THE ADVANCE IN PALESTINE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 175, 13 April 1918, Page 7

THE ADVANCE IN PALESTINE

LATEST BRITISH SUCCESSES London, April 11. An official report from Palestine states:—"Our troops to' tho west of tho Tulkeram-Ramloh railway advanced tho lino on a five-mile (front to a depth of one and a half miles, capturing the villages of Elkoff and Rafat. The prisoners included a few Germans. . For' services culminating in the capture of Jerusalem General Chauvel has been made a Commander of the Bath, and C. G. a Companion of St.. Michael and, St. Georijo. Other awards inchido tho Distinguished Service Order for Captain R. P. Harper, and Military Crosses for Lieutenants A. Hall (Wellington Rifles), M. E. Johnion (Auckland Rifles), .R. Mackenzie (Camel Corps), and R. T. Patrick (Engineers). —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Renter. OUR CONQUEST IN ASIA. , ECONOMIC SAVING TO BRITAIN. j . New York, April 11. 1 British officials say that.the'utilisa-.' tion of local resources in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine will save . the I British Government two million tons of j shipping in 1918. The British aro intensively cultivating-1000 square miles in Mesopotamia.—Aus.'-N.Z. Cable Assn. • CRUELLY ILL-TREATED ' BRITISH PRISONERS BEHIND THE j - -LINES. ' (Rec. April 12, 7.15 p.m.) j London, April 11. The report of Mr. Justice Younger's Committee which has been inquiring ,into the German treatment of war prisoners behind the lines has been issued. It bays that tho British and German Governments agreed_ a year.ago not to employ prisoners within thirty kilometres (18 miles) of the firing. Use, but the Germans have continuously broken tlfe agreement, whereas the British have observed tho letter and- spirit of it. The Germans employed British prisoners at war work at Cambrai and Lille under pain of death. Many were kill- j ed or wounded by ( the British guns, ] and many died of starvation and over-1 work; 'A private who was starving and fell out of the line in order to' pick up a morsel of bread on the roadside was shot and killed by the guard. The Committee had secured a _ great amount of incontrovertible evidence i confirming tho stories of ill-treatment, including scantiness of rations, cruelly inadequate lodgings, absence of fires in, winter, and insanitation. Tho report declares that tho amount of prcventible suffering can hardly bo exaggerated. "The prisoners' lot constitutes an intolerable record of calculated illtreatment that will send a shiver I throughout the civilised world and steel the heart of every Briton never to rest i until this raco of savage beasts has been crushcd."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BULGARIA AND TURKEY AT ODDS DISAGREEMENT OVER PEACE WITH RUMANIA. Berne, April 11. The Gorman papers declare that a serious disagreement betivocn Bulgaria and Turkey is delaying tho Rumanian peace, and urge Bulgaria to recognise Turkey's moderation and her invalnaUle war 1 services.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE ADMINISTRATION, ADVERSE MOTION IN FEDERAL HOUSE: 1 Melbourne, April 12. In tho House of Representatives Mr. Boyd moved an amendment reducing the amount of the Supply Bill, as a protest against the Defence administration—Press Assn.