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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 May 1915, Page 3

ooa, May 23. ,' Turks, needing military transports, seized 100 Bulgarian railway trucks in Turkey that were conveying goods of Bulgarian merchants. rue Bulgarian Government has made representations to the Porte. ' WAR OFFICIALLY DECLARED BY ITALY. (Received This Day 12.10 p.m.) LI'ER PRESS ASSOCIATION. J (Extraordinary). Rome, May 23. ITALY DECLARED WAR ON AUSTRIA, BEGINNING MONDAY. (Received This Day, lz.lo p.m.) THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT London. May 23. The death roll of the railway accident hourly is increasing. There are 105 Royal Scots dead, 88 missing, 217 injured. DEFEAT OF THE GER.MANS. "Eye-witness" describes the dliving out of the Germans from entrenchments in the area botween Lichibourg and Festubert salients. The British pressed on them on three sides, and subjected them to a crossfire from several directions, and the continuous bombing of the position made it untenable. Over 300 surrendered. The Mritish joined hands and pressed the enemy further eastward, forcing them from one post after another. Entire groups surrendered. Meanwhile tho British front at Festubert progressed to a point south of that place, where they met strong resistance. A series of desperate hand-to-hand combats with bayonets and hand grenades followed. As tiic Germans were out--11 inked and enfiladed at many points ti:eir losses were very heavy. There was no room to escape ironi the narrow trenches, and the option was eitliei death or surrender. It was a horrible sight to see the trenches heaped with German corpses, many blown to pieces by the initial bombardment. The Germans on the extreme right, pressed back in such large numbers, formed an excellent target and our machine guns posted north of Uivenchy did great execution. liy nightfall wo held tho whole of the iront trenches from Festubert to Richebourg. Among tho strangest spectacles of the war is that of niasses of Saxon surrenders, standing amid dead and dying, hands raised, being butchered by their own comrades before the eyes of the British .

N.Z. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London, 23rd May 5.30 p.m. Last night several enemy counterattacks were made between the sea anil j Arras. Everywhere they ware repulsed with heavy losses. At Argonne the Germans, after exploding several mines near our positions, tried to occupy with large forces the cavities made, but our infantry threw tnem back on their own lines, inflicting heavy losses, with a shower of bombs and grenades. The repulse of the enemy was complete. (Received This Day 1.40 p.m.) ITALIANS IN LONDON. .London, May 23. One thousand Italians inarched in procession from Saffron Hill to the Italian Embassy, where an enthusiastic demonstration was made. The procession included a veteran Garibaldian, accompanied by a nunnber of men in khaki. "FINDER PLEASE RETURN I" Amsterdam. May 23. A Zeppelin broke loose from Konigs■berg, erewlcss, and travelling westwards. AUSTRIAN HAIRED. The Frankfurter Zeitnng's Vienna (correspondent states that hatred of Italian businessmen ami wonkl-be politicians who forced the war on is so unutterably sincere and profound that the war can be only a terrible one. DESERTERS. Athens, May 23. Several officers and 500 Turkish soldiers, who deserted at Smyrna, have been taken aboard a British warship. FINANCIAL FEARS. Tokio, May 23. Correspondents at Pekin declare that United States lias warned China not to sign a treaty with Japan lest they interfere with American rights.