SENSATIONAL STORY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3019, 5 March 1917, Page 5

SENSATIONAL STORY

HAIG CONGRATULATED BY THE ■ ■ KING \ GERMANS STILL RETREATING SHIPPING LOSSES LAST MONTH .I— - , CAPTURED U-BOATS ENEMY'S SCHEMES IN MEXICO To-day's reports- throw intcre sting light upon the enemy retreat in the Western tlWtre. Tho iul ing suggestion of the nows is that the Germans'were compelled to mako a local retirement in order to renew tho conflict in better prepa rod positions than they were able to construct during the winter. Sir Douglas Haig reports continued progress at sonic .points, but agai nst stubborn enemy resistance, and in places tho Germans have made abortive counter-attacks. Prc- _ sent indications thus are that tho y hope to mako a stand in or near ■ tho positions they have now reached. A suggestive stir of activity ~ ' is visiblo in other theatres, includ ing Macedonia, and the Germans , lay claim to a, local penetration of tho Russian,front in Southern Russia. The Russian, recaptu re of Hamadau, in Persia, is significant in view of tho recent British success in Mesopotamia. A well-known Americ an correspondent claims to be quof- i ing British Admiralty figures in stating that in the period from February 1 to February 15, tho,British captured 25 enemy submarines, two of which surrendered in one day, tho crews having killed their officers. There aro renewed suggestions that Germany is intent. iipon invading Holland, with a, view to augmenting her resources.