A WAVE OF TEMPERANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 256, 8 April 1915, Page 5

A WAVE OF TEMPERANCE.

Received April 8, 12.5 a.m. London, April 7The King's anfPalcohol decision has fired the popular imagination. Peers, society leaders and commercial men arc joining in tlie movement. Mr. Lloyd George has received a hundred thousand abstinence pledges. Another fifty thousand signed the pledge ~ at-Edinburgh.

THE TIMES ON PROHIBITION.

THE BRITON HATES 'COMPULSION,

Beeeied April 8, 12.5 a.m. London, April 7

The Times, in a leader, says that now that the drink question is fully and freely discussed on broad sentiment, the nation dislikes the idea of complete and compulsory prohibition, though probably it will he accepted if the Government emphatically declares that it is desirable and necessary. Yet the English race docs not like extremes, and specially abhors extreme measures enacted by law.

MORE ABOUT DRINK.

AN ARCHBISHOP'S PLEA FOR ABSTINENCE.

SOLDIERS FAVOR PROHIBITION.

f Received April 7, 5 p.m. . London, April 7. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in a Sermon, exhorted those unable to bear arms to help the country by abstain-

ing from drink, and said the effects * would be startling and enormous, and ■would change the whole situation. A staff of a dozen sorters is working on Mr. Lloyd George's correspondence on the drink question. Nine mail bags on Saturday were received, each containing six thousand letters, and there were . two on Sunday, including many letters from men in training, supporting prohibition.

" THE STRONG MAN."

* TO PUSH ON MUNITIONS CONTRACTS.

Received April 8, 12.5 a.m. London, April 7.

George Booth, a member of a Liverpool shipping firm, is the mouthpiece of Kitchener's Munitions Committee. The papers suggest that he fulfils Mr. Lloyd George's "strong man." (In the House of Commons, on March 10, Mr. Lloyd George said the Government intended to organise the whole engineering community for the purpose of increasing the output. They were looking out for a strong business man, with push and go, to carry things < through for the duration of the war. The Allies' success depended on the step-

LABOR'S IMPOSSIBLE DEMANDS,

i' Received April 8, 12.15 a.m. London, April 7.

The Labor Conference passed a resotion against Laborite members of the House of Commons speaking on platforms where attempts were made to justify the war, and carried a further resolution approving that the party ( ghonld resume its national propaganda and direct attention to the persistent misrepresentation of the conditions and habits of the working people, and the grave problems of taxation and unemployment arising at the conclusion of ihe war. The conference declared that the Government must immediately disclose the terms on which it is prepared to negotiate for peace.

LABOR'S NATURAL CALL.

ACTION, NOT NEUTRALITY. Received April 7, 10.50 p.m. * London. April 7. |P* Mr. Clynos, M.P., writing to the Independent on the Labor Party's conference and recruiting, said that strong acfc tion, not neutrality, was the Socialists' natural call when brutal and treacher- "*' oug crimes were committed such as , lif _ tfcooe to Belgium.

PATRIOTIC WORKERS AT TYNE6IDE.

London, April-G.

The workers in the shipyards and munition factories on Tyneside returned after the holidays with remarkable punctuality. This is attributed to the appeals of the King and Lord Kitchener.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

GERMAN OFFICERS BREAKING CAMP.

Received April 7, 8.5 p.m. London, April 7.

An attempt by a hundred German officers of some distinction to escape from the detention camp near Maidenhead was foiled-

They tunnelled for twelve yards anft pierced the concrete wall.

WAR PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

BETTER CONDITIONS OBTAINING,

Received April 7, 5.30 p.m. London, April 7.

The Press. Bureau issueT-a statement that the Foreign Office understands that great improvements were made in the Kuhlben camp in the last few "weeks. The chief disadvantage in regard to the supply of bread has been reduced, and the entire work of the kitchens is now in the hands of the British. The allowance of meat and other food for in.terned civilians now being received is far in excess of the former allowance to all in the unself-supporting category. Over two thousand lately received four mark 3 each weekly from the British Relief Fund, and this has now been increased by one mark. Arrangements are proceeding to secure a sanatorium near Berlin, where the interned prisoners needing medical attention will be sent. The sanitary arrangements have been greatly improved, and a large space allowed for exercise and recreation.

TREASURY BIXLS,

A GREAT RESPONSE.

Received April 7, 5.5 p.m. . London, April 7. Thirty-four millions three hundred thousand pounds were subscribed for the Treasury Bills issued at the end of March. Tlie average discount was £3 2s Id. Tenders for a further fifteen millions close on April 13th.