KNOCK-OUT BLOW TO REACTIONARIES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 882, 7 December 1916, Page 11

KNOCK-OUT BLOW TO REACTIONARIES.

VIOLENT OUTBURST BY LORD NORTHCLIFFE. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA WILL IMPROVE. Jly Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Australian and .V'./J. Cable Association. (Received December 7, 1.55 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 6. Mr Lloyd George lias agreed to form a Cabinet, Mr Bonar Law co-operating with him. Lord Nortbeliffe, in a statement to the United Press Agency, said:—-‘‘Mr Lloyd George has given the knock-out to a gang of aged or inept mediocrities, who have prevented the British Empire from exerting its full force in the war. Whatever happens, these malevolents cannot get together again. Whatever Government arises, it cannot but be an improvement on that which has disappeared. ‘‘Mr Lloyd George is one of the few British statesmen who understands the United States. I look for good relations between Great Britain and the Republic as the result of his forceful action yesterday. “Mr Bonar Law is a safe man. If he becomes Prime Minister he will be the first Canadian to achieve an honour equal in dignity and importance to that of your President.” RUMANIANS RETIRING ON BUCHAREST. ENEMY PROGRESS IN NORTHERN SECTOR. DEFENDERS’ FRONT PIERCED AT TITU. A. and N. 7. Cable Association and Reuter. (Received December 7, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, December 6. A Russian communique states;— The enemy was successful in the direction of the Argoviste and Ploesti, and in the region of Dokanesti, on the Titu-Bucharest railway, where the Rumanians were compelled to retire in consequence of the piercing of their front. Enemy attacks in other sectors were repulsed.