MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

°ROSECUTION OF THE KAISER. STATEMENT BY LLOYD GKORGE. 4SRMAN FLEET SURRENDERED. Received Dec. 6, 11.25 p.m. London, Dec. 5. Mr. Lloyd George, in a statement of policy. u_vi the Kaiser must be prosecuted. He is responsible for deliberately provoking the war and the invasion of IMghtm. A body of British jurists, whom th» law officers had consulted, unanimo«»ly recognised that the Kaiser and his Accomplices, also the submariners and mltnaters of war prisoners, might be triad by international law. The Governst tike Peace Conference, would p(IH for the execution of justice. Dm Allies are constituting a commisaki of experts to ascertain the best Ultti at compelling the Central Powers to aischaxge the cost of the war. Ob Admiralty announces that all the ta" wanhlpa have snrrendered, and tMM interned at Constantinople, including the Goeben and four German subBvißes, also the Russian Black Sea comiating of the dreadnought Vtip «nd six destroyers, have been feUdtd over to the Allies.

is ft recrudescence of the railway tmtaUe in connection with the termination of industrial trace. The men daaand shorter hours. The situation is regrded as serious. Government has intimated that it favor* Polish representation at the Conference, where Polish interests an tarohred.—Aus. and NZ Cable Amoc and B«ttr. UNOPPOSED RETURNS. DfPfiECEDENTED NUMBER OF CANDIDATES. _ _ London, Dec. 5. yP lidnight 107 candidates were jroir unopposed. They include 41 «*Jf a Unionists, 27 Coalition LiberWi, ST Stun Fsuun, 11 Luborites, 1 Kitiontliat. The unprecedented number of candidates include 580 Coalitionists, oi wnom 456 are Unionists and 125 liberals. The naaindtr of the candidates are Laborttea and Independents; 270 Liberals oppose Coalitionists.

There an numerous triangular contesta, which are due to the plethora of Laborites, numbering 400 of various shades, tad'lndependents, including the NationaJ .Party and the Discharged Soldiers' Federation. There are 14 women candidates.

The 103 Irish seats are contested by ff Nationalists, 60 Sinn Feiners, and S3 Unionists. (There an 670 members of the Home.) BRITAIN'S NAVAL DEFENCE. Js*o LIMITATION" TO BE PLACED UPON IT. f< ATIONALISATIOjr OF RAILWAYS. ' London, Deo. 4. •,r. Churchill, 'peaking at Dundee, ?ai'i the Admiralty had decided«that it wa-, unnecessary to demand Heligoland. Britain entered the Peace Conference uUukteljr determined thai no limitations shall be imposed on her right to maintain her naval defence The Government has decided on the niHonnKsation of the railways and that there should be no limitations whatever on Bri?i»)i naval freedom. We intended i'» "i*ke Kermanv pay to the uttermost f:irthinj» for the harm done, in gold, r>!i)£ securities, and other available assets. Sir Auckland Geddes, speaking at Reading, declared that Enver Pasha, the . : -rulers' of Bulgaria and AustriaWn- -»r . must be tried and shot if con- •. vr : .V The Government policy included tli- no'lnrtion of power. Sir Eric Geddes stated that the 10th Cruder Squadron, which guarded the line from the Orkneys to Iceland, intercepted 13.000 ships carrying supplies to the »nemy. Under 4 per cent, of the »h.T>'- evaded the blockade.—Aus. X.Z. Cabl* Assoc. GENERAL ELECTION. VANY soldier candidates. Received Dec. fi, 7.10 p.m. London, Dec. 5- , There are 254 soklier-canaidatea 4tsn'line. Sinn' Feiners who do not take their aeet« will-not draw their salaries, under th» ruling of the Bpeaker.—Aua. XX Cab>» Axioc. and Beutcr.