1 JANUARY 1916, page 11

Submarine Warfare Against Passenger Vessels Goes On. In...

the German promises to America. The Austrian, flag is sometimes flown on submarines which are believed to be , German ; and if Austria should be pinned to a pledge of abstention......

Important Changes Have Taken Place In High Military Com-...

Sir Charles Monro succeeds Sir Douglas Haig (now, of course, in supreme command of the British Forces in France and Flanders) as eommander of the First Army. Sir Charles Monro......

The Indian Army Corps Have Left France To Serve Elsewhere,

and before their departure a special message- of thanks from the King was delivered by the- Prince of Wales. The King said that the confidence he had expressed in their sense of......

The King Issued A Christmas Message To The Navy And

Army. " In the officers and men-of my Navy . . . I repose, in common with all my subjects, a trust that is absolute." On the officers and men of the Armies the King relies with......

The German-inspired Rebels In Persia Have Received...

the Russians. Two Russian columns_ converged on a point held.by Emir Khishmet, twenty-five miles south-west of -Teheran, and routed the .enemy: The Persian Cabinet has fallen,......

Mr. Ford's Peace Mission Has Reached The Climax Of Futility

which was generally foreseen. Mr. Ford's health seems to have given way, and, leaving his party behind, he is returning to America. It is said that he has offered a large sum of......

The, Morocco Correspondent Of The Times, In Three,...

articles, has described the failure , of the German echemea in Mor0000. Englishmen are apt to, blame their own diplomacy, but its failures are as• nothing compared with the......

In The House Of Commons On Thursday Week Mr. Balfour,

in replying to complaints about the insufficiency of merchant shipping, said that the Admiralty and its Transport Department could not. interfere with the military authorities,......

At Newcastle On Wednesday Week Mr. Lloyd George Addressed...

hundred. Trade Union officials on the pressing- need for " diluting " labour in the munitions workshops. He wanted the Trade Unions to agree to a plan by which one skilled......

It Is Characteristic Of The Oonfident And Bold Touches With

which General Botha, governs that be has, released General De. Wet on :payment of his fine. General De-Wet 111113,gieen his word to keep within a certain area. Ile said that the......

Bank Rate; 5 Per Cent., Changed From G P.c. Aug.

8th, 1914:......