NOTES FROM LONDON

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144665, 27 April 1915, Page 3

NOTES FROM LONDON

SUFFERINGS OF BRITISH PRISONERS. STARVATION AND TORTURE BT- ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. TlilES AND SYDNEY BUN SERVICES. (Received April 27. 8 a.m.) LONDON, April 26. A-speaker at a recruiting meeting at Pniham read an authenticated letter about the treatment of British prisoners in Car many. It stated; "Wo are Being starved hero. Rico water and horse beans are the only solid food, and/one loaf of bread for six days. The guard bayonetted several and others Were flogged and tied to a. barbed wire post for six hours with the toes just touching the ground. There is hardly anything to wear. It’s worse than being in hell/’ THE LONDON DOCKS. .CONGESTION STILL CONTINUING. LONDON, April 26. Mearly £4,000,000 worth of wool was held np owing to the congestion at the London docks. The woo! sales were postponed and every effort made to disci';urge Australasian moat. Appar-' ehtly it was not thought urgent to discharge the wool, despite the clamour oOthe khaki manufacturers. A CASUALTY LIST. (Received April 27. 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 26. To-day’s casualty list includes 37 officers killed and 61 wounded, mostly at HHI 60. TRADE AND THE AVAR. GOOD ADVICE TO GERMANY. (Received April 27, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 26. Sir Geo. Paish, in a- statement dealing with the economic questions arising, from the war, said he not think that-if the business men of Germany had any weight with the Council of lWar the struggle would bo continued indefinitely. They realised clearly the disadvantages of a long war. Judging from the increasing economic indications Germany could not ‘hope to win and the business men would-bring all the influence possible to bear on tho ■ governing classes to recognise the situation and minimise the consequences to their country. It was evident to every- • one outside Germany that the country could uot stand a long war as could the Allies. In proportion to population the Allies would suffer little loss of purchasing power, whereas tho German loss would be very serious. This was as evident to Gorman business men 'as to everyone else. Tho longer the war the more onerous the terms of peace and the more serious tho permanent consequence to the German nation would be.

ANOTHER APPEAL TO WORKERS. (Received April 27, 9150 a.m.) LONDON, April 26. Lord* Kitchener sent a message to the workmen of Vickers and Co. appealing for a full output and slating that anything loss would mean that gallant lives would be sacrificed unnecessarily and victory postponed.