GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1915, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

| AN ARAB_RiSING. ( AUALNtfT TURKEY. I Received August 23, 10.10 p.m. Paris, August 22. Lo Temps' Cairo correspondent re* ' ports that the Scyd el Idciss have organised an uprising of the Yemen tribef against Turkey. The insurgent* have decided to march against ShakarUada Sana, and establiali an independent wincipality. PRO-GERMAN CHILDREN. Received August 23, 10.10 p.m. Johannesburg, August 21. The Hospital Hill puhlic school, formerly known as the German school, hoisted the Union Jack for the first time. Some of the pupils, 00 per coat. of whom arc of German extraction, pulhid down and burned the flag. CHAPLATNS FOR.ITALIAN FLEET. Received August 24, 1 a.m. ti r. • , Romc ' AuffU3 ' 23< i ' -the Pope is about to appoint addl* tional clergy to accompany the Italian .Navy going to the near East. Petrograd, August '23, Estimate of forces. I

It is estimated that not loss than forty per centum of the German force* operating against Russia, and aggregating, with the Austrians, eevcu(y per centum of the enemy forces, AUSTRIAN MORATORIUM. > j Received August 23, 10,80 p.m. Amsterdam, August 23. The, Austrian moratorium for pay. ments abroad has been prolonged for «* ofclier four months. GREEK CABINET. Athens, Augiut 22. M. Venizelos, in addition to the Pre* miership, holds the Foroign Office port.. folio. *^