Prime Minister War warning he could not decipher it.

When this message reached him Mr. Cook was at Ballarat, where, on the previous night, he had delivered an address.

Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Cook C.G.M.C. M.L.A., N.S.W.. 1891/1901; Member of C‘wealth House of Reps., 1901/21. Prime Minister of Australia, 1913/14; Minister for Navy. 1917/20; Treasurer, 1920/21: High Commissioner, London, 1921/27. Of Bellevue Hill, N.S.W.: b. Silverdale. Staffs.. Eng, Dec. 1860.

But he had not the key to the cipher with him, and telegraphed to Melbourne that he could not decipher it.