MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

THE GALLIPOLI ADVENTURE. AN INCIDENT RECALLED. London, Dec. 13. The newspaper Merchant Service flcview recalls Mr Churchill's statement: "We were within an ace of the greatest victory at the Dardanelles the world has ever seen." The cargo steamer Freshfield was sent with water for the troops landing at Suvla Bay, When she arrived someone told the captain to clear out as he was not wanted. The troops landed and wandered on the peninsula between the Turks and Constantinople. They saw the Dardanelles, but in the blazing sun could not advance without water. Parched with thirst they were obliged to withdraw.—Aus.-N-Z. Cable Assoc. ■ i

COTTON STRIKE SETTLED.

'LARGE CANTEEN PROFITS.

WEAVERS GRANTED 50 PER CENT, INCREASE.; ', : U ,f~ Received Dec. 15, 6.5 p-m., London, Dec. 13, As the result of a conference between Mr. Lloyd George and the representatives of the cotton spinners, a basis of settlement of the strike was reached. The Court of Arbitration haß awarded the Lancashire weavers a 60 per cent, increase on the standard piece price lists. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. GROSS GERMAN OUTRAGE. BRITISH PRISONER MUTILATED.

BRANDED AND RENDERED SPEECHLESS, Received Dec. 16, 610 p.m. London, Dec. 12. The correspondent of the MorningPo3t narrates that a British prisoner of war, who reached Tournai after the armistieo was signed, had the word "Germany" branded across his forehead, and his tongue had . been mutilated, rendering him speechless. In addition , the fingers of both hands are missing. His service ribbons showed that he was one ot fhe old "Contemptibles," and is a victim of German "kultur."—Aus.-NZ. Cable Association.

TO GO TO EX-SOLDIERS. THE DEMOBILISED WOMEN'S PROBLEM. Received Dee. 16, 12.15 a.m. London, Dec. 14. The large profits from the British Expeditionary Force canteens, of which many were established' behind the lines throughout the war in France, 'will be distributed among ex-soldiers. The women's demobilisation department will probably urge the creation of a standard wage for domestic servants. Thousands of girls, formerly engaged in shell-filling, hesitate to accept domestic service, where they are urgently required, and demand approximately the same conditions of leisure and wages.

Tribitch, of Lincoln, a self-confessed spy, has been denaturalised. The British Government outlines a scheme offering to pay for the higher education of ex-soldiers who are likely to benefit thereby.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Association and Eeuter.

HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM. LLOYD GEORGE ATTACKS LABOR PARTY. PACIFISTS STRONGLY CONDEMNED Received Dec. 16, 1.25 a.m. London, Dec. 14. Mr. Bonar Law, speaking at Glasgow, said the Government believed the great mass of the people wanted a second chamber in possession of adequate powers, as a necessity in a democratic country. The Government intended to reform the House of Lords, giving direct access to the people Mr. Lloyd George, in a striking speech on the eve of the election, violently attacked the Labor party. He said it was being run by pacifists and Bolsheviks. If the country had listened to Macdonald, Snowden, Smillie and others, the Channel ports would have been in the hands of the Germans, and not a single British «hip could have, passed that highway of commerce. We would now have been Germany's bondsmen and slaves. These extreme pacifists pulled Labor out of the Government at a moment when Labor was needed for reconstruction. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.

THE WAR MEDAL: London, Dec. 13. All the Allied officers and men are receiving a common war medal with a bar for each year's service. FATE OF GERMAN COLONIES. London, Dee. 12. A White Paper has been issued con> taining the correspondence of chiefs in the former German colonics. The chiefs show a unanimous desire to remain under, the British flag and are touchingly grateful for the new security and the removal of anxiety as to the future jGorernment—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.