General News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 292, 8 December 1914, Page 6

General News

ANCLO-JAP. ALLIANCE. ALLIES BOUND IN STRONGER BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP. United Puesb [Association. (.Received 2.15 p.m.) Tokio, December 7. The Emperor, iu opening the Diet, referred cordially to the alliance with Britain. Ententes with France and Russia had been cemented, and the present critical stage had bound them in stronger .bonds of friendship. COMPLICATIONS NOT FEARED BEFORE THE SPRING. i r (Received 2.25 p.m.) Sofia, December 7. Dr. Radoslavoff told a meeting of deputies that as far as he was able to see no •complications could arise before spring to cause Bulgaria to depart from her position of neutrality. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK BY ARMED LINER. (Received 2.25 p.m.) Santiago de Chile, December '7. The armed liner Prince Eitel Friedrich sank the British steamer Charcas off Corral on the east coast of Chile, and landed the crew near Valparaiso. UNITED STATES DEFENCE. DISCUSSIONS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ' (Received 2.10 p.m.) Washington, December 7. Representative Kafyn, before the House Naval Committee, contended that half a-million men were needed for a regular army and half a million for the raliitiat in order to place the United States on a safe footing, and large additions to the navy were needed, and also improved fortifications.

President Wilson fully discussed Representative Gardner’s proposal for an investigation into the defences, and afterwards issued a statement that nothing was to be gained by an in. vestigation, as every fact of importance was already available to members of both Houses.