BRITAIN'S NEW ARMIES.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15172, 9 January 1915, Page 9

BRITAIN'S NEW ARMIES.

£.-- STATEMENT BY LORD lA ' . KITCHENER. ,- '. LENIENCY TOWARDS ALIENS. Ip fTiats" ln d "Sydney Sun" Service..) (Received January Sth, 5.3-3 p.m.) I LONDON, January S. In the House of Lords, Lord Curzon tkclared that the Germans were intV ' "Pired by bravery equal to our own, i£ *nd appeared to be fortified by a -,-, hatred against us such as wo with our >;'; ""ore phlegmatic temperament wero inlf *?Pabl o of feeling. h Lord Kitchener, in reply to ques- _.■. i K ?* s ' tnat fr i x new armies were 1"' "l!? C or S a nised., They included the ll'*-« an3 ' but c:tc,aded tbe colonial con'C-\ which were not yet siifficient- *'. * *"*ained. Arrangements were being .-- **|*"c to keep tin the strength of de- ;: r jpleted Indian units, -j-t During the debate strong complaints V. j?* 0 -s*a<-05* a< - 0 about the Government's &.-;;, "aiencjt towards aliens, particularly in pSPtthibitod areas. W\ **?* c "*cwe promised that th e Go#V. c"e"* rten fc would consider sweeping them fi^i- 0 " pr , obibsted ■*«»*• Xjg—Z** I'erne (?) Rogers, an Araeriactres « who has been" playing the

title role in the "Sleeping Beauty" at Drury Lane, has resigned because she entertains enthusiastic pro-German sentiments.

The great London duo's aro feeling the effects of the Avar. Thero have been many resignations and few elections, and tho staffs havo enlisted. The financial pressure is severe.

Employers in Birmingham district aro seeking the exemption of schoolboys, to permit their employment in order to execute war orders.