ENGLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1915, Page 5

ENGLAND.

ANGLOPHOBIA. ATTEMPT TO SOW DISCORD AMONG THE ALLIES. c {Time* and Sydney Sun. Services.) i' Reedv«l August 20, 7.40 p.m. Wji'-Ui'' :.-i>it.-s. . London,.August 20. ifheTpologite Gazette violently criticises Englawfcand says that her Allies have bled While England has supplied the speeches.-France and Russia have exhausted their strength, but England has merely .exhausted the Allies' patience. ' The, Times comments that this is another effort to sow dissension, and the b*»t way. to convince friends and foes of the British determination and faith is the immediate acceptance of national •ervice. % NEUTRAL'S ;STORY. GERMAN NAVAL ACTIVITY. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received August £O, 7.40 p.m. ; , London, August 19. A neutral, continuing his experiences, says it is comparatively easy to get into touch with military affairs in Germany, but the navy is carefully concealed, and it U now impossible for any neutrals to get into fiit-1 or Wilhelmshaven. There are rumors of prodigious naval activity, but it is impossible to ascertain its nature. The submarines have obviously disappointed the public, and there arc whispers that it is difficult to get experienced men to go into submarines. It is claimed 'that the Zeppelins are now far superior and speedier than at the beginning of the war, with powerful improved bombs, f

UNPATRIOTIC EMPLOYERS. DO NOT ENCOURAGE ENLISTMENT. Received August 20, 8.20 p.m. London, August 20. Sir George Pragnell, chairman of the National Patriotic Association, is. dissatisfied with many business mar for failing to encourage employees to enlist, by promising them re-employment on the return of peace. He says trade is too good for recruiting to be good. Five thousand shopkeepers signed a pledge to assist, but the bulk are less inclined now to lose workers than they were earlier in the war. He believes that another half million would immediately enlist if the employers encouraged them. The Wholesale Textile Association, in *, manifesto, agrees to re-engage enlisted employees.

A DRAB CITY. OWING TO SHORTAGE OP DYES. Received August 20, 5.50 p.m. London, August 20. Ladies shopping are constantly finding that emporiums cannot match colors, and it is predicted that tl.e city will soon bo drab from the sameness in men's and women's clothing—either black, white, or grey—in consequence of the shortage of dyes. COTTON TO BE CONTRABAND. London, August 19. The British Embassy at Washington announces that cotton will be treated as contraband, but the date is not fixed. ' 10SPITALS FOR AUSTRALIANS . London, August 19. Arrangements are being made to transfer many of the Australian wounded from Manchester and other provin- . cial hospitals to four main centres— Sheffield, Epsom, Denmark Hill, and Wandsworth. Thus they will secure similarity of treatment and administration. MUNITION WORKS. London, August 19. To date 535 munitions establishments have been brought under Government control. THERE'S NO DANGER Thcro i 3 no disease that c-uses more bodily and mental discomfort or so successfully defies medical aid as influenza, and no medicine that will give such prompt relief as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. When this medicine ia taken the plSiin the chest disappears, the fever, subsides and the whole body becomes more comfortable. There Is no danger of pneumonia when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is taken at the first symptom of influenza. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeeper^