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Australia’s Fighters
Captain W. J. Denny, M.C., in a recent lecture,
gave some interesting facts concerning Australia’s
fighters.
There were special difficulties, he said, in promptly
returning the men, owing to distance from the
Commonwealth and the lack of railway and shipping
facilities. Notwithstanding this, 1,000 men would
continue to be demobilised every two days. Dis
charges in the United Kingdom werQ not favoured,
and were granted only in exceptional cases. Over
10,000 A.I.F. men had married English wives and
some desired to remain in England; but Australia
wanted her own men—especially the A.I.F. soldier
—to return to the Commonwealth.
On arrival in A ustralia every soldier would receive
7J days* leave for every six m onths’ service, up to
sixty days, and 3s. per day subsistence * during the
same period. H e would also be issued w ith a new
service outfit. All pay and 75 per cent, of deferred
pay would be paid after disem barkation, and the
balance when the pay-book had been finalised.
After his discharge in A ustralia, the A .I.F. soldier
would be m ost generously treated. Suitable em ploy
m ent would be found a t a living wage, and u n til this
was securod he would receive 42s. to 60s. a week.
Submarine Losses
A complete return of German and British sub
marine losses during the war has been compiled,
and the figures are :
Germ an U boats lost from various causes . . 203
B ritish subm arines ................................................ 59
In regard to B ritish losses it is learned auth ori
tativ ely th a t 39 w6ro accounted for by enem y action,
three were interned, seven were blown up in the
B altic by ourselves when the tu rn of Russo-Germ an
events m ade it necessary for us to clear o u t of th a t
sea, five were lost by collisions, one was wrecked,
and th e rem aining four were lost from various causes
unconnected w ith enem y action.
A full statement of war losses in the British
Navy is being compiled, and will be published.
The list will include the 59 submarines accounted
for in detail above.
T he Germ an figures of 203 U boats lost do not
include the 185 surrendered. Of these 135 are in
B ritish waters, and 50 m ore rem ain to be handed
over. The delay in the delivery of the balance is due
to a v ariety of causes, the chief of w hich is unreadi
ness for sea. Those in certain stages of completion
will be finished and handed over, while others less
advanced will be broken up and sold.
Historic Cartoons of the G reat W ar
R E U N I T E D .
S tra sb o u rg t D ecem b er 8tn, 1918.
{Reproduced from “ P u n c h ," December 4, 1918, Inf permission of the Proprietors.)
The New Army
Mr. Winston Churchill, the Secretary of State
for War, in a recent speech, made an important
statement on the New Army. His main points are
summarised below :
Three men ou t of every four who were serving with
the Colours on Novem ber 11th last are being let go,
and the fou rth m an is being paid*double to finish up
the job.
The old Arm y is being re-created. A t least a year
will be required to form the voluntary Arm y.
R ecruits, m ostly volunteers for two or three yearn’
service, are joining a t the ra te of more than one
thousand a day, and the rate is rising. If th a t
continues, the Territorials who w ent to India a t the
beginning of the w ar will be able to be relieved.
The hiatus between the great compulsory armies
which won the w ar and the com paratively small
voluntary armios needed to guard the E m pire in
peace m ust be bridged by em ergency measures.
W hy we m ust m aintain a large force in the present
year is th a t we are going to take m easures which will
m ake it physically impossible for G erm any to begin a
war of revenge, a t any rate during our life-time.
G erm any will be m ade to pay w hat is rightful and
possible in reparation of the dam age she has done.
I t is absolutely un tru e to say th a t we are keeping
large forces to fight in Russia. If Russia is to be
saved, she m ust be saved by Russians.
The new S tates in the E ast of Europe, particularly
Poland, m ust bo safeguarded. The futuro of Europe
and the whole effectiveness of the League of N ations
depend on a trustw o rth y Allied force close to
Germ any. ______
Our Total War Losses
From a written reply, given by Mr. Bonar Law
to Mr. Lambert, it would appear that tho final total
of British war casualties from all causes is 2,882,954.
The numbers of killed are: Officers, 38,409;
other ranks, 635,534. Ninety-seven thousand
deaths have been presumed on lapse of time, and
there are 64,800 still counted as missing. Tho
total number of wounded is 2,047,211.
The naval losses show more killed than wounded.
The former numbered 22,258, and the latter 4,849.
Only twenty-three are untraced.
The Archangel Government
A letter from the Foreign Office dealing with the
status and position of the Provisional Government
of Northern Russia was read recently in the
Admiralty Court in connection with a law case.
The letter ran :
In reply, I am to inform you th a t the Provisional
G overnm ent of N orthern R ussia is composed of
R ussian groups who do no t recognise tho au th ority
of tho R ussian Central Soviet G overnm ent established
a t Moscow. The seat of the G overnm ent is Archangel
and it extends its au th ority over tho territo ry su r
rounding th a t p o rt and to the west of the W hite Sea
up to the Finnish frontier. As the title assumed
by th a t G overnm ent indicates, it is m erely pro*
visional in natu re, and has n o t been form ally
recognised either by his M ajesty’s G overnm ent or
by th e Allied Powers as the G overnm ent of a sovereign
independent Stato.
H is M ajesty’s G overnm ent and the Allied Powers
arc, however, a t the present m om ent co-operating
with the Provisional G overnm ent in the opposition
which th a t G overnm ent is m aking to the forces of the
Russian Soviet G overnm ent, who are engaged in
• aggressive m ilitary operations against it, and are
represented a t Archangel by a B ritish Commissioner.
The representative of tho Provisional G overnm ent in
London is Monsieur Nabokof£, through whom his
M ajesty’s G overnm ent conduct com m unications with
the Archangel Provisional Governm ent.
Lille Cotton Works, the first factory to be
reconstructed in the region, was started on February
2 2 nd. ______
First-year students at Columbia University will
be required to start history with a study of the
Bolshevist disorders in the twentieth century and
other present-day problems. Earlier periods will be
studied afterwards, with particular reference to
their bearing upon events of to-day.
Through Sir Charles Wade, Agent-General for
New South Wales, the Australian Canteens for
Serbians have despatched to Serbia for relief pur
poses large quantities of shirts and socks which
have been given by the Australian Comforts Fund.
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