OUR SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 July 1915, Page 5

OUR SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.

ENEMY’Sr.SHIFSr; : ' A SENSIBLE SUGGESTION. • [TIMES AND SYDNEY, SDN SERVICES;] v . -,L ; LONDON,; June 30. .The. Navy League urges .the Government to follow the. example of Italy by confiscating-an equivalent of the enemy' ships for those submarined,, .and employing the.enemy ships fur purposes of'British commerce. ' . “SHOW PRISON CAJMP.” GERMANY'S LATEST.-. [times AND SYDNEY SDN SERVICES.] LONDON, June 30.

A neutral observer describes Dobentz as “a- show prison camp.” Berliners ■ call it “a zoo,” and _go pickmckmg there on Sundays to the pus oners behind barbwire. There are 10,000 prisoners of whom 4,500 ar . British.. The prisoners are generally cheerful. They have grown accustomed to internment. Theatricals and concerts are frequent. COLONIAL prisoners. WELL TREATED IN TURKEY.. [TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.] LONDON, June 30. Inquiries made through the American Embassy in Turkey mdicato that the Australians and New Zealander., interned in Turkey. ar V> treated considerately. Officer’s inr pven J against their pay in order to I™"*® special articles. _ It is presumed lhat the men are similarly Dented. ;,li> visited hospitals tt, Constantinople :nid found the Wounded receiving ex cclient treatment. THE POPE. nis attitude explained. [times AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.] LONDON. June 30. Cardinal Gasparri. "'.ho ? ntcl L viewed at Home, condemned the Libnte interview a- itiLlcadiiig and inaccur.,+p ID ad mi tied that the ’ 1 epe wished jvaiy to r. main neutral, roceivin" roncesn-ons from Austria. i ovr that war had been declared, the Pope was entirely neutral, but was not preventing Catholics doing their duty according to their conscience. Ho was providing for their spiritual welfare. “TAKE: SUEZ.” A GERMAN IDEA. [TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.] LONDON. June 30. Count Rerun 1 low urge-- that it would lie easier to lake Suez than Calais, it would 1m a mom deadly blow to (he British Empire ami won Id enable Getiiruiv (o-ns(ore Kgypi to 1 nrkor. THE BLOCKADE. - * ' A NEW DODGE. ; [TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.] Received this dav at 8.35 a.ui. CIIIUSTIANIA. June 30. i A German submarine stopped tbe i steamer Vpus. bound to England. east- i ward of, Aberdeen, and, .ordered her to ' jettison Iter foodstitifs op lie sunk. The submarine assisted to jettison 416 bar- ; reds of Finnish butter and a quantity < of frozen salmon. 1 [per PRESS' ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] • Received this day at 8.50 a.ui. ' LONDON, June 30 < The Caivihuskeiinctli, hound from America to the Mersey, was torpedoed I off Galleyhead. Eight Germans were taken aboard the submarine. Tho remainder of the crew went in the ships boat to Galleybead. MILITARY SUPPLIES. ORGANISATION IN RUSSIA. [TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES,] Si. ” -a;-.. V, PETROGRA-D, June 30. A Board oh Military Supplies has been formed v. iih M. PolivaimiT as President. It comprises representatives of the Duma, Council of (he Empire and Industry and Commerce, ft is empowered to compel manufacturers tc give its orders precedence, and to requisition .public and private supplies. MUNITIONS FACTORY. ' PRACTJCALEY DESTROYED. [TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.] LONDON, June 50. The Germans have transformed tho sugar refiner’,' at bkienilevicc into a munilions i'alcory. An explosion, however, destroyed the greater part of the building. The Germans shot several local people alleging that the occurrence was intentional. BACK FROM GERMANY. RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR. [TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.] LONDON, June 30. A large crowd welcomed war prisoners from Germany. A CONTRAST. BRITISH AND GERMAN .METHODS [TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.] LONDON, June 30. A white paper shows that M. Gerard vigorously protested to the German Authorities for violating international usage by closing the rooms of the British Consulate in Berlin against him, and the arrest of the- British staff, who were employed in relief work even • before the German Government decided to intern Britishers. He contrasts Britain’s attitude in placing' the German Embassy at London at Dr. Page’s, disposal to protect German interests. I, ■ A,/ i ~; THE EMPIREIMPERIAL CONFERENCE URGED. [TIMES AND SYDNEY SDN SERVICES.] LONDON, June 30. The Times, in The course of a leader, refers to the Australasians’ noble efforts in the war and suggests that tho time is opportune to carry out the proposal for a meeting of Imperial representatives in London to lay the foundation and re-organise Imperial / effort for /war-purposes. Britain so far has taken everything from the Dominions and was repaying them only with verbal thanks. It hopes that the new Government will not allow this re- • proach to accrue- Tfc is necessary to grasp the fact that it is advisable to '* weld the whole Empire for ’war purposes. - ' .' -

V' '*' TRADg WITH GERMANY. AN AMERICAN PROTEST. ; [times and bydney-.sun services.] ,*• , • ■ ' 1 LONDON, June 30. ■New York reports that Mr. the new Secretary of State,, received a deputation of importers; mostly German and American firms/, who complained that £10,000,000, ‘ Worth of American goods, were lying, at Rotterdam owing to the refusal of the British Navy to permit them to be exported to America. They declared that the goods- were not contraband, and petitioned the State Department to insist that Britain should no longer interfere with'the rights- of Americans to carry on legitimate trade with Germany through the neutrals.; Mr. Lansing hoped that it would be possible to remedy the evils. COTTON. BIG CARGO SEIZED. [TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.] PARIS, June 30. A cargo of cotton worth £20,000 to the Swiss agent of a German firm, was seized at Marseilles. It was intended for the manufacture of gun cotton.