GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1915, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

NEWS FROM THE TIMES. UICURUITINO. IN IRELAND. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received Oct, 18, 5,5 p.m. London, Oct. 17. A recruiting conference at Dublin decided that Lord Wimborne should form a department for recruiting in Ireland, with him as director ana chief organiser, working in conjunction with the chief organiser. In a letter, Lord Kitchener paid a tribute to the bravery and gallantry of the Irish soldiers, and said he was confident that Irishmen would not leave them without reinforcements. It was intimated that Ireland had already recruited 81,000 men. A GERMAN ARMY ORDER. The Times' correspondent at Paris reports that a Divisional Order, strictly in secret, addressed to German officers and signed "Bitfurth," has been found on an officer. The order states: "It has been observed recently that the infantry I were limited in action to defensive firing in order not to provoke the enemy's reply. When the latter bombards, the infantry immediately asks the artillery to support them, manifesting great satisfaction when the attack ceases. Such conduct is emphatically condemned, as tending to kill the spirit of the trobpj and convincing the enemy of his superiority. All efforts shoulJ he made with a view of taking an early offensive, which will be more difficult the longer it is delayed, Commanders of brigades and regimentß are urged to keep up the offensive activity to the highest pitch. Instead of acting on the will of the enemy, we must impose our will on him, our troops utilising all their resources and ingenuity to destroy the enemy." BY THE GRACE OP ALLAH. Army orders issued by Djemal Pasha, on the eve of the invasion of Egypt in February last, declare: "By the grace of Allah we will attack the enemy by seising the Canal, When the conquest of Egypt is completed the Government will build a house for the family of every officer and soldier killed." SHOULD THERE BE REPRISALS FOR AIR RAIDS? ; (Times and Svdney Sun Service's.) Received Oct. ,19, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 18. Sir John Bryce, in a tetter, protests against the public demands for antiZeppelin reprisals for dropping bombs on civilians. Britain still demands the respecting of the Hague Convention, and to initiate savagery will lower us to the level of the Germans. Sir A. Conan Doyle says: "We are justified in laying certain towns in Germany in ruins, in order to compel the cessation of Zeppelin attacks."