THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 July 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

11 Latest Cables This Afternoon's War .a News. y, [BLKCJtIUO TELEUUAI'U—COI'XHIUUT.) J [t'KU I'RESB ABSQCUAHON.4 3 " REJOICING IN INDIA. it s \ j iSimla, July 13. " I'lags are flying in the principal cities in honour of General Botha's victory and rejoicing are general. FLOODS IN CHINA. n '*■ Hong Kong. July 13. c The lloods in the west river are the e severest and most disastrous on record. * Shameen, a suburb, was submerged to s a depth of three feet and many towns ! " are isolated and. the people without J foou. 0 L j SENTENCED TO DEATH. 1 Sofia. July 13. » Two persons have been sentenced to death" for the Casino explosien and lour others to long terms of imprisonment. Ghenadieff admitted giving large sums to the principal prisoner but did not explain his motive. [ VENICE BOMBARDED. * Rome, Julv 13. An aeroplane bombarded Venice on * Sunday damaging two. houses and injuring two women and a oliild. They " almost hit the Dogo's palace. They - also dropped darts, one of which pinned ' a "woman's foot to the pavement. (Received This Day 10.51 a.m.) i 1 London, July 13. 1 A proclamation applies the Muni- - tions Act to South Wales. 1 The lU. Hon. R. McKenna stated 1 thatr £570,000,000 had been subscribed 1 lo the'war loan, apart from converted stock. Paris, July 13. 1 A German attack attempted last night on the Labyrinth was protected tiy_ a violent curtain of hre, but the assailants were decimated and completely thrown back. Fighting with grenades, rifles and heavy guns occurred at Bois Le Pretre. The Germans in the Vosges attempted to attack ' tiie bridgehead at Stondernach on the eastern bank of the Feeht but were repulsed. "FAITHFUL TO HER TRUST." i 1 ""{Received This Day, 1.45 p.m. London, July 13. 1 TTie Hon. R. McKenna, in the House of Commons, protested against exaggerated estimates of the war loan appearing in some newspapers. The Gov--1 eminent did not expect and did not flesfre subscriptions of £700,000,000; 1 it there had been any likelihood ol £800.000,000 it would have closed the 1 list, as any greater amount would cause unnecessary disturbance og business. There are 550,000 subscribers through the Bank of England, totalling £570,000,000, apart from 547,000 subscribers through the Post Office totalling £15,000,000, apart from vouchers sold. He could not speak without emotion of the efforts made by every class to scrape together their resources. They must remember they had practically closed the sale of all securities. Thousands would have been willing to , sell securities, but there were no buy- . er«. The result was that the loan was a declaration to enemies and Allies ; that._the United Kingdom was faithful i to its trust. ' LATEST WAR NEWS. (Received This Day 2 p.m.) London, July 13. ' The Hon. Mr Runciman has formally | introduced a bill to limit the price of coal. It will be read- a. second time | to-morrow. Tho executive of the Minors Federation advises the Welsh miners to continue work. The Hon. D. LloydGeorge announces the proclamation 'f South Wales under tho _ Munitions Act. This makes it an offence to participate in a strike without previous I arbitration. Amsterdam, July 13. Three Zeppelins were seen flying westward, followed by a number of de- ( stroyers. London, July 13. The Hon. Mr Runciman announced a State aircraft insurance scheme with tie existing companies asting as agents to accept premiums for the insurance of private houses against damage by ( aircraft. Two shillings per hundred is the premium, and an extra shilling I will cover bombardments. A number ( of Comomners complained of tho high rates.