THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 February 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

Latest Cables (.JSMtCTIUti IEIiEGRArH—COPXBIGHI.j [eXH. I'BESB ASBOOIAIION. 1 (Received Tliib Day 10.5 a.m.) WAGES INCREASED. London, Feb. 10. All the railway companies except the Scottish have agreed to increase their men's wages. ALLIES' REPORT. Jfaris, Feb. 15 A communique states that we carried 200 metres of trenches between Bethuuo and La iiasseo. Hot lighting from brunch to trench continues in the .bagatelle and Marie Therese regions. SHIPMENT OF COPPER SEIZED Copenhagen, Feb. 15 The Carmeiiafhteege is supposed +u contain sugar, but is heavily laden with copper for Germany. Who been seized and the captain and n chant arrested. A CUSTOMARY RUSE. Amsterdam, Feb. 5. Captain Persiiis, writing In the Berliner Tageblatt said that the use of * neutral flag is a customary ruse in war, but Britain prescribes as a principle what is only occasionally permissible. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London, Feb. l<3. Paris reports that in Belgium i Allies captured 250 metres of trenches on. the road from Bethune to La Bassee. In Lorraine, the eilomy after repelling the French vanguard occupied Xon Beaton ami '.Noirry Hamlet. The enomy were repulsed l>y a counter attack to the north elopes of Beaton where some trenches are still held. The French ski-men executed a very brilliant running attack on the slopes of Langefeldkof. (Received This I>ay 12.35 p.m.) FINANCING THE WAR. Lodon, Feb. 1-J. Tho lit. Hon. D. Lloyd-George, the House of Commons, said that the Aflies' expenditure to fctie end of lDlo would bo £2,000,000,1XX>. Great Britain would probably would probably spend from 100 to 150 millions more than France or Russia, but France bore the greatest strain proportiona. to her resources. Britain would be abli> to iinance the war ior live years out oi the proceeds of her investments abroad; Franco for about two and n half years with something to spare, and Russia, though prodigiously rich in resources, was a borrowing country, and therefore Britain and France had given her guarantees bo help her o prosecute the war. (Received This Day 1.35 p.m.) THE ALLIES' STRENGTH. London, Feb. 15. Tho Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd-George said that the three Allies inad only onethird of their strength in the field; the remainder would be sent forward at the earliest moment. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS The Hon. N. Primrose, Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question, said that it had been arranged with Germany t« exchange civilians over 56. STEAMER MINED. Tho steamer Wavelet from Pensaeoia, bound for Leith, was mined and beached at Deal. The crew were landed except twelve who were drowned through tho capsizing o fa boat. A VALUABLE CARGO. Copenhagen, Feb. 15. The Camen's copper cargo is valued at CBO,OOO. It was intended to tranship at sea and the vessel afterwards sunk. TO START THE BLOCKADE. Amsterdam, Fel>. 15. The Kaisor arrives at ouxhaven on tho 18th.