INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1916, Page 6

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

ON AND OFT THE FIRING LINE. LONDON, February 27. In a Safe Place. Mrs Nellie Best, secretary of the Women's Anti-conscription League, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the first division for circulating leaflets containing'mcndacious statements calculated to prejudice recruiting. Cotton Famine. The Danish Press announces that the German textile manufacturers ifave informed the Scandinavian importers that tlie export of cotton goods is ceasing. The German reserves are exhausted, and tlie majority of the factories are without material or stocks. Riot in Berlin. Travellers who have reached Holland from Germany state that there was a serious revolt in Berlin on the 22nd inst. Cavalry charged the mob, and over 100 persons were killed. Refused to be Drawn. In the House of Coraons, Mr R L. Outhwaite (Liberal member for East Kerry) stated that three successive Greek Premiers had indicated that Russia was opposed to the Greek Government's offer to land forces to participate in the proposed attack on the Dardanelles because there was no Greek port within 50 miles,of Constantinople. Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Secretary) did not reply to the statement.

Mr A«qtUth In Earnest. Mr Aaquith's speech at the opening of Parliament has strongly impressed the German public. The "Politikcn" writes: "Mr Asquith has never used unconsidered words. His speech was a proclamation of an express determination to win a lite Tally compelled victory."