General War News

Inangahua Times, 2 October 1915, Page 1

General War News

Questions in the House

LONDON, Sept 30 Mr Outhwaite- asked whether I Mr Buchanan's statement at Petrograd was true:—That the attack on the Dardanelles was partly due to the Russian request to divert the Turks from the Cau- ' casus " ,J< J ' r^on.-Robert Cecil replied the operation doubtless idrew •* the Turks from.the Russian, and Egyptian fronts. c . t A fuller :■, statement. was, pedient. -."•,' In answer to'a request for* details^of the submarines in the Baltic ilorpedoejpg the .German cruisefyoabled Jon August 26tb, Horn Mr Balfour replied he was uhjiWeito ijciye. information excepl*>thatiebntainect ;inßussian ■•report»'H,.i ~".., .' V .': ; ' , - *'' JThe? Brittsh * had. done-good ..work In notms' an independent force,-but acting? underline Russian .Admiralty. ■- > r

TAMltai German Again*

'."'■"" BERLIN,. Sept 30 . Hefr 1 iZimmermani Under--Sectetarrv for Foreign Affairs, states. Germany, has no idea, of prejudicing Holland's political, or economic freedom. It is 'impossible to say what the relations with Germany will be to Belgium after the war, but .England musUbe prevented from laying harids,lm Belgium.

Official,

Volunteers for Muniliibns

The High Commissioner LONDON,;Sept 3<>; IP P.m*< An important * labour confere'nceiwas held at the Boards of i Education to-day. h I It was declared (that vthe men required,f or-rthe navy*; army and. )munition?works tocatfyi-outthei war successfully, can be obtained by voluntary means.,,,. # I , Jhs conference pledged v its. 'assistance to,, the Government Jn every possible.way4o,secure men for the purpose.,' , ~ i i;:It ; also : dec&e4 p organise,, a.' fspeoialr: labour,recruiting AcanV paignvthrdughouMfte couritryir.. tor Rpumanja ■:■■- . =.".. i . iLarge quantities, of munitions are reaching Rriumariia, via Sal-, onika and the Bladk Sea. - Falling;, oft in Recruiting.»■•

LONDON, Oct I 4 Daisy Irving, the actrese-, arranged to kiss every recruit in the march through the streetsi but at the, last moment the War Office forbade it.; The War Office telegraphed to the Bristol Recruiting .Committee ! tbat the failing off in recruiting ha'd caused Lord Kitchener and. i the War Office the greatest con*, jcern.. The: Balkans Problem, v

Greek Mobilisation

Dr Dillon reports from Rome thatj, the Greek mobilisiation merely! denotes M. Vehezelos'victory over the German Ophile cup ent movement, ;• whefri .it wasxpected to sweep off.itifeet.,the agreement: .of, King,£6nstantine and. Vt. Venezelos' ntid was-an unpleasant! surprise for the; Germans, J,,- t . .-;■■<■ • -:t L. f - Ahi h auihonty .assured *>Dr Dillon ;, that if the Quadruple* Entente d^ltchiW 1 & substantial iorce it would have a most betieBalkans posi lion. , ;

A Solution) Suggested. ■>

LONDON, Oct I. In the House of Lords, Baron; St. Davids, suggested a personal British mission with a view of the solution of the Balkans problem. Lord Crewe replied that it was immaterial to Britain who occupied particular districts. They only desired boundaries drawn on racial and national lines. If 'the Entente Foreign Ministers could confer the chances of a I solution would be greater. He hoped that the Balkans would take to heart Sir Edward Grey's grave words that while Bulgaria remains unaggressive the re* lationsof; England and Bulgaria. WOuldfeunimpaired