GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 147, 16 November 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN.

*£■'■ BRITISH LOSSES 57,000. 5 JgSPIONAGE OS THE COAST. i Jg > iA SPY SENT TO GAOL. j JfWf' London, Xovembcr 13. j TBw "Dairy Telegraph understands that j H» Government on Monday will ask the , Bouse of Commons' sanction for raising : %n additional million troops. An income ; tax of 2s 6d is likely. j •Mr. MeKenna, replying to the news- > papers regarding the laxity of his spy poSiqr, said that throughout lie had been | wuided by military advice. , Sir. Asquith said that the British Basftalties in France and Belgium to Oc-1 feber 31 were 57,000. I Tfce London County Council refused! Several licenses for kinema theatres in j Bbich Germans hold substantial shares, j ' The newspapers give remarkable stor-, ies of light signalling along the York- j fcbire coast. There have been many ; jiuestions in Parliament relating there-, "to and espionage. j Cape farmers arc sending fruit tor the , Bounded in the hospitals. ! fflie Supplementary Estimates provide | lor an additional million troops. . | • " Ernst, an alleged spy, whose letters flrere found to contain remittances of Irpni £5 to £ls for various spies, has fceen sentenced to seven years' imprifconnlent. : "Major William Cadogan, Equerry to the Prince of Wales, was killed in acIjpjl. ..,iyarious Belgian relief committers and *ftjtinguished Belgians have guaranteed which has been given to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, bnt |be distress is enormous.

v * WAR LOAN TO ISSUE. P |ff r JpREE HUNDRED MILLIONS. SKI Received 10, 12.20 a.m. Mr_ London, November 15 (Evening). | sn»e Standard states that the Govern-1 {Best is about to issue a three hundred Billions war loan at 3>4 per cent., at flbout 95, with varying dates of maturity, the longest 14 years, to cover the forthcoming cTedit vote and Treasury biU/ issued under the August vote. JB[I J 'A 225 MILLIONS LOAN.

*' W 7 "' Received 14, 8 p.m. y" London, November 14. t The Government proposes an additional credit vote of 225 millions sterling to cover the naval military and other 'esjpenidturc necessary through the war , to. March 31st. A ' yr«r- REMARKABLE RAILWAY HIT j. TRAFFIC. ■""' HOW BRITISH ro-iCES WERE Jjjfes, MOVLD.

WSf 77 Received \o, 5.5 p.m. Lon-lon, Nov.nbcr 14. H % railway mawger explf.ins the amazing speed with whi.:h the railways bandied the military traffic on the outbreak of war. T'lr.-e hundred and fifty ! trains of thirtv vehiel.-s eaMi ariHed at)

Southampton in 13 hours. ' i ) ffhe military org.iniiition of railway Control was completed only a few day* Ijgfore.,, f state-subsumed dy" JiANUIk 7 FACTURE. ,■' MARKET DENUDED OF GERMAN fa BUPPLIES. ""•" Received 15, 5.5 p.m. tp "' London, November 14. f Owing to the deficiency in dyes, due lo the cessation of German supnVes, tlie Board of Trade is considering the forma - tion of an English company, to which she Government will subscribe n portion *lf the capital, and guarantee interest im the debentures for five years. TwentyJwo leading firms support the proposal. V.r iWOOL SUPPLIES WANTED. ' !»■*■ CAN GERMANY BE CUT OFF?

lanche of orders has been cabled to Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, on behalf of the United States, Sweden, Holland, Denmark, and Bradford. The question arises: "How can we prevent the enemy securing supplies?" The irony of the situation is that German interests largely prevail in the South American wool trade. If the War Office bought a big weight of the present South American dips, it would quickly place wool at the disposal of the British manufacturers. Practically no loss would be suffered. Every facility should be given for the importation of the new clip of New Zealand and South American crossbreda, as it was imperative that an adequate supply should be secured as quickly as possible.

INTEREST IN BRITISH NEWS. BY BRUSSELS CIVILIANS. Times Sydney Sun Service. Received 14, 8 p.m. London, November 14. A correspondent who escaped from Brussels lias arrived in London. He says extraordinary interest is being taken by the civilians of Brussels in the Times' war news. Single copies have fetched as much as 180 shillings. Remarkable business is being done in duplicated typewritten copies, specially those relating to the operations in Belgium. These are sold and circulated by stealth I and have brought as much as forty shillings. Customers smuggle away the precious sheets and read them with deligbt. OOPPER SHIPMENTS. London, November 13. I The Daily Telegraph's Washington correspondent says that Sir E. Grey informI ed Mr. Bryan that Britain would permit copper shipments not exceeding the consumption of neutral countries contiguous to enemy countries if guarantee is given that it will not find its way to the enemy. j