MISCELLANEOUS

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15502, 12 November 1914, Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS

WHAT THE BR.JTISH CABINET THOUGHT. IN REGARD TO THE WAR. LONDON, Nov. 10. Mr Lloyd George, in an address at the City Temple said that one ! of the greatest French generals told ; him that the man responsible for tli.s war had the soul of the devil. Not i a single member of t'hs British Cabinet ! had .thought w ax* with Germany was possible under existing conditions. -Neither the Allies, Belgium,- nor Servia were responsible. A vulture had- been hovering over Belgium for some time; it soared so high that it made a mistake, and .thought that it was pouncing on a rabbit, when it feCl on ahedgehog'. EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT. A SPY SHOT. LONDON, Nov. 10. Carl Lpdy, the German spy, was., shot in the Tower of London.. TURKEY AND EGYPT. LONDON, Nov. 10. A Whit© Paper concerning the rupture with Turkey, states that the Charge d'Affaires at Cairo wrote to Sir Edward Grey that there was evidence before the end of August ; that Turkey contemplated an attack on Egypt- ... j POWERFUL WIRELESS STATION. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. The SepretService discovered' a .powerful wireless station at Eseriada, I Lower California, capable of communic'ating with ships a long distance seaward. ■

JAPAN'S INTENTIONS. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. The Japanese Embassy states that Japan has every intention of restoring Tsingtao to China, but no positive an. nounoement will be forthcoming until the end of the war is reached. The despatch of Japanese troops to Europe is thought extremely improbable. A CLOSE CALL. FROM WARNING SHOT. SYDNEY, Nov. 11. The steamer. Gunbar on entering Newcastle had a close call. The fort, apparently misled by the vessel's movements, fired a shot which passed right under the Gunbar. INVESTIGATION JUSTIFIED. MELBOURNE, Nov. 11. Mr Hughes has received a report that sufficient prima facie evidence was disclosed in one case to justify the military authorities in their recent searches of metal companies' offices. UNAWARE OF THE WAR. GERMAN BARQUE SEIZED. SYDNEY, Nov. 11. The German four-masted barque Er. nest, with a general cargo, 125 days out direct from Hamburg, arrived today and was seized, to the great surprise of the crew, who were unaware of the war. She was signalled last week off Wilson's promontory and allowed to come on without being informed of the war. PATRIOTIC SPEECHES. AT LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET. LONDON, Nov. 10. At the Lord Mayor's banquet the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour in proposing the toast of "Our Allies" said that in the last few hours Japan had made the most dramatic answer to Germany's unparalleled insolence. He paid a warm tribute to the other Allies' greater achievements in Belgium and their wonderful' courage. M. Cambon, the French Ambassador, replied. He said that the Allies had not claimed to have Providence at their disposal. "The believer in eternal justice awaits the issue with a degree of calm confidence." The Right Hon. Winston* Churchill, responding for the Imperial Forces, -said that the Navy was naturally anxious to strike a direct blow. It must be patient; its turn would come. The conditions were curious. The Navy was securing all the seas and transporting the forces, thus offering a target uncomparably greater than the enemy. The economic pressure of the naval blockade -would ultimately spell the Germans' doom. Despite the losses the British Navy was stronger now than at the outset of the war, particularly in its most important branches. / The Prime Minister, Mr Asquith, responding for Ministers, announced that a peerage awaited the Governor of the Bank of England in recognition of his services in the financial crisis. This was going to be a long drawn strugg'e. Britain would not sheath the sword until Belgium recovered all she has sacrificed; until the French were adequately secured against agression; until the rights of the smaller nationalities were placed on an unassailab'e foundation; and until Prussia's" military domination was Mr Asquith referred to Turkey allowing hei true interests to be undermined and overborne by German threats, German ships, and Gel-man gold. The Porte had rung the death knell of the Ottoman Empire both in Europe and Asia. Sir George Reid and the Hon. T. Mackenzie (High Commissioner of New Zealand) were among present at the banquet. A POEM OF HATE." FOR ENGLAND. COPENHAGEN,. Nov. 10. The Crown Prince of Bavaria'is distributing among his troops a so-cal'ed German "Poem of Hate" expressing undying hatred towards England and England alone. THREE CAPTAINS KILLED. LONDON, Oct. 10. Captain A. W. Macartliur Onslow, formerly . instruction officer in New Zealand, was killed in action at Ypres. Captain Price Vaughan Lowes, at one time deputy commander of the Western Pacific, and recently commanding the warship Superb, has died of wounds. Captain O'Neill, a member of the House of Commons, was killed in action.