MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

EMPIRE'S GOLD OUTPUT. NO BOUNTY OR SUBSIDY RECOMMENDED. Received Dec. 28, 5.5 p.m. London, Dee. 23. Lord Inchcape'B Gold Committee is Sot prepared to recommend any bounty of subsidy to stimulate the Empire's output.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. THE BRUTAL HUNS. SUFFERINGS OF AN ENGLISH GOVERNESS.

- IN A GERMAN PRISON; J Received Dec. £9, 55 p.m. London, Dec. 26. A "nes Short, an English governess, who became a member of the Belgian Red Cross in August, 1914, has arrived in Liverpool, clad in a nightdress, skirt, clogs, and a soldier's blanket. A German court-martial in 1916 sentenced her to two years' imprisonment. The Germans allege that she assisted Belgian youths to escape to Holland. l Miss Short was shockingly treated in prlsSn, where she was fed on coffee made of dried chestnuts and mouldy . black bread soaked, which was tmfit for pigs. Instead of a bath, she was hose-piped publicly each week, despite her objections on the ground of decency The combings of her hair had to be saved and used ia making war material. When there was insufficient each Monday, the mttroH oi the prison tore a iiandiul from the head of Mis*-Short aad other prisoners. Miss Short saw an English prisoner being inoculated. When the German doctor saw the Union Jack tattooed on the arm, he slashed savagely with his lancet.—Aus.-N,Z. Cable Assoc.

ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE. A MILITARY DIVISION INSTITUTED. Received Dee. 29, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 26. The King has instituted a military division, of the Order of the British Empire, for which officers and others engaged in war activities are eligible. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.