MISCELLANEOUS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1917, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS

THE IMPERIAL BILL.

j BRIAN!) INCLUDED.

LONDON, -Viarch 12. Mr. J. P. Farrells amc-mimem i<> exclude Ireland iroiii tile .National Service jail vvii- Uelealed by 1411 voles la (X). .Mr. R. ilazt-lton moved lhai tlieiv he a separate i.Jire<\or-( ienera 1 lor Ireland. The .IJoji. 11. E. Duke, Chief Secretary for Ireland, said that Air. .Neville tju.imber.aiu liad agieeU lo delegate tins work to a representative who Would be entitled to uie technical status of Representative Director 'd ,\anional Service \ v J; - ai.ii INDIAN COTTON DUTY. STATEMENT liV Mil CTIAMBERJ.AUv. LONDON, .March 12. Replying to ipustioiis in the House of Lemmons, r. ('bamberlam said that he did not ,Intend to grant preference to British or Dominion cotton manutacturefs ui India compared with the Allies. Jlis aim was to raise revenue for war purposes and he had the Pans Conference resolutions in mind when the duty was framed, but it could not be applied until the Imperial fiscal policy liad been considered after the war.

TURKEY WITHIN.

GRAVE HAPPENINGS AT

STA.UBUU L

i.ONDON, March 12,

A Swiss message states that grave events have uceurved at Constantinople. RUSSIA WITHIN. DUMA SITTING SUSPENDED. PETROGRAD, Mafch 13. Two Imperial ukases issued on Mondav suspended the sittings in the Duma. The Council of Empire will resume its sittings in April. GERMAN WAR LOAN. KRUPPS SUBSCRIBE. [AUSTRALIAN 4Nl> N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. 1 Received this day at 1*2.10 p.iu. AMSTERDAM, March IT Krnpp's firm has- subscribed t'J,000.000 to the sixth war loan. END OF THE GOEBEN. SCRAPPED AS UNREAWORTIIV. [AUSTRALIAN A\D N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.] Received this day at 12--JO p.nt. AMSTERDAM, March IT Dorman naval engineers decided t" scrap the Goehcu, as r.Tur was hoj ilosslv unseaworthy. GERMAN ATROCITIES. FI'RTHER REVELATIONS. [•noixvioobsv ana vo -z x uxy xvnraxsny]

Received this day at 12.10 p.m. I>ETROG RAD, March D>

The ('"minis non r.f J'.mpi.ry into lue oiioniy ;i vudi’A mus of international law ha-; published Dr. Krilovs, evidence , in which ho slaves that these was an epidemic oi typhus in • o camp at Kofvbus in Prussia, in December, 191 1. The | ail ion is were lying, on planks in barracks -m cold that many of their extremities were frozen, necessitating amputation. They were always hungry. Some searched the drains for food, thus causing dy<em lory. The abac nee of baths and wash-

houaes resulted in uncleanliness of the patients, whereat the Germans, jeered. When an epidemic broke out the Germans, left liufr.inin doctors' to attend to the nick, not providing sufficient medicines and forbidding - their puiehase.

There wore similar conditions at Pram yell in August, 1915, where the ma.jori.hv of the wounded were* sometime.; unattended for 17 days*.