INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 244, 12 October 1916, Page 5

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

low AND OPT THE FIRING LINE. ' (Anstralian and N.Z. Cable" Association.) . LONDON, October 11. Wait Speedy Peace. to the Kaiser's congratulations on the twenty -fifth anniversary of his accession, the King of -Wurtemburg said: "May God grant ns a speedy and honourable,peace." - Germany'a W_r BUL The "Cologne Yolks Zeitung" states ithat the Government will ask''the Reichstag . for a war credit'of 12000,000,000 . mark? (£600,000,000). ... ~.. -, Ce-aelemttaM Objectors. - -Speaking ;in the House of Commons, Mr Uoyd George (Seeretarybf State for War, said"; that to date 2,000 conscientious objectors had been court-martiailed. (Renter.)., , ■.•._■ :.. -■„-; - r . Oer-aai'i Big-Effort.: . -V-' - 'Expenenced-bbs* of the war. are. of opinion. that."thei Kaiser's visit.to'_Lcihberg. indicates, that Germ—ly ' is, about"to make mksimum* :-' (says a Paris telegramjv -- More British Merchsa-nen. . "Lloyd's Register" states" that 469 merchant ships,! representing"'sin,aggre- -" gate of 1,750,000 tons, are being built in Great Britain. - These figures - show a , substantial increase on the figures for ; 1015. :."', '"' v. ( 1 Long Loan laopporttae. Referring to the issue of 6 per cent Exchequer .bonds, Mr R. McKenna \ (Chancellor of t—!—E__equer) stated that the bonds had been adopted because the time, did not appear favourable for . a long-dated loan.' He wp—d recommend '-. . , a loan at tte first fsruiUlMi :of *s*•