GERMANS CHANGE TACTICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 156, 27 November 1914, Page 5

GERMANS CHANGE TACTICS.

PRESENT METHODS TOO COSTLY. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 26, 5.45 p.m. London, November 25. It is stated at Rotterdam that Germany is abandoning the present method of trench or field fortress fighting in favour of rapid field operations, because Germany cannot stand what is : practically a siege sof ar from the principal bases in winter. THE HEIR-APPARENT AT THE FRONT. Received 20, 5.45 p.m. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, November 25. The Prince of Wales is greatly interested in his experiences at the front. He has written two long letters to the Queen, relating his doings. The censor opened and officially passed the letters. A PARADOXICAL POLICY. I ! Times and Sydney Sun Services. '; Received 20, 5.45 p.m. London, November 25. The Times, in a leader, commenting on the British occupation of Herm Island, in the Channel, says: ''We oust German companies from the Islands of the Persian Gulf, and give them Crown leases in the heart of the English Channel within sight of the coast of France, seventy miles from Portland and forty from Cherbourg, for £2BO yearly. i

A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE. London, November 25. . In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Mr. Asquith stated that Prince Albert of Schlcswig-Holstein is serving with the German army. The questioner asked whether it was expedient to continue the payment of £6OOO for the upkeep of Prince Christian's family. Mr. Asquith said the question referred only to an individual. INCREASED PAY FOE OFFICERS. PREFERENCE TO "RANKERS." Received 20, 7.35 p.m. London, November 25. Under a scheme for a general increase of army officers' pay, which has been approved, a second lieutenant will receive a minimum of 7s 6d per day, and those promoted from the ranks a minimum of eleven shillings.

THE SPY PERIL. SUBORNED BRITISHERS MOST DANGEROUS. Received 27, 1 a.m. London, November 26. The House of Lords debated the spy perD. l ' Lord Haldane said there was no doubt that Germany had organised an extraordinary intelligence system in Britain long before the war. The most dangerous people were not aliens, but suborned Britishers. A hundred and fourteen officers were now detecting espionage. They had searched 6000 houses, and interned 342 suspects. TURKISH COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. Received 27, 11 a.m. Athens, November 20. Djemal Pasha, Minister of Marine, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Turks operating against Egypt.