MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

—— I CAPTAIN FRYATT'S MURDER. J I GERMAN CHIMES MUST EB EXPIATED, ,&XNOL*C£Mli.\'T BY ME. ASQUITII. Loudon, July 31. ' In tho Hoilse of Commons Mr. Asquith that the Government had learned vth the utmost indignation of tho atrocious murder of Captain Fryatt. Tae ouestion of taking immediate action was r.igaging attention. Coming contemporaneously with the lawless cruelties in connection with the wholesale deportations from Lille and other parts of •Trance, it shows that the German high command, Under sties* of military defeat, has renewed its poiiev of terrorism. ]t is impossible to conjecture what further atrocities will occur, but the Government repeated emphatically their resolve that these crimes should not " r :o "Unpunished when the time armed to bring the criminals, whatever their position, to'justice in cases swell as this. Tlte mail who authorised tin- system under which the crime was committed Xnisht well be the most guilty of n!!. Sir E. Carson suggested the introduction of a Bill nicking it clear that we refuse to admit Me German people into .the community of nations until such crimes have been expiated. Mr. Asquith said the Government (fciiu-j. consider the suggestion. GERMAN AIR RAID, NUMEROUS ZEPPELIX3 ENGAGED. BOMR-DROPPING. Iteceived August 2, I.."0 am London. August 1 Attacks hv a number of en.o'y airtel'ips developed on Monday at midnight. .The . raiders were reported crossing to the coast, cf the eastern and .southeastern, counties. Bombs were dropm-d if, the Thames estuary." Tin: attack is proceeding. . AN EXTENSIVE CRUISE. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS USED. Renter Service. Received August 1, fl.lo p.m« London, August 1. Official: Apparently a considerable of airships were engaged iii toright;! raid. Tiiey cruised icr some ;nr.e over Lincolnshire. Norfolk, SuMolk, Cambridge, iissex, Kent, the Thames .stuary, and Huntingdon, fhey dropped Kiaibs indiscriminately on localities that ire of no military importance. Antiaircraft guns canie into action with, it ;.s belietcd, good effect. Details are jp eking, ANGLO-ITALIAN COMMERCE SCHEME. SUBSIDISED BY GOVERNMENT. Received August 1, 7 p.m. London, August 21. Mr. Mcßenna announced in .he House cf Commons that an Anglo-Italian corooration had been registered for the purpose of furthering commerce, with « capital of £1,000,000, the Government contributing £50,009 for ten years. ZEPPELIN DRIVRY OFF. London, July 31. ' Official: An aeroplane drove off a Zeppelin over the East Coast early this juorning.