THE WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16348, 3 April 1915, Page 10

THE WAR

GENERAL ITEMS BRITISH REVENUE. LONDON, April 1. The revenue for the financial year was of which Customs contributed £38,662,01)0. excise £42,313,000, stamps £7,577,000, and income tax £69,389,000.

BISMARCK'S CENTENARY. AMSTERDAM, April 1. (Received April 2, at 5.5 p.m.) - Berlin is bedecked with flags for Bismarck's centenary. The Crown Prince's lion represented the Kaiser.

HOLLAND AND GERMANY.

<UTCH RESERVISTS CALLED OUT,

' LONDON, April 1. (Received 1 April 2, at 5.5 p.m.) The Evening News Rotterdam corre* spondent says that soldiers have been recalled from their holidays,- and more reservists called out. Goods traffic between Holland and Germany has prac» tically ceased. , CLOTHING FOR THE TROOPS. NO MORE REQUIRED. (Times and Sydney Sua Services.) LONDON, April 1. (Received April 2, at 5.15 a.m.)

"The War Office announces that "such a large stock of clothing, underclothing, and mufflers has been contributed by. Britain and the overseas dominions that no further supplies are needed by the troops.

WHEN THE SETTLEMENT COMES.

DOMINIONS MUST BE CONSULTED.

SATURDAY REVIEWS OPINION

LONDON, April 1. ~ (Received April 2, at 5.35 p.m.) The Saturday Review says that the country, after the war, innst insist upon a better informed foreign policy and also closer relations with the dominions. The latter have grown up and can no longer be fobbed off with departmental red tape c?r an under-strapper of State. It is unbelievable , that they will subside quietlyand not ask inconvenient questions regarding rearrangement. The war will enor mously quicken the Empire's evolution. ■ The Saturday Review cannot see what good end can be served by postponing Australia's strong movement for an informal consultation with the Motherland during the war concerning matters that are bound to come forward when the settlement arrives. To secure an intimate communion with the people of Australasia requires a much more human touch than the chill, curt agency of cablegrams and a rigid formalism of "Whitehall.

HEALTH OF GERMAN TROOPS. U OFFICIAL REPORT. . . {Times and Sydney" Sun Services.) ' LONDON, April 1. (Received April 2, at 5.15 p.m.) ;, An official report on the health of the German troops says they have borne splendidly the strain of the winter campaign With the exception of a few cases'of typhoid -and cholera in the east, there are ®o epidemic diseases. These excellent results are due mainly to inoculation, the "use of portable filters, an ample supply of "bathing accommodation, and disinfection of clothing. '