GENERAL ITEMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17425, 20 September 1918, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS

FRANCE'S NIGHTMARE. c M. CLEMENCEAU ON GERMAN CRIMINALS. ! i Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ' PARIS, September 18. - M. Clemenceau (Premier) in the Senate ] said:—-"The Government desires to i honour the splendid- soldiers of the En- < tente, by -whose efforts we will be set free - from the subjugation of barbarism. For half a century peaceful France has not '] known half a day without the-threat of war. Those days have been passed in slow suffering, but the frightened Germans : now understand the sort of men they have j to face. The world has witnessed the ; atrocities of the German soldiers, and will ] not forget them. There can be no victory 1 unless these criminals are made to pay fully for their terrible crimes. An account will be presented, and must be paid. After four years of thankless war fortunes are changed, and the Kaiser's armies are retiring before the free and enlightened peoples of the world. France is looking for peace, but for a peace which will give justice to the survivors of the abominable past." i I INDIA'S WAR CONTRIBUTION. BIGGER. SHARE SUGGESTED. Renter's Telegrams. I BOMBAY, September 18. (Received Sept. 19, at 7.45 p.m.) The Legislative Council is diseasing ' the question, of India taking a larger share ! in the war. The Times of India comments that India has hitherto 9 borne the ] normal cost oE 100,000 men. It now sup-- i gests that she should provide an additional ■ 200,000 men, with a further 100.0 CO from 1 April next, involving a total expenditure of £46.000.000. 1 ] NEW FRENCH WAR LOAN. t AMOUNT UNLIMITED. c Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. \ PARIS, September 18. ' (Received Sept. 19, at 7.45 p.m.) x The French Government is issuing a ; new war loan at 4 per cent. The amount is unlimited. t