GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 13 February 1915, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS

LONDON, Feb. 10. The Sultan of Turkey , has "sent- *he great gold Turkish medal "for bravery" ,to Admiral von -TJrpiti!,- '•O&man "-.Mims-; ■ter for Marine,-and- to General von \Fal'lcenhayn,' Gliief of the' German General •Staff. . ' : ' ' „ ' . ' _A, Bill is proposed in France aUovving soldier's to marry by _proxy. The. soldier will" make. a declaration b e .fpr6 his xegfmental officer, ■ and the woxnan before. a registrar. . . _ Miss Marie Carelli announces tliafc she is organising a gift, which rwill probably take the form of music, for-the Australasians in ' Egypt. • 'She. Says"lt is right- and fitting we should' do our b'es't to show how fully we aire aware of the sacrifices they have made, and give some token of ■ our kinship and . attachment. A Swedish Royal Commission has .presented a report recommending the Government to build several submarines of the latest types as quickly as possible. Mi* Tennant, interrogated in the House of Commons, stated • that a. household : census disclosed the fact that 3,000,000 ( men had stated their willingness to en- . ;) h'st. ' ' __ ' .. . „ . '

The London County Council has approved the establishment; of corps at secondary Schools. The Dacia has;sailed for Rotterdam. The captain states that the owner prOr mised him a big bonus if the vessel returns safely. (Tfre Dacia- is a Hamburg-America liner; which was intterned in art American" port. She wag' tra.hsferr.ed to the American reeigter, and it was; proposed that she should, sail as an American vessel, though Britain protested thp.t. the :change-of^flag. ; would.-;not .bei.Tepognis'ed as'^JSb"traTis'fei:- would-not be. held .fo Be h~ the- vessel'was' therefore liable to capture as-a German shi>). Chicago May wheat options stand at 159| and 162§, and July at 135 and 137f. The King has' authorised the f orinatibn df a battalion of Welsh Guards. This final British reply .to" the Ameri can Note regarding contraband his been despatched.' A" French ' steamer fitted with showrooms is being prepared to visit South America with 50 representatives of French and 100 of British merchants, in an endeavour £o capture <3'erman trade. (Received Feb. .13., 8.55;a;.m.) LONDON. Feb. 12. Af fh'n annual meeting of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, the chairman said the losses sustained by British shipping in the six monthe of the war

were much less than might have been expected. One estimate submitted assessed tlio losses -at- £6,000,000. The "Morning Post" (Conservative) referring to the of Colonel Seely as Brigadiei'-General 'with the command of an important cavalry unit, declares that the appointment savours of political preference. It is hard lines that a regular officer should have politicians, who got all the plums _ during peace, robbing him of opportunities of staff service in war .time. The paper adds that Colonel Se'ely distinguished himself at the War Office, and in tactical manoeuvres evacuated a position and retook it without loss of life; but it is not supposed that this episode gave him a j ust claim to promotion in the regular Army.