Second Edition

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 March 1913, Page 3

Second Edition

TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD - « — [bt ilkcxkio telegraph—corriUGHT] LPBR PREBB ASSOCIATION-J (lleceived This Day, 9 a.m.) A TOWN DESTROYED. TOKIO, March -I. Eire destroyed tho whole of tl'.c town of Nuuiazu. The damage is set down as 5,000,000 yen. A villa occupied by the Dowager Empress and the Crown Princo and his brothers was saved by the ■breadth of the Kano lliver. LONDON, February I. Unidentified suffragettes have bce.l sentenced to two months' imprisonment (at Wimbledon) for attempting to set fire to a local tennis ground. Lord Methuen, speaking nt Devizes, said he was prepared to follow in Robert's footsteps. The Territorials never had had a proper chance; 110 member of the Cabinet had supported the scheme: they must make it a point of honour with the Government to make the Territorials efficient, in order to meet the greatly-altered conditions in Kurope. He believed compulsory cadet-train-ing was acceptable to Englishmen! generally. Fire destroyed m bootmaker's shop in Cable-street. Soveral of those employed in the building wore cut off from the stairs, and jumped from tho windows. They subsequently were removed to the hospital, whore one has died and five lie critically injured. One girl was incinerated. The Manchester Guardian savs Englishmen do not make enough J;1 lowanco for Germany's geographical position Italy's weakening attachment. «ind Austria's becoming a less Germanic power. Germany's army occupied a similar place to that which Englishmen give our navy; it was ludicrous to describe it as a colossus 'bestriding Europo.

BERLIN". March 4. Newspapels (except military ones) have received the iiev>» of an iurease of tlio army with groans and complaints. "Germania" alleges that the Government's intentions are to raise more money by monopolies. PARIS, March 4. Le Temps's St. Petersburg correspondent states that, besides raising three Army Corp. Russ'a is strengthening her reserves iat Clad res. A Vienna correspondent again re ports the early demobilisation by Russia ami Austria on their respective frontiers. MANILA. March 1. Moms attacked the town of .Join and fighting was serious. Thirty Americans were wounded. The cea sorship on matters of news is strict. "WASHINGTON. March I. Mr. Wood row Wilson and Mr Marshall were installed as President and Vice-president respectively in the Federal Capital. A tremendous crowd participated in the inauguration proceedings. Mr Taft welcomed the incoming President to the portals of tho "White House. LONDON, -March 1. A Truo liill lias been returned against Cecil Chesterton, an editor, charged with libelling Godfrey Is aacs (British Attorney General) in connection with the Marconi contracts. The trial takes place in April. BERLIN, March 4. Tho Vossischezeitung interprets tho meeting of M. Baudin, French Minister for Marine, and the Hon. Mr Churchill, as being connected with the distribution of the Mediterranean and North Sea Channel fleets. Krouzzeitung states it is significant that .tho visit is timed for when he French fleet is about to carry out manoeuvres. AS TOLD BY THE GREEKS. ATHENS, March <1. The fleet bombarded Santiquara lta. The Turks did not reply, but fled. Tho whole of the aristocratic quarter of Numazu was d&troyed.