, 1915-01-27
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NJ. Z. FOR Dummies, a Junior Lord Of the
Treasury, and Scottish Whip since 1909, has
been appointed Chief Liberal Whip vice the
late MI, Percy UIiUgWorth."
1t is officially announced that the ques-
ton Of food supplies and prices IS beng
considered BY a Cabinet committee presided
over by the Premier. 1t is the outcome
Of nm increasing agitation, especially by
Labour Members Of Parliament. against the
increased cost Of living which is asserted
to be caused by q deal between merchants
and shippers, and not justified by the con
ditlons arising from the war.
A despatch from Bethe states that fine
Chamber Of Commerce of Hesse has made
us9ent recommendations to the Government
to issue edIcts limiting the individual right
to bu5 and consume foodstutfe-
The British Government has evidence
that vast quantities OF American foodstuffs
shipped tc neutral countries are going
to the German trenches. 1t is believed
thai il The Government should take more
drastic measures regarding food there
is likely to be Il protest from American
sellers of foodstuffs, and the British inter-
ference with shipments OF t0odstutfs mty
become SO severe Us to cause It more ylgor-
Gus protest than ever. 1t is hoped here,
however, that Sire British necessity will be
recognized in America.
The "New York Tribune's" correspondent
in London quotes IN unnamed representative
of vast American interests in this city us
saving: "Ihere is absolutely ne fault TO be
found with the British GoVeI ument's attitude,
Ia my work with the officials | everywhere
have met with o cordial reception and q
Willingness 10 make every concession conslo-
tent with vital British interests. England
cannot permit her enemies TO obtain goods
which viii keep their armies going, but
where she finds it possible to aid American
industry by cancelIing certain restrictions,
without doing something harmful to herself,
it is being done. [ have found the otticia $
entirely reasonable, and concerning some
things the Government has gone further
than | expected,
1t is officially stated that NJ. Mjlleraud,
FrenchMinister for Wan, spent Friday and Sat
urday last in England and visited Aldershot.
He was received in audience by the King and
had q conference with Lord Kitchener, and
it is also reliably, although unoticially, stated
that he had conversations with Sir Edward
Grey, Mr.. Churchill, Lord Haldane aud
Mr.. Lloyd George. His visit further en-
pbQsizes the closeness Of the understanding
between The French and British Governments
and the complete accord of the heads Of
the armies Of the two countries Before he
left London Nj. Milerand wrote Lord kItch-
ener expressing his pleasure at the appear
ance OF the troops now being prepared for
the front, and his entire satisfaction with the
results of their exchange. Of views,
A Paris despatch states that kilograms
from Berlin, received in Switzerland, admit
that seven ZeppeIins raided England last
Tuesday and that only six had returned to
Wilhelmshaven up to Thursday night. Each
airship carried two tons OF munitions and
explosives, and each was armed with two
light quick6rers, two mitrailleuses, and a
new device for hurting special torpedoes.
The aeroplaues engaged in the air raid on
Dunkirk on Friday, bore the French tri-
color painted on the under sides of
their wings, while, as a further dis
guise, the twelve German ~aviators wore
uniforms similar to those of the Allied
soldiers, which explains how they passed
Oster, the Allied lines near Newport, un-
detected and began hurting bombs upon
Dunkirk before they were fired upon. Nine
persons were killed and twelve wounded
before the British airmen engaged them and
drove them north.
A despatch from Amsterdam reports a
British air raid upon the town OF Essen,