INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 64, 16 March 1915, Page 5

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

OK AND OFF THE FIRING LINE. LONDON,-March 15. '•"-" A Bold Prophecy. 7 Admiral Bowiee," formerly ' instructor, in the United States -Navy, predictsthatv: Germany will .be victorious; 7 "She is well supplied with food, war ma-' \ . terials, arul : men:-';-Tffe Allies-are-prob-fr- . ably now ready'tb quit.-- The-ehaiicer' £ 6f--- ! "a successful invasion of England.eauiipt%Wlightly dismissed." 7 ■..;-..! .:'.. " ~"- ._.".';..''.KvT-.*- ■ U.S. Airmen Join French Army. :. Paris reportsstate that ; _tis- and three other American, airmeo--- ---'; have enlisted in the French Arnuv . - .The Last Post. . Lbndon; 7 paperß;'publisb. phdtogra'phs' of '*'i bluejackets firing a - where the Good Hope and Monmoutb-r - ': sank.-.' v ' . -■ «' - * '.' Too Much Pleasure. ; Speaking at a. recruiting meeting at Nottingham, the Duke of. Portland said- : ; 1 that "business as usual" was the proper principle, but "pleasure-. and sport as: usual" was; nothing but .dangerous and ■!-. disgusting folly. •■'•" 'I -;' • . 'Claimed Three Ship*. The captain of the German submarine"; . TJ29 claimsVthat he sank the: British':. : warships €?res3y, Aboukir, and Uogue in "September last. r Compulsion. Not Needed. t . In;: the House of Commons Sir J. W. '■-;:' Rees asked, •whether an' Inquiry -waa ; |- proceeding; to ascertainwhether it was -ii necessary to introduce compulsory na- - tional service. -Mr.- Asquith replied that no such service had-yetbeenfound . necessary.-~ > "-"•_._' '■•\_"'V'"- : . "-,- .-■■■'■ Fltht For Freedom. "'■ Twenty-seven Labour .members- of the* House of Commons have -signed immemorial I expressing , French and; Belgian peoples,, 'and'-.recog-; , nising that' they ; are ."fighting ' foE-.the", r freedom of the whole jof Europe against the domination of a deßpotie.anilitarisnr ■ , Some of the London newspapers con-" sider that the comments Ipublished yesterday concerning the wrecking of a Zeppelin airship relate' /to the Zeppciin that came to;gjrief on the 3th instt, '/_,,' [ Baokvrard Germans. The. Expreas" states that Va : t number of parties of Garmana are arl riving at Ghent and Bruasels to be tried , by- .court-martial lor iafflinjg to to orders.to make counter-*tt*cka.