MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

RED CROSS DAY.

ZEPPELLN SOUVENIRS SOLD.

TWO MILLION? EXPECTED.

•Received Oct. 20, 5.5 p.m.

London, Oct. 10. I here was a record for "Flag Day" in London, on behalf of the British' Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Thousands of Indies, nurse.-!, and wounded soldiers were soiling thirty-five million Red Cross flags and a million aluminium souvenirs rut from the Zeppelin that was broiHit down at Cuffley. Zeppelin bracelets were selling at five guineas apiece. Leading society women and actresses were collecting in hotels and restaurants It is hoped that the fund will total tv.'o million pounds.

BALKANS DISCUSSED.

Eonmania, Oct. 10 In the House of Commons, Mr. Hunt asked for assurances that Boumania would be saved from the fate of Serbia. Mr. Bonar Law said the situation in Eoumania had 'been the subject of careful and anxious consideration by ourselves and our allies, and everything possible was being done in the matter.

In reply to a question, Lord Robert Cecil stated that the question of the recognition of the provisional Government in Greece must be_ settled in agreement with the Allied Governments. He added that the visit of Prince George' of Greece was of a private character.

Received Oct. 20, 8.30 p.m.

London, Oct. 20.

In tile House of Commons, Sir Edward Carson asked when it would be possible to get a Government statement regarding .Roumania, in view of the prevalent anxiety. Mr. Bonar Law said it was undesirable to make a statement at present.

RHODES SCHOLARSHIP BILL. Router Service. Received Oct. 20, 11.50 p.m. London, Oct. 20. In the House of Commons, on the second reading of the Rhodes Estate Bill, providing for the disestablishment of.German scholarships, Mr. J. King moved its rejection, criticising the trustees' methods to carry out the object in view. He admitted that i reversion to pre-war conditions was impossible.. Colonel Yate suggested ihat the trustees be invited to con9idei the allocation.of one of the proposed forfeited scholarships to India.

Mr. H. J. Mackinder, on behalf of the •promoter of the measure, said that the House would agree, that a long time would elapse before Germans would again be acceptable at Oxford. Mr. King withdrew his opposition, and the Bill passed the second reading.

A PENSIONS MINISTER. London, Oct. 19. The Daily Chronicle states that the Cabinet yesterday decided to appoint a Pensions Minister. EXCHEQUER BONDS DEFENDED. Router Service. Received Oct. 20, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 19. . In the Houe of Commons, replying to criticism of the high rate of interest on the new Treasury Bonds, Mr. McKenna (Chancellor of the Exchequer), declared that pre-war standards were inapplicable to the present situation, owing to the immense sums, required. He instanced that we were paying two millions sterling to the United States every working day. That looked an impossible task, but we had accomplished it, and there was no reason to suppose we would not continue to do. Hence the necessity of raising money in the United States. He mentioned that thirty-six; millions of six per cent. Exchequer Bonds had been sold in a fortnight. The present moment was unfavorable to a long term loan.

GREECE. DU FOURNET'S FIRMNESS. CONSTANTI-NE'S BONA FIDES Athens, Oct. 19. Admiral t m Fournet's Note to the police authorities declared his intention of reinforcing the police by Allied marines, owing to disorderly scenes. The Note concluded: "I will accept no discission on this decision."

Tbcro was a ldng interview between King Constantine and Sir Francis Elliot, British Ambassador, last evening. It is reported that the former insisted on the groundlessness of the suspicion that the Greeks contemplated an attack on General San-ail's forces from the south, and declared his readiness to withdraw his forces from Larissa as a proof of his bona fides.

MINISTRY OF KATIONAL DEFENCE. Received Oct. 21, 1.30 a.m. Salonika. Oct. 20. M. Repoulis has completed a Minis; try of National Defence.

ROWDYISM IN ATHENS. London, Oct 19. The Daily Chronicle's Athens correspondent states that eighty French marines proceeding through the principal thoroughfare were followed by large crowds shouting "Down with France!" and "Long live the King!" The patrol charged the demonstrators, and a struggle ensued, in which nine were arrested. A Greek cavalry patrol made no effort to assist in restoring order. The streets are still held by a strong force of military, and artillery is stationed at the Olympic stadium and ma-chine-guns are mounted at the Parliament Houses. The -French commander has demanded the i'se of the Parliament and "University buildings as barracks.

iVENIZELOS SEVERED FROM, CONSTANTINE.

(Received Oct. 20, 8.30 p.m. London, Oct. 29.

The Exchange Telegraph's correspondent at Athens reports that M. Venizelo3 has informed the Entente Ministsn that he could no longer co-operate with King Constantino, even if the King i*ca«iesced,ia:thß Nation&J,*w»»w •«.*, .