News from England.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 282, 7 May 1915, Page 5

News from England.

WORK. OF THE CENSORS. 60,000 MESSAGES CKX-SORED DAILY. Received May 0, .5.35 p.m. i .London, May 5. In the House of Lords, Lord Crewt, replying to a question concerning the censorship, said there were 120 cable fend wireless stations outside Great Britain, and if censoring was not carried out there would be much interference and commercial activities would be reduced to the minimum. But the greatest care was necessary to prevent news reaching the enemy. Fifty thousand telegrams were censored daily in Great Britain by 180 censors, and there were four hundred in other parts of the Empire; They were, responsible persons of nsdmbtcd integrity. MONEY FROM DRINK. FIXAXCIXG THE WAR. ;; Times and Sydney Sun Services, i Received May 6, 5.35 p.m. ' London, May 5. Mr. Lloyd George, in his Budget rspeech, estimated increases in the beer •duty of £10,000,000,- in the wine duty '£3,340,000, and in the tea duty €372,000. The income tax alteration merely fulfils the pledge to 'correct the anomaly among insurance companies wiio avoid evasion of payment lie estimated that property, income tax and super taxes jrould produce £103,000,000. Befeiring to the financing of the gigantic war cost, lie said the ordinary margin of imports over exports was .'£130,000,000 this year, and would be •'£448,000,000. Great Britain hail practically to finance the purchases of most of the Allies abroad. We were all acting together, and it means that, instead t>£ financing the difference between (£130,000,000 and £445,000,000, we must finance the difference of £800,000,000.

Every section of the House must ae<!ept the responsibility with the Government in the war. The last thing on which it was desired to embark on a /bitter controversy was the drink question, which fell on every fibre, it being a. serious task. He was not pessimistic, but he never indulged in foolish hopes. Great Britain entered on the war spirit with chivalry, and if it 'fails the prospect of remaking Europe was sad indeed. He was not wedded to any proposals. only he would appeal for permission to cope with the difficulty caused bv liquor in munitions' areas. Ho denied that he made an attack on workers, for he had paid trom the beginning that the vast majority were giving every ounce of their strength.

PRISONERS IN GERMANY. OFFICERS BADLY TREATED. ; Received CVlay 6, 10 p.m. London, Mav 0. ' Lord Robert Cecil, in the lioii-e of (Commons, quoted letters from officers bitterly complaining of their treatment in Germany under the reprisals ordered by the Government and the Kaiser. The were encouraged by German oii'i-1 to relate their experiences. Lord Cecil hoped Mr. Asqnith would persist in his intention to exact reparation at ithe end of the war, however lugh placed were the criminals. Mr. Asquith reiterated his previous pledge. i Sir. Jionar Law, referring to the Gorman methods of warfare, hoped we would disregard any convention preventing us from effectively dealing with our enemies, who were showing no respect for convention of any kind. We might ■without loss of national dignity reverse the policy of the submarines. If everything failed to bring redress v. :> might confiscate all German property within the Empire. : (A previous cable stated that Germany iiad confiscated the property of en-my .suUjcft* in 'Germany.)

—• <;kxki;al items. " M.iy ' Ladv Lawrf-iifC is orL r inii*iu'.r nt 11 - m war-workers' yards throughout tin. country. , French vij.merom, at niimero.Hineetin«s protested at tin- rmtions oIT.-t t» the Briti-h wine dutic-. and m\;.«'d tie Government lo re|ire.-..nta'.i<m«. The Clvde shipowners' and einp.oyee* conferem :■ at .leaded that t.-j lien .4,0u1d report Ihcniseivis (huh h!i«» the Admiralty fdimild have first, elnia: on their cervicr

EXPORT OF COAL. Received May ft, 8.5 ]>. in. London, May 0. l'roin Alar I'> lll the export of coal and ■coke, except to British possessions and to the countries of the Allies will be prohibited. BEER TO BE WEAKER. Received May 7, 1.15 a.m. London, May 0. Mr. Uovd George informed a brewers' deputation that it was necessary to lower the standard of alcohol in beer. BOXUS- FOR UJALMIXERS. Received May 7, 1.14 a.m. . London, May (». The Daily Telegraph says that Mr. Asquitli lias decided that eacli coal district wdl arrange to pay a miners' bonus within a week. The amount is not stated.