GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 January 1916, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

NOTES FROM THE TIMES. AIR RAIDS PREDICTED. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, Jan. 20. Attention is being concentrated on the expectation of a renewal of Zeppelin attacks on London on a more elaborate scale. The enemy is reported to be preparing a fleet of heavy bomb-carrying aeroplanes. It is believed that Germany intends to use Ostend as a base. Sir A. C'onan Doyle and others urge the bombing of German towns as reprisal, pointing out that similar attacks, in addition to constantly moving aeroplane patrols, have secured immunity for Palis, \ ; LLOYDS' RATES. ; , , Lloyds' rates to pay a total loss in the event of the war not being over on June 30, 1910, are 80 guineas per cent., for September 65 guineas, October 60 guineas, December 50 guineas, March, 1917, 25 guineas, June 15 guineas, September 10 guineas. j! PREPARED AT SUEZ. . Le Petit Journal states that Indian missionaries who have arrived at Naples declare that the British have completed extraordinary powerful fortifications in the Suez Canal region. The general impression is that if Djemal Pasha's Turco- ■ German offensive materialises it will quickly crumple up. JVEAT'S THE GAMEt ? T?he Times' correspondent at Petrograd says the opinion of the Russke Slovo is that the German high command is deliberately spreading rumors of a projected campaign in Egypt to mask the true direction of the blow, which jvill bo aimed at the Russian Asiatic frontier and the boundary of India. i ______ _ MORE BLUFF! 'A German wireless message say 3 that the Kaiser was seen at various places in (Berlin. After his luncheon with Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg he drove off amid crowds joyfully cheering. He ha 6 now completely recovered from the slight indisposition caused by the granule in his throat. HEAVY SHIPPING LOSS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received Jan. 21, 5.30 p.m. London, Jan. 20. The Liverpool Underwriters' Association reports that 628 ships were lost in 1915, valued at £29,744,053, or more than half the British tonnage. FURTHER EVIDENCE OP INTRIGUE. The Times' Salonika correspondent says that undeniable evidence has 'been found that the Consulates have been inciting the Senussi to a "holy war" against non-German Christendom. The documents were enclosed in a sealed parcel addressed t<> the Austrian military attache. ~ QUITE AUSTRALIAN!' ~ Lieutenant Quigley, an Australian, describes the evacuation of Anzac. He gays: "Tho officers knew of the intentions before the men did, but, later, suspicions were aroused, and we destroyed tile stores. On the final night I took medical charge, and was instructed that if the wounded were unable to walk. I v.-as to dress' them and leave them in exposed positions, in order that they could be. seen and attended, to later by the Turks. I was ordered to remain behind if there were many casualties."