GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1916, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

NOTES FROM THE TIMES. DISABLED MEN. (Times Mid Sydney Sun Services). London, May 17. In the House of Lords; Lord Beresfprd called attention to the deplorable cases -of disabled men, discharged from the Army, Who were left without »nean3 during the interval of receiving their , pensions. Lord Sandhurst said that new arrangements were-teing made. KCT PRISONERS. Replying to Lord Desart, Lord Sand- • hurst declared that the Turks had not supplied the ( necessities of life to the ! Sat prisoners, and'the American Consul had been asked to procure information.) " GALttPOU AWARDS. Lord Bfte&ford asked why there was a differentiation in the rewards to the "(Wlitaiy (did naval airmen at Gallipoli. They were equally gallant, but the' military had been less well treated than 'the naval men. The Marquis of Devonshire denied that . ; he had. promised a subsequent rectification of any apparent inequality. DUTCH TRAWLER PLUNDERED. The Press Bureau communicates the news that .the Dutch trawler St. Nicholas collided with a German warship and was taken to Cuxhaven and plundered of all the copper parts and all movables. The ; skipper was forced to deposit two thousand pounds for salvage, to cover the German Government's claim. tf TURKS HURLED BACK., -The. Times' correspondent at Petro-: grad says that the Turk 3 were shattered and hurled back in the coa9tal zone. The,centre manifested a partial recovery, nevertheless, but the arrival of reserves failed, and this will materially affect the situation and the enemy's advantage. After suffering heavily, they are obliged to suspend the offensive at Erzing region, and-Ht remains impotent, as they • cannot oppbse the Russian left wing's •progress. . AN OUTSPOKEN POLICE OFFICIAL. The Taegliche Rundschau publishes a speech, delivered at Munich by the po-l lice president, violently condemning the citizens for luxurious living, their life of dissipation contrasting with the terrible sacrifices made at the front. The . police president vituperised the welldresfed girls and women, who were care- • lei* in their mode of living, and rioting in luxury, while oh the other hand 5000 soldiers' wives were unable to afford a scrap of meat. He cited the case of a ■ woman requesting a milk card for a lapdog. He also condemned dealers for shameless extortion, and said they were hoarding up huge quantites of produce tor sale at an immense profit. ( THE IPOSITION OF PORTUGAL. >' .London, May^lß. In the House of Common*. Sir Edward Grey, interrogated, said that Portugal lad not signed a pact. ■GERMAN PRISONERS. In the House of Commons, Commander C. Bellairs asked if the German official figures, 137,798 prisoners and 197f>94 missing, were accurate. Mr. Tennant. replied tnat the number of German prisoner* was approximately £2,000 in excess of the German figures. VON'MOLTKE'S VIEWS. London, May 18. Field-Marshal von Moltke, interviewed by the Budapest Avilag, said the Germans were well supplied with men and there was, no fear regarding reserves. The Allies Were worse off. Almost the entire French reserves were on the battlefield, and the British compulsion would only bring in a few hundred i- thousands, which were necessary to replace losses but did not affee'. the military situation. He admitted that the Allies' production of munitions was equal to that of the Central Powers..