WAR NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 258, 10 April 1915, Page 5

WAR NOTES.

To stimulate recruiting, Sir. Hurry Lauder has organised a band of pipers to tour Scotland Undine 'North of lineland. The Taogliciw Rundschau learns from Copenhagen that "packed trains are still running from the coast to U>ndoi>. Yarmouth is deserted of two-tiiirdis of her population. Only the poor and the officials remain!' How is this for a record? A Scot in Canada volunteered to serve, and was accepted, travelled from British Columbia (Vancouver Island), acroSß Canada, then acros {he Atlantic, arrived in Scotland, got orders to proeeed to Southampton en route to India, left for I*dia Mid arrived there after six weeks) continual travelling, having covered nearly. 13,000 miles (or more than halfway across the world) in the King's service! . The Russian troops in East iTuasia have found many civilians prondod With gunsticks, outwardly resembling ordinary walking-sticks. Hitherto it Jias been somewhat of a mystery how tin Russians marching tlirougli viilapes have frequently 'been shot in the back witsout the cuiprTts being discovered. To many doubters t'le preparedness of the Germans for this, stupendous struggle may be brought home 'by th® following true story:—A Iriend of mine (says an English writer) states that a relative of his interested in education made a tour of inspection of the German schools early this summer At a certain place, towards the end of hi» visit, he called out from the class a bright lad, and asked him what his highest ambition was. "To become a soldier, sir, and invade London, and sack it!" was the ready reply. rurn« ing to the schoolmaster the visitor remarked: "That's a nice thing for a Britisher to hear! Have you many lads here like that one ' "Sir, there are about 500 bovs in this school, and everv one is imbued with the same ambitionwas the startling response. 'ln the course of an interesting letter to a friend at Linwood, Christchureh a marine on board a warship says that his vessel was down at Cocos Island sit days, and that the writer was aboard the wreck of the Emden everv day. The divers were looking fa r a pedo. "I am pelased to say that the »nc all complete. We had a tart job getting it out of the submerged torpedo flat, and there were a lot ot dead German sailors down there, and when the divers stirred things up it was very disagreeable. We also got two of her guns. One is going to England with £e torpedo, and the other u_ gome to Australia as a curio Another thme we got was a searchlight and 600* Chinese dollars, and some good sets ot doctors' instruments. The torpedo is worth £BOO or £9OO. We had a cable.rram from the Admiralty praising us for the work we had done. Our captain was so pleased he gave us 36 hours ,6 ¥he story of a 'Soy leading a bayonet charge Is told by Corporal IshMßeod, End Manehesters, one of the ISB ed who arrived at Cardiff (WaloM - month. He said: "On October 20 the Germans were all around » and the fire enfiladed our trenches. First our lieutenant was Wo » n l e t if w a single geant, and we were olfioer to command a platoon. W ■ wnnderinsr what to do, when n nnvau. a boy of 18, the babv of the company threw up his cap, and, with a, J 1 ®"™* cheer veiled, 'Fix bayonets, lads! We did ami charged the ' i The hoy was in the ai.t of * | a German when the tatter shouted: For ! God's sake, don't stick me! It 'too I late,' returned the younT.*trT. through you.'"