Second Edition THE WAR Latest Cables

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 May 1915, Page 3

Second Edition THE WAR Latest Cables

This Afternoon's War News. LIiLKOIHIU TIiLBOUAI'H COl'l'aiOm. j (Received Tins Way o.io a.m.; THE FRENCH AmANC.E. ■ Pan», May iijOfficial.—Wo iiiriicled a severe reverse on the enemy northwards ol ipres and can it'll trencher bepart of Steenstraate, westward of the prt oi Stconstraalc, westward ol the Canal, and the bridge over the Canal was captured. We took three machine guns and took prisoner inty Germans. We prograssod northward of Arras. Our attack outflanked the sugar refinery at Souctiez on the north and approached. it on the west. We repulsed a coun-ter-attack on the southern slopes ol Lorette and continued tiie conquest of Neuville and St. Vaast ami carried several groups of houses. A PREMATURE EXPLOSION. Petrograd, May 10. In the German officers' quarters, a bomb, in the recent battle of tJie Carpathians, exploded prematurely and several of the splinters wounded the Austrian heir to the tiiroue in the right leg. THE WAR FEVER iN ITALY. Rome, May 10.. The students in the universities oi Rome and Naples made a demonstration, in which the proiessore participated. The students in Rome marched in procession through the city and cheered outside Signor salandra's residence. They halted in front of the British Embassy and enihusasticailly asked that the British 11 ag be .shown. The chaplain, on beliali ol the Ambassador, acknowledged their sympathy with England, adding •""Our regard for the Italian Government makes it impossible to accede to your wish." He Legged them to disperse and the demonstrators acclaimed liaigland and proceeded to the War Office cheering. The army students at Genoa passed a resolution in favour of intervention. The Socialists at Milan endeavoured to organise a local anti-war .-.Trlke. but were successful only partially. Tho students and intei'vonfionists held a eoumter demonstration. The temper of the demonstrators unuiistakoably was averse to taking submissively what is regarded as a treacherous blow aimed at the Government it i thin half a mile of 'the Royal Palace. A strong force of police from opposite directions attempted to horn in a largo hotly of the demonstrators, TTic crowd instantly erected barricades ol' furniture defying the police to advance. .Many demonstrators were armed with revolvers una there wan significant shouts of ''War or Revolution!" The cavalry clattering through tho streets induced thu more nervous to glide homewards, hugging the walls. A determined rush then was made by the people; the women shrieked with fear and hoarse voices yelled against Prince Von Billow. Teu thousand troops were employed at the outset in picketing the city. The lever meanwhile increased. Twentyspeakers in the Borgheso Square demanded war. A subsequent processon, cheering for war. paraded the streets, and flowers were thrown honi the balconies. The cavalry dispersed a large crowd endeavouring to enter the Piazza Colonna. Rioting occurred at Turin and there was a great outburst against Signor Giolitti at Verona. Interventionist gatherings took place at IJouJona, Venice and Florence. Fifty thousand people attended similar gatherings at Milan. The King finally invited Signer Salandra to reconsder his resignation. Several newspapers state that Signer Salandra will re-appear in Parliament with an interventionist programme. Seventy professors of the university of Rome, in a letter to Signor Salandra, state that they are proud to have been his colleague, and hope that his name will be linked with the greatest names in Italian history. Rome. May 10. The Austro-Hiingarian Embassy in Italy has ordered all remaining conn-

try men to prepare to leave the country : at tin: earliest moment. The Giornale d'lialia states that they I should bo deported forthwith. The Secolo savs that as Austria's final offer still excluded Trieste, the King, alter consultation with Signer Giolitti, I has left the fateful decision to Parlia meiit. The King is relinquishing his rights to decide peace or war. He thus has modified the constitiiion in h manner the Revolutionists never hoped to obtain bloodlossly. The Tribuna states that Signer .Salandra's Cabinet will remain in power. The streets are decorated with flags in appreciation of this last announcemeiit. THE REVOLUTION IX PORTUGAL Lisbon. May W>. The revolutionary leaders described the movement as exclusively Republican and intended to consolidate tbe Republic by the formation of a National Government, which alone would be empowered to execute measures for deeiice. Senor Jono Chamas is mentioned for tlie Premiership. Madrid, May IG. A wireless message from Portugal announces, that the revolution has been crushed. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT Berlin. May l(i. Official.—We progressed at Saint ! alien on the Ypres road and captured three British officers, sixty men and a machine gun. Altogether 110 officers and 5159 men Tfave been taken prisoners near Ypres since the 22nd April, besides 500 wounded. We also teok a trench southward of A illy*,'taking prisoner 52 wounded and 16(5 not wounded Frenchmen. AN AUSTRIAN' IMPORT. Vienna. May 10. Official. The Germans have occupied .1; roslav and the Aimtro-Germans under Von Lesingon have reached the heights .south-west of Dolinz, twenty miles south-east of Stryirome. (Received This Day L.20 p.m.) I JUG TANNERY iuRN'ED. Geneva. May I<>. .A recent French air raid at Strassbuiv red one ol the largest tanneries in Germany engaged in army work. Tlid damage amounts to £200,000. SALANDRA'S RESIGNATION REFUSED. Home , May 16". The King has refused Signer Salandra's resignation and the Ministry will remain in oflice. ENEMY SUBJECTS tN SOUTH AFRICA. Capetown, May 1(5. 'The Government lias ordered all adult male enemy subjects in targe towns to report themselves immediately, and in other districts when notified. Meetings in the principal centres of the Union have passed resolutions expressing horror and detestation at the Lusitania crime. (Received This Day 10.10 a.m.) -EVE-WITNESS'S" .STORY. London, May Ki. ''Lye-witness" states that the Germans on the 10th bombarded Ypres salient more violently that ever. They also used poisonous gases, and waited hall an hour and then attacked expecting to find the defenders stupitted, but the Britisn now are provided with counteracting devices. A strange scene followed. Through the scatter- | ed woods and across the clearings streamed a loose disordered mob some of them wearing British uniforms. The British infantry suddenly lined the parapets and poured in a rapid fire from rifles and machine guns. The Germans threw themselves on their' face* and thfe British guns seized the opportunity and poured in shrapnel. Tho ground was strewn in a few minutes with dead and dying Germans along the entire front. (Received This Day 8.35 a.m.) GERMAN BARB A IMTIES. London, May 1(5. References from the* pulpits made to Hie sinking of the Lusitania and Viscount Bryco's report Some of the newspapers contain letters from German-born people in England, denouncing the Herman barbarities. THE FIGHTING AT CALLIPOLI. Athens, May 10." Messages I'i-om special correspondents giving details of the battle at Galli- ' poli are stupefying. The Australians' heroism is unique in the history of modern war, and their Josses solely are due to their irresistTblo dash. THE CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE. Pans, May U5. A communique states that the Germans made extremely violent attacks on Steenstraate. They wore repulsed and. lost heavily, also six machine guns and an armoured motor caiO- The British between Richoborg "and Laquixuo captured several terenches. After fierce hand-to-hand fighting on the slope of Notre Dame De f.orette we made progress. The Germans' endeavours" to re-takn Neil vi lie I ailed.