TEN BILLION FOR WAR !
LONDON, Feb. 16.—Lloyd George, chancellor of the
etchequer, told the house of commons last night that Great.
Britain must spend ten billions on the war this year. He
warned the house and the country to be prepared for an
enormous increase in taxation of various industries and:
of wealth and he expressed the belief that in the crisis
facing the nation the people will meet the expense with
patience and patriotism. While the chancellor did notj
enter into details as to how the money would be raised
he hinted that wealth would probably have to bear the
greater part of the burden. Should the government float
another loan he believed the people would more than take
it up right in the British islands. The transportation of
troops to foreign countries is exceedingly costly and the
British empire, he reminded the house, is engaged in war
in places so remote as Asiatic Turkey, Africa and other
places not to speak of the European continent. The new
army also needs equipment of the most perfect kind. In
addition to all this some of the smaller allied nations must
receive financial aid. He declared the government’s full
confidence in the ability of the people themselves to meet
the expenses necessary for the prosecution of the war to
a successful conclusion. The leaders of the opposition de
clared that the government would have all the aid possible
from their side of the house. Several questions were put to
ministers touching on the progress of the war but the
prime minister and the first lord of the admiralty, who are
both in the lower house, asked the questioners to excuse
them from answering several of the questions on the
ground that military expediency required secrecy in many
matters. The tone of the speeches delivered since the re
convening of the house of commons at the beginning of
this month is quite hopeful.
KITCHENER TO FRANCE
LONDON. Feb. 16.—It has only just been learned
that Lord Kitchener has paid another visit to France
where he conferred with General Joffre, General French
and others. General French paid a visit to London a
short time previously but went away again almost with
out his presence having been known. The great army of
British troops which are now being prepared for tran
sportation to the continent will probably be sent to differ
ent parts of the great line. The custom hitherto has been
to keep the British on the allied left to avoid the necessity
of sending them overland. Recruiting is still proceeding
fast and the army is being constantly increased.
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AMSTERDAM. Feb. 11.—The no
tion that the Krupp 42-centimeter
gun is a great novelty s repudiated by
Messrs. Rupp in a statement issued
a few days ago. It says:
“We exhibited a 42-centimeter gun
at the World’s Fair in Chivago n 1893.
This, however, was a coast-defence
gun, and was not transportable in the
field like our 42-centimeter mortar.
It was merely this mobility of our
large siege guns which authorities
abroad could not belive in.
“In our catalogue at the Chicago
World’s Fair, we stated that our 42
centimeter gun was one of the most
powerful of existing weapons, and
was capable of shootng through the
strongest ship-armor at any distance
likely to come into question in an en
gagement
“Our first 4‘2-centimeter gun was
built in 1886.”
LONDON, Feb. 12.—A strange mis
colored envelope arrived a few days
ago at the home of Miss L. Rudge,
Gowr street, London. It was s*amped
“Recovered by divers from the wreck
of the steamship Empress of Ireland,”
and had come from the Dead Letter
office at Ottawa.
Posted at New Glasgow, N. S.. on
May 25 of last year, the letter had
gone down with the big vessel, the
wreck of which in the St. Lawernce
cost more than a thousand lives, and
though under waters for months, it
reached London in surprisingly good
condition. The mucilage which had
held down the flap of the envelope
was gone; the stamp was missing, and
in places the ink of the address had
run. The letter itself, however, was
perfectly legible.
BORDEAUX, Feb. 12.—George
Clemenceau continues to have his,
troubles with the censors. While his
paper, L’Homme Libre, was being
published at Toulouse, during the so
journ of the French government at
Bordeaux, it was uppressed for a
whole week. It re-appeared and has
since been published as L’Homme
Enchaine. One day recently it came
i out with a blank two columns instead
of Clemenceau’s leader. All that re
mained was the signature. He has
now sent a proof of the suppressed
article to all members of the Chamber
of Deputies with an appeal for the
abolition of the political censorship.
The article in question was a criticism
of the various branches of Army
administration.
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LONDON, Feb. 12.—“The Nursing
Mirror,” one of the organs of trained
nurses in England, calls attention to
the danger of spies masquernding as
nurses, and adds that Lord Kitchener,
himself aware of this menace, caused
an investigation to be made at one of
the Southampton hospitals some weeks
► ago. There he found, according to the
journal, that four women hat! been in
discreet in the matter of discussing
matters relative to the army. While
they were not spies, they showed so
little common sense that they were
I dismissed.
| On the other side of the channel the
state of atfairs has been more serious
Two nurses were recently found to be
out-and-out spies. Both were Amcri
I cans with German sympathies, aceord
! ing to the “Nursing Mirror,” and both
I it says were “effectually dealt with.”
Just what this implies was not made
s clear.
j At any rate the agitation has re
sulted in a close scrutinizing of the
j record and antecedents of all prospec
tive nurses together with the enforce
; ment of all manner of strict regula
tions at every hospital.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 12.—'The war
has an unbelievable fascination for
! the Russian school girl, hundreds of
' whom have run away in boys clothing
! and tried to enlist as volunteers. Not
a few of them have got into the lines,
too, as the medical examination is
only a negligible formality in many
places.
Among the wounded in the battle
of Nieman was a broad shouldered
i pirl from one of the country districts,
| whose disguise was not discovered
until she reached the field hospital.
1 In all the larger cities and towns
the au horities are trying to provide
employment of a war-time nature for
women and girls. In Moscow there is^
a wer hospital attached to each school
house. and the school-girls are assign
ed work in connection with this. Each
girl is made responsible for the cloth
ing of one wounded patient, and the
children collect the money necessary
for the support of the hospital.
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OLBERNHAU, Germany, Feb. 12—
| The following letter was received
here by relatives of Frederick Seyfert
who, on December 5th was shot by the
French at Casablanca after conviction
by a French military rtibunal of es
pionage:
Casablanca. December 5, 1914.
Dear Aunt and Relatives:
"I must die! I am about to be shot.
I am innicent! 1 have never carried |
on espionage! Farewell to all of you!
My best thanks for all the ffood youj
have done me. Think of me in the
future and pray for me. I die gladly
for the beloved Fatherland. Farewell j
dears!
Yours truly,
Frederick Seyfert."
Seyfert had been an employee of
the Moroccan postal service. His ex
ecution has been called a judicial mur
der by the German press.
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Lebanon mountains of Palestine have
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i three hundred and fifty deaths from
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