MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

AN ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION.

ZEPPELIN MENACE MINIMISED. MI'XITInX I'AC'I'OKY DKSTHOVKI). I.i I'lon, Keb. in. "'lie Time-, -til''.' !' nt the ltritish '■(ivennm'-nl raiiv. tor insurance against 'lircraft ri«fc« will be reduced in- .10 per <nu. on Mmi-li 1. I'lie Tress Hiirc.'ui .strifes that an cv'u .-ion. I'l-cu-deil bv a lire, took place H a niiiiiiion I'artorv in Yorksliiiv : 'i- moming. ,ll U believed al li:e employer- ocaped Sonic damage was -11■ -1 .1 in Cue neiglihurhon-l, an I ui-'-iiilv o,;i" ca.'jalt les, lint (hi—.• are not I'own a- yet. Holland Ink is over from America all '.i.iisli interests in Uormany. The Jio\nl .Mail Sicam Packet Company has .-itbscribnd .V/. millions to the War Loan.

SUPPRESSING VICE,

SOLDIERS I'.OXI'I!'>XTKD WITH AI'I'ALUXd DAXCrEJi. deceived I'eh. 14, O.tO p.m. l.ondon, Pel). lib In the House of (Ymnions, Sir 11. Cr.iik cal'ed attention to the evils caused to Hie A tin v by the increased incentives lo vice in London, and the smallness of tlus peir'itie* inllii-ted on the keepers of li-ordcriv houses. 'sir (Vorge Cave (Home Secretary) -aid that bo Was fully alive to.the evils. There were many difficulties which hamI'.ere.l drastic police action, lie was introducing a Hill, increa-iug magi?- • rales' powers ami penalties. Interviewed regarding soldiers' perils in London, lleneral I !o'd savs that pub-ir'-l:oii-e'. ought not lo lie abused so much Many publicans were playing the •■nine, but be regretted that lie had no! tlie power to deal with street harpies, lie would like to see juvenile offenders birched. While .-obiiers wire dying at the front, we were iii'wid to lift our io'iiils against tho-c erlu,ina's, who b mill the ..troe'is in oi'uei to prey upon •lU'ii on Mirio:i'.'li.

STAT KM I'iVrS KXAWiKRATED. ~] London, I'd). 111. Inquiries at agencies engaged in social work show general agreement that, baneful iniWieiices are abroad in tin* London streets, but tiic lwsni articles jii newspapers are calculated to convey ill. erroneous impression. (iencral Smith IXnricn declared that men arriving in London at night-time were confronted with appalling dangers, and if not taken care of, the number, lost to the Army might become so great as to seriously interfere with the progress of the war. Mr. \V. A. '.'oote, secretary of the National Vigilance Association, states .that he ('(insiders the stateincijt.s -with regard to the present conditions of the streets being a peril to Home and Colonial troops as very much exaggerated. The streets are not so bad .as before the war, cli;elly owing to the absence of the foreign element, both men and women, who were sucii a serious menace before the war They had made a careful investigation of the condition of the Strand at night-time, and it did not support the statements in the newspapers. .Similarly, there was little ground for complaint in Victoria Street, which is the rendezvous of Colonial.-;. EMPLOYING IXTKUXED ALIENS. Received Feb. 14, G. 40 p.m. London, Feb. 13. In tdie House of Commons. Mr. Hope stated that we should endeavoi to em- ■ ploy ail. ablcbodied interned aliens on the laud during the forthcoming season, but compulsion should not be applicable ' to civilians.