WAR NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1917, Page 8

WAR NOTES.

MR. CARNEGIE AND THE WAR. It is probable that, neither Mr. Carnegie nor any member of his family will e\ er again visit Skibo CaM.le, because of changes, physical and sentimental, caused by the war. Mr. Carnegie is feeble and a semi-invalid, and he has been under the care of two nurses- for some time. He is in his S2nd • year: • Identified so long with the international peace movement, Mr. is morS severely affected by the world-war than most men. In talks with fys intimate friends he iias expressed his disappointment at the w.ty it has spread and continued. One of his confidants said: bo war came, as we all know, as a shock to Mr. Carnegie, •The continuation of it over so many nijonths has been a. harder blow to hiin and to the cause which ho had so close at heart.'' • ' "

LLOYD GEORGE'S PROPHECIES. Tlio German papers arc hard put to il to explain away iiie words of confidence uttered by Mr. Llovd George at Glasgow on tlie cardinal questions of food and tonnage. The British Prime Minister, in spite of what, fhey call his ''amazing ignoranee of financial and economic matters." is, they admit, f;a splendid pacemaker, and though .not a mairof business himself has good men of J husil]ess under him—men who will help' to counteract the influence of the lawyers in his Government." Practical men like Sir Eric Goddes impress the Germans as men who are by nn means'to bp sneezed at. lint, with all tliir talents, ,the_v say, these Englishmen eannot liy mere speeches conjure ships into .existence. On this point, the Frankfort Gazette says: '•Kven.with the .system of standard ships we don't believe that England will lie able, as Lloyd George states, to build four time as many ships in 11)17 as she did in )!)]0 and six times as many in 191 S. When we remember the total Engshipping losses for the first half of 11H7 we can a [lord to possess our souls in patience in spite of all Llovd George's prophecies." . , ' °

LIEUTENANT SANDERS, Y.C.

It was reported some time ago that Lieutenant W. S. Sanders, Y. 0., a young New Zenlander, had met his death as a result of the vessel on which he was serving being blown up. Lieutenant Sanders, who belonged to Auckland, was at one time mate of the wrecked barque Joseph Craig, and before proceeding to England was an officer *n the employ of the Union Steam Ship Company. Mr. E. 11. Sanders, of Takapuna, Auckland, father of the late Lieutenant-Commanderr Wm. E. Sanders, \ .0., has received the following communication from the Admiralty, dated August 1": "In confirmation of the Admiralty telegram, I am commanded by,My'Lords Commissioners of. the Admiralty to inform you that a telegram has been received slating that your son, LieutenantCommander William E. Sanders, Y.C., R.N.R., was killed on llth inst., as the result of the vessel in which he was serving being blown lip. My Lords deplore the death of this gallant officer, whose services against enemy submarines have been of such,value to the Empire, and they desire me to assure you of their profound sympathy in the loss you have sustained. Since the award of'the Victoria Cross to your son in the' Gazette of dune 22-.last, in recognition of his conspicuous gallantry, consummate coolness and skill while in command of one of His •Majesty's ships in action .the King had also approved his appointment to be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, in recognition of his services in action with an enemy submarine on June 12. This award has not yet been gazetted, but an announcement will be made shortly. Your son had not been decorated with either the Y.C. or the insignia of the D.S.O. at the time of his death. II is customary in" such cases, if the deceased officer's next of kin so desires. | for the Y.C. to he personally presented by the King to the next of kin, and in the case of other distinctions, for the insignia tc be presented by a naval com-mander-in-chief. As you live in New Zealand, it will not be possible for this procedure t;> be followed, but arrangements will be mado for tho presentation to you of the V.C. and tlio badge of the D.S.O. through the Governor-General or New Zealand.—l am, etc,, (Signed), Charles Wajker (for Secretary^'!