GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1916, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

i -—-~- ■ NOTES FROM THE TIMES. MORE ABOUT TURKEY. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, March 29. Athens newspapers continue publishing alarming storiea of the condition of Turkey, alleging that the residents of Constantinople and Smyrna have been warned to go to the hinterland to escape starvation. SCATHING COMMENTS. The New York Times, commenting on the action of submarines, says that selfrespect forbids a further pretence of the 'United States being friendly with a Power continuing sea assassinations. The New York World asks if anything can be gained by the maintenance of frendly correspondence with a Power lacking truth and honor. PRIZE-MONEY FOR CARMANIA, The Prize Court has awarded the captain, officers, and crew of the Carmania £2115 prize-money for sinking the Cap Trafalgar. EVACUATION OF GREEK TERRITORY. Mr. Ward Price writes that the German troops which recently crossed the frontier evacuated Greek territory after some artillery firing. The German are now busily improving their defensive positions. The French and German outposts are so close that any little movement may bring on fighting. VERY SARCASTIC COMMENT. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received London, March 29. The Westminster Gazette sarcastically refers to a section of the press greeting Sir Edward Carson's return as the arrival of "the man," pointing out that Lord Kitchener. Lord Fisher, Mr. Lloyd George, and Lord Derby had each been placed on a pedestal, but had been pelted by their creators. Mr. Hughes had been idolised as a bringer of Balvation on new lines, but now facts were coming out. (PUNISHMENT OF SUBMARINE COMMANDERS. Sir Edward Carson, in the New York World, discusses the punishment of a captain of a German submarine, and de-. Clares that Americans will only be satisfied if it is publicly administered. Public opinion is rising.