EMPIRE OUTPOSTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 428, 6 August 1915, Page 5

EMPIRE OUTPOSTS.

AUSTRALIA.

METAL CONTROL. GERMAN INFLUENCE TO BE DESTROYED. (Received 6, 10.5 a.m.) Melbourne. Aug. 6. Mr. AV. Al. Hughes, referring to the metal industries, said the onlywav to deal with the situation was to destroy- all German influence wherever it existed. This should be the Government’s policy which should be pursued unflinchingly. ANOTHER REFERENDUM. (Received 6. 10.5 a.m.) Melbourne, Aug. 6. The caucus has decided to submit another Referendum Bill dealing with the extension of the life of the present Parliament. PATRIOTISM AND PROFITS. (Received 6. 10.5 a.m.) Melbourne, Aug. 6.

Referring t<> the cable with regard to the Australasian section of the London Chamber of Commerce relative to trading with the enemy countries after the war, Mr. AV. H. Hughes said they were not averse to patriotism if it: means no loss. Patriotism which lags behind profits is a cancer which must be cut out at all hazards.

TROUBLE AT INTERNMENT CAMP. THE SHOOTING ON ARNDT. SENTRY EXONERATED. Sydney, Aug. 5. At the inquest on Arndt, who xvas shot in the German concentration camp on July 2Sth, the 'evidence showed that owing to nexvs of the progress of the German army in Poland brought by recent prisoners, file camp become mutinous. On the 2Gth the xvhole refused to work. Discontent grew, and mass meetings were held and the officers defied. In the afternoon of the 28th the position xvas threatening and precautions were taken. Sentry Cox stated that Afnclt refused to obey orders and mimicked and insulted him. Witness informed the officers, who told him if the trouble recurred to load his rifle and call out. the guard and have the offenders arrested. As soon as the officers left the trouble started again. A crowd gathered. He obeyed instructions anti then warned Arndt to stand still, but he made a dive for the barracks. Witness fired a. shot, intending only to wound. The verdict was that Cox shot Arndt in the legal exercise of his duty. • SUBMARINE AE2. CREW PRISONERS IN ASIA MINOR. Melbourne. Aug. 3. Rear-Admiral Cresswell has received a letter from LieutenantCommander Stoker, eomniender ot the submarine AE2. w hieh xvas sunk in the Sea of Marmora On April 30. stating that the crew are imprisoned in the centre of Asin. Minor, that all are xvell and taking their imprisonment cheerfully, and that their treatment is as jjood as it is possible to expect. NOl e of .the crexv xvere lost xx’hen the vessel

sunk. The writer adds that when he is able to semi a. report on the manner in which all hands performed their duty it will speak volumes for the future of the Australian Navy. On many- occasions only a matter of seconds separated them from certain death, but all hands down to the youngest did their xvdrk xvith a steady coolness beyond, all praise. CANTEEN SCANDALS. COMPLAINT? FOUNDED ON HEARSAY. (Received G, 9.25 a.m.) Melbourne, Aug. G. The Federal Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce), referring to the. rumours of the sale of Red Cross goods in Egypt. said it- was impossible to obtain tangible evidence in support, ef such statements. In not one single instance had a complaint been submitted which xvould justify investigation. The informants xvere unreliable, and were stating complaints founded on hearsay.