GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 144, 12 November 1914, Page 5

G REAT BRITAIN.

THE LORD MAYOR'S DINNER. SOME PATRIOTIC UTTERANCES. CALM CONFIDENCE OF THE ALLIES MR ASQUITH ANNOUNCES OUR PURPOSE. London, November 10. At the Lord Mayor's banquet, Mr JUlfour, proposing the toast of "The Allies," said that within the last few hours Japan had made the most dramatic answer to Germany's unparalleled insolence. He paid a warm tribute to the great achievements of the Allies and to the wonderful courage of Belgium. M. Cambon, the French Ambassador, replied for the 'Allies. He said they did not claim to have Providence at their disposal, but believed in Eternal Justice, and awaited its decree with calm confidence. ,

Mr Churchill, responding to the toas of "The Imperial Forces," said the navy ■was naturally anxious to strike a dircLt blow, but must be patient; its turn ■would come. The conditions were curi- • ous for a naval war. We were making all the seas secure and transporting our forces, thus offering a target incomparably greater than the enemy. The economic pressure of the naval blockade would ultimately spell Germany's doom. Despite her losses the British navy was stronger than at the outset of the war, particularly in the most important branches.

Mr Asquitb, responding to the toast o." "The Ministers," 'announced that a peerage had been conferred on Mr W. Cunliife, Governor of the Bank of .England, in recognition of his services in the financial crisis. This was going to' be a'long-drawn struggle, and Britain would not sheath her sword until Belgium recovered all she had sacrificed, jjptil France was adequately secured the menace of aggression, nntil ' the rights-of the smaller nationalities had' been placed on an unassailable foundation, and until Prussia's military domination was destroyed. Mr Asquith referred to Turkey's allowing her true interest to be underminvd and overborne by German threats, German ships, and German gold. The Porte had rung the death-knell of the Ottoman Empire, both in F.UTopc and in Asia. Sir Geo. Roid and Mr Thos. Mackenzie were among those present at the banquet. GERMAN SPY SHOT. GENERAL ITEMS. London, November 10. Carl Lody, the German spy, was shot in the Tower of London. (Lody was a German, who in England professed to be an American. He was charged with attempting to, convey military ..ecrcts to Germany). London, November 10. Captain A. W. Macarthur Onslow, formerly instruction officer in Xew Zea-< land, has been killed in action at Ypres. Captain Price Vaulian Lewes, once Deputy-Commissioner for the Western Pacific and recently in command of the warship Superb, has died of wounds. Captain O'Neill, M.P., has boon killed in action. Mr Lloyd George, at the City Temple, said that one of the greatest French generals told him that the man responsible for this war had the soul of a devil. Not a single, member of the British Cabinet thought that war with Germany was possible under the existing conditions. Neither the Allies, Belgium, nor Scrvia was responsible. The vulture had been hovering over Belgium for some time, but had soared so high that it had made a mistake. It thought it was pouncing on a rabbit, but fell on a hedgehog. London, Xoveml>cr 10. .In a letter an officer at the front says: "Armchair people at Home, with the cry of universal peace, and the small army and little navyites, ought to be out here now to see the miseries and horrors peasants endure, the number of wounded and killed, and a few other sights such as villages and farms blazing all over the country. If we only had 1,500,000 men as our present stanthe Germans would be on the Rhine by now and the war nearly over." last.—TLe person who lost that bot/t/e of DTNGO EUCALYPTUS in the VußUfo yesterday can get another a(

I IS CONSCRIPTION COMING? A WARNING TO THE PEOPLE. A RECRUITING STIMULANT NEEDED Received 11, 10.55 p.m. London, November 10. Every voter on the Parliamentary roll 3 has been circularised, requesting information of the age and military efficiency of the' household. The Morning Post, representing the moderate militarists, disclaims conscription for s'ervice abroad, and advocates systematic six months' training which should create ample partly trained reserves.

The Post warns the nation that conscription will come unless the friends of t'ne voluntary system put their shoulders to the wheel, and suggests that the military bands should be used to stimulate recruiting. The military display at the Lord Mayor's show produced an immediate t effect. SOLDIERS' ALLOWANCES AND PENSIONS. THE REVISED SCHEME. TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS. Received 11, 7.20 p.m. London, November 10. Under the Government's revised scheme, the widow of a man in the lowest grade of the army and navy, with four children, receives a minimum of a pound a week; a widow with three children, 17s Cd; a widow, with two children, 13s; and a widow with one child, 12s Cd; while a childless widow, receives 7s «d a week. These allowances will he increased in necessitous casss, and widows' full separation allowances wiR he continued for twenty-six weeks after the husband's death. The Government will also assist unmarried men's dependents. Allowances for partial di-abhment, apart from national insurance benefit, range from 3s Cd to* 17s, Cd, and for total disablement 14a for unmarried to 23s for unmarried men with children.' It is estimated tiiat the scheme will cost roughly two hundred millions if the war lasts for two years. INDIAN LOYALTY. PLENTY OF MEN FOR SERVICE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, November 10. The Times Bombay correspondent states that India is able and willing to double her contingent. She can furnish an army locally with all the requirements for service.

The most remarkable feature of the war is the universal support of the educated middle class, who in normal times were the critics of Government measures.