BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1915, Page 5

BRITAIN.

THE KING. . MAKES SLOW PROGRESS. TEMPERATURE NORMAL. London, Oct. 31. An official bulletin, timed 10 o'clock this rooming, was issued this afternoon. It stated that the Kins' ' s making slow progress. The pain is diminishing, but his Majesty is still weak. His pulse and temperature are normal.

THE WAR IN PARLIAMENT.

MR. ASQUITH'S STATEMENT TO-DAY. PROPOSED WAR COMMITTEE, Received Nov. 1, 5.5 pjn. London, Oct. 31. Mr. Asquith's pronouncement on Tuesday will be comprehensive, covering the whole field of controversy. Lord Rosebery's suggestion is not likely to be carried out, as there is a strong impression that the exclusion of Sir E. Grey would be fatal. It is more likely that the War Committee will not consist of less than live men of the highest eminence.

A DISAPPOINTED NATION. BUT SOLID FOR WAR. Received Nov. 1, 10.30 p.m. London, Nov. 1. The Daily Telegraph says that the general feeling is that we have reached the decisive moments of the war, and Mr. Asquith's statement is anxiously awaited.

The developments in tbe Balkans liave inflicted a grievous blow to the people's hopes and there is bitter disappointment at so little tangible success. It is regarded that the unsurpassed heroism of the Australians and British at Gallipoli has been detracted from by Cabinet dissensions, and the people are gravely concerned at tbe plight of the heroic Serbians.

Mr. Asquith, says the Mail, faces a nation which is solid for war, and insisting on a peace that must include tie downfall of German militarism. ANOTHER APPEAL TO LABOR. raiLwaymen enlistments. Received Nov. 1. 10.50 pjn. London, Nov. 1. Mr. Thomas is appealing for greater labor efforts. He ha* announced that ninety-two thousand raUwaymen have enlisted. MR. BLATCHFORD SPEAKS OUT. HOUGH ON THE PRIME MINISTER. London, Oct. 51. Mr. R. Blatchford, in the Weekly Dispatch, denounced Mr. Asquith as the man chiefly responsible for all the blunders of the war. He is all unreadiness, timidity, and hesitation. It is untrue that we have a Government of 22: really it is a Government of one man, who sat on the rail before the war and during the war.