WAR NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 22 February 1915, Page 3

WAR NOTES.

FIFTEEN INCH GUNS. The statement, which Mr Churchill reeently marie as to the pending additions to th" British Naw is interostiner, 11 r the disclosure of manv ships mountin Z new ISin Run. This is believed U be the best naval weapon possible for some Tears to cone, though th; > ,mi"s have uttered cryptic wait an J see" admonitions when asked whv their TToclise" Flotten remained m Kiel. Hnttei„ will have in commission by the eiM nf 1015 nine l hnttlosliips mounting n-opgst them SO loin -runs. The Oueen Elizrbetli, Warspite, Valiant, Barhany end Mainvn will each have eight; wlnlt the Resolution, RamiUies, Revenge, and Ttoval Sovereign, will each liaye tor. Then the Canada, which is now the Civilian Almirante Latcrre, will have ten 14in guns. FOOD AS AN ALLY.

The professors of economics at the Un- j iversitv of Berlin have issued nn appeal | to the German nation stating that it is I the duty of evervone to frustrate the clan of'the British Government, which hopes that at the end of the harvest vear| hunger and want will compel Germfliiv 1 to conclude a dishonorable peace. J..ie professors gave the following five cour-, sets for meeting this danger:—-1. Peon-; omy in the consumption of all use!ill j articles of diet and careful use of any j refuse. 2. Eat war bread. Potatoes are, plentiful in Germany while the supply j of grain for breadee n only last out i if it is mixed with from 20 to 30 per, cent, of potatoes, or if less bread and : more potatoes are consumed. 3. Leave white bread for the sick and feeble, and, make the most sparing use of cakes and, pastry, as Germany lacks one-third »f j its customary simply of wheat and, whcat-flonr. ' 4. The of, meat, laril and butter must be restricted j now, so that people need not suffer from j a want of it later. All who can should j now lav i n for their own use a supply j of smoked ham, bacon, sausages, and suet, but not too much at a time. 5. | The principal foodstuffs should be potatoes, rye, wheat, oats, buckwheat, vegetables, 'and fresh and preserved fruit. Puroir may be used in large quantities and is an excellent article of diet and substitute for lard and butter. The U'<e is especially recommended of skim milk and the cheese made from it (Mag.'rkase), which, o n account of albumen, which they contain, form an excellent substitute for meat. "It is not absolutely want," says the appeal in conclusio.i, "but a. sense of precaution which _ dictates the systemic change in the national diet which we recommend." AX IXCTDEXT OF THE AVAR.

Mr Bonar Law, Leader of tin l Opposition. speaking at, a recruiting meeting at Bottle (England), said:—Let me tell you. if I mav, an ineident —one of many —which WHS told to me by a friend who was at the front, and which made me realise what this war means. He said that a battalion, full strength, went into the trenches. They stayed there dav aftr day without- relief, resisting and resisting successfully overwhelming forces which were trying to drive them nut. At last the time for relief came. They came out of the trenches, hut only a fourth of those who had gone into them, and they came out under the command of one who had become tlieir senior officer, a hoy of li). _ When they came nut. lie formed up his men. Tie gave them the order to march, and then he burst into tears and fell fainting '.o the ground. While duty had required i r . he had done all that was required of him, but when it was over, the strain was too much, and he broke down. That is the kind of thing that is being done by our soldiers everywhere, and we are proud of this. Tt was in numbers ''a contemptible little army." the Kiiiser called it (laughter and a voice. "But not now")—but small as it was it h no exaggeration, it is no disparagement to our French allies, who are fiirliting

mi bravely tn say tliat "contemptible little army" saved Paris ill her hour of need. lint befori' we have done, we may need, and we must have. not a small, but a L'reat armv. and we must havr the very same quality as that which ill editing' onr battles no4\ and we will have it. (Cheers).