GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 175, 2 January 1915, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN.

CERMAXVS PLANS FAIL.

-,"' THE EVENTS SUMMARISED. f" ' London, December 31. ffbe Time*, in a leader, says: *-\Ye ■are now reached a stage in" the war •rhen, according to Berlin calculations, fhe trinmphant Prussians would rest ■pon their arms and contemplate a prosJlisfe and affrighted world. It is inttrnctive to compare these glowing Prams with stern reality. The Allies *K maintaining their positions. The Oeraans hare made no uvful progress. The time is fast approacbin- v,],<-n the Snnstrians will cease to be an importint factor in the war. The Ru-sia:i- ar■ndl within Turkish territory. The ~;:ia Bob in East Africa is growing favorr-Me. JTfce South African revolt ha- b.-.- n Crushed. The German flag ha; al.iiust been driven from the seas." THE DOUGLAS RIOT. -I !AN AUSTRIAN COUBT-MARTIALLED. Times and Sydney Sim Services. \ London, December 31. Hermann Blass, an Austrian, when ooort-martialled at Douglas, pleaded guilty to writing a letter in lemon juice. which, when heated, disclosed bis eom•hint that the German prison- rs were ■Rated like pigs, the food was lad, "there were worms in the potatoes, and fhe meat stank frightfully while thev •ere also driven about with bayonets l&e convicts. Sentence was deferred. ': WHAT MAY EMERGE FROM THE STRTOGLE. Received 31,11.20 p.m. r London, December 31. The Archbishop of Canterbury ad- • ibeased a New Tear letter to the'clcrgv tad laity. It says: "The well-being. na*v, •he rery life, of the Empire may depend rtrpo nthe response to the call for men. Xo Boosehold is acting worthily if timiditv BT self-love keeps back those able to loyally bear a man's part in the great ■mpire's behalf, and for the land we love. Even out of the agonies and terfors of war something better and holier than man has yet seen for the fellowship ■at nations may emerge." MARINE WAR RISKS REDUCED. London, December 31. The Civernment rate for war risk- on earn as been reduced to a guinea. AD a •ns on the east coast of Scotland Lave ben ordered thirty miles inland. THE CHRISTMAS POST FOR SOLDIERS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. ! Received 1," 5.5 p.m. London, December 31. The Christmas post for the soldiers at Ike front consisted of 2 1 /. million letters *Bd half a million parcels.