GENERAL WAR ITEMS

Waikato Times, Volume 86, Issue 13082, 17 January 1916, Page 5

GENERAL WAR ITEMS

WAR OFFICE NEEDS. ALL CROSSBRED WOOLS REQUIRED. LONDON, Januarj io. Sir Thos. Mackenzie inquired whether there was likely to be any diminution in the manufacture of army clothing, and learned that the War Office had recently placed considerable orders. The War Office is of opinion that the Government will require all the available crossbred wools.

AMERICA AND BRITAIN. COMPLICATIONS FEARED. LONDON, January 15. The blockade question continues to hold the field. The newspapers' demand for increased rigorousness is daily growing stronger. An article in the Westminster Gazette which had attracted attention reminds neutrals that they are losing hy the war, and that they must remember we wore driven to act by the enemy's actionsi We are in the middle of a struggle tor existence.

All the newspapers allude to the threatened complication with America. .Many tear Mr Wilson will accept Germany's bargain and insist on relaxation of the blockade if submarine piracy is discontinued. The Westminster Gazette reminds America that we are able to defend ourselves.

The Pall Mall Gazette trusts President Wilson will realise where the bargain is going to lead him. The British Empire is shedding blood, not ink, and will not allow technicalities to hamper the legitimate use of all weapons.

RUSSIAN AMAZONS. INSTANCES OF HEROISM. EMULATION OF THE MEN. PETROGRAD, January 13. Numerous instance's of feminine heroism are being recorded on the battlefields. One regiment lost its colonel and Id officers. A Sister of Charity rallied the troops and led them back to the trenches, hut fell dead immediately after. Another nurse fought for the protection of wounded left lndiind in an evacuated village. M. Naudeau, the well-known French correspondent, suggests that educated Russian women are developing maseuhne mentality, and desire to appear natural and strong rather than pretty. Sex distinctions in Russia are less marked than elsewhere, and women fghters amongst the troops are common.

FOR THE RED GROSS. PUBLICATION OF ANZAC MAGAZINE. PROFITS FOR RED GROSS. LONDON, January 15. The official Australian war correspondent, Mr C. E. W. Bean, has arranged for the publication of the Anzac Magazine, containing 200 pages, at 2s 6d. The profits are to go to the Anzac Corps Red Cross. The magazine contains a remarkable selection of drawings, with poems and sketches written in the trenches.

THE EGYPTIAN RAILWAYS. TAKEN OVER BY MILITARY. CAIRO, January 15. The military authorities have taken over all the Cairo, Port Said, and Suez and Ismailia Trunk lines.

EXPELLED. mi LIEBKNECHT AND THE SOCIALISTS. ■ Received January 16, 5.5 p.m. COPENHAGEN, January 15

The German Socialist Parliamentary Party by 60 to 25 votes lias expelled Dr Liebkneeht.

AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES. ENEMY ALIEN SHAREHOLDERS. RECEIVE NOTICE TO QUIT. MELBOURNE, January 15. Mr Hughes has announced that companies incorporated in Australia having naturalised enemy aliens holding shares are to receive three months within which such shareholding must be discontinued. No exceptions will be allowed except by permission of the Attor-ney-General. In future the transfer of shares to enemy aliens will not be allowed, nor the transfer of land.

A "SLACKER" MAJORITY.

MELBOURNE, January 15. Out of 3461 recruiting replies received in tse metropolitan area, there are 2965 refusals to enlist. ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS. SYDNEY, January 15. In anti-German riots at Prahran many shop windows were smashed. The military and civil police had the greatest difficulty in restoring order. Over 40 were arrested.