GREAT BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 14 September 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN

,; OUR NAVY. ' TWO BATTLESHIPS AXD TOUR CRUISERS TO GERMANY'S ONE. SPEECB BY ADMIRALTY FIRST 1 _ LORD. £ " Received 13,15.5 p.m. London, Sept. 12 (morning). Mr Winston Churchill, First Lord of ' the Admiralty, addressing a recruiting meeting at the London Open House, •aid: "Britain in the next-12 months will build twice as many battleships as Germany, and will also build four times •8 many cruisers. Britain is. prepared to build Indefinitely, if needed." "By one of those dispositions of' Providence which would appeal to the Kaiser, the- nose of the bull-dog is slanted backward, so it can'breatbc in comfort without letting go. If we hav« been successful in maintaining the naval control thus far, there is sound reason to believe that our chance of doing so in the future will increase, and not diminish. x "There is also no doubt that if we set -ourselves to it, we can pace 25 army corps in the field early in the summer of 1915, in an army which will demonatrate its superiority 'over the docile sheep who serve the precious ambitions of the despotic kings of Germany, who have been the terror and bully of Euiope, the menace of every small State, and a perpetual source of unrest. Whatever we do, we shall fight for the frccd«m of those races who have been subjected and conquered."

• TRADE WITH THE ENEMY'. BPEECII BY LORD CURZON. AIRSniP CRUISES OVER LONDON. London, September 11. The' Government's Bill prohibiting trade with the enemy inflicts penalties up to seven years' penal servitude and £6OO fine. Company directors and offi-cers-are liable. The Board of Trade is empowered to inspect the books of firms of which any partner is, or was immediately before the war, an enemy's suniect and companies inVhich the enemy's •objects hold one-third of the shares. The German ship Orlanda, with a cargo of nitrate from Mexillonese, has been captured and brought to Falmouth. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce carried a resolution of gratitude for the magnificent rally overseas to the Mothcrlaad. Mauritius planters have offered a million pounds of sugar to the Navy and a similar quantity to the army. The Government has accepted the offer. At a citizens'- wetting at Glasgow, Mr Stevenson, Lprd Trovost, raised a storm Of indignation by expressing the hope " that nothing would be said or done in Britain during the war which, would hamper the restoration of friendly relationship with Germany. Mr McKinnon Wood declared in a speech that the Kaiser had blown the war trumpet, and not one portion of the British Empire had failed to respond. Lord Curzon declared that the Indians ■were coming because the for justice, uprightness, mercy, and truth. The Indians did not desire to change British rule for the Prussian sabre and the jacß-boots of the German infantrv. He would like to see the penaons of the Bengal Lancers fluttering down the streets of Berlin and the Churkas making themselves at ease in the gardens of Potsdam. The Admiralty announces that a British naval airship will make cruises over London during the next few days and nights.

"WRECK OF THE OCEANIC SOME VALUABLE PRIZES. By cable.— Press Association.—Copyright London S.ntember 11. The Alierdeen trawler 'Zlenogil rescued the Oceanic"* crew. When on attempt was made to rcib.at the v.ssel, the hull parted. The German four-ma-ter. Goldh.-k. with a valuable cargo of timber wa-? captured and taken to Falmouth. The German barque Urania, from Toco■nlU for Antwerp, with a cargo of nitrate worth £3500 was captured and to Hjmoutli.

EFFECTIVE AUSTRALIAN AMBUi LAXCE. I Received -13. ."> p.m. | London, Sept. 12 (morning), j A significant fact in connection with ; the recruiting is that the War Office has increased the minimum height for the in- ; fantry. i The chief of the Royal Medical Corps j at the front has declared that the Australian voluntary hospital is splendidly ) efficient and has been actively employed I from the moment of the landing. Two I more motor ambulances and more nurses j are being despatched.