STOP PRESS NEWS Chronicle Office ,3 p.m.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 September 1915, Page 3

STOP PRESS NEWS Chronicle Office ,3 p.m.

PEACE PItOPOfcOLS. L k Washington, Sept. 3. I'lCiideiit Wilson iius doiinitoly announced that the United HtStes will not participate in peace proposals unless the belligerents 'welcomed efforts on tJia-D behalf. Tlit; united States are willing afc all times to use their good oilices for any ljelligurent, but nothing could be done unless a delinite reyuast were juaclo. "fJULLS" ANiD •' 13EAlte>." .New York, Sept. 3. The Exchange market has been, demoralized. An increase of ten cents exchange was recorded in a lew minutes, and later a loss ol lour cents. The fluctuations are due largely to uiarUet manipulation. .ASILMEAD JiAKrCHrj'T'S HJipotit. CKeceived This Day 1.30 p.m.) London', Sept. 3. Air Asiunoad Jiartleit .says that it was not through want oi trvsny that we i ailed in our great scheme ior getting astride the peninsula northward o-i' Aiizac. by sizing the AnafarUi hilk and lordng the lu'rKs to abandon the position before the A'chi Uaba and ] Kilid JJalir salient. One corps failed ui au> aligned task oi clashing through un,n a rush when the enemy was compietoly surprised and had only a lew ' battalions oi' picket! gendarmes opposiiig us. Ait-other point "wnti that it was essential for our troops to advance in very open order, and such operation imolves the troops becoming widely tu-parated Iroin their oiheers and comrades, and it reijiiires troops higliiyU'uinc.d in (skirmishing and in seli'-rc , .- luinee in dashing on the objective on his own accord and not. stopping- for \>.-<lcr.s. When the lirst attempt at llie seizure ol_ Aiiaiarta hills had deiilutely broken duu u vn me morning of ih'. , lUih. lime uas required to reorganise, out units, culled the wounded, and laud ammunition and artillery !»eii)i'i.! a liutlier a-ltemi)t Was pofsvible. .Not until the '2l>,i uas the army ready ior i>, i'ront-al attack in tlii.s (Viartcr. Tin l jM'izes rewarding success were greaf and fully worthy ol ;t .supivme effort. i