THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 January 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

y [KLECTIUO TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT ] I.PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION.! VIOLENT GERMAN ATTACKS. Paris, Jan. 7. Olhcial.—Violent German attacks ale reported in • the region of Lassiguy in the Argoune, at tfie junction of the road irom Four de Paris to \ areiines, and the road' irom Labanto Chevauebee, in the region of \ erdun, and on the ridge commanding iMeiubach. All attacks were repulsed. fighting in depths of a FOREST. Paris, Jan. 8. i lie struggle in Argonne is waged "vei tho control of the roadway connecting the Gorman positions round V lenne le Chateau <m the western outskirts of the Argonne fores: with Vereunes on the distent fr-vv-:*\ The abandonment of tl>::. rr«MT*>*as one of the worst mistake:, commuted !>> the Crown Prince. Most of the fighting pioceeds in the <»f th.' forest, where the artillery is pjacticuily ineffective. congratulations. General Joflro, congratulating the Grand Duke Nicholas oil the great Russian victory in the Caucasus, said: By constant and uninterrupted ef'ol ts in all the theatres, the Allied armies are paving the way to final victories." CONSCRIPTION ADVOCATED. London, Jan. 7. Jhe Unionist papers are advocating compulsory military service in Britain. The Daily Telegraph (Unionist) says without numbers, which alono can annihilate the enemy, tho prospects in i' landers and France is one of mutual exhaustion and the subsequent condition of stalemate. The Morning Post after five months of war to be holding more than thirty miles of battle line, seeing that Russia alone holds (iOO or 700 miles. The' Daily Chronicle {Liberal) believes that 30,000 men weekly are still p. being enlisted. Compulsion would undoubtedly ..irritate many otherwise patriotic men into saying: il \Yait until

we are compelled." Another matter 0 about which the public hopes to hear some reassurances is that of the coast a defences. Many people have left the J eo:ust towns 'because of the uncertainty. d THE GERMAN HATE. iy In the Mouse oi Lords Lord Curzon [I declared that the Germans are inspired ivith bravery equal to our own and appeared to be fortified l with a hatred against us, such as we, with more ,)• phlegmatic temperament, aro incapable of feeling. ') Six NEW ARMIES. 1 Lord Kitchener, in reply to a ques- • tion, said the six new armies organis- • ing included Indians, but excluded colonials who are not yet sufficiently trained. Arrangements are bein& made for upkeep oi' the strength r. the depleted Indian units. ' LULL AFTER THE STORM Petrograd, Jan. S. Official.—With the exception of isolated action on the Sukha Uo'noff iront, there is complete calm on the eft bank of the Vistula. r I he Germans, in order- to approach oit positions, tried siege methods, advancing in certain places by n iued saps, using steel shields for cover; We regainedi the trenches in the region of the village of Suklia, captured by the Germans on the 6th. e captured five machine guns and a number of prisoners. It is changeless elsewhere. THE RUSSIAN VICTORY. The Grand I>uke Nicholas has received Sir John French's congratula-tions-on the Sarykamish victory. TURKISH GENERAL CAPTURED. The Gazette states that the Russians captured Izzet Pasha, a former Turkish Minister for War. ARREST DENIED. Rotterdam, Jan. 8. The Nieve Courant has emphatically denied that Cardinal Mereier and other priests were arrested or were watched. 11 says the Antwerp story arose through a messenger who brought the information that Cardinal Morcier did not officiate in Antwerp, and adding that two sentries were posted at the Arehiepiseopal palace. ■ tssssssssm-am