M. GALLI, HODLDS THE SAME VIEW.

Evening Star, Issue 16032, 8 February 1916, Page 6

M. GALLI, HODLDS THE SAME VIEW.

London 'Times' and Sydney 'Sun' Services. . LONDON, February 7. Writing in. the ' Paris Journal,' M. Emile Galh, formerly manager of the Anglol'rench. newspaper at Constantinople, and who was imprisoned by the Tnrco-Germans tor 18 months as a friend of Ynssuf, states j that he has no doubt that Yussuf -was murdered. Ono of Yussufs sins was that he refused to receive General Yon Sanders when Enver introduced him. j M. Gallf s narration continues thus • Enver proceeded to the palace, the day after the Goeben bombarded the '.Russian ports in ,the Black Sea, and reported the matter to the Sultan. The moment that Lnver was announced tlio Sultan stood up, exploding with anger, and thundered : Am I nobody, that the Russians should be attacked without my authorisation? Are the Germans masters in Constantinople?" Enver coolly replied: "The Lussians attacked us." The Sultan shouted : It is a lie! It was an aggression, and I acknowledge it." Enver was surprised at the Sultan's uncharacteristic attitude, and, begging leave to postpone lurtner explanations, lie hastily departed. Xussuf followed him from the audience chamber, and said: "Listen! You and your accomplices are ruining Turkey Beware of the people's wrath. You will die like dogs. lussuf continued to vigorously protest. That was his death sentence. AUSTRALIAN LOSSES, 38,091. SYDNEY, February 8. February 8, at 9.10 a.m.) The total Australian, casualties are:— Dead g 528 Wounded "." 12'481 Missing l'fill &«& 16,900 Prisoners 53 Nature of casualty unknown. 307 ' OTAGO WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION. _ 'The Port Chalmers branch are resuming activities on Thursday afternoon in tho Garrison Hall, where the usual work meeting will be held. Some members of the committee have received letters from soldiers stating that the soldiers have received the work done for them by the committee. Letters from Egypt acknowledge the Christmas greetings sent by the borough council, and also acknowledge appreciation of what the women of the Port have done. People willing to help further will be welcomed at the women's weekly meetings. Jam tins which have been filled should bo sent to the school, where they will be taken charge of. Received ■ Belgians: "W.J." £2 (January and February); socks, etc.— Mrs Mill, Misses Mill, Miss Sunderland, Mrs Scott, Mrs Isbister, Mrs Spence, Mrs Dougall (Quarantine station), Mrs Hay (Mihiwaka), Mrs White (Mihiwaka), Mrs Tarleton) Miss Lea, Mrs Arch. Fullarton, Misses Jean and Frances Fullarton, Mrs Colthorpe, Misses Colthorpe, Mrs A. White (Mihiwaka), Mrs J. H. Gray, Mrs Cunnin°--hame, Miss Johnstone, Mrs Tarleton. ° MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, Medical e3;aminations are conducted nightly (Saturday excepted) at 7.45 at the Kensington Drill Hall. Tho following have been passed fit: James Harkness, ironmonger, Dunedin. James Murdoch, grocer, Dunedin. James Stroud, musician, St. Clair. Richmond Pledger, gardener, Roslyn. Thomas Ryan, farmer, St. Kilda. William James Lindsay, farm laborer, Outrarn. John Hunter, boilermaker, Dunedin. Arthur Edwin Hunt, railway fireman, South Dunedin. David Miller Henderson, tram driver, Mornington. Charles Ernest Holmes, farm hand, St. Clair. William Peter Nelson, compositor, Dunedin. c James- Brown, ~carpenter,_Dunedin..

FRENCH RED CROSS DAY. HASTINGS, February 8. A French flag sold at the ram fair realised £453 and street collections £374. making a total of £827 as the result of French Red Cross day at Hastings. OUTBREAK OF ANTI-SEMITISM. Anti-Semitism, an issue which has been almost dead since tho beginning of the war, was revived at Berlin just prior to Christmas by tho ' Tages Zeitung ' and other newspapers. In consequence a controversy which may bo described as almost bitter has broken out between papers of the ' Tages Zeitung' stamp on tho one hand and those like the ' Tageblatt,' which adopted a liberal attitude in regard to the Jewish question, on the other. Tho more liberal papers resent intensely any anti-Jewish movement, particularly as it is asserted German-Jews havo borno their share of their war burdens liberally, and are doing their utmost for the fatherland in both a military and an economic senso. —' Tages Zeitung ' Begins It.— Tho present revival of tho anti-Semitic controversy began with a savage attack on the ' Tages Zeitung' against Eugene Deitrich, of Jena, who had accused "a Berlin morning newspaper"—inferential!}* tho ' Tages Zeitung'—of being antiJewish. The latter denied it was the newspaper attacked, and further roused Jewish feeling by putting the blame on still another Berlin journal. The ' Tageblatt' entered tho controversy, calling tho 'Tages Zeitung' utterances "Base defamation of German Jews, many of whom died for the fatherland after voluntary joining the army—in which they were notably different from certain antiSemitic nationalist typewriter heroes who have not lived up to the wax propaganda they preached for years." —Xo Anti-Jewish Movement.— Theodoro "Wolff, of the 'Tageblatt,' perhaps the most prominent editor of Germany, declares that notwithstanding the recent revival of anti-Semitism, tho feeling against Jews in Germany is gradually on the wane, existing nowhere to a great extent except possibly among tho minor nobility. "I am glad to bo able to say there is absolutely no anti-Jewish movement in Government circles or in the high nobility," Mr Wolff said. "Tho Jew now has equal rights in the army, and may become an officer along with a Christian. In virtually all strata tho Jow is found intermingled with all others." NEW V.C.S. A supplement to the 'London Gazette' announces that the King has awarded two more V.C.s, three "D.S.O.s, and 15 Military Crosses. Thomas Kenny. 13th (-Service.) Battalion Durham L.1., has been awarded tho V.C. for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the night of 4th November, 1915, near La Houssoie. When on patrol in a thick fog with Lieutenant Brown, 13th Battalion Durham Light infantry, some Germans, who wero lying out in a ditch in front of their parapet, opened fire and shot Lieutenant Brown through both thighs. Private Kenny, although heavily and Topeatedly fired upon, crawled about for more than an hour with his wounded officer on his back, trying to find his way through the fog to our trenches. He refused more than once .o go on alone, although told by Lieutenant Brown to do so. At last, -when utterly exhausted, he cam© to a ditch which he recognised, placed Lieutenant Brown in it, and went to look for help. He found an officer and a few men of his battalion at a, listening post, and after guiding them bark, with their assistance Lieutenant Brown was brought in although the Germans again opened heavy nro with rifles and machine guns, and shrew bombs at 30yds distance. Private Kenny's pluck, endurance, and devotion to duty were beyond praise. Corporal J. L. Dawson, 187 th Company R.E. (science master in Hill's Trust School, Govan), V.C, for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on 13th October, 1915, at Hohenzoflern Redoubt. During a gas attack, when the trenches were full of men, he walked backwards and forwards along the parades, fully exposed to a verv° heavy fire, in order to. be the better "able to give directions to his own sappers, and to clear the infantry out of the sections of the trench that were full of gas. Hiding three- leaking gas cylinders" ho rolled them" some 16yds away from tho trench, again under very heavy fire, and then fired nflo bullets into them to let the gas escape. There is no doubt that tho cool gallantry of Corporal Dawson on this occasion saved many men from bcinrgassed. °