Britain.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 218, 16 August 1918, Page 5

Britain.

I EMPIRE’S GRATITUDE. | TO HAIG AND HIS ARMIES. I London, Aug. LI. 1 Mr Lloyd George has telegraphed to Sir Douglas Haig: Toe Imperia] I War Cabinet semi their warmest I congratulations on the great triumph ' achieved by the /d’lied arms in the third battle of the Somme, and the Empire's heartfelt thanks to you and v nvr most gallant- troops. —(A. ami A.Z.) i CONVINCED OF A VICTORIOUS ; PEACE. • (Received 16, l'.- L J a.in.) j laimlon, Aug. 15. 1 The Pr;Bureau annoii’iced that I the King, m a letter to bir Douglas ; Haim .-aid; “I most warmly e-m I aval id.iti- yr,i r- d \ iiir t”o.>p., or t,n hapnv retnr’i.s <-t Tie onerMions dmj t.p.r dhp nan week. 1" return home with a 11-I'll1■ g ct r 1 ro i - a* n d adn. j i »t 1 tirm f.-r mtr armies. I am i-mivrnemi a’ ,-u, ■} n . -I < ,f A y V’ .■ : that vfff-, with (iffui s hctp. Vmjj M'uurt?, ’ v ■ ci wi" 1 1 1 T)’’ ' ■ t-' V mJ i b \ (.'1 tilt* J i j • * >■ ■■' ■ VI-m,.’jT--. 3 iif.-ifft' 1 VililCll TliUbt 1 p iLp fA'iiurati'-Mib 't si’iY 'rhi r sr« u lb f ’ present 1 world has euduied.” —(A. acid N.Z.)

WORLD’S FOOD SUPPLIES, ( SHORTAGE BOUND TO INCREASE. AVOIDANCE OF WASTE ESSENTIAL. (Received 16, R ---5 a.m.) London, Aug. 15. Sir J. R. dynes (Food Controller) in a speech at London, said the world’s food shortage was bound to increase and the avoidance of .waste would become more important. Every 10,000 tons of food saved enabled America to send 2000 more .soldiers. The Allies’ food controllers had just, completed a scheme providing fair apportionment of food among the armies and population of the various countries. If the scheme is carried out in the spirit which the representatives displayed, difficulties such as we have experienced would never return. —(A. and N.Z.) SINN FEIN DEFIANCE. London, Aug. 15. The Sinn Fein leaders have instructed the branches through Ireland to hold meetings and not apply for permits. —(A. and N.Z.) DISTRIBUTION OF MEAT. ON THE BELT I Sil MARKET. (Received 16, 12.40 a.m.)

London, Aug. 14. . Sir Thomas Robinson introduced to Sir J. R. Clyn-s a deputation from the Australian and New Zealand 'Meat Importers Association which made suggestions regarding the organisation and distribution of British markets. Sir J. R. dynes promised assistance. in the _ carrying out of the deputation's aims.—(A. N-Z.) TWO PICTURES. GLOOM IN GERMANY. CONFIDENCE OF ENTENTE. London, Aug. 5. The attitudes of the belligerent 1 populations as reflected in the Press at the opening of the fifth year of the war are in remaikablc contrast. Count Revcntlow writes in the “Deutsche Tagcszeitu-ng” : “The beginning of the fifth year of the war I is marked in the majority of German I newspapers by an attitude of deeplest resignation, melancholy, and even !of protest. The tearful defeatism - which in these days through German • life is absolutely pernicious.” -| The French Press comments. on the' (war anniversary are characterised by -' a tone of exultation at the great vic- - torv which has again forced the cnei my' to retreat. The papers describe s the clever manoeuvring by which the hinge of the enemy’s ring wing, Sois1 sons, was broken, and' unstintedly praise the part played by the picked British troops sent to reinforce the armies of Berthelot and Mangm. British newspapers tieat the opening of the fifth year of the war 111 'tones of hope and confidence, reflect!ing the unshaken determination of the British people. Articles recall g the evidences of German oppression, e which enabled the Allied peoples to 6 realise as not even the violation of 1 Belgium had done, how the Germans y had trampled out every spark of liberty in the subject nations, and der clare that peace talk now wall fall e on deaf cars, especially as the rude ,f shaking of the enemy military pretensions just received on the west 1 front is but a foretaste of what is to

come. . , Unshaken resolution to go forward to final victory and a prediction of I (the complete "triumph of the Allies; I was voiced yesterday in a series of I statements by leading Englishmen on Brlain’s part in the war during four >f Earl Reading said that the fourth .vir.ivemiiv finds the nation stern 1 and resolute. Already the beams of . the sun of liberty are piercing the (clouds of tvrannv and despotism. | Er.ea l l.ei"-<"eroral White (comman--1 ding' British-Canadian recruiting) said: “We rejoice that America is here this vear with her guns and sons. The" tide is at last turning. The Anglo-American compact is the best guarantee of peaceful woiks.” | REDSKINS IN ACTION. WAR TAINT AND FEATHERS. London, Aug. 3. Mr. Raymond Carroll, the ‘‘limes ’ correspondent at American beadquarters. says that Red Men, including officers, "give a picturesque touch w the recent fighting in the forests north of Chateau Thierry. | Khaki and mushroom helmets were rcrlmed l>v ancestral waipaint and feathers, bitt the battle-cry of liberty was the same as that of their white brothers. They all adhered to their traditions, were unexcelled in bravery and did not dream of surrender. A full-blooded Indian sergeant, a college graduate, vividly describes J th? fighting in the open country to--1 wards Nesle, in which 20 famous I scouts from the Dakota reservation {fiercely shared in the struggle. I The'chief fell, and as he lay dying he <.;'lied out. “Keep to the trail, !bovs!” A party of Sioux Indians said the chief was so active in patrolling that at no time during three months did he use a dug-out or await the sewing on of wound stripes. “He buried him in a blanket without them,” they said. Six of these Redskins crept three miles through the German lines at night and peeped through the windows of a chateau, and taw a parti of officers enjoying an elaborate wine banquet. With blood-curdling whoops the scouts dashed grenades through the windows and escaped. .They laconically reported that their was “heap noise” inside, and perhaps theiewas a heap of dead.