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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1915, Page 3

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(Received This Day a.oo a.m.; SECRET SI t TLNUS. I'aris, August 22. the Government has agreed lu iiolct secret meetings of the Chamber ol Deputies .to discuss' all detence questions. Any vote thereat ter will be taken at public sittings. A GERMAN APOLOGI'. Madrid, August 22. Replying 10 tSpam'is representations, tfie German Ambassador apologised lor the sinking of the Isidore. THE LOST SUBMARINE. Copenhagen, August 22. A Zeppelin reconnoitred and photographed the wreck ol the British submarine E. J. 3. The Danish authorities have ordered an increase in the number of patrol ships round Copenhagen. Danish iishermeii who witnessed the German attack 011 the boat say that the British showed groat bravery. All were, quiet when the Germans began [shelling; and realising that escape-was impossible, they looked 011 contemptuously. The Germans twice signalled to the British to leave out they did not reply to the signal. The incident nas stirred public leeiings deeply. Ihu press, in a guarded but undertone of bitter resentment, ein--plmsize 110 excuse or explanation is impossible in face 01 the laet that the first German destroyer investigated the locality before returning with the others. Thus, it was a deliberate violation oi Danish territory, and cold blooded murder ot a defenceless crew, who were on deck in careless attitudes, trusting to the protection ot neutral waters. The newspapers Ho vends taden published a rumour fha>. one Dutch <■' Danish). torpedo boat llad her wireless installation damaged* alift one 01 the crew wounded. The Vortland says there is 110 question 01 a misunderstanding of the incident; it is simply a continuation 01 the well-known German methods throughout the war. The newspapers urge a prompt protest to Berlin. Leading Swedish newspapers characterise the act as wilful murder. AN ITALIAN COALUI NIQUE.

Koine, August 2m. A com 111 unique states that on the plateau north-east ol Aesn'oiiielzo, we Ibuli an important Austrian redoubt. Uur artillery ue»troyod the defences barring me road lioni .Doiolletes to IX'livcmailongo, Ho captured the Iroiit lrom l'luzue to Lorgoea, a greal length ol crenelles falling into oui nanus. in Jloiiteiiogro a squadron of aeroplanes bombarded lor thirty minutes tlie enemy'aerodrome at lsowitza. The Aiioi-rian aeroplanes dropped fourteen bom us aul inline, killing a woman and chii'd and thro carabineers. Aihylene reports uiac a German aujjnaiine pursued by three destroyers and two other Allied slaps took refuge at divalibary and probably will be unable to escape. PURTGCt'E.SE EAST AI'TUCA. Johannesburg, August '22. A section 01 the extreme republicans are disposed Lo deporting the acting Governor and prominent officials ol Lourouzo Alanines, wJiom they have accused ol being Royal sympathisers. TILE LUsl TU THE GERMANS. Taris, August 22. i'rinee liupreclit of iiavaria, sac.iv . heed two thousand men uj recapture the .trenches near the Ablain-Angre;v road, lor lour hours bombardment of asphyxiating shells preceded the attack. AiAA i. OiixliN GES. Al. Alillorand, in the Chamber of 1 -Deputies, admitted that since October t'hey had been forced tu dliange twothirds oi the high personnel of the i ALinisLry oi War in order to secure efficiency. lie had carried out tho changes quietly and vigorously. (Received This Day y.IU a.m.; ■ THE ARABiO. London, October 22. As the Arabic was sinking a thrilling incident occurred. -One boat, idled with passengers was swung out rrom tlie. davits, but 110 one was handy tolower it. Cuininings, a Queenstown lad, who was in tlie water, clutched: a rope and climbed aboardi ■ the vessel. He was followed by a steward and they lowered the boat into the water and then dived overboard. A passenger relates that when tlie boilers exploded ho saw a number of bodies hurled into the air. Passengers declare that suTJiuarilies 1 watched tho sinking of tlie vessel, TURKISH DUPLICITY. Home, August 23. Government has issued reasons tor | the declaration of war, pointing out j that the Porte, immediately after signing the Treaty of Lausanne, vio- ji

la tod it uninterruptedly, took no steps to release prisoners of wax or to terminate hostilities. At .Libya on tiie olh August the Grand Vizier signed a note accepting Italy demands, some hours before uho ultimatum expired; nevertheless, on the Uth August, uio authorities, revoked their consent to the departure oi' the Italians from Asia Minor. RUSSIAN RESERVES SUMMONED. Paris, August 22. Russia lias announced an early summoning of reserves of eight million men J all under thirty-live years ol ago. LOSSEW OE GERAIAN ELEET.

Petrograd, August 22. News trom reliable sourcos states that the German fleet suffered great losses iu the Gulf of Riga. GRAND VIZIER RESIGNS. Constantinople, Aug. 22. The Grand Vizier uisapproves oi tho persecutions in the city, and, daspito Envor Tallat's eh treaties 110 has resigned. The resignation lias boon refused. ——C—■■—Bw"