lyirjg in j Warrington Hospital, has received an inti mat ic n that ho has been awarded the V.C. for gallantry in rescuing CapGain Marney, who later succumbed to his wounds. Shubotham has also gained a Distinguished Conduct Modal clurii sr the war. in the Netherlands Parliament a few. weeks ago the Prime Minister significantly remarked that at any moment in Reheats may occur rendering it neccscary for the entire military force of the country to be immediately availThis, rf course, points to the ibility cf a violation cf Holland’s neutrality.

In. his address to lh e officers ami »*en < . the 2nd Glasgow Battalion of llfi; 'il?,nd Light Infantry recently, Lord Provost Dunlop made the very gratifying and interesting statement that when the statistics ar e published I Will ; ' t IP. ); ■' n\fy p.ovided l.,m . j 'recruits,