GENERAL ITEMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17503, 20 December 1918, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS

WELCOME OF BRITISH GENERALS

NOT THE OFFICIAL ONE,

LONDON, December 17. Sir Douglas Haig and the leading British generals are to arrive in London on Thursday. They will drive by an extended route to Buckingham Palace for lunch. Thursday was selected instead of Friday to enable the Prime Minister to participate in the welcome before proceeding to Paris.

The War Office points out that this welcome is not the official recognition of the army's war services, which will occur at a later date, when Sir D. Haig will march at the head of representative detachments through London.—A. and N.Z. and Reuter.

VIENNA'S APPALLING CONDITION.

,r NEEDS EVERYTHING."

NEW YORK, December 17. Beatrice Baskerville, the New York World's Vienna correspondent, states that food conditions there axe appalling. Vienna needs everything, from coal to clothing, and from transport service to soap. Everybody but the rich is existing on dry bread, Swedish frozen sauerkraut, and sngar beet. Tho poor people are trying to exist on lib of potatoes a week and lglb of bread. Acorn coffee replaces the real thing, while dried oak leaves are used as a substitute for tobacco, and dried chicory and stra-webrry leaves as a substitute for tea. Flour is sold by profiteers at a cost of three dollars per lb. The Government allows unemployed workmen Idol 20 cents daily, but is not sufficient to buy even bread.—A. and N Z Cable.

WIRELESS STATIONS IN MEXICO

USED BY U BOATS. WASHINGTON, December 18. Mr Nally, vice-president of the American Marconi Company, testified at the Senate inquiry that 25 Mexican wireless stations during the war were under German control.

PRESS CENSORSHIP IN AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, December 19. In the Federal Senate Mr Peace (Minister of Defence) stated that the censorship would be released .to the same extent as it has been m Britain and America.— Press Association. ■

PUNISHMENT OF EX-KAISER.

PROPOSED AMERICAN RESOLUTION.

WASHINGTON, December 17. (Received Dec. 19, at 8.10 p.m.) A resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives favouring the punishment of the ex-Kaiser and his associates.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE.

DISPOSAL OF MOUNTS. MEN SHOOT THEIR FAVOURITES. LONDON, December 17. (Received Dec. 19, at 7.30 p.m.) ■ Owing to the cost and difficulty of transportation, it has been decided to destroy the Australian Light Horse horses over 12 years of n<re and dispose of the remainder locally. This decision occasioned pathetic scenes. The men, dreading their favourites passing into slavery, are shooting many, finding excuses by insisting that they are over nse, or arranging that they meet with accidents. One bripra.de shot 700 horses in one nieht. There is a hope that the best animals will be taken to Central Europe.—Reuter, via America.