THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 May 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

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This Af tendon's War News. [ ELECTIUC IELKOK Al'H —COi' Y UlO HV ■ J [I'KH I'itliSti AUSQCiA'IION. i (deceived Tins Day 8.45 a.m.) THE KLNtS OF GREECE ILL. London, May 23. Tlio Exchange Telegraph Agency lias received a message from Athens which states that King of Greece is in a very critical condition of health. FRENCH SUXC'ESSES. Pans, May 23. A coilluiunique states that -we repulsed several attaoks last night: north of Ypres. east of the Yser Canal, northeast and south-east of the plateau near J/orcttu village, and the cemetery of Neuville. AVe inflicted heavy losses on the enenty and gained a footing in the advanced trench at Neuville; they were driven out, leaving many prisoners. The enemy exploded many mines at Argonue, where strong forces attempted to occupy a strategic point, but our infantry under a storm of bombs and grenade's throw them back on their original line, inflicting heavy losses. (Received This Day SJ.S a.m.) London, May 23. One hundred and seventy bodies have heeii recovered at Qivinton Hill, including those of two little girls. A dozen succumbed in the hospital, four in the ambulances, and several dying. The King sent a message of sympathy and urgent enquiry. Of the sufferers 124 are seriously injured. It was eight hours before the flames were mastered. The firemen of the mine ,were busily engaged all night and still are pouring water on the wreckage.

Commander Oliphant, in command of the Naval Contingent, aboard of a military oxpre.sse that collided with a passenger train on Saturday, freed himself and climbed on to the roof o fa burning carriage to release a Territorial, but the roof collapsed and Commander Oliphant disappeared in a ranging furnace. The sleeping section of the express was telescoped. The majority of those horned in the wreckage were dead before t"he flames reached them. The patience wherewith the injured pinned by the wreckage awaited rescue is described as admirable. The death-roll would have been heavier, but for the soldiers' coolness and discipline. In all 300 soldiers were injured. Many of the passengers were killed.

BRITAIN'S NEW MINISTRY. Some newspapers forecast that the Home Secretary will bo the Hon. Mr McKenna, the Minister lor Colonics Mr Austin Chamberlain, Minister for Lord Kitchener, Minister tor Munitions Mr Bonar Law, Secretary for India Hon. Mr Churchill, Works Lord Selbourne, Attorney-General Mr Smith. Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, in a statement on the subject, rejoiced in the prospecte of a truly National Cabinet. If it was due to friction all he could say was "God bless friction." rie considered a National Cabinet the most practicable move made since the war began. It would develop the resources of Great Britain to theeir fullest limit. He concluded by saying that the way wherein the Opposition parties in all Parliaments of the Empire supported their respective Governments' in furthering military activities was on the same high plane as the patriotism shown by the Parliament of Great Britain. (Received This Day 9.40 a.m.) WAR NEWS. Christiania, May 23. The Maricopa Belridges. a sister ship to the oil-laden .New Porturios, while bound for Amsterdam, was torpedoed and damaged near the Dogger Bank. Paris, May 23. It is understood that the Pope is issuing a manifesto approving the intervention of Italy, and sympathising with the Allies. The newspaper Le Matin slates that Italy has not issued a lornial declaration of war, considering that the handing of passports to the Ambassadors and other officials would suffice. It is reported that Van Burian resigned, maddened at the prospect of the Allies' triumph. He blames the Armenians for the disastrous war, and hence the -massacres in Armenia continue. Turkish regulars and Kurds kill all the able-bodied Armenians who have escaped conscription: also all male children. Whole villages are being devastated and young girls carried off. Rome, May 23. Italy has adhered to the Allies' agreement not to conclude a separate peace. The Giornale D'ltalia states that General Hindeiihurg commands the Austro-Gerniaiis against Italy. The Austrian soldiery dynamited Dante's monument at Trent. Many anti-Austrian demonstrations have occurred at Dalmatia. The Italian mohilisation comprised men of twenty to thirty-nine years of age. The decree has been hailed with tremendous enthusiasm throughout the. country. Aii Austrian patrol crossed the frontier mid Italian Chasseurs vigorously attacked and pursued thorn. Petrograd, May 23. An official, after suspendingg a Cos- \ sack who rode down trie X'arew front, allowed Germans to cut oft his ears and make deep cut in his thigh, when he refused to give information. Another soldier was found neai>Shavli, dying, I with his ears and tongue cut off.

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