INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 18 June 1915, Page 6

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

ON AND OFT THE FIRING LINE. LONDON, June 17. Drought In Germany. A persistent drought prevails in Germany. It is likely seriously to affect the harvest, especially in Mccklenborg, East Prussia. Getting Some Back. In the House of Commons, Mr E. S. Montagu (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) stated that the Government was devising means to tax profits on war contracts. Gullible. A neutral observer writes that the German public has been brought to believe that the annexation of Belgium and the Congo is a natural outcome of the war. Han Brutality. The Russian Commission which is inquiring into German atrocities examined a sergeant-major, who had a largo slice cut from hie back by a German officer in an attempt to get him to divulge information. The workers in Moscow who were enraged at the stories of German l»r----barities and attacks with gas raided bouses with managers of German origin. Rioting ensued, and gTcat damage was done. For the Red Crou. The Lord Mayor's special appeal at the Mansion House meeting on behalf of the Red Cross Fund resulted in £57,45;> being contributed, including a second £20.000 from Mr William Waldorf Astor. The aggregate is now £.'>,400,000. Haniidich Damaged. The "Temps" Petrograd correspondent says the Russian Black Sea squadron severely damwred the Turkiih cruiser