GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 19 August 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

WILL THORNE’S OPINOIN. ON THE PACIFIST MOVEMENTReceived 9.4 a.m. LONDON, August 18 Mr Will Thorne, in welcoming tho National and Socialist Party Conference at Stratford, said he could not belong to a pacifist party, because he believed in the prosecution of thia war. The Pacifists had plenty of money, but he was convinced it waa not subscribed by any wage earners. The National Socialist Executives’ report was a strange mixture of Pacificism and Bolshevism, which threatens to dominate the Labour Party. MUNITIONS EXPLOSION IN MOLDAVIA. 250 KILLED AND INJURED. Received 8.50 a.m. BERNE. August 18. A munitions explosion at Vaslice in Moldavia, killed onj'J hundred and injured one hundred and fifty. A NEW ZEALAND AEROPLANE SERVICE. Received 8.50 a.m, LONDON, August 18. Sir Joseph Ward is confident, as ai result of many inquiries, that a commercial aeroplane service will soon be established in all the Dominions, also between England and America. Officials of the R.A.F. and leading English aeroplane manufacturers are keenly interested in the New Zealand service, and are faclitating preliminary arrangements. NORTHCLiFFE ENTERTAINS VISITING PRESSMEN. 1 AMERICA’S EFFORTS AHEAD OF TIME. BRITAIN’S LOSSES DURING THE WAR. THE EVILS OF UNWISE SKIP. Received 8.50 a.m. • ■ LONDON, August 18. Lord Northcliffe entertained the visiting pressmen at a luncheon in the courtyard of the “Times” Office. The guests included Messrs Massey, Ward, Mackenzie, and tho most prominent Overseas representatives. Lord Northcliffe, after paying a tribute to the Overseas’ war efforts, said the Americans had proved to be “the goods,” and those whom Germany called “ a mob in uniform” had proved an. entirely new and most efficient kind of army. He estimated the potential output of air engines was far greater than the combined output of Austro-Germany. or the whole British Empire could produce, amounting to ten thousand air motors monthly. Ami erica’s efforts at transporting troops, [food production, and shipbuilding had been carried out with unimaginable punctuality, far in advance of the Government’s promises. In a criticism of the British Government’s censorship method, he said the world never realised the magnitude of Britain’s silent effort. The best proof of what Britain has done existed in the casualty lists, which the censor did not per. mit to be known to us or our allies. The Germans knew our casualties to a man. It is estimated we had nine hundred thousand killed during the war, and that last year our casualties were over eight hundred thousand. These figures were a sufficient answer to German propaganda and proof that England really would fight to the last. He stated that every pacifist newspaper in Britain was subsidised, indicating a lack of demand for such publications. Mr. Hackett replied on behalf of the Australian pressmen, and declared the British censor was a juvenile compared with the Australian censor. He believed, great injury was done to the Allied cause by the lack of public understanding about many vital aspects of the war. Ninety per cent, of this misunderstanding was due to the 'cdtisorship. ‘ He exampled the improvement in recruiting in Australia after British reverses, adding: “If you had had a Sedan you would have had all Australia over here.” BRITISH TIMBER FOR WAR PURPOSES. Received 9.4 a.m. LONDON, August IS Timber felling for war purposes is proceeding in Great Britain at the rate of 15,000,000 tons annually. WOMEN CONDUCTORS STRIKE Received 9.4 a.m. LONDON, August IS Women conductors on the London trams and ’buses have struck, demanding the same wages as men, particularly the war increase’ of 5s weekly recently granted to males. Over 3000 men and women are involved.