Second Edition THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 March 1915, Page 3

Second Edition THE WAR

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[ ELECT lUU IBLEOUAPH—COI'Y BIGHT.J [L'KU I'REBS AS3OCIAIION.] -(KeceTvcd This Day !7 a.m.) BUITISH WORKERS AND THE WAR. London, March 21. Mr Hyndman, in a letter to M. Clomenoeaii, urges that the pro-German attitude of Mr Iveir Hardie, M.P.,, Mr Ramsay Mac Donald, M.P., Mr Anderson, M.P., and Mr Glasier, editor ol the Socialist Review, does not reflect the attitude of the British workers, ,whereof a crushing mttjo «sy lavour the war. STEAMERS DETAINED. A Spanish ship, laden with iron ore, bound for Germany, was captured off the Goodwins and brought to J arrow. The American steamer Maricae, bound for Sweden, was brought to Hull on suspicion that iier cargo was destined for Germany. THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. l''our Spanish emigrant ships foundered in a gale near Algecuas. Three hundred wore drowned. ANOTHER DUTCH STEAMER SEIZED. Amsterdam, March 21 The Germans seized the Dutch steamer Bataviur, bound from Rotterdam to London and took her to Zeebrugge. TAKING PRECAUTIONS. Solia, March 21. Fifteen German aviators have quitted Constantinople going to Germany. Some of the Turkish branches of the German banks have sent their gold re\serve to Berlin. (Received This Day .11.25 a.m.) ZEPPELIN RAID. - Paris, - March 21. Four Zeppelins were sighted near Conipiegne. The guns drove back two. The two that remained reached the outskirts of the city, where the searchlights revealed the raiders. Tho guns attacked them and apparently hit one. They were soon driven off with little damage to property. Eight persons were slightly and one seriously injured. Aeroplanes participated in the defence, but the mist hampered thorn. Later the Zeppelins bombarded Ribecourt and Drenlincourt without result. A communique states that the position is unchanged. JN SOUTH AFRICA. Pretoria, March 21. General Botha captured 200 prisoners and two field guns on the 20th.