GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 10 November 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN.

NO NEWS, NO MEN. SHOUT ACE OF RECRUITS EXPLAINED. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 9, 6 p.m. London, November 9. The Times, in- a leader, insists that the falling off in recruiting is attributable to tin: curt, cold, official news. The article continues: "The Allies must take their choice. They can give news and get men, or suppress news and do without men. Above all, the Government mii-l instantly make up its mind on the subject of paying separation allowances and pensions." (PAPER RISES IN PRICE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 9, 9 p.m. London, November 9. Consequent on the closure of t»e! North St* and the hindrance to the Swedish pulp trade, the price of paper is rising. A NOVEL SUGGESTION. BELLIGERENTS TO LEAVE BELGIUM

Received 9, 6 p.m. ■■ London, November 0. Mr Bernard Shaw, in an open letter in the Kation addressed to President Wilson, petitions America to invite the neutral powers to a conference for the purpose of requesting Great Britain, Trance, and Germany to withdraw from innocent Belgium, and fight in their own territory. A, RECORD OF RECRUITING. INDICATIVE OF THE NATIONAL SPIRIT. : RECRUITING RECEIVES IMPETUS FROM REVERSES.

London, November S. An interesting chart has been pre--parcd at Whitehall illustrative of the progress of recruiting. It shows that the call to arms met with its best response in times of disaster. The highest point was reached during the black first week in September when the Allies were retreating and the Germans were nearly to the gates of Paris. The' indicator rose high towards the end of September when three cruisers were sank. ' The indicator shot up again after the fall of Antwerp. It is a thrilling experience to follow the fluctuations of the chart. Nothing could more finely show the spirit animating the people. The immediate effect of sombre news ■from the front is an impetus to rrcruit-