DICTATORSHIP OF THE SABRE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16752, 21 July 1916, Page 5

DICTATORSHIP OF THE SABRE.

TYRANNY OF THE POLICE. Australian and N.Z. C.iblo Association. BERNE, July 20. (Receded July 20, at 10.40 p.m.) A letter from Germany says that a stale of ciege is beginning to be felt everywhere. A veritable dictatorship of the sabre reigns, and the tyranny of tiie police, is unimaginable. Fol lowing the pro Liebknecht demonstrations, 600 well Known Socialists v/ere imprisoned at Stuttgart. KAISER AS PREACHER. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. Tho Times. LONDON, July 19 The Times correspondent at Amsterdam reports that the following pas?ago occurred m the Kaiser's spring "ermon to the field chaplains: "We mu<-t show a stein front in this time of trial. This world-war is separating tho corn from the chaff. We nred practical Clnittiaiiity. If the Lord walked into this room, do joti think we could look Him in the face? You rnii't s>how us the personality of the Lord, \\ ho is now assuredly walking through the world, perhaps to judgment."

GfiRMAN SUBMARINE MAIL KKRVICK. Reuter's Telegrams. i.OXDON*. Julj 19. The (jornifins are prejuriiis; to inn a submarine after the-w,u - st'n;ice v,itJi tho Unite! Stdtes The charge? are liirjh, ird paicels will not, be accepted. Stnlc loii'f ■-pondenco being gnen precedence.

SLY GROG-SELLING IN LONDON. FRENCH WOMAN IMPRISONED. Australian and N /. Cable Association. LONDON, July l<) A French worn. , !], tho keeper ol n rov.tiiuian(i in London, w.i.s sentenced to a month'.s imprisonment aral thoieafler to deportation ior the ii'ihi s-.i'.e of liquor. The prosecution a'h'ged that the drunkenness of foldion. w.is laigolj duo to .'O-called re=tani.iiiLs. which Imd liocii the resort of oversea•> soldier.-; for months. Tho provost, marshal had found numbers of them helplessly drunk on theoc pie miscs SIR D. MAWFON. LONDON, July 20. (Received July 20, at 7.30 p.m.) Sir Douglas Maw ton lias been ga/etted an embarkation staff ofHVcr, carrying a captaincy. Ho is 'tailored at Livcipuoi

FINANCING THE WAR. LONDON, July 20. (Received July 20, at 7.30 p.m.) Mr Asquith will ask for a £300,000,000 ciedit next week. Tho House of Lords lias passed tho Finance Till BREAKING THE NEWS. TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE. INGENIOUS PROPAGANDA. AMSTERDAM, July 20. (Reoived July 20, .it 7 p.m.) While the German authorities are seeking to hido the truth regarding Butish, French, and Russian Fiicces.ses, an ingenious propaganda, is in full swr.ie; to gradually break the had news to the people. One mrthoil is the porting o£ telegrams in shop m indows announcing that Japan is supplying Russia with him dreds of guns and millions of shells. Officers are also calling meetings of the men and explaining to them Britain's op pearance upon the scene with armies of great size and amazing efficiency and bravery, which could never ha\e been foreseen. A fresh peril to the German armies is that manj German officers are urging Dutch business men to initiate a movement in which the Oucen. oE Holland will propose puace I'Ogotiati-ins. ALSTRI VN BULLETIN. AMSTERDAM, July 20. (Received July 20, at 7 30 p.m )

An Austrian communique stiles: South west o Delaytn wo drove Russian detachments v.hich had penetrated the western bank of the Pruth across the. river. We repulsed three Italian attacks on Eorcola Pass with taiiguinaiy lo; c c3.

REVICTU ALLIX( S- LUXEMBURG. Router's Tcleqianis. LONDON, July 20. (Received July 20, at 9.10 p.m.) The Frankfvuter Zc.tung Ftitcu that tho British and French hmo absented to the United States revictua'.ling Luxemburg. THE KITCHENER LETTER. IDENTITY OF PURCHASER. LONDON. July 20. (Received JuJy 20, at 1010 p.m.) Mr Fenwick Hanison, j-hijiowner, was the purchaser of the late Lord Kitchener's letter. Ho has given £50.000 to the Kitchener Memorial Fund. The letter referred to was Kitchener's fiist appeal for men. when ho asked for 250.000. It was recently sold for £6000. PROTEST BY THE TIMES. PLEA FOR THE DOMINIONS The Times LONDON, July 20. (Recehod July 20, at 9.10 p.m.) The Times deplores tho onr'ssion of the dominions from the Empne Trade Committee. It reiterates that the proper course was to dec.de the Imperial policy by consulting the dominion 3 before the Paris Conference, and points out that only public pressure enabled Mr Hughes to represent the dominions and the Empire at the conference. The Times asks the House- of Commons to assert itself and see that the dominions are called in to participate in the subsequent, stages of the after-the-war trade consultations.