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Taranaki Daily News, 7 February 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

WAR LOAN STIMULATED. • A RUSH OF APPLICANT 3. Received Feb. 6, 11.10 p.'.r.. London, Feb. G. America's ruptir? lias greatly stimulated the British War Uan, and the I ißank of England is unable to cope with )ltg rusk of apjlsMtioiis. CARE OF WAR PRISONERS. WHO WILL TAKE AMERICA'S PLACE? Received Feb. <3, 10.20 p.m. London, Em. G. Mr. H. G. Newton, M.P, in the course of an interview, said that we cannot overestimate the work done by Americans on behalf of war prisoners The rupture temporally cuts elf the prisoners until another neutral lakes up me •work. It is estimated that Austria and Germany hold 1,500,000 Russian prisoners, 400,000 French, 50,000 Belgians, and C 35,000 British prisoners. WAR LOAN PROPAGANDA. ■, • . ' London, Feb. !>. •fhere is active propaganda in every <arge,-town to promote the war loan. Friday has been set aside as War Loon Day Employers throughout the country •will discuss the subject with their employees. A hundred thousand meetings have been arranged with the objest of securing the co-operation of small in - [restore. DETAILS OF THE PLOT. , deceived Feb. e, 0.40 p.m. London. Feb. ">. Wi+nesses at the conspiracy trial confirmed the previous statement made by J Bccth, and said that Mr. Wheeldon volunteered the information that the poison had been stolen by a youn" man employed at Guy's Hospital.. She added that the phial jiven to Booth contained .enough to kill five hundred people. If Booth required the microbe he must ask Mrs Wheeldon for it. Booth asked her how it was proposed to carry, out the scheme. Mrs. Wheeldon said that the best opportunity would be to catch Mr. Lloyd George wmie he was golfing at Walton Heath, and fire a poisoned arrow from an air pun. It was proposed to send Mr. McKenna a skull villi a poisoned needle protruding therefrom. The Court then adjourned. •GIFTS TO WOUNDED NEW ZEALANDERS. Received Feb. 6, 8.45 p.m. London, Feb. 5. t,,. Thomas Mackenzie presented SSO wounded soldiers at Walton with « pcqket diary provided by the New Zealand Shipping Company. Sir Thomas Mackenzie desires that the spot selected for the soldiers' graves should be Brookwood, one of the loveliest of England's old park lands, with fernjjjad elopes. AN IRISH BY-ELECTION". Received Feb- 6, 6.40 p.m. London, Feb. 5. Mr. Pluck, whose father was recently 'executed as a rebel, has been elected as Member of Parliament for North Rosooinnron. fTHE BALKANS. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. London, February 3. 3l French communique says:—Artillery actions continue, especially in the fStroma, Doiran, and Vardar zone and liorth of Monastir. GERMAN TROOPS MOVED WESTWARD. Petrograd, February 4. The Nord-und-Sund Agency states tfiftt the suspension of the German offensive on the. Roumanian front tends (to confirm the reports of the westward movement of German troops with «■/» •view of recommencing the offensive on the western front as in lttlfi. On the Other hand.'the Russian offensive in the 4ir«ti»n of Mitau is upsetting the '©erman arrangements and seriously ■scUUiing the German left flank.