MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

FOOD SUPPLIES ARRANGED.

CONDITIONS ON WEST ERONT.

ADVANGDJG TROOPS RENDER AID.

Received Nov. 24, 5.5 pjn. London, Nov. 22. The War Office states that adequate mcasi'.r > taken six weeks ago to ensur. ,u PP'y of necessaries for

tlio p; ;rups in Germany, whence they (ii . distributed to the working camps. .\sws has now been received that the supplies are proving ample.

There is every reason to believe that the majority of prisoners are still in the camps, but some eseaped to Baltic ports and to Holland and Denmark, where arrangements hawi been made to supply their needs. The distressing accounts of the condition of prisoners arriving on the western front refer only to those released by guards behind the lines and westward of the Rhine. They belong to various nationalities, and the advancing troops are assisting them in every way possible. —Aus. NX CaWe Assoc.

THE GENERAL ELECTION

A JOINT MANIFESTO.

Received Nov, 23, 255 p.m. London, Nov. 21

Mr. Ijk>yd George and Mr. Bonar Law have issued a joint manifesto. It says:

"The Government's first task is to conclude a just and lasting peace, enabling the formation of a league of nations, the reduction of armaments, and averting the possibility of future wars. It reiterates the proposals for industrial and agricultural development, covered in recent cables and speeches, and refers to the proper adaptation to the peace conditions of the experience gained in connection with tliie drink traffic in war time.

It i 3 premature to prescribe a permanent fiscal policy until the country has returned to normal industrial conditions. The reduction of the war debt must be made with the infliction of the least injury to industry, and fresh taxes should not be imposed on raw materials. Preference must be given to the colonies. The military institutions are necessarily dependent on the Empire's needs and the prospective requirements of any league for the preservation of the world's peace. Meanwhile the Government undertakes the unenviable reduction of the military and naval establishments.

The Government intends to remove the existing legal inequalities in regard to men and women, and also proposes the creation of a second chamber based on contact with the people. While the Irish question is unsettled there cannot he a political peace. One of the first objects will be to explore, all practical paths to a settlement on the basis of self-gov«mment.—Aus. X.Z. cable Assoc.

WAR PRISONERS' ILL TREATMENT.

PROTEST SENT TO GERMANY.

HAIG DOING ALL POSSIBLE,

Received Nov. 25, 12.15 a.m. London, Nov. 23.

Uritain's ien onstrance to Germany regarding the treatment of prisoners was communicated to Sir Douglas Haig, woo dispatched it to Spa. Sir Douglas Haig reports that he is taking all possible steps to alleviate the plight of the prisoners, including the sending of motor ambulances, etc., ahead of the Allied armies to rescue the weak. —Aus. and N. 3. Cable Assoc and Eeuter.

NEW ZEALANDERS DEMOBILiS INO.

CLASSES FOLLOW IN ROTATION.

Received Nov. 25, 12.15 a.m. London, Nov. 23.

Demobilisation cards are already being issued to the New Zealand forces of the 1914 class. These will return first, and each succeeding class in rotation. Sling Camp, on Salisbury Plains, becomes the demobilisation centre.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc and Reuter.

MINISTERIAL RESIGNATIONS,

SHIPS FOR WOUNDED NEW

ZIiALANDEIia.

Received Nov. 25, 2.15 a.m.

London, Nov. 22. Lord Robert Cecil ha 3 resigned from the Government over Welsh disestablishment I

Mr. Clynes has announced that he h leaving the Coalition. The Sew Zealand military authorities have arranged'for six large steamers to leave for New Zealand before Christmas, carrying woundeds. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.

COLONIAL FREIGHTS,

REDUCED 25 PER CENT.

Received Nov. 23, 3.15 p.m.

London, Nov. '22Freights on gpneral cargoes to and from Australia and New Zealand will be reduced 25 per cent, forthwith.

LORD FRENCH'S SISTER A CANDIDATE.

Received Nov. 23, 2.55 p.m. London, Nov. 2-1. Mrs. Despard, Lord French's sister, contests the Battersca electorate in the Labor interest. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.