News from England.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 267, 21 April 1915, Page 5

News from England.

BRITISH HEROES. \ VICTORIA CROSSES TO GALLANT SOLDIERS. London, April 19. Victoria Crosses have been awarded *o:— Private Baiter, of the Fir3t Grenadiers, "who ran. ahead of a grenade company Neuve Cha-pelle and threw bombs with each effect that a very great number of the enemy immediately surrendered. When his comrades came up Barber was alone, and the enemy surrendering all round him. To Lance-Corporal Fuller, of the First Oranadieiß. He was quite alone, and seeing the enemy escaping by a comnumication trench at Neuve Chapelle he nuhed forward and killed the leader With ft bomb. Jlfty others, seeing it was impossible "to evade the bombs, surrendered. To lieutenant Cyril Martin, of the At Spanbroekmolen, on the 12th of March, though wounded, he led » gttonade party into the German trendies and held back reinforcements ti* 2% hours. j

To Private Henry May, of the First •Onseronians. At La Boutillerie, on October 22, he volunteered to rescue woundid under heavy, fire, carrying an officer lor three hundred yards. To Private Follerton, of the First {knteronia&s. At La Boutillerie, on OcMat Aisne, he carried a wounded officer to greater safety. When the bat.telioe retired, Tollerton, though wound••d, returned to the officer and lay be/Bide him lor three days. Both were •rescued. ,

fv SHOT BY A SENTRY. i • "FATE OF AN OFFICER. ® i London, April 19. 'j Four officers, were motoring at 1 Hamsgate, disregarded a sentry's chal- \ lenge. Lieut. Winch, of the East Kent t "Rifles was shot dead. The sentry was i exonerated. s SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE. a i BUT NOT FOR THE GERMAN „ \ ) GANDER. ( i IS THE MINISTER SERIOUS! ' Received April 20, 7.25 p.m. 1 London, April 20. 1 Mr. Page has handed to Sir Edward ' <3rey Germany's protect against the seiz- i lire of the German steamer Pallat, conveying German refugees from Tsing-tao to Tientsin on the ground that the ve3- . eel was engaged in a humanitarian mi*- < si on and exempt from seizure. Sir Edward Grey, in reply, contends < •that the seizure was justifiable, as the Temoval of refugees had the effect of increasing the fortress' power of resistance. He expresses astonishment at Germany's protest, in view of the torpedoing of the Admiral Gauteaume, conveying refugees to- England, when Germany was not mindful of the dictates of humanity. THE PRINZ EITEL. Received April 20, 9.20 .m. Copenhagen, April 20. Some of the Prinz Kitel's crew have feached Copenhagen with the commander's gecret report. SUGGESTED BRITISH REPRISALS. CONFISCATE GERMAN PROPERTY. Received April 20, 0.20 p.m. London, April 20. The Daily Mail argues that if the Government is .unwilling to enforce the law of hostages by immuring a number •of Germans in penal prisons, reprisals are easy by means of money levies on Germans' property within the Empire, which is estimated at three hundred millions sterling . The Kaiser owns estates In Canada which would be liable to confiscation. UN-BRITISH MINERS. Received April 20, 7. 2o p.m. London, April 20. The North Wales Miners' Association lias notified the owners that after May Bth they will cease work in any uiine employing non-unionists" or non-financial SS'm'xrs.

SOUTHERN UNIONS JOIN IN. Received April 21, 12.10 a.m. London, April 20. In spite of their leaders' remonstrances the South Wales miners have decided to support a national strike to secure a 20 per cent, war bonus. WOMEN'S PEACE CONGRESS. NO BRITISH DELEGATES. ( Received April 20, 11.25 p.m. Loudon, April 20. ' The British delegates to the Women's 1 Peace Congress were unable to reach the c Hague owing to the absence of steamers. I Lord Bryce, in a letter heartily supporting the congress, said all out lit to impress on the various Governments that 1 their supreme duty was to reduce the 1 causes of war, now that we had learned i how much more awful and hideous war i can be than anybody supposed. i