MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 November 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

HELP FOR ITALY.

REARRANGEMENT OF COMMANDS. London Nov. 12. The Observer says the direction of the vastly extended Allied front will involve an important re-arrangement of the military'commande. General Favolle commands the FrancoBritish contingents in Italy. Mr. Lloyd George is visiting the South of France, and is then going home.General Foch will remain in Italy .for some time.

M. Painleve convened 'his colleagues and detailed the Anglo-French measures to assist Italy. The statement produced a reassuring impression.

INTERALLIED WAR COUNCIL.

Paris, Nov. 11. The Matin says that the Inter-Allied War Committee will be composed of the Prime Minister, another Minister and a representative of the General Staff of each country. It will sit at least twice monthly and remain permanently sitting whenever necessary. M. Doumer will bo the peeond French representative. This committee will collaborate with Generals Foch, Cadoma, and Wilson. CADORNA'S SUCCESSOR London, Nov. 11. General Sir H. H. Wilson, who represents England on the Allied Council, ia an Irishman With a reputation for staff work which is almost unrivalled. He po=sesses a genius for strategy and the foresight of coming events. He has been one of the chief brains in the army throughout the war. He was Genoal Archibald Murray's junior at the outbreak of the war.

The correct name of General Cadorna's successor is Genenal Diaz, a Neapolitan, who has a career. He is comparatively unknown outside military circles. He is 56 years old. His ancestors fought in the Napoleonic wars. He fought in the Abyssinian and Libyan war.,, where he was wounded. He commanded an army corps on the Isonzo. He possesses volcanic energy. THE BUTTER QUESTION. Amsterdam, Nov. 11. Tho export of butter to England has ceased, on the ground that Lord Rhondda's maximum prices are below the cost of production. WINTER RACE MEETINGS

London, Nov. 11. The Government and the Railway Executive Committee have agreed to permit a certain number of winter race meetings. The jockey club has secured the Government's sanction for 80 days' racing in 1918. ANTI-GERMAN TRADING -LEAGUE. London, Nov. 11. Mr. Havelock Wilson is forming a Merchant Seamen's League, open to every citizen in the Empire. The maximum subscription is a shilling per year. Members are pledged to refuse to employ Germans or purchase or use German goods for two years after the war. Mr. Wilson is hopeful of securing five million subscribers. , '