THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 March 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

[ ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COFTEIOHT ] IPKft PKKSB ABBOPUXION.I GERMAIN 1 ADMITS RETREATING. juondon, Fob. 2is. A Berlin ofliciul message admits the retreat from i'ru.snysz oetoro superior Kussiau forces. RT. HON. D. LLOYD GEOIWIS SPEAKS. London, March I The Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd Qeorgo ijadj a grout reception. Ho quustioMfl uiiciiier tiio poopio of Britain file liecobsity lor war. Uelgiuni, oncw comfortably well off, ia now waste and tiie German Army, like a wi.-l oat. field of u large part of Franoe. iiio spirit in which Uermany is making potato bread is not laughable, i-i»t to bo dreaded more than Hindenbuvg» stategv. It is the spirit in winch a country should meet a great emergency. Iho average Briton must be equally willing to surrender the comforts, «ren the necessity of life. .Employers and workers on the Clyde has been spending a fortnight disputing, but we cannot afford a liesuxely method. There is much to be said for and against compulsory arbitration, but durJng vho war Government ought to have power to settle disputes. If workmen ought to get more let the Government find It out and give it to them; If not then the men must not throw down their ools. He was sorry to say that some workers are shirking their duty in bhis emergency, but a small minority can throw works out of gear. Russia, knowing her deficiencies, had pulled herself together and stopped driuk, and France had abolished absinthe. Government had great powers to deal with drink and would use them fearlessly. Every day's delay is full of peril to Britain. . We cannot afford industrial disputes when time is victory. It was intolerable that the lives of Britons should tie imperilled for the sake of a farthing an hour.

SUCCESSFUL PROGRESS. Paris, March 1. Official.—We have made marked' progross on Combie-Perthes front and progressed in all the woods between Perthes and Beausejour, capturing over two thousand metres of trenches. There were 200 dead Germans in one trench. We captured 300 metres of trenches west of Boureuilles, by a brilliant infantry attack and then reached the edge of Rie plateau of Bouquois. VIGOROUS FIGHTING. Petrograd, March 1. Official.—The fighting supported by artillery is increasing in intensity on the left of the Niemen. The Russians stormed a height north of Grodno and captured six guns. The Germans on Saturday morning brought up reinforcements and re-en-tered Prasnysz. There was desperate fighting all day and the Russians recaptured it in the evening, the Germans defending the town laying down tlieTr arms in great numbers. THE DARDANELLES. Athens, March I. The Allied Fleet continued the bombardment of the inner torts in the Dardanelles, and in the evening penetrated to Ctaropliomia lighthouse, near ived-el-Balir and Thanakale. The forts on the European sides were silenced and the Allies flags are now flying over them. (Received This Day 9 a.m.) A WISE GERMAN EDITOR. Amsterdam, March 1. The Frankfort Gazette censures the professors for having declared they would no longer collaborate with English scientists. The paper Btates that •salutations such as "God punish England" are lamentable, and that it 's ridiculous to propagate a spfirit that will make incompatible the future cooperation for the people's good. GKOWS PHILOSOPHIC.

The Rhenish Westfalische Zeitun& admits Germany's extraordinary underestimate of British military power, and •idols that British hirelings have borne themselves so magnificently that the Germans hitherto have been unable to attack England's so-called badly-man-ned fleet. The Englishman possesses many of the German' 6 best virtues, and all the colonies ultimately must fail to him who rules the sea. PUTTING ON THE SCREW. Berlin's municipal taxes hare bean increased by 125 per cent. A RED LETTEE DAY^, An official Berlin message states that British arc receiving permit- to leave Germany only are allowed to leave «>i; the 6th of each month.