News from England.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 266, 20 April 1915, Page 5

News from England.

SLACKNESS IN MUNITIONS FACTORES. DOMINIONS AND THE WAR. PEACE PROPOSALS DENIED. 'London April : 18. Fifteen munition firms on the Clyde, 27 on the north-east coast, and six elsewhere have furnished Mr. Lloyd George with figures for March, showing that only 24 .per cent, of the men worked above the normal hours, and 3t> per cent, below the normal, representing a loss of '063,000 hours. Lord Rosebery, when at Edinburgh recruiting a bantam battalion, quoted Lord Kitchener's message: "If anybody says I'm opposed to bantams he's a liar.' Lord Rosebery hoped the bantams would prove as good as Goliaths in the field. Lord Brassey, speaking at the Colonial Institute, said the demand of the Dominions to share in the determination of foreign policy was justifiable.. Their participation would make for peace and act as a brake on financial schemes or intricate questions. Mr. T. P. O'Connor, in Reynolds' Newspaper, says that Mr. Harcourt's announcement was most important. It would be incredible, after the soldiers of the Empire had fought and died by the side of our troops, to allow the relationship between.the Motherland and the Dominions to relapse into the old chaotic state. - Petrograd says that Austria has not directly approached Russia with peace terms. The Pope, upon non-official Austrian instigation, sounded Russia. She replied that if Austria wants peace she must ask the Allies their conditions.

CENSORSHIP IN DISFAVOR. Received April 19, 6 p.m. London, April 10. IT-. Chamberlain, at Birmingham, made a strong protest against the censorship of war news, saying, "A Goverorrer.t that tries to aid this country with Winkers will not get the best out of its movnt." \ RECRUITING STIMULATED. Received April 19, 6 p.m. London, April 13. The Zeppelin raids stimulated the recruiting campaign. The Navy List, suspended in January, lia* been re-issued. SOCCER TAKING A REST. Received April 19, 11.45 p.m. London, April 19. The Football Association decided that if the war lasts no serious matches will be played next season, which is estimated to mean a loss of wages of a million sterling. |i/ RAIPD VOLUNTEERING. NO NEED FOR CONSCRIPTION. Received April 19, 1025 pan. London, April 19. The London StftT says ths nation is furnishing volunteers faster than th« War Office can arm them. Any attempt to impose conscription on a 'wluch is making sacrifices so eagerly and so readily would be an insult that would be eagerly resented.