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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 September 1915, Page 3

Latest Cables

Uieceived This Day o.jj a.m.; Dll-LO.MATiC: ViUTUItV T'O'H AMIiRIOA. \YaslTng!ton, Sept. 1. 1 lie German Embassy admits that a submarine torpedoed tiie Arabic and ■tailed to return to its base. Germany undertakes to apologise to the Ini tod States and that passenger uners ftlh bo warned be lore any attack oe made in future.

The pre<» claims that President Wilson has achieved a great diplomatic victory. The -New lork Herald says that America cannot barter villi Germany by promising aggression towards Britain iu order to obtain a reshaping ol tiie Herman policy. President »v'ilson will not recognise the remotest relations between America in the controversy willi Germany and America's controversy with 13rilam. Hepurts coniirm that Hermans aiiu xVusfcl'iaus are quietly drilling in theii lurn .Yerein Jriail, professedly in reph to an alleged Canadian invasion. Tin Department of Justice is dealing witli tiie subject. German students m Pennsylvania university are suspecleu of espionage, and making drawings ol the Delaware river fortifications.

.(Received This Day y.20 a.m.) DEATH OF PEUOUJ). Paris, Sept, i. I'egouU. the famous, aviator, wa; shot dead at OUOO feet in the air. The Crci'maus long had awaited the opportunity. Shortly 'before liis death, hi said: "The Germans have &wt>m U. iiave ray bloodj but it will cost thorn dear." At the outbreak ot the Wiur Uo acted at> aerial guard for Ueiieral Joffre and later was a constant source of terror to the Crown Prince's army in the Argoune and Alsace. He shot down many aeroplanes; his looping and angle gliding baffling his opponents. He also was the hero of innumerable and daring bombarding feats. AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE vSIUNK. A sailor aboard the Bisson writes:— "We had the good luck at sunrise on the 13th August to run across the Austrian submarine U3; ft took, us just live seconds to send her to hor late. The Bisson received a tremendous ovation at an Italian port; hundreds of bouquets were showered on hor coiflinander." BELF-OOMFESSBD SPY AR- j RESTED. I New York, Sept. 1. Ignatius -Lincoln, the self-confessed \.'<(3erman. spy, (formerly a member of British .parliament, .haa-ibeen nr"

rested and charged with forgery. His extradition is donnuided. Lincoln declares that the Uritish Secret Servico 'wishes to get him to England simply to shoot hiiu as a spy. A DYNAMITE CAMPAIGN. An extraordinary series oi dynamiting outrages is breaking out in blio ammunition and powder plants in tlio United Suites. Unquestionable German secret agents are organising a reign ot terrorism, and engineering strikes in America. liio American aceret Service is investigating.

OI>AUiL\KUS ACCEPT AGREEMENT. London, Sept. I. Tho Caidiif miners' conference .has accepted the settlement arrived at between their delegates and mine dwners, out -12,01)1) remain idle under the pretext that tlio agreement lias not yet ueen signed. THE TLUES AAL> THE WAR OFFICE. The Times ■military (correspondent raises the question as to whether there are suilicient trained minds in t'lie War Ollice, competent to give the best advice on strategical matters, and il so, whether their vieus always are made known. Lord .Kitchener's time Loo niily is occupied with details of adminj istraiion to eoueentrate Lis mind exclusively on general stall problems, and he ought to bo helped ,'by the best general stall officers, but taken as a whole they still are at the front. Unless their views are presented to the iiar Council the past errors are certain to bo repeated.

MILITARY AGE fN UJiRMAIs T Y. Copenhagen, Sepl. x. 'lhe Reiyiistag passed a. bill raising the military ago to fifty-tour; the German iiou.spa.per6 have been forbidden to disclu.su tiiis fact. TRENCH CUSTOMS SEIZURE. l'aris, Sept. 1. lhe Customs ollicials at Dieppe seized 180U poistal packet** originally from Germany, and containing jewellery, textiles and silks. They nad been conveyed to England by Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vessels, and exported to I'ranee tor their hnal destination— Portugal. WISE RUSSIAN BANKERS. Aiiisti'dain, Sept. 1. The Governor of Warsaw lias sent thirty Russian bankers to the concentration camps for reiusing to accept promissory notes.