BRITAIN'S HEAVY BURDEN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14699, 2 September 1915, Page 5

BRITAIN'S HEAVY BURDEN.

SERVICE. Received September 2, 8.15 a.m. „ LONDON, September 1. Lord Milner, in tlio Empire Review, says if tbo Government, especially Lord Kitchener, declared that compulsory service during' the period of the war was necessary in order to win it, any opposition would easily bo swept away. In the present great, struggle it was increasingly evident that Britain has henceforward to'bear the heaviest burden. Russia’s power for the time being is broken, Franco, throughput has strained every nerve, and we alone have large unused reserves of men. The only question is, shall wp employ the power of tbo State to call them up? There seems to the practical mind, unclouded by old controversies an;l party cries, but ono answer. The law is not needed to com-, pel men to servo because they are unwilling,. but for the purpose of providing adequate national organisation. PEfiOUD, THE DARING. SHOT DEAD WHEN 6000 FEET HIGH Received September 2, 9.20 a.m. ’ PARIS, September 1. Pegoud was shot dead when 6000 feet in the air. The Gormans bad long waited the opportunity. Pegoud, shortly before his death',' said: “The Germans swore they will have my blood, but it will cost them dear.” Pegoud, at the outbreak of the war, acted as aerial, gnard for General Joffre, and later was a constant source of terror to the Crown Princess army in tbo Argonne and Alsace., , He shot .down many aeroplanes, his looping and angle gliding baffling his opponents. He was also the hero of in-, numerable' daring bombing feats. RANJITSINHJ] WOUNDED. ACCIDENT WHILE CROUSE SHOOTING. Received September 2, 1.30 p.m. ' LONDON, September 1. , Eanjttsinhji, who had just returned on short leave .from the front, was shot in the face.. while..grouse-shooting- in Yorkshire. Ho dibs been sent to a hospital,’ though his'"wound is not serious. BRITISH WOUNDED PRISONERS. FED LIKE CATTLE IN GERMANY. Received September. 2, 12.10 p.m. ,-LONDON, September 1. The King and Queen spent 21 hours at the third London general hospital at Wandsworth. 1 Two hundred.;: men recently returned fr ,m Germany,, unfit for further service, were drawn up in double file, wearing a bluo hospital uniform. Their Majesties walked up the 1 lines, speaking to each man. All gave visible evidence of terrible wounds. Tbo King asked one how they were fed. in Germany. The soldi,er replied; ‘‘They fed us like cattle.’" Tho King tetoftedV ‘‘Not upon, hay, I hope?” Later-their Majesties visited conversed with a number of Australians* and New Zealanders from the Dardanelles. SELF-CONFESSED GERMAN SPY. A FORMER BRITISH M.P. Received September 2, 10 a.m. NEW YORK. September 1. Ignatius Lincoln, a self-confessed Ger- - i spy, formerly a member of the British Parliament,' has been arrested on a charge of forgery. . His extradition has been 'demanded,-' -Lincoln declares that the British secret servic owishos to get him to England simply to shoot him as a spy. ■ " ■ ITALIAN MUNITION FACTORIES. GOVERNMENT TAKE FULL CONTROL. Received September 2, 9 a.m. LONDON, September 1. The- Times’ correspondent at Rome says; that a decree has been promulgated regulating, the production of ammunition by private factories ' working for the State, and placing workmen, whether military or civilians, on an equality in regard to liberty ,to apply to the authorities to settle., any dispute, but they are not allowed to interrupt work. The centralising of production in. seven areas under military. direction is provided for, also 1 lie empowering of the Government to commandeer all arms establishments. Times and Sydney’Sun Services. A PETTY SOUABBLE. Received September 2, 9.5 a,m. SYDNEY. September 2. . The military authorities consider that . the Melbourne recruiting figures are wrong. New South Wales enlisted at least 48,050 this-.-.year, instead of 40,882 altogether, as’ statcdl They say, if the.. truth were known, ,New South Wales has done more than - all-the other States put together, .:■■>- ORIENT LINER’S ESCAPE. Received September 2, 9.5 a.m. , FREMANTLE, September 2. Arrived—Osterley,. from London. An hour after leaving . Tilbury : Docks, the vessel -was ordered to. shelter at Mar-, irate, owing to German mines in the Channel. She remained that 'night, and on proceeding in the- morning saw a dark object- ahead. Patrol.boats fired, and 'exj ploded'a mine, to everybody’s great ro- | li?f, and cleared a, channel, I AUSTRALIAN MUNITIONS. i .. Received September 2, 9.5 a.m. SYDNEY, September 2, Fifty engineers sail for England as munition workers by the Male ja. Tire Federal Munitions Committee l * insnector has passed 125 tons of steel for shell-making, which was manufactured at tiro Waratah worfcsvp