MISCELLANEOUS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 11 December 1914, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

PRINCE OF WALES PROMOTED. AN ENQUIRY URGED.. CONCERNING AVAILABLE MEN. THE KAISER'S ILLNESS. SERVIA CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTORY. THE FUTURE OF KAIOCHAU. REJOICINGS AT CLEARANCE OF PACIFIC. LONDON, Dec. 10. The Prince of Wales has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant.

Lord Selburne, in a letter to the newspapers, urges the Government to institute an immediate enquiry as to what men oan be called to the colors so as to obviate delay if compulsory service proves necessary to end the war as America did in 1863.

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 10. The Kaiser caught a chill during his secret visit to the Emperor Franz Josef. He refused to take precautions, and secretly returned to Berlin. At midnight on Thursday a train, consisting of forty carriages, conveying 1500 wounded, was derailed between Gemmenicht and Aachen, fifty being killed and many injured. ATHENS, Dec. 10. Prince Alexander of Servia telegraphing from Fragujenitz, says: "A fresh disaster has overtaken the Austrians. We captured 20,000 prisoners and 50 cannon." TOKIO, Dec. 10. The Opposition asked Marquis Kato whether the Government were pledged' to return Kaiochau to China, and he replied that the future of Kaiochau was unsettled. Japan had not committed herself to any foreign Power on this point. The restitution of Kaiochau after the campaign was not mentioned in the ultimatum.

OTTAWA, ,Dec. 10. There are great rejoicings throughout Canada at the result of the South American battle. Official circles express satisfaction, as the Pacific trade routes were constantly being endangered.. The presence of the Germans in the Pacific was not disclosed during the early months of the war. The Rainbow wirelessed the Leipzig in San Francisco harbor from her position outside, asking the Leipzig to come out and fight. The Leipzig's captain had previously told American interviewers that he intended to dispose of the British warships in the North Pacific one by one. He refused the challenge. It is understood" that only the Bremen and Karlsruhe were now in the South Atlantic.