MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1916, Page 7

MOTHER COUNTRY.

WAR ANNIVERSARY. CONVALESCENTS TAKE PART. "' 3000 PATRIOTIC MEETINGSSERVICE AT ALDERSHOT, London, August 4. London is crowded with convalescents in hospital suits driving to the Albert Hall meetings to celebrate the second anniversary of the war. Five thousand from various hospitals attended, including hundreds of Anzacs, hundreds of sailors wounded in the Jutland fight, and 400 who have lost limbs. General Smith-Dorrien presided. There were 3000 patriotic meetings in various parts of the country, where resolutions were carried similar to those in Australia and New Zealand. There were gatherings of employees of many stores and business houses, which granted an hour's leave to attend services. The Primate preached at Buckingham Palace, where the King and Queen attended. Eight thousand troops attekded a service at Aldershot. The Navy League "Fight for the Right" movement .organised many meetings, LORD SYDENHAM'S REVIEW. - AN ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK. London, August 4. Lord Sydenham, in his review of the two years of war, adds:— The Allies face the third year with new hopes, unshaken resolve, the highest moral and untouched resources. Austria, twice defeated, is faced with a desperate military and economic position. Turkey has lost Armenia and, faced with an Arab revolt, is now hardly a valid aiiy; Bulgaria is between the upper and nether millstones if Roumania moves; In Germany there is a feeling of deepening hardship and political rifts are , more frequent, the war tends to become . a fight for existence between the dynasty , and ruling classes and the cruelly decciv- . Ed people. , Only a victory in the field will bring a decision, hut the allied armies have ', learnt that they are able to beat the [ Germans on equal terms. The German superiority in material has been destrcy- ! "d and every month sees an increase in , the Allies' equipment. ' More efforts and sacrifices are demanded, and patience and fortitude must be the national watchwords, hut the end should not be far distant. ; COMMONWEALTH RESOLUTION. Melbourne, August 5. The Commonwealth has cabled the , c ecrctarj. of State for the Colonies its de'ermination to continue its efforts to bring the war to a successful conclush n. Speaking at a war anniversary meetirg, Mr. Pearce said that combined naval and military expenditure for two years wa s £sG,fif)S,ooo. CONTROL OF COLONIAL WOOL. . A BRADFORD RUMOR. * London, Augcst i. I'eislstent rumors are revived at' Bradford that the Government will establish , some i-ort of control over colonial wools in the near future. Some reports say 'hat a-' imported after the end of September will be commandeered, hut nothing authentic can be ascertained. -' CABINET CHANGES FORECASTED. London, August 4. • The Manchester Guavdian, which is ! generally well informed, remarks that many good and cautious judges believe reconstruction of the Cabinet is ! very near. Mr. Asquith's prestige lias • suffered. The Irish affair has placed i him in a difficult position. Mr. Lloyd George is his only possible successor. Sir Edward Carson would get the War Office, Mr. Winston Churchill re-entering the Cabinet. The Government proposes to extend the life of ■Piirliauiptit six months, but the Commons and Lords are likely to I grant, only three months, conditional upon a new register being immediately prepared. THE ECONOMIC QUESTION. London, August 4. The Manchester Guardian states that it is believed in Free Trade circles that Mr. Asquith's reference to fairly appor- , t.ioning the new economic policy over all (lasses of the community foreshadows , an Australian policy combining a traiiV ' with high wages. SOLDIERS AS HARVESTERS. Received August ">, 5.5 p.m. Loudon, August 4. The British Army Council has released • 27,000 soldiers to assist in the harvest. DOUBLE INCOME-TAX PROTEST. London August 4. The Double Income Tax Protest As- ; sociation resolved and reaffirmed the resolutions o£ previous meetings that the double tax is unjust, inequitable and detrimental to Imperial trade. It decided to continue its work until the objects in view are attained. Copies ' of the resolution were sent to Mr. As- ! quith, Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. MeKenna. llr. Chamberlain and the Dominion | Premiers. —==— a ,