THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

Latest Cables [elecxiiio telegraph—copy EIGHT.2 , [l-BR. I'REBti ASSOCIATION.I ' (Received This Day 8.45 a.m.) | BOATS TOWED BY THE SUBMARINE. Paris, Feb. 20. The Villed Lille's boatswain states that the submarine, seeing the ship a boats making desperate efforts to reach the coast towed them towards Harflusr until she saw the smoke of approaching torpedoers. She then leisurely submerged. OPENING THE BLACK SEA. London, Feb. 20. The forcing of the Dardanelles, besiuos'securing the mastery of Constan tinople, would open the way to the Black Sea, and facilitate the shipment of ten million quarters of Russian wheat lying at the variouß ports and thus cheapen food in Britain and France. THE BELRIDGE TORPEDOED. A special examination by t l ie Adn iralty of the pieces of metal loind in the Belridge, definitely proved that she was torpedoed. AUSTRIA'S TENNIS PLAYER KILLED. Count Salm, the Austrian tennis plawer, was killed in action. RUSSIA'S OFFICIAL REPORT. Petrograd, Feb. 20. Official.—The enemy's attacks between Tuclila and Wiszbow were pari ticularly fierce, but were repulsed. We easily repulsed two sorties from Przemysl inflicting severe lossea. The Daily Mail's correspondent with -iiO Russian armies state that 176,000 "Russians in East Prussia retired in good order before 400,000 Germans. There was heavy rearguard fighting, and the Russians are concentrating .n the Augustovo forest region. The Germans are concentrating towards Novogeorgevok to assail Warsaw on the west and north, or to cut the railways whereon Warsaw depends. (Received This Day 8.50 a.m.) STEAMERS RELEASED. London, Feb. 20. The Government released the Birkenfels at Capetown, for Australia. It is hoped soon to release the Hamma I and Apolda. THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. The March number of the Round Table Review strongly advocates an Infperiar Conference boforo peace. The Rt. Hon. Lewis Haroourt's plea for postponement is perfectly reasonable. It would be absurd for Ministers to leave the war responsibilities to discuss the uniformity of patents and the principles of Imperial naval co-opera-tions, but it is essential that the Dominion Ministers should have the whole of' the foreign situation described m camera, as in 1911, by the Foreign Secretary, who himself can learn the hopes and expectations entertained by the public of the dominions. It feare that misunderstanding and alienation is inevitable if there is not a full Jisassion of the oommbn liabilities, and » conference whereat all can endorse an Imperial policy! (Received This Day 9.20 a.m.) SERIOUS SITUATION IN SYRIA. Alexandria, Feb. 20. The American cruiser Tennessee has arrived with 660 refugees. The crew state there is a serious situation in Syria, and excesses are feared when the Turks return from Sinai. The commandant at Jaffa announced a victory at Ismailia and 'that the Turks had captured Suez and were marching, on Cairo. This caused jubilation among fanatical Syrians. The crew add that there is much dissatisfaction among the Bedouin levies, and several were shot for refusing to fight under the Germans. THE TURKISH"REPORT. Constantinople, Feb. 20. Official.—The battleships fired 600 shots, killing one Turk and wounding another. Three of the enemies' battleships were damaged. ANOTHER BOMBARDMENT. Athens, Feb. 20, The warships bombarded the Turkish camps on the coast opposite Tonedos. (Received This Day 10 a.m.) MEN WHO REFUSED TO FIGHT. Capetown, Feb. 20A court-martial sentenced sixty-threw burghers to one year's imprisonment for not responding to "the summons to light the Germans. A GER3IAN OFFER TO ITALY. Rome, Yeb. 20°. Deputy Carbrini states that Germany offered Italy unlimited coal in exchanga ! for 30,000 skilled Italians £o work the' j GhJrman mines. The offer was declin- f ©a. , _ 1 TRENCHES RECOVERED. ' j Paris, Feb. 20. j A communique states that wo recov- i ei'ed the trenches at Ypres. Several hundred Germans were killed. Our TCSses were slight. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London, Feb. 21. 5.15 p.m. Paris reports infantry action on liie I Belgium section at Ypres, the Belgian* retaking the section of the trench occupied momentarily by the ene it who left several hundred dead!. In the Champagne district two enemy counterattacks failed- In the Vosges region "three German attacks were repulqed, and counter, attacks are proceeding.