BRITAIN.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 270, 31 October 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN.

IRELAND. MR. REDMOND’S VIEWS. [eeuter’s telegrams ! London. Oct. 30. Mr. Redmond (Nationalist leader), speaking at Sligo, appealed to the Government to put Home Rule into operation and trust the Irish peo;>le. One great act of British statesmanship would do more towards winning the war than the alliance of half a dozen neutrals. All Irish rights can

be won by constitutional action. Therefore the first need is to rally the constitutional movement. He warned Irishmen that nothing could imperil Ireland’s position but the sheer madness of Ireland herself.

NIGHTMARE OF TEUTONIC MILITARISM.

; Treuter’s telegrams.] London, Oct. 30. A Rome message states that, the Socialist Minister Bissolati, in a speech denounced the treachery of the Austro-German Socialists who had deceived the Allied Socialists anent the war. Victory would be incomplete unless Europe was freed from the nightmare of AustroGerman militarism. Italy would fight until the many-headed monster of Austria was wiped off the map of Europe. MUNITION ORGANISATION. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] (Received 31, 12.25 p.m.) London. Oct. 30. Minister of Munitions has established a control clearing house with the object of training registering machinery which is idle or likely to become idle and so ensure the most efficient economical use of the country’s machinery and resources and also maintain connection with the manufacturers for the Government contracting departments. LONDON NEWS ITEMS. [“ THE TIMES-”] The Admiralty announces that naval officers employed ashore or abroad may henceforth wear khaki instead of blue or white when the senior officers order. | AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN. ' The authorities will publicly present military honours to next-of-kin if the winners do not survive. The King will personally bestow the Victoria Cross, G.C.B. and G.C.M.G.