A MOST INFORMAL SHOW

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1914, Page 7

A MOST INFORMAL SHOW

THE KING'S WONDERFUL VISIT. \ LONDON, 9th December A British officer of the Indian Army describes the King's visit as "the most informal show I have ever seen. The King strolled about the ranks, chatting with all and sundry. Immediately before His Majesty ai*rived a German aero, plan* appeared heading straight for us. Our guns opened fire, and the aeroplane scurried north "During the inspection of the troops the Leicester Regiment just left the trenches, and paraded, covered with mud, and unshaven. The King simply revelled in them. He chatted with almost every man, and wanted to know all about the trench fighting. "The Prince of Wales was equally interested, and wandered about, paying no attention to his father, and chatting ( with everybody. _ The King was' particularly interested in one man who was wearing German boots. The King wanted the Indians to know that the Queen and he had always kept them in their thoughts. Altogether it was a wonderful visit, the King tramping about in the mud as though on a partridge shooting expedition. LONDON, 9th December. A Times correspondent who entered the railway station at Kette (?) says : "The scene would have rejoiced the heart of an artist —a( perfect blaze of colour, a riot of sa-rtorial tints and trappings. It was a Babel let loose. Alongside a couple of Senegalese sat an Arab in white flowing robes; beyond, the white and gold tunic of the 'Infanterie Coloniale'; then a Belgian trooper, a group of Chasseurs, Alpines, Zouaves, Turcos, Algerian, Tirailleurs, marines, sailors, together with Pioupious (French infantrymen) and artillery —twenty different units. "A jovial sergeant observed. ' What must the "Bosches" (Germane) think when they come against a collection like this —not to speak of your Ecossais (Scotsmen) with theii* p6tti6oats, and the Indians and Australians? They must think that the whole world 1 ie moved enmasse to hold a universal convention at Berlin.' " THE KING'S SONS. LONDON, 10th December. The Prince of Wales has been promoted to a lieutenancy. (TIMES AND SYDNEY SDH 6ERTICEI.) (Received December 11, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 10th December. The Naval Board has examined Prince Albert, and does not consider his health fit to return to his ship. [Prince Albert was a midshipman on H.M.S. Collingwood, but early in the war he was taken ill, and had to be sent ashore and operated upon for appendicitis.] GENERAL JOFFRE'S HEADQUARTERS SEVENTY MILES BEHIND THE LINES. LINKED UP WITH MATERIAL POINTS. (TIMES AND STDNET SON SERVICES.) (Received December 11, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 10th December. General Joffre's headquarters are well concealed in a village schoolhouse seventy miles behind the lines. Each general is linked to headquarters by telegraph, and there is also direct communication with the British and the Belgians and with Bordeaux and Paris. A single sentinel does duty at the schoolhouse, and except for a few Forest Guards there are no soldiers in the village. (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) NOTES FROM BRITAIN NOT SATISFACTORY TO UNITED STATES. (Received December 11, 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 10th December. The Hon. Walter Page (United States Ambassador in London) has handed to "the Government the British regulations under which the wool embargo is lifted; also a Note as to how American shipping can avoid interference by British warships. Mr. W. J. Bryan" indicated that both messages were unsatisfactoi'y. SYMBOLS OF UNITY LETTER FROM XIUE CHIEFS. (TIMES AND SYDNEF SON SERVICBS.) (Received December 11 3 8 a.m.) . LONDON, 10th Decembei. The Times, in a leader, commenting.on the loyalty of the Niue Islands, says: "A singularly moving letter from the Chiefs of Niue declared : 'A small child stands up to help the Kingdom. The whole great family is standing up, and we prize them for themselves, but prize most the symbols of Imperial unity in which our foes disbelieved, to their undoing.'" (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS EFFECT OF WARLIKE OPERATIONS WASHINGTON, 9tb December. The Pan-American Union has appointed a Commission, including Mr. W. J. Bryan (Secretary of State), and the various South American Ambassadors, to study the effect of the belligerents' operations in American and South American waters. The Union favours action being taken to prevent belligerents taking refuge in the harbours COMPULSORY SERVICE A SIGNIFICANT SUGGESTION. LONDON", 10th December. Lord Selborne, in a letter to the newspapers, urges the Government to institute an immediate enquiry as to what men can be called to the colours, to obviate delay, if compulsory service proves to be necessary to end the war, a* was the case in the United States in 1863. THE BRESLAU'S ATTACK BEATEN OFF BY AEROPLANES. (Received December 11, 10 a.m.) SEBASTOPOL, 10th December. The Breslau attacked the Russian transports on Wednesday, but did no damage. She was driven ofi by aviatori.