THE COMMONWEALTH.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16741, 23 December 1914, Page 8

THE COMMONWEALTH.

NO LACE OF RECRUITS. By Telegraph— Pres* Association—Copyright. MELBOURNE, December 22. Mr W. M. Hughes considers that there is no need to adopt tho suggestion that the leaders of the Federal parties like the British political leaders should take the platform together with the object of stimulating recruiting. At present recruits in Australia are joining in a satisfactory number. THE ZAMBESI CASE VESSEL AND CARGO CONDEMNED. (Received December 22, 8.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 22. Fho Chief Justice, in delivering reserved judgment in the Zambesi case, aaid that the • Zambesi was a British ship, registered in London. On August 6 the German officials at Nauru re; ceived wireless information from Germany of war with Britain, France and Russia. Wireless communication between Nauru and Rabaul failed, and it became important to find other means, because a large number of coded' wireless messages had been received from Berlin for German possessions in the Pacific, presumably conveying tion required by the existence of war. The result was that the agents at Nauru placed the ship at the disposal of the enemy Government for purposes of a most hostile character. Not only an agent of the enemy Government carried on a mission for the completion of the wireless apparatus at Rabaul for the purpose of nmintenance of communication between Berlin and the outi lying possessions of the German Empire, iso intercommunication between the possessions and ships of the enemy carrying wireless, but the same agent was carrying despatches of the utmost importance. Furthermore, the agents actually sub-chartered the ship to the enemy Government. Therefore the Court held that the Federal Government's claim to condemnation of the ship and cargo was sustained.