THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 February 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

LKLECTfIiO TBLEOIIAPH —COPYBIOHT 1 LPKIt VUIiBB ASSOt^TION.} THE BRITISH NAVY. London, Feb- 15. Mr Churchill said tiio Navy's new 10-inch guns equalled tho 13i-inoher6 iu quality l>ut were vastly more poweriul and more destructive. ".Regarding German submarine attacks on merchantmen, we will take reprisals,' lie* said, "because Germany cannot be allowde to adopt a system 01 open piracy and murder. The restrictions placed on trade will be increased. Hitherto Britain had not attempted to stop loodstuffs going to Germany. A further declaration nould promptly be mado applying the aill force of naval pressure to the enemy. The paralysingfgjue winch tiie Navy exerted could decide one issue of the war, "The Navy IS as sound as a bell," said the First L,ord. THE SCHARNHORST. Admiral Sturdee, the victor of the Falkland Inlands naval engagement, states tliat there are no survivors from .no Seharnhorst, the 11,500 ton Ger.nan armoured cruiser, sunk in the fight one carried 7t>4 men. IHE PROPOSED ATTEMPT TO BLOCKADE. Copenhagen reports that the British ind American disbelief in the efficiency if the blockade of British ooast has I greatly angered Germany.. The word 'bluff" as applied to the blockade lireat particularly annoys the German Admiralty. •tterr Erzeborger, a member of the teichstag, has written to press statng tliat tho blockade threat is not lull. The Admiralty and mercantile uarine are connaent tliat the biockue will be most successful. It is not esned, however, to "antagonise the ■ uutrals, and no obstacles will be plactxi .i File way of grain transports going •j lii<j relief of tile i'onsii and Belgian in devastated districts or j copper shipments to Sweden. .L.wi'ERANOE AND INCREASED PKODUOTIVii'tf. Mr Lloyd-Oeorge was loudly cheered, ner emphasising Russia's undevelopd resources, he said the suspension ol icoiioi had increased tne productivity i her labour by 30 to 35 per cent. It as as if she iiad added millions of ■ibourers without increasing the ss. ense of maintaining them. THE NAVY'S LOSSES. Mr Winston Churchill, First Lord i tiie Admiralty, in tne House of -ominous, said that only 63 vessels, .xclusive of mine-sweepmg trawlers, .aa been lost since the war began. xlie situation in every sea was unchal- . nged. the loses of the British Navy ore 55UJ officers and men killed bu*t . d had lulled an equal number of Che neiny. A BRITISH ONSLAUGHT. Palis, Feb. ltj. Llie Germans on fciunday morning row a column at the British position •'ore Guinchy, but the massed attackis did not reach our trenches. A .•iinter-attack wa-s launched while the t.innanfcs were retiring in confusion, na a few minutes later the Britisli 1 ere in one of the longest Germ in . .'aches liacking, hewing and wielding • ibbed rifles. Six thousand Britisli .■ere engaged in tne tight. The casualties were considerable, but the Germans were mucn heavier. PROGRESS, CAPTURE AND VICTORIES. Petrograd, Feb. l<i. Giiicial—We progressed at the lip,hc San, captuiriiig 1000 Austrians, -e machine guns and a gun. The Germans Here repulsed on the eights between Beskid and WyscJi.in passes with great losses. We also ■ islodged a portion from the fortified eights between Tukhla and Wyschkoff. NO SUDDEN COUP. Copenhagen, Feb. 10. The German Admiralty in a com:iunique warns the public not to expect a sudden coup on the 18th. The ;aie is only a warning to neutrals ■ ilonger war measures. HIGH COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. London, Feb. I<3, 5.30 a.m. ivuograd reports that further actons on the Nienien-Vistula front. in the Carpathians the Russians repulsed porsistent Austrian attacks outli-west of KuJvla Pass. U'e slightly progressed "on the left 'iank of the Upper San, capturing 1000 prisoners. J'he Gei iuan attack between the Besiuu and AVv.szkow Passes were repulsed with "great, losses to the who were dislodged from a fortified pofttion. Considerable Austrian forflba are advancing in Nadwarna and' in Bukowina.