IN CASE OF INVASION.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 253, 28 November 1914, Page 9

IN CASE OF INVASION.

PREPARATIONS IN ENGLAND. MILLIONS OF BELGIANS STARVING. LONDON, November 27. Lord Haldaue, speaking in the House of Lords, said the War Office was organising tne defence of the country. They had arranged to assume direction of the civilian population in the event of invasion. Corps of irregulars would be supplied with badges and commanded by military officers, in order to conform to The Hague Convention. • Tanneries are in a serious position owing to the difficulty of obtaining tanning extracts from Italy and France. The-"Financial News'.' suggests that South Africa and Australia fill the gap. It is hoped British tanners will regularly use wattle-bark, the bulk of which has hitherto gone to Germany. LONDON, November 26. In the House of Commons,, Mr asked why-the Lord Chief Justice's German chauffeur had been granted naturalisation and subsequently allowed to leave Britain.

Mr McKenna replied that extreme ■ .' care was. exercised in every, case. Out of ten thousand applications, less than a hundred naturalisations - had been granted. The .chauffeur'.ha'd temporar-' ily gone to Switzerland;' • WASHINGTON, November 26. According to thc£ European' Relief Commission, seven million Belgians are without food. . • , The Commission appeals to the United States to dispatch immediately three thousand tons of food.