LATE WAR TALK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 189, 19 April 1915, Page 8

LATE WAR TALK.

an ambassador hooted. ASTONISHING OUTBURST IN BEF LIN . Th©' U.S. Ambassador at Bei Uii, Mr Jame s Watson. Gerard, wa subjected to an « pea insult at th bauds of a theatre audience during. ! disgraceful den oust ration at a prom inent Berlin -.heat re on February I (telegraphs the ‘‘Daily Mail” corres .Undent at T'.ve- HagixUj f „ The incident, I L...:; from aufhon , native sources, ccetnvad as follows: Mr Gerard, accompanied by Mrs Ger j ard, Mr. Grew (ins first secretary),and I Mrs Grew and ether members of the American diplomatic corps, attended the performance together. Between cue of the acts the Ambassador and his companions . remained in their places conversing quietly in English. This evidently aroused the displeasure of the persons nearest to them, who suddenly raised an outcry

and began to hoot and yell. The cbm-' motion spread throughout the house. A wildly turbulent sc’Snc ensued. Someone in the audience.. evidently meaning' to put an end to the threatening manifestations agaiuM Mr Gerard and his party, rose and succeeded in securing attention long enough to explain that the English-speaking strangers were Americans and were hi the company of the American Ambassador. Far from quieting the commotion., this announcement provoked a still wilder outburst A man, rising in the stalls, angrily declaimed that Germans ao longer had any reason to show toleration for Americans. His speech was wildly applauded. Mr Gerard and his party remained throughout the demonstration, and then quietly withdrew.

AMERICAN WAR SYMPATHIES. A circular letter sent to editors of. American newspapers asking their views upon Uiq world-wide war has had a remarkable result. Of the 367 replies,, 105 .editors report that they favour the Allies, 20 favour the Germans, and 242 are neutral. Of the proAlly editors 34 are in the Eastern States, 13 in the Central, 47 in the Southern, and 11 in the Western. Only om pro-German editor hail s from the Eastern States, while 10 are from the Central,, 5 from the Southern, and 4 from the Western group. The neutral editors number 43 in the Eastern States, 112 in the Central, 51 in the Southern, and 36 in the Western. The feeling of the cities and towns represented ia reported a s favouring the Allies in 189 cases, for the Germans in 38, and neutral or divided in HO A Q.UEEN IN THE TRENCHES. A. Belgian refugee, now at Chateau. Uenard, received a few days.ago a .letter from his nephew, a Belgian soldier in charge of a machine gun in. a, trench on the Yser. In his..letter,--the •;r!di-*r relates a visit -by Queen Elizabeth to the Trent. “Last week.” t.b.e better roads, “nr© were busy in the ■f?"'hes, vv hv n.-..suddenly we saw-a. '•u.y, ac s-ccTpr n‘p;i. hy two-officers, com. ng tcwa-rc’s us in th© ‘trench* • .Yen would never'guess, who the lady wc.z, A was ■Our Queen. She went- along in h> trench giving cigarettes... wiar : p..p..sc! chocolate? tc caeinrf us... .*Sh© talked wltli rcversl of-vs,-I can tell.- y o«■ we M?-"o the Quo Mi a warm reception,and. "• e '.‘.cored as *hc left the trench, and .-nr-nted, ‘Long Llv© the Quc-m!’ ” i