NOTES FROM LONDON.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144851, 1 December 1915, Page 3

NOTES FROM LONDON.

LIQUOR RESTRICTIONS. ACCEPTED GOOD HUMOUREDLY. BY FXiECXRIO TELECiIUPH. —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Nov. 30. The newspapers give prominence to serai-humorous articles on •‘Driest London.’' Many houses have bean opened during the hours when the sale ol drink is prohibited and endeavour to populaiise coliee, soup, aud hot dishes. lii°i are doing a roaring trade in coffee between 7 and 9 o'clock, whon the workers are going to the factories. A number of public-houses are not opened before mid-dav, when the regulations permit of tho'eale of intoxicants during general lunch. The swell West End clubs, as well as the smallest suburban saloons, have strictly observed orders. There are few public protests, though the trade union agitation continues. The only comments in the bars end dining-rooms refer to the House of Commons being exenljit from the restrictions. , , ’ The Daily Telegraph says there is a strong feeling that the Cabinet should set an example in economy. Mr.' Thomas, M.P., speaking at Battersea, said that the liquor order had not distinguished between the Last End and the West End. Russia to-day was saved because she had prohibited the sale of vodka, and what Russia and France had done, England can do. FALL IN THE BIRTH-RATE. LONDON., Nov. 30. Latest statistics reveal that the war is enormously checking the growth of the population. Ihc births m ninetysix of the great towns of Britain have decreased by forty thousand in the year, while the deaths have increased fifty thousand compared with the similar period for 1913. The decrease in births in Berlin is four hundred weekly, while tho deaths have increased four hundred weekly. There has been a similar decrease m births in Paris. ANZACS AND ANTI-CONSCRIPTION LONDON, Nov. 30. At an anti-conscription meeting in the Memorial Hall, at which Mrs. Pethick Lawrence presided, a large force of Australia, Now Zealand and Canadian soldiers, and medical students formed the bulk of the audience. The appearance of Messrs. Ramsay MacDonald, Morol and Trevelyan on the platform was the signal for a concerted rush of the soldiers, who captured the platform, core down the flags, smashed the chairs, and displayed a placard, “Anzacs want victory.” , . They ejected the anti-conscnptiomst sympathisers. An Australian took the chair, and soldiers made impromptu speeches, passing resolutions in favour of the rejection of all peace terms except those which the Allies dictated. A NEWSPAPER PROSECUTED. LONDON, Nov. 30. The Glasgow Daily Record and Mail was prosecuted, under the Defence of the Realm Act, charged with using a secret code to convey news of air raids, naval engagements, and bombardments. Defendants pleaded that the code was intended to facilitate the delivery of messages,' and that the information was submitted to the Press Bureau before publication. AN ALIEN THEATRE OWNER. LONDON. Nov. 30. In a law case in the High Court, concerning the rental of five hundred pounds per month for the Prince of Wales Theatre, it was revealed that Lowenfeld, the theatre, owner, is the inventor of ‘‘Hop’s Ale,” and has been residing in Vienna since the beginning of the war. His daughter, who was defending the case, pleaded that Lowenfeld was a friendly Pole, but the judge decided that ho was an enemy alien. A HINT TO THE RED CROSS. LONDON, Nov. 30. . Lord Derby, while paying a tribute to the work of the Red CVoss, urges that where possible married people should replace single ones. LORD KITCHENER AT HOME. LONDON, Nov. 30. Lord Kitchener has arrived. THE FORD PICNIC. LONDON, Noy. 29. Mrs. Philip Snowden is assisting the Ford peace mission.

THE FUTURE OF SCHLESWIG. GERMANY NOT TO BE DRAWN. TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES. (Received Dec. 1, 8 a.m.) LONDON. Nor. 30. Copenhagen reports that the rumours of the return of Schleswig to Dcmiuuk ns a post-war payment for hoi neutrality have produced a German proclamation slating that the military position does not facilitate speculation as to Germany’s ability to give away anything and that it is uniair to suppose, tiiat Denmarks’ neutrality can bo bought. A SUGGESTED TRUCE. LONDON, Nov. 30. Reuter’s Rome correspondent states that it is nsseitcd that the Pope is desirous of a truce between belligerents at Christmas iu all Catholic and Orthodox countries. THE KING’S MESSAGE TO THE ANZAC MEN. (Received Dec. 1, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 30. Official.—Lord Kitchener uas reached London. He told the Anzac men at the Dardanelles how much the King appreciated their splendid services. They had done even better than the King expected. ’ MEETING BROKEN UP. (Received Deo. 1, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 30. There was pandemonium for twenty minutes at tno Memorial Hall. Asphyxiating gas from largo stink homlis was launcuod and then the soldiers unceremoniously routed the speakers. MORE GERMAN FALSEHOODS. EASILY REFUTED. (Received Dec. 1, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 30. A Blue Book refutes the charge against the British of ill-treating German subjects in the Cameroons, mace by the German Government through tho American Ambassador. Extracts from tho letters of German prisoners are printed testifying to tho excellent treatment. PRO-GERMAN BOOK. UNPOPULAR IN SWEDEN. (Received Dec. 1, 8.35 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30. Swedish newspapers give an unfavourable reception to Dr. Sven Hodin’s great book on tho war, in' , which ho appeals to Swedes to abandon their neutrality in favour of Germany.