CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

* J BLKOTRIC TELBGKAI'H—COI'YIUQHT.] [PER PREBB ASSOCIATION.J GERMANY THANKS GOD! Copenhagen, August 1. The military authorities of Scfileswig have commanded the anniversary ot the outbreak of war to be celebrated by thanks giving services, Ihouse to house collection for the wounded and relatives of those killed. ( INSULTS TO NOR WAT. The crew of the Herboe reports that German officers ordered the Norwegian flag to be soaked in petroleum and burned. Four other .Norwegian vessels w ere set afire in the viotiiTTy. JL'he commander of the destroyer, before sinking the Nogvill, declared that his vigil soon would be over, and he could not return without some result. DEAR POTATOES. Serious potato riots are occurring a l . Breslau and elsewhere, the house wives beating tradesmen as a protest against high prices. GERMAN WAR LOAN. Subscriptions to the third German w.ar loan are to be invited in September. PAPERS HARD UP. Thirteen hundred German newspapers have ceased publication since the Avar, and many others are languishing, tSHOOST LIKE AMERICA. Pekm. August i. Many Gorman firms nave changed their names and are posing as Americans, and hoping to obtain the usual | British supplies. J ■ __Uta—uum