GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 138, 4 November 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN.

KOKTiI SEA CLOSED. OWINu TO MINES. THE KARLSRUHE'S VICTIMS. ; GERMANS SURRENDERING. Received 3, 11.45 p.m. London, Nov. 3 (Morning). Owing to indiscriminate mine-laying, the Admiralty has closed the North

Lloyd's agents at Para reports that flu German steamer Asuncion landed ifce passengers and crews of the steamers ymdyck, Hurstdale, and Glanton, which were captured b;. tne Karlsruhe. - Renter's correspondent at Calais states th&t the Germans continue, surrendering between Nieuporl and Dixmunde, being Oatlle to endure the trenches, owing to 4fce water being; up to the mid-thigh. They are ana have no rest. A thousand surrendered in one day. As a protection from the bayonet, the fiennans are etu;ling their tunics with jriurts, clothing, ;md anything they can Cad. The Belglnn bayonet is onjv t.-n ige&es in length, and sometimes fails to rttcb the flesh.

. GERMAN LIES. THE KAISER'S PERFIDY. Rpeeived 4, 1 a.m. Rome, November S. The Tribuna, interviewed M. «iUe, the Belgian Premier, who said that •trmany was unsurpassable in her orgpisation of lies, adding: "The Kaiser fkraonally assured King Albert and ■yself that Belgium's neutrality would ■ever be violate ;."

LODZ'S CASE CONCLUDED. ACCUSED TAKES CONSEQUENCES. Received 4, 12.40 a m. London, November 3. The Lodz cafe is concluded, bat the Verdict has been deferred. Counsel on behalf of accused admitted the fairness oi"the trial. He stated that accused was actuated by patriotic motiTes, and was rot cringing for mercy, but preferred to accept the decision of the extreme penalty if demanded.

PRESS CRITICISM OF THE PRESS SERVICE. London, November 2. The Times, in a leader, slates that the whole system of the British Press is •Ufferng from the want of cohesion lietweer the authorities. The 'i*sr.es docs ftot l.jsitate to say that unless it is remedied tlie War Office and Admiralty, •which already ere fully occupied with their own special work, will find their labours materially increased. The serTfcjes which the Press could render abroad are incalculable, but they can■ot be rendered in the present official <fcuiber