MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

SUPREME WAR COUNCIL. RUMORS OF ANOTHER CRISIS, RLtfiGNATION OF SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON. Received Feb. 17, 5.50 p.m. London, Feb- 10. Mr. Lloyd George unexpectedly returned from the country and visited Buckingham Palace. He remained an hmtr with the King. There are rumors that another crisis fulminated in a Pro's Bureau announcement of General Sir W. Robertson's resignation. THE COUNCIL DEFENDED. INSTANT DECISIONS ESSENTIAL. A COUNCIL OR GENERALISSIMO. Received Feb. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. IG. Lord Sydenham heartily approves of the Versailles Council. He says that correspondence is a futile method of coordinating operations in France, which require daily and hourly personal contact between the Allied general staffs. Domestic reasons would force Germany to make a great attack, which may cover 150 miles of front, and instant decisions will be essential. Either a generalissimo had to be appointed or executive power conferred on the Versailles Council. REPINGTON'S PROSECUTION. EDITOR OF MORNING POST WARXED THE .CENSOR DEFIED. Received Feb. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Fob. IB Mr. H. A. Gwynne (editor of the Morning Post) and Colonel Repingtou were charged nt Bow Street Police Court, under the Defence of the Realm Act, with publishing information respecting the proposed plans and conduct of military operations on the Western front. The Policitor-General, who is prosecuting, said the Morning Post published Colonel Re.pington's article purporting to give an iccount of momentous decisions by the Versailles Conference, and adversely criticising the supposed decisions, especially that relating to army reserves being no longer under the Commander-in-Chief's control, but under an external authority, which was contrary to all «ound military tactics- Gwynne submitted the article to the censor, who refused publication, warning Gwynne that publication would bo an infringement of the Defence of the Realm Act. Gwynne replied that he would modify the article, but national interests demanded its publication. The article was published without re-submission to tlis censor. It contained all the material points the censor condemned, and was prefaced by a statement that there were times when the paper must take its courage in both hands and risk the consequences. The case was adjourned until February 21. PRICES OF TINNED MEAT. WHOLESALE AND RETAILAxis, and N.Z. Cable Assoc- and Reuter. Received Feb. 17, 5,5 p.m. London, Feb. lfi. The. Food Controller has fixed the maximum importers' prices of tinned beef and mutton on the basis of 1{(8r a case of 721b for first grade and 100s for Rccond grade- The. retail price is fixed at Is lid and Is 9d per pound respectively. RED CROSS WORK. MORE MONEY NEEDED. Received Feb. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. lfi. The British Red Cross Order of St. •John's balance-sheet for 1917 shows a deficit of £187,872, and the committee is anxious to obtain sufficient funds to carry on.