MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 April 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

OUR NEW ALLY. BRITISH REJOICINGS. London, April 17. . Every town in the kingdom was beflagged on Friday with the Stars and Stripes, and there were patriotic demonstrations in all the theatres and music balls. Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Curzon on Wednesday will movo in the House of Commons and House of Lord 3 r motion of appreciation of America's joining the Allies. AUSTRALIANS RECEIVED. A FINE SPECTACLE, London, April 17. The King reviewed a large force of Australians in the training units on Salisbury Plains in the presence of many Australians. . The march past the saluting base occupied an hour It was a. fine spectacle. The. weather was bright, though a bitter wind was blowing. When the King inspected th? various units he received a great ovation, the troops cheering enthusiastically. .After the march past the King invested 11 officers and men with decorations gained at Galhpoli and the Somme. He conversed with several men with regard to the deeds which had gained them distinction. London. Apr.! 17. Two thousand attended the reception to the oversea Prime Ministers at the Imperial Institute. BRITISH POLITICS. | THE NATION NEWSPAPER, I London, April 17. j' In the House of Commons Mr. Pringle, | supported by a large number of members,' secured leave to move,the adjournment in order to discuss the prohibition of the exportation of the Nation. | Mr. Bonar Law said'the Government considered the articles calculated to help the enemy, who was widely using them for propaganda purposes. The adjournment will be discussed this evening. Received April 18, 10.45 pjn. London, April 17. Mr Bonar Law added that the Nation's articles pleaded for peace and asserted that the British troops on the West front had been outmanoeuvred and found wanting. Such a publication was undesirable, and if the same action a3 he proposed had been taken by the Labor leader it would not have pro'voked comment. " . Mr Churchill considered the, Nation's articles less alarming and prejudicial than Mr Lloyd George's recent statements on the war outlook, and mild reading compared with the Dardanelles report The motion iwas talked out At a meeting of the Nationalist Party before the sitting it was decided to oppose the second reading of the Bill to extend the life of Parliament. ; Received' April Is. 5.5 p.m. London, April 17. In the Home of Commons, Mr Dillon, on behalf of the 1 Nationalists, moved the rejection of the 'Bill"to extend the life of Parliament: 1 '. : '''' ' Mr Bonar Law, r'epTying, said he hoped to be, able to announce the Government's intentions regarding'.' Home Rule next week. The Bill passed the second reading by 288 votes to 52. BOGUS EXPLOSIVE. London', April 17. The Halakite inquiry has closed, the inventor not further contesting the Crown's allegations that the explosive waß a bogus one. INCREASED COST OF LIVING, London, April 17. It is officially estimated that English food prices during the war have risen (14 per cent, and the general cost of ...i lg 65 per cent. London, April 17. The War Office is setting up a Trophies Committee to allocate captured guns and trophies to many home districts of the troops which effected the captures. It Is hoped the committee will secure many trophies. NATIONAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN. , Received April Iff, 12.10 a.m london, Api|.l IS official oi I'il Vjiciorial Service >esults -.how 2M)i p<i,pj|- \ir<. actually engagid aftei i nmti d.uscampaign out of 103,101 volunteers