INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1918, Page 5

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

ON AND OFF THE FIRING LINE.

LONDON, June 23. Valour Rewarded.

Thousands of spectators in the quadrangle of Buckingham Palace on Saturday witnessed the King's open-air investiture of decorations, including six Victoria Crosses. None of the recipients was more loudly cheered than ViceAdmiral Sir Roger Keyes, when advancing to be knoghted.—(A. and N.Z.) Norse Ships Torpedoed. Submarines torpedoed five Norwegian steamers, the Diane, Saimo. Stryar. Kill, and Born. No Norwegians were killed. (A. and X.Z. Cable.) Putting Paris in- Readiness. The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"' states that the Government has determined to look ahead more effectually than in 1014. Therefore all Parisians whose work does not keep them there are being invited to leavt, the capital. This is not a panic measure, but a far-sighted precaution. There is no question of Paris being besieged, and still less of it being invaded, though • there is a possibility of it being shelled by long-range and other new guns.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) German Air Fugitives Released. Professor Xieholay and the other airmen have been released from internment in Holland, being regarded ac fugitives. (A. and X.Z. Cable.)" Huns , Mysterious Death. Harvest. The Hague correspondent of the New York "Times" interviewed a Dutch, merchant who had just returned from Germany. The latter says the population is suffering from a mysterious disease caused, by malnutrition and the incessant diet of turnips. The workmen at Essen are dying in hundreds. The disease starts with a small local inflamma>tion, which then gathers and ewell% spreading over the body -until the patient dies. Fats are unprocurable. _ The people are wearing undergarments' made of paper, as cotton cannot be obtained.— (A. and>N.Z. Cable.) . America to France by Air. Major-General W. S. Branckner, of tho British Air Ministry, states that American aeroplanes ought to be able to fly across the Atlantic next summer. He announced that the British Air Council had definitely decided to. attempt transAtlantic flights in order to find a route for the movement of American aircraft to the front. The initial flight would probably be made in the autumn, the British machine touching at the Azores and Portugal. The estimated time for the journey was 40 hours. General Branckner is in the United States foe- the purpose of assisting the development of the output of aircraft in America.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.) For Welsh War Prisoners. Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria attended a Welsh service in Westminster Abbey, conducted by the Bishop of .St. David's, in aid of the Welsh war prisoners. Many Welsh members of the House of Commons attended.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.) Germany and the Soar Glass. Germany, according to Lord Dunxnore, must achieve victory within six months, otherwise defeat is certain. The balance of man-power is steadily moving on to the side of the Allies.—(A. and X.Z.) Canadian Youths for Service. An Ottawa message states that fifty thousand Canadians of 1!) years of age have registered for sen-ice under the conscription law.— (A. and X.Z. Cable.) Attempt on Emperor Karl. A New York message states that reports arc current that an attempt has been made on the life of the Kmperor Charles of Austria, but there is no confirmation.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) America's Shipbuilding Harmony. The shipbuilding programme in the United states ie proceeding without a sign of Labour trouble. According to Mr. E. N. Hurley, chairman of the Emergency Fleet Committee, half a million workers are employed in the shipyards. (A. and N.Z. Cable". ) Spies Under Religious Cruise. Joseph Rutherford, successor to Pastor Russel, as head of the International Bible Students' Association, a new religion in the United States, and six assistants have been sentenced to 20 yeais , imprisonment for conspiring to violate the espionage law.— (A. and N.Z.) A Worsted Pirate. A large German submarine has taken refuge at Barcelona after a. lively fight with Allied vessels.- — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) Berlin League of Nations Comment Semi-official comment in Berlin states that Viscount Grey's pamphlet on a league of nations appears at a time when voices from tie Entente show that the league which the Entente desires would be merely an Anglo-Saxon business , trust for the suppression of all foreign competition. — (A. and X.Z.) Reward for Base Finder. The Navy Department has offered a reward of £200 for information leading to the -discovery of a submarine, base in American waters.(A. and >i.Z. Cablc^,