ENGLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1915, Page 5

ENGLAND.

THE TIMES AGAIN. •MORE CO-OPERATION DEMANDED. Received August 3, 10.53 p.m. . . London, August 3. The Times, commenting on the passage in a Petrograd official message suggesting active co-operation of the Allies, is of .opinion that there must be some lack of co-ordination between the responsible military authorities East and West, if the publication of such official statements is really necessary. Dining the winter and spring the Herman armies in the west stood at about 7-> per centum of their war establishments, which were approximately two millions. They hi t quite recently been brought to fuil wir strength, and if a few army corps have been transferred to the eastern theatre the effective strength remaining in '.he west is still greater than at the time the.Allies wore attacked in the Champagne and Artois and on the British trout. There is jio evidence that German strength in the west had been weakened to a very large extent. The recent to a very large extent. The recent operations in the west were due to AustroHungarian armies. The British and French Governments Should issue a statement showing distribution of Germans an the western and eastern fronts, and should immediately establish closer .practical relations with the Russian staff. Mr Asquith ought to state" explicitly wbat we are doing, and what we hope to do. Parliament ought also to be re summoned immediately to initiate legislation for increasing the, acreage under foodstuiTs. Finally, if we arc to retain the confidence of the Allies we must declare that every man of military age is liable to militarv service.

THE GERMAN ARMY. interesting figures. 1 „ •„ London. August 2. Jn tne Prize Court the SolicitorGeneral produced an affidavit by .Major Dillon, of the War Office staff, in which hj« estimates the nurabe/s receiving supplies from the German Government, lie state- that 4,UoC,tv} n:cn are under arms on both fronts and 730,(8u in training. I'lie caauilties have been about two :nil'ioni. The raihvavs employ about half a million; Krupp's and other factories 7.3!,0C0; mines and other war wo.U absorb two millions. These, with taeir dependents, probably aggregate twe.it 1 . - millicus. Jhe figures are giver, as proof that ilit bulk of the imp:rts to Gsnnaay are wanted for war Werners.

AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY. OBSERVED BY WORKERS. London. August 2. The Augut Ban'; Holiday was obsjrve.l in tar munitions areas and t'K' \\ e.st co. I ]fi'Ms, ail the u ni]<rtaking to resume work to-morn,w. Tile west coast seaside i-siv.-U were thronged. I'ifty tl:;.ti.an«l wit»..wd the military and irval at Stamford Bribe in ai l of 1:1 aimed and Minded *pMie;s and sailors.