MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

EXCHANGE OF CIVILIANS.' ' A NEW LOAN. London. Jan. 3. Under the exehanße of interned civilians scheme 700 Britishers are being exchanged for more than 1)000 f-'crmans Regarding the'report of the winding up of. German banks, the Daily Mail says the banks should immediately Be fih'.it down, the German managers interned, and the unrealised securities handed over to the Public Trustee. London. Jan. 5. The Government is preparing investors for tiff l issue of a new loan which it i« ejected will be redeemable in twenty year?. yielding the investor fij per cent., or four per cent, free of in.-jme tax if subscribers prefer thU oplid!;. THE WAR OFFICE ENQUIRY. PROTEST AT PROCEDURE. London, Jan. 5. Sir Charles Piussell protests against the procedure in the Barred: inquiry. He states that he represented some of the parties involved. Wher. the Act authorising the inquiry was* passed an assurance was given' that everything would be secret. This assurance had been broken. The evidence waa not published, but the findings dealing with selected items of evidence had been published broadcast. The parties accused were deprived of their constitutional visits of trial by jury.

THE PATH OF DUTY. (United Servicoj. London, .Tan. 5. A contributor to the Evening Standard quotes letters wliieli have passed between Lieutenant Barrett and Mrs. Cormjallis West, showing how she pursued liim with attentions until finally Barrett wrote making it elear that lit* preferred the, path of duty, and concluded that he only wanted to live a good life and serve his God and his King'. The contributor adds that Mrs. West informed General Maekinnon that Barrett pursued and frightened her cod broke into her bedroom, and therefore she requested his removal. Mrs. est s allegations were proved untrue. The Daily Mail states that Mrs. Cornwall West has decided to retire from all public life.