"CHRISTIAN DUTY"

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10001, 19 June 1918, Page 7

"CHRISTIAN DUTY"

KAISER'S PECKSNIFFI&NISM ADDRESS TO TWO WOUNDED BRITISH SOLDIERS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. AMSTERDAM. Juno 17. Tho "Lokal AnzcigerV correspondent at Headquarters describes the Kaiser as visiting the battlefield, and finding two British wounded, and instructing the Court Physician to attend them. The Kaiser subsequently visited the two British soldiers, and delivered a Pecksniffian speech to those around. "When the enemy is conquered," he said, "wo must take'care of him. A conquered enemy is no longer an enemy for us. If others think and act differently that is their affair. _ We Germans retain our views on Christian duty to the sick and wounded. Wo carry on war in such manner that when the terrible events are over we are able to recall our share with a pure conscienco and without remorse." AWARDS FOR NEW ZEALAWDERS Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, June 17. The Meritorious Service Modal has boon awarded to seventy-six New Zealand'er s for valuable service in France. mm U.S. LIBERTY LOAN TO BE ISSUED IN OCTOBER. Ana. and N.Z. Cable Aesn. and Eeuter. WASHINGTON, June, 17. It is announced that the fourth Liberty Loan wjll probably be opened in October, and"will be for sis million dollars. U-OOATS ON U.S.A. COAST SURVIVORS OF KRINSJA PICKED UP. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK. Juno V). A naval vessel picked up the survivors of the Krdnsja. The Krinsja is the twentieth ship sunk by U-boats in American waters. STRIKES £FOOT IN DISAFFECTED GERMANY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. AMSTERDAM, June 17. Owing to a decreaso in the bread ration and the shelving of the franchise question 'im Germany, the organisation of strikes is afoot, despite Socialist and trades union warnings against such a course. It j s expected that three hundred thousand workers will strike in Bavaria alono. The authorities are endeavouring to ..pre-, vent the extension of the disaffection to the muntion factories. . THE AIR RAID 0'! PARIS SIX CASUALTIES REPORTED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received June 18, 5.5 p.m.) PAJtIS, Juno 17. Only two air raiders on the 16th reached the Paris district. There were six casualties, including threo women killed. A large industrial establishment was destroyed. ENEMY MISSION IN ADRIATIC OPPORTUNELY UPSET. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received June 18, 5.5 p.m.) HOME. June 17. The "Giornale d'ltalia" says that the Austrian naval division which Rizzo broke up when ho 'torpedoed the Szent Istvan, was proceeding on a mission to bombard a town on the Adriatic in conjunction with the land offensive. AMERICAN AEROPLANE OUTPUT BOASTING STIMULATES HUNS TO INCREASED EFFORTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received June 18, 6.5 • p.m.) WASHINGTON, Juno 17. Speaking at iiartford, Connecticut, ox-President Roosovolt said that the American boasting aoout their aeroplane outpu£ had merely stimulated Germany to build.more rapidly, with the result that on the Unjt'cd States front in Franco we. were unable to meet tho Germans -in tho air. Britain and Franco wore obliged to lend assistance when they needed it themselves during tho great enemy' -drive. FOOD IN HOLLAND CONDITIONS VERY BAD. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. AMSTERDAM, Juno 17. Food conditions in Holland aro bad. Tho daily bread ration is now only two-fifths of a pound, which is smaller than that in Germany. Tea has not boon distributed i'or three months, and only a-quarter of a pound of coffee is obtainable onco a fortnight. A chop or a haddock costs half-a-crown. REMARKABLE WAR WRECK FRENCHMAN WITH OVER 30 WOUNDS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, June 17. Private Bortrand, aged 26, of the French, Colonial Infantry, is a remarkable war wreck. He has had over thirty wounds, and l has lost an arm and a leg. Ho fought at Salonika, Monastir, the Ysor, and in Lorraine, and wears threo rows of decorations, including the British Military Cross, the French War Cross, and seven palms.