, 1916-02-05

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General Sir John F. Nixon, who has handed
over the NJ of the British forces in
Mesopota mia to Lieut.. Ger. Sir Percy Lake,
will start homeward within a short time.
Paris, Jany. 31st.-Women must replace
auxiliary soldiers in the army clothing stores,
unifo'm repair shops, hospitals, and, as far as
possible, in the shell making factories says
General Gallieni in a statement made public.
Rigid instruction to this effect has been
sent to the military authorities throughout
France. An initial experiment intentativelv
replacing men with women, General Gallieni
says, has proved completely successful. The
time has come TO draft the women for real
army work.
Salonica, Feby. 2nd-Two Greek soldiers,
five refugees, and seven workmen were in
jured by ~famma bombs dropped early
yesterday morning from q Zeppelin. No
damage was done to military buildings and
the population has remained calm.
London, teby LIST "A despatch from Rome
to the "DaiIy Telegraph says: According
to the Roumanian colony in Rome Rouma-
nia III March will take the field on the side
of the Allies.
Milan, Feby. 1st-The attitude of Rouma-
mia is declared by Vienna and Budapest
papers to be giving great concern to Austria
Hungary. The Roumanian Army is being
rapidly equipped with everything necessary
for a severe campaign. Lar e consignments
Of horses lave already arrived at GalItz.
Petrograd, Feby. 1st-In connection with
the negotiations, which are alleged to be pro.
ceeding between Greece and Roumania and
the report that Roumania is ready to form
an a~nti-Bulgarian Alliance, it is stated that
four-ffths of the Roumanian forces are con-
centrated on the Bulgarian and Hungarian
frontiers, while the troops on the Russian
frontier have not been increased.
London, Feby. 2nd-Several morning pa
pers urge immediate r~eprisals against Ger
man towns for the damage done by the Yep
pelin raids in England. Something must be
done to safeguard human life in this country,
says the DAILY Telegraph, and punish those
who commit these bal barous acts. The Bril-
fish public has no desire to hear that The
German women and children have been
slaughtered by British bombs, but it feels
that the point has been reached when vigo-
rous steps are necessary to these German
manifestations of frightfulness. The "Grs-
phc" says: "Our business now is to crush The
enemy and i'll carrying out that work we are
entitled to use the same weapons they use
and in the same way. We shall henceforth
use our air craft in the same way as theirs
and not permit possible const quences to Ger
man civilians TO stand in our way. The
Daily Mail" urges on the Government u
programme of building a gigantic aeroplane
feet for Ii defensive and offensive campaign.
The newspaper declares that from 25 900
to 10000 aeroplenes should be built imme-
diately. 1t predicts that engines of from
200 to 1000 horse power will be found pruc-
ticable Tor aeroplanes within a short time.
Berlin, February 2nd.-(via London)
Rumou,s have circulated here that the
Zeppelin raid on England on Monday
night was III reprisal for the Ba%ralong af-
fair, but the Associated Press correspondent
is assured in authoritative quarters that
the attack did not come under that
heading. 1t is stated that the midland
section of England was selected for the
raid because it is the centre of NUM-
tons iudust y, and because Liverpool is the
centre of England's commerce., and that there
was q purpose to bring home to the people
of Great Britain the fact that the boosted
defences of London do not avail against
Germany's aircraft, and it was intended also
to interfere with the preparations being made
in England for the carrying out of the British
operations in the mir, in France and Flanders.
The Admiralty office has no further details
to give out regarding the raid besides those
already published, but it reiterates the po-
eitiva statement that not n single one of the