News from England

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 252, 3 April 1915, Page 5

News from England

THE OVERSEAS DOMINIONS.

TROUBLE FN FNDIA,

'GERMAN BRIBERY IN BRITAIN

SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF MUNITIONS.

TROOPS' TRANSPORT DELAYED.

London, April 1. Tile King has written to Mr. Lloyd •George that in view of the grave situation -at :the armament factories he is prepared to set an example himself by ighring up all alcohol, and to forbid its .consumption in the Royal Household.

Received April 2, J2.30 a.m. London, April 1. Beplying to 'Mr. Lloyd George's rc;port on the deputation to employers Loril Stamfordhain, on b-jluir of the King, writes that His Majesty read the reports with the deepest concern. He fv's that c-nly the most vigorous measures ■will successfully -cope with the grave ■situation.

The Admiralty and War Office officials :Bupplemcrit the Statements of employers ■which show that largely owing to dr nlr Britain is unable" to secure the output ■of war material indispensable for fhe requirements of "her army in the find. There has been serious delay in the on•veyance of reinforcements and supplies, and a continuance of such a state of things must result- in the prolongation of the horrors of this terrible war. li 'deemed advisable, the King was. prewired to set an example by giving up lie ihol in order that, so far as the King ■ was concerned, rich and poor would be 'treated alike.

"MOKE NOTABLE TEETOTALLERS.

XORD KITCHENER A CONVERT.

Lord Kitchener has banislied alcohol •from his household. It is understood tliat Cabinet members and Government judges intenj to follow tlie King's example to banish intoxi>cants.

FOMENTING LABOR STRIKES.

SUPPLYING LIQUOR TO WORKERS.

London, April 1. The Admiralty has obtained conclusive proof that German agents are fomenting strikes in Britain; particularly in OlasTgow, Cardiff, Bristol, and Birkenhead.

The Intelligence Division has reported that it lias definite evidence of a conspiracy on the part of Germans in Britain to increase the gravity of the drink question by "treating" the workmen of ■Britain.

■ DEALING WITH THE DOCKERS. London, March 31. The tenders for l.j millions of Treasury! bills amounted to £37,974,000. The leverage discount was '£2 13s lid.

The South Wales dockers have ac•cepted'a 10 per cent, war bonus.

Lord Derby, with Lord Kitchener's permission, is forming a battalion of dockers at Liverpool under military law for liome service to carry on Government work at the docks. 'They will receive army pay in addition to a minimum wage of 3(is under the Trade Union ruli s. Only unionists will be enrolled. Wi't-h members of the House of Commons. after a conference, with one dissentient, passed a resolution relying on Mr. Asquith's undertaking, endorsed by Mr. Bonar Law, that no controversial legislation should be introduced during the war. I

CASUALTIES DURING MARCH.

London. April !

Casualty lists for Morch total MSI officers and 15,704 men, of whom 3!(0 officers and 440(> men are dead, 3034 men mis ;n<;. and 3232 prisoners.

COMFORTS FOR '"TOMMY." Received April 2, 5.5 p.m. London, April 1. The War Office pronounces that s'lcu a large stock of clothing, unilcrclotliiiig. and mufflers has beon .contributed to Britain from overseas that no furtiirr suppfi"'* are needed for the troops.

BRITAIN'S REVENUE, r~ London, April 1 • The revenue for the financial year wa £22fi,6!H,080, of which customs contri buted ,e?B.fifi2.ono, rxciw C42.313.'Min stamps £7.577,000, income tax £G9.3Vi 000.

THEIR PLACE IX IMPERIAL,

COUNSELS.

Received April 2, 5.5 p.m. London, April i. . The Saturday Review says the country after the war will insist on being better informed on the iori'igir policy, and also on closer relations with the Dominions. The latter have grown up, and will no longer be fobbed oil" with, departmental red tape or an understrapper of the State. Tt is unbelievable that they will subside quietly and not ask inconvenient questions regarding- the rearrangement of the war. This will enormously quicken the Empire's evolution. The Saturday Review cannot see what good' en-1 can be served by postponing Australia's strong movement for an informal consultation with the Motherland during the war concerning- matters that are bound to come forward when the time of settlement arrives to secure intimate communion of the people. Australia requires a much more human touch ili.in the chill curt agency of the cablegrams and the rigid formalist of Whitehall'..

NATIVE RISING SUBDUED".

'Simla, March 3'l. Ofiicial.—Ten thousand tribesmen attacked Tochi, near Miransha\ but \rer«J driven across the Durand line: Two hundred were killed and three hundred wounded.

The tribes, who were mstinly Zadrans with a few Maigals, were opposed by two squadrons of cavalry and a mountain battery, the. loth -Jats, 52nd Sikhs and North Waziristan Militia, under Brigadier-Goneral Fane. A; rcconnaisance later showed no trace of the marauders.