THE WAR Latest Cables

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 May 1915, Page 3

THE WAR Latest Cables

This Afternoon's War News. [tSLIiCHUU XELEUKAJL'H —COl'SlUUm'.} [l'iill PltliSH AH3CJCJI*'IION.] (Received This Day D.30 a.m.) .ULTING INCIDENT IX' SYDNEY. Sydney, This Day. During tilt: 'Belgian iJay" excitement a youth marched up King-street, shouting: "Come and enlist! l''all in behind!" and in a short space of tinio toiM'teen youths l'oll in, inarched to the barracks and enlisted. ENESIY ALIENS ARRESTED. jjomion, May 14. .Banners, including the Crown Prince's, were removed to-day and orders issued for the arre.st of all enemy aliens. Many people are superintending voluntarily. TAUBE AND DUTCH TRAWLER. Amsterdam, May if. Trawlers report, seeing a Taube drop three bombs which blew up a Dutch trawler. AN AUSTRIAN CLAIM. An Austrian communique c-raims to liave captured General Korniloff and liis entire .staff. DISSIONiSION IN ITALY. War intervention demonstration are .alting place in Rome. The police are mwerles «lo prove lit attacks on German shops and every window in the Cerium college has been smashed. Those favouring intervention and those wislinn; to stand neutral in Milan exchang■d .shots and a number were killed and rounded. Five transports full oi troops left lirindisi. professedly for Albania owng to the activity of the insurgents in Yu.stria's pay. (Received This Day 10.45 a.m.) AMERICAN REMONSTRANCE. London, Slay 14. An American Note to Germany cov■rs the Falaba. Cu.shing. (iulflight and ImsitanTa outrages. The American Government- views tlie attacks with imazeinent and is loth to believe that icts contrary to the spirit of modern varfarc were countcrnanced l>.v the jorman Government. America's objection to Germany's present mothids against her enemies' trade lies in lie practical impossibility of employing submarines without disregarding he rules of justice and humanity. Tn he cases cited time could have been on for the passengers and crews to scape, but this poor measure of safety ■as not given, and in at least two cases io warning was received apart from he surprising irregularity of the Gernan Embassy's warning through the lewspapeis. Such action could not ie accepted as an excuse or palliation, 'he Note concludes wifli a hope that Tormanv "ill disavow the acts, make eparation and prevent recurrence. (Received This Day 11*55 a.m.) A NEW ZEALANDER WOUNDED. London, May 14. Lieut. H. P. White, of the Medical 'orp.s. a New Zealander, has been rounded at Flanders. THE FRENCH REPORT. Paris, Slay 14. A communique states that there as been ceaseless raid (Plain) since esterdav. We carried several trenhes to the south-westward of Souchez. nd maintained our gains on the Loosirras front. Several German bloekouses and trenches in the Aisne valley 'ere destroyed. ADVANCING CONTINUALLY. Athens, Slay 14. The Allies in tin? Gahatepe sector are d vanci tig continually, and crushing lie Turkish desperate resistance. ANTI-GERMAN IUOTS. Durban. Slav 14. Officers and warehouses of several irge German firms were totally detroved by burning during last night's nti-(.erman riots. The con ten Is of 'any shops and hotels also were detroy ed. Johannesburg, May 14. Ihree tbonsand people invaded arktown. ;itu7 , the residence of iftsendiuT, Sir {;.<<.i v .- 'v!l )M ' 8 brother-~ n-law. T;u.< I>ay a.m.) HKMMAN r.\i. ■rvdb -y This Da v. I'p to midnight "liel-ian Day" reurns trailed whereof the :ity and .-idiurbf-' tre-eh collection pr i-,-ided ':21 .'>oo. The list still is f ar toui complete, np to six o'clock :he int.••tnjiii-t,- returns showed that 1'28.(V.K» ban l -eii collected outside the :i:ctru|>oM;tti area. Till Kf.SU TI.JKMCS. Capl-ain I "an •ne'itioiis instances of I «''ki-.li trielv.-y . .Inst as two battaloiic siarte i 'o charge an order camo :o cease fi>mg Nome of the men ceas'd i'lid I oflWr* questioned the orIci In-piirie. '.wmgfit the reply that it had 'e n u i,..suvd trom headquarters

because the French and Indians were gutting behind the Turks ami they feared hitting them. The officers knew this was impossible and ordered a renewal of the attack. .Meantime the Turks used the pause to file into the undefended men. The same trick was played in another part of the line. mGir commissioner's - I REPORT. j London. May il, 3.1T p.m. Last night the French carried several Gerinau trendies south-west of Souchez, and in spite of the difficult and slippery nature of the ground we maintained all our gains at Loos and Arras, in the Valley of Flip Aisne the French destroyed four fiermau blockhouses and several trenches. The Admiralty announces the loss last week of six morel i ant ships amounting to a gross tonnage of 47,W0, out of 1127 sailings. Tlii.s i« the biggest weekly tonnage lost during the war.