THE NEXT LOAN.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6964, 18 January 1918, Page 3

THE NEXT LOAN.

Cbristcurch, Jan 14. Referring to the next war loan floatation, in a speech at the Post and Telegraph officers' reunion on Saturday night, Sir Joseph Ward said tbat in a short time, the people of this country would be called upon to provide another ten millions to enable war pay* ments to be made to last to June or July at the latest. Then if the war was unhappily going on after this period the country would have to be asked to provide many more millions tnan it would have provided this year. "Tiie telegraph meeeenger and [the humblest man in the service," he said, "ib as much concerne in ttied preservation of fai3 country after the war is over as the oldest and most re sponsible officer in New Zealand. It is atfer-war conditions that have to be looked forward to by the Government and Parliament. Those- conditions will be without parallel as far as this country is concerned, and you men in the Public Service, sharing your portion of responsibility, have got to be ready to face it with a view to seeing that the prosperity of the country continues." The speaker went to say that the country bad to have small land settlement and au enoimously increased number of people on me land in cider to provide an enormously increased value of exports to bring an enormously increased amount of money into the country to enable it to meet obligation 3 without having to resort to crushing taxation.

Colonials Mentioned by Ceneral Allenby Australian and N Z Cable Assoc I and Eeuter. Rec Jan 17, 7 50 p m London, Jao 10 General Alienby, in a despatch, mentions a considerable number of Australians and New Zaalanders, including Generals Cnauvel, Chayfcor, and G Byxie, Captain W Wender, and Major 0 Hareus. Rationing Scheme at Home Router's Telegrams. Rec Jan 17, 7 50 p m London, Jan 10 The food authorities in London have decided on a rationing scheme, si-nilar to sugar tickets, begin Ding on February 25. Meeting Against" Combing Out" Broken up Australian and N Z Cable Assoc Hec Jan 18, 12 55 p in London, Jan 17 The nieiiibers of the Amalgamated Engineers' Society at Woolwich, Arsenal, altemDted to hold a meeting to protest against Sir E. Geddes' j combing-out scheme. Other workers attended and pelted the engineers with dirty cotton waste and broke up j the meeting. Speech by Swedish King Australian and N.Z. Cable Aaaoc. Rec Jan 18, 8.50 a.m. Stockholm, Jan 17. A wireless message gays: King Gustaf, in his speech from the throne, esid he sincerely hoped tbat a free Finland would co-operate with other Scandinavian coutriea in the common effort towards peace. Progress was ! announced in an invitation to enter i into negotiations with Finland to settle the Aaland Islands question- King Guatif, in referring to the difficulties of overseaas trade, said that negotiations were progressing for its resumption under conditions harmonising with Swedish independence and neutrality. Treachery of Caillaux Australian and N.Z. Gable Assoc. Kec Jan 17, 1.20 p.m. Washington, Jan 16, The Department of State has published correspondence between Count yon Bernstorff (ex-German Ambassador) and tb« Berlin Foreign Office, under date of February 4, 1914, showing that Caillaux was intiraitd with the German Ambaseador in Buenos 'Aires (Count yon Luxburg), and advising the German Press cot to praise Caillaux, but to treat him courteously. He aho sugeeted that Caillaux suoulJ leave Buenos Aires. Rec Jan 1, 2.50 p.m. Paris, Jan 16. Public excitement continues over the Caillaux case, though CailUux's political adherents are markedly quieter eince his arrest, and rnnny are abowing a tendency to desert the ex-Pre-mier. The sife in Florence was diecoveted owif.g to the telegraph office receiving a message for transmission to Florence, reading: "I .forbid the cafe being opened," Signed "Roynourd," The censor who received the message knew tbat Cailiiux tiaveJled in Italy under this name. He reported the fact to the autbontiee, who requested Italian otiicia!3 to open the cafe. They found £10,000 sterling in gold, some beatuiful jewels, and also a Jist of Civil eetvants to be dismissed if Caillaux returned to power, and a list of politicians to be vewarded. The papeia showed that Caillaux intended to aeize pnwer and impose peace after rupturing the alliance between France, Italy tod Britain.

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