MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 July 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

v TREATMENT OF ALIENS. jmsssm public irritation. HATTER TO BE DISCUSSED. Received July 10, 6.56 p.m. London, July 9. In the House of Lords, Lord Beresford declared that the lenient treatment of aliens was intensely irritating to the public. He had received three thousand letters in protest within a fortnight. The unintemed male enemy subjects •maker 12,600, whereof 6000 are Germans, including some in every financial, I commercial, and industrial department | of the Stat*. Fifty -«ven were still serving «• British console. Lord Sandhurst replied that the Govermjatnt appreciated popular anxiety, and m opportunity would be given to disease the question. In the Bouse of Commons, Sir Albert Stanley (President of the Board of Trad*), a reply to a question, said eassny sabjeets had made 1310 applications for patents since the outbreak of tt» tat, tmi tit* Board of Trade had fruited 944.—Times Service. IRISH IMMUNITY FROM } CONSCRIPTION. , CMSLXSHXES DISGUSTED (■_ < , Received July 10, 7*B p.m. London, Jury 9. Ireland's immunity from conscription Ja basing * serious effect on the hiring of harvest Tatar jn the sorta of England. At 11* fcsriag lairs strong young lrishaaa* Wat tsTunten' with failing to do their slaty led to frays between them and the farmer* at various places, neasssirarlij police intervention. TH V A - an disgusted that young ißananes snonld be aflewed to dais) big ■ wajkt in place of elderly Englishmen «H» are eefled to the arsay.-frese Assmjaiiim tXflOt KROSDDA'S SUCCESSOR. Raeeieed July 10, BJ6 e-sn. London, July 9. She Frees Bureau reports that Mr. JK. CJynes bee been appointed Food ConttuHer Am SZ. Cable Assoc and ' DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA. Eeceised July 10, 5.5 pjn. London, July 9. Pnennesua, following on teftnema, is easneag assay dentin. Eleven of one ship's crew died. There were SB deaths at Birmingham during the week.— ; Pre» AJS9C VARIOUS ITEMS. "" j Received July 10, 5.5 p.m. London, July 9. t%e newspapers are indignant at the Ministry of Munitions faffing to pre<e«at the strike of over 10,000 woodworkers in London aircraft factories, as » protest against the dismissal of the 4MB steward. The sales of war* bonds hut week amounted to £2l £OO,OOO. Three thousand gfrts frees the training colleges and universities hare left London te assist in harvesting the flax crofev-Freu Assoc FATE OF THE LUXURY TAX. Received July 10, 7J50 p.m. Union, July t. ft b beßw** that the tjeetfonemeat •f the discussion m taelnxury tax until st* urban indieatee itt flaal absudontaent—J*r*se Aaeoe. A TtUITCB FROM GERMANY. Bfeefeal Jnly 10. 7JO pjn. London, Jury 9. Corporal Dowling, who is charged with t»«jM for serving in «e Irish Brigade organised by Germany, did not go into the witness-box. lie called no witnesses and refused to make a statement, even srUfeovt taking the oath—Press Assoc. Rtesived July U, \» »•■»- London, July 0. As eewt-aurtial en Corporal Dowlftse merrel joagn««rt.---Presi Assoc. norm vrrra thb rare. / Received Jnly 11, 1-20 *»• ' London, Jnly 9. Mr Mneeey dined with the King si tmalnilisw Palace. The King g»« eafnVt te St Joseph. Wari.-<Press

GERMANS IN THE PACIFIC,

NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT WANT THEM. SPEECH BY SIR THOMAS ! MACKENZIE. ' Received July 10, 8 p.m. i London, July 9. Sir Thomas Mackenzie was the prin- i cipal speaker at a patriotic rally in the f town hall at Leeds. He recalled New / Zealand of thirty years ago. New Zea- , land had travelled far since she gave the motherland preference, and after the war she was going to put on a prohibitive tariff of 50 per cent, against , Germany, and it would be 500 if necessary. The aim was to keep out the . Germans, because they were dishonest, dishonorable, and brutal. Britain must ' also do something to keep out unfair ' competition. "Are you going," asked Sir ' Thomas, "to trade with our enemies after ' the war on the same terms as with our allies? If so, the enemy will use every shilling of profit to train fresli armies to enslave the world/' Sir Thomas continued: "We should secure the whole of the Australian and ' New Zealand wool for ourselves and our ' allies and prevent Germany from ever ' getting the finer wools, thus cutting her I out of that section of trade altogether. The total output of American merinos was onlv 78,000,000 lb. Germany alone used 238,000,000 lb. New Zealand had sent 110,000 soldiers out of a million inhabitants, but he con- 1 fessed the strain on the man-power re- i sources was now beginning to tell. i | New Zealand, however, could supply i a superabundance of foodstuffs and raw ; material while America—thank God for America!—had men in plenty, willing to go. It was a sound policy to accept men from America and foodstuffs from New Zealand. Samoa and New Guinea must never be returned to Germany. With the Panama canal opened, Samoa was the Charing Cross of the Pacific. It was impossible to allow Germany to set up aircraft stations and submarine ba»es there. We did not want the island because of the land, but we did not want brutal and dishonorable neighbors. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SCHOLARSHIPS. AWARDS TO NEW ZEALANDERS. Received July 10, 5.50 p.m. London, July 9. Under the overseas sailors and soldiers scholarships scheme, in connection with the Rhodes Trust and Kitchener funds, a scholarship in architecture has been awarded to Lance-Corporal A. H. Brown of the New Zealand Engineers, and in agriculture to Captain E. J. Fawcett, of titt New Zealand Infantry.Reuter. RATIONING NOT APPLICABLE TO IRELAND. ' Received July 11. 1.20 a.m. London, July 9. Mr. D. J Wardle states that the new order of rationing household fuel and lighting does not apply to Irelaod.Preu Assoc.